WEEK 11 STATS: .563 BA (9-for-16), 5 XBH, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 runs, 1.125 slugging pct.
Causa slugged 1.125 while continuing his climb up Mount St. Mary’s all-time hits list last week. The senior shortstop recorded nine hits over the four-game stretch, moving up to third place in Mount history with 199 career base knocks. Causa, who connected on five extra-base hits, batted .563 (9-for-16) with five RBI and five runs scored. The Keystone State product produced three multi-hit performances in four appearances, including a pair of three-hit efforts against NEC rival Central Connecticut. He logged extra-base hits in all four contests, highlighted by a two long balls in the middle game against CCSU. After being hit by a pitch in two earlier plate appearances, Causa doubled in the sixth inning of the series opener with the score tied 8-8. The 5-foot-10 shortstop opened the scoring in Game 2, blasting a solo shot over the left-centerfield fence with two out in the bottom of the first frame. Causa connected on a RBI single next time up, tying the game at 2-2 in the third. Stepping to the plate in the eighth inning of a 6-6 game, Causa unloaded a two-run bomb to right-centerfield. He accounted for three of the Mount’s seven hits in the series finale, including a two-bagger with Mount facing a 1-0 deficit in the sixth. In a 16-7 mid-week win over Patriot League member Bucknell, Causa reached safely three times and scored three runs.