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April 16, 2002

North Smithfield’s Glenn Dusablon Earns Little East Conference Baseball Rookie of the Week Honors for Second Consecutive Week

Providence, RI—Rhode Island College freshman Glenn Dusablon (North Smithfield, RI) was named the Little East Conference’s Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week.

Dusablon, a pitcher, went the distance (9 innings) in the Anchormen’s 8-1 win over Framingham State on Apr. 10, fanning seven to earn his third win of the 2002 season.

For the season, he has appeared in seven games, starting five of them. He is 3-1 with a 3.79 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 35.2 innings pitched. As a hitter, he has played in ten games, starting four of them. He is batting .211 with two runs and four hits.

He is a 2001 graduate of North Smithfield High School.

Head Coach Jay Grenier’s Anchormen are 6-18 overall and 0-7 in the Little East Conference. RIC went 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the LEC last week. The Anchormen fell to Bridgewater State 15-6 on Apr. 8, but bounced back to defeat Framingham State 8-1 on Apr. 10.

LEC rival UMASS-Dartmouth defeated RIC 13-2 on Apr. 11. The Anchormen executed their highest offensive output of the season with 19 runs scored against Clark on Apr. 12, taking the win 19-7. RIC closed out the week against LEC opponent Eastern Connecticut on Apr. 13, losing both games of the doubleheader 5-4 and 12-3.

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