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Matthews Named MAC Player of the Week

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CLEVELAND- Sophomore infielder, Luke Matthews, has earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors, the league office announced on Monday.

Matthews swung a red-hot bat for the Golden Flashes across all five games. The junior hit .588 on the week with ten hits, seven runs scored, six RBIs, five stolen bases and tallied a .706 slugging percentage.

In Kent State's two midweek run rule wins Matthews recorded a hit, two stolen bases, and two runs scored in each game.

Over the weekend in Mount Pleasant, Matthews was pivotal in the Flashes weekend sweep over Central Michigan.