On Monday, Christian Coppola was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, announced by the conference.
The freshman right-hander has been making an impact for Rutgers since he arrived and it continued over the weekend.
On Friday, Coppola got the ball against Penn Tate and tossed seven brilliant innings. He allowed one run on four hits while walking two and striking out 13. His 13 strikeouts are currently the most by any player in a Big Ten game this season.
Coppola’s performance against Penn State marks the second start this season that he has one 7+ innings with 12+ strikeouts.