Mann, a freshman left-handed pitcher from Newark, Ohio, tossed a complete-game three-hitter in the Cougars’ 8-2 victory at NCAA Division I Cleveland State University on April 23. The former Newark High School standout allowed just two runs - only one earned - with three walks and a career-high seven strikeouts to snap the Vikings’ four-game winning streak. Coming into that game, Mann had logged just 18.2 innings on the mound in four previous appearances this spring.

On the season, Mann has posted a 3-1 record with a 3.45 ERA. In six appearances including five starts, he has struck out 22 batters in 28.2 innings. Opposing batters are hitting just .170 against him - the lowest average for any of the MVNU pitchers this year.

Burgos, a senior third baseman from Ponce, Puerto Rico, earned both Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in seven weeks this season as he batted .471 (8-for-17) with a .571 on-base percentage and a whopping 1.294 slugging percentage. In five games, he had three singles, one triple, four home runs, eight runs scored, and 12 RBI. He twice hit two home runs in a game against NAIA No. 20 Malone College during the Cougars’ four-game series with the Pioneers.

On the season, Burgos is batting .471 with 14 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 37 runs scored, and 61 RBI while starting all 46 games. He also has a .824 slugging percentage and a .559 on-base percentage as he has drawn 30 walks.

For his career, Burgos ranks in the top ten in nearly every career offensive category in MVNU history. He is first in hits (263) and walks (128), second in home runs (34) and RBI (199), third in batting average (.403) and doubles (52), fifth in at bats (653), seventh in games played (195), eighth in runs scored (170), and tenth in assists (311).

The Cougars finished the regular season with a 30-16 overall record. MVNU also claimed third place in the American Mideast Conference standings and will be the No. 3 seed in the upcoming four-team, double-elimination NAIA Region IX Tournament that will start next Wednesday with the location still to be determined. The winner of that tournament will earn the right to host the NAIA East Coast Super Regional, which will be a best-of-three series with the NAIA Region X champion.