DALLAS - For the first time this season, Old Dominion's Kyle Battle was named Conference USA Hitter of the Week as announced by the league Monday afternoon
Battle led the Monarchs to a 4-0 week with a midweek game over VMI and a weekend sweep over Rutgers. The senior averaged .412 last week, knocking in seven RBIs, seven hits and seven runs. In its largest margin of victory since 2017, Battle had four hits, a season high against VMI, defeating them 17-2. Also against Keydets, Battle recorded a season-high 3 RBIs and 3 runs, also picking up two doubles.