WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – After tossing a two-hit shutout to help the Lycoming College baseball team down the defending conference champions in his first start in more than a month, senior A.J. Llorente (Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area) has earned his first career Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Week award, the conference office announced on Monday, March 23.
 
Llorente (1-0) allowed two hits, a walk and a hit batter, allowing just two runners to reach second base and retiring the last 14 batters he faced, striking out four Cardinals (11-8 overall, 2-5 Landmark) in an 11-0 Lycoming (9-11 overall, 2-5 Landmark) win on Sunday, March 23. He tossed just 74 pitches in the win.
 
The senior, for good measure, also went 6-for-11 with two runs and two RBI in the three-game set with Catholic, as Lycoming won two of three games from the Cardinals.
 
Llorente leads the Warriors with a .412 average (21-of-51), as he has scored nine runs and driven in 10 this season. He is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 10 2/3 innings. He has struck out six and walked two on the mound.
 
Llorente was named the Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week on Feb. 17 after he was 8-for-12 with a double and five RBI in the team's opening weekend against Guilford College. He joins junior Alex Halbert (Laurel, Md./Atholton), who won the Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Week award on Feb. 17 and March 2.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Wednesday, March 25, when they host Susquehanna University in Landmark Conference action at 3:30 p.m., at Brandon Park.