March 26, 2001

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech second baseman Marc Tugwell has been named the BIG EAST baseball player of the week after helping the Hokies to a 3-1 mark in league play last week.

Tugwell, a sophomore from Springfield, Va., was instrumental in Tech's double-header sweep of No. 8 Notre Dame on Sunday. His seventh-inning single drove in the game-winning run in the opening game of the twin-bill as the Hokies rallied for a 3-2 win in their last at bat. In the second game, a 9-8 Tech win, Tugwell belted two doubles and a single and scored a run.

For the week, Tugwell batted .571 (8-14) with two home runs, a pair of doubles, four runs batted in and four runs scored. For the season, he is hitting .370 overall with a .476 batting average in BIG EAST games.

Tech is now 13-9 on the season and leads the BIG EAST Conference with a 6-1 league record.