INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced Monday that Missouri-St. Louis junior second baseman Charlie Mohr (Alton, Ill./Alton HS/Lewis & Clark CC) and senior pitcher Austin Schuler (McKinney, Texas/McKinney HS) have been named the GLVC baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.
Mohr helped the Tritons to a 4-1 record on the week, including taking three of four games from Drury to keep the Tritons in contention for its first GLVC Tournament bid since 2004. Mohr opened the week going 3-for-5 (.600) at the plate with three RBIs in Missouri-St. Louis’ 13-2 defeat of McKendree on Wednesday. He then returned to help guide the Tritons to a 3-1 series over divisional opponent Drury where he finished 6-for-15 (.400) with seven RBIs in the series. On the week, Mohr batted .450 with nine hits, including a double, triple, and homerun, while driving in 10 runs for the Tritons. He finished the week with 15 total bases, boasting a slugging percentage of .750.
Triton senior pitcher Austin Schuler picked up a win on the mound in the series finale against Drury on Sunday. Schuler held the Panthers to just five hits and one run in eight innings of work as the Tritons defeated Drury 5-4 to round out the series. Schuler struck out six batters in his eight inning performance.
The Missouri-St. Louis squad improves to 28-19 on the year with a 19-14 record in conference play. The Tritons will return to the field on Tuesday, May 8 as they face off against Missouri S&T in the final game before the GLVC Championships.
Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Rockhurst’s Mark Himmelberg(P) and Anthony Davis (SS), Lewis’ Michael Schroeder (P), Indianapolis’ Hugo Lalonde (P) and Tyler O’Daniel (3B), Missouri S&T’s John Auble(P), Quincy’s Brian Burwell (P) and Aaron Priestes (OF), and Drury’s Will Landsheft (P) and Alex Larkin (IF).