SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota State right-hander Adam Mazur was honored Monday as Summit League Pitcher of the Week after helping lead the Jackrabbits to a four-game weekend sweep at Northern Colorado.
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A returning freshman from Woodbury, Minnesota, Mazur struck out a career-high 12 UNC batters in six shutout innings as SDSU won the Feb. 26 series opener, 12-0. Mazur struck out the side in each of the second, third and fourth innings, fanning eight Bear hitters in a row in one stretch. He allowed three hits and walked two.
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Mazur's 12 strikeouts are the most by an SDSU pitcher since Brady Stover set a Jackrabbit Division I-era standard with 13 K's in a 2018 game against Purdue Fort Wayne. In 10 innings over two starts this season, Mazur has notched a total of 16 strikeouts.
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The Jackrabbits, 5-2 overall, are scheduled to play a three-game weekend series at SIU Edwardsville. Mazur is expected to be back on the mound for Friday's series opener, which is set for a 3 p.m. first pitch at Simmons Complex on the SIUE campus in Edwardsville, Illinois.
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