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Five Knights Make Season's Final PacWest Weekly Top 10

Phoenix, AZ -- In the team's final week of play this season, five Urban Knights were named to the PacWest Weekly Top 10 Honor Roll. Sophomore outfielder Johnathan Robbins, junior infielder Darnell Quinney, sophomore right-handed pitcher/catcher Brandon Kistler, freshman shortstop Stefen Henderson, and freshman catcher Chris Holmes all contributed tremendously in a week filled with close contests against Hawaii-Hilo. The honors were announced by the PacWest Media Office in Phoenix, AZ, on Monday, May 10, for games played May 3 - May 9.

Robbins, who earned the PacWest Top 10 honor for the second consecutive week, extended his hitting streak to a season-high nine games on May 4 and was on base throughout the series. The sophomore outfielder saw his streak come to an end in the second game of the doubleheader versus Hawaii-Hilo, but he followed that up with an incredible final day of action. On May 5, Robbins was 3-for-5 with three stolen bases and two runs scored in game one then he walked a season-high three times in the second contest and stole a pair.

By the end of the week, Robbins was 4-for-11 (.364) with four runs scored, four walks, one run batted in, and five steals. He also slugged at a rate of .364 and finished with a .563 on-base percentage in the four games. The three-hit contest on May 5 was Robbins' fifth of the season and it was the third time he had notched three steals in one game.

made four starts for Academy of Art University during the week and he was producing offensively as well as defensively throughout. In the first game of the series with UHH on May 4, he came through with a run batted in and followed that up with a 3-for-4 performance in game two. Quinney then doubled twice with one RBI in another 3-for-4 outing one day later. The second contest on May 5 saw the right-hander take the mound and allow just one earned run over 2.0 innings with one strikeout.

It was a special week for Quinney who led the entire PacWest Conference in hitting with a .500 average by way of his six hits in 12 at-bats. On top of the average, the junior added two doubles, one run scored, two RBIs, and one walk. Quinney's slugging percentage was a sparkling .667 and his on-base mark finished at .538.

(1-0) earned the week's lone victory for AAU with his incredible relief pitching performance. The sophomore righty allowed just one hit and one walk over 2.2 innings of shutout work in game one on May 5. Kistler retired the final seven batters he faced in the game while his team scored two runs to take home the win.

On the mound, Kistler notched the first victory of his Urban Knight career and completed the week with a 0.00 earned run average in addition to a .111 batting average against. He also struck out one in his relief appearance. Along with his stellar pitching, Kistler also added one hit and one run scored as the starting catcher in game one on May 4.

, who scored two runs in the Knights' dramatic 9-7 nine inning victory over the Vulcans on May 5, ended his freshman season with on a three-game hit streak to tie his season high for the fourth occasion. In the second contest against Hawaii-Hilo on May 4, Henderson went 1-for-3 with a walk and added a 3-for-6 outing on day two of the series.

When the week was over, Henderson had finished 4-for-13 (.308) with three runs scored. The freshman shortstop who began earning more walks in the second half of the season also walked twice and completed four starts with a .400 on-base percentage.

Holmes had one of the more crucial hits for Academy of Art this past week. The freshman catcher provided an important RBI single in the ninth inning of AAU's 9-7 victory on May 5 which gave his team the two-run lead. That was the second hit in the contest for Holmes and he finished with his third multi-hit game of the season after going 2-for-4.

For the week, Holmes was 3-for-7 (.429) in two starts behind the plate with two runs scored, one RBI, and one walk. The freshman slugged at a .429 clip and his on-base mark was .500 for the series with UHH.

This is the third selection to the PacWest Weekly Top 10 Honor Roll for Robbins, the second for Quinney, and the first for Kistler, Henderson, and Holmes.

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