ROSEMONT, Ill. - After helping Rutgers baseball to its first Big Ten series victory, freshman Milo Freeman (Millburn, N.J.) has been named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week. It marks the first weekly honor for the baseball program in the Scarlet Knights' new conference.

Freeman went 8-for-14 (.571) in four games last week for RU, including a 4-for-4 effort in the Sunday rubber game victory at Purdue. The nine-hole hitter ripped an RBI single in his first at bat to give the Scarlet Knights an early 1-0 lead in the second inning. He then laid down a perfect bunt single the second time up and followed with two more singles later on. The rookie added three stolen bases in the contest, the most by a player in a Big Ten game last weekend.

In addition, Freeman made the play of the game defensively at third base in the fourth inning. With a runner at second and two outs, he snared a sharply hit chopper to the backhand and regathered his footing to fire across the diamond for the inning-ending putout.

Freeman went 1-for-2 off the bench in the Saturday game versus the Boilermakers and logged a 2-for-3 effort Wednesday at Ball State. For the season, he leads Rutgers with a .371 batting average in 15 games.

Pitcher Sal Biasi of Penn State shared the Big Ten Rookie of the Week. Click here for the full release from the league.

The Scarlet Knights (5-14, 2-1) are back at Bainton Field Tuesday to host NJIT at 3 p.m. The next Big Ten series will be at home starting Friday versus Ohio State.

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