Lock Haven, Pa. - For a second-straight week, Mercyhurst baseball earns a weekly conference award with Chris Juchno earning the nod this time around. After a historic week at the plate for the junior outfielder, the Erie native was named the PSAC Athlete of the Week.

Juchno and the Lakers ended up taking three against California (Pa.) in a four-game series over the course of the weekend to help Mercyhurst clinch a spot in the PSAC Tournament. The Erie native played a big role in helping the team to those trio of wins as he hit .600 (9-15) with a SLG above 1.500 during that time. He started things off on the road against the Vulcans in a two-game set in which he hit a home run in each game. He then bested those two bombs in the finale on Saturday with three home runs in game number two to become the first Laker to have three or more home runs in a game since Philip Ferranti in 2022 when he did so against Seton Hill in late April.

Juchno is now hitting .344 on the season with a team-best .672 SLG for an OPS of 1.114, the best among the Lakers. His five homers on the weekend now has him first on the team in the category with nine, having 21 extra base hits overall for the most on the team. Those numbers are not only tops among the Lakers, but also in the conference as his OPS is fifth in the PSAC while his SLG comes in second as do his home runs and extra base hits, making him one of the more feared hitters in the conference. Since the calendar has flipped to April Juchno has been on a tear, batting .393 with a SLG of .642, hitting 15 of his 21 extra base hits in that time and looks to keep things rolling into the final week of the regular season.

Juchno and the Lakers return to PSAC West play against IUP on Thursday, May 2nd, on the road while seeing the Crimson Hawks the next day for a doubleheader at home at 1:00 p.m.