WASHINGTON – Saint Joseph's lefthander Colton Book was named the Atlantic 10's Under Armour Baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon.
 
The southpaw shared the honor with Trystan Levesque of Rhode Island.
 
Book nearly made program history on Saturday as he was perfect through five innings of a 7-0 win over Mount St. Mary's.  After a walk to start the sixth, he notched a pickoff and a pair of strikeouts to carry a no-hitter into the final frame of the seven-inning contest.  He fanned one more Mountaineer before giving up his lone hit of the game on a single to left; he retired the next two batters to finish off the one-hit shutout.  All told, he struck out 14 batters, one shy of the program record for a single game.
 
A native of Manheim, Pennsylvania, Book has been outstanding in his first two starts as a Hawk, tossing 13.0 shutout innings and allowing just five base runners while striking out 23 batters.  He leads the Atlantic 10 in both innings pitched and strikeouts.
 
The Hawks return to action Tuesday at Rutgers.