Stearnes continued his torrid streak to end the regular season, batting .550 while hitting six home runs and driving in 15 batters for the Gators, as they clinched the Empire 8 Regular Season Championship and top seed in the upcoming E8 Tournament. He began the week by going 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs and five RBI against SUNY Cobleskill on Tuesday and homered twice and drove in five runs the following day against Union. Stearns walked twice and scored two runs in Friday’s 9-4 win over Houghton and followed that up with his third multi-homer and five-RBI game of the week in Saturday’s 7-0 victory. Overall, he recorded a 2.091 OPS on the week. Stearns earned E8 Player of the Week honors for the second straight week.