WINGATE, N.C. --- Tusculum's Charles Hall has been tabbed the NCAA Division II Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

Hall, a senior right-hander from Dumfries, Virginia, broke the NCAA Division II single-game record with 22 strikeouts as he pitched a 9-inning complete game in TU's 10-1 South Atlantic Conference win over Queens Friday.  He breaks the D-II national mark previously held by five other pitchers with the most recent coming on April 1, 1999 when Nate Kosoc of Saint Rose fanned 21 batters against NJIT.  Hall's 22-strikeout effort is ranked seventh for all NCAA divisions.

Hall, the two-time SAC Pitcher of the Week, achieved the record feat on 123 pitches as he struck out every Royals batter at least once including eight of the nine Queens' hitters at least two times each.  Hall recorded two strikeouts in every inning and fanned the side four times including the first, second, fifth and sixth innings.  Sixteen were swinging strikeouts while six came looking.  Hall leads the nation with his 88 strikeouts this year and has struck out 10 or more batters in six consecutive starts.

Tusculum (18-10, 7-2 SAC) hosts Bluefield State on Wednesday at 4 p.m. before this weekend's South Atlantic Conference series at Carson-Newman.