HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- Houghton student-athletes Sarah McArthur, Kanta Ueno and Aiden Talcott have earned weekly awards from the Empire 8 Conference for the week ending March 23.

McArthur was named Softball Player of the Week, Ueno was Basetball Player of the Week and Talcott was Baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week.

McArthur helped Houghton to a 3-1 week by hitting .438 at the plate, while scoring nine runs. Six of her seven hits went for extra bases, including four doubles and two triples over the four games. She added three RBI and a stolen base during the week. In her final game of the week, a 13-7 win over SUNY Delhi, McArthur went 3-for-4 with a single, double, triple, walk, stolen base and three runs scored.

Ueno hit .800 (8-for-10) while adding three runs and nine RBI in three league games for the Highlanders. He added two doubles and two stolen bases. He added 10 assists and four putouts on 15 chances in the field. Ueno went 5-for-5 with a double and four RBI in Sunday's game two win over Alfred. He was also 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and three RBI in Friday's win over the Saxons.

Talcott pitched an eight-inning three hitter in his only appearance on the week, an 8-1 win over Alfred on Sunday to improve his season record to 4-0. He struck out four batters and walked three, while allowing just one run. Talcott lowered his team-leading earned run average to 1.86 over 29 innings pitched on the season.