The Team of the Week is D3baseball.com's weekly honor roll, in
its second season of recognizing the top performers at each of nine
positions from the previous week. Players are selected from
nominations from their school's sports information directors. This
is the tenth Team of the Week of the 2013 season.
Through games of April 15-21, 2013
C Kevin Bailey, Sr., Alvernia
Bailey batted a blistering .727 (8-for-11) on the week. Five of
Bailey's eight hits went for extra bases including being part of
back-to-back-to-back home runs in a win at Albright. He scored four
runs and knocked in four. Bailey had two assists from behind the
plate.
1B Jeff Lynch, Sr., Johns Hopkins
Lynch went 8-for-18 (.444) with 11 RBIs, nine runs, four home runs
and a 1.222 slugging percentage over the course of five games for
Johns Hopkins last week. The first baseman had one of the best
games of his career against Widener, batting 3-for-4 with five
RBIs, five runs, two home runs and a pair of walks in the Blue
Jays' victory.
2B J.J. McDaniel, So., Shenandoah
McDaniel, the ODAC Player of the Week, was 14-for-24 (.560) to
lead Shenandoah to a 5-1 week. In a game against St. Joseph's
(L.I.), McDaniel had the program's first cycle since 1996. McDaniel
had nine extra-base hits with 13 RBI and 10 runs scored.
SS Nick Ramagli, Sr., Kean
Ramagli, the NJAC Player of the Week, helped Kean to a 4-0 NJAC
week, including four wins over the other top two contenders in the
NJAC, pushing Kean to a three game advantage in the NJAC, He batted
.471 (8-for17) with four extra base hits, drove in seven, and
crossed the plate ten times. Ramagli also stole six bases.
3B Kent Peterson, Sr., Guilford
Peterson finished his career in style by hitting .750 (9-for-12)
with a double and six runs in the Quakers' 4-0 week. he was a
perfect 6-for-6 with runners in scoring position, driving in six.
Peterson matched his career high with four hits and had a
personal-best four runs in the Quakers' ODAC win over Emory &
Henry.
OF Cole Bagbey, Sr., Louisiana College
Bagbey, the ASC-East Hitter of the Week, went 7-for-14 (.500) with
two home runs, the first of his career, two doubles and five RBIs
to fuel a 2-1 division series win over nationally ranked
Texas-Tyler. Bagbey also scored three runs and walked once.
OF Joseph Mendez, Jr., St. Joseph's
(Brooklyn)
Mendez was the Bears leading hitter and run producer over the last
week. The junior batted .692 (9-for-13) on the week with a
team-high 13 RBI along with eight runs scored. The outfielder
belted a home run and five doubles for a team-high 1.308 slugging
percentage along with a .688 on base percentage over the four-game
stretch.
OF Leon Stimpson, Sr., Alvernia
Stimpson powered the Crusaders lineup from the top spot this week
batting .625 (10-for-16) with 17 RBIs and eight runs. His nine RBI
game against Albright came three shy of the single game Alvernia
record. He also showed a selective eye at the plate drawing six
walks and stole six bases in seven attempts.
DH Evan Graci, Sr., Salisbury
Graci helped Salisbury claim its second consecutive CAC title,
hitting .421 (8-for-19) with one home run, one double, eight RBI,
six runs scored, one stolen base and one walk base in a four-game
sweep of the tournament field. Graci hit safely and scored at least
one run in each game last week with a slugging percentage of .632
and on-base percentage of .450.
SP Matt Delegato, Sr., Pacific (Ore.)
Delegato won his seventh straight game with a complete game four
hitter as Pacific beat Puget Sound 10-0 on Sunday. He allowed just
four hits, walked no one and struck out six. He retired the first
10 batters he faced and allowed just two runners past first
base.
SP Rob Rogers, Keystone
Rogers earned CSAC Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing a
nine-inning complete game in a 4-1 win over Gwynedd-Mercy on Friday
afternoon, striking out 10 batters while scattering four hits and
one walk.
SP James Simmons, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Simmons tossed a three-hitter and never allowed a runner past
second base and struck out nine batters in the complete-game
shutout. The win clinched an ASC Tournament berth for the
Cowboys.
RP Aaron Roth, Jr., Cal Lutheran
Roth extended his school record consecutive scoreless innings
streak to 40.2 after 5.1 innings of work this weekend. On Friday,
the junior was perfect in two innings of work while striking out
four in a 5-1 victory over La Verne. On Saturday, Roth collected
his SCIAC leading eighth save of the season when he pitched the
final 3.1 innings.