The Team of the Week is D3baseball.com's weekly honor roll, in its fourth 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 ninth Team of the Week of the 2015 season.
Games of April 6-12, 2015
C Curtis Wildung, Sr., Pacific Lutheran
Curtis Wildung tallied four doubles out of his five hits in seven at bats while starting two of the Lutes' three games behind the plate. The senior catcher drove in three runs while scoring four and added a walk and stolen base as Pacific Lutheran won both games he played as part of a three-game NWC series sweep of Puget Sound. For the weekend he triple-slashed .714/.750/1.286.
1B Walker Breard, Fr., Cornell College
Breard went 10-for-14 (.714) with four homers, three doubles and ten RBIs in a 2-2 week for the Cornell Rams. Breard also scored seven runs in his three games.
2B Chris Cutrone, Sr., St. Joseph's (Brooklyn)
Cutrone had an impressive week at the plate for the Bears, hitting .583 (14-for-24) with four runs scored and three RBI over a six-game stretch for the Bears. He extended his hitting streak to a team season-high-tying 12 games with one of his three doubles on the week in a doubleheader with Staten Island on April 12.
SS Craig Konrardy, Jr., Coe
Konrardy batted .591 (13-for-22) leading Coe to a 5-0 week. He scored eight times and drove in seven to go with five stolen bases. Konrardy had four doubles and a triple to slug .864. He has reached base in 37-straight games, tied for the second longest streak in college baseball.
3B Tyler Branneky, Jr., Westminster (Mo.)
Branneky batted .667 (8-for-12) in three games for Westminister. He had four extra base hits (two doubles, two home runs) to go with six runs scored and eight RBI. Branneky was perfect in the field, participating in two twin killings.
OF Caleb Lang, Jr., Cairn
Lang put together another great performance this week from the plate with a .643 batting average (9-for-14) and 1.286 slugging percentage. Lang had nine RBI with one double, one triple, and two home runs. Lang was also instrumental in Cairn's 13-12 win over Keystone by pitching one inning with the game tied at 12-12, collecting the win.
OF Joey McAlpin, Sr., Oglethorpe
McAlpin helped the Stormy Petrels to a 6-1 record. He hit .684 (13-for-19) with a home run, three doubles, a triple, 10 RBIs and seven runs scored. He totaled a .700 on-base percentage and a 1.105 slugging percentage over the course of the week.
OF Devin Warren, Fr., Southern Maine
Warren helped the Huskies extend their winning streak to six games. He came off the bench to go 4-for-4 against Husson and hit safely in all four games, including three multiple-hit games. Warren was 10-for-14 (.714) with three doubles to go with six runs and eight RBI.
DH Bryant Lowry, Jr., Christopher Newport
Lowery delivered a team-high seven RBI this week, in three crucial wins for the Captains to get into the CAC Tournament. Lowery batted .556 (5-for-9) and with a home run in each game for a 1.667 slugging percentage.
SP Tyler Krolikowski, Jr., Mt. St. Vincent
Krolikowski worked the second no-hitter in program history in a 3-0 win over Maritime on Saturday. In the seven inning no hitter, Krolikowski walked one and struck out 14. He opened the week with a win in relief where he pitched the final three innings of a 10-5 win over NYU. He allowed one hit ad two walks to go with five strikeouts.
SP Christian Neal, Jr., William Peace
Neal shutout the Piedmont Lions, scattering four hits in a 3-0 complete game win. With 17 strikeouts, Neal shattered the program's previous single-game record of 10 and fell three short of the conference's all-time mark.
SP Shane Nolan, Sr. Rutgers-Newark
Nolan threw a no-hitter to lead the Rutgers-Newark to a 14-0 win over Drew Tuesday. Nolan tossed just 82 pitches, facing the minimum number of batters as he carried a perfect game into the ninth inning, but an error ended that bid with nobody out. Nolan finished the week with two innings against Kean, where he allowed a run on three hits.
RP Corey McNamara, Jr., Saint Joseph's (Me.)
McNamara was nearly perfect on the weekend for the Monks with a hit batter as the only blemish in the two games he closed. Against Anna Maria he entered with the game tied and kept the Amcats off the bases and swinging with four strikeouts in two innings. He saved a 3-0 win over Norwich with two strikeouts.