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 fourth Team of the Week of the 2015 season.
Games of March 2-8, 2015
C Alex Murdoch, Fr., Coast Guard
In his collegiate debut, Murdock was 3-for-5 with four RBI. He ended up batting .500 (4-for-8) on the week with a triple and five RBIs. Murdock either scored or drove in the winning run in both games he played and saved the lead when he tagged out the tying run in the bottom of the ninth in a 7-6 win.
1B Nick Bornhauser, Sr., Concordia-Moorhead
Bornhauser helped Concordia post their best start to a season since 1995. Last week he hit .875 (7-for-8) and had a 1.625 slugging percentage and a .889 on-base percentage. Bornhauser was 4-for-4 with runners in scoring position, 6-for-6 with runners on base and 3-for-3 with two outs in an inning.
2B Austin Batten, Fr., Bridgewater (Va.)
Batten hit .412 (7-for-17) to help the Eagles to a 3-1 record during the week. Batten scored one run and drove in four.
SS Nick Dean, Sr., Maryville (Tenn.)
Dean was 11-for-16 (.688) as Maryville swept William Peace in a three game USA South series. he had three extra base hits, a double, triple and home run for a 1.063 slugging percentage. Dean score eight runs and drove in four.
3B Cole Logemann, Jr., Rockford
Logemann powered the Regents to a perfect 2-0 start to the season with a pair of multi-hit performances. The junior blasted three home runs, drove in seven runs and scored four. For the week Logemann recorded a .400 batting average (4-for-10), .455 on-base percentage and a 1.300 slugging percentage.
OF Jeff Gertley, Jr., Adrian
Gertley continued his hot start for the Bulldogs with a 7-for-13 weekend (.538) including two home runs, four doubles and a triple. Gertley scored seven runs and had five RBI. He slugged 1.462 with a .625 on-base percentage.
OF Evan Gresham, Jr., Piedmont
Gresham hit .611 (11-for-18) with three walks and three doubles scoring seven runs in a 4-0 week for the Piedmont Lions. The rightfielder slugged .778.
OF Eddie Kilkeary, Fr., St. Vincent
Kilkeary paced the Bearcat offense during the team's 4-3 trip in Florida, hitting .733 (11-for-15). He totaled seven extra base hits, including three home runs, while also adding a team-best 11 RBIs. He racked up 26 total bases and a slugging percentage of 1.733.
DH Luciano Villanueva, Sr., Dallas
Villanueva hit .364 (4-for-11) in a weekend series at East Texas Baptist, notching a pair of two-hit performances. Serving as the designated hitter, Villanueva combined for five RBI, which accounted for nearly half of the team's run total in the sweep. He added a double and scored twice while slugging .727 in the series.
SP Jesse Bogacz, Fr., Kenyon
In his second collegiate start, Bogacz tossed a no-hitter against Immaculata in a 4-0 Kenyon win. He issued three walks, hit one batter, struck out eight and faced three over the minimum. The no-hitter was Kenyon's first in nearly seven years.
SP Brendyn Karinchak, Sr., Oswego St.
Karinchak defeated No. 13 Rowan, 3-0 in the Laker's season opener. He allowed four hits and a walk in eight innings. Karinchak struckout eight.
SP Alex Vannucci, So., North Park
Vannucci out dueled two-time D3baseball.com All-American Tommy Bergians as he threw a complete-game, three-hitter in a 4-0 win over Haverford on Sunday. He struck out nine batters and walked none while carrying an opponents' batting average of .100.
RP JT Williamson, Sr., Randolph-Macon
Williamson recorded a win and two saves in three conference contests on the week. He had two saves against Guilford and recorded a win over previously unbeaten Bridgewater (Va.). Williamson allowed two hits and a walk to go with nine strikeouts in 4.2 innings