D3baseball.com Team of the Week

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 third Team of the Week of the 2013 season.

Through games of February 25 - March 3, 2013

C Danny Zaretsky, Sr., St. Joseph's (Brooklyn)

Zaretsky knocked a team-best three extra base hits going 3-for-3 with three doubles and two RBI in game two of a three-game set against Albertus Magnus helping the Bears to a 3-0 record, the best start in school history. The senior finished the week batting 5-for-9 (.556) with three RBI and a run scored.

1B  Nick Boggan, Sr., Cal Lutheran

Boggan continued his dominance on the diamond this week, extending his hit-streak to 12. He hit .500 (5-for-10) with two home runs and a double during a 2-1 series win over Chapman. Boggan was walked four times and collected four RBI while scoring five runs against the Panthers.

2B  Corey Wallace, Jr., Guilford

Wallace led the Quakers to a 2-1 week with a .583 batting average (7-for-12), two triples and six RBI over three games. Wallace had at least two hits in all three games, including a 3-for-4 showing in a win over Immaculata.

SS  Kyle McKelvey, Sr., Western New England

McKelvey, the Commonwealth Coast Conference Player of the Week, led the Golden Bears' offense in a 2-1 season-opening weekend. He batted .462 (6-for-13) with five RBI. He slugged .538 and got on-base 46.7 percent of the time. He committed only one error in 16 fielding chances.

3B  Colby Gee, Jr., Ithaca

Gee batted .412 (7-for-17) on the week. He homered twice and drove in seven runs over four games as the Bombers started the season with four-straight wins, including victories over Old Westbury and Eastern Connecticut State. Gee also scored seven runs in the opening weekend.

OF Mike Denlinger, Jr., Johns Hopkins

Denlinger was nearly perfect at the plate this week, going 5-for-6 (.833) with two walks and four RBIs for the undefeated Blue Jays. The junior reached base on all five at-bats against Oneonta State, going 3-for-3 with two walks, two RBI and two runs.

OF  Michael Mascari, Sr., Oswego St.

Mascari had a monster weekend in Oswego State's opening games of the season. In two games, he batted .833 (5-for-6) with five RBI and two runs scored. Mascari went 4-for-4 with four RBI in the Lakers' 10-5 come-from-behind win at TCNJ. He was named SUNYAC Baseball Player of the Week.

OF  Mark Riendeau, So., Louisiana College

Riendeau had a career best week, going 12-for-18 (.667) over a four game stretch. He set career highs for hits (4) and RBI (6). For the week, Riendeau had 2 doubles, 1 triple, and 10 RBI.

DH  Danny Clifford, Jr., George Fox

After missing five games with a sore arm, Clifford made a triumphant return to the lineup in a three game sweep of Lewis & Clark that opened Northwest Conference play for the Bruins. In his first at bat back, he slugged a three-run home run to start the Bruins on the way to victory. In game two, Clifford tied a school record three doubles. In the finale, his 9th-inning walk to forced in the tying run as the Bruins rallied from an 8-3 deficit in the inning.

SP Max Beatty, Jr., Pacific Lutheran

Beatty pitched 8 innings of a 1-0 win over Willamette to open the NWC season for the Lutes. Beatty scattered three hits and did not allow a walk, while striking out five.

SP Ryan Conklin, Fr., Bard

In Conklin's first collegiate start, he threw a seven-inning, one-hit shutout, striking out 14 and walking one in a 7-0 win over Yeshiva. He also went 2-for-7 with two RBI in Bard's doubleheader sweep, which were the first varsity baseball contests for Bard since 1937.

SP  Kevin Herget, Sr., Kean

Herget picked up career win #22 as he led Kean to a 7-1 win over FDU-Florham. He fanned 11 in eight innings of work. He allowed just two hits on the day with one walk.

RP  Ryan Fleischmann, Sr., Christopher Newport

Fleischmann, saved two games this week, moving into second all-time in the USA South Athletic Conference record book for career saves. He appeared in four games, striking out nine batters in four innings of work, while giving up just one hit.