D3baseball.com Team of the Week

The Team of the Week is D3baseball.com's weekly honor roll, in its third 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 eleventh Team of the Week of the 2014 season.

Games of April 21-27, 2014

C  Tyler Ison, Jr., Franklin

Ison played a vital role in Franklin's first HCAC sweep of the season, by hitting two home runs and leading the team with nine runs batted in. He batted .438 (7-for-16) with five runs scored for the week. Ison recorded a .875 slugging percentage and a .550 on base percentage.

1B  Brett Robberts, So., Muskingum

Robberts helped lead the Muskies to a 4-1 week of play after hitting .500 (13-for-26) with seven RBI and seven runs scored. He hit two doubles and one home run, resulting in a .692 slugging percentage.

2B Marcus Uechi, Sr., Hardin-Simmons

Uechi was 11-for-19 (.579) with three doubles and a triple on the week. He scored 10 runs and drove in seven. Uechi led the Cowboys to three straight wins over Louisiana College to get back in contention for a playoff spot with one week remaining in the ASC regular season.

SS  Zach Hynes, Sr., Bridgewater (Va.)

Hynes hit for a .500 average (13-for-26) in six games at the ODAC tournament to help lead the Eagles to the title. He had three doubles, a home run and four RBIs in the tournament. In three tournament games against No. 16 Shenandoah in the tournament, Hynes was 8-for-12 for a .750 average, including a 5-for-8 day on championship Sunday.

3B  Ryan Luke, Jr., Moravian

Luke helped No. 22 Moravian to a 3-2 record last week by hitting .556 (10-for-18). He hit safely in all five games with four multiple hit games. For the week, Luke had eight RBIs, scored four runs, drew three walks, had a .591 on-base percentage and an .889 slugging percentage.

OF  Dan Eichholzer, Sr., Concordia (Ill.)

Eichholzer led the No. 3 Cougars during 8-1 week with a .441 batting average (15-for-34) with six extra base hits. He scored 12 runs and knocked in 12, one of those the game-winning single in the 10th inning for 1-0 win v. MSOE on Sunday. Eichholzer was a perfect 6-6 in stolen base attempts.

OF  Mike Pezzone, Sr., Allegheny

Pezzone racked up a .423 batting average (11-for-26) and an electric .808 slugging percentage. He drove in a team-high 11 runs over seven games for the Gators.

OF  Gaston Rojas, Sr., Keystone

Rojas batted .667 (16-for-24) with 16 runs scored and six RBIs while starting all eight games for Keystone on the week. The senior outfielder also drew four walks and was hit by one pitch to post a .724 on base percentage while going 6-7 in stolen base attempts. Rojas collected five doubles, one triple, and one home run.

DH  Joe Winckel, Sr., Webster

Winckel led second ranked Webster's offensive attack as the team went 4-0 and clinched its eighth straight SLIAC regular season title. Winckel batted .667 (10-for-15) with a 1.267 slugging percent, hitting three doubles, two home runs, and 10 RBIs.

SP  Dan Kluss, Sr., Concordia (Ill.)

Kluss went 2-0 for the week with two outstanding starts. On Monday he took a no-hitter into the ninth before settling for two-hitter in 7-0 win. On Sunday game he threw 131 pitches in 10-inning complete-game effort as the Cougars won 1-0.

SP  Chris Haddeland, Jr., Linfield

Haddeland bounced back from his first loss in more than a year with a vengeance, hurling a two-hit complete-game shutout in top-ranked Linfield's 2-0 victory over Lewis & Clark. He rang up six strikeouts against no walks.

SP  Kevin Kwedor, So., Mass. Maritime

Kwedor threw the 25th perfect game in NCAA Division III history by retiring all 21 batters faced in Buccaneers' 4-0 victory over MCLA. Struck out six while inducing seven ground ball outs and eight fly ball outs in throwing 60 of 89 pitches for strikes. Kwedor went distance in scattering seven hits and fanning four in 1-0 setback to Framingham State.

SP  Eric Veglahn, So., St. Thomas (Minn.)

Eric Veglahn came within one out of recording St. Thomas' first no-hitter in more than a dozen years but a two-out triple in the seventh inning ended his bid. He closed with a one-hitter with three walks and five strikeouts.

RP  Corey Armentrout, Jr., Bridgewater (Va.)

Armentrout picked up the save in both games on Championship Sunday against No. 16 Shenandoah. Armentrout pitched four innings in the first game, allowing two hits and one unearned to get the save and force a deciding game. He then pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to preserve a 6-5 win in the second game as Bridgewater won the title.