April 4, 2017

D3baseball.com Team of the Week

The Team of the Week is D3baseball.com's weekly honor roll, honoring performers at each position from the previous week. Players are selected from nominations from their school's sports information directors. This is the eighth Team of the Week of the 2017 season.

Games of March 27 - April 2, 2017

C  Matt Hammond, Sr., Grinnell

In a four-game sweep of Illinois College, Hammond had a blistering 1.154 slugging percentage. He hit .538, going 7-of-13 at the plate with two homers, two doubles, 11 RBIs, four runs scored and a .632 on-base percentage. At the catcher spot, Hammond boasted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 14 putouts in as many tries.

1B  David Lemley, Sr. La Roche

Lemley hit .593 (16-for-27) in seven games with La Roche. He hit six extra-base hits (four doubles, triple and home run) for a .926 stugging percentage. Lemley scored 11 times and drove in 11 runs.

2B  Bray Curreri, Jr., Keystone

Curreri led Keystone to a 3-0 (2-0 CSAC) week by batting .556 with five hits and nine at-bats He had a team-leading four RBIs and scored twice. With two doubles, his slugging percentage was .778.

SS  Matt Schubert, Sr., Concordia (Wisc.)

Schubert belted three home runs over and two doubles in four NACC games this past weekend. The senior shortstop batted .533 (8-for-15) as he collected two hits in each game and scored seven times. Schubert drove in six for the weekend and added two steals.

3B  Trevor Keleher, So., SUNY-Canton

Keleher averaged .444 (4-for-9) with a .545 on-base percentage in three games v. No. 24 nationally-ranked St. John Fisher this weekend. He scored one run and drove in one as Canton was swept by the Cardinals.

OF  Ethan Hallmark, Jr., Southwestern

Hallmark led Southwestern to a 4-0 week, as the junior outfielder hit .667 (10-for-15) with a double, a triple, three home runs and nine RBIs. Hallmark racked up 22 total bases during the week, which translated to a 1.467 slugging percentage. He also reached base at a .667 clip, scored eight times and swiped two bases.

OF  Eamon McNeil, So., Occidental

McNeil went 10-for-11 with two home runs, a double as Occidental took over first place in the SCIAC. He hit .909 in the series and played outstanding defense in left field. He had eight RBIs and four runs scored in the three-game series wit La Verne.

OF  Steven Neutzling, Jr., St. Scholastica

In seven games last week, Neutzling went 16-for-33 (.485) with five doubles, two triples, two home runs, 12 RBIs and 11 runs scored. He led the Saints to a 5-1 record against the three teams in the WIAC that are ranked or receiving vote in the Top 25.

DH  Steve Santigate, So., Kean

Santigate hit a home run in each of Kean's three games last week in a 2-1 week for the Cougars. With eight hits in 13 at-bats, his slash line was .615/.615/1.308. Santigate had nine RBIs and scored three runs.

SP  Kenny Carrier, Jr., FDU-Florham

Carrier tossed a seven-inning no-hitter against DeSales on Sunday in a 3-1 win. The junior struck out six, walked three, and allowed just one baserunner after the first inning.

SP  Brad Margolin, Sr., Washington University

Margolin dominated the No. 10 Emory Eagles lineup, finishing the contest with a one-hit complete game shutout while striking out nine compared to just one walk.

SP  Dan Williams, So., Stevenson

Williams tossed the second no-hitter in Stevenson history in a 4-0 win against Albright on Sunday. He threw 96 pitches, 61 for strikes, and struck out five and walked two while facing just two batters over the minimum.

RP  Jake Mintz, Sr., Washington University

Mintz was instrumental in Washington's four-game sweep of the No. 10 Emory. The righthanded reliever earned two victories by pitching five and one-third innings of hitless and scoreless baseball. He did not allow any inherited runners to score this week as well. He struck out seven batters while walking just one.