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BAY CITY, Mich. - Ohio Dominican University senior outfielder Evan Shaw (Delaware, Ohio/Hayes) and Grand Valley State University senior pitcher Kyle Schepel (Grand Rapids, Mich./Christian) have been chosen as the GLIAC Baseball "Player of the Week" and "Pitcher of the Week", respectively.
GLIAC Baseball Player of the Week:
Evan Shaw
Ohio Dominican
6-0, Senior OF
Delaware, Ohio/Hayes
Evan Shaw extended his hitting streak to nine games by
hitting in all six contests last week against Findlay and
Northwood. Shaw had multi-hit efforts in the last five games of the
week, including a 3-for-4 effort in ODU’s 6-1 win over
Northwood on Saturday. He finished the week with a .565 on-base
percentage, .524 (11-21) batting average, two RBI, and two stolen
bases. Shaw currently ranks third in the GLIAC with 30 hits.
Baseball Player Weekly
Honor Roll: John Broll - AU; Reid Rothenbuhler - UF;
Keven Zak - GV; Scott Lantis - HC; Pat Kilway - LE; Jake Oard - NU;
Brandon Schwanz - SV; Pat Curtin - TU; Kasey Koster - WS.
2012 "Players of the Week": (3/14) Steve
Anderson - GV, (3/20) Christian Prince - OD, (3/26) Chet LaFave -
SV, (4/2) Evan Shaw - OD.
GLIAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week:
Kyle Schepel
Grand Valley State
6-1, Senior RHP
Grand Rapids, Mich./Christian
Kyle Schepel became Grand Valley
State’s career wins leader with his stellar outing against
Ashland in game one of their series. Schepel threw six shutout
innings; allowing only three hits (.143 BAA) while striking out six
and only walking three in the 1-0 victory. The win gave him 27
career victories to place him on the top of the all-time wins list
in Laker history. Schepel currently ranks first in the GLIAC in
strikeouts with 39.
Baseball Pitcher Weekly Honor Roll: Zach Botjer - AU; Alex Williams - UF; Matthew Reck - HC; Brian Kilway - LE; Luke Bivens - NU; Nick Venditti - OD; Mike Saunders - SV; Josh Wedesky - WS.
2012 "Pitchers of the Week": (3/14) Cory Baker - GV, (3/20) Jordan Snider - NU, (3/26) Adam Beach - LE, (4/2) Kyle Schepel - GV.
Ashland Eagles
The Eagles were 3-3 last week in
GLIAC play. They swept a doubleheader over Tiffin, scoring 25 runs
on the day in 15-10 and 10-2 wins over the Dragons. Senior John
Broll (Mississagua, Ont./Genesee CC) had 11 RBI on the day and
ripped two home runs in the nightcap. He also had two doubles in
the first game, finishing the day 6-for-9 with five runs scored. He
leads the Eagles with a .390 batting average. Sophomore Tyler Gray
(Plain City, Ohio/Jonathan Alder) had two home runs in the opener
of Wednesday’s doubleheader. He has a team-high six homers on
the year. The Eagles dropped three of four games at No. 20 Grand
Valley State on the weekend, losing both on Saturday before earning
a doubleheader split on Sunday. Junior Zach Botjer (Deshler,
Ohio/Sinclair CC) tossed a six-inning complete game in
Saturday’s opener, but the Eagles lost 1-0. AU dropped Game
2, 4-2. On Sunday, junior right-hander Brad Thomas tossed a
complete game in a 7-1 win over the Lakers. Six different players
had a single RBI for the Eagles, who blew the game open with a
six-run third inning. The Eagles dropped the nightcap, 9-2. Junior
Austin Erb (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) hit his first home run of
the season in the loss. Ashland travels to Lake Erie on Wednesday
for a GLIAC doubleheader before hosting Ohio Dominican for
doubleheaders on Saturday and Monday.
Findlay
Oilers
The Oilers are currently 7-14
overall with a 2-8 mark in conference play. Despite losing on
Saturday to Saginaw, Preston Zachich didn’t give up an earned
run and only allowed five runs in 5 1/3 innings pitched while
striking out four. He continues to dominate hitters and has
been clocked at over 90MPH with his fastball. Freshman Alex
Williams picked up his third save of the season and struck out
three in two innings while picking up the save on Sunday.
Grand Valley State Lakers
#20 Grand Valley State picked up a big 3-1 series victory over
Ashland this past weekend…Senior pitcher Kyle Schepel (Grand
Rapids, Mich./Christian) became GVSU’s all-time wins leader
with his 1-0 victory in game one of the series…Schepel threw
six shutout innings, allowing only three hits with six strikeouts
to earn his 27th career win…Redshirt freshman Kevin Zak
(Novi, Mich.) had a clutch weekend, hitting his first career home
run to account for the only run in the 1-0 victory on Saturday,
then hit a two-RBI double in game two to bring in the game-winning
runs…Junior pitcher Brad Zambron (Waterford, Mich./Brother
Rice) picked up two saves on Saturday and now has four saves on the
year and 14 for his career, putting him in third-place on the GVSU
all-time list…The Lakers will play six games this week,
traveling to Hillsdale for a mid-week doubleheader on Wednesday
(Apr. 3) before going to Saginaw Valley State for a pair of
doubleheaders (4/6-4/7).
Hillsdale Chargers
The Hillsdale College baseball team
fell to 3-19 on the season by losing all four games it played at
Lake Erie College this weekend…It was the Chargers’
first-ever visit to Painesville, Ohio…Earlier in the week,
the team won its first GLIAC game of the season, 5-4, at Wayne
State…Eight of Hillsdale’s last 10 games have been
decided by three runs or less…Junior Scott Lantis has been
the team’s hottest hitter of late, picking up eight hits in
his last five games…Lantis has nearly 25 percent of the
team’s hits over that span…Senior Mike Blanchard leads
the team in on-base percentage, stolen bases, slugging percentage
and batting average…The Chargers will play 20th-ranked Grand
Valley State in their home opening games Tuesday, then head back on
the road Easter Weekend at Findlay…Hillsdale has played 16
road games, six neutral-site games and no home games thus far this
season.
Lake Erie Storm
Lake Erie posted a 5-1 record last
week and has won eight of its last 10 games to climb over .500 for
the first time this season (11-10) and grab a share of first place
in the conference standings (7-1). The Storm split a
nonconference doubleheader against Notre Dame on Wednesday and then
swept Hillsdale in a four-game set over the weekend… Pat
Kilway batted .636 (7-for-11) in four games and had three two-hit
games… Aaron Lindgren batted .529 with a home run, eight
runs scored and seven RBI while Brayan Cacique homered twice and
drove in eight runs on the week while extending his hitting streak
to 10 games… on the mound, Brian Kilway tossed a two-hit
shutout against Hillsdale and Adam Beach battled through six
innings against NDC to each pick up their third wins of the
season. Brad Raley won his first game with six one-run
innings in the finale against Hillsdale while Heath Kelley and Cory
Fox each picked up relief wins against the Chargers. Doug Fox
saved two games on the week and was unscored upon in four
appearances.
Northwood Timberwolves
Northwood went 1-3 in a home series
against Ohio Dominican last week … the Timberwolves are now
12-7 overall, 3-5 in the GLIAC … Northwood’s offense
struggled for the week – the Timberwolves scored 10 runs in
their win on Saturday, but scored just three runs in the other
three games total … freshman starter Luke Bivens (Battle
Creek, Mich./Lakeview) took the loss on Sunday despite allowing one
run in 6 2/3 innings of work … for the season, Bivens has
posted a 1.27 ERA in four starts, which currently ranks second in
the GLIAC … senior Mark Heard (Novi, Mich.) is 10th in the
GLIAC in ERA despite standing with a 1-3 record on the year
… NU has scored a total of nine runs in his five starts
… Jake Oard (Beaverton, Mich.) led the way for Northwood at
the plate, finishing the week with a .385 batting average and a
.615 slugging percentage … Northwood hits the road for three
doubleheaders this week, traveling to SVSU on Wednesday before
heading to Wayne State Friday and Saturday.
Ohio Dominican Panthers
The Panthers went 5-1 in their six
GLIAC road games last week and have now won seven of their last
eight games…ODU sports a 7-2 record on the road this
spring…The Panthers, bolstered by a 33-run effort in their
sweep of Findlay on Wednesday, hit .369 as a team with a .473
on-base percentage as ODU outscored Findlay and Northwood
51-24…ODU’s 21-4 win over Findlay was its most
prolific day at the plate since defeating Mount Vernon Nazarene
22-9 on May 13, 2005. ODU’s 22 hits against Findlay are the
most by a GLIAC team since the 2010 season…Bryan Rudolph
finished with seven RBI in the game, which is the most by a GLIAC
player since 2010 as well, and in the opener that day, ODU tied a
single-game record by drawing 12 walks…Evan Shaw extended
his hitting streak to nine games by hitting in all six contests
last week, including five straight multi-hit efforts to close the
week. He batted .524 and is third in the GLIAC in hits (30) while
leading the conference in steals (13)…Rudolph ranks third
with 18 RBI after driving in 10 alone last week…Christian
Prince batted .444 with six RBI as well last week…Nick
Venditti tossed a complete game three-hitter in ODU’s 3-1 win
over Northwood, needing just 76 pitches to notch the
win…Erik Lamka picked up two saves last week and ranks
second in the GLIAC with five this season.
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals
Saginaw Valley State University
baseball finished up their weekend homestand against Findlay with a
3-1 record. The Cardinals took the first game on Saturday by a 3-1
final and also came out on top in the second game, 6-2. SVSU
dropped game one on Sunday by a 9-4 count, but prevailed in game
two, 5-2. The Cardinal pitching staff once again looked sharp by
throwing three complete games, including Colin Coulter who improved
to 4-0 on the season with a 0.67 ERA in 27 innings of work. Mike
Saunders moved his record to 3-1 on the season with a 2.00 ERA and
25 strikeouts. The SVSU offense is being led by Brandon Schwanz who
is batting .500 on the year going 22-for-44 from the dish with 11
runs and five RBI. Kyle O’Boyle is also having success at the
plate to the tune of a .415 batting average with 13 runs and 14
RBI. First baseman Mike VanAlst has driven home 12 Cardinals this
season and is hitting .339 on the season. Saginaw Valley will be
back in action on Wednesday when they host Northwood University for
a double-header. SVSU will finish the week by hosting Grand Valley
State University on Friday and Saturday.
Tiffin Dragons
The 5-0 win over Ohio Dominican
(March 24) was the 600th in school history … Kyle Robinson
is in the midst of a nine-game hitting streak, second longest on
the team this season … Pat Curtin holds the school record
for putouts in a career with 825 … Val Helldobler needs 20
assists to become the first Dragon to record 400 in a career.
Wayne State Warriors
Wayne State
went 4-2 last week, splitting a doubleheader Wednesday against
Hillsdale before taking three out of four games at Tiffin in
WSU’s first GLIAC road series. The Warriors are tied
for second place in the GLIAC behind SVSU and Lake Erie, two teams
which each have two games in hand. Kasey Koster went 8-for-13
with two home runs in the series at Tiffin. Alex Trojan had
seven hits last week and extended his hitting streak to 13 games,
longest by a Warrior this season. Josh Wedesky pitched a
three-hitter Saturday against the Dragons in his third career
shutout. Wayne State will host Northwood this weekend for a
four-game series.