DALLAS (NCBWA) – Southern Virginia's Marcus Begg
and St. John Fisher's Mark Iseneker gained Hitter
and Pitcher of the Week standing on the Division III National Collegiate
Baseball Writers' Association awards for the period of March 21-27.
Begg, a freshman infielder from Clearwater, Fla., batted .700
(14-for-20) with 10 RBIs and six runs scored last week. Begg registered
at least two RBI and two hits in each of the Knights' four contests,
including a 5-for-5 performance in game one of a doubleheader with
York. The Capital Athletic Conference's Hitter of the Week also
registered one home run, one double and stole two bases on the week.
Iseneker, a junior right-handed pitcher from Sherrill, N.J.,
was masterful for the Cardinals in a 9-0 win over Elmira Saturday,
March 26. The Empire 8 Conference's Pitcher of the Week, he became
the first SJF player to have a no-hitter since the 2011 season and
is just the second player in Fisher history to record the feat.
The junior, facing the minimum 27 batters, struck out a season-high
11 and allowed just one to reach base on a lead-off walk in the
second inning. The runner was taken away with a double play, and
the final 22 hitters were retired with the ball leaving the infield
only twice. With the win, Iseneker, who owns a 2.65 earned run average
and a conference-leading 41 strikeouts in 34 innings pitched, improved
to 2-1 on the season.
Honorable Mention Hitters: Gavin Blodgett, So.,
UT, Chapman: Went off last week with a .727 average in four games.
He hit four doubles, scored five times and drove in 10 RBI to lead
Chapman to a 4-0 week. Blodgett walked twice and was hit by a pitch
for a .733 OBP while slugging 1.091. Andrew Neich, Sr., 1B/DH/C,
New Jersey City University: Put up big numbers in NJCU's 2-1 week.
He batted .615, going 8-for-13 and homering in all three games while
driving in nine runs. He blasted a two-run game-tying home run in
a loss to Lehman. He ramped up more in the following game, going
4-for-5 with another home run in a win over St. Joseph's (Brooklyn).
He wrapped up the week with a 3-for-5 performance with his third
home run of the week and five RBIs in a 10-9 road win at Drew. With
the nine RBIs last week, Niech moved into the top 10 in school history
in career RBIs (86) during the span, too. Sam Sivo, Sr., OF, McDaniel:
Led the Green Terror to a 4-0 week, hitting .733 from the leadoff
position. He went 11-for-15 at the plate and also drew four walks.
He added a double and two triples among his hits to slug 1.067.
He also had eight runs scored, four RBIs, and three stolen bases.
Honorable Mention Pitcher: Tommy Parsons, So.,
RHP, Adrian: Tossed a no-hitter in an 8-0 decision over Olivet in
the second game of a doubleheader Friday, March 25, to become part
of program history. The right-hander struck out seven Comets and
walked just one. Parsons faced just two over the minimum 27 batters
and the no-hitter was completed in just 88 pitches, 62 went for
strikes. Parsons retired the next 19 straight batters before a Bulldog
throwing error in the seventh frame. The effort marks the first
no-hitter during the 23-year tenure of Bulldogs head coach Craig
Rainey and is believed to be just the second no-no since the program
was founded in 1901, as Eric Davis pitched a no-hitter during the
1970s.
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2016 NCBWA Division III Players of the Week:
• Week ending Feb. 21: Tommy Vitaletti, Christopher Newport (Hitter); Greg Schneider, Frostburg State (Pitcher)
• Week ending Feb. 28: Andrew Waters, Trinity, Texas (Hitter); Andrew Stull, Rose-Hulman (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 6: Joe Zimmer, Whitman (Hitter); Matt Backlund, Alvernia (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 13: Justin Taylor, Lancaster Bible (Hitter); Brian Bohman, Penn State-Behrend (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 20: Aaron Barclay, Washington College (Hitter); Sam Gillespie, Kenyon (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 27: Marcus Begg, Southern Virginia (Hitter); Mark Iseneker, St. John Fisher (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 3: Ben Kenning, Thomas More (Hitter); Jake Perkins, Ferrum (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 10: Taylor Kohlwey, UW-La Crosse (Hitter); Sam Tinkham, Grinnell (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 17: Colton Parker, Hardin-Simmons (Hitter); Felix Baez, Keystone (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 24: Willie Doll, St. Mary's, Minnesota (Hitter); Dylan Gausman, Concordia (Pitcher)
• Week ending May 1: Ryan Dodson, Pitt-Greenburg (Hitter); Tyler Duff, Williams (Pitcher)
• Week ending May 8: Richard Fecteau, Salem State (Hitter); Walter Talcott, Earlham (Pitcher)
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