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Mideast:

Presidents AC Hitter and Pitcher of the week were Mike Busin, Westminster and Kyle Wewe, Thomas More. Sophomore Kyle Wewe, also named National Pitcher of the Week, hurled his first career no-hitter as Thomas More earned a split in Saturday’s Presidents’ Athletic Conference doubleheader with Thiel. The right-hander went the distance in striking out seven and walking five as the Saints won the nightcap, 6-0. Thiel got a two-out single in the seventh inning to win the opener, 3-2. Busin batted .600 (6 for 10) with four RBI and helped Westminster (8-8, 2-4 PAC) win two out of three games in a weekend series against Waynesburg. Five of his six hits went for extra bases, including four doubles and a home run. Busin’s home run tied Friday’s game at 2-2 in the fourth inning before the Titans went on to win 10-2.

OAC Hitter of the Week, John Carroll freshman short stop Mike Carbo went 5-for-11 (.455) with six runs, two doubles and six RBI to lead the Blue Streaks to a 3-1 record last week. Pitcher, Otterbein’s Dan Remenowsky pitched seven scoreless innings with four strikeouts, two walks and scattered six hits last week to go 1-0 last week.

Heartland Baseball Hitter was Jim Swienconek, Franklin College. Franklin ’s Jim Swienconek had an impressive week at the plate for the Grizzlies and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week. The sophomore first baseman was 9-of-14 (.643) at the plate, scoring six runs, hitting a double, and adding a home run during the week. Swienconek also collected three RBI, 13 total bases, and four stolen bases during four games last week. The sophomore was 4 of 5, including a two-run homer, with three runs scored in a 10-9 loss to Rose-Hulman. Baseball Pitcher honors went to Kyle Barnett, Hanover College. Barnett earned two victories last week and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week. The sophomore went 2-0, including a nine inning complete game victory against 24 th ranked Transylvania. Barnett did not give up an earned run in eleven innings pitched for the week, while only surrendering eight hits and striking out six batters. He earned his second victory of the week on Sunday, when he pitched two scoreless innings in an exciting 9-8 last at bat victory over Spalding.

Central:

John Wagle of Augustana and Jeff Livek of Carthage were named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin baseball players of the week Tuesday after their performances during the previous week of competition. Wagle, a sophomore second baseman from Rock Island, Ill., and Rock Island High School, batted .625 in three games as the Vikings, ranked sixth in NCAA Division III, went 2-1. He had five hits in eight at-bats with seven runs scored, three doubles, one home run, six RBI, four base-on-balls and two steals. He also had a 1.375 slugging percentage with 11 total bases in eight at-bats and his on-base percentage was .750. In a 10-0 win over Loras, Wagle was one-for-two with three runs scored and two walks. He went three-for-four with one run scored, four RBI, two doubles and a home run in a 6-5 loss to Elmhurst on April 1 in game one. In game two against the Bluejays, he was one-for-two with three runs scored, two RBI, one double and two base-on-balls. The Vikings won the second game 12-2. Livek, a senior pitcher from Schaumburg, Ill., and Schaumburg High School, was the winning pitcher, as the Red Men defeated North Central, 6-1, on March 31 in the second game of a doubleheader in Naperville, Ill. Livek stopped North Central on four hits and two walks over nine innings, while striking out a career-high 12 batters. Livek improved his record to 3-1 with a 1.00 earned run average, including 38 strikeouts in 27.0 innings pitched with a .160 opponent batting average.

Webster University junior Dave Umfleet and Fontbonne University senior Dustin Baumann share the SLIAC Baseball Hitter of the Week award for March 26-April 1. Umfleet, a junior outfielder from O’Fallon, Missouri, went 6-for-7 in a doubleheader sweep of MacMurray College to open conference play. He recorded a home run and a double, scored five runs, added six RBI, and was 1-for-1 in stolen bases as the Gorloks improved to 13-8 overall. Baumann, a senior outfielder from St. Genevieve, Missouri, batted .571 (12-for-21) to lead Fontbonne to a 3-2 week. For the week, Baumann recorded three doubles, scored 10 runs, drove in six runs and stole four bases in five attempts. The Griffins (14-11, 2-2 SLIAC) defeated Millikin University and split conference doubleheaders with Greenville College and Blackburn College.

IIAC Baseball Player of the Week was Ryan Dupic, Buena Vista. Dupic, a senior pitcher/first baseman, pitched eight shutout innings in Buena Vista’s 5-1 win over Simpson, surrendering six hits and striking out five while walking just one. Offensively, Dupic hit .300 including a 2-for-3 performance in a 5-4 loss to Bethany Lutheran and a 1-for-4 performance against Simpson.

Midwest:

MIAC Player of the Week - Hamline University first-year catcher Pat O’Laughlin batted 4-for-7 with two doubles and three RBI in a pair of games against Augsburg on Saturday. In the Pipers’ 4-3 win, O’Laughlin went 2-for-4 at the plate. In the bottom of the seventh inning, O’Laughlin hit a walkoff, two-out RBI single to win the game for the Pipers. He also scored a run in the contest. In Hamline’s 6-5 loss in game one, O’Laughlin was 2-for-3 with a two-run single in the sixth to put the Pipers up 5-4. Stats for the Week: 4-for-7 hitting (.571 average), 2 2Bs, 3 RBI, 1 RS, .857 slug%. Pitcher of the week went to O’Laughlin’s teammate Kyle Foster. Foster pitched a complete game five-hitter to lead Hamline to a 4-3 win over Augsburg. Foster allowed three runs - two earned. He struck out seven and walked three. Stats for the Week: 1-0 record, 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 2.57 ERA, 7 K, 3 BB

In the Midwest Conference, Jeremy Kafka , Monmouth was named Player of the Week. Kafka continued his strong season at the plate last week, banging out three hits in both of Monmouth’s contests during the week. The senior rightfielder finished the week 6-for-9 with two RBI as the Scots picked up non-conference victories over Eureka (8-6) and Iowa Wesleyan (10-6). Two of his Kafka’s hits were doubles, giving him an .889 slugging percentage for the week.

As UW-Stout went 2-2 on the week, Seth Maier hit .692, going 9-for-13 at the plate, with eight runs scored and six RBIs. He had three home runs, two doubles and a triple in the four games. His slugging percentage was 1.692 and – along with two walks and one hit by pitch – had an on-base percentage of .706. Maier had three multi-hit games and had two three-hit performances. No Pitcher of the Week was selected.

Zach Harry of Presentation College has been selected as this week’s Upper Midwest Athletic Conference player of the week. Harry was 6 for 12 (.500) last week for the Saints. In the first game of the three game weekend series with Martin Luther College in Aberdeen, Harry had a two out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game and force extra innings. Then in the bottom of the ninth, he had a two out, game winning RBI single. Presentation College sophomore Andy Bauer has been named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference pitcher of the week. Bauer picked up a complete game win over Martin Luther College last weekend by working seven innings and allowing just two earned runs with five strikeouts.

West:

Congratulations to Pomona-Pitzer’s Drew Hedman for being named the SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week! In four games, Hedman, a sophomore from Redding, California helped the Sagehens go undefeated (4-0) in the California Classic. Hedman was 9 for 14 with 4 home runs and 12 runs batted in. He scored seven runs and walked 5 times, while batting .643 with a 1.643 slugging percentage and a .714 on base percentage.

NWC Player of the Week was Cory Ellis, Linfield. He led the Wildcats to a 4-1 week by hitting .400 (6 for 15) with six runs batted in a and seven runs scored. He had the game winning grand slam on Sunday. NWC Pitcher of the Week - Joe DiPietro, Pacific Lutheran beat George Fox 9-1, allowing one run on only three hits in a complete game effort. He struck out five and walked three

ASC East Hitter of the week was Aaron Dalton and Pitcher of the Week was Damion Chelakis. East Texas Baptist freshman shortstop Aaron Dalton batted. 667 with six doubles over four games, including an ASC series sweep of LeTourneau. Five of Dalton’s doubles came in one game against LeTourneau, setting a new national and conference record. He walked four times and scored eight runs. Texas-Dallas junior left-hander Damion Chelakis held host Mississippi College to three hits and struck out eight batters to claim a seven-inning, complete-game victory. In the west, weekly honors went to Patrick Court, Concordia-Austin and Adam Enloe Texas Lutheran. Concordia-Austin senior third baseman Patrick Court powered an ASC sweep of Sul Ross State with three home runs and eight RBI. Court batted .583 and accounted for 16 total bases. He also stole a base. Texas Lutheran senior right-hander Adam Enloe tossed seven innings of four-hit ball with no earned runs and a season-high seven strikeouts to pick up a win over Howard Payne. Enloe walked just one batter.

The Cal State East Bay Pioneer pitching staff had a strong showing in a three-game series against Chapman on March 30-April 1. On March 30, the Pioneers lost to Chapman 4-2 in 11 innings. Pioneer hurler Sean O’Dowd scattered nine hits, allowed two earned runs, and recorded five strikeouts in 10.1 innings. The Pioneers lost to Chapman by the identical score of 4-2 on March 31. Pioneer pitcher Kyle Dunn hurled a complete game allowing three earned runs and seven hits. On April 1 the Pioneers overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat Chapman 4-3 in 10 innings. Pioneer hurler Craig Eagle had one of his best outings in 2007 allowing Chapman three runs, seven hits and recording six strikeouts in a complete performance.