GNAC Baseball Report: Week 4
It was clean sweep for Saint Joseph's of Maine on Monday, with Ronan Chisholm (pictured), Matt Poff, and Jason Johnson collecting GNAC weekly honors for the Monks.
March 28, 2022
FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 20 - 27
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK Ronan Chisholm, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Senior, IF - North Chatham, Mass.) - Chisholm was 7-for-10 with a 1.650 OPS, five runs, two doubles and three RBI in a 3-2 week for the Monks. The senior third baseman also walked five times and struck out just once in 17 plate appearancessprting an otherworldly .750 OBP and .900 SLG for the week.
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PITCHER OF THE WEEK Matt Poff, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Senior, RHP - Pelham, N.H.) - Poff improved to 2-0 on the season after tossing six shutout innings of three-hit ball while fanning eight and walking none in a 4-0 victory over Plymouth State on Sunday.
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ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Jason Johnson, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Freshman, RHP - Thomaston, Conn.) - Johnson scattered five hits and allowed two unearned runs with no walks and four K's over four innings in a setback at the hands of Endicott on Tuesday and fanned a pair in a scoreless inning of relief versus Plymouth State on Sunday.
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GNAC WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Jason Sullivan, Albertus Magnus (Jr., IF - Meriden, Conn.) - Sullivan led the Falcons' bats last week with a .500 batting average, going 6-for-12 at the plate with four RBI, two runs and two doubles. The junior went 2-for-4 in all three games, tallying a week-best three RBIs against Lasell on Saturday.
James Powers, Anna Maria (Jr., C/INF - Folsom, Calif.) - Powers continued to power the AMCAT lineup, as he was 8-for-15 with a 1.363 OPS, one home run, three runs and seven RBI in a 3-1 week. Powers' solo home run against Clark on Sunday kept Anna Maria in it, while his single in the top of the ninth set up the go-ahead run in a 7-6 victory.
Fili Veras, Anna Maria (Gr., RHP/INF - Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) - Veras pitched a gem for the AMCATS against Colby-Sawyer in GNAC play on Saturday, allowing just one hit with four strikeouts (two walks) over seven shutout innings to pick up his second win of the season.
Cooper O'Brien, Colby-Sawyer (Jr, OF - Vergennes, Vt.) - O'Brien's bat stayed hot going 3-6 on Saturday against Anna Maria. O'Brien played best in game two of the double-header going 2-3 with a double, two RBI, a stolen base and a run scored.
Bryan Baumann, Lasell (Sophomore, Infielder - Deerfield, Mass.) - In a doubleheader sweep against Albertus Magnus on Sunday, Baumann was 3-for-5 with three runs a triple, and five RBI for a 1.750 OPS on the weekend.
Matt Ingraffia, Norwich (So., P - Lake Grove, N.Y.) - On Saturday at Rivier, Ingraffia tossed an absolute gem on the mound, delivering a complete game two-hitter. He fanned 10 batters while allowing just one earned run and one walk. He improves to 3-0 on the season and leads the GNAC with a .82 ERA.
Hayden Roberge, Norwich (Sr., 1B/3B - Middlesex, Vt.) - In Saturday's doubleheader at Rivier, Roberge went four-for-seven with one double, one RBI, a walk, a stolen base and three runs scored as the Cadets swept the Raiders.
GNAC WEEKLY ARCHIVE
| WEEK | PLAYER | PITCHER |
ROOKIE |
| 1 | James Powers, ANM | Nick Beavin, NOR | Tyler Callahan, NOR |
| 2 | Hunter Dunithan, ANM | CJ Kuentzel, ELMS |
CJ Kuentzel, ELMS |
| 3 | Cooper O'Brien, CSC | Bob Ross, ANM | Jack Mullen, CSC |
| 4 | Ronan Chisholm, SJC | Matt Poff, SJC | Jason Johnson, SJC |
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