GNAC Baseball Report: Week 9

May 1, 2023

( FOR THE WEEK APRIL 24 - APRIL 30 )

	PLAYER OF THE WEEK *Xavier Botelho, Johnson & Wales (RI)* (So., INF - Rehoboth, Mass.) - Drove in 14 runs and batted .520 for the Wildcats, which went 6-0 last week. Collected at least two hits and one RBI in all six games, highlighted by a six-RBI effort against WPI on Wednesday. Plated three runs against Babson, St. Joseph's (Maine) (game one), and Rivier (game two). Laced five doubles and scored nine times for JWU, which secured the No. 1 seed in the GNAC Tournament by going 4-0m in conference play last week.
	PITCHER OF THE WEEK Matt Ingraffia, Norwich (Jr., P - Lake Grove, N.Y.) - Ended his junior season on a high note by following up a 13 strikeout performance against Rivier last week with a complete game shutout against Anna Maria. Allowed only four hits, struck out nine and threw 59 percent of his pitches for strikes.
	ROOKIE OF THE WEEK *Jack Obert, Johnson & Wales (RI)* (Fr., INF - Plymouth, Mass.) - Batted .400 with five runs, one double and three RBI. Drove in runs in both ends of a DH sweep of St. Joseph's (Maine) on Friday, highlighted by an RBI triple, before picking up an RBI double against Rivier. With last week's performance, Has pushed his average to .306 with two home runs and 20 RBI.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Tim Callahan, Lasell (So., IF - Attleboro, Mass.) - Collected a hit in all six contests for the Lasers this week as they went 5-1. Batted .500.593.969 with three doubles, while also scoring nine times and driving in five. Got especially hot towards the tail end of the week with three straight multi-hit gmaes, including a 4-for-4 performance against Curry.

Sean Jefferson, Albertus Magnus (Sr., OF/P - West Haven, Conn.) - Posted a 1.37 OPS. Went 7-for-15 with eight RBI, three runs, and two home runs. Logged a .467/.500/.867 slash line to help Albertus posted a 1-3 week, which included a 12-1 home victory over Norwich. Hit two home runs and threw a complete game effort to earn the "W" on the mound against Norwich in game two a doubleheader. Allowed just one run, despite eight hits, and struck out two batters.

Jackson Stanton, Saint Joseph's (Me.) (Sr., C - Saugus, Mass.) - Hit .421 (8-19) with four runs, two home runs, and five RBI in six games for Saint Joseph's last week. Went 3-3 with three runs, two homers, and five RBI in a victory over UMaine-Farmington on Tuesday.

Aidan Vining, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Fr., P - Woburn, Mass.) - Fanned nine in a complete game shutout against St. Joseph's (Maine) on Friday. Scattered five hits over seven innings to earn his fifth-straight win.

GNAC WEEKLY ARCHIVE

WEEK	PLAYER	PITCHER	ROOKIE
1	Austin Roy, Elms	Nick Choate, Anna Maria	Nolan Mederos, Rivier
2	Miles Kelly, JWU	Matthew Fletcher, Lasell	Jared Schmitt, Colby-Sawyer
3	Owen Davis, JWU	Justin Marks, Albertus	Justin Marks, Albertus
4	Matthew Bischof, Lasell	Anthony Pingeton, Anna Maria	Conor Francesconi, Anna Maria
5	Shawn Smith, Albertus	Kyle Cutler, JWU	Jared Wilhelm, SJC
6	EJ Leone, JWU	Matthew Fletcher, Lasell	David Doherty, Anna Maria
7	EJ Leone, JWU (2)	Aidan Vining, JWU	Geffen Franus, Norwich
8	Riley Hasson, JWU	Nick Choate, Anna Maria (2)	Aidan Vining, JWU
9	Xavier Botelho, JWU	Matt Ingraffia, NOR	Jack Obert, JWU

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