GNAC Baseball Report: Week 7

April 16, 2023

( FOR THE WEEK APRIL 10 - APRIL 16 )

	PLAYER OF THE WEEK *EJ Leone, Johnson & Wales (RI)* (Jr., OF/P - Peabody, Mass.) - Batted .667 (14-of-21) with five doubles and seven RBI for the Wildcats, who went 4-2 in six games last week. Hit safety in five of his six games last week, recording at least two hits in all five of those contests. Collected two doubles and two RBI against both Roger Williams and Albertus Magnus, and stole a pair of bases against the Falcons as well. Walked twice, pushing his OBP to an astounding .750. On the season, Leone is batting .575 with 14 RBI.
	PITCHER OF THE WEEK *Aidan Vining, Johnson & Wales (RI)* (Fr., P - Woburn, Mass.) - Struck out 11 over seven innings of work in a win over Elms on Sunday. Scattered five hits and did not allow a run in moving to 4-2 on the season.
	ROOKIE OF THE WEEK *Geffen Franus, Norwich* (Fr., OF - Leesburg, Va.) - Batted .481/.517/.963 this week as Norich played to a 3-4 record. Hit eight extra base hits in his seven games this week including three triples and a home run totaling 13 RBIs.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

Jacob Boudreau, Rivier (Jr., OF - Auburn, N.H.) - Had a career week for the Raiders, where they finished 3-4, taking three GNAC games with a sweep over Colby-Sawyer and a big upset of the Monks of St. Joseph's. Finished the week with an impressive batting average of .423, with 11 hits, three doubles, and 11 RBIs. His best game came in the sweep over the Chargers in game two, where he was 3-for-5 with a double and five runs batted in.

Tim Callahan, Lasell (So., IF - Attleboro, Mass.) - Recorded multiple hits in five of the Lasers six games this week, and had 13 total. Also scored 10 runs, and knocked in 8 RBI on a week where he hit .542 overall, and had an OBP of .571.

Cam Carignan, Colby-Sawyer (Fy., OF / INF - Rutland, Mass.) - Had a stellar week for the Chargers going 16-for-31 with a home run, nine RBI, eight runs scored, eight doubles and four stolen bases. Had his best performance in game one against Rivier University going 3-for-3 with two doubles and his first collegiate home run.

Brian Dovidio, Dean (Sr., 2B - Ramsey, N.J) - Led Dean batters with a .433 average in a 4-3 week. Compiled 13 hits with five multi-hit games from the leadoff spot and also scored seven runs and stole three bases. His best game came in the team's 13-12 walk off win over Anna Maria where he went 4-5 with three runs.

Jonathan Dube, Saint Joseph's (Me.) (Sr., C - Rochester, N.H.) - Hit .429 (15-35) with nine runs, four doubles, two home runs, and 12 RBI while posting a .429 OBP and a .714 SLG% in eight games last week. Went 6-for-9 with three runs, a double, a homer, and three RBI in a split at Albertus Magnus on Monday, was 3-5 with a run, a double, and four RBI in a win over Clark on Tuesday, and went 3-4 with two runs, two doubles, a home run, and three RBI in an 8-7 setback versus Elms on Saturday.

Sean Jefferson, Albertus Magnus (Sr., OF/P - West Haven, Conn.) - recorded a spectacular week for the Falcons, going 8-for-22 with eight runs, two doubles, three home runs, seven RBI, and two walks en route to a .364/.417/.864 slash line. Had back-to-back multi-hit games against Saint Joseph's (Me.), with two of the five hits coming as home runs, including a walk-off in game two, and tallied five of the seven RBI in the doubleheader split. Over a four-game span, went 3-for-13 with three runs scored, a double, one home run, and RBI.

Mason Neumann, Dean (Fr., RHP/IF - Middletown, Conn.) - Picked up a pair of wins for the Bulldogs. He posted an ERA of 1.13 after 8 IP with one earned runs allowed on five hits with six strikeouts in two appearances. Began the week with a scoreless innings of relief for the win out of the bullpen in a 9-4 win over MCLA. Then threw a complete game as Dean defeated Norwich 2-1 in seven innings. Allowed just one run on four hits with six Ks.

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

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