TLU's Wendel, Southwestern's Marcom Earn SCAC Baseball Player of the Week

TLU's Wendel, Southwestern's Marcom Earn SCAC Baseball Player of the Week

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Senior outfielder Von Wendel of Texas Lutheran University and freshman pitcher Brett Marcom of Southwestern University have been named SCAC Baseball Players of the Week after their outstanding performances this past weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

SCAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK
Games of  March 3rd – March 9th

VON WENDEL OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a senior outfielder from Austin, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 3rd through Sunday, March 9th.

Wendel delivered two walk-off singles for TLU to produce game-winning runs against DeSales (Pa.) and University of Dallas to lead the Bulldogs to a 3-1 weekend. 

Wendel went 2-for-3 with two runs driven in against DeSales including the game winning hit in the 11th inning.He follow that up with a 1-for-2 performance including two RBI and another game winning hit to clinch the SCAC series over Dallas.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Senior infielder Mark Carlson of Dallas batted .416 in a three game series for against Texas Lutheran including three triples and six runs scored. Sophomore infielder Jake Pawelek of Southwestern continued his torrid pace hitting .667 with a slugging percentage of .833 as he has reached base safely in 16 straight games. Sophomore infielder Austin Singer of Trinity batted .400 (6-15) with a team-high five RBI for the four games, including a game-winning RBI in the ninth inning against Austin College on Saturday.  He cracked the late-inning single to put Trinity up 3-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth, keeping the Tiger winning streak alive. Austin College, Centenary, and Schreiner did not nominate anyone.


SCAC PITCHER-OF-THE-WEEK
Games of  March 3rd – March 9th

BRETT MARCOM OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a freshman right handed pitcher from Keller, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 3rd through Sunday, March 9th.

Marcom threw a seven inning no-hitter Saturday afternoon facing just three batters over the minimum for his second win of the year and gave Southwestern their first SCAC victory of the year over Schreienr. 

He recorded five strikeouts and just two walks for the complete game shutout.

For Marcom, it was his second win of the season to go to 2-3 and his first complete game shutout of his young career. He leads the team with 17 strikeouts on the year.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore pitcher Blaine Tew of Austin College had an outstanding performance in a loss to Trinity, surrendering three runs on seven hits in 8.1 innings of work. Junior pitcher Layton Tromba of Centenary pitched nine, scoreless frames and scattered just one hit in the outing while fanning five batters. Freshman pitcher Evan Eubanks of Dallas pitched 6.1 innings while only two runs on three hits and struck out four as he fell just two outs short of a no hitter. Senior pitcher Ethan Cataliani of Schreiner helped lead the Mountaineers to a 5-1 week with wins over DeSales University, Cardinal Stritch University and Southwestern University with 11 innings pitched, where he allowed only 2 hits, had 12 strike outs and 1 walk. Junior pitcher Aaron Aleman of Texas Lutheran notched his fourth win of the season with six innings of work in a conference victory over University of Dallas. Aleman struck out four, walked two, and allowed only four hits. Sophomore pitcher Ryan Gray of Trinity struck out 14 batters and allowed just one run on two hits over eight innings of work, improving his season record to 2-0 in the process.  He recorded at least one strikeout in each inning he pitched in the game.

To view the entire SCAC Around the Horn, for week five, click here.