LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - For the fourth week in a row and the sixth week this season, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference has players on the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
No. 12 Texas Lutheran University's Spencer Brandt and No. 1 Trinity University's Jake Martin earn the honors after both helping their teams to weekend sweeps.
Brandt, a sophomore catcher, led the Bulldogs with a .714 batting average (5-for-7) in a three-game sweep of University of Chicago. Brandt collected a solo home run in the series opener and a double in the final game of the series, posting a 1.286 slugging percentage. He scored one run and drove in four. He was perfect behind the plate and threw out the only runner who tried to steal a base.
Martin, a junior outfielder, posted his best week of the season so far with an 8-for-13 (.615) performance at the plate, hitting three home runs in the first two games of the series. Martin also had 10 RBI and six runs scored in the three games, posting a slugging percentage of 1.308 for the series.
The two teams will continue conference play this weekend, facing off against each other in San Antonio Thursday and Friday.
To see the full D3baseball.com Team of the Week, click here.
