March 3, 2014

ODAC Players of the Week

Thru Week Prior to: March 3, 2014

BASEBALL
Vince Claudio, Shenandoah, Sr., Pitcher
Claudio, a senior from Forest, Va., picked up a pair of wins in 13.2 innings of work last week, his first innings of the season. He opened with seven shutout innings towards a complete game one-hitter with one walk and 12 strikeouts in a 3-0 victory over Susquehanna. He followed that with 6.2 innings on the bump in a 19-2 win over Roanoke. He gave up two unearned runs on two hits withe four walks and six strikeouts.

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BASEBALL
Corey Wallace, Gulford, Sr., Infielder
Wallace, a senior from Rockingham, N.C., accounted for 17 of the 28 runs Guilford scored in a doubleheader sweep of Virginia Wesleyan. Wallace went 3-for-5 in game one, smacking a homer, scoring three runs and driving in three more with a walk and a stolen base in a 13-10 win. He followed that with a 4-for-6 efffort in a 15-4 triumph. In that game, Wallace scored three runs and belted two grand slams to become the 12th player in NCAA Division III history to hit two grand slams in the same game. He is the first to do it since 2004. He drove in eight runs in that game, giving him 11 for the weekend. Wallace currently leads the ODAC in triples (3), homers (5), RBI (27) and total bases (48). He's second in hits (25) and third in runs scored (16).

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GOLF
Nick Shedd, Guilford, Jr.
Shedd, a junior from Williamsburg, Va., picked up where he left off in the fall by winning his second event of the year, this time the spring's opening tournament at the Pine Needles Intercollegiate. Shedd matched his career-low in the opening round with a two-under 69 and then posted a three-over 74 to finish at one-over 143 and win by four strokes, becoming the first Quaker to win back-to-back tournaments since Noah Ratner turned the trick in 2011-12. Shedd's efforts helped GC to the team title as the Quakers' 588 total was 22 shots better than Cape Fear.

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MEN'S LACROSSE
Ryan Davidson, Randolph-Macon, So., Attack
Davidson, a sophomore from Logan Township, N.J., recorded a 10-point week in a 1-1 showing for the Yellow Jackets. He opened with one tally in a close 11-10 setback at Christopher Newport in the midweek. Over the weekend, he exploded with eight goals and an assist in the Yellow Jackets 18-12 triumph over Goucher. He added two ground balls against the Gophers. Davidson is currently tied for fourth in the league with 14 points, while tying atop the ODAC with 13 goals scored.

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MEN'S TENNIS
Taylor Shamshiri, Washington and Lee, Jr., No. 1/2 Singles, No. 1 Doubles
Shamshiri, a junior from Austin, Texas, went 4-2 in W&L's 2-1 week. Competing at #1/2 singles and #1 doubles, Shamishiri opened his week with a 6-1, 6-1 #2 singles win over J.T. von Seggern from Randolph College. He and Michael Holt went on to defeat Daniil Lyalko and Doug Corbett at #1 doubles, 8-1. The duo did it again against Randolph-Macon as they topped Ryan Byrd and Michael Baxter, 8-2 at #1 doubles. Shamshiri defeated Byrd, 6-0, 6-2 at #1 singles. W&L caps its week with a loss to regionally second-ranked Johns Hopkins. Shamishiri fell 7-6 (6-4), 6-4 to Michael Buxbaum at #1 singles, and then dropped a #1 doubles match to Buxbaum and Emerson Walsh, 9-8 (7-5).

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SOFTBALL
Kristina Karagiorgis, Virginia Wesleyan, Jr., Pitcher
Karagiorgis, a junior from Ashburn, Va., improved to 5-0 on the season with three wins last week as Virginia Wesleyan went 6-0 on the week. She opened with a six inning performance in which she scattered nine hits and gave up five runs (four earned) with three walks and four strikeouts in a 6-5 win over Meredith. She came back with a complete game victory in a 7-1 triumph over Western Connecticut St. She gave up four hits and one unearned run while fanning seven. She finished her week with a second complete game effort where she did not allow a hit over seven innings in a 5-0 win over Oneonta st. She walked three and struck out nine. Karagiorgis is currently tied atop the conference with five wins and 30 strikeouts.

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SOFTBALL
Kayla Malkos, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Infielder
Malkos, a sophomore from Roanoke, Va., put together a strong week in leading Virginia Wesleyan to a 6-0 showing. She had at least one hit in all six contests, securing five multi-hit games including a 3-for-4 effort in a 4-2 win over Eastern Connecticut State. She had a triple as part of a 2-for-2 day in a 5-0 victor over Oneonta St. She scored eight runs and collected five RBI, while also walking twice and stealing nine bases. Three of those swipes came against ECSU. Malkos currently leads the ODAC with 12 stolen bases, is second in runs scored (12), and third in hits (15) and batting average (.300).

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WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Katie Freeman, Bridgewater, Sr., Attack
Freeman, a senior from Fairfax, Va., put together an eight point week thru a pair of Eagles' wins. In a 13-5 triumph over Ferrum, Freeman scored twice and dished out an assist. She followed that with four goals and another helper in a 12-9 win over Frostburg St. She picked up a ground ball and controlled a draw against the Bobcats. Freeman is tied for the team lead and sixth in the ODAC with eight points.

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WOMEN'S TENNIS
Brooke Donnely, Washington and Lee, Fr., No. 3 Singles, No. 2 Doubles
Donelly, a freshman from Kennesaw, Ga., went 3-0 in the Generals' 2-0 week that included conference wins over Lynchburg and Sweet Briar. Donnelly, competing at #3 singles and #2 doubles, earned a 6-0, 6-0 win over Carter Vaughn from LC. She and teammate Claire Cahill knocked off Vaughn and Madison Dixon, 8-1, in doubles play. Against SBC, Donnelly didn't participate in singles aciton, but she and Cahill topped Gina Rutledge and Ashley Fletcher, 8-0.

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