ODAC Athletes of the Week | Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis

ODAC Athletes of the Week | Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis

FOREST, Va. --- Perfect games, personal bests, and team and individual milestones dot profiles for ODAC athletes and teams from week 32 of the 2021-22 season. Those earning ODAC Athlete of the Week awards for Monday, April 11, include (pictured from left and top): Luca Docking from Roanoke men's lacrosse, Ruth de Souza from Sweet Briar women's tennis, Libby Bowman from RC women's lacrosse, Avery Neaves from Lynchburg baseball, Rilee Baughan from Randolph-Macon softball, Nick Mattfield from LYN baseball, Gracie Ellis from R-MC softball, and Gene Perle-Jones from Shenandoah men's tennis.

Below are entries for each of the winners from today's release. The following schedule will be used for awards reporting:

  • Mondays: baseball, softball, m/w lacrosse, and m/w tennis
  • Tuesdays: outdoor track & field
  • Wednesdays: m/w golf

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BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Nick Mattfield | Lynchburg | So. | Starter
Mattfield, a sophomore from Suffolk, Va., picked up his fifth win of the season in pitching nationally fifth-ranked Lynchburg to a 4-1 victory over #24 Christopher Newport on Sunday. Mattfield fired 7.1 strong innings, his longest out of the season (previous 6.0). He surrendered one run on three hits. He walked one batter and matched his career-high with seven strikeouts. After a bumpy first inning, Mattfield set down the next six Captains he faced until allowing their lone run in the fourth. He finished the contest retiring 12 straight batters before turning the ball over to the bullpen to shut the door. Mattfield is not 5-0 on the season with a 2.50 ERA in 39.2 innings pitched over eight appearances including five starts. He has struck out 42 batters and issued 11 free passes. Opponents are hitting .174 against him.

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BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Avery Neaves | Lynchburg | Jr. | Outfielder
Neaves, a junior from Reston, Va., continues to hit the cover off the ball as he collects his second straight and third overall ODAC weekly award of the season. Neaves went 6-for-11 with three doubles and a homer to help nationally fifth-ranked Lynchburg to a trio of victories including a home-and-home sweep of #24 Christopher Newport. Neaves went 1-for-3 with two walks and stolen base in a 9-3 win over Virginia Wesleyan to start the week. He drove in a run with a single to help Lynchburg recover from an early 3-1 deficit. In the first game against CNU at Captains Park, Neaves went 2-for-4 with a walk. He cracked a RBI double in the second and belted a two-run homer in the sixth to stake the Hornets to a 7-0 advantage. He also scored three runs. Back home at Fox Field the next day, Neaves went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored, and a stolen base in Lynchburg's 4-1 triumph. For the season, Neaves leads the ODC in batting (.440), OBP (.594), slugging (.824), and walks (31). He is third in runs (35), homers (7), and total bases (75), and fourth in RBI (33). He has hit safely in six straight games and has reached base via a hit in 23-of-28 games played.

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MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Luca Docking | Roanoke | So. | Attack
Docking, a sophomore from Chevy Chase, Md., led Roanoke to a pair of ODAC victories to keep the Maroons in the hunt for the top spot in the ODAC standings. Docking registered 16 total points in Roanoke's home wins over Bridgewater and Randolph-Macon. Against the Eagles, he had a hand in eight of the Maroons 19 goals with five goals and three assists towards a 19-14 victory. He scored three times in the first half and contributed an assist and a goal on RC's first two goals third period to break open the game at 14-9, the Maroons largest edge of the contest. Docking also picked up three ground balls. He collected just as many loose balls and caused a turnover in Roanoke's come-from-behind 18-14 win over Randolph-Macon. Docking scored three of his game-high six goals in the fourth quarter to help the Maroons erase a 13-10 deficit entering the final frame. He added two assists to post eight points for the second straight game. Docking is now fifth in the ODAC with 20 assists go go along with 23 goals for 43 total points, the 10th-best total in the conference.

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MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Gene Perle-Jones | Shenandoah | Gr. | #2 Singles | #1 Doubles
Perle-Jones, a graduate student from Eugene, Ore., went 4-0 last week in help Shenandoah to a 1-1 showing against ODAC competition. Perle-Jones joined Keith Orr for an 8-0 win over Hardt Lesko and Carter Hylton at #1 doubles in the Hornets narrow 5-4 team loss to Roanoke. Perle Jones added a 6-0, 6-1 win at #2 singles over Lesko. He again contributed two points to the Hornets team score, this time helping SU to a 7-1 win over Ferrum. He and Orr partnered for an 8-3 win over Patrick Marsh and Jacob Glass at #1 doubles. Perle-Jones then won 6-1, 6-1 over Marsh at #2 singles.

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SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Gracie Ellis | Randolph-Macon | Fr. | Pitcher
Ellis, a freshman from New Kent, Va., continued her stellar first season in Ashland with arguably her best week of the year to earn her fourth ODAC weekly honor. Ellis pitched nationally sixth-ranked Randolph-Macon to a trio of wins that were highlighted by a perfect game in a 7-0 victory against Guilford in game one of a sweep. She faced the minimum amount of Quakers in not allowing a baserunner over seven full frames. She fanned 14 batters to mark her sixth game of 10 or more strikeouts. Her strikeout total was buoyed by a game-opening run of 9-of-10 batters set down via punchout. That included striking out the side in the second and third innings. Earlier in the week, Ellis also picked up complete game victories over Lynchburg and Bridgewater. Against the Hornets, Ellis pitched all eight innings in the Yellow Jackets' 2-1 victory in extras. She gave up one run on five hits. She walked a pair and struck out five. Her day was a bit shorter versus Bridgewater as R-MC topped the Eagles, 9-1, in five innings. She worked each frame, allowing one run on two hits. She issued one free pass and struck out three. For the season, Ellis is now 14-2 with a 1.22 earned run average in 97.2 innings in the circle. She leads the ODAC in victories and ERA and is second in innings. She also leads the conference in shutouts (5), strikeouts (145) and strikeouts per seven innings (10.39). She is second in complete games (12) and sixth in opponents batting average (.177).

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SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rilee Baughan | Randolph-Macon | Jr. | 1st Base/Pitcher
Baughan, a junior from Warsaw, Va., earns her third ODAC weekly award of the season after cracking seven extra-base hits including five homeruns to help nationally sixth-ranked Randolph-Macon to a 4-2 week against ODAC competition. Baughan went 2-for-7 with a homer, RBI, and two runs scored in a split (2-1, 8-10) with Lynchburg. She belted a solo shot in game two to go along with a single. In a split (9-1, 1-12) with Bridgewater, Baughan went 3-for-6 with a double, homer, two RBI, three runs scored, and a walk. She smacked a two-run homer over the left field fence in game one to help R-MC recover from an early 1-0 deficit. Randolph-Macon also posted a pair of 7-0 victories over Guilford. Baughan went 4-for-7 in those contests with a double, three homers, eight RBI, three runs scored, and a walk. She set the tone in game one with a three run blast to left-center for the game's first runs. In game two, she hit a solo shot in the first inning, belted a two-run double to right-center in the fourth, and then went oppo again with a two-run homer to right in the sixth. For the season, Baughan leads the ODAC with a .444 batting average. She is second in homers (8), RBI (37), total bases (72), and slugging (.800). She is third in hits (40) and fifth in OBP (.485).

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WOMEN'S LACROSSE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Libby Bowman | Roanoke | So. | Midfielder
Bowman, a sophomore from Salem, Va., helped Roanoke keep pace at the top of the ODAC standings with a pair of conference wins last week. Bowman extended her streak of games with a hat trick to three as she has more than doubled her season points total over the past week plus. She opened last week with three goals in a 13-5 triumph over Lynchburg. She scored the opening goal of the game as well as the quarter's first goal in the second and fourth frames. Bowman again was on the the mark three times in the Maroons 14-8 victory over Shenandoah. She tallied all three of her goals in the second half -- including two in the fourth quarter -- to help Roanoke outscore Shenandoah, 9-2 over the final 30 minutes after going into the halftime break tied 6-all. For the season, Bowman has collected 15 points on 13 goals and two assists.

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WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ruth de Souza | Sweet Briar | Jr. | #1 Singles | #1-2 Doubles
de Souza, a junior from Marilla, Brazil, earns her first ODAC weekly award of the season after contributing to historic milestones for Sweet Briar's program. de Souza helped the Vixens, ranked 12th in the Atlantic South Region, earn four victories last week, pushing SBC's season total to program-best 17 victories in head-to-head team matchups. de Souza became just the second player in Vixens history to record 100 career wins as she went 4-0 over two matches on the weekend. She and Allison Wandling, the 14th ranked doubles pairing in the region, teamed up for an 8-0 win at #1 doubles over Guilford duo Madyson Schreiber and Hannah Pardue. de Souza then posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Schreiber at #1 singles to help SBC to a 9-0 team triumph. The Vixens again posted a 9-0 win later that day, this time against William Peace. de Souza partnered Avery Jones at #2 doubles with the pair posting an 8-0 win over Mya Sampson and Abbie Papale. de Souza then won 6-0, 6-0 over Hayley McNair at #1 singles.

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