This Week in PAC Baseball

April 1-7

4/8/2024 3:00:00 PM

Week 7 PAC Honors (for games played April 1-7)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Hitter of the Week
Seth Burgdolt • Waynesburg • Junior catcher • Taylorstown, Pa./McGuffey
Bergdolt batted. 500 (6-for-12) with an on-base percentage of .667 in a 3-0 week for the Yellow Jackets ... He reached base three times with a single and two walks while also knocking in one and scoring once in a 13-2 win at Chatham Friday ... Burgdolt then hit a double in a game-one win over Bethany Sunday before keying a huge rally in the nightcap ... Trailing 7-1 in the eighth inning, he helped start the comeback with a solo home run and Burgdolt completed the rally in the ninth with a three-run, walk-off blast to beat the Bison, 9-8 ... He went 4-for-5 with two homers and a double, four RBIs and two runs scored in the win.
PAC Hitter Honor Roll
Allegheny junior shortstop JD Robinson (Round Hill, Va./Woodgrove); Bethany junior utility Grant Schaffner (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy); Franciscan graduate student first baseman Dylan Robb (Holtville, Calif./Holtville); Thiel junior catcher/DH Nathan Prunty (Elyria, Ohio/Keystone); W&J junior shortstop Jacob LaDuca (Clarence, N.Y./Canisius); Westminster senior first baseman/designated hitter Jake Dockum (Fairport, N.Y/Allendale Columbia)
   
PAC Pitcher of the Week
Jeremy Kreuzwieser • Saint Vincent • Senior • Canfield, Ohio/Ursuline
In Saint Vincent's 9-0 win over Franciscan on Saturday, Kreuzwieser started and worked 8.0 shutout innings, scattering just three hits and striking out a career-high 11 ... He didn't allow a hit after the fifth inning and eight of his final nine outs were strikeouts, including striking out the side in the eighth.
PAC Pitcher Honor Roll
Chatham sophomore Nick Martin (Fairfax, Va./Chantilly); Grove City junior Evan Umland (Pasadena, Calif./La Canada); Thiel senior Alec Katon (Ashtabula, Ohio/Edgewood); W&J sophomore Anthony Pass (Clinton, Pa./West Allegheny); Waynesburg sophomore Dalton Lucey (Waynesburg, Pa./West Greene); Westminster junior Jake Vitale (New Castle, Pa./Union) 
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Caison Holland • Grove City • Freshman outfielder Freedom, Pa./Ambridge
Holland went 5-for-8 (.625 average) with a double, a walk and two runs scored in Grove City's doubleheader split at Allegheny … After hitting a pair of singles and scoring once in game one, Holland went 3-for-4 with a double and scored a run in Grove City's 8-0 nightcap win.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman pitcher Dawson Thomas (Conneaut, Pa./Conneaut Area); Chatham freshman pitcher Gianni Cantini (Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold); Franciscan sophomore Devon Ashcraft (Fort Worth, Texas/Nolan Catholic); Thiel freshman utility Kolten Kruszewski (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep); W&J freshman pitcher/outfielder Zac Stern (Coraopolis, Pa./Montour); Waynesburg freshman infielder Trent Giraffa (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
Franciscan sophomore Devon Ashcraft delivered the walkoff single in the Barons' 11-10 win over Saint Vincent Saturday ... W&J sophomore Anthony Pass allowed just one unearned run on five hits in eight strong innings Saturday in a 3-1 game two win over Chatham and he has not allowed an earned run in his past 24 innings on the mound.