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HCAC 2024 Baseball Notebook, Week 6

CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) baseball teams competed in week six of the 2024 season.
 
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Athletes of the Week:
Hitter of the Week:
Eric Roudebush (New Palestine, Ind.) Hanover College | Right Field | Senior - Roudebush was a key member of the Panthers 3-1 record earning a split at Transylvania and a sweep of Defiance. The senior finished with a .917 slugging percentage going 6-of-12 with six runs a homerun and three RBI.
Pitching Athlete of the Week:
Landen Southern (Lafayette, Ind.) Anderson University | Pitcher | Junior - Landen Southern totaled 10 innings, 12 strikeouts and a 9-inning complete-game win, while allowing only two runs on the week. He retired each of the three batters he faced against Alma and struck out one. Against Manchester, Southern recorded the win, throwing 9 innings, striking out 11 batters, issuing 3 walks and allowing two runs on four hits in 9 innings. In total, Southern struck out 12 batters, conceded three walks and yielded 2 runs on 4 hits in 10 innings for a 1.80 ERA and a 0.70 WHIP.

Notable Performances:
  • Griffin Wolf (Carmel, Ind.) Anderson University | Outfield | Sophomore - Griffin Wolf went 9-for-17 with 3 doubles, 6 RBI, 3 runs as Anderson went 4-2 overall on the week and 3-1 in HCAC play. Wolf turned in a .529 AVG, a .529 OBP and a .706 SLG.
  • Jack Towell (Batavia, Ohio) Bluffton University | Shortstop | Graduate - Towell went 5-of-12 for a pert .417 bating average with 3 doubles, a homer and 8 RBI. He slugged a whopping .917 and scored two runs. Against Otterbein on Tuesday, Towell went 3-of-6 with six RBI. He smashed a homer and tacked on a pair of doubles against the Cardinals.
  • Ben Eisenhauer (San Jose, Calif.) Bluffton University | Pitcher | Junior - Eisenhauer tossed 5.2 innings of scoreless relief at MSJ on Sunday, allowing just two hits with four strikeouts and one walk. He limited the opposition to a paltry .125 batting average.
  • Ian Bulls (Batavia, Ohio) Earlham College | Utility | Sophomore - Ian Bullis led the Quakers at the plate in a doubleheader against Anderson with a .333 batting average. Bullis scored three hits with five RBI and one run scored.
  • Hayden Scalf (Richmond, Ind.) Earlham College | Pitcher | Sophomore - Hayden Scalf threw 7.2 innings in a win over Anderson on Sunday. The sophomore allowed just one hit after the first inning, and finished the outing with two earned runs on four hits with five strikeouts and one walk.
  • Matthew Alter (Indianapolis, Ind.) Hanover College | Pitcher | Senior - Alter got the win in the Panthers 10-4 victory at Transylvania. The senior got the start throwing six complete innings allowing just one earned run with seven strikeouts, posting a 1.50 ERA. As a staff, Hanover surrendered just five earned runs over the course of the week posting a 1.80 ERA.
  • Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind.) Manchester University | Catcher/Utility | Junior - Rocco Hanes hit .353 as the Spartans opened conference play against Anderson and Transylvania this weekend. The junior finished the weekend finished with 4 RBI, a double, and a home run.
  • Jackson Todor (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Manchester University | Pitcher/Infield | Sophomore - Jackson Todor threw a complete 9 innings against, earning his first win of the season against Transylvania on Sunday. The sophomore scattered 6 hits while striking out 3 batters and giving up 2 runs.
  • Andrew Harrison (Lebanon, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Third Base | Junior - Junior third baseman Andrew Harrison led the Lions to a 3-1 weekend, earning a split on the road at Rose-Hulman and sweeping Bluffton at home. For the week Andrew hit .571 (4 for 7), with 3 RBI, 3 stolen bases and 5 walks for a stagger .813 On Base Percentage. On Sunday vs. Bluffton Harrison reached base in all 8 of his plate appearances.
  • Matt Frye (Mount Orab, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Pitcher | First Year - Mount St. Joseph freshman pitcher entered game two against Bluffton with the Lions trailing 3-0 and slammed the door on the Beavers. He would pitch the final 5.0 innings of the game, allowing only a pair of hits while keeping Bluffton scoreless. His final line was 5.0 innings, 2 hits, 0 walks and 5 strikeouts, earning his first collegiate win as the Lions came back to take the lead late.
  • Colter Couillard-Rodak (Lafayette, Colo.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Second Base | Senior - Couillard-Rodak finished the week 9-23 hitting with 3 extra-base hits, 7 runs scored, and 9 RBIs to held the Fightin' Engineers to a 4-1 week. He finished with a 0.391 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, 0.609 slugging percentage, and an OPS over 1.000. In Saturday's win over Mount St. Joseph, he finished 3-5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs, and he also tallied a multi-hit game in the first win over Franklin on Sunday.
  • Camden Judson (Terre haute, Ind.) Rose-Hulman Insitute of Technology | Pitcher | First Year - Judson was lights out in the bullpen for Rose-Hulman this week, picking up a win and a save in his two appearances. Overall for the week, Judson pitched 5.2 innings and gave up just four hits and one earned run for an ERA of 1.59 and a WHIP of 0.88. In Sunday's win over Franklin, Judson closed out the game with 3.2 innings pitched and a career-high 7 strikeouts in relief. He allowed just one unearned run to help Rose-Hulman hang on to their first of two wins on the day.
  • Trent Youngblood (Louisville, Ky.) Transylvania University | Short Stop/Outfield | Senior - Youngblood finished the week with six hits, while becoming the program's all time leader in doubles and runs.
  • Jacob Moberly (Elizabethtown, Ky.) Transylvania University | Pitcher | Junior - Moberly improved to 3-0 on the season after going 7 innings strong and allowing only 1 run in the 3-2 win over Hanover.

 
Looking Forward:
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