YORK, Pa. -- Southern Virginia freshman Marcus Begg and Christopher Newport freshman Michael Thomas were named the CAC Baseball Players of the Week for March 28, 2016.  

Player of the Week

Marcus Begg | Southern Virginia | Fr. | 1B/3B

Clearwater, Fla. | Mitchell   

Southern Virginia freshman Marcus Begg was named the CAC Player of the Week after batting .700 (14-for-20) with 10 RBIs and six runs scored last week. Begg registered at least two RBIs and two hits in each of the Knights' four contests, including a 5-for-5 performance in game one of a doubleheader with York. He also hit one home run, one double and stole two bases on the week. 

Pitcher of the Week

Michael Thomas | Christopher Newport | Fr. | LHP

Fairfax, Va. | W.T. Woodson

Christopher Newport freshman Michael Thomas received CAC Pitcher of the Week honors after tossing the first complete-game shutout in two years for the Captains, blanking Bridgewater (Va.) in non-conference action. Thomas struck out a career-high seven batters in a career-high nine innings. He was incredibly efficient, cruising through 30 batters in just 95 pitches. He faced just one three-ball count all day, and that wouldn't come until the final batter, whom he struck out. He allowed just three hits, all singles. Usually a reliever, Thomas was making just his fifth career start and blitzed past his previous career high of five innings and five strikeouts.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (3/28)

FROSTBURG STATE: K.J. Hockaday, Sr., INF, Joppa, Md./John Carroll

MARY WASHINGTON: Ryan Van Assche, Sr., LHP, Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge

MARYMOUNT: Lorenzo Calderon, Jr., OF, Leesburg, Va./Heritage

PENN STATE HARRISBURG: Bobby Patterson, So. P, Wall, N.J./Walln

ST. MARY'S: Stetson Cox, Fr., OF, Fallston, Md./Loyola Blakefield 

SALISBURY: Pete Grasso, Jr., INF, Wilmington, Del./A.I. duPont

WESLEY: Sam Meck, So., P/OF, Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg

YORK: Sean Mohollen, Sr., OF, Rose Valley, Pa./Strath Haven

NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE

CAC play is now at the halfway mark as all 10 teams have played nine conference contests ... Christopher Newport, Salisbury and Marymount are in a three-way tie for first place at 7-4, while Frostburg State and York both have winning conference marks at 5-4 ... Three CAC teams are ranked in the D3baseball.com National Poll, with Salisbury at No. 11, Christopher Newport at No. 14, and Frostburg State at No. 16 ... In the Collegiate Baseball/ABCA rankings, Salisbury is No. 14, Christopher Newport is No. 17, and Mary Washington is receiving votes ... CNU's Brandon Ginch led the Captains in RBIs and runs scored in a perfect 4-0 week. Ginch registered hits in all four games, including mullti-hit efforts in both games of a doubleheader against first-place Marymount ... Frostburg State's K.J. Hockaday hit .583 (7-of-12) with four runs, two RBIs and a double as the Bobcats posted a 2-1 week. In the Bobcats' game one win over Wesley, head coach Guy Robertson collected his 300th collegiate victory ... Mary Washington senior Ryan Van Assche won his only start of the week, throwing seven innings of a combined four-hit shutout at Penn State Harrisburg on Saturday. He walked one and struck out seven over seven innings. Junior Kyle Bynum led the Eagles with a .471 average in four games, rapping out eight hits in 17 at-bats, including three doubles, a triple, and a home run. He scored four runs and drove in five ... Marymount head coach Frank Leoni registered his 500th collegiate victory on Monday after winning the first of two games against St. Mary's. Marymount's Lorenzo Calderon helped the Saints to a three-win week including a victory over No. 11 Salisbury. Leading off for the Saints in all five games, the junior outfielder swung for a .444 average, .583 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage, while collecting eight hits on 18 at-bats. Calderon also swiped two bases, moving him into third in the country with 17 ... Penn State Harrisburg's Bobby Patterson pitched eight innings in a win against Wesley, allowing one run with three strikeouts. Ethan Kell hit the game-tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against Mary Washington, and put the ball in play for the winning run in extra innings ... St. Mary's Stetson Cox contributed hits in each game against Marymount and Salisbury and concluded the week with five hits, two runs, and a double ... Salisbury's Pete Grasso led the Sea Gulls to a 3-1 week, including a sweep of St. Mary's. Grasso set career highs with three home runs and nine RBIs in the Gulls' win over Gwynedd Mercy. He tallied six of his 11 hits on the week in the games against St. Mary's, while driving in three runs and scoring three more in those games. Grasso also earned two wins on the mound, pitching 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief and striking out seven ... Southern Virginia's Gage Bigelow pitched a seven-inning shutout against York, allowing five hits and striking out four ... Wesley's Sam Meck nearly tossed a complete game against Frostburg State as the Wolverines earned a 21-7 victory over the Bobcats ... York's Joel Kenney picked up his third win of the year as he tossed eight strong innings in the Spartans' Saturday win at Southern Virginia. Kenney tossed eight innings, allowed 10 hits, three runs, two earned runs with six strikeouts and one walk. For the year, Kenney is 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA in a team-high 38 innings of work. 

2016 CAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK