Alumni Roundup: Week Four

March 10, 2025


Bats are the highlight of this week's roundup. Daniel Pacella and Graham Mastros help swing their way to a win over No. 25 Oklahoma State. Kenny Perez goes 4-for-4 against Murray State and Brendan Summerhill shines in a four-game set against Pepperdine.

Week Four


Brenden Stressler had arguably the most impressive week of all the Top Tier alums. Stressler and SLU had a 3-1 week, and the New Trier grad had five hits, seven knocked in and a pair of homers. The most important swing of the week came on Friday night against South Dakota State. With a runner on in the bottom of the ninth down one, Stressler launched a homer to walk it off for the Billikens. Later in the series, Stressler had a triple and a homer in a mult-hit game. He's hitting .304 on the year and takes a strong weekend into an A-10 Series against Saint Joseph's.


Business as usual for Liam Peterson and the Gators this past weekend against Harvard. Florida outscored Harvard 41-6 over three games and played a combined 21 innings as all three games were shortened due to the run-rule. Peterson pitched five of Friday's seven inning affair, allowing a pair of walks and four hits. Besides that, he was flawless. He K'd 11 hitters en route to his fourth win on the mound this season to sit at a perfect 4-0.

Florida will be put to the test this week as they face No. 5 Florida State on Tuesday and No. 2 Tennessee this upcoming weekend.

Daniel Pacella put together a nice weekend for Illinois State, helping the Redbirds down No. 25 Oklahoma State to kickoff the weekend. Pacella, on the week, had seven hits and three knocked in. Two of those hits were towering home runs that came against the Cowboys in Stillwater. Illinois State salvaged one game of the three-game set, but overall, an impressive week for Pacella as it looks he's hit his stride now on a five-game hit streak with three of those being multi-hit games.


Brendan Summerhill and the Wildcats of Arizona swept Pepperdine in a four game set this past weekend. On Thursday, the opener, Summerhill had a three-hit game which included a 3B and a homer - fell a 2B short of the cycle. Across the four game series, Summerhill accumulated seven hits, drove in three and scored five runs.

Arizona faces rival Arizona State on Tuesday, then host new Big 12 opponent, Cincinnati, at Hi Corbett Field on Friday.


Kenny Perez played one of Western Illinois' three games against Murray State but he made his presence felt in the four AB's he had. Perez went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two driven in. He also reached on a walk. Perez, through 35 at-bats this season is hitting .343.


Graham Mastros (Illinois State), Nick Monile (North Florida) and Nicky Giamarusti (Ohio State) had a trio of hits this week. Mastros belted a homer against Oral Roberts in a midweek - Giamarusti had an XBH in the Buckeye's finale against Valparaiso.

Mack Whitcomb had a five-hit week for Tennessee Tech - two coming against Belmont, three coming against IPWF. On March 5, Whitcomb had a double and a homer against Belmont and drove in three. Whitcomb is hitting .339 on the season with 20 runs driven in which is most on the Golden Eagles.

Jaylon Nauden (Arkansas-Pine Bluff) and Vytas Valincius (Illinois) had a pair of hits throughout the weekend.

Wes Mendes continued to shine on the mound. In five innings against Lipscomb, Mendes allowed a run and four hits and struck out 11. He sits at a perfect 3-0 heading into a weekend series against Boston College.

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