by Matt Plante
Vice President
Week 1 roundup from our Top Tier Alumni in College Baseball’s Opening Weekend.
It was a great opening weekend for a lot of our alumni in college baseball, with many making their college debuts as freshman. Here are the top performers from the weekend.
Dalton Parker, Purdue
He got his 1st collegiate win coming in relief as a true freshman, throwing 5 innings giving up 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 walks while striking out 2. Purdue went 2-1 on the weekend versus Texas State.
Mitch Vogrin, Illinois State
He got his 1st win of the year coming in relief going 3 innings giving up 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, with 6 strikeouts vs. Youngstown State.
Travis Upp, IPFW
He went 2 for 3 in his college debut vs. Alabama A&M with an RBI and then followed it up with a 2 for 4 performance the following day with his 1st collegiate home run and a double with 2 more RBI’s. IPFW went 2-2 on the weekend versus Alabama A&M with Travis hitting a huge .571 on the weekend.
Connor Riley, USC-Aiken
In his first two starts of the year he went a combined 9.1 innings giving up 4 hits, 2 runs, 6 walks while striking out 14 batters. USC-Aiken is 8-0 to start the year.
Hank Christie, Northwestern
He got his 1st collegiate start vs. Arizona State going 3.2 innings giving up 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, and 3 strikeouts. Northwestern got swept on the weekend going 0-3.
Liam Carter, Missouri
He got his 1st win of the year vs. Eastern Michigan going 5 innings giving up 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 walk and striking out 3 on the day. Missouri went 3-1 on opening weekend.
Dave Dobrinich, Western Illinois
He got two starts and one pinch hit on the weekend, going 3 for 7 combined, hitting .429 vs. Texas Tech and Mississippi State. Western Illinois went 0-4 on the weekend.
Brett Newberg, Austin Peay
He got 3 innings of relief on Opening Day to help the Governors get the win. He gave up 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks while striking out 4. Austin Peay went 2-1 on the weekend.
Matt Fallon, Xavier
He got the start in all 4 games in the outfield this weekend vs. Troy going 6 for 15, hitting .400 with a double and 2 RBI’s. Xavier went 2-2 on the weekend.
Brady Huffman, Illinois State
He got his 1st collegiate relief appearance going 2 innings giving up 0 hits, 0 runs, while striking out 3.
Quinn Snarksis, St. Joesph’s College
He got the win vs. Tiffin this past weekend going 5 innings, giving up 6 hits, 1 run, 1 walk while striking out 3. The Pumas went 4-0 on the weekend.
Kolton Rominski, Hillsdale
He got his 1st collegiate start vs. Alderson-Broaddus going 4.1 innings getting a No Decision but only gave up 1 hit, 1 run, 2 walks while striking out 3. Hillsdale went 1-3 on the weekend.
Kyle Colletta, Northern Kentucky
He went 3 for 6, hitting .500 on the weekend with a double and an RBI. Northern Kentucky went 1-2 vs. Campbell this weekend.
Sam Cottingham-Beard, Western Illinois
He went 2 innings of relief vs. Mississippi State giving up only 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk while striking out 3.
Richard Fordon, Northwestern
He got 2 relief appearances on the weekend vs. Arizona State going a total of 2.1 innings giving up 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 3.
Michael Costanzo, Austin Peay
He got the win vs. Illinois State going 4.2 innings giving up 5 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks while striking out 2.
Sean Hjelle, Kentucky
Got his 1st collegiate start vs. North Carolina going 5 innings scattering out 11 hits, 3 runs, while striking out 2 in the loss 3-1.
Peyton Isaacson, Coastal Carolina
He got in all four games this weekend as the DH, going 3 for 9, hitting .333 with an RBI and two walks. Coastal went 1-3 this weekend after winning the National Championship only a year ago.
Bobby Pennington, Murray State
He went 1.2 innings in relief vs. Alcorn State giving 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk while striking out 2. Murray State went 4-0 on the weekend.
Zach Lewis, Wichita State
He threw 1 inning of relief vs. Utah Valley giving up 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk while striking out 3. The Shockers swept Utah Valley and won all 3 games this weekend.
Jon Savarise, Northern Illinois
He threw 2.1 innings of relief on the weekend giving up 1 hit, 1 run, 1 walk while striking out 2. The Huskies went 0-2-1 on the weekend.
Matt Sullivan, Chicago State
He went 3 for 12 on the weekend with an RBI helping the Cougars go 1-1-1 on the weeknd.
Cooper Johnson, Mississippi
He got two starts as catcher in his collegiate debut throwing out 5 baserunners and going 1 for 6. Ole Miss swept Eastern Carolina on the weekend.
Chris Myjack, Butler
He got his 1st collegiate save vs. LaSalle closing out the last 0.2 innings giving up 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk while striking out 1.
Zak Deverman, Illinois
He got 1 inning of relief vs. Lamar giving up 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk while striking out 1.
Michael Sebby, Illinois State
He got 0.2 innings of relief in his 1st college debut giving up 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk while striking out 2.
Matt Burch, Arkansas
Got his 1st collegiate start as DH vs. Miami (OH) this weekend going 1 for 5 with a double. Arkansas swept Miami (OH) in the 1st weekend of play.
Eric Giltz, SIUE
He went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s for the 1st win for his team this year vs. Seattle. SIUE ended up going 1-3 on the weekend.
Kevin Sullivan, Middle Tennessee State
He went 1-3 in his one start this weekend with an RBI vs. Georgia Southern. Middle Tennessee State went 1-2 on the weekend.
Danny Mayer, Pacific
He went 2 for 4 in the the home opener with 2 home runs and 2 RBI’s. He added one more hit for the weekend but the Pacific went 1-2 vs. San Diego State.
Cal Coughlin, TCU
He got his 1st collegiate relief appearance vs. Penn State going 1 inning giving up 1 hit, 1 run, with 0 walks. TCU swept Penn State on the weekend.
Frankie Perrone, Eastern Illinois
He went 2 for 8 on the weekend with a double, a home run and 2 RBI’s. Eastern Illinois lost all three games vs. South Alabama.
