MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. --- Moravian College junior right fielder Matt Hanson has been selected to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week for his performance last week.
Hanson helped lead the Greyhounds to a 4-0 record that included an 8-1 victory over then No. 6 Kean University. Moravian, which was is now 26-7 overall and locked up the top seed in the 2014 Landmark Conference Tournament with a sweep at The University of Scranton last Friday, is ranked 21st in the country this week in both the D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 Poll and the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Top 30 Poll.
Hanson connected for eight hits in 14 at-bats, a .571 average, and he crossed the plate seven times and knocked in seven more runs. Hanson, who was also named the Landmark Player of the Week for the third time this spring on Monday, had an.857 slugging percentage that included a double and a home run, and he also had a pair of walks for a .684 on-base percentage while stealing a pair of bases too.
Hanson began the week with one hit in Moravian's third win over a nationally-ranked opponent as the Greyhounds knocked off Kean. He was then 1-for-2 with two runs scored in an 8-1 victory at DeSales. Hanson completed the week with a 6-for-8 performance in the sweep of Scranton that also included four runs, six RBIs, a double and his team-leading second homer of the year.
"Matt has been playing extremely well all year," stated Head Coach Paul Engelhardt. "It is an honor for not only him, but our whole team. It takes winning to be recognized on an individual basis. The team has a big part in any individual award, and Matt is one of the reasons we are winning as a team. Right now, he is probably the best player in our Conference, and we hope he can continue to lead us offensively."
The full D3baseball.com Team of the Week for week 10 can be seen at http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/team-of-the-week/2014/week10/.
Moravian is slated to return to action in a non-conference game at Neumann University on Tuesday, April 22 beginning at 4:00 p.m.
