UWM's Koenig, UIC's Dahlberg Notch Weekly Awards

INDIANAPOLIS – Milwaukee senior outfielder Sam Koenig (Prairie du Sac, Wis.) has been named the Horizon League Batter of the Week, while UIC left-hander Jake Dahlberg (Vancouver, Wash.) is the League’s Pitcher of the Week, for the week of March 23-29. The accolades are the second of the season for both players.

Koenig swung a hot bat last week as he hit .600 in a shortened weekend series against Oakland. He went 6-for-10 against the Golden Grizzlies with a double, triple and home run for a 1.200 slugging percentage. He scored six runs and recorded five RBIs as the Panthers split Saturday’s doubleheader with Oakland.

Dahlberg pitched his second complete game of the season, allowing just two hits and one run in UIC’s 2-1 series-opening win over Youngstown State on Friday. Dahlberg gave up lone hits in the first and eighth innings and now touts a 3-1 record on the season. He also struck out four YSU batters and leads UIC with 31 punch-outs on the year.

Horizon League top performers (March 23-29)
Frank Califano, Youngstown State (Jr., OF) – Califano was the only Penguin to record a hit in all five games during the week. He finished 7-of-19 at the plate. He had a pair of hits and scored twice in YSU’s win at Akron.
Tyler Detmer, UIC (Sr., OF) – Detmer had the nation’s longest reached base season end at 43 games at YSU on Sunday. For the week, he hit .444 with five runs scored and one more driven in.
Andrew Elliott, Wright State (Sr., RHP) – Elliott three threw scoreless innings for the save at Valpo, allowing one hit and striking out four.
Robby Enslen, Oakland (Sr., OF) - Enslen hit .429 at the plate last week. He went 5-10 with two doubles, two RBIs and four runs scored in the double-header versus Milwaukee on Saturday.
Jason Hager, Oakland (Sr., RHP) – Hager received a no decision after seven innings of work against Milwaukee. He struck out five and gave up seven hits in the outing.
Dalton Lundeen, Valparaiso (Jr., LHP) – Lundeen earned the win with seven innings of work versus Wright State, giving up just one earned run. He struck out nine and scattered five hits, while improving to 3-1 lifetime against the Raiders.
Spencer Mahoney, Valparaiso (Sr., SS) – Mahoney hit .462 and finished last week with six hits, five RBIs and four runs scored. He added one double, a triple and a stolen base, while slugging .769 last week.
Joe Pavlovich, Milwaukee (Sr., RHP) – Pavlovich allowed just one earned run, while striking out two in five innings of work to pick up the win versus Oakland.
Michael Timm, Wright State (Sr., 2B) – Timm hit .471 at the plate. He was 4-of-6 in WSU’s win at Northern Kentucky, finishing with two doubles and a home run with four runs scored in the win. He went 4-for-9 against Valparaiso with three doubles and two RBIs.

2015 Baseball Weekly Awards
Batter of the Week
Feb. 16:  Jeff Boehm, UIC (Sr., 1B)
Feb. 23:  Gabe Snyder, Wright State (Fr., OF)
March 2: Ryan Fucci, Wright State (Jr., OF)
March 9: Nate Palace, Valparaiso (So., 1B)
March 16: Sam Koenig, Milwaukee (Sr., OF)
March 23: Cody Bohanek, UIC (So., SS)
March 30: Sam Koenig, Milwaukee (Sr., OF)

Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 16:  Brian Keller, Milwaukee (Jr., RHP)
Feb. 23:  Jesse Scholtens, Wright State (Jr., RHP)
March 2: Justin Langley, Milwaukee (So., LHP)
March 9: Joe Pavlovich, Milwaukee (Sr., RHP)
March 16: Jake Dahlberg, UIC (So., LHP)
March 23: Jesse Scholtens, Wright State (Jr., RHP)
March 30: Jake Dahlberg, UIC (So., LHP)