Virginia Sweeps ACC Baseball Weekly Honors

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team swept the ACC Baseball honors for the week ending May 2, as infielder/outfielder Phil Gosselin (Jr., West Chester, Pa.) earned Player of the Week laurels, while Danny Hultzen (So., Bethesda, Md.) was named Pitcher of the Week.

It marks the first such honor for Gosselin, while Hultzen earned the distinction for the third time in his career and the second time this season (March 1).

The ACC hits leader with 77, Gosselin had hits in all five games (including four multiple-hit games) as Virginia completed a perfect week. Last Tuesday, Gosselin broke a scoreless tie with a two-out grand slam in the second inning of Virginia’s 6-3 win over Coastal Carolina, which was ranked as high as fourth nationally. The next night, he tied a career high with four hits against Georgetown.

Gosselin then went 6-for-16 over the weekend at Duke, with three doubles. For the week, the Cavaliers’ leadoff hitter was 12-for-25 (.480), had a .500 on base percentage and posted a team-best eight RBI.

Hultzen tossed his first career complete game in dominating fashion, facing just five batters over the minimum in a 12-3 road win Friday at Duke. He held Duke to its second-lowest hit total of the year while retiring the last 10 hitters and 21 of the final 22 batters that he faced. Ten of the final 21 outs came by strikeout. During that stretch, only five balls left the infield.

Overall, the ACC’s strikeout leader (94) tied a career high with 13 strikeouts while not walking a batter. He went to a three-ball count to just two of the 32 batters he faced.

Virginia plays host to VCU at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Cavaliers’ final game before a nine-day break for final exams.