INDIANAPOLIS – Ohio Dominican and Findlay were selected for Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Players of the Week accolades for the North Division as announced on Wednesday.
 
ODU and Hillsdale see-sawed back and forth for top position in the standings as the two teams battled it out in a four-game set (the final game did not count towards the standings).
 
The Chargers (15-6 G-MAC) were briefly in first place after beating the nationally-ranked Panthers (14-5 G-MAC), but ODU won the third game of series, 5-4, to reclaim the divisional lead.
 
All six teams from the North Division remain above .500 with Findlay, Malone, Walsh and Lake Erie, in order still in the mix for the postseason. With three allocated spots for the Great Midwest Championship going to the top three finishers of each division, the two remaining wild card slots appear to be in favor of the North Division.
 
North Division Player of the Week
Colin Kaucher
Ohio Dominican
Catcher
Junior
Toledo, OH (Toledo Central Catholic HS)
 
For the second time this spring, Ohio Dominican’s talented backstop generated player of the week honors with loud numbers ringing off his bat.
 
Kaucher went 7-for-13 at the plate with a pair of home runs, five RBI, three runs scored and a double.
 
He homered in back-to-back games against Hillsdale in a Saturday doubleheader. In game one, the junior was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI while also drawing a walk and plating another run with a sacrifice fly.
 
Kaucher then belted a two-run shot, his seventh of the spring, in game two.
 
Kaucher produced multi-hit games on Sunday to close out the series, including a double as part of a 2-for-3 effort in the non-conference contest that was game four. He drove in a run and walked to start the Sunday twinbill while going 2-for-4 at the dish.
 
Kaucher continues to mash for Ohio Dominican’s feared offense, carrying an impressive .430 batting line that is second only to teammate Justin Childers. He leads the league in RBI with 56 and is tied for second in hits (58).
 
South Division Player of the Week
Josh Robinson
Findlay
RHP
Senior
Anna, OH (Anna HS)
 
In high-leverage situations, Findlay has turned to Robinson and the hard-throwing righty has delivered, making some conference history over the past week by picking up his 11th save.
 
By virtue of their workload compared to starters, relievers tend to get overlooked, but the North Division is stocked with talented late-inning arms like Ohio Dominican’s Brad Wilson (7 SV), Hillsdale’s David Toth (6 SV) and Malone’s Christian Specht (5 SV). And if recent history has served any indication, a loaded bullpen is a must to make a deep run at the conference tournament.
 
Robinson slammed the door shut in a save situation against Lake Erie as he tossed a scoreless ninth to protect a gem from starter Colin Gossard (8 IP, 3 H, 9 K).
 
Robinson officially set the Great Midwest single-season record for saves, passing Kentucky Wesleyan’s Noah Boswell and his 10 recorded in the spring of 2014.
 
In three appearances against the Storm, Robinson combined for 3.1 scoreless frames with four strikeouts. He is working on a streak of 11 consecutive scoreless appearances dating back to March 18, a span that included 15 strikeouts in 10.1 innings.
 
Robinson has made a team-high 18 appearances and has a 3.50 ERA in 18 innings pitched to go with 25 strikeouts.