UIC's Boehm, Milwaukee's Keller Collect Baseball Weekly Awards

INDIANAPOLIS -- UIC first baseman Jeff Boehm [Lansing, Ill./Mount Carmel (Kentucky)] has been named the Horizon League Batter of the Week, while Milwaukee right-hander Brian Keller (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) is the League’s Pitcher of the Week, for the week of Feb. 9-15. The accolades are the first of both players’ careers.

Boehm led UIC to a 2-1-1 opening weekend at Mississippi Valley State, clubbing three home runs and driving in 13. On the mound, Keller tossed six scoreless innings against Maine in the Panthers’ season-opening victory, setting the tone for a 3-1 weekend.

In the Flames’ 24-5 victory to begin the year, Boehm drove in six, going 2-for-3 with his first long ball of the season. Boehm homered for the second consecutive game on Friday, once again going 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Boehm wrapped his performance with a 3-for-6 effort in the series’ third game, launching his third homer in a 12-5 UIC win.

Largely pitched around in the series finale, Boehm finished the weekend 8-for-13 with three homers, 13 RBIs, six runs and seven walks. The lefty posted a 2.147 OPS, slugging at a 1.385 clip over the weekend.

Milwaukee’s opening day starter, Keller did not disappoint, allowing just five baserunners over six innings as the Panthers knocked off Maine, 10-0. Keller struck out four while limiting Maine to a .174 batting average.

The season-opening win was the first for Milwaukee since 2006.

UIC will head to a weekend series at defending national champion and current No. 1 Vanderbilt Feb. 20-22, while Milwaukee will meet 2014 College World Series participant and No. 10 Louisville Feb. 20-22 in Louisville.

Horizon League top performers (Feb. 9-15)

• Lorenzo Arcuri, Youngstown State (So., 2B) - Batting .417 in YSU’s opening series at Jacksonville State, Arcuri went 5-for-8 in Saturday’s twinbill. The sophomore finished the day with three runs scored, a walk and two RBIs.
• Mike Brosseau, Oakland (Jr., SS) - In Oakland’s season-opening series at No. 16 Florida State, Brosseau was 4-of-9 at the plate, driving in two.
• Daniel Delaney, Valparaiso (Jr., 1B) - Delaney finished Valpo’s series at San Diego State 6-for-11 at the plate, collecting two hits in each game. On Saturday, Delaney hit his first homer of the year, part of a three-RBI effort.
• Ryan Fucci, Wright State (Jr., OF) - Launched a game-winning grand slam to lead Wright State to a 7-4 win over Toledo and a 3-0 start to the season, capping a weekend in which he was 6-for-12 with seven RBIs and a 1.750 OPS.
• Luke Meteer, Milwaukee (Jr., OF) -With at least one run, one hit and one steal in all four Milwaukee games, Meteer finished the Panthers’ 3-1 weekend with a .533 average and nine runs scored.
• Dalton Lundeen, Valparaiso (Jr., LHP) - Going six innings at San Diego State, Lundeen allowed one earned run and was in line for the win before a late Aztec rally. The Horizon League preseason pitcher of the year struck out four in the game.
• Jesse Scholtens, Wright State (Jr., RHP) - Making his Raider debut, Scholtens tossed seven innings against Toledo, leading Wright State to an 8-1 victory, punching out nine and allowing just the one run.

2015 Baseball Weekly Awards
Batter of the Week
Feb. 16:  Jeff Boehm, UIC (Sr., 1B)

Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 16:  Brian Keller, Milwaukee (Jr., RHP)