John Vodenlich tinkered with his line-up over the first half of the season. About three weeks ago Coach Vodenlich moved Drew Eichstaedt from 3rd base to shortstop and inserted Jared Fon into the line-up as UWW's everyday 3rd baseman.
The freshman from Germantown has not disappointed.
Early in Wednesday's Division III Regional game vs. St. Thomas (Minn) Fon and UST first baseman Nicholas Reichert had a najor collision just a "tick" after Fon had crossed 1st base by way of a throwing error by UST 3rd baseman J.B. Korte.
Both players needed attention from UWW trainer Chad Kelsey. Fon stayed on the ground for several minutes but did stay in the game.
(In the adjacent photo - UWW trainer Chad Kelsey attends to UWW 3rd baseman Jared Fon who was injured in a collision with UST 1st baseman Nicholas Reichert. Fon stayed in the game - Tom Pattison photo)
Later in the game Fon perhaps the play of the game in an extremely clutch situation.
With the Hawks clinging to a 3-2 lead in the UST 8th inning, the Tommies put runners at first and second with no one out. The Tommies attempted to advance the runners but Fon pounced on a good bunt down the 3rd base line and threw to third to get a critical force out. UWW relief pitcher then got two St. Thomas fly outs to get out of the inning unscathed.
Whitewater talked about "bunt defense" being critical to UWW's bid to advance on the tournament trail.
Again, much like Matt Beyer in the previous story, it was another example of great execution and another player stepping up bigtime in a key situation.
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