Saint Joseph’s College junior pitcher/outfielder Pat Moran (Winterport, ME/Hampden Academy) has been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star Second Team as a utility player.
Saint Joseph’s College junior Pat Moran (Winterport, ME) and sophomore Ian Lee (Hampden, ME), along with Suffolk University junior Bobby Barrett (Milton, MA) were all selected as All-American Honorable Mention by D3Baseball.com for 2009.
The New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) has released its 2009 All-New England DIII Baseball teams and six Great Northeast Athletic Conference players have been honored. Saint Joseph’s junior Pat Moran ’10 (Winterport, ME) and Suffolk senior Tim Doyle (Milton, MA) both garnered first team honors as a designated hitter and pitcher, respectively. Earning third team honors for St. Joseph’s are junior first basemen Ben Grant-Roy (Biddeford, ME) and sophomore utility player Chris Campbell (Rochester, NH). Earning third team honors for Suffolk are junior catcher Bobby Barrett (Milton, MA) and senior pitcher Dan Delia (Boston, MA).
Two Great Northeast Athletic Conference baseball student-athletes earned recognition for their performance in the classroom as well as the athletic field this spring. Suffolk junior outfielder Rory Gentile (Gloucester, MA) and Emerson junior outfielder Peter Karl (Wallingford, CT) were both named to ESPN the Magazine’s Academic All-District teams by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The 2009 baseball season for the Suffolk University (30-11) came to a close as the Rams took their second loss in the NCAA New England Regional Tournament. The Eastern Connnecticut State Warriors (36-7), who entered the tournament as the top seed and ranked third nationally, pounded the Rams 13-2 in the elimination game. EConn pounded out 16 hits, including their top two hitters going a combined 9-for-11 to cruise to the victory. The Rams scattered seven hits throughout the game but could not muster a big hit to keep them in the game as they left 10 runners on base. The Warriors spread the game open scoring twice in the sixth and added five runs in the seventh and did not look back.
The Suffolk University Baseball team (30-10) dropped the opener of the NCAA New England Regional Tournament, 7-6 to WPI (29-11) Wednesday morning. Junior Joe Walsh (Weymouth, MA) hit a check swing single over the first base bag in the eighth inning to knock in the go-ahead run as the Engineers squashed a late rally by the Rams to take the opener of the tournament.
The Suffolk University Baseball team (30-9) will open up the NCAA New England Regional Tournament on Wednesday as they take on Worcester Polytech Institute (28-11). The Rams have been slotted with the # 5 seed in the tournament. Suffolk and WPI will open up the tournament as Game 1 on Wednesday morning at 10:00 am. Eastern Connecticut State University is hosting this year's New England Regional Tournament.
In one of the craziest weekends of baseball, the Suffolk University Rams (27-8) outlasted host St. Joseph's College (28-12) on Sunday in the final game of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament, 15-6. St. Joseph's pulled off a dramatic victory in the first game of the day erasing a 4-0 deficit to beat the Rams 6-5 and force the extra game. Both teams were involved in a slugfest on Saturday, 22-21 as the Rams were victorious to advance in the winner's bracket. With all the controversy surrounding the new Yankee Stadium, St. Joseph's Larry Mahaney Diamond was host to five games during the weekend tournament that saw a combined 112 runs scored. By winning the tournament the Rams now advance to the NCAA Regionals. It will be Suffolk's fourth regional appearance since 2000.
The 2009 GNAC Baseball All-Conference awards have been released. Click here to see all of the award winners.
The 2009 GNAC Baseball Playoff pairings are now available. The Saint Joseph’s College Monks earned the first seed with a 13-1 GNAC record and 25-10 record overall.
The Eastern College Athletic Conference has announced its weekly honors and Saint Joseph’s College junior Pat Moran (Winterport, ME/Hampden Academy) has been named as the New England Region DIII Baseball Pitcher of the Week. Moran collects the regional accolade after being named the GNAC Pitcher of the Week for the reporting period ending April 11th.
Suffolk University Head Baseball Coach Cary McConnell picked up the 400th win of his career Tuesday evening as the Rams rolled to a 19-6 victory over Fitchburg State College. The win now moves the Rams record to 16-4 on the 2009 season. McConnell, who is in his 14th season at Suffolk has now guided the Rams to 345 victories since his hiring in 1996. In his tenure at Suffolk, McConnell has taken his program to three NCAA Regional appearances, three GNAC Tournament Championships, and five ECAC Tournament bids. His 2000 team set a school record with 38 wins that season, as well as winning the ECAC Tournament Championship. That 2000 season pitching staff also led all NCAA Divison III in ERA that season posting a 2.69. He was named GNAC Coach of the Year in the 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008 seasons.
Saint Joseph's (ME) junior Michael Burdin was selected as the GNAC Baseball Player of the Week, Lasell freshmen was named GNAC Baseball Rookie of the Week, and Johnson & Wales senior Ryan Morgan was sselected GNAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
This year the Lasell College baseball team has become a Division III varsity sport and even though they are a new team, they plan on making big noise in their division this year.
Suffolk senior Keith Carter was selected as the GNAC Baseball Player of the Week, Saint Joseph's (ME) freshmen Daniel Achorn was named GNAC Baseball Rookie of the Week, and Suffolk senior Reid Jackson received GNAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week honors.
Suffolk senior Bobby Barrett was selected as the GNAC Baseball Player of the Week, Johnson and Wales sophomore Matt Yaeger was named GNAC Baseball Rookie of the Week, and Suffolk senior Tim Doyle was selected as the GNAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
