2016 Baseball News
Al Donovan, who has served as pitching coach and recruiting assistant for the Vikings since 2015, has been named the new head baseball coach at Salem State University athletic director Peggy Carl announced Thursday. Donovan replaces Mike Ward, who resigned in July after four successful seasons.
A total of 854 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2016 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Worcester State’s All-Conference outfielder’s summer plans changed Saturday night as Jake Ryan was called up by Dan Generelli of the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs with an opportunity on the other line to play in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL).
Massachusetts Maritime catcher Logan Sullo and Fitchburg State pitcher/outfielder Javier Lozada have been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Baseball All-Star team as announced by the organization.
Salem State senior Richard Fecteau, a four-time Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) first-team pick, was selected in the 39th round by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this weekend in the 2016 Major League Baseball amateur draft.
The accolades continue to come in for Massachusetts Maritime sophomore catcher Logan Sullo, as he was named to both the American Baseball Coaches Association All-New England Region and New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-New England squads for a second straight season on Tuesday evening.
Sean Buckland and Richard Fecteau of Salem State were named to the D3baseball.com, American Baseball Coaches Association and the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-New England Teams. Teammate Mike Davis joined them on the ABCA squad.
34 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2016 Spring Sportsmanship Teams.
Salem State's Dan Connors and Sean Buckland are the final MASCAC Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week after competing in the NCAA Division III Tournament New England Regional last week.
Sean Buckland pitched to within an out of his seventh complete game of the season and eighth-seeded Salem State University scored five runs in the third to wipe out an early deficit and upend top-seeded Wheaton College (MA), 7-4, in the second game of the NCAA Division III New England Regional Baseball Tournament Wednesday afternoon at the Eastern Baseball Stadium.
Salem State will open up the 2016 NCAA Division III New England Regional Tournament, which will be hosted by Easten Connecticut, against Wheaton College on Wednesday, May 18th.
Sophomore Connor Kennedy (West Barnstable, Mass.) rapped out three hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead fourth-seeded Massachusetts Maritime to an 8-6 victory over fifth-seeded Brandeis in quarterfinal round play of the 2016 ECAC Division III New England Baseball Championships Thursday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field.
Salem State second baseman Richard Fecteau (Newbury, Mass.) was named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week after leading Salem State to consecutive Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) postseason championships.
The Westfield State Owls have earned their second straight Howard C. Smith Cup after the completion of the spring season. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the 15 league championship sports.
The last National League pitcher to win 30 games in a season was Jerome “Dizzy” Dean of the 1934 “Gashouse Gang” St. Louis Cardinals who ended up winning the World Series in seven games over the Detroit Tigers. Dean went 30-8 that season. His younger brother and Cardinal teammate, Paul or, as he came to be known, “Daffy,” was a 19-game winner himself. In the World Series against the Tigers, Dizzy and Paul each won two games to pitch the Redbirds to the title and Hollywood later made a movie mostly about Dizzy called “The Pride of St. Louis.”
Richard Fecteau of Salem State, Kyle Kennedy and Paul Sances of Massachusetts Maritime are the MASCAC Baseball Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Week.
