2017 Baseball News
Massachusetts Maritime officially broke ground late last week on the installation of an artificial turf surface at Commodore Hendy Field, the home of Buccaneer baseball. Academy President Admiral Francis X. McDonald and Director of Athletics Garin Veris were joined by fellow Buccaneer vice presidents, administrators and staff members at a special groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday. The project will begin in earnest this week and is expected to be completed by early November. “The unprecedented growth of the Academy in the last decade has created wonderful opportunities for expansion of our physical plant, and I am pleased that we will be able to offer our cadets with more space for intercollegiate and intramural competition,” McDonald said of the project. “The entire Massachusetts Maritime community will benefit greatly by the turf installation.” “Hendy Field is one of the most bucolic fields in all of college baseball, and providing our student-athletes with opportunities for increased home competition dates without the worry of inclement weather is something that provides a definite boost to our program,” Veris said. “The addition of more practice space for our intercollegiate teams and more competitive space for our intramural and club programs will provide a long term benefits for the Academy going forward.” To view the progress of the artificial turf installation at Commodore Hendy Field throughout the fall, please visit: https://www.maritime.edu/sites/all/themes/mma/webcams/gym.swf. (Courtesy Photo: Colleen Ruggeri)
Former Salem State baseball standouts Richard Fecteau '16 and Mike Davis '16 have continued to impress on the diamond this summer, as both players are enjoying successful post-collegiate baseball careers in the professional ranks.
A total of 799 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2017 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Here is the 2017 MASCAC Spring Championship recap where you will find information on all the spring events plus any post-season awards.
Seven Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes have earned DIII New England regional baseball honors from D3baseball.com, American Baseball Coaches Association and Eastern College Athletic Conference.
34 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2017 Spring Sportsmanship Teams.
For the third straight year, Westfield State received the most points out of the eight institutions to claim the Howard C. Smith Cup following 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.
On Monday (May 15) the NCAA announced the 56 teams that will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, placing the MASCAC Tournament Champions, Worcester State, at the seventh seed in the New England Regional.
Ryan Feeney of Bridgewater State earns MASCAC Player of the Year while Kevin Connelly is the MASCAC Pitcher of the Year and headline the 2017 MASCAC All-Conference team as voted by the eight coaches from around the league.
After winning the MASCAC Baseball Tournament, Kyle Sullivan and Kevin Larkin of Worcester State are the MASCAC Baseball Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Week honorees.
Worcester State University's Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) baseball tournament MVP, Kyle Sullivan pitched a complete-game shutout to help lead the No. 4 seeded Lancers to a 1-0 win over No. 6 Framingham State for the MASCAC tournament title Tuesday afternoon.
Framingham State and Worcester State are moving on to the MASCAC Baseball Tournament Championship after advancing through the semifinal round on Monday.
Framingham State and Worcester State move on to the winner's game of the MASCAC Baseball Tournament after winning their quarterfinal contests on Sunday afternoon. Salem State and Westfield State will face off in the elimination game Monday morning.
The MASCAC Baseball Tournament quarterfinals have been moved to Sunday afternoon due to unplayable field conditions.
The MASCAC Baseball Tournament schedule has been changed due to rain in the forecast for Friday. The quarterfinal, semifinal and championship games will all be pushed back one day.
After winning their first round games on Thursday afternoon, Framingham State and Worcester State advanced to the MASCAC Baseball quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.
