2018 MASCAC Baseball News
It’s not often that a Division III college baseball player gets the chance to play at the professional level. Former Salem State baseball star Richie Fecteau knows that, but he doesn’t let it get in his way of climbing the ranks in the Los Angeles Angels’ farm system.
Framingham State University Director of Athletics Tom Kelley is pleased to announce the hiring of FSU alum Sean Callahan as the Rams head baseball coach.
A total of 758 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2018 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Bridgewater State University Director of Athletics, Dr. Marybeth Lamb, announced today that Greg Zackrison has been named as the Bears' new head baseball coach.
Westfield State senior baseball player Alex Lafayette (Ludlow, Mass.) has been named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
With the conclusion of the spring season, we wanted to take a look back at all the exciting happenings around the MASCAC during the spring.
34 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2018 Spring Sportsmanship Teams.
Aaron Williams of Framingham State, Logan Sullo of Massachusetts Maritime, Mac Daniel Singleton of Salem State and Anthony Crowley, John Gegetskas and Alex Lafayette of Westfield State earn Baseball All-Region honors.
Westfield State's stellar baseball season came to an end on Friday, as #4 seeded Baldwin Wallace College eliminated the Owls from the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament with a 3-2 win at Falcon Park in Auburn, N.Y.
SUNY Cortland scored the game winning run on a 2-out passed ball in the bottom of the 10th inning, as the top-seeded Red Dragons escaped with a 5-4 win over eight seed Westfield State in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament at Falcon Park in Auburn, N.Y.
For the fourth year in a row, 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.
Westfield State University senior designated hitter Alex Lafayette has been named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Westfield State will play in the Auburn, New York regional in the 2018 NCAA tournament. The Owls are the eighth seed in the region and will face host and top seed Cortland (N.Y.) State in the first game. Westfield State is making its 10th NCAA tournament appearance, and its first under fifth-year head coach Nathan Bashaw.
The Westfield State duo of Anthony Crowley and John Gegetskas have been named the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player and Pitcher of the Year and headline the 2018 MASCAC All-Conference team as voted by the eight coaches from around the league.
After helping the Owls to the MASCAC Tournament title, John Gegetskas of Westfield State is the MASCAC Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week while Ryan Towle of Fitchburg State is the Rookie of the Week.
Led by Tournament MVP John Gegetskas, Westfield State University claimed the 7-5 win over Framingham State University in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball championship game at Hagan Field on Monday afternoon.
