2018 MASCAC Softball News
Sunday morning, Members of the Massachusetts Maritime Softball team took part in the JDRF One Walk. The walk takes place annually to raise awareness and funds towards the fight against type one diabetes with one goal in mind, creating a world without type one diabetes.
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.
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.
Bridgewater State's Shannon Grindle, Framingham State's Kelsi Gunarathne, Dayna Marchant and Worcester State's Sydney Despres, Dakota Smith-Porter earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association honors as announced by the organization on Wednesday.
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.
The Framingham State duo of Dayna Marchant and Kelsi Gunarathne take home the final MASCAC Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week accolades of the season.
Framingham State defeated UMass Boston, 8-4 on Sunday afternoon to remain alive in the NCAA Softball Tournament Cambridge Regional before falling to Tufts, 6-0 later in the afternoon.
The Framingham State University softball team was defeated 2-0 this afternoon by host MIT in an opening round contest at the Cambridge Regional of the 2018 NCAA Division III Softball Championship Tournament.
Worcester State’s Sydney Despres and Dakota Smith-Porter have been named the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
The 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) tournament champion Framingham State University softball team will be making their third overall appearance in the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Tournament this week in the regional hosted by MIT in Cambridge, Mass.
Kelsi Gunarathne of Framingham State is the MASCAC Player and Pitcher of the Week after earning Tournament MVP honors on Sunday while teammate Grace Caughey is the Rookie of the Week.
Framingham State University captured their second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) softball tournament title on Sunday as tournament MVP Kelsi Gunarathne pitched a complete-game shutout with a career-high 13 strikeouts to help the second seeded Rams prevail 1-0 over the third seeded Westfield State Owls.
Framingham State and Westfield State will meet on Sunday in the MASCAC Softball Championship game after advancing their way through the semifinal contests on Saturday.
After winning their quarterfinal games on Thursday, Framingham State and Worcester State move in to the winner's bracket of the MASCAC Softball Tournament.
Bridgewater State and Westfield State are moving on to the MASCAC Softball quarterfinal round on Thursday after winning their first round contests on Wednesday afternoon.
