https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Donovan_Hiring 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. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Donovan_Hiring https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Spring_All-Academic 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. Tue, 19 Jul 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Spring_All-Academic https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Ryan_FCBL 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). Wed, 13 Jul 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Ryan_FCBL https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/ECAC_All-Stars 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. Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/ECAC_All-Stars https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Fecteau_Draft 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. Mon, 13 Jun 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Fecteau_Draft https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/MMA_Regional_Awards 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. Wed, 25 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/MMA_Regional_Awards https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Salem_State_Regional_Awards 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. Wed, 25 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Salem_State_Regional_Awards https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Spring_Sportsmanship 34 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2016 Spring Sportsmanship Teams. Tue, 24 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Spring_Sportsmanship https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_5-23 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. Mon, 23 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_5-23 https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Salem_State_Wheaton 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. Wed, 18 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Salem_State_Wheaton https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/SSU_NCAA_Tourney 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. Mon, 16 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/SSU_NCAA_Tourney https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/MMA_vs_Brandeis 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. Thu, 12 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/MMA_vs_Brandeis https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Fecteau_D3baseball_Team_of_the_Week 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. Wed, 11 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Fecteau_D3baseball_Team_of_the_Week https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Final_Howard_C_Smith 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. Tue, 10 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Final_Howard_C_Smith https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Kwedor_Brothers 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.” Tue, 10 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Kwedor_Brothers https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_5-9 Richard Fecteau of Salem State, Kyle Kennedy and Paul Sances of Massachusetts Maritime are the MASCAC Baseball Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Week. Mon, 09 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_5-9 https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/MMA_ECAC The Massachusetts Maritime baseball team’s post-season run will continue this week, as first-year Head Coach Mike Kelley’s Buccaneers are one of six squads that were selected to compete for the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England Championship earlier today. Mon, 09 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/MMA_ECAC https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_Champ Salem State claimed its third Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Postseason Baseball Championship in four years with a 16-8 win over Mass Maritime on Sunday afternoon at the Central Campus Baseball Field. Sun, 08 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_SF_Recap The Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers and Salem State Vikings advance to the MASCAC Baseball Championship after successfully making it out of the semifinal round on Saturday. Sat, 07 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_SF_Recap https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_QF Massachusetts Maritime and Salem State earn MASCAC Baseball Quarterfinal on Friday afternoon and will advance to the winner's bracket of the tournament which continues tomorrow at Salem State. Fri, 06 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_QF https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_1st_Round After winning their respective first round contests on Thursday afternoon, the Fitchburg State Falcons and Westfield State Owls move on to the MASCAC Baseball Quarterfinals which will be played on Friday afternoon. Thu, 05 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_1st_Round https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_All-Conference For the second straight year, Massachusetts Maritime catcher Logan Sullo has earned the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors and headlines the all-conference squad as voted by the eight coaches from around the league. Wed, 04 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_5-2 Nathan Littman of Fitchburg State, Daniel Avery of Massachusetts Maritime and John Gegetskas of Westfield State are the MASCAC Baseball Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Week. Mon, 02 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_5-2 https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_Preview The Salem State Vikings earned the top seed in the 2016 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament which will start on Thursday with the first round of play. Sun, 01 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_Preview https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Sullo_New_Bedford_Times Deep in a hold lost in the catacombs of the TS Kennedy reverberated a familiar sound in an unfamiliar place. Thwack. Thwack. The unmistakable sound of a bat making contact with a ball is commonplace almost everywhere, except maybe in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. Sun, 01 May 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Sullo_New_Bedford_Times https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Brockton_MMA_Baseball Two area players are helping the Massachusetts Maritime Academy baseball team contend for a second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference title. Thu, 28 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Brockton_MMA_Baseball https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Rozak_NCAA_Magazine Whatever Alex Rozak understands about hard work and leadership, he credits to baseball. Good grades came naturally to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pitcher, who is majoring in energy systems engineering. But school, he says, could only teach so much. It was three runs to the Massachusetts state finals with his Plymouth North High School baseball team that taught him about leadership and hard work. Wed, 27 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Rozak_NCAA_Magazine https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_4-25 Connor Kennedy of Massachusetts Maritime, Steve Leavitt of Salem State and Evan Meleedy of Fitchburg State have earned the MASCAC Baseball Player, Pitcher and Rookie of the Week accolades. Mon, 25 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_4-25 https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_4-18 Massachusetts Maritime's Logan Sullo and Daniel Avery are the MASCAC Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week while Westfield State's John Gegetskas is the Rookie of the Week. Mon, 18 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/BSB_POW_4-18 https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Kennedy_NEIBA Massachusetts Maritime senior right hander Kyle Kennedy has earned two additional honors for his efforts in helping the Buccaneer baseball team post five victories last week, as he was named as the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association’s Pitcher of the Week while also earning a spot on the D3baseball.com Division III National Team of the Week. Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/Kennedy_NEIBA