Baseball Selected as the Top Seed in ECAC Division III New England Baseball Championship
Framingham, Mass. – After finishing the season with a school record 26 victories, the Framingham State University baseball team has been selected as the top seed in the 2015 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Baseball Championship.
The single elimination tournament will begin on Wednesday, May 6th with fourth seed Western New England University (18-18) hosting fifth seed WPI (21-15) at 3:30 p.m. The winner will advance to the semifinal round on Saturday, May 9th where they will face the Rams (26-18) at 2:30 p.m. at Salve Regina University, who will serve as the host for the semifinal and final rounds of the tournament.
The Rams were led on the mound by the 2015 MASCAC Pitcher of the Year and first team all-conference selection in Zack Kirby (Rochester, Mass.). Kirby led the conference with a school record 99 strikeouts on the year as he became the FSU career strikeout leader. Kirby went 6-2 on the year with an ERA of 1.42 and recorded three shutouts and six complete games in 10 starts.
Offensively, the Rams were led first team All-MASCAC selection senior Billy Derosier (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and second team selection Mark Mainini (Hull, Mass.). Mainini led the Rams at the plate hitting .378 with 13 doubles, three homeruns and 25 RBI, while Derosier batted .348 with 11 doubles, a team-leading 11 homeruns and 38 RBI.
Rounding out the tournament are second seed Salve Regina University (24-16) who will face third seed Massachusetts Maritime Academy (17-12) in the other semifinal on Saturday. The winners of the two semifinals will meet in the finals on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Quarterfinals - Wednesday, May 6 at Western New England University
No. 4 Western New England University vs. No. 5 Worcester Polytechnic Institute – 3:30 p.m.
Semifinals - Saturday, May 9 at Salve Regina University
No. 2 Salve Regina University vs. No. 3 Massachusetts Maritime Academy – 11 a.m.
No.1 Framingham State University vs. Western New England/Worcester Polytechnic Institute – 2:30 p.m.
Championship - Sunday, May 10 at Salve Regina University
Winner of Semifinal 1 vs. Winner of Semifinal 2 – 12 p.m.