Slattery, Preite collect second team All MASCAC honors
2015 MASCAC Baseball All Conference Team
North Adams, MA- The MASCAC conference announced today that MCLA's Chase Preite and Rory Slattery were named to the MASCAC all-conference second team for the 2015 baseball season.
Preite, a senior right-fielder from North Adams, MA hit .309 on the season. Preite led the team in runs scored (18) and tied for the team lead in both hits (30) and doubles (7). Preite got out of the gate fast this season, hitting .368 on the team's annual trip to Florida.
Slattery also a senior, from Pittsfield, MA was the team's starting 3rd baseman. Slattery hit .289 on the season and was second on the team in RBI's (26) and third on the team in runs scored and doubles. Slattery had a season high three hits with a double and an RBI in the team's first game back north, a hard fought 4-3 victory at Skidmore.
Massachusetts Maritime utility player Logan Sullo has earned the 2015 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player and Rookie of the Year honors and headlines the all-conference squad as voted by the eight coaches from around the league.
Helping the Buccaneers to the top seed in the conference tournament and a share of the regular season title, Sullo earned both the MASCAC Player and Rookie of the honors. The freshman from Acushnet, Mass batted .484 (30-62) with seven doubles, six triples, a pair of home runs, 17 runs scored and 16 RBI and registered an .889 slugging percentage and a .573 on-base percentage to close out the regular season schedule.
Framingham State's Zack Kirby was named the 2015 MASCAC Pitcher of the Year after finishing out the regular season with the most strikeouts in the conference at 89, third in wins at five and third in ERA at 1.61 ERA. He also went the distance in five games and registed three shutouts on the year.
Bob Corradi has been named the 2015 Champion's Choice Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career for the Buccaneers after helping to lead his squad to a share of the MASCAC regular season title and the first seed in the MASCAC Baseball Tournament.
Landing themselves on the MASCAC first team all-conference along with Sullo and Kirby are Fitchburg State's Brendan Cutler, Kyle Cutler and Stephen Drury Jr., Framingham State's Billy Derosier, Massachusetts Maritime's Greg Downs and Bobby Rosano, Salem State's Richard Fecteau and Kevin Carens, Westfield State's Danny Dimatteo and Dan McCormack.
Joining Preite and Slattery on the MASCAC second team all-conference are Bridgewater State's Travis Ritchie, Framingham State's John Gill, Mark Mainini and Jordan Pallazola, Massachusetts Maritime's Kyle Kennedy and Kevin Kwedor, Westfield State's Tim Santilli and Worcester State's Adam Barry, Zach George and Dave Ruggiero.