2023-24 Worcester State University Baseball News
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Smith Named to MASCAC All-Conference First Team
May 15, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team’s senior Ben Smith (Bourne, MA) was selected to this years MASCAC First Team as a starting pitcher. The Worcester State Baseball team (11-28, 9-12) finished their season falling in the MASCAC Quarterfinals after defeating #3 seed Framingham State in the opening round of action. -
Comeback Bids Falls Short as Lancers Fall to Owls
May 10, 2024Worcester, MA- After a thrilling day of Baseball yesterday that saw Worcester State (11-27, 9-12) defeat Framingham State 2-1 to advance to the double elimination quarterfinals before falling in a back and forth battle to Bridgewater State, 16-7. The Lancers would return to action, this time at Salem State, to take on the Westfield State Owls (26-15, 13-8) in a loser go home battle.
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Lancers Topple Rams, Advance to MASCAC Quarterfinals
May 09, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (10-26, 9-12) open up their post season play this afternoon in a moved up game versus Framingham State (16-18, 14-7) in the 6-seed versus 3-seed single elimination battle, with the winner advancing to the MASCAC Quarterfinals versus Bridgewater State (23-14, 14-1) later in the afternoon. Worcester State aims to avenge the first round loss to Mass. Maritime, coincidently played at Framingham State last year, in this year's postseason battle.
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Lancers Falls to Bears in Opening Round of MASCAC Quarterfinals
May 09, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (11-26, 9-12) would leave little time for the dust to settle from the MASCAC First Round game versus Framingham to switch gears and focus on grabbing an early lead in the double elimination bracket with their MASCAC Quarterfinal matchup against the second seeded Bridgewater State Bears (23-14, 14-1). The winner of the game will advance to the winners bracket at MASCAC semifinals tomorrow at Salem State at 3pm, while the loser would head into the second elimination of the MASCAC Quarterfinal at 11am. The last time these two faced off Bridgewater claimed the series 2-1, but Worcester was looking for just the one today.
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Smith Named Pitcher of the Week for Second Time this Season
May 06, 2024Worcester, MA- For the second time this season, Worcester State Baseball’s Senior Ben Smith (Bourne, MA) has been tabbed at the MASCAC Pitcher of the Week.
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Smith Flirts With Perfect Game As Lancers Split with Bucs
May 04, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Lancers (9-25, 8-11 MASCAC) traveled to Buzzards Bay Saturday afternoon for the final regular season games against the Mass. Maritime Buccaneers (16-19, 9-10). The Lancers took game one yesterday in Worcester by a score of 12-5 on Senior Day. FINAL GAME 1: LANCERS- 1 MASS. MARITIME- 0 GAME 2: LANCERS- 0 MASS. MARITIME- 11
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Lancers Shine on Senior Day with Victory over Buccaneers
May 03, 2024Worcester, MA- In the final regular season series of the year, the Worcester State Baseball team (8-25, 7-11) are hosting Mass Maritime (16-18, 9-9) in the opening game of the three game series with post-season implications on the line. The last time these two teams met, was in the initial round of last year's MASCAC Playoffs where the Buccaneers came away with the win and an ending the Lancers are looking to flip today. This afternoon's game will also serve as the team’s senior day where they will be honoring their seven seniors, Colin Fitzgerald (Auburn, MA), Tom Halliwell (Leominster, MA), Joseph Morgan (Shrewsbury, MA), Nick Bousquet (Athol, MA), Danny DiMassimo (Pittsfield, MA), Steve Grenham (Norwood, MA), and Frankie Hernandez (Framingham, MA).
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Lancers Fall in Final Non-Conference Bout of the Season
May 01, 2024Worcester, MA- In the final non-conference battle of the regular season the Worcester State Baseball team (8-24, 7-11) journey north to take on Keene State (17-20, 6-8) in a single nine-inning battle in their mid week contest.
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Lancers Drop Two On The Road Against Salem St.
April 27, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Lancers (8-22, 7-9 MASCAC) traveled to the North Shore where they took the field against the Salem State Vikings (16-13, 9-7 MASCAC) for today's doubleheader. The team looked to bounce back after allowing a comeback victory in the top of the ninth yesterday. GAME ONE FINAL: SALEM ST.- 2 LANCERS - 1 GAME TWO FINAL: SALEM ST. - 6 LANCERS - 1
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Lancers Drop Outfield Battle to Vikings
April 26, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (8-21, 7-8) returned to conference action on Friday as they hosted the Salem State Vikings (15-13, 8-7) in their second to last conference series of the regular season. The Lancers are looking to get back into winning form after dropping a tough battle with Salve Regina on Saturday.
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Lancers Downed by Nationally Ranked Foe Seahawks
April 24, 2024Worcester, MA- After a thrilling sweep yesterday over conference foes Fitchburg State, the Lancer Baseball team (8-20, 7-8) returned to action this afternoon to take on nationally ranked Salve Regina in a mid week, out-of-conference, battle. While attempting to rest themselves up for the remainder of the conference regular season, Worcester State looked to test themselves against some tough competition.
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Hernandez Slams Falcons in Sweep for Series Victory
April 23, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (6-20, 5-8) jumps right back into action this afternoon as they complete their series versus the Fitchburg State Falcons (10-20, 5-8). The Falcons grabbed the opening win on Patriot’s Day but the Lancers looked to take the series in their double game battle on a sunny afternoon at Kevin D. Lyons Diamond.
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Smith Named MASCAC Pitcher of the Week
April 22, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team claimed their second MASCAC weekly honor this week as senior Ben Smith (Bourne, MA) was selected as the conference’s pitcher of the week.
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Lancers Claim Extra Innings Victory in Split with Bears
April 21, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (5-19, 4-7) returned to action after a shift of a day down at Bridgewater State, in a bid to claim the series after dropping game one of the three game set on Friday afternoon.
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Lancers Drop First of Series to Bears
April 19, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (5-18, 4-6) would aim to crack their six game losing streak and come out victorious versus the visiting Bridgewater State Bears (13-12, 6-5). Worcester would return to conference play today after a brief stint away down at UMass-Boston on Wednesday broke apart their conference row of games as a result of the ever changing weekend weather of New England.
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Cordani Rakes Bases Clearing Double In Loss To The Beacons
April 17, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (5-17, 4-6) look to rebound in an out of conference game versus UMass-Boston (18-9, 8-2) this afternoon. Worcester has lost their last five games and are looking to get back on the winning track before returning to conference play this weekend and hope to use the Beacons as their launching pad into the stretch. Final UMass-Boston: 15 Worcester State: 9
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Lancers Fall to Rams in Late Inning Slug Match
April 16, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (5-16, 4-5) returned back to Kevin D. Lyons Diamond to take on the Framingham State Rams (7-12, 5-3) in the final game of the regular season three game series. This game was initially scheduled for last Friday, but thanks to the typical end of week rain this season the games and locations were flipped around. This game would again see the Lancers host the game but being playing as the away team on the field.
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Lancers Ninth Inning Bid Falls Short versus Falcons
April 15, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (5-15, 4-4) returned tight back to action today for another conference battle as they headed to Fitchburg State to take on the Falcons (6-20, 1-8) in a battle to keep the Lancers above a conference .500.
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Jewett Named MASCAC Rookie of the Week for Second Straight Week
April 15, 2024Worcester, MA- For the second straight week the Worcester State Baseball team would grab the MASCAC Rookie of the Week honor as first year Ryan Jewett (Natick, MA) would again, bring home the honor.
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Lancers Late Heroics Fall Short Versus Rams
April 14, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (5-13, 4-2) was finally able to return to the field Sunday afternoon after another late week storm passed through and caused another shift in the schedule. Worcester would travel to Framingham State (4-1, 2-2) for a double header that was initially scheduled at home but was moved and pushed back a day for the Rams to host the double header as Worcester again would play away as the home team.
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Lancers Lose with Seventh Inning Struggles
April 10, 2024Worcester, MA- After an exciting late inning win yesterday in a conference matchup with Westfield State, the Worcester State Lancers Baseball team (5-12, 4-2) was back on the road to challenge the Coast Guard Academy Bears (12-7, 3-2) in an out of conference mid week primer for this weekend’s series versus Framingham State.
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Lancers Claim Series versus Westfield in Late Inning Victory
April 09, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (4-12, 3-2) returned to action at home today as they hosted Westfield State (15-6, 4-1) in the last of their series. This game was initially supposed to be played last Friday at Westfield, but as a result of the week’s storm the game was moved to today, with Worcester State as the hosts but Westfield up to bat last in the 9-inning match.
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Jewett Named MASCAC Rookie of the Week
April 08, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team has been awarded their first MASCAC weekly honors of the season as first year Ryan Jewett (Natick, MA) was named this weeks MASCAC Rookie of the Week.
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Lancers Take the Split with Owls in MASCAC Battle
April 07, 2024Worcester, MA- after another rain and snow filled week to start the spring season, the Worcester State Baseball team (3-11,2-1) was set to take on their second conference opponent. In a set of games initially scheduled to be at Worcester State yesterday, the Lancers instead traveled to Westfield State (14-5,3-0) for the double header. While the game was now at Westfield, the Blue and Gold would still be serving as the home team on the field, batting at the bottom of the innings.
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Lancers Claim Series with MCLA in Ninth Inning Comeback
April 02, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball (2-11, 1-1) looks to clinch the series versus MCLA (4-11, 1-1) this afternoon as they journey to North Adams, MA to take on the oft rescheduled Trailblazers nine-inning game before the weather moves in. While the Lancers dropped their first game versus MCLA yesterday, they rebounded in a major fashion in game two coming away with the 22-2 win in a game that had to be called on account of darkness at Kevin D. Lyons Stadium. Worcester will look to continue their run spree today and nab their second win in conference.
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Lancers Split with MCLA in Opening Conference Action
April 01, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (1-10, 0-0) opens up their conference play today as they welcome the MCLA Trailblazers (3-10, 0-0) in a rescheduled rematch. After the rain of the past week forced a move of the three game set, the Lancers began their season with a 7-inning double header with MCLA and a single nine inning game is to be rescheduled to a later date this season.
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Baseball and Softball Games Scheduled for Thursday and Friday, March 28th and 29th, Rescheduled
March 27, 2024Worcester, MA- Due to the expected weather over the end of the week the Worcester State Softball and Baseball games scheduled for this Thursday and Friday have been rescheduled. Thursday’s single header game, initially scheduled for Thursday, March 28th, has been moved to Monday, April 1st, at 3pm. The baseball and softball double headers initially scheduled for Friday, March 29th, have been rescheduled to Saturday, March 29th, for 12 and 2pm at Worcester State.
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Lancers Drop Late Inning Battle with Blue Jays
March 26, 2024Worcester, MA - The Saint Joseph Blue Jays (6-7-1, 1-0) hosted the Worcester State Lancers (1-9,0-0) in their fifteenth game of the new season. In a tough matchup, the Lancers look to end their five game losing streak as the Blue Jays hope to continue their hot streak, winning four of their last five games. Worcester is returning to New England action after a week in Florida for Spring Break action.
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Lancers Drop Rain Delayed Finale in Florida to Panthers
March 23, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (1-8, 0-0) faced SUNY-Purchase (5-6, 0-0) on their last day and SUNY’s first in Florida, a mirror situation to the Lancers first day when they squared up with Roger Williams on their last day in Florida. Worcester would look to brush off the late inning loss to Amherst yesterday and carry a second win out of Florida.
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Lancers Fall to Mammoths in Double Outing
March 22, 2024Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Baseball team (1-6, 0-0) was looking to come away with some big wins against fellow Massachusetts school Amherst College (5-2, 0-0) in their second to last game of their Spring Break games in Florida.
