Worcester, 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.
Ryan Boyle of Framingham State and Ryan Lapierre of Westfield State have been named the 2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player and Pitcher of the Year and headline the 2024 MASCAC All Conference team as voted by the eight coaches from around the league.
Joining Smith on the first team Boyle and Lapierre are Bridgewater State’s Scott Emerson, Kevin Lindsay and Jay Wladkowski, Fitchburg State’s Jacob Hurrell and Adam Koza, Mass. Maritime’s Brenden Baiardi, Hunter Dean, Michael Estrada, AJ Pietrafesa and Brett Velzis, Westfield State’s Sam Palmer.
The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s first Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University. Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men’s ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as a football affiliate member in 2013 and Castleton in 2024. Dean College, Eastern Nazarene College, Elms College, Mitchell College and Springfield College joined as men’s golf affiliates in 2019 and New England College in 2021.
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