2018 Massasoit Baseball News
Kraig Kupiec, a former Division I player with eight years head coaching experience at the NCAA Division III level, was recently named the next head baseball coach at Massasoit Community College by Athletics Director Julie Mulvey.
A total of four student-athletes on the 2018 Massasoit baseball team earned Region 21 postseason accolades, recently announced by the conference office. Luke DiTondo and Luis Ramirez earned spots on the first team and Nick Andrews and Luke Lewando were honorable mention selections for Massasoit that finished 17-13 on the season.
After winning more than 700 games and earning a spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame, Frizzell’s career comes to an end.
The Massasoit baseball team scored five runs in the top of the first, but Northern Essex used two big early innings to claim a 10-6 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Quinsigamond broke a classic pitcher’s duel, scoring four times in the bottom of the eighth to claim a 5-2 victory and end the 2018 season for the Massasoit baseball team at the Region 21 Tournament at Trinity Stadium.
Freshman Luke DiTondo had a career night at the plate, ripping three extra-base hits and driving in three to give the Massasoit baseball team an 8-6 back-and-forth victory vs Quinsigamond at Trinity Stadium on the opening night of the Region 21 Tournament.
The Massasoit baseball team earned the No. 2 seed and will face No. 3 Quinsigamond CC on Friday at 7:30 PM in the opening round of the NJCAA Region 21 Division III baseball tournament at Trinity Stadium hosted by Northern Essex CC.
Northern Essex pushed across a run in the last of the seventh and held on to defeat the Massasoit baseball team, 5-4, on Wednesday night at Pine Banks Park.
The Massasoit baseball team received two strong pitching performances and back-to-back homers from Luis Ramirez and Nick Andrews in game two to lead the Warriors to a doubleheader sweep of Holyoke on Saturday. Massasoit won the first game, 9-3 and game two, 3-1.
Tim DeCouto (Whitman) tossed a complete-game shutout and five players posted multi-hit games as the Massasoit baseball team blanked MassBay, 20-0, on Sunday afternoon.
The Massasoit baseball team pounded out 28 hits in a doubleheader sweep at Bunker Hill on Saturday, 5-4 (9) and 17-6.
Trailing in the ninth, the Massasoit baseball team batted around, touching home six times to earn a back-and-forth 18-15 slugfest victory at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point on Tuesday afternoon.
Nick Andrews (Raynham) launched a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to break a 2-2 tie and give the Warriors a dramatic 4-2 game one victory against Quinsigamond on Saturday afternoon. The Wyverns captured game two, 3-0, in a pitcher’s duel to earn a doubleheader split on the day.
Massasoit received six strong innings from Nick Steele (Dartmouth) and fellow freshman Jonathan O’Donnell (Hull) launched his first collegiate home run as the Warrior baseball team defeated Holyoke CC, 11-0 on Thursday afternoon.
Nick Andrews (Raynham) knocked in three runs but two big innings proved to be the difference as the University of Connecticut at Avery Point topped the Massasoit baseball team, 16-6, on Tuesday at Colombo Field.
Southern Maine Community College claimed game two in extra innings to sweep the Massasoit baseball team in a doubleheader on Sunday, winning by scores of 17-2 and 8-7.
