2017 GNAC Baseball News
SJC senior third baseman and GNAC Player of the Year Taylor Black has earned 2017 Academic All-America® Division III Baseball First Team accolades.
Chant has become the second Ram in program history to garner All-American honors. He was also one of seven GNAC players to garner All-Region honors.
Sixth-seeded Suffolk saw its 2017 historic season end Sunday afternoon as No. 5 Babson eliminated the Rams from the NCAA New England regional in a do-or-die contest by a score of 9-1 at Whitehouse Field.
The sixth-seeded Suffolk baseball team fell in the NCAA New England regional winner's bracket final, 13-4, to the top seed, #17/19 UMass Boston Saturday night at Whitehouse Field.
Suffolk bested Arcadia in a 1-0 pitchers' duel Friday night/Saturday morning, walking off in the 11th against a drawn in five-man infield to advance in the NCAA New England Regionals.
The Rams shut out third-seeded #22/18 St. John Fisher in the first round of the New England Regional Thursday night at Whitehouse Field to advance into the winner’s bracket for the first time in its seven regional trips.
Suffolk received the No. 6 seed to the New England Regional and will face third-seeded, No. 14 nationally-ranked St. John Fisher on Thursday, May 18.
Saint Joseph’s of Maine's Taylor Black has been voted the 2017 GNAC Player of the Year, while Suffolk's Chuck Gibson is the GNAC Player of the Year.
Rams righthander Chuck Gibson tossed a complete-game three-hitter to earn Tournament MVP honors and lead Suffolk to another GNAC crown and NCAA bid.
The Rams will take on JWU at approximately 5:30 PM at Fraser Field Sunday evening as they eye their third GNAC Championship in as many years.
No. 4 JWU went on the road to defeat top-seeded SJC, 6-3, while No. 2 Suffolk took care of third-seeded Lasell, 15-8, on Thursday evening.
Lasell outslugged Albertus, 18-12, on Tuesday night and JWU walked off, 7-6, over Norwich in the do-or-die first round of the GNAC Baseball Tournament.
Albertus Magnus' Andrew Scully was 6-for-11 with five extra-base hits for a 2.370 OPS this past weekend to claim the final GNAC Player of the Week award.
Lasell and JWU will host do-or-die contests on Tuesday to determine which teams join SJC and Suffolk in the double-elimination portion of the tournament.
JWU's Dave Matthews hit .478 (11-23) in a 4-2 week and slugged .739 for a 1.259 OPS to garner GNAC Player of the Week accolades.
Suffolk centerfielder Brady Chant has collected his second Player of the Week honor this season after posting a 1.413 OPS in a 5-1 week for the Rams.
