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With nine first place votes, Salve Regina is picked to finish first in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. Endicott with two first place votes is picked to finish second. The University of Southern Maine’s baseball team sits atop the annual Little East Conference Coaches’ Preseason Poll. The Huskies received six first place votes to begin the 2007 slate as the conference frontrunner, while Eastern Connecticut earned the remaining two first place ballots to finish second. In the MASCAC Bridgewater State was picked to finish on top of the conference. NEWMAC player of the week is Ryan Rainone, WPI and Pitcher of the week is Brendan Devereaux, WPI. Rainone batted .500 by collecting 19 hits in 38 at-bats during WPI’s spring break trip to Fort Myers last week. He paced the Engineers with nine runs scored and nine runs batted in while adding a double and a triple. Devereaux picked up a win and a save during WPI’s spring break trip to Fort Myers. He began his week by striking out the side in the ninth inning of a 10-9 victory over Hiram on Tuesday. Devereaux returned to the mound on Saturday when he yielded just one run while striking out seven in a 9-1 win against Illinois College. In the NESCAC Trinity (2-0) starts the season with a sweep of Worchester State. Brandeis (2-0) and Emory (13-3) are in Sanford Florida playing at the UAA Tournament.

In the Empire 8, Ithaca (1-2) is picked to finish first but RIT (5-2) has started stronger. Ithaca’s two losses were at the hands of #20 Kean and #2 Chapman. RPI (8-0) continues their hot start as they sweep the weekly Liberty League honors. Liberty League performer of the Week was Ken Carroll, pitcher of the week was Tim Klein, and rookie of the week was John Dreimiller. In eight games to open the season in Florida, Carroll batted .514 with a team-best .800 slugging percentage. Of his 18 hits, four were doubles and two were home runs. In five appearances, all in relief, Klein was 1-0 with three saves. He allowed no runs with just one hit and two walks and six strikeouts in 7.2 innings. The opposition hit .043 against him. In two appearances, including one start, Dreimiller allowed just five hits and no runs with seven strikeouts and two walks over 9.0 innings of work. Baptist Bible (1-0) is without a loss nut Penn State Berks (2-3) leads the conference with a 2-0 record. Stevens Institute of Technology baseball team was selected as the Skyline Conference preseason favorite in baseball. The Ducks received four first-place votes finishing ahead of two-time defending champion Centenary. The Cyclones received three first-place votes. Cortland state (8-0) and Oneonta State (6-0). Lehmen college (1-1) earned a split with Emerson.

Penn State Behrend (6-0) is tops in the AMCC. In the Centennial, Gettysburg (8-1) leads the league in ERA and is second to Johns Hopkins (4-2) in batting average. In the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation, Albright (1-0) in the Commonwealth joins King’s (4-1) in the Freedom as conference leaders. The College of New Jersey (6-1) leads Kean (6-2) in the NJAC. In the College of New Jersey’s win at Alvernia they ended a possible Crusaders ralley with a game ending triple play. Ramapo (8-2) has a current 5 game win streak. NJAC player of the week was Anthony Mackow, New Jersey City University as he hit .692 with two doubles, three RBI, and five runs scored in the first three contests of his junior season in Ft. Myers, FL. Pitcher of the week was Brian Kraus, The College of New Jersey after earning the victory on the mound in TCNJ’s season-opening 14-0 shutout of Wartburg in Phoenix, AZ. Rookies of the week were Nick Nolan, Kean (hitter) and Jesus Castano, Montclair State (pitcher). Nolan earned NJAC rookie of the week honors after hitting .500 with a double, a home run, five RBI, and two runs scored in a 2-1 week of play for Kean in California. Castano earned NJAC rookie pitcher of the Week honors after helping to propel the Red Hawks to a 14-8 victory over Wheaton in Phoenix, AZ. For NJAC Head Coaches in the news, Newark’s Mark Rizzi got his 100th victory and Camden’s Keith Williams claimed his 150th victory. In the Penn AC Gwynedd-Mercy is 6-1 with their only loss to Farmingdale State.

In the Capital AC, Salisbury (13-2) and St Mary’s (MD) (10-5) have better records but train Mary Washington (6-4) in the conference as Mary Washington is undefeated in conference. Salisbury’s Mark Bostwick was named as the Capital Athletic Conference baseball player of the week. Bostwick hit for the cycle against Catholic University accomplishing the feat in his first four at-bats in the game. In the GSAC, Senior Adam Rosen of Maryville was the player of the week. At the plate, he was 7-for-14 with two doubles, four RBIs, four base on balls and a stolen base. On the mound, Rosen recorded three saves. The pitcher of the week is Huntingdon’s Chad Anderson. The junior pitched a complete-game shutout against Oglethorpe, allowing only a first inning hit in the game. He struck out 14 and walked only two. Maryville (13-6) leads the conference over Huntingdon (12-7). Washington and Lee (11-3, 5-0) leads Randolph Macon (9-4-1, 2-0) in early conference action in the ODAC. In The SCAC, Rhodes (18-2, 8-0) has the only conference wins and is running away with the east division crown. Millsaps (13-3) and Hendrix (10-8-1) are at the top in the west division. SCAC pitcher of the week is John Herbert, Centre. Herbert had an outstanding week on the mound for the Colonels, allowing only one earned run in 14.2 innings, while limiting opponents to only nine hits. He struck out 10 and allowed only one walk, with opponents hitting just .161 against him, while posting a 0.61 ERA for the week. The offensive player of the week was Millsap’s Jason Hadley. Hadley went a combined 9-for-11 (.818) with 10 runs scored, seven RBIs, three doubles and his first home run of the year as the Majors improved to 12-3 after sweeping all three games this past week. In the USA South, Christopher Newport (15-5, 3-1) finds themselves at the top of the standings in a close conference race. Percentage points behind Christopher Newport are NC Wesleyan (15-8, 4-2) and Ferrum (11-8, 4-2). Baseball player of the week was Taylor Kennedy, Greensboro. Kennedy led The Pride to a doubleheader split with conference foe Methodist last week in the team’s only action. Kennedy went a combined 6-for-9 (.667) with four RBI, one run scored and two walks in the two games. Baseball Pitcher of the Week was Ahmed Shelton, Averett. Shelton appeared in two games last week, picking up two complete-game wins. In a 2-1 win over Lynchburg, Shelton gave up one run on five hits, with six walks and three strikeouts in nine innings. In another 2-1 victory, this time over USA South foe Shenandoah, Shelton tossed a complete nine innings, giving up just one run on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts.