Five Blue Devils Named to All-Northeast Conference Baseball Team
Five Central Connecticut baseball players were named All-Conference on Wednesday night, on the eve of the start of the 2009 NEC Baseball Tournament. The Blue Devils, the #3 seed in the tourney, will play Sacred Heart at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. At New Britain Stadium on Wednesday night, all four teams gathered for a barbecue to honor the two All-Conference teams. Senior Sean Parker, juniors Anthony Scialdone, Sean Allaire and Richie Tri, and sophomore Pat Epps were all honored for their efforts during the 2009 season.
Five Central Connecticut baseball players were named
All-Conference on Wednesday night, on the eve of the start of the
2009 NEC Baseball Tournament. The Blue Devils, the #3 seed in the
tourney, will play Sacred Heart at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. At New
Britain Stadium on Wednesday night, all four teams gathered for a
barbecue to honor the two All-Conference teams. Senior Sean
Parker, juniors Anthony Scialdone, Sean
Allaire and Richie Tri, and sophomore Pat Epps
were all honored for their efforts during the 2009 season.
Epps and Scialdone were both named to the first team for their
efforts. Scialdone, a shortstop, led the Blue Devils in hitting
this season with a .361 average in 39 games played. Earlier this
season he posted the longest hitting streak in the conference at 28
games. His 60 total hits were tied for second on the team, along
with Epps, and he drove in 30 and scored 38 runs on the year. He
was tied for second on the team with four home runs.
Epps finished second on the team with his .349 average, and drove
in a team-high 51 runs while posting 60 hits. He scored 39 runs
and walked 22 times on the year. In just two seasons in New
Britain he has 73 RBI and a career average of .334, with 111 hits
and 64 runs scored.
Allaire was named to the second team, along with classmate Tri and
senior catcher Parker.
Allaire was third on the team with his .345 average with a
team-high 70 hits and 53 runs scored. He also drove in 23 runs and
had 16 extra-base hits. He played and started in all 46 games,
batting lead off in each one.
Tri had a resurgence in his junior season, after missing all of
last year with an injury. He hit .338 with 39 RBI and 28 runs
scored. He had a team-best 16 doubles and 21 extra-base hits on
the year.
Parker, one of the top defensive catchers in the league, also did
it with the bat in his senior season. He batted .343 with 41 RBI.
He had 13 doubles and four home runs on the year and played in 43
games.
The Blue Devils face Sacred Heart on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at New
Britain Stadium in the double-elimination tournament. Wagner and
Monmouth will meet in the first game at 12 p.m.