Ciardiello & Perry Garner Second Team All-New England Honors
WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross junior outfielder Nick Ciardiello (Edison, N.J.) and senior third baseman Matt Perry (Sudbury, Mass.) have been selected second team All-New England, as announced by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association. Both players will now take part in the 2010 New England All-Star Game, which will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 6, at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass. Holy Cross head coach Greg DiCenzo will also skipper the University team at the All-Star game alongisde Bryant head coach Jamie Pinzino.
Perry earns the second team honor for the second consecutive season after posting a .409 batting average with 81 hits, 54 runs and 36 RBI. He was a unanimous choice for the first team All-Patriot League and registered a Holy Cross single-season record number of games played and started (52), at-bats (198), runs scored (54), hits (81) and total bases (116). He finishes his Holy Cross career with a .365 batting average, a .537 in slugging percentage, a .439 on-base percentage and 100 RBI.
Ciardiello, who was named to the second team All-Patriot League, completed his junior campaign with a .368 batting average with 68 hits, 39 runs scored and a Holy Cross single-season record 57 RBI. He doubled his career numbers this season, and now holds a .300 career batting average with 105 hits, including 16 home runs, 87 RBI and a .517 slugging percentage.
The Holy Cross baseball team concluded the 2010 season with an even 26-26 overall record after going 3-3 in the Patriot League Tournament and 10 wins and 10 losses in Patriot League regular season play. The team made its first-ever appearance in the Patriot League Baseball championship series and finished with the most wins since the 1978 season.
2010 NEIBA ALL-NEW ENGLAND DIVISION I BASEBALL TEAMS
DIVISION I FIRST TEAM
Joe Mercurio, Sr., Maine C
Mike Nemeth, Jr., Connecticut 1B
Tucker Nathans, Jr., Fairfield 2B
Mike Olt, Jr., Connecticut 3B
Sean Allaire, Sr., Central Connecticut SS
Pat Epps, Jr., Central Connecticut OF
John Spatola, Sr., Boston College OF
George Springer, So., Connecticut OF
Kyle Borden, Jr., Rhode Island DH
Matt Barnes, So., Connecticut SP
Brent Almeida, Sr., Bryant SP
Peter Kelich, Fr., Bryant SP
Mark Andrews, Jr., Bryant RP
DIVISION I SECOND TEAM
Jeff Vigurs, Sr., Bryant C
Jeff Heppner, Sr., Sacred Heart C
Mickey Wiswall, Jr., Boston College 1B
Pierre LePage, Jr., Connecticut 2B
Matt Perry, Sr., Holy Cross 3B
Nick Ahmed, So., Connecticut
SS
Taylor Lewis, So., Maine OF
Nick Ciardiello, Jr., Holy Cross
OF
Nick Campbell, Sr., Bryant OF
Mike Drowne, Sr., Sacred Heart OF
Mike DiBiase, So., Brown DH
Elliot Glynn, Jr., Connecticut SP
Dan Rossignol, Sr., Rhode Island SP
Jared Balbach, Gr., Sacred Heart SP
Cole Sulser, So., Dartmouth RP
