Post by FU73 on Apr 18, 2023 14:32:41 GMT -5
After winning all four games in the last week, the Fairfield University Baseball team was rewarded with a pair of weekly awards from the conference office as Mike Becchetti was named the MAAC Player of the Week and Matt Bucciero took home MAAC Rookie of the Week honors.
Becchetti was named the MAAC Player of the Week for the second time this season after posting a .533 batting average by hitting at an 8-for-15 clip. He also drove in seven RBI and scored six runs. He reached base at least twice in every game and managed a .632 on-base percentage with a 1.133 slugging percentage. He had five extra base hits in his 15 at-bats with three doubles and two homers, to put his season total to 11, the second most in the MAAC. For the season, Becchetti leads the MAAC with 55 hits and ranks in the top-25 in the country with 1.67 hits per game. His .404 batting average and 42 runs scored is also tops in the conference. fairfieldstags.com/sports/baseball/roster/mike-becchetti/6041
Bucciero earns his first career weekly award after leading the team with a .583 batting average by going 7-for-12 at the plate. He crushed two homers, drove in eight, and scored seven times. The freshman has now gotten a hit and a RBI in seven-straight games. He reached base 11 times in 16 plate appearances, compiling an .688 on-base percentage. For the year, he ranks eighth in the MAAC with a .370 batting average, which also places 16th in the country among freshmen. His .477 on-base percentage is the eighth highest in the country among rookies. fairfieldstags.com/sports/baseball/roster/matt-bucciero/6071
MAAC Player of the Week
Mike Becchetti, Fairfield
Sr., Eastchester, NY, Archbishop Stepinac
Becchetti batted .533 (8-for-15) with two homers, seven RBI, and six runs scored. He got a hit in all four of Fairfield's wins and tallied a .632 on-base percentage and a 1.133 slugging percentage.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
Matt Bucciero, Fairfield
Fr., Ridgefield, CT, Ridgefield
Bucciero batted a team-best .583 (7-for-12) with eight RBI, seven runs scored, two homers, and two stolen bases in Fairfield's 4-0 week. He got a hit and scored a run in every game and had multiple hits in three-straight. He had a .688 on-base percentage and a 1.125 slugging percentage.
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Becchetti, Bucciero, and the Stags (21-12)(7-2) are back in action on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Long Island to play the reigning CAA Champions Hofstra (15-19)(9-9) at 3pm.