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Date	Headline	School
Mar. 17	Westfield State's Wagner Sets School Career Hits Record In RIC Losses	Westfield State
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Ben Wagner rewrote the Westfield State history books in Rhode Island College’s double header sweep (9-6, 6-2) of the Owls on Wednesday, March 17. Wagner became Westfield’s all-time hits leader when he lined a double in the right-center field gap in the final inning of the Owls’ 9-6 [ more ]

Mar. 16	19-Hit Attack Powers Westfield State To 14-8 Victory Over William Paterson	Westfield State
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A 19-hit onslaught and an eight-run outburst in the seventh inning powered Westfield State to a wild 14-8 baseball victory over William Paterson (N.J.) in Tuesday, March 16. Westfield improved its record to 3-1 heading into Wednesday’s double header vs. Rhode Island College. William Paterson, which defeated and [ more ]

Mar. 15	Westfield State Routs Endicott, 12-2	Westfield State
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Kevin Lyons and Jeff Ackerman both drove in four runs and Aaron Messier threw six innings of one-hit relief to lead Westfield State to a 12-2 rout of Endicott College on Monday, March 15. The Owls improved to 2-1. Endicott also is 2-1 after sweeping a double header [ more ]

Mar. 10	Veteran Westfield Team Shares MASCAC Pre-Season Poll Top Spot With Worcester	Westfield State
Westfield State College and Worcester State College are the pre-season picks to win the 2010 Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) baseball championship in a vote of the league’s coaches. Westfield State, last season’s MASCAC tournament champions, and Worcester State, the 2009 conference regular season champion, each captured three first place votes [ more ]

Feb. 13	Westfield State Hits Home Run In Classroom	Westfield State
WESTFIELD, Mass. - The Westfield State (Mass.) College baseball team is achieving success on the playing field and in the classroom, as Owl baseball head coach Ray Arra proudly announces that his squad earned an aggregate grade point of 3.08 during the 2009 fall semester. The team’s cumulative grade point average was [ more ]

Oct. 05, 2009	Westfield State Selects Captains	Westfield State
Westfield State (Mass.) College seniors Ben Wagner, Jeff Fields, Mike Trachtenberg, Andrew Poliferno, and Jesse Vermeersch have been named baseball team captains for the 2010 season. "All five student-athletes are what Westfield baseball represents," said veteran head coach Ray Arra. "Each has contributed the last three years to the success of [ more ]

Apr. 30, 2009	Westfield State Scores Four In Ninth To Stun Worcester State, 9-7	Westfield State
WORCESTER, Mass. - Fourth seeded Westfield State took advantage of a pair of miscues and scored four runs in the top of the ninth to advance to the winners bracket of the semifinal round of the MASCAC Tournament with a 9-7 victory over No. 1 seed Worcester State Thursday, April 30, [ more ]

Apr. 08, 2009	Westfield State Routs Albertus Magnus, 20-5	Westfield State
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Ben Campbell (Easthampton) celebrated his 22nd birthday by going 4-for-5 with a triple, double and three RBI, and Mike Trachtenberg (Newton) was 2 for 3 with five RBI in Westfield State’s 20-5 rout of Albertus Magnus College on Wednesday, April 8. Westfield (14-7) trailed 5-1 after an inning [ more ]

Apr. 02, 2009	Westfield State Wins Ninth Straight; Blanks Nichols, 1-0	Westfield State
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Freshman Jacob Rand (Pittsfield/Taconic) pitched eight shutout innings to lead Westfield State College to its ninth straight victory, a 1-0 decision over Nichols College on Thursday, April 2. The streaking Owls improved to 13-5 heading into Saturday’s key conference doubleheader vs. Worcester State; the games will be played [ more ]

Apr. 01, 2009	Westfield State Wins Eighth Straight With 14-8 Victory Over WPI	Westfield State
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Sophomore third baseman Jeff Ackerman (Beverly) was 3-for-5 with a home run, double and five RBI, and junior first baseman Ben Campbell (Easthampton) was 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBI and three runs scored to power Westfield State to a 14-8 victory over Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on [ more ]

Apr. 01, 2009	Westfield State Wins Seventh Straight; Hosts WPI Wednesday	Westfield State
DANBURY, Conn. – The Westfield State College baseball team raced out to a 6-0 lead in the opening inning and never looked back on its way to a 10-2 victory over Western Connecticut State University at Westside Field Tuesday afternoon. It was the seventh straight victory for the Owls, who improved [ more ]

Mar. 28, 2009	Fields, Campbell Both Have Six RBI In Westfield State's Sweep Of Fitchburg	Westfield State
WESTFIELD – Junior Jeff Fields (Pittsfield) was 4-for-6 with two doubles and six RBI, and junior Ben Campbell (Easthampton) had three hits and six RBI to power Westfield State to a double header sweep of Fitchburg State, 11-1, 8-1, on Saturday, March 28. Westfield, winner of six straight, improves to 10-5 [ more ]

Nov. 03, 2008	DOUG KIMBLER NAMED ASSISTANT HEAD COACH AT WESTFIELD STATE	Westfield State
Doug Kimbler has been named the assistant head baseball coach at Westfield(Mass.) State College. Kimbler previously had been the head coach at Hartwick (N.Y.) College and an assistant coach at RPI and Castleton (Vt.)State. [ more ]

Nov. 03, 2008	Westfield State College (Massachusetts) Announces 2009 Baseball Captains	Westfield State
Westfield State head baseball coach Ray Arra has announced that seniors Josh Perches, Steve Sullivan and Cagney Turner have been named captains for the 2009 Owl baseball squad. "These are three deserving captains," said Arra. "We hope they can lead us to another successful season." Perches, Sullivan and Turner have played key roles in the Owls' [ more ]