MCLA Picked Last in Men's Preseason Coaches Poll

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Buzzards Bay, Mass. - The Vikings of Salem State College are the pre-season pick to win the 2009-10 Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball championship in a vote of the league’s coaches.

Salem State, who shared last year’s regular season crown with Bridgewater State, captured four first place votes to amass 45 points in taking the top spot in the poll, as the Vikings outdistanced the second place Bears’ total of 41 points that included two first place votes.

Framingham State, which garnered the other first place vote, is next in third place with 40 points, while Worcester State and Westfield State follow in the fourth and fifth spots, respectively, with 25 and 22 points. Fitchburg State and MCLA round out this year’s coaches’ poll with 14 and nine points, respectively.

Date         Opponent                                                            Time
Nov.15 Albany Pharmacy 4:00 PM
Nov.20 vs. Castleton @ Hartwick College Tom Greene Memorial 6:00 PM
Nov.21 at Hartwick 4:00 PM
Nov.24 Sage 6:00 PM
Nov.29 Williams 6:00 PM
Dec. 5 vs. Southern Vt. @ RPI 6:00 PM
Dec. 6 vs. TBA @ @ RPI TBA
Dec. 8 Keene St. 7:00 PM
Dec. 12 at Johnson St. 4:00 PM
Dec. 29 at Randolph-Macon 8:00 PM
Dec. 30 vs. TBA @ @ Randolph Macon TBA
Jan. 4 at New England Col. 4:00 PM
Jan. 9 Worcester St. * 5:00 PM
Jan. 12 at Salem St. * 8:00 PM
Jan. 19 Westfield St. * 5:30 PM
Jan. 21 at Framingham St. * 7:30 PM
Jan. 23 at Fitchburg St. * 3:00 PM
Jan. 26 Bridgewater St. * 7:30 PM
Jan. 30 at Worcester St. * 5:30 PM
Feb. 2 Salem St. * 7:30 PM
Feb. 9 at Westfield St. * 7:30 PM
Feb. 13 Framingham St. * 4:00 PM
Feb. 16 Fitchburg St. * 7:30 PM
Feb. 20 at Bridgewater St. * 4:00 PM

Home games in bold
* = Conference games
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Sanford Salvages Split with SteepleCats

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SANFORD, Maine -- Troy Carpenter went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three runs batted in Sunday night to lead the Sanford Mainers to an 11-3 win over the North Adams SteepleCats and a split of their New England Collegiate Baseball League double-header.
 
Sanford jumped on top early with four runs in the bottom of the first inning and led, 11-0, after three. North Adams scored all three of its runs in the top of the seventh.
 
Sean Stephenson had a pair of hits and an RBI for the SteepleCats. Three North Adams pitchers -- Liam Riordan, Trey Power and Parker Guthrie -- combined for 3 and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.
 
North Adams (1-7) is back at Joe Wolfe Field on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against Newport, R.I.
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