Pair of Fisher Baseball student-athletes recognized

It was announced that juniors Zack Thompson (Salem, MA) and Sammy Luciano (Union City, NJ) have earned Sunrise Conference honors for the week of April 13^th - April 19^th. Thompson earned the Player of the Week after he pounded out eight hits in five games. Thompson went 8-for-18 and drove in eight runs while scoring six more. He was also 3-for-5 with three doubles and four RBIs in an 18-2 win over the College of St. Joseph. Thompson is fourth in the conference in RBIs with 27, seventh in doubles (7) and is batting .328 with 17 runs.

Luciano has been named the Sunrise Conference Pitcher of the Week. He receives the nod after shutting down the University of Maine at Presque Isle 17-4. Luciano recorded nine strikeouts and scattered five hits with no earned runs and just two walks over six innings. He is currently tied for second in the conference in strikeouts with 32 and is second in earned-run average at 4.25 and opponents batting average holding teams to a .248 average.

Fisher Baseball takes two from Maine-Farmington

Farmington, ME – The Fisher College Baseball team was able to sweep the season series versus Head Coach Scott Dulin’s alma mata, the University of Maine at Farmington, with a pair of wins today. In game one, junior Zack Thompson (Salem, MA) threw a complete game shutout to lead the way as Fisher won 3-0. Thompson struck out six and scattered six hits through his seven innings of work. Offensively in game one, seniors Tom Englehardt (Bradford, MA) and Eddy Delcarmen (Boston, MA) were both 2 for 4 and a stolen base with Delcarmen recording 2 RBI’s while Englehardt only recorded 1 RBI. The story of the game was Thompson. The left hander was reunited with his high school catcher JJ Navas (Beverly, MA) and that battery turned out into Fisher’s first complete game shutout of the season. With the win, Thompson improves his record to 3-1.

In game two, Fisher scored a pair of runs in the 4^th and 5^th innings while adding an insurance run in the 7^th as they took the game by a final score of 5-3. Sophomore Kevin Ryan (Cheshire, CT) earned the victory on the mound as he pitched 5 innings allowing 1 run and 5 hits. This marks the sixth straight quality start by Fisher College pitchers in the past three days. Ryan improved his record to 3-2 while sophomore flame thrower Mark Dorso (Waterbury, CT) earned his second save. Dorso entered the game after Eddie Guerrero (Boston, MA) pitched himself into trouble in his second inning of work. Dorso just needed one batter as he retired the UMF batter on strikes. Sophomore Reynaldo Nunez (Santo Domingo, DR) hit his first home run of the season on his way to a 3 for 4 day at the plate. Navas also had recorded a three hit game as he was 3 for 4 with a triple. Also for Fisher College, Bobby Sorenson (Meridain, CT) made his first appearance in pinstripes as he started in right field and was 1 for 1 at the plate.

Fisher now looks forward to the Sunrise Conference Tournament which will be held at Fraiser Field in Lynn, MA on Friday, April 24. The championship game will be held on Saturday, April 25. The Sunrise Conference schools competing in this event will be the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Vermont Technical College and the State University of New York at Canton. Fisher College will look to take their 5^th straight conference title. For more information on the Sunrise Conference Tournament, please contact Fisher College or visit the Sunrise Conference website at www.sunriseconference.com.