Baseball

The Trinity baseball team, coached by Bill Decker, finished at 33-7 and captured both the NESCAC and the NCAA Division III New England Championship titles for the second consecutive season. The Bantams were 12-0 during the regular season in the NESCAC East Division and breezed through the first two weekends of the post-season with seven wins in seven games. The defending NCAA Champion Bantams returned the Division III World Series in Wisconsin, but suffered losses to Kean (8-5) and Carthage (10-1) in their first two games in the tournament. Senior co-captain C Sean Killeen was named the NESCAC Player of the Year, senior RHP Jeremiah Bayer was named the NESCAC Pitcher of the Year, junior 1B Kent Graham was named the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Decker was selected as the NESCAC Coach of the Year. All three players mentioned above joined senior co-captain 2B Ryan Piacentini on the All-NESCAC First Team, while junior OF Matthew Sullivan graced the All-NESCAC Second Team. Both Killeen and Bayer were also honored as All-Americans and Bayer was chosen as the D3Baseball.com National Pitcher of the Year.