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| Scott Hackett, a second-team Northeast-10 All-Star, led the team with a .304 batting average after appearing in 39 games in 2009. |
Three Skyhawks Named All-Conference
South Easton, Mass. - Three Stonehill baseball players have been named Northeast-10 Conference All-Stars it was announced on Monday afternoon by the conference office.
Seniors Matt Giusti (Hopkinton, Mass.) and Nate Weber (Hanson, Mass.) as well as junior Scott Hackett (Bangor, Maine) received the honor after helping guide the Skyhawks to a 24-22 overall record, missing the Northeast-10 postseason tournament by just one game.
Giusti, a second-team performer a season ago, was named first-team after a season that saw him lead the team in wins (5), innings pitched (72), complete games (6), strikeouts (51), shutouts (3) and opponents' batting average (.175) - an average that also topped the Northeast-10. Early in the season he was named both Northeast-10 pitcher and player of the week after twirling the first perfect game in school history in a 9-0 win over Assumption in a non-conference game. It was the first perfect game in Division II in nearly five years and only the 16th time it has happened overall.
Weber a third-team selection, meanwhile, added some versatility to the Stonehill lineup, splitting time in both left field and at third base. He started all 46 games, as a senior, marking the second straight campaign in which he played in every game for the Skyhawks. He finished with a .280 average, and was first on the team in hits (51), stolen bases (13), runs scored (35), doubles (13) and total bases (73). During the season he had five games with three or more hits and tied the school-record with five hits in seven at-bats in an eventual 6-5 win over Saint Rose. Among those five hits was the game-winning homerun in the top of the 13th inning.
Hackett emerged in his second season with the Skyhawks after walking on to the squad after transferring from the University of Maine. After appearing in just 18 games in 2008, the second-team honoree saw action in 39 contests making 38 starts in 2009. He led the team with a .304 batting average while splitting time at catcher, second and third. In a win over American International on April 9, he hit his second career homerun and drove in a career-best five runs.















