WALTHAM, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference has recognized the Bentley University baseball team as one of its "Teams of the Week".

Throughout the spring following the suspension of play due to COVID-19, the conference has been honoring the seniors from the spring season with this recognition.

The 2020 Falcons had 12 seniors and graduate students on the roster:

• Ryan Berardino – First Base – Sudbury, Mass. (Lincoln-Sudbury Reg. HS)
• Christopher Butler – Catcher – Danvers, Mass. (Buckingham, Browne & Nichols)
• Ryan Corriveau – Pitcher – Milton, N.H. (Nute HS)
• Austin Farry – Outfield – Watertown, Mass. (Watertown HS)
• Luke Figueira – Outfield – Taunton, Mass. (Taunton HS)
• Paul Frisoli – Pitcher – Watertown, Mass. (Arlington Catholic HS)
• Lloyd Hill – Pitcher – Milton, Mass. (Milton HS)
• Chris Hopkins – Shortstop – Malden, Mass. (Malden Catholic HS)
• Greg Johnson – Pitcher – North Reading, Mass. (North Reading HS)
• Jake Pierce – Third Base – East Bridgewater, Mass. (East Bridgewater HS)
• Will Rossiter – Pitcher – Granite Springs, N.Y. (Kennedy Catholic HS)
• Max Troiani – Outfield – Pittsford, N.Y. (Pittsford Mendon HS)

"We had eight seniors and four graduate students return for this year's team, a total of 12 players coming back from the year before," said Coach Bob DeFelice. "So we had pretty much the whole team return.  It was not only a veteran team, some of them had already played for three years. They also were coming off a junior year with in which they had great success, winning, I think, 20 of their last 30 games.

"We were looking forward to probably one of the best years that we've ever had here with a lot of quality players. One of our players, Ryan Berardino, was drafted. Max Troiani ended up being the third leading hitter down at Cape Cod last summer. Not only did we have a lot of experience, we also had an exceptional amount of talent, concluded DeFelice."

Bentley finished the shortened season at 5-9 and won three of the last four games. Leading the team in hitting were Hopkins (.362), Troiani (.358) and Figueira (.333). Hopkins and Troiani each homered twice and were also among the leaders in RBI with 14 and 10, respectively.  In between those two was Pierce with a dozen RBI.

Corriveau posted a 2-0 record off the mount and Frisoli had a 2.66 ERA in a team-high 20.1 innings.