SU baseball places eight on the All-CAC teams, Fleetwood wins again

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - The No. 9 Salisbury University baseball team, the 2007 CAC champions, placed eight players on the 2007 all-conference team. Coach Doug Fleetwood won his sixth CAC Coach of the Year award. 

The Sea Gulls placed six players on the first team which included three position players, two pitchers and one designated hitter. Seniors Andrew Jensen and Alex Vitale were selected at outfield and third base, respectively. Jensen leads the team in eight offensive categories that include: batting average (.451), runs (50), hits (69), doubles (16), triples (5), RBIs (51), total bases (104) and slugging percentage (.680). Vitale is batting .360 with 45 RBIs and team-highs in home runs (six) and stolen bases (12).

Two pitchers from the nation's No. 1 pitching staff were selected to the first team. Senior left-hander Bryan Brainer leads the starting staff with a 1.83 ERA to go along with a 7-2 record with a team-high 69 strikeouts. Fellow seven-game winner junior Ryan Bennick (7-1) has a 2.67 ERA with 64 strikeouts and one complete game. Both Sea Gulls have pitched 64 innings.

Rounding out the first team is junior designated hitter Justin Armiger and freshman first baseman Mike Celenza. Armiger is hitting .419 with four home runs, four triples and a .493 on-base percentage. Celenza is hitting .353 with 14 doubles and only four errors with a .989 fielding percentage.

Junior Mark Bostwick was voted to the second team at second base. Bostwick leads SU infielders with a .379 batting average to go along with 55 hits and nine stolen bases. Senior hurler Dan Oleynik was the lone Sea Gull pitcher on the second team with a 6-2 record with a 2.31 ERA in 58 innings of work.