Baseball

Bergeron Picked as MCBSA Pitcher of the Week

Posted: Apr 30, 2024

STANDISH, Maine – The Maine College Baseball & Softball Association (MCBSA) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College grad Matthew Bergeron (Salem, N.H.) has been selected as the MCBSA Baseball Pitcher of the Week.

Bergeron won both of his starts last week and posted a 1.72 ERA with 14 strikeouts - versus just two walks - over 15.2 innings. He hurled 6.2 one-run innings with six strikeouts in a 3-1 victory over Lasell on Tuesday and tossed a complete-game with eight strikeouts in a 7-2 triumph at Norwich on Sunday. For the week the 6'8" righthander posted a stellar 1.09 WHIP.

In nine appearances – all starts – so far this season, Bergeron is 2-6 with a 3.73 ERA and 45 strikeouts, against just 11 walks, in 60.1 innings.

For his career, he is 23-16 with a 3.95 ERA and 170 strikeouts over 257.1 innings. He is the Monks' all-time leader in innings and ranks second in team history in victories, third in fewest walks allowed per nine innings (1.60), 11th in strikeouts, and 12th in WHIP (1.26).

As the #8 seed in the GNAC Tournament, the Monks will play at top-seeded Mitchell College in the first round of the double-elimination tourney on Friday at 11:00 AM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.