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CUNYAC Baseball Weekly Award Winners (Apr. 13, 2026)

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CUNYAC Baseball Player of the Week
Rich Cirigliano, CCNY (Sr., OF, Hackensack, N.J.)

Cirigliano batted .556 (10-18) with two home runs and 10 RBI in a 5-1 week for the Beavers.  He went 6-8 with a pair of home runs in a doubleheader sweep of Lehman Friday.

CUNYAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Benjamin Norwood, Baruch (Jr., P, Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Norwood allowed one earned run in six innings en route to a 9-1 win against John Jay on Friday.  He allowed just three hits and struck out seven.

CUNYAC Baseball Rookie of the Week
Armani Smith, CCNY (Fr., RHP, Bay Shore, N.Y.)

Smith allowed four runs in a complete game seven inning victory against Lehman on Friday.  He scattered seven hits and struck out a pair of batters.
 
CUNYAC Baseball Player of the Week (Honorable Mention)
Erik Rank, CCNY (Sr., IF/RHP, Westwood, N.J.)

Rank allowed two earned runs in a conference win against Lehman on Friday, going six innings and striking out 12 with just one walk while scattering eight hits.  At the plate he went 10-17 (.588) with eight RBI, including going 7-8 with five driven in in the sweep of the Lightning.

Previous Award Winners
Week Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Rookie of the Week Honorable Mention
2/23/26 Rich Cirigliano, CCNY Erik Rank, CCNY Tyler Persampire, CCNY None
3/9/26 Roy Longarzo, Baruch Noel Vasquez, CCNY James Anderson, CCNY John Spallin, CCNY
3/16/26 Gerard Molinaro, CCNY Amaan Jafery, CCNY Tyler Persampire, CCNY Daniel McCrink, Lehman
3/23/26 Sam Steinman, Baruch Benjamin Norwood, Baruch Giuseppe Buffolino, Baruch Demetri Ziorgiannis, CCNY
3/30/26 Joseph Bello, Baruch Armani Smith, CCNY Armani Smith, CCNY Erik Rank, CCNY
4/6/26 Hecnel Guzman, Lehman Andrew Lapointe, Baruch Deshawn Ansah-Pena, Lehman Frank Scerra, Baruch

Last Week's Results

Monday, April 6
CCNY 5, Old Westbury 4 | Box Score
Old Westbury 10, CCNY 1 | Box Score

Tuesday, April 7
Purchase 26, Lehman 4 | Box Score
FDU-Florham 2, John Jay 0 | Box Score

Wednesday, April 8
CCNY 9, Valley Forge 2 | Box Score
CCNY 10, Valley Forge 9 | Box Score
Merchant Marine 12, John Jay 6 | Box Score

Friday, April 10
CCNY 19, Lehman 4 | Box Score
Baruch 3, John Jay 1 | Box Score
Baruch 9, John Jay 1 | Box Score
CCNY 25, Lehman 2 | Box Score

This Week's Schedule

Tuesday, April 14
CCNY at Centenary (NJ) – 3:30 pm
St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) at Baruch – 3:30 pm
Lehman at Yeshiva – 4 pm (DH)
Mount Saint Vincent at John Jay – 6 pm

Thursday, April 16
John Jay at Neumann – 3:30 pm
St. Joseph's Brooklyn at CCNY - 3 pm

Friday, April 17
Lehman at Baruch – 12 pm (DH)

Saturday, April 18
John Jay at CCNY – 1 pm (DH)


2026 CUNYAC Baseball Championship
First Round: Tuesday, May 5 - hosted by higher seeds
Friday, May 8 - Saturday May 9 (if neccessary) - Location TBD
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