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CUNYAC Baseball Weekly Award Winners (Apr. 27, 2026)

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

Cirigliano belted two home runs and drove in three runs in a conference win over Lehman Saturday.  He also knocked in the game-winning run in a 4-3 victory against John Jay on Monday.  Batted .333 for the week with a 1.111 slugging percentage and four RBI.

CUNYAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Andrew Lapointe, Baruch (So., P, Staten Island, N.Y.)

Lapointe surrendered one run in a complete-game 2-1 victory against John Jay Friday, allowing just three hits and striking out six.

CUNYAC Baseball Rookie of the Week
Jose Suero, John Jay (Fr., IF, Jersey City, N.J.)

Suero batted .545 (6-11) across five games last week with two RBI and a pair of runs scored.  He also stole three bases on the week.  He finished 4-4 against Old Westbury in game two on Wednesday.
 
CUNYAC Baseball Player of the Week (Honorable Mention)
Daniel McCrink, Lehman (So., OF, Bronx, N.Y.)

McCrink was 4-6 (.667) at the plate for the week in two games, including a win at Valley Forge.  He scored four runs and belted a home run in Saturday's conference setback against CCNY.

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
4/13/26 Rich Cirigliano, CCNY Benjamin Norwood, Baruch Armani Smith, CCNY Erik Rank, CCNY
4/20/26 Frank Scerra, Baruch Benjamin Norwood, Baruch Frank Cundari, CCNY Erik Rank, CCNY

Last Week's Results

Monday, April 20
CCNY 4, John Jay 3 | Box Score

Tuesday, April 21
Baruch 14, St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) 9 | Box Score

Wednesday, April 22
Old Westbury 6, John Jay 3 | Box Score
Old Westbury 16, John Jay 6 | Box Score
Maritime 18, CCNY 3 | Box Score

Thursday, April 23
Lehman 16, Valley Forge 6 | Box Score

Friday, April 24
Baruch 2, John Jay 1 | Box Score
Baruch 4, John Jay 1 | Box Score

Saturday, April 25
CCNY 9, Lehman 7 | Box Score

This Week's Schedule

Tuesday, April 28
Baruch at Farmingdale State – 3:30 pm
John Jay at Lehman - 5 pm
CCNY at Merchant Marine – 7 pm

Friday, May 1
CCNY at NYU – 3 pm (DH)

Saturday, May 2
Lehman at John Jay – 12 pm (DH)

Sunday, May 3
Baruch at CCNY – 12 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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