Robinson Ivy Pitcher of the Year; Six Earn All-League Honors

HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth junior Duncan Robinson was honored as the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year by the conference coaches on Thursday, the fourth Big Green hurler ever to win the award, as the league announced its postseason honors. Robinson was also a unanimous selection for the All-Ivy League First Team and was joined by two of his teammates on the first team, senior Matt Parisi and freshman Patrick Peterson.

Three other Big Green players also earned accolades with senior Nick Lombardi and sophomore Mike Concato being named to the second team, and junior Nick Ruppert getting honorable mention.

Columbia outfielder Gus Craig and Penn catcher Austin Bossart were named the co-Players of the Year (the first time the award has been shared), while Lion shortstop Randell Kanemaru was chosen as the Rookie of the Year. The league also named a Coach of the Year for the first time with Columbia skipper Brett Boretti taking home the honor after leading the Lions to their third straight Ivy League title.

Duncan Robinson was also named the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year by College Sports Madness. Joining him on the CSM All-Ivy First Team was Mike Concato, while Matt Parisi earned a spot on the Second Team (complete CSM All-Ivy teams).

Robinson, a native of Houston, Texas, made the first team for the second time in his career as a dominant force on the mound for the Big Green. His six victories tied for the league lead in 10 starts with a 2.62 ERA, the fifth-lowest mark among Ivy hurlers. He currently leads the league with 65.1 innings, and ranks second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.3), third in strikeouts (52), fifth in walks allowed per nine innings (1.7) and eighth in batting average against (.247). In conference play only, he went 4-1 with a miniscule 1.31 ERA, striking out 29 while walking only two batters. Robinson went on to beat Columbia in the first game of the Ivy League Championship Series, going seven innings and yielding just two earned runs in the 7-6 triumph.

Robinson joins a select group of Dartmouth moundsmen to be selected as the league's Pitcher of the Year — Mike Remlinger (1987), Conor Brooks (2000) and Russell Young (2008). The award was first bestowed in the 1977 season.

Parisi, a first-team selection at second base two years ago and honorable mention at shortstop last season, shared first-team honors at shortstop with Penn's Mitch Montaldo after leading Dartmouth at the plate and in the field. The senior from Clermont, Florida, led the Big Green with a .321 average, 17 doubles (second in the league), 51 hits and 26 runs while ranking second in both on-base percentage (.366) and slugging percentage (.459). Against Ivy pitchers the 5-9 dynamo led the league with 12 two-baggers and rapped out a .356 batting average, scoring 15 runs in 19 games. Parisi also fielded 81 chances flawlessly in conference play and finished the year with a .960 fielding percentage overall while recording a league-high 115 assists.

Taking over the team's closing duties on the mound was the rookie Peterson, who earned first-team honors as a relief pitcher. The native of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, tied for the league lead with six saves while posting a 4-0 record and 3.76 ERA over 26.1 innings while striking out 24 and walking just eight. He posted a win or a save in 10 of his 13 appearances, including nine consecutive outings from March 29 through May 9. In seven Ivy appearances, he was 3-0 with a league-best four saves and a 3.97 ERA, striking out 11 in 11.1 innings. The right-hander also earned a save in the first game of the ILCS by getting the final out with the tying run on third base.

Lombardi, a first-team selection at third base as a sophomore, claimed a spot on the second team for the second straight year. Defense was his signature card in his final season with the Big Green, committing just seven errors at the hot corner for a .947 fielding percentage while leading the Ivy League third basemen with 94 assists. He was even better in conference games with only one miscue while posting a .982 fielding percentage. But the native of Saugus, California, was also productive at the plate, ranking second on the team with 25 RBIs while hitting .253 with seven doubles. He finished his career fourth all-time at Dartmouth with 159 games played and ninth with 115 RBIs.

Joining Lombardi on the second team was Concato at starting pitcher with his first All-Ivy honor. The right-hander combined with Robinson to make up one of those most potent pitching duos in the league, recording the seventh-lowest ERA (2.95) in the league in 55.0 innings with a 4-4 record. He also had the second-lowest rate of walks per nine innings having issued just eight free passes to go with 34 strikeouts, and he did not serve up even one home run all season. The native of Woodbridge, Connecticut, went 4-1 against Ivy teams while posting a 2.06 ERA in five conference starts, and that lone loss was a 1-0, complete-game performance against Cornell.

For the second straight year, Ruppert picked up honorable mention while patrolling center field for Dartmouth. A native of La Mesa, California, the junior hit .310 on the season (.322 in Ivy play) and led the Big Green with his .390 on-base percentage. Of his 40 hits, seven were doubles and two were triples, and he tied for the team lead with six stolen bases and scored 25 runs, one less than Parisi's team-leading total.

Since the inception of All-Ivy League teams in 1960, Dartmouth has amassed more first-team selections than any other Ancient Eight squad with 102 (Harvard is second with 95). The Big Green also have more first-team members since divisional play was instituted in 1993 with 65 (Penn is second with 43), plus have had at least one player on the first team in 28 of the past 29 years. The only year in which they weren't represented was 2010, the last time Dartmouth won the Ivy League crown.

Dartmouth finished the season 21-22 overall and won its eighth-consecutive Rolfe Division title, going 16-4 to finish a league-record nine games ahead of second-place Harvard in the standings. The Big Green came up short in the ILCS, falling to Columbia in three games this past weekend.

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