Parisi Headlines Three on All-New England Teams

HANOVER, N.H. — The New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) announced its Division I All-New England Teams today with Dartmouth senior shortstop Matt Parisi being selected for the first team. Earning spots on the second team from the Big Green were junior pitcher Duncan Robinson and junior designated hitter Joe Purritano.

Parisi, a first-team selection at second base two years ago, picked up the honor this year on the other side of the infield. The native of Clermont, Florida, was also a first-team All-Ivy selection and 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.

Robinson, a native of Houston, Texas, was the Ivy League's Pitcher of the Year in 2015. His six victories tied for the league lead and posted 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. In his 10 starts, he allowed two or fewer earned runs eight times, including his final seven outings and his season debut when he shut out Texas A&M on two hits over five innings of work.

Dartmouth's top slugger during the 2015 season, Purritano (like Parisi) is making his second appearance on an All-New England Team, having been a first-team selection at designated hitter as a freshman. The Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, native hit .277 in 42 games and led the Big Green with three home runs, 30 RBIs, 19 walks and a .500 slugging percentage, as well as an Ivy League-leading five triples. In the final 16 games of the year, Purritano had 11 extra-base hits with 14 runs, 19 RBIs and a .692 slugging percentage.

Connecticut claimed both the Player of the Year (Vinny Siena) and Pitcher of the Year (Carson Cross), while pitcher Tyler Wilson of Rhode Island was named the Rookie of the Year and UConn's Jim Penders was honored as the Coach of the Year.

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.

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