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2021 Baseball

2 Matthew Valente

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 210
  • B/T R/R
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wyckoff, N.J.
  • High School Ramapo Regional

Biography

Career Achievements

  • 2021 All-NEWMAC first team

Career Highlights

2021: As a graduate student, started all 17 games at first base...batted .297 with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 11 runs scored and a team-high 18 RBI...recorded eight multi-hit games...went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and a run scored in a 13-2 win over WPI in game two of a doubleheader sweep on March 27...went 5-for-10 with two doubles, three RBI and four runs scored at the plate as the Beavers swept Coast Guard on April 3...produced a two-run single in a 5-3 win over Wheaton to wrap up a four-game series on April 18...recorded a double, a triple and a home run while driving in a career-high five runs in a 23-1 game one rout and followed it up with a double and a triple to go along with four RBI in an 11-6 win that completed a sweep of Emerson on April 24...was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in a 6-2 victory over Clark to open a twin bill on May 1...went 4-for-14 with a double, a homer and three RBI over three games against Wheaton in the NEWMAC Tournament Championship Series.

2020: As a senior, started all three games at first base…went 4-for-10 (.400) at the plate with one double, four walks and two RBI…went 1-for-3 with two walks in a 10-6 loss at Trinity in the season opener on February 28…had two hits, including a double, and drove in a run in an 8-6 win over the Tigers on February 29…went 1-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in a 9-5 victory in the series finale on March 1.

2019: As a junior, started all 49 games at first base…batted .280 with 10 doubles, a triple, 28 RBI and a career-best 48 runs scored…also set new career highs in hits (53), walks (23) and total bases (65)…finished third on the team with 17 multi-hit games…went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in a 7-1 win over Eastern Connecticut on March 16…had two hits, including a double, and two RBI in a 12-9 victory over Vassar on March 17…followed it up by going 2-for-3 with another double and two RBI in a 23-7 rout of Edgewood on March 18…went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in a 10-2 victory over WPI on March 26…doubled as part of a two hit, two-RBI day in a 9-2 triumph over Framingham State on March 27…also had two hits, including a double, and two runs scored in a 10-7 win at Curry on March 28…went 2-for-3 with two walks and season highs of three RBI and four runs scored in an 11-9 victory at Roger Williams on April 3…was 2-for-4 with a double in a 6-3 triumph over UMass Boston on April 11…went 5-for-14 with six runs scored in a three-game sweep of MIT on April 12-14…also had two hits and scored three times in a 10-9 10-inning win over Springfield on April 16…tripled and drove in a run in a 5-0 victory over Keene State on April 25…went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two RBI and three runs scored in a 16-4 triumph over Western New England on April 29…recorded four singles, scored four times and drove in a run in a 16-7 win at Wheaton in the NEWMAC Tournament on May 4…also had two hits and scored once in a 7-0 conference tournament elimination game victory at WPI on May 6…went 4-for-16 with three RBI and five runs scored in the NCAA Hartford Regional, which included two-hit games against Keystone on May 17 and Trinity on May 19…was 4-for-6 with a three-run double in game one and three hits in game two as Babson swept Cortland in the NCAA Super Regionals on May 24-25…doubled and scored in a 6-5 College World Series elimination game against Johns Hopkins on June 2.

2018: As a sophomore, appeared in 45 games and made 43 starts in the infield…batted .311 with nine doubles, two triples, 31 runs and 35 RBI…posted a .387 on-base percentage and walked 16 times…was third on the squad with 16 multi-hit games and drove in two or more runs 11 times...led the team with 263 putouts and had a .977 fielding percentage…went 4-for-5 with three RBI in his first career start, a 13-3 win over Otterbein on March 3…had two doubles, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs in a 10-9 loss to Benedictine (Ill.) on March 18…also doubled twice and scored a run in a 7-2 victory against Clarkson on March 21…was 2-for-4 with two RBI in a 9-3 win at WPI on March 27…scored twice and drove in three runs in a 17-1 rout of Curry on March 29…had two hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored three times in a 26-1 win over WPI on April 5…was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in a 6-2 victory at UMass Dartmouth on April 9…doubled and drove in a run in a 6-4 win at MIT on April 13…tripled and knocked in two runs in a 10-1 triumph at Springfield on April 17…went 4-for-9 with a double, a triple, three RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of Emerson on April 21…doubled and drove in three runs as part of a two-hit day in an 11-7 win at Roger Williams on May 2…went 6-for-12 with a double, two RBI and three runs scored in three NEWMAC Tournament games from May 4-6…went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and run scored in a 12-11 win over Catholic in the opening game of the NCAA York Regional on May 17.

2017: As a first-year, appeared in four games off the bench…went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored…went 0-for-1 in his collegiate debut, an 11-1 loss to Illinois Wesleyan on March 17…recorded his first career RBI with a sacrifice fly in a 10-2 win over Clarkson on March 20…went 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI in a 14-4 victory against Wentworth on April 27.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020Senior

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    2021Graduate Student

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