Baseball

2007 NCBWA NORTHEAST ALL-REGION TEAMS ANNOUNCED
ARBURR AND CAWLEY NAMED TO SECOND TEAM

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - The honors keep piling up for Pace University juniors Matt Arburr (Bristol, CT/Bristol Eastern) (third base) and Jack Cawley (Bronx, NY/Iona Prep) (outfield), as the classmates were both named to the 2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Northeast All-Region Second Team. Arburr and Cawley were also named to the 2007 Northeast-10 Conference Baseball All-Conference First Team, the 2007 Daktronics Baseball All-Northeast Region Second Team and the 2007 American Baseball Coaches of America (ACBA)/Rawlings Division II Northeast Regional First Team, earlier this month.

Arburr and Cawley were instrumental in guiding Pace (30-26/18-12 NE-10) to its third 30-win season in school history and second consecutive. The Setters finished fourth in the Northeast-10 Conference, earning a berth in the NE-10 Conference Baseball Championships.

This season, Arburr played and started in a team and career-high 55 games, batting .315 (62-for-197) with career-highs in homeruns (12), walks (36), triples (3), total bases (116), slugging percentage (.589) and stolen bases (16), to go along with 12 doubles, 46 runs batted in and 41 runs scored. His 62 hits this season tied a career-high. Arburr led the team in slugging, RBI's, homeruns, total bases and walks. He also led the conference in homeruns, while ranking third in slugging, total bases and walks and ranking fourth in RBI's.

Cawley started in all 54 games he played in this year, a career-high. This season he hit a team and career-high .359 (74-for-206) with 14 doubles, three homeruns and triples for 103 total bases, to go along with 28 walks, 27 RBI's and 43 runs scored, while slugging .500 with a .440 on base percentage.  Cawley set new career-highs in runs scored, hits, triples, total bases, walks, slugging and on base percentage. He also set a career-best in stolen bases, swiping 32-out-of-34 and hits with 74. Along with leading the team in batting average, hits and stolen bases, Cawley led the team in on base percentage, runs scored, doubles and total plate appearances.  He was tied for fifth in the conference in batting average and hits, while ranking fourth in on base percentage and leading the NE-10 in stolen bases.