Central Mass Collegians
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The Central Mass Collegians were a summer collegiate baseball team located in Leominster, Massachusetts
playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League
, a wood bat
collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States
region of New England
. The team played from 1995
to 1999
and won back-to-back NECBL Championships in 1995 and 1996.
Leominster, Massachusetts
Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County, with a population of 40,759 at the 2010 census. Leominster is located north of Worcester and west of Boston. Both Route 2 and Route 12 pass through Leominster. Interstate 190,...
playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League
New England Collegiate Baseball League
The New England Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 42-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August...
, a wood bat
Wooden bat league
Wooden bat leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States that use wood bats instead of bats made of aluminum or composites. Most such leagues play in the summer months, during the traditional break in the academic year, and are approved by the NCAA....
collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
region of New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
. The team played from 1995
1995 NECBL season
The 1995 NECBL season was the second season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league added two new franchises, the Central Mass Collegians of Leominster, Massachusetts, the league's first team outside the state of Connecticut, and the Danbury Westerners of Danbury, Connecticut...
to 1999
1999 NECBL season
The 1999 NECBL season was the sixth season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league expanded to eight franchises with the addition of the Rhode Island Gulls, the league's second franchise in the New England state of Rhode Island....
and won back-to-back NECBL Championships in 1995 and 1996.
Postseason appearances
| Year | Division Finals* | NECBL Championship Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 1995 NECBL season The 1995 NECBL season was the second season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league added two new franchises, the Central Mass Collegians of Leominster, Massachusetts, the league's first team outside the state of Connecticut, and the Danbury Westerners of Danbury, Connecticut... |
Danbury Westerners Danbury Westerners The Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Rogers Park. The team played its inaugural season in 1995.... |
W (2-0) | Waterbury Barons | W (2-0) | ||
| 1996 1996 NECBL season The 1996 NECBL season was the third season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league added a franchise in West Warwick, Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Reds... |
Middletown Giants North Shore Navigators The North Shore Navigators are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Lynn, Massachusetts, playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The team plays home games at Fraser Field in Lynn... |
W (2-0) | Danbury Westerners Danbury Westerners The Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Rogers Park. The team played its inaugural season in 1995.... |
W (2-1) | ||
- The NECBL did not separate into divisions until 2001.
- Eric Pastore of http://www.digitalballparks.com has stated that according to the Minutes of the April 2, 1998 NECBL meeting... it states that the Central Massachusetts Collegians will be officially moving from Worcester to Leominster for the 1998 season. www.Digitalballparks.com believes that through the first 3 seasons of their existence (including their 2 Championships), that they were played at Tivnan Field @ Lake Park and didn't begin playing their first games @ Doyle Field in Leominster until 1998.