St. John's University Athletics
Valente, Antico Named to Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team
6/3/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
CLEMSON, S.C. - After turning in stellar offensive outputs for the Red Storm during this weekend's NCAA Clemson Regional, John Valente and Mike Antico have been named to the Regional All-Tournament Team, it was announced Sunday night after Vanderbilt won the Clemson Regional for the second-straight year.
Valente earned a spot on the Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team for the second time in as many seasons after hitting .429 on the weekend (6-for-14) with a pair of doubles. Five of Valente's nine career hits at Doug Kingsmore Stadium were doubles. After logging a two-bagger in the Red Storm's 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Commodores in Friday's opener, Valente went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored against Morehead State before registering two singles and scoring once in Sunday's contest with Clemson.
Antico hit .364 (4-for-11) and drove in four runs on the weekend, all by way of the long ball. The sophomore went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the Johnnies' victory over Morehead State, smashing a three-run shot in the sixth. On Sunday against the top-seeded Tigers, Antico again picked up two hits including another homer, kicking off a ninth-inning rally with a solo shot.
As a team, St. John's hit .306 on the weekend and logged 12 extra-base hits, smacking five doubles and seven roundtrippers. Antico and Wyatt Mascarella each left the yard twice, marking the first time that a St. John's player recorded multiple homers in a regional since 2010. That year, Jeremy Baltz (4), Joe Panik (2) and Matt Wessinger (2) led a St. John's team that registered 10 homers in five games at the Charlottesville Regional.
2018 Clemson (S.C.) Regional All-Tournament Team
C - Kyle Wilkie, Clemson
1B - Chris Williams, Clemson
2B - Ethan Paul, Vanderbilt
SS - Connor Kaiser*, Vanderbilt
3B - John Valente, St. John's
OF - Mike Antico, St. John's
OF - Austin Martin, Vanderbilt
OF - Drew Wharton*, Clemson
DH/UT - Philip Clarke, Vanderbilt
P - Drake Fellows, Vanderbilt
P - Ryan Miller, Clemson
MVP - Connor Kaiser, Vanderbilt
* - unanimous selection
