LOWELL, Mass. – Fourteen members who will comprise the 2015 UMass Lowell baseball team will compete in summer league play as the squad looks to build off a successful 2014 campaign.
 
Nine players will take part in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) while four others join the Valley League, Cape Cod League, Hamptons League, and Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL), respectively.
 
Outfielder Ian Strom (Hopedale, Mass.) and first baseman Matt Mottola (Newburyport, Mass.) have already earned Player of the Day honors in the FCBL. Strom went 3-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI leading his team to a 15-5 victory while Mottola went 2-for-4, driving in 4 and scoring two runs.
 
Mottola, Matt Sanchez (Sunrise, Fla.), and Jimmy Ricoy (Lowell, Mass.) rejoin the Nashua Silver Knights, last years FCBL runner-up.
 
Sanchez earned himself a spot in last years All-Star game following a strong regular season when he hit .289 with a home run, 26 RBI, and 17 stolen bases in 51 appearances.
 
The River Hawks had an impressive first season in Division I and in the America East Conference. Picked to finish last in the AE preseason poll, the team turned heads totaling a 20-22 overall record, with a 10-10 mark in conference play, placing them third in the standings.
 
Below is a list of the River Hawks summer league locations and links to follow them throughout the summer.
 
The Futures League
Matt Sanchez - Nashua Silver Knights
Matt Mottola - Nashua Silver Knights
Jimmy Ricoy - Nashua Silver Knights
Kelly Rooney - Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide
Raz Bracha - Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide
Luke Reynolds - Pittsfield Suns
Zach Tower - Pittsfield Suns
Ian Strom - Worcester Bravehearts
Steve Xirinachs - North Shore Navigators

New England Collegiate Baseball League
Christian Lavoie - Sanford Mainers

Valley League
Joe Consolmagno - Aldie Senators
 
Cape Cod League
Geoff DeGroot - Orleans Firebirds
 
Hamptons League
Danny Mendick - Riverhead Tomcats
 
Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League
Jordan Del Sol - Middlesex Rays