{"id":779,"date":"2026-05-20T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:34:45","slug":"boston-college-baseball-coming-off-one-of-its-best-seasons-ever-enters-acc-tournament-with-big-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=779","title":{"rendered":"Boston College baseball, coming off one of its best seasons ever, enters ACC Tournament with big hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Boston College baseball was picked to finish last in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason coaches poll. With a chip on their shoulder, the Eagles have proved to be the darling of the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=777\">As Masters Academy International gears up for its first year, here\u2019s what we can expect, now and in the future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>After finishing fourth in the ACC, Boston College (36-20, 17-13) opens tournament play at Truist Field in Charlotte, on Thursday at 7 p.m. against the winner of Stanford and Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThose guys \u2014 the coaches poll \u2014 picked us last, dead last, in the ACC, so I think that kind of started a little fire in everyone, at least in me,\u201d said freshman third baseman Luke Gallo, who is slashing .336\/.441\/.443. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cThey clearly don\u2019t know what we\u2019re about. They clearly don\u2019t know what we\u2019re capable of, but we understood what we were capable of from the start.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>BC spent seven consecutive weeks in the USA Today coaches poll, peaking at No. 19, but were bounced out after being swept by No. 3 Georgia Tech last weekend in Chestnut Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Todd Interdonato\u2019s third year at the helm has yielded a program rebirth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Eagles are essentially a lock to play in the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This year\u2019s seniors had a taste of success back as freshmen, but finished with a 22-31 mark in 2023 and under .500 in 2025 at 28-29, bowing out in the ACC quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Eagles have proved they can hang with the conference\u2019s upper echelon. BC took a series win at then-No. 24 Miami and another at No. 9 Virginia \u2014 which included a 17-0 drubbing. They also played a tight series against No. 6 North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe truly believe we\u2019re one of the best teams in the country,\u201d said senior pitcher A.J. Colarusso. \u201cWe\u2019ve believed that from the beginning when we first had our early season success, and we just kept that mentality of confidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Colarusso, the team\u2019s ace, has a 5-3 record with 4.18 ERA and fanned 66 in 71 innings. The 6-foot, 205-pound lefthander grew up in Leominster and played at the Groton School. He tops out at 90 m.p.h. with his four-seam fastball, mixing in a changeup, cutter, and curveball, staying in and around the zone to get outs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=775\">A man lay at the bottom of a moving escalator for 23 minutes. Would you have helped?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe is the most prototypical, perfect [BC] student athlete that you can create,\u201d said Interdonato. \u201cHe is from [Massachusetts]. He loves this place. He\u2019s been here for all four years. He now has the career record for starts in the program, which is just a mind-boggling stat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe is the most prepared, the most committed, the most consistent, and the most competitive player you can come across. When you have a guy that has all of those qualities and that kind of love and appreciation for the institution, it just bleeds into everything else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>First baseman Nick Wang, a graduate student from Newton, is hitting .306 with 16 homers and 61 RBIs in 56 games. The power bat in the heart of the lineup, he serves as a juxtaposition to a team willing to lay down bunts and steal bags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s been really cool to embrace the [BC] community, in the place where I grew up, in the same town,\u201d Wang said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twelve Massachusetts residents are on the roster, embodying Interdonato\u2019s recruiting strategy that starts in in the home state and branches out to the Northeast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many are accustomed to being restricted to indoor facilities in the winter, a stark contrast to their counterparts from warmer climates. During the winter, the Eagles practice in \u201cThe Bubble,\u201d a temporary dome that covers the playing surface at Alumni Field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Portable mounds are moved in and out daily. Hitters train in makeshift cages. Fielding fly balls presents a challenge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to bring that kind of grit and that chip on our shoulder because people are going to overlook us,\u201d said Gallo, a Shrewsbury resident who played at Phillips Andover. \u201cThey\u2019re going to think down upon us because we\u2019re from the Northeast, cold weather, don\u2019t really play baseball that much year around.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If the Eagles can get past their quarterfinal opponent Thursday, the semifinals will be played Saturday and a champion will be crowned Sunday. The NCAA bracket will be revealed Monday at noon (ESPN2). <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=773\">Platner earns backing of influential, big-spending Democratic veterans group in Maine Senate race<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eagles were picked to finish last, but roared to fourth place in conference play, and now set their sights on bigger prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boston College baseball, coming off one of its best seasons ever, enters ACC Tournament with big hopes - 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