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2014 Baseball Roster

4 Matthew Cianci

  • Position Outifelder
  • Height 5-6
  • Weight 170
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Far Hills, N.J.
  • Highschool Seton Hall Prep

Biography

Matthew Cianci2014: Started all 33 games he appeared in... Missed a portion of the season with a facial injury... Still managed to hit a career-high .284 to go with 25 runs scored, five doubles, 12 RBI and ten stolen bases... Finished with eight multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests... Was a combined 3-for-4 with two RBI in a doubleheader versus NYIT (3/11)... Tied a personal-best with a five-game hit streak from 3/16-22... Was 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored versus Quinnipiac (3/18)... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen bases against Dayton (3/29)... Registered at least one hit in six of his first seven games back from injury... Registered four hits, three runs scored, and two RBI in Fordham's series win over La Salle (5/2-4)... Tied a career-high with three runs scored against VCU (5/15)... Was 3-for-5 with a run scored at the Atlantic 10 Championship against Saint Joseph's (5/21).

2013: Appeared in 37 games, starting 28 games... Missed a portion of the season due to injury... Ended the year hitting .260 with 10 runs scored, three doubles, two RBI, and four stolen bases... Had eight multi-hit games... Started out the year on fire, collecting seven hits in the series against Michigan (2/22-23)... Went 4-for-5 in the series finale with the Wolverines... Was 2-for-5 with a run scored against Wagner (3/5)... Had a pair of two-hit games during the Frankie Frisch Invitational against NJIT (3/15) and Sacred Heart (3/17)... Also had two stolen bases in the Sacred Heart game... Registered his only two RBI at La Salle (3/24)... Was 2-for-3 with a double at Marist (3/26)... Had his final multi-hit game at Manhattan, posting two hits and a run scored (4/3).

2012: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team... Had a productive first season at Fordham, starting 49 of 50 games he appeared in... Batted .250 with 34 runs scored, four doubles, a home run, 14 RBI, and 10 stolen bases... Ranked second on the team in runs scored and stolen bases... Registered 13 multi-hit games... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week once... Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases against Albany (3/7)... Collected five hits and three runs scored in a three-game series at FIU (3/9-11)... Capped a season-high five game hit streak by going 2-for-4 with two runs scored at FAU (3/13)... Scored a season-high three runs against Massachusetts (3/24)... Went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two stolen bases versus LIU (3/28)... Had his second three-hit game of the season at St. Bonaventure (4/1)... Posted four hits and two RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Temple (4/7)... Posted two hits and two runs scored in games at Hofstra (4/18) and Xavier (4/27)... Hit his first career home run versus Rhode Island (5/5)... Finished the season by hitting safely in 10 of the last 12 games.

Before Fordham: Member of the varsity baseball and track teams at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey... Third Team All-State Parochial A selection... Named First Team All-SEC Conference and All-Essex County... Played summer ball for the NJ Cardinals as well as the Farrah Builders... Member of the National and Spanish Honor Societies... AP Scholar with Honors.

Major: Economics.
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 4, vs. Michigan (2/23/2013)
Runs: 3, 2x, last vs. VCU (5/15/2014)
RBI: 2, 6x, last vs. Dayton (3/28/2014)
Walks: 2, 6x, last at George Mason (3/23/2014)
Stolen Bases: 2, 4x, last vs. Sacred Heart (3/16/2014)
Hit Streak: 5 games (2x, last 3/16-3/22/2014)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2012Freshman

    Outfielder/Infielder
    5'6" 165 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2013Sophomore

    Outifelder/Infielder
    5'6" 165 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2014Junior

    Outifelder
    5'6" 170 lbs
    4