University of Massachusets Athletics
Massachusetts Baseball Announces 2025 Team Captains
January 29, 2025 | Baseball
Belliveau and Toth named captains for the 2025 season.
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts baseball head coach Matt Reynolds has announced that redshirt junior Sam Belliveau and junior Michael Toth have been named captains for the 2025 season. The captains were selected by a vote of their teammates.
During the 2024 season, Belliveau started in all nine games played, before a season-ending injury. He posted a 6.47 ERA with a 2-5 record on the year. The Wenham, Massachusetts, native, dealt 18 strikeouts in 40.1 innings pitched, including a career-best five strikeouts at Rhode Island (4/5) in six complete innings. At Citadel (3/15), Belliveau tossed a career-high 7.1 innings, striking out three on the day.
"I'm really excited for Mike and the rest of the leadership group," said Belliveau. "This is a collective effort, and in order to achieve the goals we've set for ourselves, we'll need to be 35 guys deep. I'm just thankful to be a part of it."
Toth started behind the dish in 37 of 40 contests, finishing the year with a .234 batting average and a .996 fielding percentage. Toth tallied 29 hits, 16 runs and 20 RBI in 124 at-bats, including six doubles and three home runs. The Granby, Massachusetts, native, posted eight multi-hit games, including a four-hit contest, and six multi-RBI games last year. He achieved a recached base streak of eight, as well. Last season, at No. 13 Virginia (3/2), he went 4-for-4, marking a career-high in hits with a double and adding two runs and two RBI. Toth marked a career-high three RBI after going 3-for-4 with a double and scoring a run at George Mason (4/20). Behind the plate, he accumulated 232 putouts, 28 assists and one error, while catching 21 stealing and contributing to two double plays. Toth tied for third in the Atlantic 10 with his .996 fielding percentage and led the league in caught stealing by with 21.
"I'm very grateful for the opportunity to be a captain," said Toth. "To have received the support from the team and the coaching staff [for the opportunity], I am excited for the upcoming season and for us to succeed as a group."
During the 2024 season, Belliveau started in all nine games played, before a season-ending injury. He posted a 6.47 ERA with a 2-5 record on the year. The Wenham, Massachusetts, native, dealt 18 strikeouts in 40.1 innings pitched, including a career-best five strikeouts at Rhode Island (4/5) in six complete innings. At Citadel (3/15), Belliveau tossed a career-high 7.1 innings, striking out three on the day.
"I'm really excited for Mike and the rest of the leadership group," said Belliveau. "This is a collective effort, and in order to achieve the goals we've set for ourselves, we'll need to be 35 guys deep. I'm just thankful to be a part of it."
Toth started behind the dish in 37 of 40 contests, finishing the year with a .234 batting average and a .996 fielding percentage. Toth tallied 29 hits, 16 runs and 20 RBI in 124 at-bats, including six doubles and three home runs. The Granby, Massachusetts, native, posted eight multi-hit games, including a four-hit contest, and six multi-RBI games last year. He achieved a recached base streak of eight, as well. Last season, at No. 13 Virginia (3/2), he went 4-for-4, marking a career-high in hits with a double and adding two runs and two RBI. Toth marked a career-high three RBI after going 3-for-4 with a double and scoring a run at George Mason (4/20). Behind the plate, he accumulated 232 putouts, 28 assists and one error, while catching 21 stealing and contributing to two double plays. Toth tied for third in the Atlantic 10 with his .996 fielding percentage and led the league in caught stealing by with 21.
"I'm very grateful for the opportunity to be a captain," said Toth. "To have received the support from the team and the coaching staff [for the opportunity], I am excited for the upcoming season and for us to succeed as a group."
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