Former Red Hook graduate Tucker Roeder hoping to see action as catcher at Northeastern (2010-02-25)

Former Red Hook High School multi-sport star, Tucker Roeder, will be looking to get plenty of action behind the plate as the Northeastern University Baseball begins its 2010 campaign on the diamond. As a walk-on last season, Roeder saw limited action behind the dish but with the team's top backstop from last season having graduated, Roeder hopes to be in the mix for the starting catching job.

The Huskies are back for the 2010 season and are looking to build on last year's success. The team made its second-ever appearance in the CAA Championship and put up some impressive stats despite being eliminated in two games. Head coach Neil McPhee has brought in a strong class of recruits to sprinkle in with the veteran lineup, giving the Huskies a talented, balanced makeup for the 2010 season.

The CAA competition will be perhaps even more brutal than ever before, as the conference has chosen to reduce their playoff teams in many sports, including baseball, to four from the previous number of six. Last year, the Huskies tied for fourth after picking up some crucial wins late in the season against Towson. Northeastern will again play a 24-game conference schedule built around 25 non-league matchups.

The season will kick off in Florida, where the Huskies will play the Boston Red Sox for the seventh year in a row at the Sox' spring training facility at the City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Fla. After the nine games in Florida, the team will play three games in Philadelphia before heading back to New England to battle a handful of local foes. Northeastern will then travel to VCU for its first conference set.

Roeder played three years of varsity baseball and football while at Red Hook and helped play a key role in leading the Raiders to the 2007 sectional baseball championship. The 6-foot-3, 205 pound Roeder hit for the cycle in that sectional victory. Roeder was also the quarterback of the Red Hook football team, earning all sectional status in 2006.

The 20 year-old is a business administration major and a member of the Class of 2012.