Baseball Earns NECC Playoff Trip

Sun, 04/29 | Baseball at Mitchell L, 6-5 (Final - 9 innings) BX
Sat, 04/28 | Baseball at Mitchell L, 6-5 (Final - 10 innings) BX
Sat, 04/28 | Baseball at Mitchell L, 7-6 (Final - 7 innings) BX
Wed, 04/25 | Baseball vs. Middlebury L, 15-2 (Final) BX | RC
Tue, 04/24 | Baseball vs. Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 22-4 (Final - 7 innings) BX
Sat, 04/21 | Baseball vs. Elms W, 12-10 (Final) BX
Sat, 04/21 | Baseball vs. Elms W, 6-3 (Final) BX | RC
Fri, 04/20 | Baseball at Elms L, 8-6 (Final) BX
Wed, 04/18 | Baseball vs. Williams L, 11-2 (Final) BX
Tue, 04/17 | Baseball at Union (N.Y.) L, 7-2 (Final) BX | RC

May 2, 2011

Baseball Earns NECC Playoff Trip

ATTLEBORO, Mass.—Mitchell College has claimed the top seed for the 2011 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Baseball Championship, which begins the morning of Friday, May 7 in New London, Conn. The Mariners (19-8-1 overall) earned the top spot in the upcoming NECC tournament after posting a 14-4 conference record.

Becker College (22-9 overall) claimed the #2 seed going 13-5 in conference play, while Daniel Webster College (19-13, 10-8) will be the #3 seed.

Southern Vermont College (16-20, 10-8) has claimed the #4 and final seed. The Eagles and Mountaineers both tied for third in conference play with a 10-8 record. Daniel Webster earned the #3 seed after comparing head-to-head results where the Eagles took two out of the three in their series winning 11-3, 4-1 and falling 11-6 on March 26^th and April 12^th.

In quarterfinal action on Friday, May 6 #4 Southern Vermont will face #1 Mitchell at a 11:00 a.m. in game one, while #3 Daniel Webster will face #2 Becker at 3:00 p.m. in game two.

In Saturday’s semifinals, the losing team from game one and the losing team from game two will meet at 10:00 a.m. in game three. Game four will see the winners of game one and game two at 1:00 p.m. Game five will have the winner of game three playing the losing team from game four at 4:00 p.m.

Sunday’s action will begin at 11:00 a.m. with the winner of game four facing the winner of game five in game six for the championship title. If an upset occurs, there will be a game seven involving both teams scheduled at 3:00 p.m.

2011 NECC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals • Friday, May 6

Game 1- #4 Southern Vermont (16-20, 10-8) at #1 Mitchell (19-8-1, 14-4), 11:00 a.m.

Game 2- #3 Daniel Webster (19-13, 10-8) vs. #2 Becker (22-9, 13-5), 3:00 p.m.

Semifinals • Saturday, May 7

Game 3-Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 10:00 a.m.

Game 4-Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 1:00 p.m.

Game 5- Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 4:00 p.m.

Semifinals and Championship Game • Sunday, May 8

Game 6-Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of game 5, 11:00 p.m.

Game 7- If necessary, 3:00 p.m.