Trinity lost because it played lousy defense...something that has been it's achilles heel this year and in years past.

Bayer threw so many innings this year....looks like it may have finally caught up. Kean was having alot of very comfortable at-bats.

The regional set up perfectly for Trinity. They were able to get by Westfield without using you know who. They got to use Bayer against SMe. They got WPI in the winner's bracket final without having to face Fahey or their #2. And they hung on vs. Eastern.

But this wasn't the Trinity from last year. Dibenedetto and Bourdon were very solid defensively last year.

Look at Bayer's stats this year. He either gave up an obscene amount of unearned runs, or his best friend was the statistician.

Transferring into most NESCAC schools is very, very difficult. I know that Bayer did it, but it rarely happens except from top notch schools like Mayberry transferring to Hamilton from UNC and Walker transferring from UCSan Diego to Middlebury.

But with the success that Bayer had, it would not surprise me to see Trinity get a few more Catamounts.

Sorry but I have to disagree with those comments. Decker struck lightning with Natale and Kiely. One of my closest friends coached Jeff in high school. He was recruited for hockey and hockey only. He just so happened to be a phenomenal hitter, likely the best the NESCAC has ever seen.

And I do not think that Kiely was recruited to play baseball. He didn't even play his freshman year. The weird thing is that his high school pitching teammate was Chris Gingle, who was a top recruit at Tufts that ended up being a bust.

Decker is a phenomenal coach, but sometimes, you have to get lucky, too. He's made the most of it, though.

I thought that was you, Slick....

So when does Trinity get a real college baseball field? Kind of tough to see the football field next to it that looks like a cathedral...

This will be Trinity's 4th CWS in this decade. They are clearly the top program in NE.
I understgand the gripes about their schedule. They clearly should be challenging themselves more often. However, they didn't get to play the Eastern game because of rain this year, so that effected their SOS. Unfortunately, the NESCAC puts so many restrictions on how you schedule that there is nothing the schools can really do. I'd love to see the NESCAC bite the bullet and allow its teams to play a full 40 game schedule. It's not like the schools are going to lose any academic integrity.

I think Hamilton is an NE team but the midweek games count as regional games because of the proximity of those schools to Hamilton...just like when you guys play RPI, I think it counts as a regional game.

BTW, Rick, if you used to play ss for Williams, really enjoyed watching you play...but it may have been because my brother was throwing a shutout aginst you....I enjoyed just about everything that day.

Kiely wasn't throwing much harder than 89-90 when I saw him.

I think Bayer will be a late draft pick or minor league signing like Randy Newsom was 6 years ago.

1. I think Southern Maine is the favorite. I think they beat Bayer today.
2. I think WPI has the better #2, but that one seems to be a tossup.
3. Eastern and only Eastern can come out of the losers bracket. If they win today, they'll play the loser of Trin-SMU tomorrow...
4. The NY region is very, very weak. WNEC caught a huge break going there. The could definitely win it.

I don't see Trinity winning it this year...not the same type of talent they had last year on the bump. They kicked it around a fair amount last year, but having Bourdon and DiBenedetto on the left side made their infield alot more sound than it is this year.

They beat up on a very, very weak schedule this year. Their game vs. Eastern was cancelled and the NESCAC was probably weaker than it has been in the last 5 years. They played one good team up North, so it is very difficult to gage this team's abiolity. But I will be very surprised if they win this region.

I am surprised nobody's mentionned this but ECSU really got screwed in having to play Babson in the first round. First off, Babson is not an 8 seed. They are better than Husson and Westfield St. Second, Aizenstat is a very strong #1. This could very well be a trap game for ECSU.

Trinity caught a break in that Ramsey can probably hold off Westfield St. and allow Bayer to face Southern Maine. The only problem they'll face is that Bayer won't be able to start 2 games unless rain funks up the schedule.

Still, if ECSU beats Babson, I think they are in good shape because of their pitching depth. That's the biggest weapon a team needs in a regional.

Tufts vs. Trinity in the finals as Tufts beats Williams 15-9.

Interesting that even if Trinity wins, the Tufts senior class will have won more NESCAC tourney games than all other senior classes in the league.

Can't imagine their being a bigger underdog in a championship than Tufts right now. Casey manages to get his boys to compete every year, but the last step is a monstrous one.

Amherst can lose to Hamilton and beat Williams to get the 1 seed. They would both be 8-4 in that scenario.

Tough spot for the Jeffs..Hamilton, with Foster, is a legitimate team. Then, after battling him, you have to face Benz the next day?!?!? That's a tough weekend...

Last year's senior class at Williams did not make the NESCAC tourney eveyr year. They missed in their freshman year when Amherst and Wesleyan made it.

A UMass Boston fan talking about another team's lack of class is the defintion of irony...

Looks like it's Amherst and whoever wins the Wesleyan/Williams series next weekend although lots of odd scenarios are still possible in the West.

Tufts somehow took 2 of 3 vs. Bowdoin, so they are looking good for the 2 seed in the East, although they still might not be able to sweep Colby, which would allow Bowdoin to get in with a sweep of Bates.

Still looks like everyone's fighting for 2nd place, though. Trinity is just getting better talent these days. The Wood, Piacentini, Killeen, Graham part of the lineup is scary good.