BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[wordsmith]

Here is a quick maybe even fun topic for all the LECers out there:

Who is your team's biggest rival in the LEC?

Keene's biggest rival for years was USM, not so sure anymore as EConn may have taken that spot.

Who is EConn's biggest rival (and don't say everyone) is it in state WConn, USM, RIC, or KSC?
Who is USM's biggest rival (and don't say the NCAA) just kidding, just kidding

So JConn, Santeezy, all the EConn posters, KSC fans, hockeyfan77, UMD/Plymouth/WConn fans out there (cue the crickets chirpping here) weigh in on this.

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[LEC Fan]

Having played at KSC for 4 years I would have to say it is a close call with USM and ECONN.

I think I would have to favor ECSU as the bigger rival. KSC and ECSU played each other so many times in the last 5 years and the majority of the games have been 1 or 2 run games. You can't beat that for a rivalry! IMO

[ECSUalum]

Here is a quick maybe even fun topic for all the LECers out there:

Who is your team's biggest rival in the LEC?

Keene's biggest rival for years was USM, not so sure anymore as EConn may have taken that spot.

Who is EConn's biggest rival (and don't say everyone) is it in state WConn, USM, RIC, or KSC?
Who is USM's biggest rival (and don't say the NCAA) just kidding, just kidding

So JConn, Santeezy, all the EConn posters, KSC fans, hockeyfan77, UMD/Plymouth/WConn fans out there (cue the crickets chirpping here) weigh in on this.

Word

In order of historic rivalry:

1) USM
2) KSC, (KSC has been ECSU's overall biggest rival in mens sports except perhaps basketball which would be WCSU and or RIC)
3) WCSU
4) RIC
5-7) UMB,UMD,PSC

[hockeyfan77]

Well after the NCAA    

Since 1997 ( the year I started there)

1. ECSU


2. KSU


3. UMD


4. The rest

[santeezy06]

I would say RIC's biggest rival is UMD due to where they are geographically located................

[ECSUalum]

Sam Church pitches well and goes 5 inn giving up  2 runs, 4 hits, 6 BB and 4 SOs

Bass with dramatic save in bottom of 9th, 1 out, runners on first and second base, with batter lining out to Castillo who then picked off runner at 2nd for DP!! Whew!!!!!!!

Park and Dewing go 2-4 and drive in 2 a piece


Score by Innings                                  R  H  E
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ECSU                  012 012 001 -           7 13  2
Babson.............. 000 201 020 -           5 11  1
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[KSCfan]

Word as a kscfan i would have to say for me anyway

1.  Eastern- 2006 the lec tournament from hell where eastern takes two from keene and the lec championship out from under thier nose, then 2007 Keene beats eastern in the lec finals game 1 to get walked off on in game 2 and then 2 war games in the regionals .  Then in 2008 Jamie Morins Lec tournament game at Keene to beat eastern and go to the championship game.  Those 3 years would make me lean towards keenes is eastern

I know thier is a lot of history between USM and Eastern so for them it might be each other but for keene im going eastern,

Big week for Keene as they have Plymouth tommrow and then WNEC on wed

[Hobbesy]

Id have to agree with Eastern and USM having the history but you cant deny Eastern and Keene St. have built a pretty good rivalry in the past four years.  They have met in the conference championship game in 3 of the last 4 years and met in the 2007 Regional final.  

Add in a Melvin Castillo back swing here and there   and that is a pretty special rivalry especially when you take into account the respect both teams have for each other.  

But in general, I always felt that every game in the LEC was a dogfight.  Western Connecticut thinks its the World Series when they beat Eastern, USM and Eastern are always at each others throats and the rest of the league is the same way.  

[wordsmith]

Id have to agree with Eastern and USM having the history but you cant deny Eastern and Keene St. have built a pretty good rivalry in the past four years.  They have met in the conference championship game in 3 of the last 4 years and met in the 2007 Regional final.  

Add in a Melvin Castillo back swing here and there   and that is a pretty special rivalry especially when you take into account the respect both teams have for each other.  

But in general, I always felt that every game in the LEC was a dogfight.  Western Connecticut thinks its the World Series when they beat Eastern, USM and Eastern are always at each others throats and the rest of the league is the same way.  

and....a EConn bunt with a 10 run lead in the 8th inning. 

[ECSUalum]

Listening to EXCELLENT play by play from John Cabral @ UMD vs RIC, which is still tied 1-1 after 11 full.
Lavesque pitched a gem for , I believe, 9 inns

[kscer]

Looks like KSC dodges a bullet and comes from 4-1 down in the seventh to win helped by a big error by PSU with runners on 1st and 3rd and two outs in the ninth. Let one run score and runner advance to third setting the stage for a walk off single by Diprato.

[santeezy06]

After a hard fought 12 inning battle RIC defeats UMD 6-1 to improve to 16-5 overall and 5-0 LEC


Gary Levesque goes 9 complete innings given up just one unearned run, the kid can deal..........

[ecfaninri]

Santeezy,,,
I thought that RIC wasn't going to use Lesveque as a pitcher this year? I believe he jas only pitched one other time. If they can not overuse him and continue to get good outings from Day and Vatter along with Thadeio, they are going to be really tough in the LEC tourney.

[Jcon8958]

UMB beats Suffolk today 9-1 to up there record to 13-9 they seem to be back on the right track. They have a big game tommorow vs. Babson at there place see if they can stay on the right track and get a big W.

[dchevy5]

Keene did indeed dodge a bullet today.  I was at the game and PSC really did outplay the Owls except for two throwing errors by the catcher,one in the the 7th and one in the 8th that essentially gave KSC the 4 runs they  needed.
Diprato's single was not a walk-off- it occured in the 8th inning to give KSC the lead.  PSU made it interesting in the ninth.  Lead-off walk, sac bunt (good baseball).  Next batter hit a slow ground ball up the middle that second baseman Jesse Cahill got in front of behind the bag, but was not going to have a play.  But the ball hit the bag and got out into short center field.  The runner had slowed into 3rd and then headed for home when the ball got through.   I still don't know if it was Cahill or SS Morrill who chased the ball down and through home where Cippy caught the ball up the first line a couple of steps and literally dove into the baserunner, glove first, for the second out of the inning.
PSU had 5 hits and four runs in the second inning off Pelkey, but did nothing else offensively.  PSU pitcher (Lefty #7) baffled KSC batters through 7.