BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[KSCfan]

Congratulations to Keene State and Coach Howe espically.  That program has come so far in the last five years it stems directly from the coaching staff.  I was at both games today and i have never seen a keene team hit like that, it was amazing.  Gutsy performance by the KSC pitching staff as kids stepped up with sore arms to get the job done.  Nothing againt Eastern but it will be nice to see someone else on the LEC baseball page.  What seed is keene in the regionals.  Prob a 3 but i think they should get the 2 over wheaton.  But hey im a homer, did USM do enough to punch thier ticket, i think thier resume is better than Easterns and should get in.  Sunday night will be interesting

[wordsmith]

-KSC currently ranks 5th in the Nation in Team Batting Average. In the Nation, not the LEC, not New England, the nation. The nation, not New England, the nation, we're talkin 'bout the nation, not, not, New England, the nation.

We'll see what quality front line pitching in the LEC can do with the line-up they roll out there.  They say good pitching will stop good hitting we'll see.

Word

And so it ends. Another LEC Tourney in the books. Today makes it offical it is no longer the Big 2 and the Little Rest. It is now the Big 3. Swampies mash out 35 runs on 40 hits in 2 games.

Some final observations-

Congrats to KSC Coach Howe, Coach Marty and the players.

I hope USM gets a NC2A bid, they deserve it, even if they have to go to NY.  Swampies should be the 3 seed in NE.

It appeared to me the umps missed the call in left field in the first game. I saw Doyon catch the ball then have it pop out and hit the fence then he grabbed it in the air.

Biggest crowd I have ever seen at a KSC game.
Some pictures of the crowd down the left field line that gave the USM players a hard time.
http://www.killsometime.com/Pictures/Picture.asp?ID=376

Tip of the cap to Adam Ross and Ben Sondberg who both pitched on 2 days rest.

Word

[dgilblair]

Congrats to the Owls.  Not what I thought would happen today, expected Maine to win one of the games.  Really didn't think the Huskies would spit the bit like that. Well deserved.  

[santeezy06]

Looks like we got 3 spots:

May 14-18
Hosted by Eastern College Athletic Conference, Harwich, Massachusetts
1. Trinity (Connecticut) (37-0)
2. Wheaton (Massachusetts) (32-8)
3. Keene State (33-9)
4. Southern Maine (32-12)5. Western New England (31-11)
6. St. Joseph's (Maine) (28-16)
7. Worcester State (23-16)
8. Castleton State (20-10)

Hosted by Ithaca College, Auburn, New York
1. Cortland State (38-3)
2. Ithaca (28-11)
3. Rensselaer (30-10)
4. Montclair State (26-18)
5. Eastern Connecticut State (29-13)
6. Farmingdale (23-13)
7. Ohio Wesleyan (28-17)
8. Grove City (18-16)

Go LEC..................................... I wish all three teams the best of luck we'll be well represented with the caliber of play demonstrated by these teams.

[KSCfan]

Eastern has a serious shot of winning that New York Regional.  Eastern is always a tough team in tournaments.  Of the three teams that made it to the regionals which team has the best shot of going to Wisconsin.  Im goin to take Keene and here is why.  If USM wins thier first game they get Trinity which is like a buzzsaw.  Keene if they win will get Wheaton (see 2007 NE Tourny here)  I think that Keene wil beat Wheaton and go upaginst Trintiy in the winner bracket finals.   But, Eastern has a good shot in New York,  I dont know much about the NY regional but i do know that Eastern won that regional two years ago to go the D3WS.  Cant wait to go to Harwich.  Anyone know the schedule of games yet.  Im assuming something like 9am 1v8, 12pm for the 2v7, 3pm for the 3v6 and 6pm for the 4v5. But thats a guess

[Jcon8958]

Regional times another great time of year now that we see who has made it let me just start of by saying Im rooting for KSC to make it to the WS I have seen them play many times this year and even though i think there pitching is still very suspect with Maybee in the 2 slot They have the offense to make up for that.

[rbgosfan]

Here is the link for all the info on the NE regional.
http://www.ecacsports.com/sports/spring/bsb/news/2008_NCAA_Division_III_Participant_Manual.pdf?dec=

[hockeyfan77]

Eastern has a serious shot of winning that New York Regional.  Eastern is always a tough team in tournaments.  Of the three teams that made it to the regionals which team has the best shot of going to Wisconsin.  Im goin to take Keene and here is why.  If USM wins thier first game they get Trinity which is like a buzzsaw.  Keene if they win will get Wheaton (see 2007 NE Tourny here)  I think that Keene wil beat Wheaton and go upaginst Trintiy in the winner bracket finals.   But, Eastern has a good shot in New York,  I dont know much about the NY regional but i do know that Eastern won that regional two years ago to go the D3WS.  Cant wait to go to Harwich.  Anyone know the schedule of games yet.  Im assuming something like 9am 1v8, 12pm for the 2v7, 3pm for the 3v6 and 6pm for the 4v5. But thats a guess

Well here is the video link

http://www.d3cast.com/index.php
 
And this ist he first day schedule.......
First Round Games, Wednesday, May 14                                   
Game One:     Western New England vs. Southern Maine                9:30
Game Two:     Castleton State vs. Trinity                           1:00
Game Three:   St. Joseph's vs. Keene State                          4:30
Game Four:    Worcester State vs. Wheaton                           8:00

[ECSUalum]

Back from a college graduation in DC.

Wanted to congratulate Keene St on a fantastic season. and Good luck to both Keene and USM in the NE Regional.  Will be rooting for both.

ECSU will have its hands fulll with Cortland St.  Good success in the past, but just glad the Warriors got in.  TEE definitely needs to get the bats going

[Jcon8958]

Also I dont think that eastern should have even got into the tourney they are in on reputaion alone. I would have put suffolk in over them its just reputation and not only that they got put into the easier regional just my thoughts.

[Paul Heering]

At the beginning of the season I predicted that Suffolk would go to Harwich but I think ECSU deserved the bid based on what they did this year. 

Was this based on their reputation only?

              Apr 14, 2008 at Mansfield, Conn. (Mansfield Complex)

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Suffolk University.. 222 110 000 -  8 11  2
Eastern Connecticut. 300 004 03X - 10 11  4
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Win - Esposito (2-0).  Loss - DiMarco (1-1).  Save - Wojick (3).

[kscer]

I am not a fan of Eastern but I think they deserved a bid over Suffolk. And it took a major effort to oust them from the LEC tourney. They drew Montclair State for their first game. It will be interesting to see how NJAC/LEC "best conference" scenario  plays out at the end of the season when it counts rather than in AZ when MSU beat Keene.

[kscer]

Do we dare think about the possibility of two LEC teams going to the World Series. I for one have not conceded Harwich to Trinity. They may have some stud pitchers, but they ain't played nobody but Eastern an a bad day. 37-0 is awesome and even with a weak schedule would be hard to accomplish. A great achievement. But I will be surprised if they can win at Harwich against Wheaton, USM and KSC.

[hockeyfan77]

You can't concede the tourney to anyone...If you bunt, put the ball in play and put pressure on the pitcher and D: then any team or any pitcher can be beaten...I have not seem Trinty play, have heard get things about them but they have not played a very tough schedule

Here have a look
http://www.trincoll.edu/athletics/main.aspx?mode=schedule&t_id=41&year=0


But the most impressive stat I have seen in a long time:

                 IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
Tim Kiely  70.0  55  13  11   1  75 


1 BB in 70 innings: a 75/1  K/BB ratio...

Bunt and use speed against this kid

[363dp]

LEC with 3 bids??  They might prove me wrong, but I do not think so. USM gave up 36 runs after their top 3 pitchers had pitched, how can they survive in an eight team tourney? Without Gilblair, Eastern is only a little above average. Keene is legit.