May 5, 2008

Garden City, N.Y. - The Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College are the top seed for the upcoming East Coast Conference Baseball Championships, while the Adelphi University baseball team (23-23) clinched the sixth seed.

The Spartans tied with Dowling College and the University of New Haven atop the regular season standings, but earned the top seed through conference tiebreaking procedures. New Haven took the second seed, while Dowling is third.

Tournament action opens Wednesday with single elimination games. No. 3 seed Dowling will host No. 6 seed Adelphi, while No. 4 seed LIU/C.W. Post hosts No. 5 seed Molloy.

The tournament then shifts to the Golden Lions baseball stadium located on Dowling College's Brookhaven, New York campus. The tournament shifts to double elimination games Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Adelphi is the defending tournament champion, having topped C.W. Post in last year's final.

2008 ECC Baseball Championships

Wednesday, May 7 - at campus site of higher seeded team (single elimination)
(6) Adelphi at (3) Dowling, 3 p.m.
(5) Molloy at (4) C.W. Post, 3 p.m.

Friday, May 9-hosted by Dowling College (double elimination)
Game 1 - Winner No. 6/No. 3 vs. (2) New Haven, noon
Game 2 - Winner No. 5/No. 4 vs. (1) St. Thomas Aquinas, 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 10-hosted by Dowling College
Game 3 - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 9 a.m.
Game 4 - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, noon
Game 5 - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 3 p.m.

Sunday, May 11-hosted by Dowling College
Game 6 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 11 a.m.
Game 7 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6, following Game 6, if necessary