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Summary: Salve Regina University baseball travels to Endicott College for the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championships; Seahawks need to win two and Gulls need just one win to take conference championship and automatic bid to NCAA Division III Championships.

Match-up: No. 4 Salve Regina Seahawks (24-16-1; 10-6 CCC) will face No. 2 Endicott Gulls (29-13; 13-3 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Wed., May 11, 2016, 12 p.m. (Game 10) at North Field (Beverly, Mass.); if Seahawks win Game 10, Game 11 will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first.

GAME 10
Live stats: http://bit.ly/21UtP3A
Video: http://bit.ly/1NpW3Ro

GAME 11 (if necessary)
Live stats: http://bit.ly/1Og48YY
Video: http://bit.ly/1Mc48nX Play-by-play call from Salve Regina sports information director, Ed Habershaw

Directions: http://bit.ly/1sbCZwF

Ticket Info: Free admission with parking available on campus

Game notes: Download a PDF version of the game notes here

Latest from the CCC: http://bit.ly/1T4JF62

CCC statistical leaders: http://www.cccathletics.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/leaders

Series edge: Salve Regina and Endicott have met 50 times in baseball with the Gulls holding a 27-23 edge in the all-time series including winning 12 of the last 15 meetings. The last two Seahawk victories have been by shutout ... 2-0 on April 30, 2015, by Kyle Pheland, and 5-0 on April 24, 2016, by Cory Poplawski.

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SALVE REGINA IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• The Seahawks have won seven (7) Commonwealth Coast Conference baseball championships since entering as a charter member; titles in 1985, 1991-1994, 2001, and 2005.
• Salve Regina's four-year string of titles from 1991 to 1994 was only matched (and surpassed) by five in a row from Western New England University (2008 to 2012).
• Salve Regina has also reached the finals on five other occasions - 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2007.
• These two teams met in the finals two other times - Salve Regina won the matchup in 2001 on Reynolds Field, and two years later Endicott won 13-10 at Cardines Field (both in Newport).

HOW THEY GOT HERE
Endicott has gone unbeaten in three games. The Gulls opened with a 28-4 (yes, 28) win against Gordon last Thursday. Next day, Endicott survived a ninth-inning, three-run rally to hold on for a 6-5 victory over Salve Regina. In a matchup of undefeated teams on Monday, Endicott defeated Western New England, 9-2, to advance to championship round.

Salve Regina won its postseason opener on the road at Nichols, 8-3, before suffering the 6-5 setback at Endicott. Weather forced postponements and allowed the Seahawks to host the Colonels on Sunday, and Salve Regina eliminated Curry College, 12-6, on Reynolds Field. On Tuesday, Salve Regina traveled to Western New England and defeated the Golden Bears for the first time in the last 18 tries (since 2010) with a final score, 9-1.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY

• Salve Regina split the regular-season meetings with Endicott in Beverly, Mass., on April 24, 2016.
• The Seahawks fell to the Gulls, 6-5, in second day action of the 2016 CCC Baseball Championships.

2016 SALVE REGINA WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
Cory Poplawski - CCC Pitcher of the Week - March 28
John Militano - CCC Player of the Week - March 28
Colton Eremian - CCC Rookie of the Week - April 4
Alex Perry - CCC Player of the Week - April 11
Zack Smith - CCC Rookie of the Week - April 11
Zack Smith - CCC Rookie of the Week - May 2

3B Eremian, 2B Militano, 1B Perry, SP Poplawski, and OF Smith were joined on the all-conference team by DH Tristan Dacey, RP Sean Healy, OF Ryan Kelly, and C Christian Vargas.

ALL-TIME CCC BASEBALL CHAMPIONS

COACHES' CORNER

• Seahawks have reached postseason in each of head coach Eric Cirella's three seasons.
• Cirella has a 76-47-1 (.617) record in three seasons.
• The third-year head coach is the fifth skipper in the history of the Salve Regina baseball program and the only former player to ever take the helm.