CCC Baseball: Seahawks seek three-peat with home cooking

MAY 5 | 3 p.m. COMMONWEALTH COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • NEWPORT, R.I.
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NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina University baseball team, two-time defending Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) champions, seeks its third straight title and second consecutive as the No. 1 seed.

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• Salve Regina junior Brett Wilkes (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) recorded a five-out save in game one, his fourth of the season. He threw an inning and two thirds, allowing one hit and striking out two.
• Salve Regina sophomore Dylan Ketch (Clinton, Conn.) went 4-for-7 on the day with four hits, two RBI, and two runs scored.
• Salve Regina senior Jonathan Lynch (Cumberland, R.I.) pitched two scoreless innings in game two. He allowed just one hit and struck our four in two innings of work to pick up his first win of the season (1-0).
• The Seahawks stole eight bases on the day including three in the sixth inning of game two as they broke open the game.
• Gadaleta went six innings for the Scots in game one allowing three runs on seven hits. He struck out three and walked one to fall to 1-3 on the season.
• Will Ginsberg (Sharon, Mass.) pitched five and a third innings in game one for Salve Regina, allowing two runs on seven hits while striking out three and walking six to improve to 4-2 on the mound.
• Noah Henkell (San Diego, Calif.) went four innings for the Scots in game two, surrendering two runs on four hits with two strikeouts before being relieved by Drew McCormack (Dover, N.H.) who takes the loss in just a third of an inning of work to fall to 0-1. McCormack allowed one runs on two hits, walked a man and struck out one. Erik Gauer (Wayland, N.Y.) who started the game at first base took to the mound and threw an inning and two thirds giving up three runs on five hits.
• Tom Beliveau (West Newbury, Mass.) went four innings deep for the Seahawks in game two striking out five while allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. Andrew Roman (Monson, Mass.) the tossed an inning of scoreless action before giving way to Lynch who secured the win with his two innings of scoreless work.
• Colin Trahon (Raynham, Mass.) came on in the seventh to close out the game for the Seahawks and struck out two.
• Salve Regina earns the number one seed in the CCC for the second consecutive season.

Full Recap: http://www.salveathletics.com/sports/bsb/2017-18/releases/20180502v48k38

CCC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – With two wins on the final day of the regular season, Salve Regina locked up the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Regular-Season Championship and earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming CCC Baseball Championship Tournament. The Seahawks finished with a 12-4 CCC record (23-13 overall).

The Seahawks will be looking for their third straight CCC Tournament title when the postseason gets underway this weekend.

Due to the regular season being extended because of rainouts, the tournament format has been adjusted from the originally published format. The first stage of the tournament will now take place over two days with a third day used if necessary.

The tournament will begin on Saturday, May 5 with top-seeded Seahawks and No. 2 seed Roger Williams each hosting a neutral-site games at noon. Salve will host No. 4 seed Endicott and No. 5 seed Wentworth, while Roger Williams will host No. 3 seed Western New England and No. 6 seed Gordon. The winners of the noon games will then play the hosts later that afternoon.

The Hawks earned the No. 2 seed with an 11-5 conference record (19-19 overall). WNE also went 11-5 in league play (26-12 overall), but lost both head-to-head contests with Roger Williams and was given the lower seed based on the conference tiebreaking procedure. The Gulls' 10-6 CCC record (24-14 overall) landed them the No. 4 spot in the seeding, while Wentworth and Gordon filled the last two tournament spots. The Leopards and Fighting Scots both had 8-8 conference records and split their head-to-head series. Wentworth was awarded the higher seed when the teams' results against other conference opponents were compared in rank order. Wentworth earned a win against No. 1 seed Salve Regina and thus was granted the No. 5 seed.

On day two of the tournament, Sunday, May 6, the teams will return to their Saturday sites with the two losers from each pod facing off at noon in elimination games. The winners of the early games will then play their respective pod's undefeated team. If an undefeated team loses, the teams will play an elimination game on Monday, May 7 at the home of the higher seed.

The two pod winners will continue on to the best-of-three CCC Championship Series, which is scheduled to take place on Friday-Saturday, May 11-12 at the higher seed. One game will be played on Friday with the second game and "if necessary" game scheduled for Saturday. While all games will be played at the higher seed's home field, the lower seed will be the "home" team in the first game on Saturday and bat second.

The winner of the CCC Championship Series will be named the CCC Tournament Champion and will earn the league's automatic qualifier into the 2018 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament.

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