Baseball Earns First ECAC Berth
CENTERVILLE, Mass. – The Mitchell College baseball team earned its first-ever berth into the ECAC Division III New England Championship, as announced by the league on Monday afternoon.
The sixth-seeded Mariners will travel to third-seeded Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a first round match-up on Wednesday, May 8 at 3 p.m. The game will be played at Briggs Field in Cambridge, Mass.
The semifinals and finals will be hosted by top-seeded Suffolk University on May 11-12. Suffolk will receive a first-round bye and will face either fifth-seeded Coast Guard Academy or fourth-seeded Husson University in one semifinal. The Mitchell/MIT winner will take on either Elms College or Castleton State College in the other semifinal.
Mitchell (23-14-1 overall) is coming off a loss to Daniel Webster College in the finals of the New England Collegiate Conference Championship. MIT (24-11 overall) was eliminated from the NEWMAC Tournament by Wheaton College.
2013 ECAC Division III New England Championship
First Round – Wednesday, May 8
No. 7 Elms College (19-19) at No. 2 Castleton State College (28-13), 3:30 p.m.
No. 6 Mitchell College (23-14-1) at No. 3 MIT (24-11), 3 p.m.
No. 5 United States Coast Guard Academy (22-16) vs. No. 4 Husson University (26-17), 3:30 p.m.
Semifinals – Saturday, May 11, Hosted by Suffolk University
No. 1 Suffolk University (29-12) vs. No. 4/No. 5 winner, 12 p.m.
No. 2/No. 7 winner vs. No. 3/No. 6 winner, 3 p.m.
Championship – Sunday, May 12, Hosted by Suffolk University
Two Semifinal Winners, 12 p.m.