Championship Schedule Softball Thursday, May 4 at highest seeds
Game 1 - No. 3 Molloy at No. 2 Mercy- 12:00 p.m. Game 2 - No. 4 Bridgeport vs. No. 1 LIU Post - 3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 5 - at LIU Post
Game 3 - Winners from Games 1 & 2 - 10:00 a.m. Game 4 - Loser from Games 1 & 2 - 12:30 p.m. Game 5 - Loser of Game 3 vs.Winner of Game 4 - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 at LIU Post - Championship Game 6 - Winners from Game 4 & 5 - 12:00 p.m. Game 7 - If necessary - 2:30 p.m.
East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.372.0332
Melissa Reilly Associate Commissioner mreilly@eccsports.org 631.372.1886
Casey Rafferty Assistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org 631.372.0886
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2017 Softball Championship Recap May 4
No. 3 NYIT d. No. 2 Molloy, 3-0 No. 1 Mercy d. No. 4 LIU Post, 5-2 at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
May 6
No. 1 Mercy d. No. 3 NYIT, 3-2 (8 inn.) No. 4 LIU Post d. No. 2 Molloy, 3-2 (9 inn.) No. 4 LIU Post d. No. 3 NYIT, 6-2 at Rockville Centre, N.Y.
May 7 - Final
No. 4 LIU Post d. No. 1 Mercy, 7-2 No. 1 Mercy d. No. 4 LIU Post, 7-0 at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Past Champions 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Southampton Southampton C.W. Post C.W. Post Molloy Dowling Adelphi C.W. Post Queens
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
C.W. Post Queens C.W. Post C.W. Post C.W. Post Dowling C.W. Post Dowling C.W. Post
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
C.W. Post Dowling Molloy Molloy Molloy LIU Post Queens Molloy Mercy
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 2 Gabryelle Dubois Sr. 3 Amanda Staheli Sr. 4 Brittany Prock Fr. 5 Reanna Lizardo So. 6 Samantha Sabor So. 7 Yalitza Rodriguez Sr. 9 Ashley Eisnor So. 10 Allison Luzzi So. 11 Elyssa Marmolejo Fr. 13 Kaira Ramon Fr. 14 Hope Lincoln Fr. 15 Jenna DiLorenzo Jr. 16 Abbigail Blanchard So. 17 Cherlynn Townsend 18 Kamryn Beach Jr. 19 Stephanie Dean Jr. 21 Jordan Hillyer Fr. 22 Miranda Hillman Fr. 23 Samantha Ferreri Fr. 33 Sarah Silver Fr. 77 Alexandria Rodi So.
Pos IF P P UT IF C/IF P IF IF UT C OF OF Jr. IF UT OF P OF IF IF
B/T R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R R/R L/R UT R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-4 5-11 5-4 5-1 5-2 5-5 5-11 5-6 5-3 5-3 5-6 5-7 5-9 R/R 5-9 5-8 5-2 5-10 5-4 5-6 5-5
Hometown/Previous School Carlisle, Iowa/Southwest CC Pecatonic, Ill./Loyola-Chicago Sunnyvale, Calif. /Homestead Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central Freeport, N.Y. /Monroe College Medford, Mass. /Medford East Haven, Conn/ East Haven Rialto, Calif./Los Ojos Stamford, Conn./Westhill N. Providence, R.I./ St. Mary Academy Woodbridge, Conn./Amity Pawcatuck, Conn./Stonington 5-1 Hurst, Texas/Birdville Tampa, Fla./Tampa Prep Old Lyme Conn./Mercy Windham, N.H./Windham Placentia, Calif./Valencia Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge Vernon, Conn./Rockville Cranston, R.I. /Bay View Academy
Coach Dawn Stearns
Allison Luzzi
Head Coach: Dawn Stearns (9th Season) Assistant Coaches: Shalise Tolentino, Samantha Rossetti, Caitlin Eichler
Quick Facts
Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights
Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Alert Salonen Director of Athletics: Anthony Vitti
Kaira Ramon
Did You Know?
• Along with leading his team to the last two NCAA Division II East Regional titles and a berth in the NCAA Final Four two seasons ago, UB head women’s soccer coach Magnus Nilerud earned his 250th career victory this season. • UB has recently broken ground for a new baseball field adjacent to campus in beautiful Seaside Park. • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last nine USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships. • UB’s women’s swimming team captured its first Metropolitan Conference title in February of 2016.
About Bridgeport
Amanda Staheli
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.
LIU POST
Coach Jamie Apicella
Abbey Fortin
No. Name Yr Pos 2 Cameron Lischinsky Fr. IF 3 Jaclyn Hahn Sr. IF 5 Megan Sneeden So. OF/C 6 Alex Hutchins Jr. IF 7 Allie Laird So. IF 8 Claire Travis Sr. OF 10 Katie Humhej So. P 12 Patricia Dun Fr. IF 13 Hannah Olshevski Jr. P 15 Abbey Fortin So. OF 17 Ashley Melendez Jr. 1B 18 Hanna Finkelstein Fr. P/OF 19 Breanna Klaiber Fr. IF 20 Ashley Casazza So. OF 21 Gianna Gatto Sr. 1B 22 Julia Seader Jr. C 24 Marisa San Antonio Sr. OF 25 Leah Mele Jr. IF 33 Amanda Arena Fr. 1B
B/T L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-8 5-7 5-4 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-10 5-8 5-7 6-0 5-5 5-8 5-5 5-6 5-4 5-6 5-3 4-11 5-9
Hometown/Previous School Mahopac, N.Y./Lakeland Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point Valley Cottage, N.Y./Nyack Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Surrey, B.C., Canada/Lord Tweedsmuir Surrey, B.C., Canada/Sullivan Heights Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville Langley, B.C., Canada/Walnut Grove Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees Richmond, B.C./Hugh Boyd Ironton, Ohio./Wheelersburg Wantagh, N.Y. / Seaford Hauppauge, N.Y. / Smithtown West Piscataway, N.J. / Piscataway East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Coram, N.Y./Longwood West Islip, N.Y./West Islip
Head Coach: Jamie Apicella (20th Season) Assistant Coaches: Carla Campagna, Lou Vanacore
Quick Facts Hannah Olshevski
Location: Brookville, N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Director of Athletics: Debbie DeJong
Did You Know?
Julia Seader
About LIU Post
• Junior Julia Seader eclipsed the 200-hit mark for her career with a single against Molloy College April 24. • Sophomore Abbey Fortin ranks in the top-15 nationally in total bases this season. • Junior Hannah Olshevski leads the ECC in earned run average. • Head coach Jamie Apicella is seeking his ninth conference title at the helm of the Pioneer program.
The LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region. LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activities each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post’s award-winning Cooperative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and community service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings. LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields. For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.
MERCY COLLEGE No. Name Yr 1 Erica Handegard So. 2 Allie Pellizzaro Sr. 3 Destini Bullock So. 5 Yazzy Jameson Jr. 7 Marisa Miano Jr. 9 Mackenzie Dunlop Jr. 10 Cassidy Wootten Sr. 11 Casey Akers Fr. 13 Breanna Wheeler So. 15 Skania Lemus Sr. 16 Alexis Carmichael So. 18 Raina Gorman Jr. 20 Jessica Lombardi So. 22 Morgan Lloyd Sr. 24 Mikayla Newham Jr. 25 Conlyn Zogzas Fr. 30 Hannah Mueller Fr. 40 Bailee Nunes Fr. 44 Baylee McCormick Sr. 49 Emma Gilaga Jr. 50 Kaylee Stevens Jr.
Pos B/T SS/2B/OF R/R OF/P S/R 3B/C R/R P R/R OF L/R OF L/R SS R/R OF R/R 2B/OF S/R 3B R/R P/1B L/L P/UT R/R OF L/L OF R/R OF L/R SS/2B R/R 1B L/R C/UT R/R C R/R OF R/R P/1B R/R
Ht 5-4 5-6 5-5 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-8 5-4 5-3 5-6 5-8 5-9 5-3 5-9 5-8 5-2 5-8 5-1 5-9 5-5 5-7
Hometown/Previous School Reno, Nev./Earl Wooster Victoria, B.C./Eastern Arizona CC San Diego, Calif./Helix San Diego, Calif./Southwestern CC Las Vegas, Nev./Colorado Mesa University Surrey, B.C./West Virginia State University Ardsley, N.Y./Monroe College Keller, Texas/Timber Creek Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta Chula Vista, Calif./Southwestern CC Allen, Texas/Allen Ardsley, N.Y./Florida Southwestern State Cliffside Park, N.J./Cliffside Park East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme Redding, Calif./Yavapai College Huntersville, N.C./Lake Norman Charter Fair Oaks, Calif./Bella Vista Lincoln, Calif./Lincoln Las Vegas, Nev./Indian Springs Elmwood Park, N.J./Elmwood Park Memorial Simi Valley, Calif./Royal
Coach Mike Fazio
Raina Gorman
Head Coach: Mike Fazio (8th Season) Assistant Coaches: Robert Soricelli, Steve Greenwald, Kati Golino, Jackie Kielty
Quick Facts
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Founded: 1950 Enrollment: 9,403 Nickname: Mavericks
Colors: Blue and White President: Timothy L. Hall Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr.
Skania Lemus
Did You Know?
• Mercy is making their second straight appearance in the ECC Championships after winning their first ECC Championship last season. • Senior Skania Lemus is second in the ECC in hitting and RBI. • The Mercy College Athletic Department had a school-record 3.278 cumulative GPA in the Fall semester. • Nine out of 10 teams finished with above a 3.0 cumulative GPA in Fall semester.
About Mercy:
Mikayla Newham
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, 25 of which are offered online, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts education within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may take classes during the day, evenings, weekends, and online, so that they can fit a rigorous Mercy College education into their busy lives. Mercy College also offers tremendous financial support so that the cost of college is not a barrier to success. The faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in their fields. Mercy College offers a comprehensive intercollegiate NCAA Division II program that sponsors 16 varsity sports. The main campus located on the scenic banks of the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry is just minutes from Manhattan. Mercy College students reside in the College’s on campus dormitory and within the suburban community of Dobbs Ferry. Intramural activities are also offered throughout the year for the recreational athlete. To apply to Mercy College visit www.mercy. edu or call 1-877-MERCYGO.
MOLLOY COLLEGE
Coach Susan Cassidy-Lyke
Brianna Dalton
No. Name Yr 1 Chrissy Heyer Sr. 4 Jaclyn Rodriguez Fr. 5 Tonianne Larson Fr. 6 Bernadette Mullane Sr. 7 Alexandra Russo Sr. 8 Brianna Dalton Sr. 9 Sarah Glaser Fr. 10 Courtney Greene Fr. 15 Jenna Turato Jr. 20 Olivia Banulski Sr. 24 Mikaela Tribby So. 27 Ellyn Byrnes Jr. 30 Tara Byrnes Jr. 32 Sarah Rambo Sr. 33 Emily Brierly So. 77 Kaitlyn Snyder Jr.
Pos OF C/3B P OF C SS OF P P OF INF OF 1B 1B/3B Utl. OF
B/T L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-0 5-3 5-5 5-10 5-4 5-6 5-3 5-8 5-2 5-6 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-6
Hometown/Previous School Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn College Franklin Square, N.Y./Carey Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach Bellmore, N.Y./Holy Trinity Coram, N.Y./Longwood Northampton, Pa./Northampton Area Melville, N.Y./Walt Whitman East Islip, N.Y./East Islip Garden City South, N.Y./H. Frank Carey Bristol, Conn./Bristol Central Boca Raton, Fla./Spanish River Community Huntington, N.Y./Huntington Huntington, N.Y./Huntington Eagleville, Pa./Methacton New Rochelle, N.Y. Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge
Head Coach: Susan Cassidy-Lyke (13th Season) Assistant Coach: Dayna White, Kelley Jansen
Quick Facts
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Colors: Maroon and White Founded: 1955 President: Drew Bogner, Ph.D Enrollment: 3,300 Director of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-Lyke Nickname: Lions Jenna Turato
Did You Know?
Kaitlyn Snyder
About Molloy
• The Lions were the East Super Regional Champions in 2017 and made the NCAA Division II National Championship. • Head Coach Susan-Cassidy Lyke won her 400th career game Mar. 29 against Queens. • Senior Sarah Rambo tallied two RBIs, and junior Kaitlyn Snyder recorded one RBI in Molloy’s 3-0 win over LIU Post in the 2016 ECC Championship game. • Jaylen Morris (Class of 2017) signed with the Atlanta Hawks and became the first Molloy basketball player to appear in an NBA game.
Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimensional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today.
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