Championship Schedule Softball Wednesday, May 1 at highest seeds
Game 1 - No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas at No. 2 Bridgeport - 3:00 p.m. Game 2 - No. 4 NYIT vs. No. 1 LIU Post - 3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 3 - 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 4 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
The 2019 East Coast Conference Softball Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Asisstant Commissioner for Strategic Communications, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by Casey Rafferty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
2018 Softball Championship Recap May 2
No. 2 Mercy d. No. 3 Molloy, 4-3 (10 inn.) No. 1 LIU Post d. No. 4 Bridgeport, 4-3
May 5 - Final
May 4
No. 1 LIU Post d. No. 2 Mercy, 3-2 (9 inn.) No. 3 Molloy d. No. 4 Bridgeport, 6-2 (9 inn.) No. 3 Molloy d. No. 2 Mercy, 8-5 (8 inn.) at Brookville, N.Y.
No. 3 Molloy d. No. 1 LIU Post, 3-1 No. 1 LIU Post d. No. 3 Molloy, 4-1 at Brookville, N.Y.
Past Champions 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Southampton Southampton C.W. Post C.W. Post Molloy Dowling Adelphi C.W. Post Queens C.W. Post
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Queens C.W. Post C.W. Post C.W. Post Dowling C.W. Post Dowling C.W. Post C.W. Post Dowling
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Molloy Molloy Molloy LIU Post Queens Molloy Mercy LIU Post
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name 2 Cassidy Blackwell 3 Amanda Staheli 5 Reanna Lizardo 6 Samantha Sabor 9 Ashley Eisnor 10 Allison Luzzi 11 Elyssa Marmolejo 13 Kaira Ramon 14 Hope Lincoln 15 Jenna DiLorenzo 16 Abbigail Blanchard 17 Cherlynn Townsend 18 Kamryn Beach 19 Stephanie Dean 21 Selena Mauro 22 Miranda Hillman 23 Sam Ferreri 27 Skylar Glaude 33 Sarah Silver
Yr Jr Gr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So.
Pos OF P UTL IF P IF IF UTL C OF OF C IF UTL UTL P OF IF IF
B/T R-R R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R L-R L-L R-R R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R
Ht 5-4 5-11 5-1 5-2 5-11 5-6 5-3 5-3 5-6 5-7 5-9 5-1 5-9 5-8 5-4 5-10 5-4 5-6 5-6
Hometown/Previous School Los Angeles, Calif./Hampton College Pecatonic, Ill./Loyola-Chicago Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central Medford, Mass./Medford East Haven, Conn./East Haven Rialto, Calif. /Los Osos Stamford, Conn./Westhill N. Providence, R.I./St. Mary Academy Woodbridge, Conn./Amity Pawtucket, R.I./Stonington Hurst, Texas/Birdville Tampa, Fla./Tampa Prep Old Lyme Conn./Mercy East Haven, Conn./East Haven Placentia, Calif./Valencia Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge Las Vegas, Nev./Foothill Vernon, Conn./Rockville
Coach Dawn Stearns
Allison Luzzi
Head Coach: Dawn Stearns (10th Season) Assistant Coaches: Ray Ramelli Jr, Samantha Rosetti and Caitlin Eichlerr
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
Samantha Sabor
Did You Know?
• UB women’s soccer program claimed the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship with a 1-0 win over Grand Valley St. • UB recently began play in its new baseball field adjacent to campus in beautiful Seaside Park. • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last 10 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships.
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 00 Ashlie Livermore Fr. IF 1 Jayna Rios Fr. IF 2 Cameron Lischinsky So. IF 5 Megan Sneeden Jr. OF/C 6 Alex Hutchins Sr. IF 7 Allie Laird Jr. IF 10 Katie Humhej Jr. P 12 Patricia Dun So. IF 13 Hannah Olshevski Sr. P 15 Abbey Fortin Jr. OF 17 Ashley Melendez Sr. 1B 18 Hanna Finkelstein So. P/OF 19 Breanna Klaiber So. IF 20 Ashley Casazza Jr. OF 22 Julia Seader Sr. C 23 Kara Castaldo Fr. IF 24 Morgan Hernnadez Fr. IF 25 Leah Mele Sr. IF 26 Amanda Arena R-Fr. 1B 27 Victoria Aspiazu Fr. IF
B/T R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-6 5-1 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-5 5-10 5-8 5-7 6-0 5-5 5-8 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-5 4-11 5-9 5-4
Hometown/Previous School Oakley, Calif./Freedom Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Mahopac, N.Y./Lakeland Valley Cottage, N.Y./Nyack Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East 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 Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway Bellmore, N.Y./Wellington C. Mepham Napa, Calif./Vintage Coram, N.Y./Longwood West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Rockaway, N.J./Morris Hills
Head Coach: Jamie Apicella (21st Season) Assistant Coaches: Megan Butterworth, 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
• LIU Post reached the 40-win plateau for the ninth time in program history and enter the postseason with a top-10 winning percentage nationally • Senior Julia Seader was named a top-25 finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year award • Seader leads the ECC in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in this season • The pitching duo of junior Katie Humhej and senior Hannah Olshevski rank No. 1 and 2 in the ECC in wins with Olshevski also leading the league in earned run average
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.
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY No. Name 1 Jessica Budrewicz 2 Ashley Budrewicz 3 Mary Tom 4 Sophia Medina 5 Mikea Lewis 6 Sydney Kratzert 7 Thalia Santiago 8 Tori Fox 9 Brooke Scherer 10 Lizul Portugal 11 Leandra Lopez 13 Carissa Della Vecchia 17 Kierstin Bloom 19 Kylie Lacerte 21 Ruth Rodriguez 22 Stephanie Neglia 24 Emily Koerick 55 Samantha Melendez
Yr Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. So. Sr. So. Fr. Jr.
Pos P C/OF OF P 2B IF P C 1B IF UTL P/OF OF C UT IF/OF P OF
B/T L/R L/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R S/R R/R
Ht 5-5 5-5 5-3 5-1 5-2 5-5 5-5 5-2 5-11 5-8 5-3 5-5 5-8 5-6 5-3 5-5 5-5 5-4
Hometown/Previous School Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur Tucson, Ariz./Pima CC Stockton, Calif./Sierra College Stockton, Calif./Sierra College Marathon, Fla./Cienega Brooklyn, N.Y./College of Saint Rose Deer Park N.Y./Deer Park Westbury, N.Y./W.T. Clarke Rosedale, N.Y./HS of Construction Midland, Texas/Garden City CC Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Stony Brook Univ. Hicksville, N.Y./Bethpage Woolwich, N.J./Gloucester County Institute of Tech. Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey West Islip, N.Y/West Islip Ridge, N.Y./Longwood Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees
Coach Katie Apostolopoulos
Carissa Della Vecchia
Head Coach: Katie Apostolopoulos (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Jamie Laird
Quick Facts
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears
Colors: Blue and Gold President: Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D. Director of Athletics: Dan Velez
Lizul Portugal
Did You Know?
• Katie Apostolpoulos has guided NYIT back to the ECC postseason in her first season at the helm • Right fielder Samantha Melendez’s sister Ashley plays softball at LIU Post. • Carissa Della Vecchia tossed a no-hitter against Molloy on April 16.
Brooke Scherer
About NYIT
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 12,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 16 NCAA Division II programs.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE
Coach Kristen Sullivan
Colleen Borum
Adrianna Dilal
No. Name 1 Briana Keaveney 2 Nicolette MacDonald 3 Melissa Sadler 4 Colleen Borum 5 Alyssa Chelak 6 Monica Tran 7 Kim Astrologo 8 Alyssa Farr 10 Elise Oliande 11 Kelcy McGeehan 12 Taylor Sullivan 15 Kaitlin Hoffner 16 Paige Toothaker 17 Caitlyn Francoeur 18 Me’-Lani Kendle 21 Valerie Winalski 22 Sarah Williams 23 Amanda Castro 24 Lauren Christensen 25 Amanda Schweitzer 33 Adrianna Dilal 42 Amanda Leone 45 Morgan Santora 93 Ashley Landolina
Yr Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. RFr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr.
Pos B/T P/IF L/R IF R/R OF R/R P R/R OF R/R OF L/R UTL R/R OF/C R/R IF R/R IF/OF R/R IF R/R P/IF R/R P L/L IF R/R OF L/R OF R/R IF R/R UTL R/R C R/R IF/C/OF R/R P R/R C R/R C R/R IF R/R
Ht 5-6 5-4 6-0 5-7 5-8 5-4 5-5 5-6 5-7 5-4 5-8 6-1 5-7 5-4 5-2 5-7 5-2 5-5 5-9 5-4 5-7 5-5 5-5 5-6
Hometown/Previous School New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South Riverdale, N.J./Pompton Lakes Milton, N.Y./Marlboro Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood Poughquag, N.Y./Arlington Caledon, Ontario, Canada/Mayfield Secondary Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Mission Viejo, Calif./El Toro Hacienda Heights, Calif./Los Altos Bayville, N.J./Donovan Catholic Suffern, N.Y./Suffern New Stanton, Pa./Hempfield Area Ashburnham, Mass./Oakmont Regional East Bridgewater, Mass./West Bridgewater Moreno Valley, Calif./Canyon Springs East Granby, Conn./East Granby New Hyde Park, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Long Beach, Calif./Woodrow Wilson Salem, N.Y./Salem Central Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland Rochester, N.Y./Webster Schroeder Milford, Conn./Jonathan Law Saddle Brook, N.J./Saddle Brook Tolland, Conn./Tolland
Head Coach: Kristen Sullivan (5th Season) Assistant Coach: Bella Corrao, Natalie Traina, and Bill Madden
Quick Facts
Location: Sparkill, N.Y. Founded: 1896 Enrollment: 2,200 Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Maroon and Gold President: Dr. Margaret Fitzpatrick Director of Athletics: Gerald Oswald
Did You Know? Ashley Landolina
• STAC is enjoying one of its most successful season in recent memory. They have been ranked No. 9 in each of the last two weekly NCAA Div. II East Region rankings. • The Lady Spartans earned its first East Coast Conference playoff bid since 2006 and second Div. II post-season bid since joining the NCAA in 2001. This is also STAC’s first 20-win season since 2008. • Senior Colleen Borum and Adrianna Dilal are the team’s top pitchers. Borum (wins) and Dilal (strikeouts) are among the conference’s statistical leaders. Dilal’s recent no-hitter against Molloy was the program’s first since 2007. • Ashley Landolina and Briana Keaveney have been the team’s leading offensive players while teammates Kelcy McGeehan, Cate Francoeur, Alyssa Chelak and Missy Sadler have also been key contributors at the plate and in the field.
About St. Thomas Aquinas
The College’s 2,000 full and part time undergraduate students major in one of 31 programs offered in five division areas: The Humanitites; Business Administration; Social Sciences; Natrual Sciences & Mathematics; and Teacher Education. The College offers a full scholarship Honors Program which provides studens with a Summer Study experience at Oxford University in England. In addition there are several study abroud opportunities and strategic alliances designed to offer expanded opportunities for students. For example, students can major in mathematics at St. Thomas for three years and then enter a engineering program at either George Washington University or Manhattan College as part of a dual degree program. St. Thomas Aquinas College now fields 16 NCAA Division II sports, is an active member of the NCAA and supports 200 student-athletes. Men’s sports include: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor). Women’s sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor). The Spartans’ and Lady Spartan’s teams compete in more than 300 contests annually.
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