NORTHEAST 10 CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND PREVIEW
No. 2 Southern Connecticut State University Owls (30-12-1)
vs. No. 3 Le Moyne College Dolphins
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: The Ballpark at SCSU (New Haven, Conn.)

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No. 2-seeded Southern Connecticut baseball will host No. 3 Le Moyne for a Northeast 10 Conference Baseball Championship First Round game on Tuesday, May 10 at 3:30 p.m. at The Ballpark at SCSU. The Owls completed the regular season with a record of 30-12-1 with a conference record of 14-8-1 while Le Moyne was 25-21 and 14-10 in the NE10.
 
THE NE10 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

• Adelphi took the crown in the Southwest Division with a record of 17-6-1, followed by the Owls in second place at 14-8-1. Le Moyne finished the year in third place at 14-10 wile Saint Rose clinched the fourth and final spot at 12-12.
• In the Northeast Division, Southern New Hampshire finished first with a record of 21-3 followed by Franklin Pierce at 16-8, and Assumption and Saint Anselm at 13-11, with Assumption winning the tiebreaker for third place.
• With the Championship Weekend hosting duties rotating between divisions, 2022 will see the Northeast Division serving as host.
• The winner of the Owls game against Le Moyne will advance to face the winner of the Saint Anselm and Southern New Hampshire matchup. Other first-round matchups include Adelphi against Saint Rose and Franklin Pierce against Assumption.
• Southern New Hampshire has opted to not host the remainder of the tournament due to issues at their field, so the highest-remaining seeded team will host the weekend's tournaments, in order of Franklin Pierce, Assumption and Saint Anselm. 

THE OWLS IN THE NE10 TOURNAMENT

• Southern owns an all-time record of 13-22 in 35 NE10 tournament games all-time, reaching four championships finals.  
• Southern ended a streak of five-straight NE10 tournament losses when it shocked top-seeded Adelphi on its home field in the 2019 tournament.  
• The Owls lost to AIC in the First Round last season, 11-6.
• All-time, Southern is 5-8 in 13 NE10 First Round Games.  
• This is the first postseason meeting between SCSU and Le Moyne, all-time.
• The Owls have made four NE10 Championship finals (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008) finishing as the runner-up each year.  

ALL-TIME AGAINST LE MOYNE

• This is the first postseason meeting between the two teams in their all-time history.
• The Owls and Dolphins have faced each other 33 times, with Le Moyne with 19 of those games.
• The Owls own a record of 6-10 in 16 games at The Ballpark at SCSU, including a 2-2 record this season against the Dolphins.
• Both wins this season came on walk-off home runs, first on a grand slam by Andrew Eng on Apr. 2 and then by Tony Zambito in extra innings on Apr. 21. 

SCOUTING LE MOYNE

• Zach Brush leads Le Moyne with a .360 average (63-175) with 10 doubles, five home runs, 29 RBI and 38 runs scored.
• Michael Smith checks-in with a .353 (59-167) average with a team-best 10 home runs as well as 44 RBI and 29 runs scored.
• Ty Syta leads Le Moyne with 48 RBI as well as a .597 slugging percentage and a .454 on-base percentage with a team-high 27 walks. Syta is hitting .349 (52-149) for the year.
• Drew Carroll led the team with 44 runs scored as well as 13 stolen bases.
• On the mound, Jacob Marshall and Max Parker both hold a 6-3 record while Marshall has a 3.48 ERA as well leading the team with 96 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings pitched. 

SCOUTING THE OWLS

• Southern enters the conference tournament with a record of 30-12-1 including a 6-3-1 mark in its last 10 games.
• Billy Sullivan concluded the regular season with a .370 (60-162) average with a team-leading 59 runs to go along with eight doubles, three triples, two home runs and 23 runs scored.
• Sullivan also led the team with 31 walks, posted a .480 on-base percentage, had a team-high seven sacrifice hits and was 14-for-14 on stolen base attempts.
• In 22 conference games, Sullivan hit .346 (28-81) with 24 runs scored.
• Andrew Eng finished the year hitting .373 (57-153) with 53 runs scored while leading the team in doubles (15), home runs (9), RBI (57), slugging percentage (.673) and on-base percentage (.487) while collecting 30 walks and being hit by a pitch 10 times.
• Eng wrapped-up conference play with a .395 average (32-81) in 22 NE10 games with 10 RBI, seven home runs, 33 RBI and 23 runs scored.
• Andrew Eng has now hit safely in 10-straight games, after previously posted a hitting streak of 16 games this season. In his last 10 games, he has four home runs, 16 RBI and eight runs scored.
• Tony Zambito hit .333 (24-72) in 21 NE10 games, with 11 RBI, 30 runs scored and 20 stolen bases as well as 16 walks and nine hit-batsmen. 
• For the year, Zambito hit .293 (39-133) with 48 runs scored, 29 walks, a team-high 13 HBP's and a conference best 38 stolen bases.
• DeMartino is hitting .355 (13-37) over his last eight games to boast his season average to .302. In that span, DeMartino has driven in 11 runs and scored nine more.
• In 22 NE10 games, DeMartino hit .306 (26-85) with four home runs, 23 RBI and 17 runs scored.
• Mike DeMartino played in his 198^th and 199^th career games, breaking the record of career games played of 198 set by Ryan Geffert.
• Connor Goggin owns an eight-game active hitting streak, in which he's driven in seven runs and scored eight more.
• On the mound, Nick Guarino and Steve Phillips both finished the year with a conference best 8-1 record.
• Phillips led the team with a 3.73 ERA, which is good for 15^th in the NE10, as well a 8.10 strikeouts-per-nine-innings rate after striking out 63 batters in 70 innings pitched.
• Tommy Hughes finished the year with six saves, good for second in the conference, with 41 K's in 37 innings pitched for a 9.97 K/9IP rate.
• In conference play, Spencer Fox has a 0.47 ERA after allowing one earned run in 19 innings with 18 strikeouts.
• Peter Phillips has allowed just two earned runs in 10 2/3 innings pitched in seven NE10 games for a 1.69 ERA. Phillips has allowed just six earned runs in 24 2/3 total innings for the year for a 2.19 ERA with a 3-0 record in relief and three saves.

2022 Northeast 10 Conference Baseball Championship Tournament
Northeast Division
1.  Southern New Hampshire (21-3)
2. Franklin Pierce (16-8)
3. Assumption (13-11) *
4. Saint Anselm (13-11) *
* Assumption earned the #3 seed based on a 3-1 series record vs. Saint Anselm during the regular season.

Southwest Division
1. Adelphi (17-6-1)
2. Southern Connecticut (14-8-1)
3. Le Moyne (14-10)
4. Saint Rose (12-12)

Tuesday, May 10^th – First Round (single elimination)
Game 1:  #4 SW Saint Rose at #1 SW Adelphi (3:00 PM)
Game 2:  #3 SW Le Moyne at #2 SW Southern Connecticut (3:30 PM)  
Game 3:  #4 NE Saint Anselm at #1 NE SNHU (game will be played at Saint Anselm) (3:00 PM)
Game 4:  #3 NE Assumption at #2 NE Franklin Pierce (TBA)

Thursday, May 12^th, Friday, May 13^th and Saturday, May 14^th  (the finals weekend will be hosted by the Northeast Division)
Game 5:  Game 1 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Game 6:  Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner
Game 7:  Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser
Game 8:  Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
Game 9:  Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser
Game 10:  Game 9 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Game 11:  If necessary.