SOFTBALL SECURES NO. 5 SEED IN ECC CHAMPIONSHIP; TO PLAY AT NYIT TOMORROW

Championship Bracket

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Apr. 28, 2009) – On Tuesday morning, the East Coast Conference released the six-team field for its 2009 Softball Championship, and Molloy College earned the fifth seed. The Lions will face the No. 4 seed Bears of New York Institute of Technology in an opening round match-up on Wednesday in Old Westbury, N.Y. Action is scheduled to get started from the NYIT Softball Complex at 3 p.m.

This past Sunday, Molloy and NYIT split its regular-season doubleheader. The Bears took Game One by a final score of 9-6, while the Lions won the nightcap, 7-3. Molloy comes in sporting an overall mark of 20-24. NYIT is at 34-23-1 on the year. The victor of that contest will square off with top-seeded Dowling College, which got a first-round bye. The Golden Lions finished out the 2009 season with a ledger of 31-16. The Bears and Lions were swept by Dowling in their respective league twin bills.

Wednesday’s other battle will see third-seeded C.W. Post take on sixth-seeded Queens College. On March 30, the Pioneers and Knights split with each other. Queens pulled out a 4-3 decision in its favor during the opener, while C.W. Post took Game Two in a blowout, 11-2. The winner will get second-seeded Adelphi University on Friday in quarterfinal action. The Panthers ended the season with a mark of 32-12 overall. They split with the arch-rival Pioneers on April 19, and won both against the Knights five days earlier.

The winner of Sunday's title game will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. For more information on the 2009 Softball Championship, please visit the official East Coast Conference website at http://www.eccsports.org.