Southern New Hampshire
Molloy’s Magical Run Ends in East Region Championship
(Photo Credit: Jeff Wilson) For the first time since 2001, the Molloy Lions are the ECC Baseball Champions. pic.twitter.com/hRcUWz4XQF — ECCNetwork (@ECCSportsNet) May 22, 2021 Molloy was the last college team standing on Long Island and for a brief time, it appeared they may just be duplicating New York Tech‘s 2019 season and making a trip to Cary, NC for the Division-II College World Series. Southern New Hampshire had other plans. The (Division-II) beasts of the northeast defeated the Lions, 9-2, in a winner-take-all East Region Championship to advance to their third College World Series (2012, 2018) and it came while playing in their fifth consecutive Regional Championship. Molloy had defeated SNHU on Monday night, 8-3, behind an outstanding relief outing by RHP Ryan Karp (5 IP, 1...
NYIT Advances to Division-II College World Series
The NYIT Bears defeated reigning East Region Champion Southern New Hampshire, 6-3, to advance to the program’s first Division-II College World Series next week in Cary, NY. On May 10, the Bears were shutout, 4-0, by the University of Bridgeport to get eliminated from the ECC Tournament. Now, 15 days later, those Bears are hoisting the trophy that proves they are one of the top-8 teams in the nation. This game did not feature the high drama of Friday night, as E.J. Cumbo got the Bears’ offense going with a three-run shot to open up a 3-0 lead. It was Cumbo’s seventh HR of the season and his 44th RBI of the season. His team totals are unbelievable (.453 AVG, .525 OBP/..692 SLG, 7 HR, 44 RBI, 43 R, 19 BB, 19 K, 22-25 SB). He’s been able to do that in only 159 at bats, ...
