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Insider Notes: St. Thomas Aquinas
by Nick Vecchione On a gorgeous afternoon in Uniondale, NY, St. Thomas Aquinas took on LIU Post for a chance to punch their ticket to the ECC championship game on Saturday. Coming into the game, the powerful STAC lineup had accumulated 40 homers in the season! YES, 40 HOME RUNS! And they lived up to their calling card as they added to that total fairly quickly. Setting the table for the star studded lineup was 2nd basemen, Nicholas Lucchese. Now the box score 100% tells the story that Nick is a coach’s dream at the top of the lineup, reaching base 4 times. However, his swing is far from fundamentally sound. He for sure found something that is unorthodox, and may not be conducive to success for many, but hey, it obviously works for him, as the stats speak for themself! He brings to t...
St. Thomas Aquinas Captures ECC Championship With 3-2 Victory over Molloy
Nick Lucchese is our @DigmiNation Player of the Game he was also named Most Outstanding Player of the ECC Tournament. The Spartans are looking to return to the Div-II College World Series pic.twitter.com/45GjP1pRhK — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 12, 2018 One of the hallmarks of St. Thomas Aquinas baseball over the past five seasons is that they are calm, cool and collected in big moments. It came as no surprise that even with Molloy getting the tying-run to third base and the potential go-ahead run on first base in the ninth inning of the ECC Championship that relief pitcher Chris Pennell would make a quality pitch and induce a soft fly out to left field to seal the 3-2 victory for the Spartans and the 2018 ECC Championship. “I’m enjoying the moment,” said tou...
