Westfield State Athletics

Head coach Ray Arra presents baseball team achievement awards to 
Alex Xiarhos (rookie of the year) and Carl Bettinelli (outstanding contributor) 
at the college's varsity sports spring banquet.

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Box Score

MANSFIELD, Conn. – The seventh-seeded Husson College baseball team scored six runs in the seventh inning on three hits and five Westfield State College errors to wipe out a one-run deficit and record a 10-3 victory in an elimination game of the 2009 NCAA Division III New England Tournament Thursday afternoon at the Eastern Connecticut State Baseball Stadium.

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MANSFIELD, Conn. - James Wood (Windham, NH) hit a game-tying three-run home run with two out in the bottom of the fourth inning to spark the third-seeded and defending national champion Trinity College baseball team to a 6-4 win over sixth-seeded Westfield State College Wednesday afternoon on the opening day of the 2009 NCAA Division III New England regional tournament at the Eastern Connecticut State Baseball Stadium.

A winner of eight of its last nine, Trinity (30-5) advances in the winners’ bracket Thursday at 7:45 p.m. while Westfield (23-16) will play an elimination game Thursday at 1:35 p.m. vs. Husson College (31-13) of Bangor, Maine. Husson, the No. 7 seed, lost to Southern Maine, 5-4, in 10 innings on Wednesday night. If you are unable to make the trip to Mansfield, Conn., you can follow all the action live on the Little East Conference Web site. The tournament championship page will provide full coverage of the New England Region with a link for real-time statistics and video broadcast for each of the games.

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NCAA Regional Team Capsules

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The NCAA Division III Selection Committee has selected theEastern Connecticut Baseball Stadium as the site for the 2009 NCAA Division III Baseball New England Regional Tournament, co-hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University and the Little East Conference between May 13 -17. The five-day, double-elimination tournament is just one of the three eight-team sites in the 54-team tournament field. 

If you are unable to make the trip to Mansfield, Conn., you can follow all the action live on the Little East Conference Web site. The tournament championship page will provide full coverage of the New England Region with a link for real-time statistics and video broadcast for each of the games. The Eastern Connecticut sports information staff will be running live in-game statistics, while Bridgewater Television (BTV9) will be producing each broadcast.


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New England Region Tournament Information

The Westfield State College baseball team will play Trinity, Conn., in an opening round game of the NCAA Division III New England Region Tournament on Wednesday, May 13, at 4:30.

The New England regional is being hosted by Eastern Connecticut State University at Eastern Baseball Stadium in Mansfield, Conn. Two years ago the Owls were shipped to the New York Region in Ithaca, N.Y., for the NCAA Tournament.

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All-Conference Team

Three Westfield State College baseball players were selected to the Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference (MASCAC) 2009 all-conference team.

Junior first baseman Ben Campbell (Easthampton) and junior second baseman (Jeff Fields) were first-team picks and junior shortstop Ben Wagner (Cumberland, R.I.) was a second-team selection.

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Westfield State College junior outfielder Kevin Lyons (Braintree) was named the player of the week and junior pitcher Jesse Vermeersch (Marlboro) was selected pitcher of the week for their stellar play during the MASCAC postseason baseball tournament.

The Owls clinched their second NCAA Tournament berth in three years with a nail-biting 4-3 victory over Worcester State in the championship game. The NCAA regional tournament play begins on May 13; the pairings will be announced next Monday, May 11.

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