Baseball Falls in NECC Championship Game

NEW LONDON, CT – The Elms College baseball team saw their 2021 New England Collegiate Conference Baseball Championship run end with a 15-2 loss to top-seeded Mitchell College on Sunday afternoon.

The Blazers jumped out front 1-0 in the top of the first. Elms came out swinging to start the game, turning a single by AJ Cook (Mendon, MA) and a double by Tyler Galenski (Wilbraham, MA) into a run in the first inning. Mitchell did well to limit the damage, stranding Galenski on second base with a punch out and a fly ball.

The Mariners provided an immediate response in the bottom of the frame, platting 3 runs. The home side pushed across four more runs in the second to go up 7-1. The Mariners continued to pile up runs in the later innings. In the sixth, expanding their lead 11-1 and tacked on two more in the eighth.

The Blazers picked up their final run in the ninth on a double by Cole Blades (Lowell, MA). However, it would not be enough to mount a comeback

Cook and Austin Roy (Cromwell, CT) each finished the game with a pair of hits. Roy, who also made the start on the bump, gave up seven runs on 13 hits and struck out two in the loss.

2021 NECC Baseball Championship
Game 1 – #1 Mitchell 20, #4 Becker 0
Game 2 – #2 New England College 4, #3 Elms 3 (11 innings)
Game 3 – #3 Elms 9, #4 Becker 2
Game 4 – #1 Mitchell 8, #2 New England College 3
Game 5 – #3 Elms 8, #2 New England College 4
Game 6 – #1 Mitchell 15, #3 Elms 2

NECC All-Tournament Team
Dougie DelaCruz, Mitchell – MVP
Hunter Yaworski, Mitchell
Roland Thivierge, Mitchell
Damon Wesley, Elms
AJ Cook, Elms
Kyle Sebastyanski, Elms
Connor Morin, New England College
Joseph Pascucci, New England College
Ethan Perry, Becker
Niko Mokanos, Becker