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2018 GNAC TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

2018 GNAC TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
Posted: May 04, 2018

STANDISH, Maine - Saint Joseph's College will host the 2018 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Baseball Championship at Larry Mahaney Diamond this weekend. Three games will be played on Saturday, with #2 Saint Joseph's and #4 Lasell College facing off in an elimination game at 10:00 AM, top-seeded Suffolk University and Johnson & Wales University playing in a winner's bracket contest at 1:30 PM. The winner of the former and loser of the latter will face off in another elimination game at 5:00 PM. 

The championship game will be played Sunday at 12:00 PM with an 'if-necessary' contest to follow at 3:30 PM. 

DIRECTIONS (To the baseball field, once on campus (main entrance) take first left and drive approximately 1/4 mile - field is on the right)

COVERAGE:

All games can be viewed online, via free HD webstream, at either www.gomonks.tv or www.thegnac.tv, or can be followed using our live stats platform. All video/live stats links can be found on our composite schedule. 

 

SCHEDULE/RESULTS:

First Round - Wednesday, May 2 (single elimination)
Game 1: #3 Johnson & Wales 27, #6 Anna Maria 13 | BOX
Game 2: #4 Lasell 16, #5 Norwich 3 | BOX 

Second Round - Thursday, May 3 (double-elim begins)
Game 3: #3 Johnson & Wales 9, #2 Saint Joseph's 5 | BOX
Game 4: #1 Suffolk 6, #4 Lasell 5 (10 innings) | BOX

Semifinals - Saturday, May 5 (Hosted by Saint Joseph's of Maine)
Game 5: #2 Saint Joseph's 9, #4 Lasell 5 l BOX (Lasell eliminated)
Game 6: #1 Suffolk 7, #3 Johnson & Wales 6 l BOX
Game 7: #2 Saint Joseph's 3, #3 Johnson & Wales l BOX (JWU eliminated)

Championship - Sunday, May 6 (Hosted by Saint Joseph's of Maine)
Game 8: #1 Suffolk vs. #2 Saint Joseph's - 12:00 PM
Game 9: if necessary - 3:30 PM

 

 

GNAC TOURNAMENT STATISTICS

GNAC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY:

YR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP
1997 Endicott, 15 Johnson & Wales, 9
1998 Johnson & Wales, 11 Endicott, 0
1999 Albertus Magnus, 8 Endicott, 6
2000 Suffolk, 2 WNEC, 1
2001 WNEC, 7 Albertus Magnus, 4
2002 Suffolk, 5 Albertus Magnus, 3
2003 Albertus Magnus, 5 WNEC, 0
2004 WNEC, 17 Johnson & Wales, 7
2005 Suffolk, 6 WNEC, 1
2006 WNEC, 10 Johnson & Wales, 7
2007 WNEC, 11 Suffolk, 2
2008 Saint Joseph's, 6 Suffolk, 5
2009 Suffolk, 15 Saint Joseph's, 6
2010 Saint Joseph's, 5 Suffolk, 4
2011 Saint Joseph's, 8 Suffolk, 6
2012 Saint Joseph's, 7 Suffolk, 6
2013 Saint Joseph's, 7 Suffolk, 6
2014 Saint Joseph's, 2 Suffolk, 0
2015 Suffolk, 4 Johnson & Wales, 3
2016 Suffolk, 5 Saint Joseph's, 4
2017 Suffolk, 1 Johnson & Wales, 0

 

TEAM CAPSULES:

#1 SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY RAMS (22-16, 13-1 GNAC)

HEAD COACH: Anthony Del Prete (4th season, 101-72 (.584))

TEAM CAPTAINS: Brady Chant '18, Mark Fusco '18, Greg Speliotis '18

GNAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: 7

LAST CHAMPIONSHIP: 2017

ROSTER l RESULTS l STATS
   

#2 SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE MONKS (27-12, 10-4 GNAC)

HEAD COACH: Will Sanborn '86 (26th season, 713-376 (.655))

TEAM CAPTAINS: Chris Gerossie '18, Josh Partridge '18, Jacob White '18

GNAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: 6

LAST CHAMPIONSHIP: 2014

ROSTER l RESULTS l STATS
   

#3 JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY WILDCATS (24-16, 9-5 GNAC)

HEAD COACH: John LaRose (19th season, 423-339 (.555))

CAPTAIN: Rob Ballinger '18

GNAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1

LAST CHAMPIONSHIP: 1998

ROSTER l RESULTS l STATS
   

#4 LASELL COLLEGE LASERS (10-20, 7-7 GNAC)

HEAD COACH: Greg Harjula (8th year, 124-146 (.459))

CAPTAINS: Jesse Tejero '18, David Marsell '19

GNAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0

ROSTER l RESULTS l STATS

 

 

 

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