#2 Wagner 6, #4 Stonehill 4
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Wappingers Falls, NY -- Wagner staved off a comeback attempt from Stonehill to hold on for a 6-4 win and survive the first elimination game of the 2025 NEC Baseball Championship.

With the victory, the Seahawks' championship hopes remained alive as they advanced to Saturday night's elimination game at Heritage Financial Park.

Making its initial NEC Championship appearance, Stonehill wrapped its season with a 20-32 record.

Wagner (31-21) leftfielder Diego Tavarez led the way at the plate for Wagner with a 2-for-4 day, His RBI double off the right field wall in the sixth inning jumpstarted a two-run inning that gave the Seahawks extra insurance heading into the final three frames.

Entering in relief of starter Colin Trizuto with two outs in the sixth, Wagner sophomore southpaw Keith Davis shut down a Stonehill rally, inducing an Aidan Sengenberger flyout to right with runners on the corners after the Skyhawks had plated three to cut Wagner’s lead to 4-3. First team All-NEC selection Jack Thorbahn, who went 2-for-3 on the day, delivered a two-run single for the Skyhawks during the surge.

Davis would go onto pitch 2.1 innings of two-hit ball, allowing one unearned run in the eighth inning,. He fanned one batter.

Things got interesting in the ninth when Wagner junior righty Jason Masick walked a pair of Skyhawks, but he struck out Sean McGee for the final out to pick up the save.

The Seahawks jumped out to an early 4-0 lead by the fifth inning. 

Wagner shortstop Nicholas Mazzotta legged out an RBI triple to open the scoring in the third, and catcher Xavier Ulrich doubled in a run in the fifth.

Trizuto got the decision, tossing three-hit ball over 5.2 innings while allowing three runs. The junior righty added four punch outs.

Stonehill freshman left-hander Hunter Bell was charged with the loss after going yielding two runs on three hits over 3.0 innings of work.

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#3 CCSU 8, #1 LIU 6
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Wappingers Falls, NY -- A six-run seventh inning catapulted Central Connecticut to a nail-biting 8-6 win over top-seeded LIU, sending the third-seeded Blue Devils to their 11th NEC championship game in program history and earn longtime head coach Charlie Hickey his 800th career win.

The loss set the Sharks up with an evening elimination battle with in-state rival Wagner.

Trailing by a run, shortstop Brady Short ignited the seventh-inning surge that saw CCSU (30-14) send 11 batters to the plate. Short's single to left-center drove in Kyle Gordon - who went 3-for-5 on the afternoon - to tie things up at 3 apiece. Run scoring singles from Colby Brouillette and Aidan Redahan followed to make it 5-3. Leftielder Antonio Ducatellli drew a bases loaded walk and Gordon capped off the rally with a two-run single up the middle - his second hit of the frame - to build CCSU’s lead to 8-3.

The Sharks got one back in the bottom of the seventh, but CCSU escaped without further damage.

LIU (33-22) loaded up the bases on a pair of singles from Joe Durso and Mason Breton, followed by a Jacob Pipercic walk.

Starting pitcher Drew Munn's day ended after 6.1 innings, with Hickey calling on All-NEC reliever Wyatt Cameron, who was seeking his second save in as many days.

Durso scored off a wild pitch and Benjamin Fiernzi drew a walk to reload the bases, but Cameron held firm, retiring the side on Ryan Rivera's lineout to right.

The score remained at 8-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth.

Battling control issues, Cameron walked four LIU batters in the inning, keeping CCSU fans on the edge of their seats. With the bases jammed, the Sharks cut the deficit in half when Rivera and Noah Sorensen drew walks. But Cameron got the last laugh as he struck out Max Samson to clinch the win.

Cameron supplied the Blue Devils with 2.2 innings of one-hit ball, persevering through a 59-pitch effort to secure the victory and record his second save of the tournament.

CCSU jumped out to a 2-0 lead early on Chris Brown's infield single and a Short sacrifice fly,

Durso took over at this point for LIU. The senior catcher cracked a two-run single in the second and solo homer in the fifth to give LIU a 3-2 lead, which they held until the decisive seventh inning.

Gordon and Redahan each paced the Blue Devils with three hits. Short finished with two runs and a pair of RBIs.

Munn collected his eighth win of the year, allowing four runs on nine hits.

LIU starter Justin DeCastro was tagged with the loss after giving the Sharks 6.1 innings. The junior right-hander allowed eight hits and four runs while punching out two.

CCSU will look to add a historic ninth NEC Tournament trophy to its collection on Championship Sunday. 

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#1 LIU 11, #2 Wagner 1 (7)
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Wappingers Falls, NY -- Jacob Pipercic homered and drove in five runs, while starting pitcher Nicholas Finarelli twirled a complete-game gem to lead top-seeded LIU to an 11-1 elimination win over second-seeded Wagner Saturday night at Heritage Financial Park.

The NEC regular season champs advanced to the NEC Championship game for the second straight year and seventh time in program history.

Holding a one-run lead, the Sharks blew the game open in the fourth, erupting for six runs on just three hits.

Pipercic, who singled in a run in the second, got the ball rolling with a two-run double to left. All-NEC first team pick Ryan Rivera, who went 3-3 with a walk on the evening, followed suit with a double of his own that brought home two more runners. Third baseman Noah Sorensen's two-run single up the middle capped off the inning, giving LIU a seven-run lead.

In the very next inning, Pipercic put the exclamation point on the Sharks’ scoring surge with a two-run shot over the fence in left-center.

LIU centerfielder Max Samson upped the lead to double digits in the sixth, doubling down the rightfield line to plate two more and make it 11-1 in the favor of the Sharks. He ended his night going 3-4.

Finarelli retired the side in order in the seventh to force the run rule and punch LIU's ticket to the championship round.

Finarelli's sparking effort saw him allow one run on just two hits. The redshirt sophomore retired four batters and walked three more to pick up his ninth win of the season.

All-Conference second team pick Lukas Torres went 1-for-2, including a run-scoring double down leftfield line in the fifth inning for the Seahawks.

Wagner junior southpaw Heitaro Hayashi went 3.2 innings was charged with the loss, yielding nine hits and five earned runs.

LIU is aiming to win back-to-back titles for the first time in program history and take home its fourth NEC Championship in the last eight years.