BUFFALO – The D'Youville University baseball team will compete in the ECC Tournament for the first time in program history this week. The one-seed Saints will take on the four-seed St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday.
 
Thursday, May 9 at Mitchel Field Athletic Complex - Uniondale, N.Y.
Game 1 - 12:00 p.m. - No. 3 Queens vs. No. 2 Molloy
Game 2 - 3:00 p.m. - No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas vs. No. 1 D'Youville

Friday, May 10 at Mitchel Field Athletic Complex - Uniondale, N.Y.
Game 3 - 10:00 a.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 4 - 1:00 p.m. - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 5 - 4:00 p.m. - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4

Saturday, May 11 at Mitchel Field Athletic Complex - Uniondale, N.Y.
Game 6 - 12:00 p.m. - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Game 7 (If necessary) - Game 6 Participants (If winner of Game 5 wins Game 6)
Game would begin 30 minutes after completion of Game 6
 
Last Time Out
The Saints capped off their regular season by taking three out of four from Mercy University this past weekend. DYU won the first three games of the series to extend their winning streak to eleven, but the Mavericks took the series finale 12-11 after the Saints nearly erased an 11-0 deficit. Mihir Manerikar (Mississauga, Ontario) was named ECC Rookie of the Week after allowing two runs on just two hits while striking out two over five innings in DYU's 7-4 win on Saturday. Chris Auclair (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) was named to ECC Honor Roll after another stellar outing. Auclair went six innings in D'Youville's 3-1 win over Mercy on Friday, allowing just one unearned run on four hits and striking out five while allowing just one walk. Auclair has now thrown 17 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. Hunter Nowak (Hamburg, N.Y.) and Jake Hollins (Orchard Park, N.Y.) were also named to ECC Honor Roll. Nowak went 7-for-13 (.538) with a double, three walks, and two RBI in four games against Mercy this weekend. In Friday's 3-1 win, Nowak hit the go-ahead double in the top of the ninth. He tallied a hit in all four games and recorded two multi-hit games. Hollins went 7-for-15 (.467) with three doubles, a triple, and three RBI in four games against Mercy this weekend. In Friday's 8-5 win, Hollins went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs scored.
 
Saints Stats

• DYU finished the regular season with a 29-18 (18-6 ECC) record. 29 wins is a new program record.
• The Saints' offense ranks second in the ECC in slugging (.434), third in batting average (.301) and home runs (31), and fourth in hits (457) and doubles (76)
• DYU's pitching staff is third in the ECC in ERA (4.84) and opposing batting average (.277) and fourth in strikeouts (326)
• Alec Boucher is first in the ECC in on-base percentage (.547) and batting average (.455), and seventh in slugging percentage (.604)
• Jon Simpson leads the ECC in home runs (12), is second in RBI (49), fourth in doubles (13), and sixth in slugging percentage (.605)
• Jeremy Glinski is second in the ECC in doubles (15), third in slugging (.642), fourth in home runs (10), fifth in RBI (42), seventh in on-base percentage (.465), and eighth in walks (29)
• Hunter Nowak is fifth in the ECC in on-base percentage (.478) and seventh in batting average (.377)
• Alex Dzimian is seventh in the ECC in hits (55) and Billy Morris is tenth (53)
• Chris Auclair leads the ECC in ERA (2.92) and fifth in strikeouts (60) and opposing batting average (.264)
• Billy Morris is eighth in the ECC in strikeouts (53), ninth in ERA (4.66), and tenth in opposing batting average (.287)
• Sam Worthen leads the ECC and is tied for second in Division II with 13 saves

About St. Thomas Aquinas

• The Spartans finished the season with a 23-25 (14-10 ECC) record
• STAC's offense ranks second in the ECC in home runs (33), fifth in slugging (.378) and doubles (75), sixth in hits (364) and on-base percentage (.359), and seventh in batting average (.247)
• The Spartans' pitching staff is third in the ECC in strikeouts (327) and fourth in ERA (5.79) and opposing batting average (.285)
• Sean Lynch leads the team in batting average (.323) and is third in the ECC in doubles (14)
• Gregory DiGiaro is sixth in the ECC in home runs (8) and Joseph Scamardella is tenth (6)
• John Archer leads the team in ERA (5.31)
• Andrew Alameda leads the team in strikeouts (48) and is eighth in the ECC in opposing batting average (.279)