Playoffs?!

Ladies and gentleman your Albertus Magnus College baseball squad has officially qualified for the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Playoffs.  After a strong conference season which included a huge 2-game sweep of the conference's top team, Johnson and Wales University, your Falcons have earned a 5 seed in the playoffs.  This season has been a roller coaster ride, for myself and my teammates as there have been some very high, highs, and some low, lows throughout our campaign.

The team we are putting out on the field is young, as a squad of 27 players, encompasses only 4 seniors.  At times, we have encountered some "growing pains" and have lost a few close games we probably should have won.  But despite, a few struggles, we have managed to do what we set out to do from the beginning of the season; get in the playoffs.  Any team in any sport, at any level, will tell you, that the playoffs are like a whole new season.  Regular season stats, and records no longer matter, as one bad game can cost the best team a chance at a title. 

Game one of our playoff run will be held at Brandeis University in Massachusetts as we take on the Lasers of Lasell College.  We dropped two close games early this season against the Lasers, and will look to avenge the losses as our ace, Mike Barrilaro takes the hill.  The playoffs will prove to be a tough challenge for your Falcons, but in a tournament format like the GNAC playoffs, anything can happen, as your Falcons plan on being the Cinderella Story of the Division III world, and earn a spot in the NCAA tournament.