Lancaster, Pa. – (5/11/2022) – The final league championship is up for grabs starting today, Wednesday, May 11, as the baseball postseason officially begins with the Opening Round of the 2022 Atlantic East Conference (AEC) Baseball Championship Tournament. With a 10-8 league record, Gwynedd Mercy University has earned the #3 seed for the Opening Round of the double-elimination tournament and therefore, will travel to #2 Cabrini University this afternoon for a 3:00 p.m. first pitch. The opposing Opening Round matchup features #4 Marymount University at #1 Immaaculata University for a 2:00 p.m. start. The losing teams from of the Opening Round contests will meet at Immaculata University for a 9:00 a.m. contest on Thursday, May 12. That contest will be followed by a 12:30 p.m. game featuring the winners from the Opening Round; a second elimination contest – including the winner from the 9:00 a.m. game and loser of the 12:30 p.m. game - will conclude the second day and decide the matchup for Friday's AEC Championship (12:00 p.m., Game #2 @ 3:30 p.m. if necessary).
 
2022 AEC Baseball Championship Tournament Schedule
 
Wednesday, May 11 (All games played at higher seed)
Game 1 #4 Marymount @ #1 Immaculata, 2PM
Game 2 #3 Gwynedd Mercy @ #2 Cabrini, 3PM
 
Thursday, May 12 (All games played at #1 Immaculata University)
Game 3 Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 (elimination game), 9AM
Game 4 Winner G1 vs. Winner G2, 12:30PM
Game 5 Winner G3 vs. Loser G4 (elimination game), 4PM
 
Friday, May 13 (All games played at #1 Immaculata University
Game 6 Winner G4 vs. Winner G5, 12PM
Game 7 Winner G6 vs. Loser G6 (if necessary), 3:30PM
 
Gwynedd Mercy University (17-20, 10-8) and Cabrini University (30-9, 13-5) had their three-game regular season series on Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, with the Cavalier hosting the nine-inning affair and the Griffins hosting the twin bill.

The Cavaliers scored the first run of Friday's contest with a second-inning tally, 1-0. The Griffins answered with two runs in the top of the third as two-out walks to senior right fielder T.J. Brasier (Levittown, Pa.) and senior left fielder Brett Swire (Boyertown, Pa.) set the table for an error at third, 1-1, and a run-scoring single to second base from junior Nick Price (Levittown, Pa.); 2-1. Unfortunately, Cabrini University evened the score in the bottom of the second inning, 2-2, and grabbed a one-run lead with a fourth-inning squeeze; 3-2. A Price lead-off double turned into the tying run in the top of the eighth inning, 3-3 but a 10-run bottom of the eighth propelled the home team to an eventual 13-4 final.
 
Gwynedd Mercy University walked-off with the first game of Saturday's doubleheader thanks to a successful squeeze bunt from senior second baseman Jake Martell (Yardley, Pa.); 4-3. Unfortunately, the Griffins lost game two to the Cavaliers on an eighth-inning single to left field; 7-6. Gwynedd Mercy University got out to an early 3-0 lead before Cabrini University tied the opener with a pair of sixth-inning runs; 3-3. After, sophomore Mitchell Bramsway (Temecula, Calif.) recorded his fifth scoreless out, a lead-off single through the left side from senior catcher Nate Campbell (Royersford, Pa.), a wild pitch, a balk, a walk to senior center fielder Jack Jamison (Fort Washington, Pa.), set the table for Martell's successful squeeze. Bramsway earned the win (4-1) with 1.2 innings of untouched relief.
 
In the second game, the Cavaliers owned a 1-0 advantage before back-to-back sacrifice flies from Brasier and Swire gave the Griffins a 2-1 lead at the end of three innings. Cabrini University got the lead back with two runs in the top of the fifth, 3-2, but a sixth-inning grand slam from Price gave the Gwynedd Mercy University a 6-3 lead heading to the later frames. There, the Cavaliers evened the score with a three-run seventh, 6-6, and scored the eventual winning run with a two-out single to left in the eighth inning; 7-6.