Spartans Picked Third in ECC Preseason Baseball Poll

The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team was picked to finish third in the East Coast Conference Preseason Poll.  The poll was voted on by the coaches of each team.  STAC finished with a record of (28-22, 17-10) sharing the 2008 regular season title with Dowling.  Dowling was selected to finish in second place behind C.W. Post who advanced to the NCAA Northeast Regional tournament last season.  The Spartans will start their season on February 28th against Pace.

2009 East Coast Conference Preseason Poll

Team                     Points

C.W. Post (4)       71

Dowling (1)         68

STAC (2)               60

Adelphi (2)          58

Molloy                  50

Bridgeport           40

Mercy                    21

Concordia            19

Queens                 18

* First place votes are in parenthesis

Preseason Player of the Year:  T.J. Greig (OF/P, Jr., Staten Island, N.Y.)

Preseason Pitcher of the Year:  Bobby Kay (C.W. Post, Sr., Stony Brook, N.Y.)