Softball Selected Third In ECC Preseason Poll
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Feb. 11, 2011) – The C.W. Post softball team has been voted to finish third in the 2011 East Coast Conference coaches preseason poll.
Dowling College garnered 60 points and four first-place votes to lead the field of eight. Molloy College was one point shy of tying the leader and also received four-place nods.
Molloy first baseman Carla Campagna was voted preseason Player of the Year while Dowling's Jessie Stavola earned the honor for Pitcher of the Year.
NYIT finished fourth with 38 points followed by Queens with 32 and Mercy with 22. Bridgeport earned 18 points and St. Thomas Aquinas received 11 to round out the poll.
The Pioneers open their season in Kissimmee, Fla. on March 13 against Stonehill and Tiffin.
2011 East Coast Conference Preseason Poll
School Points
1. Dowling (4) 60
2. Molloy (4) 59
3. C.W. Post 48
4. NYIT 38
5. Queens 32
6. Mercy 22
7. Bridgeport 18
8. St. Thomas Aquinas 11