The Little East Baseball Championship has wrapped up Day 2 from the USM Baseball Stadium. Second-seeded Eastern Connecticut advanced to the championship game with a victory over top-seeded Southern Maine. The Huskies and third-seeded Keene State College will play in the consolation finals tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. with the winner advancing to Championship Game 1 against the Warriors.


GORHAM, Maine  --  The Southern Maine Baseball Stadium will be the site of the 2009 Little East Conference Baseball Championship tournament finals this Thursday through Saturday. LittleEast.tv will broadcast each of the tournament's game with a three-camera shot and full graphics package.
    
The top-seeded and nationally-ranked Huskies earned the right to host the four-team, double-elimination finals this week after sweeping Plymouth State University in a best-of-three first round series last weekend.  The Huskies (34-5) open the tournament on Thursday playing the fourth-seeded University of Massachusetts Boston (19-20) at noon.
    
The second game on Thursday will feature second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University (31-6) and third-seeded Keene State College (23-14).  That game is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m.  Keene State is the defending tournament champion.
    
The LEC tournament winner receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship tournament that starts May 13.
    
Tickets for each day are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens.  Children 6 and under will be admitted free of charge.