NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – For the third time in the last fours seasons, the Queens College baseball team advanced to the East Coast Conference Championship game.
Having dropped the opening game of the tournament, the Knights had to fare off elimination twice on Friday to advance to their third conference appearance since the 2022 season.
On Saturday, the Knights matched up against defending champions and #1 seed Molloy University Lions for the second time in the tournament and needed to defeat the Lions twice to win their third title in program history and second in the last three years.
The Lions took an 8-0 lead after the top of the third but as the Knights rallied to get within three, 8-5 after four complete innings of play, Molloy would outscore Queens 9-4 over the next four innings of play to earn a 17-9 victory and the 2025 Championship.
The 2025 season ends in the ECC Championship game after the Knights avoided elimination twice on Friday to advance to the championship game.
But it is another season to build on as head coach
Chris Reardon and the Knights made their sixth straight and ECC-best postseason appearance, had six Knights earn All-ECC honors, and made their third conference final in the last four years, which is the most by any graduating class in program history and posted 20 wins for the sixth straight year.
The Knights graduate 10 seniors including one of the All-Time best to don the Navy and Grey in
Matt Filip (Maspeth, N.Y.) whose name is etched in numerous categories in the program record book. Filip and righty
Nick Kozerski (Hicksville, N.Y.) will graduate as two Knights who made two ECC finals and 2023 ECC Champions.
Along with Filip, and Kozerski, the Knights graduate second baseman
Robert Jacobsen (Temecula, Calif.), left fielder
Leo Alvarez (Oceanside, N.Y.), catcher
Thomas Napolitano Jr. (Scottsdale, Ariz.), utility
Penn Sealey (Raleigh, N.C.), center fielder
Nick O'Connor (Wantagh, N.Y.),
Caleb Cassie (Vancouver, British Columbia),
Nate Rodriguez (Hamilton, N.J.) and
John Keane (Wading River, N.Y.).
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