STONY BROOK, N.Y. – NJIT is headed to its first NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in program history! Per conference policy, NJIT received the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the lone unbeaten team in the championship after the remainder of the 2021 #AEBASE Championship was unable to be completed due to inclement weather on Sunday.
The Highlanders enter NCAAs on a nine-game winning streak after winning their first two games of the #AEBASE Championship to advance to the championship game in the winner’s bracket. The Highlanders beat UAlbany, 5-2, on the first day of the championship and followed with a 2-1 walk-off win over Maine on an action-packed Friday.
The championship round featured NJIT out of the winner’s bracket and Stony Brook, which lost its first game against Maine before rattling off two consecutive wins, out of the loser’s bracket needing to beat the Highlanders twice to win the title. Game six of the championship was suspended in the bottom of the third inning on Saturday with the Seawolves holding a 1-0 lead and was unable to be re-started on Sunday.
The Highlanders (26-22) will discover their regional draw via the NCAA Selection Show Monday at noon on ESPN2. #AEBASE teams have 17 wins in the NCAA Baseball Championship all-time, including six by Stony Brook in 2012 during its historic run to the Men’s College World Series.
NJIT junior Andrew Elcock earned the conference’s Elite 18 Award. Elcock carries a 3.81 GPA in industrial design.
2.1K
