The last time these two met, bsck on May 6, East Lyme beat New London, 17-3.
The Whalers are not looking for a repeat of that tonight when they meet the Vikings in the Eastern Connecticut Conference championship game at Dodd Stadium at 7 p.m.
"It's a different day," New London coach Mike Wheeler said after his team beat Plainfield, 4-1, on Wednesday in the semifinals to put the eighth-seed into the championship game.
"When we played them last time, they hit the ball better than any team we've faced this year," Wheeler said. "Hopefully, we can keep the ball down and play some defense."
A complete game effort from sophomore Reynaldo Sierra saved the Whaler's pitching staff, they will go with a lefty, Edgar Santiago tonight against the Vikings. He will be going on his normal week's rest and the Whalers are "hoping that he will do a good job" according to Wheeler.
The baseball championship is just one of five championship events in the Eastern Connecticut Conference today.
The number one and two seeds will meet for the softball championship tonight at Griswold High School as the host Wolverines meet top-seeded Waterford. Not only are the Lancers the No. 1 seed in the tournament, they're also the top ranked team in the state. Griswold, however, hoped for another shot at the Lancers having lost to them by a 1-0 score early in the season at Waterford.
The boys lacrosse championship will be decided at 5 p.m. at East Lyme High School when undefeated Ledyard takes on the host Vikings. East Lyme has normally been the favorite in this battle, but when the two met on April 10, it was Ledyard who scored the 16-6 win.
After the boys game, the girls lacrosse title will be decided with St. Bernard playing at East Lyme. The top-seeded Saints lost to the Vikings in last year's championship game, but beat East Lyme this season.
The first championship to be decided, however, will be in girls tennis where the singles and doubles titles will be played for at 3 p.m. at Stonington High School.
The top-seed, East Lyme's Victoria Santoro, will play Stonington's own Emilie Burgess, the third-seed, for the singles title.
The doubles will feature the top-seeded pair of Amy Whitehouse and Nicole Stevens from East Lyme against second-seeded Ali Risley and Haley Mather from Windham.
The Norwich Bulletin will cover all of these events, complete with photos, in tomorrow's newspaper.
Friday, May 28, 2010
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