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THE STORYLINE 

• The Immaculata baseball team (12-26, 7-8 AEC) enter Friday's elimination game having lost their first game in the AEC Tournament since 2021.  

• Centenary (1-21-1, 8-7 AEC) enters Friday's elimination game after falling to Neumann 7-6 in 11 innings at Neumann on Wednesday. 

• The winner of the Immaculata vs Centenary game will play the loser of the Marymount vs Neumann game at 6:00 p.m. in another elimination game. 

THE SERIES 

• Immaculata and Centenary are meeting for the 29 time in their series that began in 2010. 

• Immaculata is 25-13 all-time vs Centenary. 

• This is the two teams' first-time meeting in postseason play. 

LAST MEETING 

• Centenary defeated Immaculata 9-0 in their last meeting on April 4, 2025, at Centenary. 

• Jake Keenan threw seven scoreless innings for Centenary to earn the win for the Cyclones. 

MIGHTY MAC NOTES 

• Will Kelley leads Immaculata batting .388 (33-85) with 18 runs scored and 21 RBIs. 

• Matt Passerini is batting .385 (45-117) with 35 runs scored, and 17 RBIs. 

• Steven Theisen is batting .344 (45-131) with 29 runs scored, two home runs, and a team-high 33 RBIs. 

• Sal Serici is batting .339 (43-127) with 23 runs scored, and 24 RBIs. Serici had two hits for Immaculata in Wednesday's loss at Marymount. 

• Robert Woodward leads Immaculata with three home runs, and Ryan Nace and Ryan Stuble each have two home runs. 

• Alex LePage is 6-5 with a 3.39 ERA in 11 starts. He has four complete games and has 72 strikeouts in 63.2 innings pitched. 

• Stephen Devanney is 2-3 with a 3.37 ERA in seven starts. He has 23 strikeouts, in 34.2 innings pitched.  

SCOUTING CENTENARY 

• Sophomore catcher Dominick Chiego is batting .360 with 30 runs scored, two home runs and 40 RBIs. 

• Sophomore outfielder Joseph Frei is batting .343, with 18 runs scored, and 26 RBIs. 

• Senior catcher Nick Payne is batting .281, with 38 runs scored, five home runs and 30 RBIs. 

• Sophomore infielder Myles Castillo is batting .285 with 36 runs scored, three home runs and 24 RBIs. 

• Senior pitcher Jake Keenan threw seven scoreless innings for Centenary to earn the win for the Cyclones in his start vs Immaculata this season. 

ATLANTIC EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 

Friday, May 9th 

Game #3: Immaculata vs Centenary 11:00 a.m. (Elimination Game) 

Game #4: Marymount vs Neumann 2:30 p.m. 

Game #5: Winner of Game #3 vs Loser of Game #4 6:00 p.m. (Elimination Game) 

Saturday, May 10th 

Game #6: Winner of Game #4 vs Winner of Game #5 1:00 p.m. 

Game #7: Repeat Game if Necessary 4:30 p.m. 

UP NEXT 

• If Immaculata defeats Centenary they will play at 6:00 p.m. on Friday against the loser of Marymount and Neuman. 

• If Immaculata would win both games on Friday, they would need to beat the winner of the Neumann vs Marymount game twice on Saturday to win the Championship.