These three R.I. college baseball powerhouses are making waves in the postseason
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The Rams are the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament after finishing the regular season 23-8 (37-20 overall). They play St. Louis for a spot in the conference championship at 3 p.m. Senior Anthony DePino was second in the league with 19 home runs, and Jack Hopko, who was a member of a Little League World Series-winning team from New York, added 15 homers. Lefty Trystan Levesque bounced back from an injury last season to go 8-1 with 90 strikeouts and a 3.25 ERA.
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The Bulldogs breezed to the America East regular season title by going 18-6 in the league (34-18-1 overall), but they lost the first game of the conference tournament to Albany on Thursday. It's two-loss elimination, so they bounced back to beat NJIT last night, and they'll play for a spot in the conference championship today. Shortstop Drew Wyers won the conference player of the year with a .422 batting average that ranked seventh in the country, and Ryan Klosterman was named coach of the year. Freshman pitcher Michael Belcher was named Rookie of the Year.
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is quietly building a powerhouse in Newport as Salve seeks to reach the Division III World Series for a second consecutive season. The Seahawks haven't lost since April 8, and they swept through the regionals last week. The team plays No. 8 Kean University at noon in game one of the best-of-three of super regionals.
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