Five Purple Knights Earn All-East Coast Conference Honors
Barrows and Bartolomei Named To First Team; Giunta, Schlitter and Wiacek Receive Second Team All-ECC Accolades
Central Islip, N.Y.-Five members of the record-setting 2011 University of Bridgeport baseball team have been selected as members of this season's All-East Coast Conference Baseball squads.
Senior outfielder Peter Barrows (Old Saybrook, Conn.) and junior relief pitcher Matt Bartolomei (Stratford, Conn.) were selected to the First Team All-ECC squad.
Senior shortstop Gaetano Guinta (Brooklyn, N.Y.), junior first baseman Eric Schlitter (Guilford, Conn.) and junior relief pitcher Tom Wiacek (Bolton Landing, N.Y.) earned Second Team All-ECC accolades.
The Purple Knights, who possess an all-time, single-season best overall record of 28-12, will begin play in the 2011 East Coast Conference Championship Tournament at 12 noon on Thursday when they take on Dowling College. This year's ECC Championship Tournament is being hosted by Dowling.
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