The Windsor Lancer baseball team captured their first ever Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association (CIBA) championship in dramatic fashion on Sunday evening at the UCCU Complex.

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Michael-Anthony Ferrato scored Sully Robson with a walkoff sacrifice hit in the bottom of the ninth as the Lancers defeated the Concordia Stingers 1-0 in Amherstburg.

After Robson got on base with a single, Luke Lefler laid down a bunt to advance the runner to second. Colin Gordner hit a single to advance Robson to third before Ferrato brought him in with a sacrice fly.

"We played well when it mattered the most," Lancers head coach Frank Jeney.

Zack Breault was solid on the mound for the Lancers, allowing just three hits with 15 strikeouts in nine innings of work.



OVERALL STANDINGS
Windsor 4-1
Concordia 2-2
Carleton 2-2
SMU 2-2
UNB 2-3
York 1-3

RESULTS - Day 3
Tie-breaker game #1 - York 3 - UNB 4
Tie-breaker game #2 - SMU 6 - UNB 5
Semi-final #1 - Windsor 3 - SMU 2
Semi-FInal #2 - Carleton 1 - Concordia 5
Gold medal game - Windsor 1 - Concordia 0 (9 innings)

RESULTS - Day 2
Game #1 - Windsor 2 - York 5
Game#2 - Carleton 19 - Concordia 17
Game #3 - SMU 5 - UNB 4

RESULTS - Day 1
9:30am - Windsor 5 - Carleton 2
12:00pm - UNB 21 - York 20
2:30pm - Windsor 4 - SMU 2
4:00pm - Carleton 3 - UNB 0
5:00pm - Concordia 13 - York 0 (5 innings)

CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
The championship begins Friday morning in Amherstburg, ON and culminates on Sunday with the gold medal game at 1:00pm at the United Communities Recreation Complex (UCCU).

The Lancers open Friday at 9:30 a.m. against Carleton followed by a 2:30 p.m. game against St. Mary's University. They finish the round-robin portion of the tournament with a 10 a.m. game Saturday against York.

Also competing for the national title are the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds, and Concordia University Stingers.

Carleton Ravens
The Carleton men's baseball team qualified for the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association championships by sweeping the McGill Redmen 2-0 in a weekend series two weeks ago. Victories of 6-4 and 1-0 lifted the Ravens into the Canadian final, and into the Northern Conference Championship. The Ravens then lost two straight games to the Concordia Stingers to bring home the conference silver medal.

To view the Carleton Ravens roster, please click here.

Concordia Stingers
The Stingers were 13-3 during the regular season, and swept the University of Montreal in two straight games to qualify for the national championships. In the conference finals, Concordia also swept the Carleton Ravens in two straight games to win the conference championship title. The Stingers are currently riding a seven game win streak that dates back to September 28th.

To view the Concordia Stingers roster, please click here.

New Brunswick Varsity Reds
UNB Baseball finished first in the regular season with a 8-4 record in the Canadian Atlantic Conference. UNB won the best of 3 semifinal playoff series against the Dalhousie Tigers with scores of 10-5 and 8-4. In the Atlantic Conference finals, UNB captured the gold medal with a 2-1 series win over the St. Mary's Huskies.

To view the New Brunswick Varsity Reds information page and roster, please click here.

St. Mary's Huskies

To view the St. Mary's Huskies team page, please click here.

Windsor Lancers
The host Lancers went 9-5 during the regular season, and 6-1 against the York Lions, Ontario's other representative at the championships. In Windsor's first game of the tournament, Zack Breault, a former pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays system, will get the nod against Carleton. Breault helped the Windsor Stars win a Canadian senior title at Mic Mac Park this past August. "Our pitching staff is really strong," said Jeney, who also has Chris Renaud, Ben Stanczak, Ryan Soulliere and Jeff Parker available to start.

To view the Windsor Lancers roster, please click here.

York Lions
This Lions head into Windsor eagerly awaiting the opportunity to test their mettle against the top teams in Canada. The team hopes to succeed on the recent stellar pitching performances from Jimmy Troung, Michael Asta and Ryan Hayward. The Lions have not had depth on the mound since their last trip to the nationals and look to use that as an advantage going into this weekend's championship.

To view the York Lions roster, please click here.