Newport Gulls Ranked Number One in the Country
Published on August 13, 2012 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL)
Newport Gulls News Release
NEWPORT, R.I. - The Newport Gulls, the 2012 champions of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, are the number one team in summer collegiate baseball according to the latest rankings released by Perfect Game USA on Monday, August 13.
The Harwich Mariners and Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League, who occupied the No. 1 spot in Perfect Game's weekly ranking of the nation's top 30 summer-league teams for all but one week this summer (when Newport took over the top spot on July 16), were both upset in the opening round of the Cape League playoffs. Harwich was knocked off by Orleans, while Cotuit fell in three games to Bourne.
The demise of the top two teams on the Cape in the postseason allowed the Gulls, who dominated the NECBL during the regular season going 31-10 overall and then went 6-1 during the playoffs on their way to a league-record fifth title in 12 years, to take over the top spot.
The Gulls swept the Danbury Westerners in the NECBL Championship Series to capture the Fay Vincent Sr. Cup for the first time since 2009 and the fifth time in franchise history on August 11.
Teams in Perfect Game's Top 30 are ranked on the following criteria: won-loss record, league dominance, depth and quality of professional-level talent and the overall strength of the league. To receive consideration, teams must have at least a .500 record overall.
The final ranking of the top 30 teams will be unveiled next Monday, once every summer league has completed its 2012 season.
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