The Oswego State baseball team won the 2008 Eastern College Athletic Conference Upstate Championship with a 12-9 victory over Brockport in the second game of the championship round May 11 at Oneonta.

ESPN.com featured Oswego State's remarkable week of baseball amid concerns for Head Coach Frank Paino, who was injured in the tournament's opening game at St. John Fisher when a lined ball struck his head.

Designated hitter Tom Benedetto '09 was named "Most Outstanding Player" of the tournament. He batted .389 over the course of four weekend games and had six RBIs to tie for the tourney lead in that category.

The Lakers finished their season with an 18-12 record. The first ECAC championship for the Lakers came in 1995. Oswego State was seeded fifth, defeated St. John Fisher in a first-round game, and then won the title on the weekend with three wins and one loss.

Oswego State defeated St. John Fisher on Thursday, in a game during which Paino was injured. The Lakers won their first game of the double-elimination weekend portion of the tournament, 5-4 over top-seeded RIT in 11 innings, and then defeated Brockport 9-6 in 11 innings.

-- Joe Gladziszewski

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The Laker baseball team celebrates its first ECAC Upstate Championship since 1995.


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