Garden City, N.Y. - The 2019-20 season marked our 10th year in the NE10, and to celebrate that milestone, the Adelphi University Department of Athletics is looking back on some of its most iconic moments and accomplishments with the conference.

While every baseball player dreams of recording that final out and being at the bottom of the dogpile, Mother Nature had other plans at the NE10 Championship in 2011.

Adelphi, which hosted the tournament at SUNY Old Westbury, entered the NE10 Championship with the second-best record in the conference at 19-6-1, in addition to a program-record 36-14-1 overall mark.

Behind complete-game performances from Robert Nixon and Mike Scudero, the Panthers defeated Franklin Pierce, 8-5, and knocked off regular-season champion Southern Connecticut State, 6-2, to advance to the championship final.

As another date with Franklin Pierce loomed, with the NE10 title on the line, the weather intervened and halted the tournament before the teams could renew acquaintances on the diamond.

As a result, Adelphi won its first-ever NE10 Championship, by virtue of its 2-0 record in the championship at that point. Omar Velazquez was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, after scoring three runs in the two games.

The Panthers would come within a win of its first NCAA Division II College World Series appearance since 1999, but lost back-to-back decisions to Southern Connecticut in the regional final.

Dom Scala earned his first NE10 Coach of the Year honor in 2011, while five Panthers made the NE10 All-Conference Team, led by Nixon and Velazquez's first-team selections.

Nixon is one of the best pitchers to ever grace the mound for Adelphi. He ranks as the school's all-time leader in wins, innings pitched, shutouts and strikeouts. His 104 strikeouts in 2011 are also a team record. Nixon was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 46th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft.