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BECKLEY, W.Va. -- The Notre Dame Falcons won their first game on Sunday afternoon, forcing a winner take all championship showdown with WV State in the afternoon, where the Falcons fell in the MEC title game, 4-1. (Box 1 | Box 2) 

Despite the loss in the finale, Notre Dame (27-22) still had a tremendous tournament, finishing second overall among six teams, and they entered as the fifth seed in the tournament. The victory for West Virginia State (34-16) makes them the Inaugural MEC Tournament Champions.  

The Falcons lost their first game of the tournament, 14-0, to the second seeded Mountain Lions of Concord, but then ran off three straight victories with their season on the line. NDC defeated West Liberty on Friday, eliminated Urbana on Saturday, and won game one on Sunday, 7-3, against WV State, before falling in the Championship to the Yellow Jackets, 4-1. 

In addition, the NDC offense saved its best for last, as they blew up in the tournament.  Through their four games in the MEC tourney, the Falcons scored 25 runs on 49 hits. 

Game One: 
The Falcons set the tone early on in game one, as they scored five times on five hits and benefitted from two Yellow Jacket errors. It all started when Travis Smetana was hit by a pitch with one out, and then he made his way to second on Keifer Quick's single through the left side.  Bryan Blondeaux then reached on an error by the center fielder which allowed the first run of the game to score.  A two-run single from Danny Beaver followed, and Troy Findlay's big tournament continued with a big two-run triple to cap the big frame. 

Notre Dame kept the Yellow Jackets off the board for the first seven innings of the contest, until they plated a run in the top of the eighth on a RBI double from Noah Blackhurst.  However, the Falcons answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, on run scoring hits from Shane DeFranco and TJ Lett.  

The Yellow Jackets were able to push two across in the top of the ninth inning, on a two-run double from Cody Smith, but it was not enough. 

Pitching for the third time in the tournament, Matt Kastelic (9-5) earned his second win in as many days, as he tossed five scoreless innings to start the contest, allowing just one hit along the way while fanning five as well in the win. Eric Roberts (4-1) suffered his first loss of the season after surrendering seven runs, five earned on 12 hits over 7.2 innings of work. 

The Notre Dame offense continued its tear in game one, as they scored seven times on 12 knocks, and all but two in the starting lineup hit safely, while five players hit safely multiple times. Ryan Sanders set the tone at the top, going 2-for-4, while Quick, Beaver, DeFranco and Lett also turned in two-hit performances as well. 

Game Two: 
As hot as the NDC offense was during their first four games of the tournament, they hit a bit of a rough patch in the championship game, as they were limited to just a run on three hits. The Falcons scored their lone run in the top of the eighth inning, on Sanders's opposite field single to score Lett. 

The Yellow Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, on Cody Smith's solo homerun, and added another run in the fifth inning on Kiser's sac fly, which scored Porter. WV State then took a 4-0 lead in the home half of the sixth inning, on Ja. Hudson's two-run double. 

Zach Gresch (2-5) suffered the loss, after allowing four runs on four hits over 5.1 innings of action and struck out three in the process. WV State's Devin Bowles (6-1) was the winner, tossing five scoreless innings, and allowed just one hit, while striking out six. 

Sunday's games brought an end to the 2014 season for the Falcons.  Notre Dame showed significant improvement over the previous season, with 11 more wins than they had in the 2013 season, and two fewer losses. The season was capped by an incredible tournament, where the Falcons hit .288 over a four day stretch. They were led in the tounament by Beaver, who hit .526 in the four day tournament with a team best, 10 hits. Mike Ferguson had a huge tournament as well, hitting .500 (7-for-14), and Findlay drove in a team best, six runs during the tournament as well.