The road to the Elite Eight was not an easy one for the River City Rockers, but they rallied from down 2-0 to win their third game of the day, 3-2 in the nightcap against 2005 ISC II champions, the Elmira Cubs of Ontario, Canada, and advance to the Elite Eight. Elmira was previously unbeaten in the tournament, earning a double bye by winning their pool. Elmira jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, which held until first baseman Mario Pereira tied the game with a two run homer. The game then went extra innings, with the international tie breaker in effect. With a runner at second, an Elmira player hit a long, high fly ball to the 275 foot fence in left where it was caught by Rob Penticoff. The runner tagged up and tried to score from second. Penticoff fired a strike all the way to the infield, and the runner was cut down at the plate. The Rockers then won the game in a walk off in the bottom of the eight, with Rusty Newnan coming through with game winning hit.
Pitcher Bryan Newton picked up the win, pitching in his sixth game of the tournament, due to a groin injury to Ed Gaspar. Newton pitched two shutouts earlier in the day, surrending a total of just two runs on the day, enroute to his fifth win of the tournament. The Rockers will face the unbeaten New York Knights, at 9am central time Wednesday morning. The Knights came into the tournament as the # 3 ranked team in the ISC II division.