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March 13, 2006

Dominican's Mejia Named Co-CACC Player of the Week

New Haven, CT - Mike Rooth of Felician College has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, March 12. Tommy Mejia of Dominican College has been selected as the Pitcher of the Week and Jorge Torres of Caldwell College has been selected as the Rookie of the Week.

Rooth And Mejia Earn Baseball Weekly Honors

New Haven, CT - Mike Rooth of Felician College has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, March 12. Tommy Mejia of Dominican College has been selected as the Pitcher of the Week and Jorge Torres of Caldwell College has been selected as the Rookie of the Week.

Rooth, a senior 3B from Bayville, NJ, hit .541 for the week with two home runs, six doubles and nine runs batted in. He smacked a home run to tie the score against Clarion on Saturday, and the Golden Falcons went on to score six more runs in a 15-10 victory.

Mejia, a sophomore from Brooklyn, NY, posted two wins last week with a 1.20 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 15.0 innings of work. He hurled a complete game against St. Thomas Aquinas and allowed only three hits and one earned run.

Torres, a freshman OF from Coral Springs, FL, hit .286 in his first collegiate week of action. He smacked one double and stole one base. He went 2-for-4 with a double against Southern Connecticut State

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.