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Dominican Baseball To Compete In NCAA Northeast Region Tournament
May 15, 2006

Dominican Baseball To Compete In NCAA Northeast Region Tournament

Blauvelt, NY (5/15/06) The Dominican College baseball team, who is ranked sixth in the Northeast Region, will participate in the 2006 NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament for the first time in program history. The tournament will be held at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, NH beginning Thursday, May 18. The Chargers, who captured their second consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament title this past Saturday, are seeded fifth and will take on second-seeded University of New Haven in the first round.

Dominican Baseball To Compete In NCAA Northeast Region Tournament

  

Blauvelt, NY (5/15/06)  The Dominican College baseball team, who is ranked sixth in the Northeast Region, will participate in the 2006 NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament for the first time in program history.  The tournament will be held at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, NH beginning Thursday, May 18.  The Chargers, who captured their second consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament title this past Saturday, are seeded fifth and will take on second-seeded University of New Haven in the first round.

The field includes top seeded Franklin Pierce College, third seeded University of Massachusetts-Lowell, fourth seeded Southern Connecticut State University and sixth seeded Dowling College.  The Chargers lost to Dowling College, 5-1 on March 15 and have not played against any other of other teams.

The regionals will comprise six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments.  Eight regional competitions will be played May 18-21, at eight on-campus sites.  Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 27 to June 3 at Paterson Field in Montgomery, Alabama, which will be hosted by Valdosta State University and the city of Montgomery.

Twenty conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2006 championship.  Dominican, coached by Rick Giannetti, earned the CACC's first automatic qualifier in baseball by defeating Felician College this past weekend.

This year marks the 39th annual championship, and the 22nd consecutive year that the finals will be held in Montgomery, Alabama.  In the 2005 championship, Florida Southern College claimed its ninth championship title by defeating the University of North Florida, 12-9.  For more information regarding the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship, log on to http://www.ncaasports.com./

2006 NCAA Northeast Region Tournament

hosted by Franklin Pierce College

Thursday, May 18

Game 1: No. 1 Franklin Pierce College (40-10) vs. No. 6 Dowling College (30-13)

Game 2: No. 2 University of New Haven (35-10) vs. No. 5 Dominican College (40-16)

Game 3: No. 3 UMass-Lowell (36-12) vs. No. 4 Southern Connecticut State (33-17)

Friday, May 19

Game 4: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2

Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 3

Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3

Saturday, May 20

Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6

Game 8: Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 4

Game 9: Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8

Sunday, May 21

Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9

Game 11: Replay game 10 if necessary

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.