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BASEBALL SELECTED AS TOP SEED OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EAST REGIONAL
May 11, 2009

BASEBALL SELECTED AS TOP SEED OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EAST REGIONAL

Orangeburg, NY (5/11/09) The Dominican College baseball team has been named the top seed of the 2009 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship East Regional as was announced last night by the NCAA. The six-team double-elimination regional will be held Thursday, May 14 through Sunday, May 17th at Franklin Pierce's Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field in Rindge, NH.

Orangeburg, NY (5/11/09) The Dominican College baseball team has been named the top seed of the 2009 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship East Regional as was announced last night by the NCAA.  The six-team double-elimination regional will be held Thursday, May 14 through Sunday, May 17th at Franklin Pierce's Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field in Rindge, NH.

Dominican (37-12) will play as the top seed in the East Regional after winning the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular season championship by seven games and finishing as the runner-up in the conference tournament. Wilmington (27-27) upset Dominican to claim the CACC Championship to earn the conference's automatic bid and will travel to Rindge as the sixth seed.

The Chargers will take on the sixth-seeded Wildcats in a re-match of last weekend's CACC Tournament Championship on Thursday, May 14th at 11am in the opening game of the regional.

The second-seed and host Franklin Pierce University will take on #5 Assumption College at 2:30 pm, while #3 Dowling will face #4 Adelphi University at 6:00 pm.

The winner of the East Regional will advance, along with winners from the nation's seven other regions, to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship Finals, to be held on May 23-30 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. The 2009 season marks the 42nd annual NCAA Division II Baseball Championship, and the first year the finals will be held in Cary.

NCAA Division II Baseball Championship
East Regional
Hosted by Franklin Pierce University
Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field (Rindge, N.H.)

1. Dominican (37-12)
2. Franklin Pierce University (37-16)
3. Adelphi (31-14)
4. Dowling (30-15)
5. Assumption (32-18-1)
6. Wilmington (27-27)

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.