NCAA TOURNAMENT BOUND!!! BASEBALL EARNS NO. 7 SEED IN EAST REGION

May 15, 2017

NCAA TOURNAMENT BOUND!!! BASEBALL EARNS NO. 7 SEED IN EAST REGION

Indianapolis, Ind. (5/15/17) Hot off the heels of winning the 2017 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championship, the Dominican College baseball team will make its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and first since 2010. Dominican has earned the No. 7 seed in the East Region and will take on #2 University of New Haven in their first game on Thursday, May 18 at 3:00 p.m. on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University.

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Indianapolis, Ind. (5/15/17) Hot off the heels of winning the 2017 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championship, the Dominican College baseball team will make its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and first since 2010. Dominican has earned the No. 7 seed in the East Region and will take on #2 University of New Haven in their first game on Thursday, May 18 at 3:00 p.m. on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University.

The winner of the New Haven-Dominican game will take on the winner of the game between No. 3 Saint Thomas Aquinas and No. 6 Southern Connecticut State on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. with that victor advancing to take on either No. 1 Southern New Hampshire, No. 4 LIU Post or No. 5 Felician. The double elimination tournament wraps up with a game on Monday, May 22 between the two remaining schools.

Led by three All-Conference selections including First Team members Justin Decker (Rotterdam, N.Y.) and Arbely Soto (Bronx, N.Y.), and Second Team pick Anthony Bartolomei (Oakhurst, N.J.), Dominican won the CACC Championship as the sixth-seeded, besting the #3, #2 and #4 seeds, to earn their 17th conference tournament title.

Thursday, May 18
Game 1: No. 3 Saint Thomas Aquinas vs. No. 6 Southern Connecticut State - 11:00 a.m.
Game 2: No. 2 New Haven vs. No. 7 Dominican - 3:00 p.m.
Game 3: No. 4. LIU Post vs. No. 5 Felician - 7:00 p.m.

Friday, May 19
Game 4: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser - 11:00 a.m. (loser is eliminated)
Game 5: No. 1 Southern New Hampshire vs. Game 3 Winner - 3:00 p.m.
Game 6: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 20
Game 7: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Loser - 11:00 a.m.(loser is eliminated)
Game 8: Game 6 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser - 3:00 p.m. (loser is eliminated)
Game 9: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 21
Game 10: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner - 12:00 p.m. (loser is eliminated)
Game 11: Game 10 Winner vs. Game 9 Loser - 3:30 p.m. (loser is eliminated)

Monday, May 22
Game 12: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner - 12:00 p.m.
Game 13: Game 12 Winner vs. Game 12 Loser - 3:30 p.m. (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 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.