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SOFTBALL EARNS THIRD CONSECUTIVE NCAA EAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE
May 9, 2011

SOFTBALL EARNS THIRD CONSECUTIVE NCAA EAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE

Orangeburg, NY (5/9/11) The Dominican College softball team received their third consecutive NCAA Division II East Region Tournament bid today as was announced by the NCAA Division II Softball Committee. 64 teams across the country have been selected to compete for the 2011 National Championship.

Orangeburg, NY (5/9/11)  The Dominican College softball team received their third consecutive NCAA Division II East Region Tournament bid today as was announced by the NCAA Division II Softball Committee.  64 teams across the country have been selected to compete for the 2011 National Championship.

Four teams will participate at each of 16 regional sites in double-elimination tournaments.  Regional competition will be held May 13-15.  Winners will advance to the super regionals May 20-21.  The finals will be held May 26-30 at James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va., and will be hosted by the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the City of Salem.

By winning the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship this past Saturday, the Lady Chargers secured the conference's automatic bid for the East Region Tournament.  The Lady Chargers went undefeated (4-0) this past weekend in the CACC Tournament to improve to 34-16 overall and go into the East 1 Regional having won 10 out of their last 11 games. 

DC received the fifth seed in the regional and will face the fourth-seeded Owls of Southern Connecticut State University, winners of the Northeast-10 Tournament, on Friday May 13th at 3:30 pm.  The top-seeded Lions of Dowling College are the host site for the East Regional 1 tournament

The other teams in the bracket with Dominican and SCSU are #1 Dowling College and #8 Merrimack College.

The Pioneers of C.W. Post University, the second seed in the East Region, will be the host site for the East 2 Regional.  Joining C.W. Post are #3 Molloy College, #6 Caldwell College and #7 the University of New Haven.

Click here to view the complete release from the NCAA.

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.