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COUGAR BASEBALL PICKED FIFTH IN CACC PRESEASON POLL

2-13-07
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team was selected to finish fifth in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, according to the conference's Preseason Baseball Poll conducted by the league's nine head coaches. The Cougars received 45 points in the poll, which picked Dominican College to repeat as conference champions.

The Cougars, coached by Chris Reardon, were 18-25 overall and finished sixth in the conference standings with an 11-14 record in the league a year ago. Senior third-baseman Billy Ryan (Toms River, NJ/Manchester), right, junior pitcher/outfielder Tommy Murphy (Monroe, NY/Washingtonville) and sophomore pitcher Stephen Pfeil (Hampstead, NH/Pinherton Academy) lead Caldwell's 12 returning players from 2006. Murphy and Pfeil were all-CACC selections last year, while Ryan led the Cougars in batting average (.344) and hits (51).

Caldwell begins its 2007 schedule in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with four games from Feb. 23-25, beginning with a game against Molloy College.

2007 CACC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll

	School	2006 Records	Points
1.	Dominican (8)	42-18 (23-4 CACC)	80
2.	Wilmington	30-21 (21-6)	69
3.	Felician (1)	29-27 (15-12)	66
4.	Bloomfield	26-27 (17-10)	51
5.	Caldwell	18-25 (11-14)	45
6.	Philadelphia U.	11-34 (8-19)	34
7.	Nyack	14-29 (9-17)	23
8.	USP	10-32 (7-19)	20
9.	Post	13-40 (6-20)	17

( ) - First-place votes

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