COUGAR BASEBALL

SAXON, CASAL NAMED TO DAKTRONICS ALL-REGION SECOND TEAM

5-17-07
CALDWELL, N.J. - Caldwell College freshmen Adric Saxon (Coral Springs, FL/Broward CC) and Robert Casal (Howard Beach, NY/St. Francis Prep) were selected to the Daktronics NCAA Division II Baseball all-Northeast Region second team. The two first-year players, who also were named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference first team last week, played significant roles in the Cougars' run to this week's NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament.

Saxon, the conference's Rookie of the Year, leads the Cougars with 13 home runs and 60 runs batted in while batting .373 in 37 games this season. He currently leads the nation in RBIs per game and ranks eighth in homers per game to help the Cougars rank 11th nationally in scoring. At last week's CACC Tournament, Saxon batted .533 with eight hits, five runs, seven RBIs, two doubles and a triple in four games to earn the conference's Rookie of the Week award and a spot on the all-Tournament team.

Casal also has contributed to the team's success in his first collegiate season, leading Caldwell in victories (nine), earned run average (3.66), innings pitched (66 1/3) and strikeouts (65). He improved to 9-1 on the season with an 11-4 win over Felician College at the CACC Tournament. Casal, who also made the all-Tournament team, struck out 10 batters while allowing seven hits and four runs (two earned) in 7 2/3 innings against the Golden Falcons.

The Daktronics All-Northeast Region teams were selected by the sports information directors of the NCAA Division II colleges in the Northeast Region, which consists of the teams from the CACC, the East Coast Conference and the Northeast-10 Conference.

The Cougars are seeded fourth and play third-seeded UMass-Lowell today in the first round of the NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at Pappas Field in Rindge, N.H.

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