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CALDWELL TOPS CACC PRESEASON BASEBALL POLL
2-12-08
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team was picked first
in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Preseason Baseball
Poll by the league's 10 head coaches, the conference announced
today. The Cougars, who won the CACC regular-season crown in 2007,
received eight first-place votes and totaled 98 points, eight ahead
of defending CACC Tournament champion Wilmington University.
Caldwell, coached by 2007 CACC Coach of the Year Chris Reardon,
went 25-15 last year, including an 11-5 mark in conference play to
finish atop the CACC standings. Nineteen letterwinners and all but
one starter return from last year's squad that advanced to the NCAA
Division II Northeast Region Tournament for the second time in four
years. All-CACC first team selections Robert Casal (Howard
Beach, NY/St. Francis Prep), Chris Chiarappa (Elmont, NY/Holy
Trinity) and Adric Saxon (Coral Springs,
FL/Broward CC) are back, as is senior pitcher Tommy Murphy
(Monroe, NJ/Washingtonville), who made the all-CACC first team in
2006. Saxon also was named the CACC Rookie of the Year in 2007.
This season, CACC teams will use wood bats in conference games for
the first time. Teams also will play each other three times,
expanding the conference schedule from 16 games to 27 games.
Chestnut Hill College, which joined the CACC in all sports this past
fall, is fielding an intercollegiate baseball team for the first
time.
The Cougars begin the 2008 season at the Northeast Challenge in
Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Feb. 22-24. Caldwell begins its conference
slate on Mar. 25 at Post University.
2008 CACC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll
| School | 2007 Records | Points | |
| 1. | Caldwell (8) | 25-15 (11-5 CACC) | 98 |
| 2. | Wilmington (2) | 29-20 (10-6) | 90 |
| 3. | Dominican | 19-19 (9-7) | 80 |
| 4. | Felician | 23-26 (10-6) | 62 |
| 5. | Philadelphia U. | 14-21 (8-8) | 58 |
| 6. | Bloomfield | 15-23 (6-10) | 48 |
| 7. | Post | 18-20 (8-8) | 45 |
| 8. | Nyack | 10-29 (7-9) | 36 |
| 9. | USP | 5-25 (3-13) | 23 |
| 10. | Chestnut Hill | N/A | 10 |
( ) - First-place votes
