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BASEBALL RANKED SEVENTH IN NCBWA EAST REGION POLL
3-23-09
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team is ranked
seventh in this week's National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association East Region Poll. The
Cougars, who are 4-5 on the season, moved up one spot from last
week's poll. UMass-Lowell took over the top spot from Franklin
Pierce University and received five of six first-place votes.
Caldwell went 2-2 last week, losing twice to the top-ranked River
Hawks in a pair of one-run games on Monday in Florida before beating
New Haven and Concordia. Junior Ray Keelan (Barnegat,
NJ/Southern Regional) had three hits and junior Juan Pinero
(Bronx, NY/Columbus) drove in three runs in the victory over New
Haven. Pinero also hit his first home run as a Cougar in a 6-5 loss
to UMass-Lowell in the second game. On the mound, junior
right-hander Thomas Forkin (Oceanside, NY/Holy Trinity),
pictured, pitched 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief against New
Haven, retiring 15 of the final 16 batters he faced. In yesterday's
5-4 win at Concordia, junior Buddy Riggs (Coral Springs, FL/Taravella)
struck out 12 batters, while Keelan hit his first home run of the
season.
The Cougars host Post University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference doubleheader on Wednesday, Mar. 25. The first game starts
at 3:00 p.m. at Smith Field in Parsippany, N.J.
NCBWA 2009 East Region Poll (Mar. 23)
| Rank | School | Pts. | Record |
| 1. | UMass-Lowell (5) | 57 | 10-3 |
| 2. | Franklin Pierce (1) | 51 | 7-9 |
| 3. | Dowling | 46 | 9-5 |
| 4. | Molloy | 45 | 9-7 |
| 5. | S. Connecticut St. | 29 | 7-5 |
| 6. | Stonehill | 25 | 7-9 |
| 7. | Caldwell | 16 | 4-5 |
| 8. | Pace | 15 | 6-11-1 |
| Wilmington | 15 | 10-9 | |
| 10. | Dominican | 12 | 8-5 |
Receiving votes: Adelphi (5), Assumption (5), Post (5), Merrimack (4)