COUGAR SOFTBALL TO COMPETE IN NCAA NORTHEAST REGION TOURNAMENT
5-8-06
CALDWELL,
N.J. – The 12th-ranked Caldwell College softball team will participate in
the 2006 NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament for the third
consecutive year. The tournament will be held at Bryant University in
Smithfield, R.I., beginning Thursday, May 11. The Cougars, who captured
their third straight Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament this
past Saturday, are seeded fourth and will face fifth-seeded
Massachusetts-Lowell in the first round.
The field includes five teams that the Cougars have played this season.
Caldwell, coached by Dean Johnson, split a doubleheader with
top-seeded and 16th-ranked C.W. Post on Apr. 20. The Cougars also split with
No. 3 seed and host Bryant on Mar. 26, swept two from No. 6 Queens College
and defeated eighth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University twice at the
Rebel Spring Games in Florida. Adelphi, the tournament's No. 2 seed, took
two from Caldwell on Apr. 9 in Garden City, N.Y. The other team in the field
is seventh-seeded Le Moyne College, who eliminated the Cougars at last
year's regional en route to capturing the Northeast Region title.
This is the first time the NCAA Division II region tournaments will have
eight teams competing for regional titles, up from six in past years. The
winners of the eight region tournaments will earn a spot in the NCAA
Division II Women's College World Series, held May 18-22 at the James L.
Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va.
The last time the Northeast Region Tournament was held at Bryant University,
Caldwell captured the region title with a 3-2 victory over Merrimack College
in nine innings to advance to the 2004 Women's College World Series. Twelve
players from the 2004 squad are on the current roster, including senior
Amy Coker (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville), who was chosen the 2006 CACC
Tournament's Most Valuable Player after driving in the game-winning run in
the sixth inning of a 3-1 victory over Dominican College this past Saturday.
Here’s a tentative tournament schedule:
2006 NCAA NORTHEAST REGION TOURNAMENT, hosted by Bryant Univ.
Thursday, May 11
Game 1: No. 3 Bryant (29-16) vs. No. 6 Queens (27-20), 10:00 a.m.
Game 2: No. 2 Adelphi (31-16) vs. No. 7 Le Moyne (29-19), 12:00 p.m.
Game 3: No. 4 Caldwell (36-15) vs. No. 5 UMass-Lowell (31-20), 3:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 C.W. Post (42-10) vs. No. 8 S. New Hampshire (21-21), 5:00
p.m.
Friday, May 12
Game 5: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 10:00 a.m.
Game 6: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 3:00 p.m.
Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4. 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 13
Game 9: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 7 or 8, 10:00 a.m.
Game 10: Winner of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 7 or 8, 12:00 p.m.
Game 11: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10, 3:00 p.m.
Game 12: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8, 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 14
Game 13: Winner of Game 11 vs. Loser of Game 12, 12:00 p.m.
Game 14: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 13, 2:00 p.m.
Monday, May 15
Game 15: Re-play Game 14 if necessary, 12:00 p.m.
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