The
Road to Montgomery RINDGE,
N.H. (May 16, 2005) – 2005 Northeast-10 Conference Champion Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 27 in
the most recent Collegiate Baseball magazine Division II poll,
has been selected as the top seed and will host the 2005 NCAA Division
II Northeast Regional Tournament this week. Franklin Pierce (30-12, 21-9 NE-10), which reached the 30-win plateau for the fourth-straight season after claiming its first NE-10 Tournament title on Sunday, will host the four-team double-elimination event Thursday through Saturday (May 19-21) at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field. All-day
tickets for the event are $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for senior citizens,
students with valid ID’s and children under the age of 12. Per the
NCAA, no complimentary tickets will be issued for the tournament.
The
top-seeded Ravens will host second-seeded and No. 24-ranked Southern
Connecticut State University (28-12, 25-5 NE-10), the Northeast-10
Regular Season Champions, third-seeded Adelphi University (25-17, 13-7
NYCAC) and fourth-seeded UMass Lowell (27-18, 17-13 NE-10).
Action will begin Thursday with Southern Connecticut State facing
Adelphi at noon, followed by UMass Lowell at Franklin Pierce at 3 p.m.
(there will be a minimum of 30 minutes between games). Action will
continue with three games on Friday with the regional final on Saturday.
The complete schedule with times is below. All contests will be broadcast by WFPC-LP 105.3 FM and webcast through the College’s athletics website.
The Northeast Regional Champion will advance, along with the
seven other regional winners to the 2005 NCAA Division II Baseball
Championships in Montgomery, Ala., May 28-June 4 at Riverwalk Stadium,
which will be hosted by Valdosta State University and the city of
Montgomery. In the 2004 championship, Delta State University claimed its
first national title by defeating the Grand Valley State University,
12-8. This year marks the 38th annual championship, and the 21st
consecutive year that the finals will be held in Montgomery, Alabama.
Franklin Pierce will be hosting the Northeast Baseball Regional
first the first time in school history. The contest will be held on Dr.
Pappas Field, which opened just this spring. The infill artificial
surface was installed by EdelGrass, Inc., of Amsterdam, Holland, and is
the first facility of its kind constructed by the company in the United
States.
Franklin Pierce is making its second appearance in the NCAA
Baseball Tournament in program history. The Ravens swept through the
2003 Northeast Regional at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Mass., to advance
to the College World Series in Montgomery, Ala., reaching the semifinal
round after receiving a No. 3 seed in their first NCAA Tournament
appearance. 2005
NCAA Division II Northeast Regional Thursday,
May 19 Friday,
May 20 Saturday,
May 21 Note: there will be a minimum
of 30-minutes between all games. Tickets: |
