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Bryant Claims Top Seed In Northeast-10 Baseball Championship



Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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South Easton, Mass. – The Bryant University Bulldogs secured the top seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Baseball Championship presented by Diamond Sports and UBS/The Ricciardi Group.

For the first time since 1998, Bryant won the out-right Northeast-10 Regular Season Title. The Bulldogs, 37-15, 25-5 NE-10, won the Markey Division in 2002 and a share of the regular season title in 2000 with Stonehill College.

Earning the second seed in the tournament is Southern Connecticut State University (33-15, 23-6, NE-10). The Owls, along with the Bulldogs will receive first-round byes and advance to the double-elimination part of the tournament at Franklin Pierce University.

With a 20-10 conference record, Franklin Pierce (35-12, 20-10, NE-10) picked up the third seed, while the University of Massachusetts Lowell (25-23, 18-12 NE-10) will be the fourth seed and both will host First-Round contests. Pace University (30-21, 18-12 NE-10) received the fifth seed due to the River Hawks 2-1 season record versus the Setters. Bentley College (22-24, 17-13, NE-10) rounds out the tournament field as the sixth seed.

First-Round games begin Wednesday, May 7 and include #6 Bentley at #3 Franklin Pierce for a 3 p.m. start, while #5 Pace travels to #4 UMass Lowell for a 4 p.m. start.

The tournament continues on Friday, May 9 at Franklin Pierce with the winner of Bentley/Franklin Pierce facing #2 Southern Connecticut at 4 p.m. followed by the winner of Pace/UMass Lowell matching up with #1 Bryant at 7 p.m.

Day two action of the double-elimination tournament consists of three games on Saturday, May 10, beginning at 11 a.m., followed by a 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. contest. The tournament concludes on Sunday, May 11 with a 12 p.m. contest and will be followed by a 3 p.m. game if necessary.

Sponsoring 23 championship sports and 15 full-time members, the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation and sponsors the most championships of any Division II conference.


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