South Easton, Mass. – Hours after facing each other for the Northeast-10 Championship, the Assumption College Greyhounds and Franklin Pierce University Ravens were among the 48 teams selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship. After winning its third straight Northeast-10 Championship, Franklin Pierce received the NE-10’s automatic qualifying bid, while Assumption (32-18-1) received an at-large bid.

Franklin Pierce (36-16) will serve as host of the East Regional which features six teams. The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference received two bids as Wilmington University (27-27) earned the automatic qualifier after winning the CACC Championship and at-large selection Dominican College (37-12). The East Coast Conference will be sending two teams as well, including automatic qualifier Adelphi University (31-14) and at-large selection Dowling College (30-15).

The NCAA Championship includes eight regional sites that will host double-elimination tournaments that will be played at on-campus sites starting Thursday, May 14. Game times for the East Regional are still to be determined and should be announced early this week.

The regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 23-30 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.

With 15 member institutions the Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic conference in the nation. Its 23 championship sports provide athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest such program of any Division II conference.

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East Regional Rankings

1. Dominican
2. *Franklin Pierce
3. Adelphi
4. Dowling
5. Assumption
6. Wilmington