May 12, 2014
Cortland Baseball Top Seed at Newark (N.Y.) NCAA Regional, Will Face Castleton Wednesday
The SUNY Cortland baseball team has received a berth into the 56-team NCAA Division III playoffs for the 22nd straight season and the 23rd time overall. The Red Dragons (31-8) have earned the top seed in an eight-team regional that will be hosted May 14-18 by Ithaca College at Colburn Park in Newark, N.Y.
Cortland will play on Wednesday, May 14, at 1:15 p.m. versus eighth-seeded Castleton (Vt.) (29-10). Wednesday's other games feature: fourth-seeded Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) (29-11-1) versus fifth-seeded Farmingdale State (25-11) at 10 a.m.; third-seeded Amherst (Mass.) (28-9) versus sixth-seeded Stevens Institute (N.J.) (26-13) at 4:30 p.m.; and second-seeded Kean (N.J.) (31-12) versus seventh-seeded Union (26-10-1) at 7:45 p.m.
Tournament action continues with four games on both Thursday and Friday, starting at 10 a.m., along with two games Saturday and one game, if needed, on Sunday. Tickets each day are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children 12 and under, and can be purchased at the gate. The winner of the double-elimination regional advances to the eight-team NCAA Division III World Series, which will be held May 23-27 in Grand Chute, Wis. (near Appleton; south of Green Bay). The World Series will be in Wisconsin for the 15th straight year.
The Red Dragons earned an automatic berth into this year's NCAA tournament by winning the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) postseason tournament May 2-4 in Cortland. Under 15th-year head coach Joe Brown, Cortland reached the 30-win plateau for the 20th time in the last 21 seasons. Cortland's run of 22 straight NCAA appearances is the longest active streak in Division III.
Cortland has won regional titles in 11 of the last 19 years. Cortland advanced to the World Series in 1995, five straight years from 1997-2001, as well as in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Cortland placed second in the region in 1996, 2003, 2006, 2011 and 2013. The Red Dragons finished second nationally at both the 2010 and 2005 World Series, third in both 1997 and 1998 and fourth in both 2007 and 2012.
2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional at Colburn Park (Newark, N.Y.) (hosted by Ithaca College)
Regional Tournament Web Site (includes links to live stats, directions to field, and other info)
Wednesday, May 14
Game 1: (#4 seed) Rutgers-Camden (29-11-1) vs. (#5 seed) Farmingdale St. (25-11), 10 a.m.
Game 2: (#1 seed) Cortland (31-8) vs. (#8 seed) Castleton (29-10), 1:15 p.m.
Game 3: (#3 seed) Amherst (28-9) vs. (#6 seed) Stevens Inst. (26-13), 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: (#2 seed) Kean (31-12) vs. (#7 seed) Union (26-10-1), 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, May 15
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1:15 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:45 p.m.
Friday, May 16
Game 9: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, 1:15 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 4:30 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, May 17
Game 13: Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13, 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 18
Game 15: Same teams as Game 14 (if necessary), 1 p.m.
2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship – Regionals – May 14-18
Newark (N.Y.) Regional (hosted by Ithaca College at Colburn Park)
1. Cortland (N.Y.)
2. Kean (N.J.)
3. Amherst (Mass.)
4. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.)
5. Farmingdale St. (N.Y.)
6. Stevens Inst. (N.J.)
7. Union (N.Y.)
8. Castleton (Vt.)
Demorest (Ga.) Regional (hosted by Piedmont College)
1. Shenandoah (Va.)
2. Emory (Ga.)
3. Birmingham Southern (Ala.)
4. Bridgewater (Va.)
5. Rhodes (Tenn.)
6. Covenant (Ga.)
Harwich (Mass.) Regional (hosted by ECAC at Whitehouse Field)
1. Eastern Conn. St.
2. Southern Maine
3. Tufts (Mass.)
4. Endicott (Mass.)
5. Mass. Inst. of Tech.
6. St. Joseph's (Maine)
7. Worcester St. (Mass.)
8. Mitchell (Conn.)
Moosic (Pa.) Regional (hosted by Misericordia University at PNC Field)
1. Moravian (Pa.)
2. Rowan (N.J.)
3. Susquehanna (Pa.)
4. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)
5. Misericordia (Pa.)
6. Keystone (Pa.)
7. Wesleyan (Conn.)
8. Haverford (Pa.)
Moline (Ill.) Regional (hosted by Augustana College)
1. Webster (Mo.)
2. St. Thomas (Minn.)
3. Buena Vista (Iowa)
4. St. Scholastica (Minn.)
5. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (Ind.)
6. DePauw (Ind.)
Whitewater (Wis.) Regional (hosted by Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater
2. Heidelberg (Ohio)
3. Concordia-Chicago (Ill.)
4. Wisconsin-La Crosse
5. Adrian (Mich.)
6. St. Norbert (Wis.)
Marietta (Ohio) Regional (hosted by Marietta College)
1. Marietta (Ohio)
2. Case Western Reserve (Ohio)
3. Salisbury (Md.)
4. Widener (Pa.)
5. La Roche (Pa.)
6. John Carroll (Ohio)
7. Thomas More (Ky.)
8. Penn St.-Berks
McMinnville (Ore.) Regional (hosted by Linfield College)
1. Linfield (Ore.)
2. California Lutheran
3. Trinity (Texas)
4. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
5. Illinois Wesleyan
6. LeTourneau (Texas)
First-round matchups for the championship site (Grand Chute, Wis.) on May 23:
Augustana (Illinois) regional winner vs. Linfield (Ore.) regional winner
Moosic (Pa.) regional winner vs. Demorest (Ga.) regional winner
Newark (N.Y.) regional winner vs. Marietta (Ohio) regional winner
Harwich (Mass.) regional winner vs. Whitewater (Wis.) regional winner
NCAA Selection Release
Cortland will play on Wednesday, May 14, at 1:15 p.m. versus eighth-seeded Castleton (Vt.) (29-10). Wednesday's other games feature: fourth-seeded Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) (29-11-1) versus fifth-seeded Farmingdale State (25-11) at 10 a.m.; third-seeded Amherst (Mass.) (28-9) versus sixth-seeded Stevens Institute (N.J.) (26-13) at 4:30 p.m.; and second-seeded Kean (N.J.) (31-12) versus seventh-seeded Union (26-10-1) at 7:45 p.m.
Tournament action continues with four games on both Thursday and Friday, starting at 10 a.m., along with two games Saturday and one game, if needed, on Sunday. Tickets each day are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children 12 and under, and can be purchased at the gate. The winner of the double-elimination regional advances to the eight-team NCAA Division III World Series, which will be held May 23-27 in Grand Chute, Wis. (near Appleton; south of Green Bay). The World Series will be in Wisconsin for the 15th straight year.
The Red Dragons earned an automatic berth into this year's NCAA tournament by winning the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) postseason tournament May 2-4 in Cortland. Under 15th-year head coach Joe Brown, Cortland reached the 30-win plateau for the 20th time in the last 21 seasons. Cortland's run of 22 straight NCAA appearances is the longest active streak in Division III.
Cortland has won regional titles in 11 of the last 19 years. Cortland advanced to the World Series in 1995, five straight years from 1997-2001, as well as in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Cortland placed second in the region in 1996, 2003, 2006, 2011 and 2013. The Red Dragons finished second nationally at both the 2010 and 2005 World Series, third in both 1997 and 1998 and fourth in both 2007 and 2012.
2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional at Colburn Park (Newark, N.Y.) (hosted by Ithaca College)
Regional Tournament Web Site (includes links to live stats, directions to field, and other info)
Wednesday, May 14
Game 1: (#4 seed) Rutgers-Camden (29-11-1) vs. (#5 seed) Farmingdale St. (25-11), 10 a.m.
Game 2: (#1 seed) Cortland (31-8) vs. (#8 seed) Castleton (29-10), 1:15 p.m.
Game 3: (#3 seed) Amherst (28-9) vs. (#6 seed) Stevens Inst. (26-13), 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: (#2 seed) Kean (31-12) vs. (#7 seed) Union (26-10-1), 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, May 15
Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1:15 p.m.
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7:45 p.m.
Friday, May 16
Game 9: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, 1:15 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 4:30 p.m.
Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, May 17
Game 13: Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13, 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 18
Game 15: Same teams as Game 14 (if necessary), 1 p.m.
2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship – Regionals – May 14-18
Newark (N.Y.) Regional (hosted by Ithaca College at Colburn Park)
1. Cortland (N.Y.)
2. Kean (N.J.)
3. Amherst (Mass.)
4. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.)
5. Farmingdale St. (N.Y.)
6. Stevens Inst. (N.J.)
7. Union (N.Y.)
8. Castleton (Vt.)
Demorest (Ga.) Regional (hosted by Piedmont College)
1. Shenandoah (Va.)
2. Emory (Ga.)
3. Birmingham Southern (Ala.)
4. Bridgewater (Va.)
5. Rhodes (Tenn.)
6. Covenant (Ga.)
Harwich (Mass.) Regional (hosted by ECAC at Whitehouse Field)
1. Eastern Conn. St.
2. Southern Maine
3. Tufts (Mass.)
4. Endicott (Mass.)
5. Mass. Inst. of Tech.
6. St. Joseph's (Maine)
7. Worcester St. (Mass.)
8. Mitchell (Conn.)
Moosic (Pa.) Regional (hosted by Misericordia University at PNC Field)
1. Moravian (Pa.)
2. Rowan (N.J.)
3. Susquehanna (Pa.)
4. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio)
5. Misericordia (Pa.)
6. Keystone (Pa.)
7. Wesleyan (Conn.)
8. Haverford (Pa.)
Moline (Ill.) Regional (hosted by Augustana College)
1. Webster (Mo.)
2. St. Thomas (Minn.)
3. Buena Vista (Iowa)
4. St. Scholastica (Minn.)
5. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (Ind.)
6. DePauw (Ind.)
Whitewater (Wis.) Regional (hosted by Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
1. Wisconsin-Whitewater
2. Heidelberg (Ohio)
3. Concordia-Chicago (Ill.)
4. Wisconsin-La Crosse
5. Adrian (Mich.)
6. St. Norbert (Wis.)
Marietta (Ohio) Regional (hosted by Marietta College)
1. Marietta (Ohio)
2. Case Western Reserve (Ohio)
3. Salisbury (Md.)
4. Widener (Pa.)
5. La Roche (Pa.)
6. John Carroll (Ohio)
7. Thomas More (Ky.)
8. Penn St.-Berks
McMinnville (Ore.) Regional (hosted by Linfield College)
1. Linfield (Ore.)
2. California Lutheran
3. Trinity (Texas)
4. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
5. Illinois Wesleyan
6. LeTourneau (Texas)
First-round matchups for the championship site (Grand Chute, Wis.) on May 23:
Augustana (Illinois) regional winner vs. Linfield (Ore.) regional winner
Moosic (Pa.) regional winner vs. Demorest (Ga.) regional winner
Newark (N.Y.) regional winner vs. Marietta (Ohio) regional winner
Harwich (Mass.) regional winner vs. Whitewater (Wis.) regional winner
NCAA Selection Release
