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5/25/2009 12:30:00 PM | Baseball
HANOVER, N.H. ? The pairings for the NCAA Baseball Regionals were announced this afternoon, and the Ivy League champion Dartmouth Big Green (27-16) were listed as a fourth seed in the Chapel Hill Regional. The host North Carolina Tar Heels (42-16) are the top seed (and fourth seed nationally) at the site and will be the Big Green's opponent on Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m. The second and third seeds at the site are Coastal Carolina (46-14) and Kansas (37-22), respectively, who will play earlier that day at 2 p.m.
Each of the 16 four-team regionals are a double-elimination format, with the winners advancing to eight best-of-three super regionals beginning on June 5. The eight super-regional victors then travel to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series on June 13-24.
Dartmouth is playing in an NCAA Regional for the first time in 22 years, having defeated Cornell in the Ivy League Championship series, two games to one, to earn the automatic bid from the conference. This is the sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament for the Big Green, and the school has a trip to the 1970 College World Series on its resum? as well.
Junior Nick Santomauro (North Caldwell, N.J.) leads the Big Green into the regional as the Ivy League Player of the Year. The right fielder hit .365 this season with eight home runs and 40 RBIs, while reaching base at a .445 clip and slugging .603. Six other regulars are batting over .320, including freshman shortstop Joe Sclafani (Palm City, Fla.) at .351/.432/.494 (batting/on-base/slugging), senior first baseman Mike Pagliarulo (Winchester, Mass.) at .338/.444/.559 and senior designated hitter Ray Allen (Longwood, Fla.) at .336/.408/.612 with a team-high 10 home runs. As a team, Dartmouth is hitting .311/.402/.485 with 43 home runs while averaging 7.88 runs per game.
The pitching staff, ranked first nationally in fewest walks per nine innings at 2.28, sports three starters with ERAs in the fours beginning with freshman Kyle Hendricks (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) at 4.14. The rookie right-hander has a team-best 47 strikeouts in 63.0 innings and a 6-2 record, tying him for the team lead in victories with junior Ben Murray (Grants Pass, Ore.). Murray's ERA sits at 4.80 after a stellar relief outing yesterday at Army in which he allowed just one run in 5.1 innings to earn improve to 6-1. Junior Robert Young (Cleburne, Texas) generally draws the toughest mound opponents by hurling the first game in a series. The southpaw is 5-3 on the year with a 4.57 ERA and has not allowed a run in his last 11 innings.
Dartmouth also features the school-record holder for saves in a season and career in sophomore Ryan Smith (Greenlawn, N.Y.). The right-hander broke his own season record this year with 11 saves, and he has 18 in his career.
The Big Green have set numerous school records this year, including home runs (43), triples (19), runs scored (339), saves (13) and double plays turned (48). In addition, the 43 games played by Dartmouth equal the most in the program's history, which dates back 143 years to 1866.
Each of Dartmouth's regional games will be broadcast live over the Big Green web site (www.DartmouthSports.com) with Drew Galbraith, Wayne Young and Rick Bender providing the details.
Each of the 16 four-team regionals are a double-elimination format, with the winners advancing to eight best-of-three super regionals beginning on June 5. The eight super-regional victors then travel to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series on June 13-24.
Dartmouth is playing in an NCAA Regional for the first time in 22 years, having defeated Cornell in the Ivy League Championship series, two games to one, to earn the automatic bid from the conference. This is the sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament for the Big Green, and the school has a trip to the 1970 College World Series on its resum? as well.
Junior Nick Santomauro (North Caldwell, N.J.) leads the Big Green into the regional as the Ivy League Player of the Year. The right fielder hit .365 this season with eight home runs and 40 RBIs, while reaching base at a .445 clip and slugging .603. Six other regulars are batting over .320, including freshman shortstop Joe Sclafani (Palm City, Fla.) at .351/.432/.494 (batting/on-base/slugging), senior first baseman Mike Pagliarulo (Winchester, Mass.) at .338/.444/.559 and senior designated hitter Ray Allen (Longwood, Fla.) at .336/.408/.612 with a team-high 10 home runs. As a team, Dartmouth is hitting .311/.402/.485 with 43 home runs while averaging 7.88 runs per game.
The pitching staff, ranked first nationally in fewest walks per nine innings at 2.28, sports three starters with ERAs in the fours beginning with freshman Kyle Hendricks (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) at 4.14. The rookie right-hander has a team-best 47 strikeouts in 63.0 innings and a 6-2 record, tying him for the team lead in victories with junior Ben Murray (Grants Pass, Ore.). Murray's ERA sits at 4.80 after a stellar relief outing yesterday at Army in which he allowed just one run in 5.1 innings to earn improve to 6-1. Junior Robert Young (Cleburne, Texas) generally draws the toughest mound opponents by hurling the first game in a series. The southpaw is 5-3 on the year with a 4.57 ERA and has not allowed a run in his last 11 innings.
Dartmouth also features the school-record holder for saves in a season and career in sophomore Ryan Smith (Greenlawn, N.Y.). The right-hander broke his own season record this year with 11 saves, and he has 18 in his career.
The Big Green have set numerous school records this year, including home runs (43), triples (19), runs scored (339), saves (13) and double plays turned (48). In addition, the 43 games played by Dartmouth equal the most in the program's history, which dates back 143 years to 1866.
Each of Dartmouth's regional games will be broadcast live over the Big Green web site (www.DartmouthSports.com) with Drew Galbraith, Wayne Young and Rick Bender providing the details.
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