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CALDWELL RECEIVES 17TH CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL RANKING

March 9, 2006

Courtesy of Matt McLagan, Caldwell SID

CALDWELL, NJ - The Caldwell College softball team is ranked 16th in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Poll, released yesterday. The ranking marks the 17th straight time the Cougars have appeared in the national top 25, dating back to the first regular-season poll of the 2004 season. The Cougars, who were ranked seventh and 22nd in the past two final rankings, were also 16th in the 2006 preseason poll released on Feb. 1.

Head coach Dean Johnson returns all but one player from last year's team that went 40-11 and captured the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular-season and tournament titles for the second straight season. Twelve players on this year's roster also helped Caldwell win the 2004 Northeast Region Tournament and advance to the Women's College World Series that year. Caldwell is led by first team all-CACC and all-Northeast Region performers Amy Coker (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville), Anna Dahl (Lindenwold, NJ/Camden Catholic), Katie Jackson (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) and Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding).

The Cougars open the 2006 season in Kissimmee, Fla., at the Rebel Games, beginning Mar. 18. Their opponents at the Rebel Games include No. 9 Lock Haven on Mar. 19 and third-ranked Florida Southern on Mar. 22. Caldwell's first home game is on Saturday, Mar. 25 against CACC-foe Nyack College at 1:00 p.m.