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¾«¶«´«Ã½ to Host Region 19 Baseball Tournament this Weekend;
Action Starts Friday Morning

5/11/11


West Windsor, N.J. -- ¾«¶«´«Ã½ is gearing up to host the Region 19 Tournament, to be played this weekend at ¾«¶«´«Ã½ and Mercer County Park.

The Final Four features ¾«¶«´«Ã½ as the No. 3 seed. The Vikings will face the No. 2 seed, Lackawanna College, on Friday, May 13 at 9 a.m. on ¾«¶«´«Ã½'s field. Also starting at 9 a.m. at Mercer County Park is the other Region 19 game, to be played between first-seed Burlington and fourth-seed Sussex. The Vikings will then play the winner or loser of that contest at 12 p.m. at Mercer's home field in the double elimination tournament.

Under Head Coach Matt Wolski, Mercer's record going into the post-season is 19-14.

The action continues on Saturday. A play-off game will be played on Sunday if necessary. The schedule is available .

In post-regular season honors, ¾«¶«´«Ã½ pitcher James Pugliese (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) and infielder Matt Patterson (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham) were named to All-Region 19 First Team. Pugliese was named the second best player in the region and Patterson was named the sixth best player. Outfielder Ian Moyer (Chesterfield, NJ/Northern Burlington) and infielder Ryan Brydzinski (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) were named to All-Region Second Team. All four were named to the All-Garden State Athletic Conference First Team.

For more baseball news and game results, visit the team page .

James Pugliese and Matt Patterson were named to the All-Region and All-GSAC First Teams.
¾«¶«´«Ã½ baseball team at pre-tournament practice.