GRANVILLE, Ohio (May 16, 2022) – Fresh off of their second straight North Coast Athletic Conference Regular-Season Championship and third straight NCAC Tournament title, the Denison University baseball team has been chosen by the NCAA as a host institution for the Division III Regionals.

The Big Red earned the NCAC's automatic bid to regionals for the third year in a row, and will now compete in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth year in a row after doing so for the first time in program history in 2018. Denison, currently ranked No. 19 in the 2022 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Poll, will bring a 33-9 overall record into regionals.

Joining Denison in the Granville Regional will be Penn State Harrisburg (30-15), defending national champion Salisbury University (30-8), and William Paterson University (30-13). The Big Red will first take on Penn State Harrisburg on Friday, May 20, while Salisbury will matchup against William Paterson.

The Big Red have been paced on offense so far this season by Danny Alvarez, who leads the NCAC with a .417 batting average and has amassed 65 total hits, 52 RBI's (second most in NCAC), 22 doubles and five home runs.

Freshman Eric Colaco (.361 avg.) leads Denison with 57 runs scored on the season, and has swiped a new Big Red single-season record 31 stolen bases, which is tied for first in the NCAC.

Another new face to the team this year, transfer junior Ari Fierer, is also batting .361 and leads Denison with 29 walks drawn on the year and is fifth in the conference with 43 RBI's.

Dylan Hunter is hitting .379 after missing a big chuck of the regular season due to injury, but he is rounding into form at the right time.

On Sunday, May 15, during the NCAC Championship Series between Denison and Wooster, catcher Charlie Glennon caught his 16th would-be base stealer of the season, setting another Denison record. Additionally, in the championship game, Kenny Lippman went the distance to earn both the win and Tournament MVP honors while also setting a Big Red record for strikeouts in a single game with 14.

For the year, Lippman is 6-1 with a 1.86 ERA (second best in NCAC) in 53.1 total innings. He has appeared in 14 games with seven starts, and has walked only 15 batters while striking out a team-high 83 (third most in NCAC).

Trey Holland is 5-0 with a 2.30 ERA (fourth best in NCAC) and a .98 WHIP in 47 innings. He has appeared in 11 games with nine starts, and has recorded 49 strikeouts compared to 12 walks.

Taylor Perrett leads Denison and is second in the conference in wins (8-1), has played in 13 games with 11 starts, and has a 3.60 ERA. He has 61 strikeouts to go along with 11 walks.

Charlie Fleming has stated in all 11 games he has played in, is 5-2 with a 4.39 ERA over 51.1 innings, and has 45 strikeouts and 12 walks.

George Viebrock leads the big Red in appearances with 16, sports a 2.67 ERA in 33.2 innings, and is 2-1 with two saves. He has 29 strikeouts compared to only six walks.

Penn State Harrisburg won its second straight United East Regular-Season Championship (19-2) and second straight conference tournament title. The Lions are making their third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and fourth in program history (2022, 2021, 2019, 2013).

Salisbury, which is currently ranked No. 9 in NCAA Division III, won its second straight Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) championship and its 17th league title overall. The C2C championship does not carry an automatic bid.

William Paterson, which is currently receiving votes in the national poll, won the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament. The Pioneers secured their 13th NJAC Tournament title in program history, and their first in 25 years (1959, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2022). WP also earns the NJAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and will return to the national stage for the first time since 1999 (1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2022). One of the nation's most dominant programs in the 1990s, William Paterson won the 1992 and 1996 NCAA Division III national titles and reached the College World Series on seven occasions overall, including four within an eight-year period (1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999).
 
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