With one final melee on the field, the playoffs were just that - final. Kean defeated Rowan 8-2 for their twelfth consecutive playoff victory. Every starter had a hit and Andrew Cupido pitched a six-hitter to close out the Newark Regional. Kean will start their defense of their 2007 national championship on Friday morning, when it meets the No. 1 team in the nation, Chapman. Earlier the Profs beat rival College of New Jersey 5-2 to advance.

Chandler Barnard pitched a complete game four-hitter and added a 3-for-3 day at the plate to put Trinity (Conn.) in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. The Bantams break the record they tied on Friday for the longest win streak in D-III baseball history as they won their 41st game without a loss.

The first round match-ups set for Friday May 23 are:
No. 1 Chapman vs. No. 6 Kean, 10 a.m. CT
Adrian vs. No. 5 John Hopkins, 1:15 p.m.
No 11. UW-Whitewater vs. Linfield, 4:30 p.m.
No. 2 Cortland State vs. No 3. Trinity (Conn.), 7:45 p.m.

Trinity is the first team to bring an undefeated record into the Championship round, besting the 40-1 record NC Wesleyan brought into the 1994 Championship Series. Since 1994, 18 teams finished the season with fewer than five losses, including four this year (Chapman, Cortland State, Trinity (Conn.), and Salisbury).

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