RELEASE DATE: 3/16/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIES BASEBALL HOME OPENER POSTPONED BY SNOW – RANKED SIXTH IN LATEST NCBWA REGIONAL POLL

MANSFIELD – The Mansfield University baseball team’s 2004 home opener scheduled for Wednesday afternoon against Cortland-SUNY at Shaute Field has been postponed due to snow.

The makeup date has yet to be determined.

The Mountaineer baseball team has already played 18 games this season posting an 11-7 record during games in West Virginia and Florida .

Mansfield is currently ranked sixth in the North Atlantic Region National College Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) poll. Four of the six teams in the PSAC East are ranked in the regional top ten poll.

The Mountaineers are batting .322 as a team led by Matt Mills with a .556 average.

Mansfield hopes play their home opener this weekend when they are scheduled to host St. Anselm College.