May 22, 2007

Complete Pre-Tournament Notes in PDF Format
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BACK IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY – The Notre Dame baseball team (28-26, 11-15 BIG EAST) is making its 12th straight trip to the BIG EAST Championshop and will be opening versus longtime league rival Rutgers (Tuesday, May 22; 1:00 eastern), at KeySpan Ballpark in Brooklyn, N.Y. … the Irish took 2-of-3 at Rutgers in late April (15-3, 0-7, 6-4) … ND leads the all-time series with Rutgers 25-15, including a 5-4 margin in BIG EAST tournament meetings … the starting pitchers will be a rematch of game-2 from the earlier series (ND sophomore RHP Kyle Weiland and RU senior RHP Steve Healing) … links to live stats, video and audio are available at und.com.

** See PDF for complete pre-tournament notes. **