Drew Rangers baseball
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The Drew Rangers baseball program is the college baseball
College baseball
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 program of Drew University
Drew University
Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...

. Today, the Rangers play at the Division III level as a part of the Landmark Conference
Landmark Conference
The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C....

.

Coaches

Vincent Masco is the head coach
Manager (baseball)
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 of Drew University's baseball team as well as the school's associate athletic director
Athletic director
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. He graduated from Trenton State College
The College of New Jersey
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 in 1971. He serves on many committees, including the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Baseball Selection committee, the MAC
Mid-American Conference
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 Baseball Sports Committee, and the ECAC
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...

 Mid-Atlantic Baseball Selection committee (which he chairs). He also plays a role on the ECAC Basketball committee after a coaching career at Drew from 1986-1995. Masco is the winningest coach in Drew University history. He was selected the 1998 coach of the year by the New Jersey Baseball Coaches Association, and again was voted coach of the year in 1999 by the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom League for leading Drew to its first Freedom League title. Masco has also guided the Rangers to five ECAC playoffs and four MAC postseason appearances. His 165th win, on April 17, 1996, put him first on Drew University’s all-time win list. On April 9, 2004, Masco coached his 300th career victory over Delaware Valley College
Delaware Valley College
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, putting him in the NCAA’s top fifty winningest coaches list.

Danny DeGeorge and Ed DiMaggio serve as assistant coaches for the program. DeGeorge played baseball at Princeton University
Princeton Tigers
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 and went on to a minor-league
Minor league baseball
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 career in the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
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 organization. DeGeorge joined the staff for the 2010 season. DiMaggio has been on the Drew coaching staff since the 2008 season.

Drew Baseball Through the Years

Below is a list of accomplishments of Drew Rangers baseball since the program's inception.
  • 4 MAC playoff appearances
  • 1 MAC league title
  • 7 ECAC tournament appearance
  • 50 All-Conference selections
  • 80 MAC All-Academic selections
  • 3 Regional All-Americans
  • 2 Verizon Academic All-Americans
  • 7 Verizon Regional Academic All-Americans

Team Records (2000-present)

Below is a list of team records from the 2000 to the 2009 season.
Year Wins Losses Ties
2000 20 13
2001 13 24
2002 12 22 1
2003 13 20
2004 16 22 1
2005 14 18 1
2006 16 23
2007 14 23
2008 7 30
2009 8 27
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