Baseball venue in the Bronx, New York, US
Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field , or simply Houlihan Park , is a baseball venue located on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx , New York, United States. It is the home field of the Fordham Rams baseball team of the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference . The field is part of a larger athletic facility called Jack Coffey Field .[ 1]
Renovation and renaming
The park is named in honor of Fordham alumnus Jim Houlihan.[ 1] Houlihan made a $ 1 million donation to name the newly renovated field, which had previously been referred to simply as Coffey Field .[ 2] The field was resurfaced with FieldTurf as a part of 2005 renovations. The renovations included modifications to the playing surface, new lights, practice facilities, dugouts, grandstands, and an added press box.[ 3]
Events
The field has hosted the 2006, 2012 , and 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournaments , won by Saint Louis , Dayton , and Rhode Island respectively.[ 4] [ 5]
See also
References
^ a b Fordham facilities at fordhamsports.com, URL accessed October 9, 2009. Archived October 9, 2009
^ Fordham University Visiting Team Guide at grfx.cstv.com, URL accessed October 9, 2009. Archived October 9, 2009
^ Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field at fordham.edu, URL accessed October 9, 2009. Archived October 9, 2009
^ "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF) . CSTV . Atlantic 10 Conference. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2012 .
^ "Flyers Win First A-10 Championship Title" . DaytonFlyers.com . May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012 .