Earl Lorden Field is a
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
venue located on the
campus of the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...
in
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. The field is home to the
UMass Minutemen baseball team of the
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The field is named after former UMass baseball coach Earl Lorden and was dedicated in his name on April 24, 1971.
Renovations
An electronic scoreboard was constructed beyond the left field fence before the 2001 season.
[UMass Athletic Facility](_blank)
at umassathletics.com, URL accessed October 3, 2009
10/03/09
In fall 2012, a new outfield wind screen was installed, an
artificial turf halo was added around home plate, and the facility's
dugouts were renovated.
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
References
External links
Photo Gallery of 2012 Renovations
College baseball venues in the United States
UMass Minutemen baseball
University of Massachusetts Amherst buildings
Baseball venues in Massachusetts
Sports venues completed in 1971
University and college buildings completed in 1971
CategorY:1971 establishments in Massachusetts
Sports venues in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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