Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park is a

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venue in

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, United States. It is home to the

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team of the

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Division I

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. The field has a capacity of 2,000 spectators. The field portion of the facility is named for

Red Rolfe Robert Abial "Red" Rolfe (October 17, 1908 – July 8, 1969) was an American third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Rolfe also was an Ivy Leaguer: a graduate, then long-t ...

, Dartmouth Class of 1931, former

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player and Dartmouth

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from 1954–1967. In 2008, a $5.2 million donation of two Dartmouth

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, Michael J. (Class of 1979) and Cynthia Ginn (Class of 1980) Biondi, allowed for extensive renovations of the facility. The playing surface was changed from natural grass to FieldTurf and shifted slightly toward

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. The installation of turf allowed for increased use of the field during late fall and early spring. 650 permanent seats, with space for more than 1,000 additional seats, were added. Other new features included a new

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, dugouts, bullpens, and

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s. Following the renovations, the park portion of the facility was dedicated Biondi Park in honor of the two donors. In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the park as the third best small venue in Division I baseball.

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The facility has hosted four Ivy League Championship Series (2001, 2004, 2008, and 2009). Dartmouth lost the first three series it hosted, but won the 2009 series, two games to one over

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, to advance to the

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