STOCKTON TO HOST NCAA MEN\’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GAMES
Richard Stockton College will host NCAA Division III Men\’s Basketball Tournament first and second round games this weekend. On Friday, March 7, Nazareth will play Rhode Island College at 6 pm and then Stockton will play Immaculata at 8 pm. The two winners will play an NCAA Tournament second round game at Stockton on Saturday, March 8 at 7 pm. After winning the NJAC championship, Stockton is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999.
MEN\’S BASKETBALL TEAM WINS NJAC CHAMPIONSHIP
(February 28) The Stockton men\’s basketball team defeated Ramapo 60-59 in an NJAC tournament semifinal game. Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) sank two free throws with 22 seconds remaining to lift Stockton into a one-point lead and Ospreys survived three missed shots by Ramapo in the final seven seconds. Hubbard scored a team-high 20 points and Omar Smith (Newark/Central) added nine points for Stockton, which won despite shooting just 14-27 (51.9%) at the line and being out-rebounded 42-20.
BASEBALL TEAM OPENS THE SEASON WITH TWO WINS
(March 1) The Stockton baseball team opened the 2008 season by sweeping a doubleheader from Polytechnic 17-7 (five innings) and 11-5. Stockton scored at least two runs in four of its five offensive turns in the opener. The game was halted after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Freshman Nick Corrado (West Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) went 2-3 with a walk-off three-run homer, his first career home run, in the bottom of the fifth that brought the 10-run rule into effect.
Chris Discher (Cherry Hill/CH West) went 2-4 with a double and five RBI while Pat Goodwin (Mays Landing/Holy Spirit) was 2-3 with a double, three-run homer, three runs and three RBI. Relief pitcher Anthony Angarano (Old Bridge/Old Bridge) earned the win on the mound with 2.1 scoreless innings during which he allowed just one hit. Polytechnic scored all seven of its runs in the third inning.
Stockton rallied from a 5-3 deficit with eight runs in the sixth inning to complete the sweep 11-5. Corrado doubled in two runs and Goodwin tripled in a run during the key sixth frame. Goodwin finished 2-4 with a double, triple and an RBI while Joe Sacerdote (Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) went 2-3 with a double, home run and two RBI. Winning pitcher Amit Shah (Maple Shade/Maple Shade) allowed five runs (three unearned) on five hits with five strikeouts in five innings pitched for Stockton.
(March 3) Scott Fisher (Toms River/Toms River East) was named the NJAC Player of the Week and freshman Nick Corrado (West Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) was named the NJAC Rookie of the Week. Against Polytechnic, Fisher went 4-5 with a triple, five RBI and two stolen bases. Corrado went 4-7 with five RBI and three runs, and he also slammed a three-run home run for his first career homer.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
MEN\’S BASKETBALL: Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) averaged 19.5 points in Stockton\’s two NJAC tournament wins. Hubbard scored a team-high 20 points against Ramapo and a team-high 19 points against William Paterson. Hubbard also was named the NJAC Player of the Week for his performance in the conference playoffs.
BASEBALL: Scott Fisher (Toms River/Toms River East) went 4-5 including a triple and five RBI in Stockton\’s doubleheader wins over Polytechnic. Fisher also was named the NJAC Player of the Week.
LACROSSE: Keith Bologno (Glen Gardner/Voorhees) tallied two goals and three assists for a team-high five points in Stockton\’s opener as the Ospreys fell to Wesley 14-7.
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