Matt Misoliek belted a one-out double into the right-field corner in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring Joe Merlino and giving the Overbrook High School baseball team a shocking 7-6 victory over Gloucester Catholic in Tri-County Conference Diamond Division action Tuesday.

Misoliek had a pair of doubles among his three hits and drove in three runs, while winning pitcher Chris Allebach was 3-for-4 with three doubles and two runs scored. It was Overbrook\’s first win over Catholic in four years.

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Media Release April 2

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Down, 6-4, Rutgers rallied with a run in the ninth and came 90-feet short of tying it up before Monmouth escaped with a 6-5 victory over the Scarlet Knights in NCAA Baseball action at MU Baseball Complex Wednesday afternoon.

Facing the two-run deficit and down to their final three outs, the Scarlet Knights (8-15) rallied. Senior Vic Cegles (Phoenix, Ariz.) reached on an infield error and Donny Callahan (Sparta, N.J.)Dan Betteridge (Sewell, N.J.) brought in one run with a sacrifice fly to deep left-center field to make it 6-5. The Hawks (9-8) decided to turn to reliever Brett Brach with the heart of the Rutgers lineup due up and MU clinging to a one-run lead. A Tom Edwards (West Caldwell, N.J.) groundout to first pushed the Scarlet Knights\’ tying run within 90 feet of home, but Brach got Vinnie Sangemino (Nutley, N,J.) to strike out to end the game. followed with a single before Monmouth closer Justin Esposito moved both runners into scoring position with a wild pitch. Sophomore

In a game that saw 12 different pitchers combined, Rutgers was forced to use seven different hurlers. Starter Tony Wargo (New Providence, N.J.) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and was replaced by freshman Dale Hering (Montgomery, N.J.) midway through the second.

Monmouth loaded the bases again in the frame, this time with nobody retired. The Hawks scored their first run courtesy of a Wargo wild pitch. After re-loading the bases, Wargo was relieved by Hering, marking the righty\’s collegiate debut. Hering\’s first batter, Ryan Terry, gave Monmouth its second run with a single through the left side. The Hawks scored two more runs on a hit batsman and a fielder\’s choice before Hering was replaced by Matt Patterson (Passaic, N.J.). Patterson ended the frame with a strikeout to the first batter he faced.

A pair of singles by Vic Cegles (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Dan Betteridge (Sewell, N.J.) put runners on first and third for the Scarlet Knights with one out in the fifth and Tom Edwards (West Caldwell, N.J.) drove in RU\’s first run of the game with a line-drive single to right field. After a personnel change for both sides sent Andy McDonnell to the mound and Sangemino to the plate, RU loaded the bases when the Scarlet Knight pinch hitter drew a walk. Jarred Jimenez (Monroe, N.J.) tied it up on one swing with a bases-clearing triple to the gap in left-center field.

With the score tied at 4-4, reliever Billy Murphy (Cranford, N.J.) went out for his third inning of work in the sixth. A pair of walks and a passed ball put Monmouth\’s Kyle Higgins 90 feet from scoring the go-ahead run. The Scarlet Knights turned to Ryan Beard (Point Pleasant, N.J.) on the mound and Beard got Andy Meyers to hit into a fielder\’s choice, but Higgins crossed home plate as MU re-gained the advantage. The Hawks threatened for more in the inning, but Beard got an inning-ending double play.

Higgins used a two-out single to left field in the seventh to drive home a sixth run and give Monmouth a two-run cushion.

The run would prove to be crucial as the Hawks were able to hold off the Scarlet Knights\’ late rally for the narrow victory.

Nick Vallillo (1-0) earned the win in three innings of relief work for Monmouth, while Murphy (0-1) was charged with the loss, despite two solid innings of relief work for Rutgers. Brach put the clamps on the RU rally for his second save of the season.

The victory gave Monmouth its first win over Rutgers since 2002, ending a seven-game winning streak for the Scarlet Knights over the Hawks.

Rutgers travels to South Bend, Indiana on Thursday for a three-game series with Notre Dame this weekend. The Scarlet Knights and Irish will open the series with a 5:00 p.m. game on Friday.

Media Release

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team’s doubleheader against Richard Stockton College set for Tuesday, April 1 at Lions’ Park has been postponed due to the weather.

The teams are working on a date to reschedule the New Jersey Athletic Conference twin bill.

TCNJ is currently 11-9 on the season and return to action on Thursday, April 3 with a non-conference doubleheader at Haverford College.

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Media Release April 1, 2008

Ewing, NJ – Ranked sixth in Division III, The College of New Jersey\’s baseball team tallied a 7-5 home win over the Lions of Albright College to collect the team\’s eighth straight victory. TCNJ improves to 16-2 overall, while Albright drops to 7-11. The eight wins in a row matches TCNJ longest winning streak of the season as the Lions started 2008 by reeling off eight wins.

TCNJ\’s senior Rich Gawlak (Plainsboro, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro-South) drove in the Lions\’ first two runs of the game with a two run double to deep right field and helped the team get off to a 2-0 lead. Senior right fielder Matt Barrett (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) went deep with his first career homerun, a solo shot to left center in the bottom of the third. TCNJ would tack on another run in the inning and lead 6-0 before Albright broke up freshman pitcher Connor Henderson\’s (Monmouth Junction, NJ/South Brunswick) shutout bid.

Henderson worked six inning and scattered five hits, yielding a run with three walks and four strikeouts as he made his first career start for the Lions and is now 1-0. Freshman reliever Sean Flanagan (Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan) made his first appearance on the year before senior Nick Amabile (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) entered the game in the seventh inning and struck out the side to help the Lions out of the jam after Albright tacked on three runs and sent TCNJ to the bottom of the seventh with a 7-4 lead. Albright sent the entire lineup to the plate in the inning before Amabile was able to end the threat.

In the top of the ninth, senior Kyle Wenrich (Reading, PA/Reading) came to bat with bases loaded and two outs and was struck out by TCNJ\’s junior Eric Gertie (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) to end the game and preserve the victory by the home squad. Gertie collected the save, his fourth of the year for the Lions.

Sophomore Derek Althouse (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) took the loss after working four innings with four earned runs off seven hits with four walks and two strikeouts and is now 0-2. Sophomore Shane Stein (New Ringgold, PA/Blue Mountain) worked two innings for Albright, yielding one earned run off five hits with a walk and a strikeout.

Albright\’s senior Jordan Boyer (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg) drove in two runs and was 2-5 with a pair of runs, while Wenrich was 2-5 with a pair of runs scored.

On the game, Gawlak and freshman Matt Giermanski (Oradell, NJ/River Dell Regional) both drove in two runs, while rookie outfielder Anthony Palmiotto (Manchester, NJ/Manchester Township) added a 2-4 day at the plate with an RBI and junior shortstop Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/Sayreville) went 2-3 with three stolen bases in the game.

TCNJ returns to action on April 3 hosting Moravian College in a 3:30 p.m. non-league match-up, while Albright College is back in action on April 4 when they visit Widener University for a 3:30 p.m. contest.