GLOUCESTER CITY LITTLE LEAGUE IS STILL IN NEED OF 7, 8, 9, AND 10 YEAR OLDS FOR THE 2008 SEASON. 

IF INTERESTED IN PLAYING, PLEASE CALL 456-1776 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Holland, MI–The College of New Jersey women’s basketball junior center Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) was named to the 2007-08 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team Honorable Mentions for NCAA Division III on Friday.

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and State Farm announced the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team. This year’s team marks the first State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team, as Eastman Kodak held the previous sponsorship for 25 years. Selection committees in each of the eight WBCA geographical regions select 10 of the top women’s basketball players in the nation to be honored. In addition, an honorable mention team was also selected.

Klimowicz was one of five players from Region 3 named to the national ballot for the 2008 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for the Women’s Coaches Basketball Coaches Association for Division III. There are eight different regions and the 40 finalists, who were voted upon by WBCA member coaches in each of the eight WBCA award regions.

The State Farm Coaches\’ All-America Basketball Team was announced at the NCAA Division III Women\’s Basketball Banquet at Hope College in Holland, Mich.

The 2007-08 Lions went 22-7 on the season and won the New Jersey Athletic Conference South Division with an 11-2 conference mark and advanced to the conference championship game. The team then earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championship and moved into the second round of the tournament.

Klimowicz has reeled in numerous conference honors as she was selected as the 2008 NJAC Player of the Year and a First Team All-NJAC honoree.

The center had a banner season leading the team in a host of categories. She was the team’s top scorer and rebounder averaging 16.9 points and 11.0 boards. Those numbers rank her second and third, respectively, in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. She also leads the conference in field goal percentage hitting on 64.4 percent of her shots (206-for-320) and blocked shots per game at 4.10 per contest. Those numbers rank second and fourth nationally.

Klimowicz has received a host of other honors this season, including being named the NJAC Player of the Week seven times and ECAC Metro Player of the Week twice. She was named the most valuable player of the Gwynedd-Mercy College Classic and earned a spot on the Marymount University Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team. She recorded 20 double-doubles this season and scored in double figures in 27 of 29 games.

Klimowicz was previously recognized for her effort in the classroom as she earned CoSIDA’s ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division honors. She was named All-District II Third Team as a psychology major and boasts a grade-point-average of 3.318.

Klimowicz was a 2006-07 All-NJAC First Team selection after joining the Lions from NCAA Division I St. Joseph’s University where she was selected the 2005-06 Atlantic 10 and Big Five Rookie of the Year.

SCHEFSECK Josephine E.

On March 14, 2008. Age 93. Of Deptford. Formerly of Boonton and Plainfield, NJ. Devoted mother of Linda M. Shafer and her husband Robert Stone Shafer of New York. Beloved grandmother of Robert P. Shafer and his wife Karole A. Shafer and the late Robyn Lynn Shafer. Cherished great-grandmother of Rebecca Ann Shafer and Joshua Stone Shafer. Loving cousin of Carey Pohrishak.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her graveside burial and prayers on Monday, March 24 at 1 pm in the Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, NJ. There will be no evening viewing.

Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Josephine Schefseck. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Phone: 856-456-1142

BILL\’S POINT OF VIEW:

Thank you to the Gloucester City Little League for sharing the information about the organization\’s finances. It helps to fill in some holes for example how the $52,000 was accrued. Besides the money being stolen some of us wondered either to themselves or out loud how come the Little League had so much money in their treasury. Your explanation answered some of those questions.

For those who are just tuning in the former treasurer of the Little League, Harry Fox Jr., was recently charged with embezzling $52,000 from the organization. And as many residents are aware this isn\’t the first time something like this has happened in Gloucester City.

Over the years I have watched, as you, in 1980 money stolen from the Mustangs Football organization cookie sales (a mother of one of the players stole the funds).

Also in the 1980\’s there was a City fireman who took $10,000 plus from the annual Softball Marathon.

Then again in 2007 there was another City fireman caught stealing funds from the same account.

And now the latest, $52,000 being stolen from the Little League organization.

There have been some recent comments posted about what could be done to stop the thieves. The most recent from an unknown person who signed their name Tired of Donating to Thieves makes the most sense, have the treasurer bonded. \”If the treasurer was bonded the organization would get their money back and the bonding company would go after the thief, \” he/she said.

I also feel it is not too much to ask that all organizations disclose full financial statements to the public each year. Some organizations feel if they give out that information the public will not be as generous. I don\’t believe that would happen. And on the other hand other organizations feel the public has no right to know how their donations are being spent.

Recently in one of my columns I suggested that all clubs and organizations require two even three signatures to withdraw money from their bank account. And give full financial disclosure to the members each month. Following the publication of the column I received a call from Mike Kenney, treasurer of the Mustangs. He said after reading my thoughts he made the motion to do just that at the Mustang meeting and the organization approved it. Let\’s have a Cheer for the Mustangs!

All groups who solicit donations from the public should be required to release their financial statements on a yearly basis. That includes coin drops, golf tournaments, firemen\’s softball tournaments, fishing tournaments, cookie and candy sales, beef and beer events, door to door solicitations and so forth on.

As mentioned before, openness would help discourage those with \”sticky\” fingers.

If you look back to what type of punishment the thieves mentioned in the past received all of them got off with just a slap on the hand. They get no jail time, instead the Courts sentenced the crook (s) to community service, a few years probation, and the thief can take their time making restitution. Is it any wonder we are reading more and more about corruption in volunteer organizations?

To put it in simple terms the thief has gotten away with highway robbery and received a free interest loan to pay back at their leisure.

The time has come to put measures in place so this won\’t happen again in our community. And if organizations are not willing to be forth coming then the public should withhold their donations until they make full disclosure of their expenses and expenditures.

Related: Harry Fox Jr. Arrested

 Joseph F., Jr. \”Frank\” Corson Retired Captain / Current President March 15, 1931 – March 18, 2008

By Bill Bates

NEWS Correspondent

It is a very sad week for the MEPRI Organization and the entire community of Mount Ephraim, as a well respected and dedicated member of the community has passed on.

It is with deep regret to announce the passing of Frank Corson, EMT who was a long time member of M.E.P.R.I. (Mount Ephraim Police Reserves Incorporated) Ambulance, Squad 4 for more then 22 years. Frank ran countless hours of volunteer service on the ambulance for Mount Ephraim as well as surrounding communities where they were called upon often. Frank answered calls with many members from the community and touched everyone with has charming personality and sense of humor. Frank was the most dedicated heart and soul members of MEPRI Ambulance and adored his hobby enough to have it as his custom license plate \”Squad 4\”.

 A younger picture of Frank (second from Left) with his wife Mary in front of him, after one of the town\’s annual July 4th Parades. (click on photo to enlarge)

As you can imagine, Frank\’s talent and continuous dedication did not go unnoticed as he received several awards over the years. Many meals were missed and many nights were spent away from home and from his loving family. Frank shared his passion of running on the squad with his beloved wife Mary as well as his oldest daughter Debbie over the years and they answered many calls together. Frank also was an avid collector of trains as his entire basement reflected that. Frank showed off his second favorite hobby every chance he got to family and friends that stopped by. Frank was always working on something whether it was the house, his trains, or something for the MEPRI organization. Just about every Friday night, you could find Frank at the MEPRI building where they were conducting BINGO to support the self funded volunteer ambulance. Frank always worked the card window..

 A older group shot with the members from MEPRI Ambulance – Squad 4. From Left to Right are John Haggerty, Patty Haggerty, Henry Hartman, Mary Corson, Frank Corson, Cindy Holmes, Kenny Robertson, Marietta Engle, & Mary Anderson. (click on photo to enlarge).

Frank passed on March 18, 2008, after a two week stay at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden. Frank and Mary most recently lived in Deptford for the past 2 years, and were formerly of Mount Ephraim for 47 years. Beloved husband of Mary M. (nee Ventura) for 54 years. Devoted father of Debra Day of Camden EMS (Larry), Patricia Hollen (Jim), Barbara Fedorak (Wayne), Denise Creato (Jeff) and Kirk Corson (Anna). Loving grandfather of Drew, Ryan, Greg, Jim (Jess), Doug, Kelly, Jeffrey, Jessica, Sara and Emily.

Frank was the originator of Mt. Ephraim Girls Softball and served as President for 14 years. He served as President of MEPRI for over the past 10 years and was Captain of the Mount Ephraim Ambulance Squad for 20 years. After 30 years with Abbotts Dairies, Frank started a second career as an EMT with the Camden County Board of Social Services for 13 years after retiring in 2005.

To honor a member of the emergency services community who gave so much of himself to his community for so many years, relatives and friends are invited to attend the viewing from 6 to 9 pm Friday evening and again 9 to 10 am Saturday morning at GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE. Funeral Service 10 am Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Bethel Memorial Park, Pennsauken.

Expressions of sympathy may be e-mailed to Condolences@Gardner FuneralHome.com

Related: Fire

Related: Mt. Ephraim

By Sara Martino

\” I was ready to retire from the Camden City Police Department and wanted to start a business. Robert Duffy, who was my wife Barbara\’s uncle, suggested that we purchase his family candy business. Barbara had been working in the business already since she graduated from High School and we decided to go for it,\” Michael Hall said.

\”I apprenticed with Robert Duffy for only two weeks before he became ill and passed away. By studying the candy making processes and with the help of Barbara and the candy recipes handed down from Barbara\’s great grandfather, Charles Duffy, we have kept the tradition of a family run business serving the public with the finest freshest hand-made candies,\” Michael said.

Charles Duffy and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in the house on Broadway in the \’40\’s and started the business after once working at Whitman\’s Chocolates. The bell that now announces that a customer has arrived also signaled the Duffy\’s that they were needed in the store and they left their living area to answer the call.

Barbara runs the front end, taking orders, completing sales and informing Mike about what is needed. Mike makes the candy along with the help of his assistant candy maker, Greg Bulzak

During the special holidays, eight employees may be working in the shop including the Halls\’ daughter Michelle.

Duffy\’s uses the best butter, cream, sugar, vanilla and chocolates. Only American ingredients and products are used in making the candy and no preservatives are added. Special plaster of Paris molds from the 1940\’s are used to make fruit and cream candies and mints. Other molds are used for making the famous \”Irish Potatoes\” which are now a year round favorite. Candy is cooked in a 1904 copper kettle. Ingredients are weighed on a 1902 scale. Everything comes together with the capable ability of the hands that create the delicious candies.

\”In order to keep our high standard of quality, I would rather make less candy. If the candy is not perfect it is not going out,\” Mike said. Minor renovations or a face lift may occur but the character of the business will remain the same. Even with the increased costs of products and fuel surcharges, Duffy\’s prices are still lower than other candy sellers. \”You have to have a passion for this type of business. One must have knowledge of science, chemistry and business know-how,\” Mike said.

Duffy\’s takes part in the community. Girl Scouts can tour the operation and earn a \”Make It- Eat It\” badge made by their own hands. During birthday parties the participants can make special chocolate pizzas.

At times, Mike has made candy deliveries to shut-ins. Curb-side deliveries and phone ahead orders are part of the service and fax and e-mail orders are taken.

Previous residents of Gloucester City often return to Duffy\’s. One customer orders frozen chocolate bananas. Another customer requests Granny Smith apples covered with caramel, white chocolate and cinnamon sugar several times a year for his mother. \”The customers are like family. It is so rewarding when people enjoy the candies generation after generation,\” Mike said. Gourmet and personalized chocolates can be ordered and shipped anywhere in the states.

\”We are grateful to the city and to the UEZ. Gina Dunphy has been a great help in assisting us with UEZ façade improvement loans, a new roof and new equipment. We wouldn\’t relocate but perhaps have a branch in the waterfront area, if an Irish Village is realized in the city,\” Mike said.

The sale of Duffy\’s Easter candy is a well-known tradition. Customers are coming in to purchase their dark and light chocolate Easter eggs, chicks, bunnies, etc. etc.

A meeting at a Cherry Hill skating rink that brought Mike and Barbara together years ago has led to the continuation of a Gloucester City favorite. Duffy\’s is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm, Saturdays 10am to 6pm and on Sundays 12 to 4pm for two weeks prior to special holidays. Please call 856-456-2955.

Related: Buy Local/UEZ

Thursday, March 20, 2008

313 Monmouth Street

AGENDA

1. Call to Order:  
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

3. Roll Call:

4. Sunshine Law: This meeting is being held in conformance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, otherwise known as the \”Sunshine Law\”. It has been legally noticed in accordance with the law and copies have been given to those requesting the same.

5. Public Comment Period: The Governing Body, in accordance with P.L. 2002, c. 80, have adopted the following guidelines relative to the Public Comment Period (PCP) at Caucus, Worksession, Special and Emergency Meetings of the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester City: The PCP shall occur at the beginning of each meeting; it shall be no longer than one half-hour in length; every person wishing to speak may do so once during the period for no longer than five minutes. No changes have been made for the PCP of the regular monthly meetings.

6. Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s): February 21, 28, March 3 (pending)

7. Ordinances:

for second reading and public hearing this evening

O05 Bond Ordinance Authorizing the Financing of a Redevelopment Project in and for the City of Gloucester City; County of Camden, New Jersey; Appropriating the Sum of $4,350,000 Therefor; Authorizing the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds or Bond Anticipation Notes of the City of Gloucester City, County of Camden, New Jersey in the Aggregate Principal Amount of Up to $4,350,000; Making Certain Determinations and Covenants; and Authorizing Certain Related Actions in Connection with the Foregoing

8. Resolutions:

R090 Adopting Emergency Temporary Budget Appropriations

R091 Providing for Transfers of 2007 Reserved Budget Appropriations

R092 Authorizing Senior and Veterans Deductions

R093 Returning Over-Payments on Various Tax Records

R094 Correcting Billing Charges on Utility Records

R095 Awarding a Contract for 2008 Supply of Chemicals for the Environmental Utilities Department, Gloucester City, New Jersey

R096 Authorizing Refunds on the Planning and Zoning Board Application Fees

R097 Authorizing Refunds on the Planning and Zoning Board Escrow Accounts

R098 Authorizing the Sale at Public Auction of City Owned Vehicles

R099 Authorizing Change Order to the Contract Between G. Helmer Construction Co., Inc. and the City of Gloucester City for the Replacement of the Koehler Street Combined Sewer Railroad Crossing

R100 Authorizing Subordination of Mortgage Held by the City of Gloucester City to Secure Housing Rehabilitation Loan

R101 Introduction of the 2008 Municipal Budget for the City of Gloucester City

(This budget shall be advertised in summary form in the April 3, 2008 edition of the Gloucester City News and the Public Hearing for the same to be held at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Common Council April 24, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. in the City Hall, 313 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ

9. Old Business:

a)

10. New Business:

a)

11. Communications:

a) From John and Kathy Buri – fire at 611 Hunter Street

b) From DEP – Welsbach

c) NJSLM Legislative Bulletin

d) From Chief Brian Hagan – placement of Ryan Walters to Gloucester City Fire Dept. as volunteer

e) Welsbach Progress Report

f) From Camden County Board of Freeholders – Breakfast Meeting April 17^th a.m. Camden County Boathouse

12. Round Table:

13. Closed Session: Resolution #R -2008 to enter into closed session for discussion of:

14. Adjournment

By Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird, USA Special to American Forces Press Service NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, March 19, 2008 – Mechanics from Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, have their work cut out for them here. Army Spc. Nathan Bolt-Ray, a mechanic in Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, turns a wrench while fixing a radiator on Forward Operating Base Keating in Afghanistan\’s Nuristan province Feb. 28, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The mechanics are stationed at Forward Operating Base Keating, located in a valley between two snow-melt-fed rivers in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Vehicle rollovers, flash floods, road washouts and rock and snow avalanches are just a few of the hazards that make maintaining vehicles a challenge. During the winter, Taliban extremists and coalition forces alike are forced to stay near their homes and bases, or face battling the elements. \”One of the things about the snow, when it fell, it made things very difficult around here,\” said Army Spc. Larry Gonzales, a 33-year-old construction and vehicle repair mechanic. More than four feet of snow fell in the valley this winter. Combat Outpost Warheit, which overlooks FOB Keating, had more than eight feet of snow. The snow made movement extremely difficult. \”Mobilewise, airwise, waterwise — everything was freezing up,\” Gonzales said. \”The fuel even started to gel.\” When the snow receded, soldiers on FOB Keating were able to start on projects the snow had hindered. Gonzales and Army Spc. Nathan Bolt-Ray, a mechanic in Bravo Troop, worked on a Humvee that was damaged during a Feb. 22 firefight. \”We\’re replacing the radiator in the Humvee,\” Bolt-Ray said. \”The radiator took shrapnel from a (rocket propelled grenade).\” But enemy action is only part of what keeps the unit\’s mechanics busy. \”As you can see by the bullet holes in a lot of these vehicles\’ trunks, they\’ve taken quite the beating,\” Bolt-Ray said. \”The roads — I guess you can call them that — also take their turn beating on the vehicles.\” But damage is damage, whether it\’s from bullets, rocks or the elements. All that matters to the mechanics here is keeping the unit\’s vehicles rolling. (Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird serves with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office.)

Related Sites: Combined Joint Task Force 82 NATO International Security Assistance Force

Army Spc. Nathan Bolt-Ray (right) and Spc. Larry Gonzales (left), mechanics in Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, work on a radiator that was damaged by a rocket propelled grenade on Forward Operating Base Keating in Afghanistan\’s Nuristan province, Feb. 28, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird Download screen-resolution Download high-resolution Army Spc. Larry Gonzales, a mechanic in Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, turns a wrench while working on a radiator damaged by a rocket propelled grenade on Forward Operating Base Keating in Afghanistan\’s Nuristan province, Feb. 28, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird Download screen-resolution Download high-resolution

TRENTON – Wild brook trout swimming in some of New Jersey\’s waters are descendants of the native species that first appeared here more than 10,000 years ago, according to the results of a genetic-research study released today by Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson.

\”The remarkable finding of ancestral brook trout in New Jersey\’s streams is a testament to the importance of our strategies to protect water quality in our watersheds,\” Commissioner Jackson said. \”We will use the findings of this valuable research to further guide conservation of New Jersey\’s wild brook trout and the natural ecosystems they depend on for survival.\”

Wild brook trout populations maintain themselves in New Jersey\’s streams through natural reproduction. Hatchery-reared brook trout stocked in high-quality streams can survive, reproduce and interbreed with wild trout. Ancestral or \”heritage\” brook trout, however, are wild fish that have not interbred and retained the original genetics of their native ancestors.

Although New Jersey ceased a century-old practice of stocking hatchery trout in some wild-trout waters in 1990 to protect the wild trout population, state biologists feared that heritage brook trout might have been lost to interbreeding. Further, secondary impacts of development over the years have impaired many of the cold, clear, highly oxygenated waters that wild trout need to survive, taking a toll on brook trout populations.

The DEP\’s Division of Fish and Wildlife embarked on the research study to evaluate the genetic diversity and structure of New Jersey\’s wild brook trout populations. The study included 22 wild-trout streams from four major watersheds, which still support wild trout populations: Delaware, Hudson, Passaic-Hackensack, and Raritan. Nineteen of those streams were thought to have high potential for the presence of heritage brook trout, and three were selected because of their known history of trout stocking.

Blood samples from 218 wild trout were collected from those streams and from 20 trout raised at the state\’s Pequest Trout Hatchery, and DNA analysis was conducted.

The genetic analysis revealed the presence of heritage brook trout populations in 11 streams in two major river basins, the Passaic-Hackensack and the Raritan, and that each of the 22 wild brook trout populations studied have a unique genetic identity. The research revealed that the gene pool of at least one wild brook trout population (Cooley\’s Brook in the Passaic-Hackensack watershed) has been affected presumably by interbreeding with hatchery-reared trout stocked before 1990. The analysis of samples from the remaining 10 streams were inconclusive as to genetic origin of those populations.

New Jersey\’s only native trout species and the state\’s official fish, brook trout colonized after the last glacial ice sheet receded more than 10,000 years ago. Today, wild brook trout inhabit more than 120 small streams cradled in the forested hills and mountains of north Jersey, and one stream in south Jersey.

Partial funding for the brook trout genetics study was made possible through natural-resource damages that the DEP\’s Office of Natural Resource Restoration recovered from parties responsible for contamination and natural resource injuries at the GEMS Landfill in Gloucester County.

To review the research report, visit http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bkt_genetics.htm

Media Release March 20

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – In a battle of BIG EAST Regular-Season Champions from a year ago, St. John\’s used 12 runs and a strong performance from ace Scott Barnes to defeat Rutgers, 12-5, Thursday afternoon in the series opener at Bainton Field.

The Red Storm scored six runs in the first three innings and Barnes stifled Rutgers with 10 strikeouts and five runs on five hits in seven innings of work.

The Scarlet Knights dropped to 5-10 overall and 0-1 in the BIG EAST, while the Red Storm improved to 14-4 overall and 1-0 in league play.

In the first, Daniel Benedetti followed a leadoff single from Brian Kemp with a double to the gap in left-center field to give St. John\’s a quick 1-0 lead.

After a quiet first inning, Rutgers erased its early deficit in the second when senior Jon Gossard (Harrington Park, N.J.) drew a five-pitch walk to lead off the frame and freshman Jaren Matthews (Teaneck, N.J.) followed with a two-run home run over the right-field fence. The home run is his third in his 10-game Scarlet Knight career.

The Red Storm climbed right back on top, however, with a five-run third inning with the most of the damage coming on a two-run triple from Carlos Del Rosario and a two-run home run from Gil Zayas to make it 6-2.

An inning later, the Scarlet Knights cut into the Red Storm\’s lead with a three-run fourth frame. Matthews continued his hot hitting with a blooper to center for leadoff double and, later in the inning with runners on second and third, Dan Betteridge (Sewell, N.J.) delivered a high fly down the left-field line that reached the wall for a two-run triple. Sophomore Brett Garlick (Livingston, N.J.) then drove Betteridge home on the next play with a grounder deep n the hole near the shortstop for an RBI single.

A Red Storm threat was quelled in the fifth when third baseman Tom Edwards (West Caldwell, N.J.) made a nice stop on a sharp grounder down the line with runners on and got the out at first to prevent a run-producing extra-base hit.

After a scoreless fifth and St. John\’s holding on to a 6-5 lead, the Red Storm built a four-run cushion with three runs in the sixth. Middle reliever Kyle Bradley (Howell, N.J.) put the first two runners on in the frame and a bunt was mishandled at first base, allowing the first run to come across. SJU later plated two more runs in the inning to build a 9-5 advantage.

Tim Morris drove in a 10th run – the fifth-straight game with 10 runs or more for St. John\’s – with an RBI single in the seventh and added an RBI triple in the ninth as St. John\’s cruised to the 12-5 victory.

Rutgers starter Steve Holt (Toms River, N.J.) suffered his first loss of the season after giving up six runs on seven hits with two strikeouts in three innings. Barnes picked up the win to improve to 2-1, while reliever Ryan Cole struck out five in two innings of relief for SJU. Every Red Storm batter had a hit in their 15-hit attack.

Rutgers and St. John\’s will resume their series on Friday with a 3:05 p.m. game at Bainton Field. Sophomore righty Casey Gaynor (Toms River, N.J.) will be on the mound for the Scarlet Knights against senior lefty George Brown for the Red Storm.