ABINGTON, Pa. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University continued as one of the hottest teams in the Mid-Atlantic on April 7 as the Gothic Knight baseball club scored nine times in the first two innings and reached double figures in run production for the eighth time this season as NJCU handed host Penn State Abington an 11-9 non-conference loss in a game called after six innings due to rain.
 
NJCU is 10-8 after 18 games for the second time in three years (2013) but have done this while recovering from a 3-7 start. The Knights have won three games in a row. The Nittany Lions, members of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), dropped to 5-13.
 
A day after breaking NJCU's all-time career doubles record a full year and a half faster than the previous record holder, junior catcher Andrew Niech (Avenel, NJ/Colonia) was not resting on his laurels, batting 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs, a walk and his 33rd career double in game 93. He upped his career hits mark to 127, good for 17th place.
 
Senior third baseman Michael Martucci (Bayonne, NJ/Saint Peter's Prep) moved into sole possession of third place in school history with 169 hits (128 games), batting 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs and rookie left fielder Dmitri Rueger (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) scored four times (1-for-2, 2 steals).
 
Sophomore right fielder Eric Giordano (Metuchen, NJ/JFK-Iselin) extended his two-year consecutive games on-base streak to 32 straight, going 1-for-2 with a walk.  Senior first baseman Alex Weinstein (Colonia, NJ/JFK-Iselin) knocked in two runs and was 2-for-4, now with 126 career hits

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