NEWARK, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University trailed 7-4 in game one but scored 11 consecutive runs, including seven in the top of the ninth inning to seize a 15-7 advantage, before host Rutgers University-Newark answered with six in the bottom of the ninth, but fell two runs short as NJCU edged the Scarlet Raiders, 15-13, in a wild New Jersey Athletic Conference game on April 5 at Riverfront Stadium. In game two, the Raiders scored four times in the first inning and notched 19 hits in a 14-3 win.
With the split, NJCU is 7-10 overall and 1-2 in the NJAC; Newark is 7-14, also 1-2 in the league. It was the second straight season the clubs split a doubleheader.
In defeat, junior third baseman/center fielder MICHAEL MARTUCCI (Bayonne, NJ/Saint Peter's Prep) was a combined 6-for-10 with five runs, four RBIs and three doubles in a leadoff role to vault past four players into 19th place in school history with 120 hits while freshman second baseman/shortstop TAYLOR BORN (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) finished 4-for-9 with three runs and two RBIs. Reigning New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week and sophomore catcherANDREW NIECH (Avenel, NJ/Colonia) had a hit in each game to extend his hitting streak to 12.
Newark was led by first baseman Vin Troisi who was a combined 6-for-11 with five runs, four RBIs and three doubles while right fielder Jimmy Napolitano batted 5-for-8 with four runs, four RBIs, two walks, two doubles and a triple.