WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | It was the game that had it all. A huge deficit that became a brief lead, only to require another rally. Twelve runs in one inning. And another member of the 100-hit club. New Jersey City University trailed 10-4, led 13-10 and fell behind again 16-13 before unleashing a 12-run outburst in its final at bat in the eighth inning as the Gothic Knights bats came alive in a 25-16 come-from-behind win over Principia College on March 10 at Chain of Lakes Park.
 
Junior catcher Andrew Niech (Avenel, NJ/Colonia) came into the game needing just two hits to become the 39th player in school history and the second this week to join the 100-hit club. He leapfrogged that milestone in just his 80th career game, batting 5-for-7 with four RBIs, three runs and his 27th career double in a ball game that lasted four hours and 25 minutes. NJCU scored 19 runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
 
The 25 runs scored were the most by NJCU since bagging 26 runs at John Jay in a 26-21 contest on March 29, 2011.
 
NJCU (2-3) won its second straight game, cracking 21 hits. The Knights have produced 36 runs and 36 hits in the last two games. Principia, a member of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and based in Elsah, Illinois, dropped to 0-2.
 
Nearly every player in the lineup did some damage with the bat. While Niech had the milestone moment with a two-run single to center in the bottom of the second before pushing his hit total to 103, sophomore Zach Buchholz(Colonia, NJ/JFK-Iselin) had his best collegiate game to date, reaching base five times in a 3-for-4 performance which included four RBIs, three runs and two walks.

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