New Jersey City University Athletics

BOX SCORE (Game 1)
BOX SCORE (Game 2)

POMONA, NJ…Richard Stockton College scored twice in the fourth inning of game one to break up a 1-1 tie before scoring seven runs in the opening inning of game two, as the Ospreys swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader from the Gothic Knights, 4-1 and 13-2 in five innings, on April 18.

 

Stockton improved to 23-10 overall and 6-7 in the league and leads the all-time series, 46-7, avenging a sweep by NJCU (14-18, 4-10 NJAC) last year in Jersey City that knocked the Ospreys out of the conference tournament.

*****GAME 1: Richard Stockton College 4, New Jersey City University 3 *****

Junior leftfielder TARA PERRUCCI (Wallington, NJ/Wallington) was 2-for-3 with one RBI and was the only Gothic Knight with multiple hits in either game of the doubleheader. Her double in the top of the fourth inning scored junior first baseman CHRISTINA PROSPERO (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus) and tied the game at 1-1.

 

Catcher Brooke Shetter (Atco, NJ/Hammonton) led Stockton in the opener by going 2-for-2 with three RBIs while centerfielder Lindsay Connell (Rahway/Rahway) went 2-for-3 with a run. 

 

Winning pitcher Kaitlyn Corica (Iselin, NJ/JFK) tossed a five-hitter with six strikeouts and three walks for Stockton, increasing her record to 9-4. Senior pitcher LACEY SKOWRONSKI (Bayonne, NJ/Holy Family Academy) took the loss (8-9). In 6.0 innings, she was charged with four runs and nine hits, while walking four and fanning one.

 

With the game knotted at 1-1, Shetter stroked a key two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the fourth to give Stockton a 3-1 advantage. Osprey shortstop Samantha Horner (Newfield, NJ/Buena) singled and scored a run in the fifth frame of the 4-1 triumph. 

*****GAME 2: Richard Stockton College 13, New Jersey City University 2 *****

In game two, Stockton scored seven runs in the first, two in the second and three in the third to gain a 12-0 lead and won in five innings, behind a 12-hit attack led by third baseman/shortstop Joey Afflitto (Brick, NJ/Brick), whopaced Stockton by going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

 

Also for the Ospreys, Horner was 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBIs. First baseman Ally Roma (West Long Branch, NJ/ Shore Regional) went 2-for-2 with three runs and Connell had two RBIs.

 

Senior third baseman CHRISTEN HALL (East Rutherford, NJ/Becton) went 1-for-2 with a run and Perrucci was 1-for-2 with an RBI for NJCU. Prospero scored NJCU's other run.

 

Ospreys starting pitcher Jamie Gasko (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) tossed a four-hitter with seven strikeouts versus two walks for the Ospreys to improve to 7-5. Senior righty ANDREA DELUCREZIA (Belleville, NJ/St. Mary's-Rutherford) took the loss (6-9). In 3.0 innings she allowed three earned runs and six hits with one walk. Skowronski pitched the final two innings, allowing four earned runs and six hits, with one strikeout and three walks.

 

Horner and Afflitto each posted two-run doubles as Stockton sent 11 batters to the plate and scored seven runs in the first inning. Connell doubled in two runs in the second inning for a 9-0 lead. The Ospreys added three more runs in the third inning, including an RBI double by Shetter and an RBI single by Roma. NJCU got on the board in the fourth when Perrucci stroked an RBI single and Hall scored on a passed ball, but Stockton added one more run in the fifth inning.

 

NJCU will return to action on Tuesday, April 21 at 3 p.m. when it hosts defending NJAC champion Montclair State University in a doubleheader at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex.