**********************GAME 1: RUTGERS-NEWARK 6, NEW JERSEY CITY 3**********************
In game one, Newark broke open a tight, 2-1 contest with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and despite committing four errors, posted a 6-3 win.
Ginter joined the 100-hit club by batting 2-for-4 with two runs and a double and Mucerino was 2-for-4 with a double. Bariso went 1-for-3 with one run.
For the Raiders, senior centerfielder Jessica Zelaya (Kearny, NJ) and sophomore catcher Monica Liotto (Morris Plains, NJ) each went 2-for-4 to pace Rutgers-Newark's nine-hit attack.
Sophomore leftfielder Nicole Odell (Hammonton, NJ) had a two-run double that highlighted a four-run fifth inning. Freshman second baseman Stacey Jacovinich (Woodbridge, NJ) was 1-for-4 with two runs.
Newark sophomore Angela Riscinti (Linden, NJ) won (4-6), striking out one with five walks while giving up six hits and three runs over 117 pitches. NJCU sophomore righty ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (Wood-Ridge, NJ/Immaculate Conception)took the loss, allowing three earned runs and nine hits with one walk and one strikeout. She tossed 81 pitches.
NJCU got back-to-back doubles by Ginter and Mucerino to open the game. The double by Ginter on a 1-1 pitch into left-center, was the milestone 100th hit. After Mucerino's RBI double, Riscinti settled down before NJCU scored a run on four infield errors in the sixth.
The Knights added a single run in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by senior second baseman DANIELLE DELFINO (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep), to score Ginter, who singled, and was followed with walks by Bariso and sophomore third baseman REBECCA SATZ (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown) to load the bases. NJCU stranded two runners in the final inning and nine overall in the game.
For Newark, Zelaya dropped down a bunt single to lead off the Raider first and scored on an infield grounder by freshman designated player Gabby Spinella (Cedar Grove, NJ). Jacovinich, who had reached on an error, scored from third on an infield grounder when no one covered home after she was caught off base in a rundown. That made it 2-1.
In the fifth, Jacovinich and Liotto singled before a fly ball off the bat of sophomore first baseman Monica Bagan (Wallington, NJ) was mishandled with one out to load the bases. Freshman third baseman AJ Affholter (Trenton, MI) singled to left and Odell doubled down the left field line. Freshman shortstop Tiara Santi (Bethlehem, PA) lifted a sacrifice fly to centerfield to cap the rally.
**********************GAME 2: RUTGERS-NEWARK 6, NEW JERSEY CITY 5**********************
NJCU trailed 6-1 heading to the bottom of the seventh inning before scoring four runs on four hits to pull within a run. After a three-run, two-out homer to left by Mucerino, the Knights grounded out to end the game.
Bariso was 4-for-4 with two runs for NJCU and Mucerino was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and her second homer of the season. Satz was 1-for-4 with a run and RBI.
Newark had 12 hits as four players registered multiple hits. Affholter was 3-for-4 with a run and RBI. Zelaya was 2-for-4 with an RBI triple and Spinella went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run. Bagan was 2-for-3 with a run.
Freshman pitcher Liane Drastal (Vineland, NJ) allowed five runs and nine hits over 89 pitches in 7.0 innings, with three strikeouts and three walks, but won (2-5). Mucerino (4-7) struck out three and walked one over 77 pitches, allowing five earned runs and 12 hits in 7.0 innings.
NJCU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the second inning on back-to-back singles by Bariso and Mucerino followed by back-to-back walks to senior first baseman TAYLOR LANG (Carteret, NJ/Carteret) and senior rightfielder JORDAN POTTER (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep) to force home a run with no outs. But the Raiders escaped the jam when senior second baseman Emily Ibarra (Kearny, NJ) snared a high line drive on a sharply hit ball by sophomore left fielder SAMANTHA RUDICK (Closter, NJ/Northern Valley Regional-Demarest) that started a double play and then NJCU struck out, leaving two runners on.
Newark took a 3-1 lead in the third on five hits. Ibarra singled and scored on Zelaya's triple. Zelaya was thrown out at the plate on a fielder's choice, but a throwing error allowed a second run to cross. Affholter had an RBI single for the third run before the Raiders left three runners on the bags.
Newark added to its lead in the fifth with three runs on four hits. Spinella ripped a two-run double to right centerfield in the fifth and scored the winning run on a throwing error after a single by Drastal.
After leaving two runners on in the sixth, NJCU attempted to rally in its final at bat. Delfino had a bunt single before trading places on the bases with Ginter after a fielder's choice. With two outs, Satz singled to center to score Ginter. Bariso kept the inning alive with a single to shortstop before Mucerino slammed a 1-1 pitch over the left field fence, cutting the deficit to 6-5. But Drastal was able to get Lang to ground to shortstop to end the game and the threat.
NJCU will host William Paterson University in an NJAC doubleheader on Tuesday, April 12 (3 p.m.) at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex.
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Game 1: Saturday, April 9, 2011 | Newark, NJ
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