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JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University junior third baseman REBECCA SATZ (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown)'s season long assault on the Gothic Knight record books culminated on Thursday as the former New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year broke or tied program marks for homeruns, total bases and hits and became just the fourth player in program history to hit two homeruns in a game as NJCU outlasted FDU-Florham, 6-5, in a non-conference game played through a steady rain at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex. Game two was rained out and will not be rescheduled.
 
NJCU snapped a 12-game losing streak, improving to 12-25 overall; FDU fell to 13-16 despite outhitting the Knights, 11-9. There were a combined four homeruns in the contest. FDU leads the all-time series, 22-9.
 
Satz, who has hit safely in 34 of 37 games this season, including an earlier record 22-game hitting streak, now owns all or a share of five major single-season records. Satz entered the game with 91 total bases before racking up nine in the game to break the 12-year-old single-season record of 96 by Jen Barletta in 2000. Satz now has 100 total bases this season, with 58 hits, seven homeruns, two triples and 17 doubles.
 
The 17 doubles were already easily a single-season mark. Entering the game with 55 hits, Satz was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs. She surpassed Barletta's 56-hit total from 2000 and equaled the school record of 58 hits by Dana Holtje in 1997. Additionally, Satz' seventh homerun ties Barletta (2000) and current sophomore catcher MARISSA BARISO (Hewitt, NJ/West Milford), who had seven homeruns in 2011, for the single-season record.
 
Satz, who had back-to-back homeruns in the fourth and fifth innings, became the first player since 2008 to have a multi-homerun game. It's the sixth time an NJCU player has hit two homers in one game (two players have accomplished the feat twice).
 
Also for NJCU in the win, Bariso was 2-for-3 with two doubles, one run and one RBI and freshman first baseman NICOLE CALIXTO (Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth) was 2-for-3. Senior designated player JESS MUCERINO (Whippany, NJ/Whippany Park) was 1-for-4 with a double, run and RBI.
 
Bariso and Mucerino each notched their 10^th doubles of the season and NJCU as a team extended its team single-season records for doubles (70) and homers (18). The previous marks of 57 doubles and 16 homers were both set in 2011.
 
For FDU, senior center fielder Brianne Faynor (Cliffwood, NJ/Brookdale CC) was 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI on a solo homer. Junior shortstop Christine Antoniotti (Glen Cove, NY/Kellenberg Memorial) was 2-for-3 with a run and RBI. Sophomore left fielder Brittni Wurst (Middletown, NJ/Middletown North) was 2-for-3 with one run.
 
Also for FDU, freshman designated player Christina Legotti (Plainview, NY/Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK) was 2-for-2. Senior third baseman Megan Golembiewski (Beacon, NY/Beacon) had a solo homerun.
 
Junior right-hander ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (Wood-Ridge, NJ/Immaculate Conception) earned the win for NJCU (7-15), allowing five runs and 11 hits in the complete game, with three strikeouts and two walks. Senior Megan McInaw (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) took the loss (6-8), allowing six runs against seven hits in 4.2 innings. She struck out six and walked one in defeat. Junior Karla Babb (Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Pope John) tossed the final 1.1 innings, allowing two hits with two K's (two walks).
 
FDU scored in every inning except the second and third and struck first in the opening inning. Wurst walked and stole second with two outs before scoring on an RBI single by McInaw. Satz helped tie the game in the bottom of the frame when her two-out single—her 56^th hit of the season—followed by a passed ball, put her in position to score on an RBI double to right center by Bariso, tying the game at 1-1.
 
The game remained tied until the fourth when each team scored a single run courtesy of the long ball. Golembiewski led off the fourth with a bomb to deep center field that cleared the fence and caromed off the soccer stadium bleachers, some 250+ feet away. Satz answered with a blast of her own, crushing a homer off the base of the soccer stadium seating (225+ feet) to deep right center and her leadoff bomb tied the game at 2-2.
 
FDU moved back on top in the top of the fifth as Antoniotti led off with a double, advanced to third on a single by Wurst, and scored on a sac fly by junior first baseman Elizabeth Spiller (Babylon, NY/St. John Baptist) for a 3-2 edge.
 
But NJCU scored four times in the bottom of the fifth inning. After two quick outs, NJCU's next seven batters reached base, including three consecutive extra base hits, and 10 batters came to the plate in the inning. With two outs, senior shortstop MEGAN GINTER (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) walked and stole second before scoring on an RBI double by Mucerino to right field, tying the game at 3-3. Satz came to the plate and went yard again, crushing a two-run shot to left center to put NJCU ahead, 5-3 with her third hit of the game. Bariso doubled with one out, senior center fielder STEPHANIE GOMEZ (South Plainfield, NJ/Belleville) walked and Calixto singled to load the bases before rookie left fielder JESSICA CHANDLER (Fountain Hills, AZ/Fountain Hills) drew a bases-loaded walk to push across the sixth run with what proved to be the winning run. NJCU left the bases loaded, leading, 6-3.
 
FDU got one run back in the sixth on a sac fly by Antoniotti that scored Faynor who led off with a single before O'Beirne got Spiller to pop up to the infield to end the inning with the bases loaded. In the seventh, the first two FDU batters grounded out before Faynor homered to left field to make it a one-run game. O'Beirne bounced back, coaxing a game-ending groundout.
 
NJCU will conclude the season on Saturday, April 28 at 1 p.m. when it hosts #17 ranked Rowan University in a New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader. It will be Senior Day as NJCU honors Ginter, Gomez and Mucerino.