Media Release

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team came back to earn a split with visiting Drew University on Sunday at Lions’ Park winning the second game of the doubleheader 5-1 after the Rangers won the opener by the score of 6-2.

The split put TCNJ at 11-9 at the midway point of the season, while the Rangers are now 13-11.

Game 1: Drew University 6, TCNJ 2
Drew broke open a tied game in the top of the sixth inning plating four runs. Jesyka Marko (Winfield, NJ/David Brearley) drove in the first run with a double and Cailin McGrorry (Avon, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) followed with a two-run single making it 5-2. Drew’s final run of the inning came on a RBI single by freshman Kati Eggert (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls).

The Lions got the early lead in the opener as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) reached on an error and later scored on a single by Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Oakcrest) in the first inning.

That lead was short lived as the Rangers came back in their next at bat with a pair of unearned runs to jump in front 2-1. Scoring in the inning for Drew were Marko and Jillian Lusk (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood).

TCNJ knotted the score at 2-2 in the last of the fifth as pinch-hitter Camille Heller (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) singled home Steph Cintron (Northvale, NJ/Old Tappan) with a single into right field.

Ranger pitcher Lauren Collini (Dallas, PA/Dallas) picked up the win throwing a complete game, while Lion starter Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) suffered the loss.

Game 2: TCNJ 5, Drew University 1
The Rangers got the board first in the second game as Nicole Gagliardi (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Borough) doubled in Kerry Cowley (Montvale, NJ/Pascack Hills) for a 1-0 lead after a half inning of play.

TCNJ got the run back three innings later as Hagel lofted a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring freshman Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross).

The Lions took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth pushing four of runs across the plate. Cawley accounted for the first run with a single scoring Jamie Mastrioanni (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and then Kathy Sikora (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) raced home on a passed ball making it 3-1. The final two runs came home on a single by Greeby upping TCNJ’s advantage to 5-1.

Lion pitcher Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) picked up her third win of the season on the mound throwing a complete game allowing only four hits.

Cawley and Sikora each had two hits for the Lions in the win.

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Photos and captions By Bill Bates

The concrete floor of the former steel building that sat in the back of the Haddonfield Lumber Yard property near 8th and Pennsylvania Avenues is all that remains as crews work on the middle buildings that are being demolished quickly.

 

The former Haddonfield Lumber Site that sits on Kings Highway and Centre Avenue in Mount Ephraim had a new occupant starting last week, the wrecking ball. Crews from a demolition company have started tearing down the buildings that have been vacant for almost 4 to 5 years.

One construction official said the entire process to have the buildings razed should take two to three more weeks to complete.

One neighbor who stopped to talk with me as I was taking a few pictures said he opposes the 42 new homes that will be built at the site, but said it is better then looking at vacant old buildings. A builder for the 42 new homes had not been signed as of the last Board of Commissioners meeting held in March.

Related: Mount Ephraim News

 

 A construction worker separates material into a dumpster as he demolishes the former buildings that will make way for a proposed 42 new homes to be built at the former Haddonfield Lumber Yard site.

 

Gloucester City Easter Celebration winner Jillian Sauter with the Easter Bunny on Saturday, March 22 at Martins Lake.

photos by www.fabulousphotosbykaren.com

Below a group shot of some of the children who attended the event.

Media Release March 30

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Essence Carson (Paterson, N.J.) matched a career-high with 25 points to pull Rutgers to a 53-42 victory over sixth-seeded George Washington in the Greensboro Regional semifinals of the 2008 NCAA Women\’s Basketball Championship.

The second-seeded Scarlet Knights (27-6) will face the top-seed Connecticut, a 78-63 winner over Old Dominion. The contest is slated for a 9:00 p.m. tip on ESPN with a Final Four berth on the line. The meeting will be the third of the season for the BIG EAST rivals.

Carson went 9-of-15 from the field and grabbed seven rebounds for Rutgers. Sophomore guard Epiphanny Prince (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was the only other Scarlet Knight in double figures with 12 points. Junior center Kia Vaughn (Bronx, N.Y.) corralled 11 rebounds.

Jessica Adair led the Colonials (27-7) with 16 points.

The lead see-sawed in the first eight minutes of play with GW closing to two (10-8) following a lay-in by Whitney Allen. Rutgers responded by making seven of its next 11 field goal attempts and putting together a 16-2 run to take a 26-10 lead with 4:06 to go before the break. The spurt included seven points by Carson.

RU led 28-16 at the half.

The teams traded points to start the second before a jumper by Prince stretched the advantage to 33-20 with 18:51 remaining. The Colonials closed the gap with a 10-0 run. A 12-footer by Antelia Parrish cut the deficit to three (33-30) with 14:18 showing.

Rutgers answered with a triple from sophomore Brittany Ray on the left side and made it an eight-point game on a kiss off the glass by Carson. The lead moved back to 10 (40-30) for Rutgers after a fast-break lay-up by Prince which was commenced from a steal and an assist from senior Matee Ajavon.

The Colonials pulled to 46-42, following an offensive put-back by Adair at the 3:40 mark. Carson stepped by, draining a 13-footer from the left side for two-plus the foul to give RU a 49-42 lead with 3:20 to play. GW would not score again.

Rutgers shot over 50 percent for the third straight game, posting a 51.3 percent showing on the afternoon.