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Brad Kittle collected the win for the Lions on Thursday.

Box Score

CAMDEN (April 10, 2008) – Nationally-ranked The College of New Jersey scored four runs with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to stun the Rutgers University-Camden baseball team, 5-2, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game Thursday afternoon at Campbell’s Field.

TCNJ, ranked seventh nationally in the ABCA/Collegiate Baseball Division III Top 25 poll and fourth in the d3baseball.com poll, improves to 20-3 overall and 7-1 in the NJAC. The Lions have won 12 of their last 13 games.

Rutgers-Camden falls to 7-17 overall and 1-7 in the conference with its fourth straight loss.
For 8-2/3 innings, it appeared the Raptors would not only snap that losing streak, but shock one of the nation’s top programs in the process. Rutgers-Camden received no-hit pitching from freshman Dan Fimiani (Pittsgrove, NJ/Schalick) for 6-1/3 innings before senior right fielder Matt Barrett (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) lined a RBI single to left field for the Lions’ first hit and run. Fimiani left the game with a 2-1 lead and the Raptors protected the edge until the last moment.

With one out in the top of the ninth, freshman pinch-hitter Matt Giermanski (Oradell, NJ/River Dell Regional) drew a walk and freshman Elliot Stein (Middletown, DE/Middletown) went in as a pinch-runner. After a strikeout sent the Lions down to their last out, senior center fielder Dave Mebs (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) hit a slow roller to the left of the mound. Raptor senior shortstop Shawn Park (West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) raced in for a do-or-die play, but his off-balance throw was bounced in the dirt as Mebs beat out an infield hit.

Junior second baseman Adam Tussey (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester) dropped a two-run single into right-center field and advanced to second as the Raptors’ relay to the plate sailed high for an error in an unsuccessful attempt to nail the go-ahead run. Junior shortstop Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/Sayreville) followed with a triple to right-center, then scored on an infield error.

Prior to Mebs’ infield hit in the ninth inning, Fimiani (6-1/3 innings, one hit, one earned run, five walks, four hit batters and one strikeout) and three relievers shut down the Lions on just one hit.

The Scarlet Raptors scored single runs in the fourth and fifth and nearly made that margin stand up.
In the fourth, Park drew a one-out walk, advanced on a ground out and scored on a two-out single to center by sophomore third baseman Kyle Ballay (Delran, NJ/Delran). One inning later, junior second baseman Dean Straga (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Regional) was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on an error.

TCNJ’s first run came in the seventh when sophomore left fielder Chris Esperon (Union, NJ/Union Catholic) was hit by a pitch, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on the Lions’ first hit, Barrett’s single.

TCNJ’s second pitcher of the game, senior Brad Kittle (Millville, NJ/Millville) picked up the victory when the Lions rallied in the ninth. Kittle (1-0) worked three innings of one-hit shutout ball, striking out three. Junior Eric Gertie (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) collected his fifth save with a scoreless ninth inning. He allowed one hit and survived an infield error to end the game on a fly out with the potential tying run at the plate.

Sophomore Michael Kondrath (Medford Lakes, NJ/Holy Cross) took the loss to drop to 0-1.

Rutgers-Camden sophomore catcher Greg Hunt (Marlton, NJ/St. Joseph-Hammonton) was the lone batter in the game to collect multiple hits, going 2-for-4.

Both teams return to conference action Friday with 3:30 p.m. road games. TCNJ faces Ramapo College, while Rutgers-Camden battles Richard Stockton College.

GRAY Archibald H. \”Arch\”

On April 9, 2008. Age 87. Of Gloucester City. Loving husband of 60 years to Elizabeth \”Bettie\” G. Gray (nee Thomas). Loving and devoted father of Robert T. (Sharon) Gray of Downingtown, Pa. and Linda J. Gray, U.S.N.R. of Germany. Loving and caring grandfather of Thomas, Timothy, Matthew, Kyle, Jared, Jessica, Jeremy, Eric and Kara. Dear brother of Mary Flexon of Gloucester City. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Arch was a lifelong resident of Gloucester City and a 1938 graduate of Gloucester City High School. Arch proudly served our country in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He was a faithful member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Gloucester City where he served as Lay Leader, Treasurer, and Lay Speaker. Arch worked 35 years as a printer for graphics companies in Gloucester City and Philadelphia. He was a member of the Gloucester City Lions Club since 1961, the Townsend C. Young V.F.W. Post # 3620 in Gloucester City, the Gloucester City Seniors Association and the Gloucester City Historical Society.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Sunday evening from 7 to 9 pm at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St. (at Brown St.), Gloucester City, NJ 08030. On Monday morning, please meet directly from 10 to 11 am at Trinity United Methodist Church, 8^th and Division Sts., Gloucester City, NJ. Methodist service officiated by Pastor Joyce Mooney and Pastor Gary Brennan will take place at 11 am in the church.

Interment with Military Honors in Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro. The family requests memorial donations in Arch\’s memory to Trinity United Methodist Church: 8^th and Division Sts., Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write Archibald H. Gray in the memo of the check. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Archibald H. Gray.

Media release

GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan University student-athletes will be collecting coins for cancer on Wednesday, April 23 at the Chamberlain Student Center from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Commerce Bank, a sponsor of Rowan athletics, will provide a coin counting machine across from the student center info desk. The student-athletes are contributing all donations to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life that will be held at Rowan University on Friday, April 25.

All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to donate their spare change to help in the fight against cancer. Contributions can also be collected on a departmental level. The most generous department will win a free lunch courtesy of Commerce Bank. The student that brings in the most change will receive a Commerce Bank Visa gift card. If you want your donations picked up that day, call the sports information office at 256-4252.

 

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Media Release

Ewing, NJ – The College of New Jersey’s head men’s and women’s tennis coach, Scott Dicheck, photo, has been tapped as the Coach of the Year for the United States Tennis Association (USTA) New Jersey for 2007. Now in his eighth season as the coach of both the women’s and men’s teams at the College, Dicheck has directed the programs to considerable success, including a trio of All-Americans in 2007.

On the 2007 year, Dicheck helped the Lion women’s team earn an NCAA Division III Tournament bid in May, capping a 15-2 season. During the fall of 2007, the women’s team reeled off the program’s 25th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship after winning their 121st consecutive NJAC dual match win. Since the fall of 1982, the women’s tennis team is a perfect 121-0 in NJAC dual meet competition. In addition to the NJAC dominance, Dicheck’s success as coach included guiding Jackie Shtemberg (Franklin Lakes, NJ/Ramapo) to a program first as the sophomore became the College’s first player to win the prestigious ITA National Small College National Singles Championship in October. She teamed in doubles play with senior Christina Contrafatto (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) to also earn ITA All-America honors in doubles play.

Dicheck’s success has not been limited to just the women’s program at the College. Last spring, the Lion men’s team finished with an 11-3 mark and also had representation at the 2007 NCAA Division III Team Championships as well as the 2007 NCAA Division III Doubles Championships. The fall of 2007 saw TCNJ’s men’s singles performer, senior tri-captain Mike Klimchak (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson) became an ITA All-American after his performance at the ITA National Small College Singles Championships in Alabama.

On the 2007-08 seasons, TCNJ’s teams are both nationally ranked. The Lion men are currently 7-3 and ranked 20th in Division III, while the women’s team is 10-5 and ranked 27th in Division III. Dicheck owns a women’s coaching record of 96-28, while boasting a record o 69-36 during the same time frame with the men’s program for a combined collegiate record at TCNJ of 165-64.

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