BB: NJAC: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[Lefty]

Ramapo blows out John Jay today 22-7. 

[Lefty]

NJAC Scores from April 13th:

Montclair State 12, Ramapo 5
NJCU 11, Rutgers-Newark 7
Richard Stockton 7, William Paterson 5 (11)
TCNJ 4, Rowan 3 (10)

[Lefty]

NJAC Scores from April 14th:

Kean 17, William Paterson 3
Kean 8, William Paterson 2
Montclair State 3, TCNJ 1
TCNJ 6, Montclair State 1
Richard Stockton 6, NJCU 5
Richard Stockton 9, NJCU 1
Ramapo 12, Rowan 5
Ramapo 6, Rowan 5
Rutgers-Newark 6, Rutgers-Camden 5
Rutgers-Newark 8, Rutgers-Camden 7

[Spence]

Ramapo continuing to earn respect even though Rowan is down. WPU continues to struggle mightily.

[Lefty]

Ramapo continuing to earn respect even though Rowan is down. WPU continues to struggle mightily.

Ramapo is looking real solid in the conference.  They play a doubleheader at TCNJ this Saturday and at home against Kean on April 26th.  Besides those games the remaining schedule is very soft and winnable games.  I still think they are going to get into the NCAA's....barring a total collapse.   


By the way....all NJAC games were cancelled today because of the huge rain storm in the Northeast.

[Spence]

Yeah it looks more and more like Ramapo is going to be there. And Montclair is going to have to win the tournament or catch some kind of on fire really soon for there to be a 4th.

[Lefty]

I personally think Montclair is done.  The team that might sneak up and take the fourth bid is Stockton.  They have a tough schedule with TCNJ and Kean (DH) ahead but they are 18-8-1 overall and 6-4 in the conference.  I would think they need to finish strong and win a couple of games in the tournament.

[Spence]

Do you think Stockton has the non-conference schedule to do it? Obviously if they take 3 out of 4 or something from Kean and TCNJ things might look a little different, but they really haven't beaten too many good teams so far.

[Lefty]

You are correct about the soft Stockton schedule.  They only have a few good non-conference wins.  They split with Plattsburgh St back in early March and a sweep of Ursinus in late March.  I think they need to go 6-2 in their last eight games (2-1 against Kean and TCNJ).....not an easy thing to do.  They also might need to win a game or two in the Conference playoffs. 

[Lefty]

From the NJAC website:

PLAYER OF THE WEEK       
Dan Mattonelli, Kean University
Junior, Outfielder
Hamilton, NJ/Steinert

Mattonelli earns NJAC Player of the Week honors after hitting .500 (9-for-18) with four doubles, 13 RBI, and five runs scored in a 4-1 week of play for Kean. He hit safely in 4-of-5 games and produced multiple-hit performances in three contests including going 3-for-4 with two doubles, four RBI and one stolen base in Kean's 8-2 non-conference win over St. Joseph's-Patchogue. In the Cougars' 17-3 and 8-2 NJAC road sweep of William Paterson, Mattonelli went a combined 5-for-10 with two doubles, six RBI and four runs scored.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK            
Jairo Mendez, Montclair State University
Junior, Right-handed Pitcher
Kearny, NJ/Kearny

Mendez becomes the second different Red Hawk to earn NJAC Pitcher of the Week honors after earning his first victory of the season in Montclair's 3-1 NJAC win over TCNJ. He allowed just six hits and one run while striking out five in the complete-game win. Mendez retired 15 of the last 17 batters he faced in the contest.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK            
Joe Cacchiola, Ramapo College
Freshman, Second Baseman
Union, NJ/Union

Cacchiola earns NJAC Rookie honors for the second time this season after hitting .471 (8-for-17) with two doubles, two triples, one home run, six RBI, and five runs scored in a 4-1 week for the Roadrunners. He hit safely in 3-of-4 games including a 6-for-6 performance with a double, two triples, a home run, four RBI and four runs scored in Ramapo's 22-7 non-conference road win at John Jay. He also recorded a hit in a pair of conference contests against Montclair State and Rowan, while notching a triple and two RBI in a loss to the Red Hawks. Cacchiola hit for the cycle in the John Jay victory.

ROOKIE PITCHER OF THE WEEK            
Perry Tate, Rutgers University-Camden
Freshman, Right-handed Pitcher
Cherry Hill, NJ/Haddonfield

Tate earns NJAC Rookie Pitcher honors after earning his first collegiate victory on the mound in Camden's 8-7 non-conference 12-inning victory over Catholic. Tate worked the final five innings in relief and surrendered just two hits and one earned run while striking out five and walking just one for the first decision of his collegiate career.

[Lefty]

NJAC scores from April 18th:

Kean 4, Montclair State 0
Ramapo 9, Drew 7
Rowan 8,  Albright 6
Gwynedd-Mercy 10, Rutgers-Camden 6
William Paterson 9, Stevens 5

[Lefty]

NJAC scores for April 19th:

Rutgers-Newark 7, Kean 4
Montclair State 10, FDU-Florham 5
Ramapo 6, NJCU 2
TCNJ 4, Richard Stockton 2
William Paterson 5, Rutgers-Camden 0


Nice win by RU-Newark upsetting first place Kean.

[Lefty]

The NJAC has two great great match-ups this weekend and the playoff seedings should really get a little clearer. 

Both are Doubleheaders
5th place Richard Stockton travels to 2nd place Kean
1st place Ramapo travels to 3rd place TCNJ

[phil]

TCNJ sweeps Ramapo 14-3 and 7-5. Haran had 8 RBIs on the day with a three-run homer in the nightcap.

[Spence]

Kean and Stockton split. Kean won behind Zeffiro and lost with Cupido throwing.