Highlights

UNION, N.J. (May 7, 2017) – Ramapo College defeated Rutgers University-Newark by a score of 7-6 Sunday in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament elimination game at Jim Hynes Stadium. Ramapo scored four runs in the sixth inning to advance in the tournament.
 
Rutgers-Newark drops to 24-15-1 overall and will await a possible berth in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament which will be announced Monday evening. The Roadrunners move to 24-15 with the victory.
 
Rutgers-Newark opened a 1-0 lead after scoring one in the top half of the third inning as a double from junior catcher Justin Marks plated sophomore shortstop Ryan Zucker with an unearned marker to kick off the game's scoring.
 
Ramapo came back with three unanswered markers to take a 3-1 lead. The Roadrunners scored one in the bottom half of the third and two more in the bottom of the fourth, but Rutgers-Newark responded to tie the game at three-all in the fifth.
 
Junior center fielder Anthony Perconte singled and stole second to start inning number five, and he scored on a base hit from freshman second baseman JC Ball. A single from senior captain Josh Cote later in the inning brought around Ball and knotted the game at three.
 
The Roadrunners took control in the sixth, scoring four times to open a 7-3 lead. Junior Connor Walsh plated three runs with a double to left as the Roadrunners tallied their four runs on four hits in the inning.
 
Rutgers-Newark cut in to the Roadrunner lead in the top of the eighth. Junior Ross Halkias led off with a single, Perconte singled and freshman Colin Powers walked to load the bases. A fielder's choice allowed the first run to score, and later in the frame Newark pulled within two (7-5) on another productive out.
 
Junior Adam Tricarico, Halkias and junior Brian Boulineau all singled to load the bases with nobody out in the ninth, and a one-out sac fly from freshman Colin Powers pulled Rutgers within one run at 7-6, but one would be as a close as the Scarlet Raiders would get, falling in a tight one-run affair (7-6).
 
R-N scored its six runs on 12 hits, getting multiple knocks from four different players. Marks went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI, junior Brian Boulineau went 2-for-5, Halkias was 2-for-3 with a run scored and two walks, and Perconte was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Senior Josh Cote (RBI), Tricarico (R), and Ball all had one hit and Ball had two RBI and a run scored.
 
Junior Mike Zibrin pitched the first 5.1 innings for Rutgers-Newark, allowing five runs – three earned – on 11 hits with one strikeout. Senior Chas Bohannon tossed the final 2.2 innings for the Scarlet Raiders, allowing two runs on three hits with four strikeouts.
 
Jerry D'Andrea went the first five for Ramapo, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits. Kevin Foulds pocketed the win, allowing two runs on three hits in 2.1 innings of relief, and Greg Westhelle collected his fourth save of the year, working 1.2 innings and giving up a run on three hits.