Box Score

CAMDEN, NJ – The Rowan University baseball team defeated Rutgers-Camden, 4-2 in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) game on Monday.

Rowan improves to 17-7 overall and 4-4 in the conference. Rutgers-Camden has a 7-16 record and a 1-6 NJAC mark. Left hander Joe Cichy (sr. Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) got the win on the mound for the Profs. Cichy (2-2) went 8.1 innings, allowing two runs on two hits and striking out six batters. Right hander Kevin O’Hara (jr. Clayton, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) pitched the final 0.2 innings to earn his third save of the season. Scarlet Raptors’ lefty Andrew Lihotz (sr. Philadelphia, PA/Northeast) took the loss. Liholtz (2-3) gave up three runs in seven innings.

The Profs were led by third baseman Paul Urbanovich (sr. Rutherford, NJ/St. Peter’s Prep) with three hits (four at bats), three runs scored, one RBI, a double and a triple. Designated hitter Tom Reindel (jr. Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and catcher Robert Fox (sr. Ocean Twp., NJ/Ocean Twp.) each had two hits (four at bats) and one RBI. Second baseman Joe Franceschini (sr. Toms River, NJ/Toms River E.) scored one run.

For Rutgers-Camden, third baseman Kyle Ballay (so. Delran, NJ/Delran) recorded one hit (four at bats) and two RBIs. Shortstop Shawn Park (sr. West Berlin, NJ/St. Joseph’s (Hammonton)) and pinch runner Dennis Hill (fr. Pilesgrove, NJ/Woodstown) scored one run apiece.

Rowan went ahead 2-0 in the top of the fourth inning. Urbanovich drove in Franceschini with a triple to left center. Reindel followed with a single to right field that plated Urbanovich. The Profs added a run in the seventh. Urbanovich got on base with a double. He move to third on a deep fly to right field and scored on a throwing error. Rowan added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when Fox doubled in Urbanovich, who reached base with a single. In the bottom half, Ballay hit a two run single to left center, bringing home Hill and Park.

Rowan hosts Wesley College on Tuesday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m