Game 1 - Box Score
Game 2 - Box Score
GLASSBORO, NJ – The Montclair State University baseball team swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) doubleheader against Rowan University on Saturday. The Red Hawks won both games, 3-0.
Montclair State improves to 18-10 overall and 8-2 in the conference. Rowan has a 19-11 record with a 4-6 NJAC mark. The Profs are ranked 16th in this week’s D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 and 22nd in the American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Division III Polls.
In the first game, left-hander Sean Hille (sr. Edison, NJ/St. Joseph’s (Metuchen)) pitched a complete game. He (7-2) scattered four hits and struck out six hitters. Right-hander Steven Melchiorre (jr. Atco, NJ/Hammonton) took the loss. He (3-1) allowed three runs, two earned on six hits in eight innings.
First baseman Jason Chesterman (jr. Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) led the Red Hawks with two hits (two at bats) and one RBI. Designated hitter Kevin Bond (sr. Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar Grove) went two for five with one run scored. Catcher Scott Glozzy (jr. Hackettstown, NJ/Warren Hills) produced one RBI and one run scored. Center fielder Mickey McGraw (sr. Morristown, NJ/Morristown) picked up one RBI, while third baseman Stephen Nappe (jr. Edison, NJ/Edison) scored once.
For the Profs, designated hitter Casey Grimes (fr. Gibbstown, NJ/Paulsboro) was one for four with a double. Shortstop Marc Magliaro (sr. Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp.) , second baseman Brandon Winkler (sr. Glendora, NJ/Paul VI) and third baseman Danny Lang (jr. Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) all registered one hit in three trips to the plate.
Montclair State went ahead, 1-0 in the top of the second inning. Glozzy reached first on an error. Chesterman was hit by a pitch and right fielder Timothy Byron (so. East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park) walked to load the bases. With two outs, McGraw was hit by a pitch and Glozzy came home. The Red Hawks added two runs in the third. Bond led off with a single. Nappe was hit by a pitch. The runners moved to second and third on a sacrifice bunt. Bond scored on a ground out by Glozzy. Chesterman followed with a base hit through the left side knocking in Nappe.
In the nightcap, lefty Dylan Papa (so. South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) went the distance for the win. He (1-1) only gave up five hits. Left-hander Curtis Arsi (sr. Washington Twp., NJ/Westwood Reg.) suffered the loss. He (1-2) threw seven innings, surrendering three earned runs on four hits. Arsi recorded 10 strikeouts.
Bond compiled one hit (four at bats), two RBIs and a home run. Glozzy added two hits (four at bats), one run scored and a double. Right fielder Anthony Bowens (jr. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) contributed with one RBI and McGraw scored once. For Rowan, Winkler collected two hits in four at bats. Designated hitter Nick Turano (sr. Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan) and Lang each had a double.
In the second inning, Glozzy hit a one out double to right field. He advanced to third on Chesterman’s single. Bowen’s sacrifice fly to right field plated Glozzy. Bond ripped a two-run homer over the left field fence in the sixth.
Rowan hosts Elizabethtown College in a nonconference contest on Tuesday, April 17 at 4 p.m.
