Box Score
GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan University baseball team had a 2-0 shutout over Kean University in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) game on Friday afternoon.
The Profs improve to 22-11 overall and 6-6 in the conference. The Cougars have a 23-9 record with an 8-4 NJAC mark. In this week’s D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 Poll, Kean is ranked eighth and Rowan is 22nd.
Right-hander Steven Melchiorre (jr. Atco, NJ/Hammonton) pitched a complete game for the win. He (4-1) scattered four hits and struck out a career-high 11 batters. Righty Kevin Herget (jr. Park Ridge, NJ/Park Ridge) took the loss. He (5-3) surrendered two earned runs on nine hits in eight innings. Herget registered 10 strikeouts.
Catcher Nick Turano (sr. Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan) led the Profs with two doubles (four at bats) and one RBI. Shortstop Marc Magliaro (sr. Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp.) and designated hitter Kevin McMenamin (fr. Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) posted two hits (four at bats) and one run scored apiece. Center fielder Nick Kreiger (fr. Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan) went one for three with one RBI.
For Kean, catcher Eddie Jennings (sr. Jackson, NJ/Jackson Mem.) was one for two. Right fielder Dylan Laguna (sr. Edison, NJ/Edison) and first baseman Nick Zucchero (so. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) both produced one hit in three trips to the plate. Center fielder Shane Alvarez (so. Franklin, NJ/St. Joseph (Metuchen)) contributed with one hit (four at bats).
Rowan went ahead, 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning. McMenamin led off with a single through the right side. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by first baseman Sean Kelly (sr. North Bergen, NJ/North Bergen). With two outs, Kreiger ripped a single to left center field and McMenamin came home. The Profs added one run in the third. Magliaro hit a two out single up the middle. Turano drove him in with a double to left center field.
Rowan travels to New Jersey City University for a NJAC doubleheader on Saturday, April 21 at 11:30 a.m.
