Baruch's College's softball team earned CUNYAC's berth to the NCAA Division III Championship following a season in which the Bearcats were only 17-24 overall, but 8-4 in CUNYAC and perfect in the CUNYAC/Applebee's Championship last week. Still, their season came to a close on Friday, following the team's second straight shutout loss in the NCAA... Meanwhile in Spring ECAC Metro Tournaments, Brooklyn's softball team also lost in first round action, while Baruch's baseball team (CUNYAC Champs) won on Thursday to advance to Saturday's semifinals.CUNYAthletics.com will follow the action all weekend long.
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Baruch suffered an 8-0 shutout in five innings to Alvernia University on Friday morning at the Union, New Jersey Regional hosted by Kean University. The season comes to an end for the Baruch softball team with a 17-27 overall record.
Alvernia recorded their 37th win of the season and first-ever NCAA win by scoring eight runs via 10 hits, which included a high-scoring third inning when they scored five runs on four hits to stay alive in the double-elimination tournament.
The Bearcats recorded five hits with a single apiece by Melanie Pellegrino, Carmen Pagan-Colon, Nicole Flint, Courtney White and Regina Cardinale. The Bearcats left five runners on base compared to three by Alvernia.
Despite the loss, the future looks promising with a majority of the roster returning for 2013. The young roster gained major experience playing in the NCAA and winning the CUNYAC Tournament.
The Bearcats lost 8-0 in six innings to the #12-ranked Montclair State University Red Hawks in an opening round NCAA contest played on Thursday morning at the Union, New Jersey Regional hosted by Kean University.
The Red Hawks (39-7), the #1 seed in the regional, smacked three homers and limited the Bearcats to one hit to record their 39th overall victory of the season.
"We committed several errors and that got us behind early in the contest," said Head Coach Jose Negroni. "You've got to give Montclair State credit, they hit the ball well with three home runs. We will put this behind us and get ready for tomorrow."
The visiting Bearcats managed to get two runners on base in the fifth inning in their best scoring opportunity of the tough morning contest. Chelsea DeGuzman reached base on a fielder’s choice and Courtney White followed with a single to right field to get runners on first and third base.
However, Montclair State pitcher Alex Hill shut down the Bearcats to end the inning without allowing a run to post the NCAA victory.
ECAC DIVISION III METRO SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
The #6 Brooklyn College Softball team lost its First Round matchup of the 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Championships to #3 SUNY College at Old Westbury by a score of 5-0.
The Panthers improve to 25-17 and advance to the double elimination round of the ECAC DIII Metro Championships against #2 Sage Colleges. The game featured a tight pitchers duel early on between Brooklyn's Marie Oneto and Old Westbury's Alyssa Clancy.
Brooklyn concludes its 2012 season with a 19-20 overall record. With the Bulldogs losing just one player from this season's squad due to graduation, 2013 should be another exciting campaign for the BC Softball program.
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ECAC DIVISION III METRO BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
FDU-FLORHAM 9, BARUCH 3 • BOX SCORE
Baruch's baseball team lost an ECAC Metro Postseason Championship semifinal contest to FDU-Florham by the score of 9-3 on Saturday afternoon in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Bearcats (22-20) set a baseball team record for most wins in a season.
“I am disappointed by today’s loss but proud of the way the season turned out and the effort we put forth by battling to the last out," said Head Coach Jose Torres. "We laid the foundation for years to come and we just have to keep following the path."
FDU-Florham jumped to a 4-0 lead and led 6-1 after five innings to control the action early. The Bearcats rallied in the seventh inning with the bases loaded, but could only manage to score one run.
FDU-Florham shut down the Bearcats the rest of the way en route to the victory to advance to Sunday’s championship game against the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Overall, FDU-Florham totaled nine runs on 12 hits, while the Bearcats had three runs on seven hits.
Yancy Taveras (2-3), Steve Hession (2-4, 2 runs, double) and Thomas Daly (2-4, double) each had two hits in the tough postseason playoff loss.
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BARUCH 6, ST. JOSEPH'S (LI) 4 • BOX SCORE
The Baruch College Bearcats defeated St. Joseph’s College of Long Island, 6-4, in an ECAC Metro Championship first round game played on Thursday afternoon in Patchogue, New York. With the result, the Bearcats advance to the semifinals scheduled for Saturday, May 12, at 4:00 pm versus FDU-Florham in Hoboken, New Jersey. The Bearcats also win their 22nd game, which continues to set the team record for all-time wins in a season. St. Joseph’s finish their season with a 21-22 overall record.
St. Joseph’s College from the Skyline Conference scored a run in the second inning for the early 1-0 lead, but the visiting Bearcats exploded for five runs on five hits in the third inning to lead 5-1.
Alvin Mata smacked a two run single, while Thomas Daly and Yancy Taveras each had a one run double. Justin Torres hit an RBI ground out to score Taveras to complete the five-run inning.
St. Joseph’s scored two runs scored in the seventh inning to get as close as 5-3, but the Bearcats added a run in the eighth inning on a fielder’s choice by Justin Torres to score Taveras again to raise the lead to 6-3. St. Joseph’s rallied in their final at-bat by scoring a run and getting two runners on base, but Baruch ace Jesus Izarra managed to get the final out on a ground out to first base to clinch the postseason victory of 6-4.
Izarra pitched a complete game with five strikeouts to raise his record on the mound to 8-1. Alvin Mata and Justin Torres finished with two RBI each, while four different players had two hits each.
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