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Felician Sweeps Doubleheaders as Devils Season Comes to an End

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The Felician College baseball team swept its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader from visiting University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 9-3 and 5-4, late Saturday at the Lyndhurst Recreation Complex. The games ended the regular season for both schools.

The Devils jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opener, getting a run in the second and two more in the fourth. Dennis Murphy's two-out double in the second scored Mark Perry who had singled two batters earlier. In the fourth inning Murphy drove in the third Devils run with a to centerfield, scoring Pete LaRocco. lou Tomasetti had scored earlier in the inning on an infield error.

Felician (25-22, 13-7) erased the 3-0 deficit by rallying for five runs after two were out in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Golden Falcons loaded the bases and scored two runs before Mickey Zudonyi hit a long drive that was misread by Sciences left fielder Jeff Murtha and fell for a bases-clearing triple, giving Felician the lead for good, 5-3. The Golden Falcons tacked on three runs in the seventh inning and one in the eighth. Greg Nealis took the loss for the Devils, falling to 1-5 on the season. Murphy went 3-for-4 with two RBI and LaRocco went 2-for-4 with a run scored.

In the nightcap, it was Felician who jumped out to a 3-0 lead scoring three times in the third inning. The Devils prevented further damage on a strikeout-double play with LaRocco, who was making just his third start at catcher, throwing out Marcos Torres at second to end the inning.

The Devils rallied to take a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning. Ryan Challender doubled to start the inning and Michael Croft, getting his first career start in left field, recorded his first collegiate hit with a single, advancing Challender to third. both runners moved up on a wild pitch with Challender crossing the plate with the first Sciences run. Walks to Kyle Davis and Mike Gartland loaded the bases and Lou tomasetti followed with a single to score Croft. Davis then scored on a sacrifice fly by pitcher Dan McMahon and Gartland cross the plate on Perry's single giving the Devils a 4-3 lead.

Zudonyi tripled to lead off the bottom of the seventh and scored the tying run when Torres was caught stealing on the back end of a second strikeout-double play. The score remained tied at 4-4 until the bottom of the ninth inning when Marcus McLeod tripled with one out and Zudonyi hit a fly ball to right field which was dropped by Challender and was scored as a sacrifice fly as McLeod came home to score the winning run. Brandon Boucher took the loss, finishing the season at 0-4.

The Devils finish the season with a 4-36 overall record and a 1-19 conference record.

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Players Mentioned

Kyle Davis

#10 Kyle Davis

INF
5' 9"
Freshman
Pete LaRocco

#99 Pete LaRocco

INF
6' 0"
Junior
Greg Nealis

#49 Greg Nealis

P
6' 4"
Sophomore
Mark Perry

#13 Mark Perry

INF
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Kyle Davis

#10 Kyle Davis

5' 9"
Freshman
INF
Pete LaRocco

#99 Pete LaRocco

6' 0"
Junior
INF
Greg Nealis

#49 Greg Nealis

6' 4"
Sophomore
P
Mark Perry

#13 Mark Perry

5' 10"
Junior
INF