WATERBURY, C.T. - Felician Baseball began their trek back to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference championship game Thursday morning when they went head-to-head with #1 South Seed Jefferson University Rams in Waterbury, C.T.
The Golden Falcons rallied 14 hits for 10 runs to down the top seed Rams, 10-4, and advanced into the winner's bracket in the double elimination round of the postseason tournament.
Here's What Happened:
- The Rams were on the board first with a run in the bottom half of the opening frame to put Felician into a one run deficit. It didn't take long for the green-and-gold to find their groove as Andrew DeAngelis (Staten Island, N.Y.) posted an RBI single to tie the game at one.
- Jefferson edged the Golden Falcons once more when they scored another in the bottom of the second, however, by the fourth inning Felician tallied two from a DeAngelis sac fly and a Chris Biosli (Edison, N.J.) double for the squad's first lead of the contest, 3-2.
- After another score tie at three, Jack Scrivanic (Tinton Falls, N.J.) put a dagger into the Rams with a two RBI double for the 5-3 advantage.. a lead that Felician refused to relinquished for the remainder of the contest.
- Their opponents rounded the horn once more while Felician recorded five, their largest inning of the day being the top of the eighth with three runs, to walk away from game one victorious and break a four game losing skid with the Rams. The Golden Falcons last win against the squad was on May 12, 2022 at the same place they secured the win today... Waterbury, C.T.
Box Score Insights:
- CACC Pitcher of the Year, Mike Caldon (Matawan, N.J.), recorded his 100th strike out of the season when he put away 10 in the Thursday morning win. The junior sits with a collective 109 strike outs this season and is second all-time in the conference with that number; one shy of tying his former teammate, Wilfrido Valenzuela, who secured the record last season.
- Four Golden Falcons secured two RBI in the contest: Thomas Kendrick (Jackson, N.J.) (3-4), Ricky Voss (Eatontown, N.J.) (4-3), Scrivanic (1-4),and DeAngelis (1-4).
- Alex Torres (Jackson, N.J.) went 1-3 with two runs.
- Rafael Solano (Jersey City, N.J.) closed out the game with a save after pitching 4.0 innings and struck out three and surrendered one hit and zero runs.
UP NEXT: POST UNIVERSITY
It's a 2023 CACC Championship Round rematch, but this time, it's game four of the tournament. Last season, Felician toppled the Post Eagles to capture the conference title and during this regular season, the green-and-gold are 1-2 against their opponents. Tomorrow morning, Felician will take on the top seed in the North Division, Post University, at 11:00am in Waterbury, C.T.
