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Joe DeLuca
Tom Killips
Junior catcher Joe DeLuca drove in four runs in tonght's 6-4 win versus top-ranked Franklin Pierce.
6
Winner Saint Rose STR 20-19
4
Franklin Pierce FPU 45-6
Winner
Saint Rose STR
20-19
6
Final
4
Franklin Pierce FPU
45-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Rose STR 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 9 1
Franklin Pierce FPU 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 9 1

W: POKRENTOWSKI, Joe (2-1) L: Tanner Putnam (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | David Alexander

GOLDEN KNIGHTS ARE ALIVE!!!

SAINT ROSE UPENDS TOP-RANKED FRANKLIN PIERCE TO ADVANCE IN NE-10 CHAMPIONSHIP

RINDGE, NH–The College of Saint Rose responded in dramatic fashion to today's previous setback to fourth-ranked Southern New Hampshire by upending host and top-ranked Franklin Pierce 6-4 tonight to keep its hopes alive in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship.
 
The Golden Knights (20-19) will now face either Pace University (30-20) or the Penmen (43-5) in an out bracket game tomorrow at approximately 1:00 pm.
 
Junior catcher Joe DeLuca went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the eighth to lead the Golden Knights offense. Also, junior third baseman Alex Chandler finished 3-for-4 while senior southpaw Joe Pokrentowski did not allow an earned run throughout 2.1 innings out of the bullpen.
 
Saint Rose took a 2-1 lead in the fourth and rallied from a 3-2 deficit by pushing across four runs in the eighth to go ahead 6-3. The Ravens (45-6) added one in the home half of the eighth, but Pokrentowski worked out of a bases loaded, no out jam by recording a strikeout and inducing a double play. He then put Franklin Pierce down in order in the ninth to put the finishing touches on a dramatic victory.
 
DeLuca came through in the fourth with a two-run double to the gap in left center and was at the crux of things again in the eighth after the Golden Knights took a 4-3 lead on a wild pitch and a throwing error. DeLuca capped the rally by lining a shot over the left field fence for his second round–tripper of the year.
 
For the Ravens, senior leftfielder Kurtis White went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI base hit in the eighth.
Notes: Junior shortstop Tyler Ungerland continues to lead the NE-10 in batting with a .400 average (56-for-140)…He is furthermore second with a .488 on-base percentage and stands fourth behind a .586 slugging percentage…Ungerland is batting .444 with runners in scoring position and 17 of his 31 RBI have come with two outs…Senior left fielder Nick Venier is seventh among the NE-10 top hitters with a .346 batting average (44-for-127) and is sixth in slugging at .535…Senior center fielder Derek Reed is hitting at a .317 clip (52-for-164)…Tonight's starting pitcher, senior right-hander Nick Cioffi is now 4-2 with a 3.64 ERA and a team-high 53 strikeouts throughout 71.2 innings of work…Also, junior right-hander Carmine Vricciariello has allowed only three runs and has fanned 25 throughout his last 13 appearances that cover 18.2 innings on the bump…Ungerland was named a first-team All-Conference pick while Venier and Pokrentowski were selected third-team honorees earlier this week…The Golden Knights have gone 20-11 since opening the year 0-8 and are 12-1 when leading after seven innings…Saint Rose is making its third NE-10 Championship appearance and first since 2003 when the Golden Knights advanced to the weekend with a 2-1, 12 inning victory versus Saint Anselm at Heritage Park in Colonie, NY…They then fell 1-0 to host UMass Lowell and were defeated 15-10 by Stonehill in the elimination bracket and thus 2016 makes their deepest run ever…Saint Rose also earned a berth in 2002, its second year of league membership, but was upended 4-3 by host Stonehill in a first round encounter.
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