Cougars Sweep Valiants; Ioviero Collects 250th
Win
Purchase, N.Y. (4/2/07) - Senior
Dan Zeffiro (Old Bridge, N.J.) picked up his third
win of the season in relief while head coach Neil Ioviero recorded
his 250th coaching victory as the Kean University baseball team
swept host Manhattanville College, 8-6 and 8-4 Monday afternoon.
Ioviero, who is in the midst of his 10th season at
Kean, currently boasts a 251-120-2 record for a .676 winning
percentage, the highest of any baseball coach in program history.
In game one it was a see-saw affair before the
Cougars claimed the lead for good in the sixth inning.
Ryan Clark (Livingston, N.J.) led off the
inning with a single and moved around the bases on two outs in
typical small ball fashion. Sophomore Dan Mattonelli
(Hamilton, N.J.) delivered and brought home Clark with an
RBI single. Kean tacked on an insurance run in the top of the
seventh on a sacrifice fly from senior Aaron Richard
(Plainfield, N.J.) who drove in senior Perry
Schatzow (Ocean Twp., N.J.) who reached on a leadoff
single.
Zeffiro earned the win in relief. He tossed 2
1/3 innings of shutout ball allowing just two hits to improve to
3-1. He also fanned three and walked no one.
Offensively Richard finished with three RBI while freshman
Nick Nolan (Linden, N.J.) smashed his sixth
homerun of the season.
In game two Kean jumped out to an early 6-0 lead
and never looked back. Schatzow collected three hits and
three RBI while Nolan finished with two doubles and two RBI.
Richard picked up his first win in relief of the
season. He tossed two innings allowing just one run and two
hits.
The Cougars return to action on Wednesday, April
4th as they face off against Centenary College.
Game 1 Boxscore
Game 2 Boxscore
