Johns Hopkins Ends Kean's
World Series Run, 8-3
TRENTON, N.J. (5/23/10) – Johns Hopkins
University sophomore right-hander Alex Eliopoulos struck
out 12 and won his second game of the NCAA Division III
Mid-Atlantic Regional, as the Blue Jays defeated Kean, 8-3, to
advance to the World Series for the second time in the last three
years.
Eliopoulos, who earned tournament Most Outstanding Player
honors, went eight innings and scattered seven hits and one walk,
while allowing three earned runs.
The Cougars (39-12), who has won 39 games in each of the last
three seasons, were denied their fourth straight trip to the World
Series as they committed five errors in the game.
After scoring in the first inning of all the team's w???ins in the regional
tournament, ???t???h???e??? ??????C???o???u???g???a???r???s??? were set down
1-2-3 to open the first inning and the Blue Jays quickly touched
Kean starter Ryan Zamorsky for four runs in the
home half of the inning to take the early lead.
Right fielder Matthew Bernardi reached on an error to
lead off the inning, stole second base and scored the first run on
the single by first baseman Chris Huisman. Two
batters later, centerfielder Dave Kahn singled to move Huisman into
scoring position and left fielder Jesse Sikorski and
catcher John Swarr followed with RBI singles to extend the
lead to 3-0.
With runners on the corners, Zamorsky picked up the second out of
the inning with a strikeout and the Cougars nearly had got the
double play on the steal, however the throw got away and Sikorski
scored from third for the four-run lead.
Kean cut the lead in half in the top of the third inning, as
sophomore first baseman Lee Cavico led off with an
inning and sophomore catcher Eddie Jennings
(pictured right) followed with a two-run homerun that cleared the
left-field billboards to pull the Cougars to within a pair of runs
at 4-2.
However, Johns Hopkins plated one run in the fourth when
shortstop James Teta tripled down the right-field line and
was allowed to come home on obstruction with the unearned run.
Two innings later, the Blue Jays added three more runs on RBI
hits by third baseman Lee Bolyard, Teta and Huisman to
extend the lead to 8-2.
The Cougars loaded the bases with no outs on three straight
singles in the ???t???o???p??? of the ninth
inning, but would only get one run across, as reliever ?????????Ryan
Scherich????????? came
in and got the double-play and strike-out to send the Blue Jays to
the World Series for the first time since 2008 when they finished
as national runners-up.
In the win, Teta was 3-of-4 with two runs scored and one RBI,
while Huisman drove in a team-high two runs and added three hits
and one run scored.
Zamorsky, who was injured at the beginning of the season and
started on three days' rest after opening the tournament with
a 3-0 win over Manhattanville College, allowed just four earned
runs and struck out six in five and a third innings of work.
The Hopkins win avenged a 2007 loss to the Cougars, when Kean
defeated the Blue Jays, 6-4, to win the Mid-Atlantic Region
en-route to capturing the 2007 NCAA Division III National
Championship.
2010 NCAA Division III
Mid-Atlantic Region All-Tournament Team.
Chuck Nicholas, Alvernia
University
Greg Harbeck, Johns Hopkins
University
Dave Kahn, Johns Hopkins University
James Teta, Johns Hopkins University
Ken Gregory, Kean University
Nick Nolan, Kean University
Stephen Montalbano, Kean University
Jordan Marsch, Rowan University
Jeff White, Rowan University
Dan Sieracki, Widener University
Most Oustanding Player
Alex Eliopoulos, Johns Hopkins University
