March 28, 2006

Box Score

ASTON, PA - The Knights Baseball Team recorded their 4^th win of the season against the Pioneers of Widener University on Tuesday afternoon, defeating the non-conference foe 9-6.

After two innings of play the score was fixed at 2-2 in the second inning. Widener took the lead scoring one run in the 3^rd and one run in the 4^th to make it a 4-2 ball game. Neumann came back in the 5^th inning scoring 3 runs to Widener's 1 behind two consecutive doubles by James Jordan and Ryan Nason. The Knights grabbed the bats and finished off the Pioneers in the 6^th inning receiving hits from Steve Maloney, James Jordan and Kevin Ahern. Ahern's double in the bottom of the 6^th scored the Knights final three runs of the afternoon proving to be all the Knights would need to defeat the Pioneers for the first time in program history.

The Knights were led by Kevin Ahern who was 2-2 with a run a run scored, and 3 RBI's. James Jordan went 4-4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI's. Nick Lapetina and Bob Marchese each had 2 strikeouts on the mound for Neumann, giving the Knights their first win in five meetings with Widnener University.

The Knights' next ball game will be Wednesday, March 29^th when they will host the Fords of Haverford College in a non-conference match-up at 3:00pm.