FLEMINGTON, N.J. (Feb. 27, 2016) - The Centenary College baseball team was swept by the Mules of Muhlenberg College on Saturday afternoon at Diamond Nation. The Mules improve to 2-0, while the Cyclones fall to 0-2.
Muhlenberg 6, Centenary 3After falling behind 1-0 in the first, senior
Chris Ohlweiler (Verona, N.J. / Verona) smacked a two RBI single to right center and the Cyclones took a 2-1 lead in the second. The Mules regained the lead in the third and then extended their advantage to 6-2 in the seventh. Centenary was able to get one back in the seventh as junior
Nick Daniele (Colts Neck, N.J. / Red Bank Catholic) recorded an RBI.
Ohlweiler went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Daniele went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Chris Grillo went 3-for-4 with three RBI's and a stolen base, while John Icaza went 3-for-4 with two RBI's and one run scored. Timmy Pilrun improves to 1-0 for the Mules, while freshman
Trey Hinkle (Macungie, Pa. / Emmaus) struck out eight batters in the loss.
Muhlenberg 10, Centenary 7 (8 Inn.)Centenary jumped out to a 3-1 lead after freshman
John Koury (Allentown, Pa. / Parkland) hit a three run homer in the bottom of the second. The Cyclones and the Mules traded the lead in the middle innings, before an error allowed Muhlenberg to take a 7-5 lead in the seventh. Sophomore
John Tierney (West Milford, N.J. / West Milford) send the game into extra innings with a two RBI single that scored sophomore
Glenn Allen (Cresskill, N.J. / Cresskill) and sophomore
Tim Maxwell (Glen Head, NY / North Shore). In extra innings, the Mules scored three runs on back-to-back RBI's.
Senior
Nick Koffel (Perkiomenville, Pa. / Perkiomen Valley) went 2-for-4, while fellow classmate
Ryan Kanner (Jackson, N.J. / Jackson Memorial) went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Icaza went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, while Andrew Rava went 2-for-5 with four RBI's. Austin Disher recorded the victory, while sophomore
James Graziani (Martinsville, N.J. / Bridgewater - Raritan) took the loss.
Head Coach
Scott Kushner and the Cyclones will return to action on Tuesday, Mar. 1, hosting the Garnets of Swarthmore College at 3:00 p.m.
