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May 5, 2006

Alvernia 14, Gwynedd-Mercy 7
2006 PAC Tournament Game One
Griffins to play tomorrow at 11 a.m.; Capella sets career RBI mark

Senior Troy Peiffer was 3-for-4 with an RBI. (GMC Sports Information)

Box Score

BOYERTOWN, PA. - Alvernia doubled up Gwynedd-Mercy, 14-7, in the first game of the 2006 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament Friday afternoon at Bear Stadium in Boyertown.

The Griffins will play tomorrow at 11 a.m. against the loser of the Arcadia-Wesley contest in an elimination game.

GM allowed a season-high 19 hits as the Crusaders scored in all but one inning as they roughed up starter Matt Daley (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic). Daley lasted into the sixth after giving up 11 hits and seven runs (five earned), both season-highs.

After Alvernia plated two in the top of the first, Gwynedd answered as Anthony Capella (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) reached on a fielder's choice scoring Ken Bengtson (Jamison, Pa./C.B. East) for his 105th career run batted in, breaking the school record. Capella later scored on an RBI double from Troy Peiffer (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford).

Peiffer had three hits and a run scored while sophomore Mark Mattes (Doylestown, Pa./C.B. East) was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Junior Matt Daley allowed a season-high seven runs on 11 hits. (GMC Sports Information)

In the third, the Crusaders' Chris Raniere doubled home starter Jason Ziegler to break a 3-3 tie and give AC the lead for good.

Ziegler went 8.1 innings, yielding seven runs on nine hits while striking out seven. Raniere would strike later as he connected on a three-run home run to left in the ninth. He finished with five RBI's.

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