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May 5, 2007

Gwynedd-Mercy 5, Alvernia 4 13 inn.
Griffins work overtime to eliminate defending champs; advance to championship series

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BOYERTOWN, PA - Senior Chris Corkery's (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) sac fly in the top the 13th was the difference as Gwynedd-Mercy outlasted Alvernia to oust the defending champs out of the 2007 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Tournament, in a 5-4 Griffin win late Saturday night.

The Griffins (28-10) advance to tomorrow's championship series with Wesley starting at 1 p.m.

After the teams were tied 3-3 after nine, each team scored a run in the 12th. Freshman Albert DiDomenico (Philadelphia/Neumann Goretti) singled home sophomore Tim Hoban (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic). The Crusaders (27-13) answered in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run from Dale Curry to knot the game at 4-4.

After Chris Raniere's fielding error on leadoff hitter Anthony Capella (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic), his throw sailed wide and allowed the senior to move to second. Capella would then move to third on a passed ball that was first ruled a foul tip but after the umpires consulted the correct call was made. The next batter Corkery sent a soaring shot to right where Capella beat the throw home.

In the 13th, Alvernia was able to get runners on with two outs, but reliever, Kyle Reynolds (Darby, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara), who threw a career-long seven innings, got Steve Burdan to groundout to end the game.

Gwynedd just had six hits but took advantage of seven Crusaders errors. Junior Mark Mattes (Doylestown, Pa./C.B. East) and sophomore Ken Bengtson (Jamison, Pa./C.B. East) each had two hits. Mattes added an RBI double way back in the first.

Zach Lutz had three hits and was walked intentionally twice. Tim Carroll added a two-run single in the fifth.

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