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May 18, 2007

Johns Hopkins 3, Gwynedd-Mercy 1 (10 inn.)
2007 NCAA Tournament Regional Game Eleven
Griffins knocked out by Blue Jays; season comes to a close

Box Score

BOYERTOWN, PA - The 2007 season came to an end as Gwynedd-Mercy lost, 3-1, in 10 innings to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament Mid-Atlantic Regional at Bear Stadium Friday night.

The Blue Jays advance to tomorrow's championship series with Kean starting at noon.

Ryan McNamara (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddon Twp.) gave up just three hits through seven-plus innings of work. The sophomore faced two batters in the eighth. Tim McMenamin (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) continued his torrid hitting, notching two of the Griffins' five hits.

Gwynedd got their lone run in the first as Mark Mattes (Doylestown, Pa./C.B. East) motored around from third on a groundball beat the throw home from first.

McNamara tossed another gem, fanning five while allowing one run on three hits, but after two leadoff hits in the eighth, was lifted for Capella.

Johns Hopkins starter Brian Duddie, also threw strongly, striking out 10 Griffins on four hits, one run, and two walks in nine-plus innings.

JHU got on the board as Ken Bengtson's (Jamison, Pa./C.B. East) throwing error on a potential double play ball allowed, Nate Adelman to score to knot it at 1-1.

The Blue Jays then tacked on two runs in the 10th as an RBI single from Jon Solomon and a sac fly later from Rob Pietroforte with the bases full made it 3-1.

In the bottom of the 10th, Gwynedd got two on with two outs but Bengtson flied out to right.

Gwynedd, who was making their fourth NCAA Tournament Appearance, finishes the season tying a school record for victories at 33-12 overall under ninth-year head coach Paul Murphy.

2007 Gwynedd-Mercy College Baseball (GMC Sports Information)

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