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May 17, 2007

Kean 13, Gwynedd-Mercy 9
2007 NCAA Tournament Regional Game Seven
Griffins can't hold lead, see Cougars rally in late innings

Box Score

BOYERTOWN, PA. - In a game that saw seven lead changes, Kean scored six times in the eighth inning to go on and rally past Gwynedd-Mercy, 13-9, in a wild NCAA Tournament Regional contest late Thursday night.

Gwynedd now plays the College of New Jersey Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Freshman Dan Strack (Langhorne, Pa./Holy Ghost) was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and sophomore Tim McMenamin (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) added two hits with a two-run homerun.

The Cougars' Aaron Richard was 4-for-6 with six RBIs with a double and a homerun.

Trailing 7-6 going into the seventh, the trio of Strack, McMenamin and Anthony Capella (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) helped put three more runs on the board. With two on and two out, a base hit from Capella to left was bobbled by the fielder Dan Mattonelli allowing McMenamin to score for a 7-7 tie. Strack followed up with a two-run single to center, plating two more runs for a 9-7 edge.

Richard struck again in the eighth with a two-run double to knot the game at 9-9. After the first two batters reached and then sacrificed up a base, Richard sent one deep in the gap in left. Later a HBP with the bases full made it 10-9 Kean lead. Three more times the Cougars scored to take a four-run edge.

Kean will now plays Johns Hopkins in a matchup of two 2-0 teams tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.

J.B. Meadows (Pennsville, N.J./Pennsville) smacked an RBI double to left, followed by an RBI single from Tim Hoban (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) to make it a 3-1 lead after two innings.

Each team scored three times in the third. Richard's two-run homer to right and a sac fly pushed the Cougars ahead, 4-3. But McMenamin answered, going deep on a 3-2 pitch over the left field wall for a two-run shot followed by an RBI single from Strack to help reclaim a 5-4 lead.

In the 6th, Richard beat out groundball from a diving Ken Bengtson (Jamison, Pa./C.B. East) at second allowing Derek Gianakas to score all the way from second to take a 7-6 lead.

GMC starter Josh Thomas (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spaulding) went six innings, but allowed seven runs (four unearned) on seven hits with six walks and one strikeout.

Brandon Aich relieved starter Andrew Cupido and struck out six in seven-plus innings.

NOTES: Gwynedd is one win shy from tying the single-season mark for victories…Capella and Hoban also added two hits respectively.

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