Skip To Main Content

Monmouth University Athletics

John LaRocca
Karlee Sell
7
Winner Canisius CAN 14-8, 3-2 MAAC
5
Monmouth MON 6-15, 2-3 MAAC
Winner
Canisius CAN
14-8, 3-2 MAAC
7
Final
5
Monmouth MON
6-15, 2-3 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Canisius CAN 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 7 11 1
Monmouth MON 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 4 1

W: Stevenson, J.P. (4-0) L: Molettiere, Joe (0-4) S: Frank, Will (3)

3
Canisius CAN 14-9, 3-3 MAAC
9
Winner Monmouth MON 7-15, 3-3 MAAC
Canisius CAN
14-9, 3-3 MAAC
3
Final
9
Monmouth MON
7-15, 3-3 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Canisius CAN 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 1
Monmouth MON 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 X 9 12 0

W: Counsellor, Austin (2-0) L: Kennedy, Jared (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BIG SEVENTH INNING PROPELS MONMOUTH TO SERIES WIN

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Monmouth scored seven runs in the seventh inning to win a MAAC series against Canisius on Saturday, winning the second game of the doubleheader 9-3. MU wins its first league series of the year, getting three hits from Zach Schild (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) and three RBI's from John LaRocca (Plainview, NY/St. Dominic) in the final game. Canisius took the opener of the twinbill by a 7-5 score.

Canisius jumped to a 5-0 lead in the opener, as Ryan Stekl continued his big series with a two-run single in the first and an RBI on a fielder's choice in the third. Gage Lanning followed that up with a two-RBI double to the gap in right center to pit Canisius to a big early lead. The Hawks responded with three in the bottom half, however, getting on the board when JD Andreesen (Depew, NY/Lancaster/Campbell) pushed an infield single to the right side. Pete Papcun (Brick, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) drove a two-run single to make it 5-3 Griffs.

The teams traded runs again in the fourth, with Christ Conley joining Stekl in driving in runs with base hits before Kyle Norman (Ellicott City, MD/Good Counsel/Buffalo) doubled in the bottom half, making it 7-5. MU was unable to get a baserunner against Will Frank, who picked up the save.

In the second game, MU took a 2-0 lead thanks to LaRocca's single back through the box in the second and Clay Koniencki's (Schwenksville, PA/Malvern Prep) run-scoring knock past shortstop in the fourth. Liam Wilson got it back with one swing for Canisius, hitting a two-run home run over the left field wall in the sixth to tie things at two. Lanning later doubled in a run in the inning to give the Griffs the lead.

A huge seventh inning propelled the Hawks to the win, with MU loading the bases ahead of a pitching change. Papcun worked out a five-pitch walk to force in the tying run, before Johnny Zega (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) pinch hit and walked on four pitches to make it 4-3 Hawks. Schild laced a grounder towards first that was mishandled, allowing two more runs to come across, before Koniencki dropped a two-run double inside the left field line to break the game open and make it 8-3 Monmouth. LaRocca added an RBI double to close out the inning, and Austin Counsellor (Salem, NJ/Woodstown/Gloucester CC) fired three shutout frames to lock down his second win.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"Plate discipline was huge. We scored two big runs by walking against a real good pitcher with two guys that had previously been chasing pitches. We strung together seven good at-bats in a row and had that never-say-die attitude." – Dean Ehehalt

"Counsellor came in and filled up the zone, and he had enough movement on his pitches. There's some good hitters in that lineup and he kept them just a little bit off balance and threw some ground balls. Our pitchers were outstanding today." – Ehehalt

-Monmouth wins its first MAAC series of the season, taking two of three from Canisius.
-The seven runs was the most the Hawks scored in an inning this season.
-Zach Schild had three hits for the second time this season.
-Clay Koniencki drove in three runs for the second time in his career, and first since 4/5/17 against Princeton.
-John LaRocca recorded the first three-hit game of his career.
-Austin Counsellor picked up his second win in as many weekends.
-Counsellor threw five shutout innings in the series vs. Canisius.
-In his first home start, Dan Klepchick struck out five, his second highest output of the season.
-Kyle Ajjan posted his second shutout outing of the season, firing 3.1 scoreless frames.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Austin Counsellor tied for the team lead with his second win.
-MU was outhit 11-4 in the first game, and outhit the Griffs 12-9 in the second.
-Klepchick fired six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with just one walk in the no decision.
-Counsellor surrendered just two hits and fanned four in three innings.
-Jared Kennedy took the Game Two loss for the Griffs.
-JP Stevenson moved to 4-0 with his Game One win, while Joe Molettiere dropped to 0-4 with the loss for MU.
-Will Frank collected his third save in the first game for Canisius.
-MU is now 4-2 against Canisius at home all time.
-Both teams conclude the weekend at 3-3 in conference play.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth returns to action on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. against Princeton.

 
Print Friendly Version