WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – JD Andreessen (Depew, NY/Lancaster/Campbell) drove in three runs with three hits as Monmouth University Baseball (11-14-1) topped in-state foe Princeton University (5-16) on Wednesday afternoon, 11-6.

After Max West capped a three-straight hit stretch in the first to give Princeton a 1-0 lead, MU went on top quickly with a two-run bottom of the first via a Clay Koniencki (Schwenksville, PA/Malvern Prep) bases-loaded walk and an error. Zach Schild (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) brought home a second-inning run with a ground out, and Andreessen doubled home another to extend the MU lead. The Hawks plated two more unearned runs on a passed ball to take a 6-1 advantage.

Princeton added single runs in the fifth and sixth, with David Harding driving one home with a base hit, but the Tigers left the bases loaded in the sixth, trailing 6-3. Andreessen singled through the left side in the seventh to plate a pair after one had already scored on an error, and MU tacked on two in the eighth to lead 11-3 before Princeton got three across in the ninth to make it an 11-6 final. 

NOTES AND QUOTES
"It certainly wasn't pretty today, we had to battle through the game and we took advantage of a lot of base running opportunities. We maximized our run production with six hits and JD was excellent offensively for us. Sometimes you have to win midweek in different fashion and sometimes you have to win in difficult conditions and I thought that our kids played good defense and we pitched out of some jams when we needed to." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt

"Steckline has thrown well for us, he's been a much different pitcher out of the bullpen, he's somebody that sprints and we can use his style out of the bullpen better than we did earlier in the year when he was starting. He settled the game down nicely when we needed and I thought Stephen Aldrich pitched out of a big jam early in the game with 2 stirkeouts that, looking back, were two huge outs." - Ehehalt

-MU has own seven in a row over Princeton overall.
-In his last four games, JD Andreessen is hitting .706 with 10 RBI's and 12 hits, six going for extra bases.
-Kyle Norman has reached base in 22 games in a row.
-Robbie Holmes has gotten aboard in 15 straight contests.
-Andreessen has multiple hits in each of his last four games, and posted his fourth three-hit game of the year.
-Ryan Steckline picked up his first win of the season.
-MU pitching did not allow an extra base hit.
-Max Goione posted his first multi-hit game of the season.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Princeton outhit Monmouth 15-6.
-The Tigers made four errors to Monmouth's two.
-Ryan Steckline delivered two hitless innings to earn the win.
-The Hawks used six pitchers in the game.
-MU drew 13 walks and a hit by pitch on the day.
-Connor Udell took the loss for Princeton, allowing three runs, two earned in 1.2 innings.
-The Tigers used five pitchers.
-There were 404 pitches thrown in the game, which lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes.


UP NEXT
-Monmouth hosts Marist this weekend for a three-game MAAC series beginning Saturday at noon.