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NEW CASTLE, Del. – Felician College racked up 17 base hits, including 15 in the first five innings, in its 13-4 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference baseball victory over host Wilmington (Del.) University on Sunday afternoon at Wilson Field. With the win, Felician edged out Wilmington on a tiebreaker for the fourth and final spot in next week’s CACC playoffs.

Felician (26-21, 17-10) broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the top of the third inning off of Wilmington starter Steve Messick (New Castle, DE/William Penn) (0-3). When the Wildcats brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom half, the Golden Falcons replaced starter Jeff Calabrese (Freehold, NJ/CBA), who was working on three days’ rest, with fellow right-hander Scott VanEs (Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus). VanEs allowed one inherited runner to score before inducing a fly ball to end the inning.

Marcos Torres went 4 for 6, including a three-run homer, in the May 3 twinbill.

LYNDHURST, N.J. – Felician College earned an 8-3 victory over visiting Wilmington (Del.) University in Game 1 of the teams’ Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Breslin Field. Wilmington (26-25, 17-9) rebounded to take Game 2, 3-1, setting up a do-or-die scenario for both teams when they meet in Sunday’s conference finale.

In the opener, Felician erased a 1-0 deficit with three runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning. A three-run homerun by Marcos Torres (Miami, FL/South Miami) capped the Golden Falcons’ five-run fourth.

ROOTH

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Felician College baseball program will celebrate “Mike Rooth Day” on Saturday prior to its home doubleheader against Wilmington (Del.) University at Breslin Field in Lyndhurst. As part of the ceremony, Felician will retire No. 3 in honor of Rooth, its all-time leading hitter. It will be the first number retired in any sport in the 12-year history of the Golden Falcon athletic program.

Rooth was a four-year starter at Felician from 2003-06, mostly as a catcher. The Bayville, N.J., native recorded 210 career hits and had a collegiate batting average of .388, both school records. In 541 at-bats as a Golden Falcon, he struck out only 34 times, including just eight of 230 in his first two seasons. As a senior, he set single-season school records of 78 hits and 24 doubles, along with one other, 57 RBI, that has since been broken.

RIKER

ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -- The Felician College baseball team won its third consecutive one-run game when it defeated host Dominican (N.Y.) College, 3-2, in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference action Thursday afternoon at Veteran's Memorial Park. The result tightens the CACC playoff race, where the top five teams are within 1 1/2 games of each other heading into the season's final weekend, competing for four spots.

On Thursday, sophomore Jon Del Franco (Bridgewater, NJ) drove in the eventual winning run in the top of the eighth inning, and senior Scott VanEs (Secaucus, NJ) recorded the final out with three Chargers on base. VanEs struck out three in two scoreless innings for his third save, preserving the victory for starter Nick Riker (Highlands, NJ) (5-5).

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