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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).

Vinnie DiBenedetti went 3 for 4, including a game-winning RBI triple, on Apr. 30.

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – Junior Vinnie DiBenedetti (Forked River, NJ) hit a tie-breaking triple in the top of the 10th inning as Felician College defeated host Long Island University-C.W. Post, 3-2, in non-conference baseball action Wednesday afternoon on the C.W. Post campus. The Golden Falcons improved to 4-1 this season in extra-inning games.

Felician’s Hector Bello (Miami, FL) walked to start the 10th and advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw. One out later, right-handed hitting DiBenedetti lined a ball into the right-centerfield gap for his Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference-leading seventh triple of the season. DiBenedetti was later thrown out attempting to score on a fly ball, but reliever John Calise (Staten Island, NY) (3-2) pitched a perfect bottom of the 10th to secure the win.

Vinnie DiBenedetti '09 is the CACC Baseball Player of the Week for Apr. 28, 2008.

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Felician College junior Vinnie DiBenedetti of Forked River has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Baseball Player of the Week, the CACC announced today. Later on Monday, he was honored by the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) as its Division II/III Player of the Week.

DiBenedetti, a 6-foot, 170-pound centerfielder, batted .500 (13 for 26) and slugged .761 with three triples, four runs scored and six runs batted in during a 3-4 week for the Golden Falcons. On Thursday, he went 5 for 6 with four RBI as the Golden Falcons split a CACC home doubleheader with Post University, including two RBI triples in his team’s 8-1 Game 1 victory. He had five multi-hit games on the week, during which he raised his batting average 58 points.

DEL FRANCO

PHILADELPHIA – A two-out two-run single by sophomore Jon Del Franco (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) in the top of the 11th inning lifted the Felician College baseball team to a 4-3 Game 2 victory and a split of its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader with host Philadelphia University on Saturday at Alumni Field. Philadelphia clinched the season series between the teams by winning Game 1, 5-3.

In the nightcap, Felician (22-20, 14-9) put its first two hitters on base in the 11th. Two outs later, a wild pitch moved runners to second and third, and Del Franco followed with his third hit of the game. Sophomore left-hander Danny Conti (Aberdeen, NJ/Matawan Regional) (1-3), yielded a run in the bottom of the 11th before escaping a bases-loaded one-out jam to secure the victory. Conti allowed three hits and struck out two in two innings.

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