WEEKLY REPORT May 5, 2008
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WEEKLY REPORT May 5, 2008 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time Season Complete RECENT RESULTS Day Date Opponent Result Tue. April 29 Soft ball at No. 6 Montclair State (NJAC Tournament) L, 5-6 Thu. May 1 Baseball at Montclair State (NJAC Tournament) W, 8-6 Fri. May 2 Soft ball vs. Kean (NJAC Tournament at Montclair State) L, 7-8 (9) Sat. May 3 Baseball vs. Rowan (NJAC Tournament at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, Newark) L, 6-14 Sun. May 4 Baseball vs. Montclair State (NJAC Tournament at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, Newark) L, 1-10 PIONEER ATHLETICS William Paterson University DUNN, STEVENS SELECTED PIONEER OF THE WEEK FOR NCAA CONFERENCE (May 5) WAYNE, N.J. – William Pa- terson University student-ath- letes Bobby Dunn (Garwood, N.J./Johnson Regional) and Joi Stevens (Somerset. N.J./Franklin) have been selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA National Student- Athlete Development Conference at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Stevens will att end the May 25-27 session, while Dunn will participate in the May 27-29 event. The NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference provides NCAA student-athletes with a forum to openly discuss issues that may aff ect them on their campuses and in their communities, while also providing them with the Mike Guadango -- opportunity to enhance their leadership, communication, decision-making and Baseball problem-solving skills. The conference also promotes bett er communication So., OF, Upper Saddle River, N.J. among student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty and communities. Aft er receiving 1,840 nominations from 462 institutions, 700 student-athletes were Guadango batt ed .500 (6-for- selected to participate in this year’s program. 12) last week at the New Jersey Dunn, a sophomore guard on the Pioneer men’s basketball team, has played in Athletic Conference (NJAC) 38 career games at William Paterson, including six starts in 22 appearances dur- Tournament, adding three ing the 2007-08 season. A business major, he averaged 5.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, runs, three RBI, a double and 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game this winter, helping to lead William Paterson a stolen base. He was 3-for-4 to the fi nal of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament, as well as with two runs scored and a RBI the NJAC North Division title. in an 8-6 win at Montclair State May 1, went 1-for-5 against Stevens, a junior guard, has helped lead the WP women’s basketball team to Rowan May 3, and 2-for-3 with back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids (2007, 2008), as well as the last two NJAC a double against Montclair State North Division titles and a berth in the 2007 NJAC Tournament championship May 4. A fi rst-team all-NJAC game. A communication major, Stevens served as a team captain this winter, and started nine of 27 contests aft er missing most of selection, Guadango was the last season due to an injury. conference leader in batt ing FOR MORE average (.438), runs (52), hits INFORMATION (74), RBI (57), doubles (16), total For more information about bases (120), hits/game (1.85), William Paterson Athletics, runs/game (1.30), and doubles/ please contact the Pioneer game (0.40); second in slugging Sports Information Offi ce. percentage (.710) and RBI/game Heather Brocious (1.43); tied for second in home Director runs (eight); fi ft h in on-base [email protected] percentage (.497) and homers/ Shannon Hodges game (0.20); and tied for 12th in Assistant triples (three) through games of [email protected] April 30. Offi ce: 973.720.2705 Fax: 973.720.3017 wpupioneers.com PIONEER BASEBALL William Paterson University The William Paterson baseball team (23-19, 10-8 NJAC) concluded its season last week BASEBALL at the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament. The Pioneers won at Mont- clair State, 8-6, May 1, and lost to Rowan (14-6, May 3) and Montclair State (10-1, May 4) SCHEDULE/RESULTS at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark. MARCH PIONEERS 8, MONTCLAIR STATE 6, NJAC Tournament (May 1) Sun. 9 WORCESTER STATE (DH) Two runs in the top of the fourth broke a 5-5 tie, giving William Paterson (23-17) a lead L, 5-7; W, 6-4 it would not relinquish in an 8-6 victory at Montclair State (23-15) during the fi rst round Tue. 11 UNION L, 13-17 (8) of the 2008 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Baseball Tournament May 1. 14-21 at Greater Phoenix (Ariz.) Invit. Junior fi rst baseman Will Courter (Roseland, N.J./West Essex) went 3-for-5 and drove Fri. 14 vs. Calvin W, 22-8 in two runs, while junior center fi elder John Elia (Emerson, N.J./Pascack Valley) had two Sat. 15 vs. Western New England (DH) hits and drove in two runs. Sophomore Mike Guadango (Upper Saddle River, N.J./ W, 2-1; W, 9-4 (8) Northern Highlands) had three hits and an RBI for the fi ft h-seeded Pioneers. Sun. 16 vs. No. 3/2 SUNY Cortland L, 5-12 What started out as a would-be slugfest turned into a closely-played game the fi nal Mon. 17 vs. SUNY Brockport L, 5-6 seven innings aft er the teams combined for 10 runs and 10 hits during the fi rst two Tue. 18 vs. Springfi eld W, 13-11 farmes. Wed. 19 vs. No. 25 Keene State L, 6-18 Knott ed at 5-5 in the top of the fourth, William Paterson plated two runs as Courter Thu. 20 vs. Southern Maine W, 13-2 and Guadango were hit by pitches to open the inning. A wild pitch moved the runners Fri. 21 vs. Concordia (Wisc.) W, 6-1 up, and Courter came home as Anthony Perrone (Midland Park, N.J./Bergen Catholic) Tue. 25 at Manhatt anville L, 10-12 grounded out. Aft er a pop-up, Elia came through with a two-out double to score Guagad- Wed. 26 SUNY ONEONTA W, 17-0 no and push WP ahead, 7-5. Thu. 27 at SUNY Old Westbury W, 12-7 Sophomore right-hander Scott Zirul (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) helped hold Fri. 28 NEW JERSEY CITY* W, 11-4 that lead as he sett led down aft er the fi rst two innings. Zirul, who gutt ed out seven Sat. 29 at Ramapo* (DH) innings in a 134-pitch performance, retired 12 of 16 batt ers he faced over the next fi ve W, 10-8; W, 13-9 (8) frames as he allowed nine hits, walked three and struck out two on the day. APRIL Montclair State would cut into the defi cit in the eighth as Andrew Himmelfarb dou- Wed. 2 STATEN ISLAND W, 10-8 bled with one out and scored aft er Michael Nunes’ infi eld single, making it a 7-6 contest. Thu. 3 at No. 10 Kean* L, 8-12 But the Pioneers got a huge insurance run in the ninth as Courter roped a two-out single, Sat. 5 at Rowan* (DH) L, 0-5; W, 12-5 scoring Derek Koppinger (Columbia, N.J./North Warren Regional) to give William Pat- Mon. 7 RUTGERS-NEWARK* W, 6-4 erson a two-run cushion. Tue. 8 at FDU-Florham L, 9-10 Junior Dan VandeVrede (Lincoln Park, N.J./Pequannock), who entered in the eighth Thu. 10 at New Jersey City* W, 10-3 inning, made the lead stand as he retired the side in order in the ninth to pick up his fi rst Fri. 11 No. 11 KEAN* W, 6-5 save of the season. Sat. 12 RUTGERS-CAMDEN* (DH) William Paterson stormed out of the gate in the fi rst inning as the Pioneers plated four W, 12-5; W, 8-4 runs. Guadango gave WP a 1-0 lead four batt ers into the game with a RBI-single, and Wil- Tue. 15 DREW W, 8-7 liam Paterson took advantage of a throwing error for its second run. Vince Joyce (Frank- Wed. 16 at Stevens Tech W, 11-0 lin, N.J./Wallkill Valley) added a RBI-single and Elia’s base hit up the middle capped the Thu. 17 at Rutgers-Newark* L, 12-13 opening inning for the Pioneers. Montclair State countered with two in its half of the fi rst as Ed Kloepping singled Fri. 18 at Montclair State* L, 7-8 home one run and Rob Clark was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. A run-scoring Sat. 19 No. 7 TCNJ* (DH) L, 4-14; L, 4-6 single by Courter in the second extended the Pioneers’ lead to 5-2, but the Red Hawks Tue. 22 at No. 10 RPI L, 18-19 answered again with three runs to tie the game. Lou Politan tripled home Nunes for the Wed. 23 JOHN JAY L, 21-22 fi rst run and Jeff Miller followed with a two-run blast over the left -fi eld fence, his fi ft h of Thu. 24 MONTCLAIR STATE* W, 12-5 the year. Sat. 26 at Richard Stockton* (DH) Koppinger was 3-for-5 for William Paterson, while Joyce had two hits as the Pioneers L, 4-7; L, 9-10 collected 15 in the game. Politan (3-for-4) and Kloepping (3-for-5) had three hits apiece for MAY MSU while Nunes went 2-for-4. Thu. 1 at Montclair State (NJAC Tournament) W, 8-6 ROWAN 14, PIONEERS 6, NJAC Tournament (May 3) Sat.