Neumann cruises, Keystone walks off at NCAA Regionals
Neumann/Daniel Webster Box Score
Keystone/Ramapo Box Score
LAKEWOOD, NJ: The Colonial States Athletic Conference went 2-0 on the second day of the 2012 NCAA Division-III Baseball Mid-Atlantic Regionals, hosted by Kean Unviersity in Lakewood, NJ. In the first game of the day, Neumann staved off elimination, as the Knights took a 5-0 lead in the second inning against Daniel Webster College and never looked back, en-route to an 11-4 victory. Russ Gilliam allowed two earned with nine strikeouts in eight innings of work, while five different Knights recorded two hits. In the early evening game, top-seeded Keystone found itself down 4-0 to Ramapo after seven innings of play, before plating three in the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom of the ninth, the Giants would tie the game on a suicide squeeze bunt by Brian Del Rosso, before Jhon Comas ended the game with a one-out, walk-off single to score Miguel Castano and secure the wild 5-4 win. Neumann will now play its second elimination game in as many days on Friday at 1:15, facing the loser of Thursday night's match up between Kean and Alvernia. Keystone, which is now 2-0 in the regional, stays in the winner's bracket and will play the winner of the Thursday night game tomorrow at 4:30.