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By Carl Stoffers Ask the average American about the ‘boys of summer,’ and you’re guaranteed to hear the word baseball. No other major sport is more synonymous with warm weather than the national pastime. Professional teams flee the cold of the north to conduct spring training in the sun of Florida or Arizona, and the season ends with the Fall […]
Read moreIn the 39th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, the St. Louis Cardinals selected New Jersey Athletic Conference Athlete of the Year and Kean University pitcher Kevin Herget. Herget becomes the sixth Cougars player to get drafted by a major-league team. This puts the cherry on top of a fantastic season. Although the Cougars lost in straight games in the […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports The Kean University baseball team was on a mission. After getting ousted in the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship, the Cougars were more determined to bounce back as the No. 1 seed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional and win it all to advance to the College Baseball World Series. It took the Cougars an extra day but […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Senior Kevin Herget tossed one of the most important games of the year. In a complete game, Herget struck out eight batters allowing two runs on nine hits and picked up his ninth win of the season 4-2 against Keystone College. The win keeps the Cougars undefeated in the regionals and puts them into the championship […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Kean University baseball continues its roll and its strive to get back to the College Baseball World Series. Charles Thielmann took the mound for the Cougars against Alvernia hoping to keep Kean undefeated in the regional so far. Thielmann did his part pitching the full nine innings allowing two runs–one earned–on 10 hits striking out four […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports As the first seed in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, the Kean University baseball squad took on the No. 8 seed Penn State-Harrisburg in the first round Wednesday at PNC Field in Moosie, P.A., the home of the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRunners affiliated with the New York Yankees. The Cougars jumped out to a 5-1 lead in […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Kean University softball outfielder Meghan Cegielski and baseball outfielder Matt Meleo were both honored by the New Jersey Athletic Conference Monday for their performances last week. Cegielski was named NJAC Softball Player of the Week. She helped her team to an NJAC championship run but the Cougars fell short 5-4 to Monclair State. She was 10-for-19 […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Two stunning upsets Saturday ended the Kean University baseball team’s chances of winning another New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament championship. It was something extremely unexpected as the Cougars went down early Saturday morning to Rowan 4-3 then turned around and were shocked by Ramapo 6-5 losing in the bottom of the ninth in that game. In […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports It will an early day for spectators Saturday as the Kean University baseball team will get set to host Rowan in the next round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament at 8:30 A.M. at Jim Hynes ’63 Stadium. Both teams are coming into the game undefeated. Kean has defeated Richard Stockton College and The College […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Battling back and forth the entire game, the Kean University baseball team finally caught a bit of a break. With two out in the bottom of the eleventh inning and the bases loaded, it almost seemed like the storybook ending that everyone in the stands was waiting for and it happened to freshman right fielder Ryan […]
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