Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Pomona, NJ:  Richard Stockton (13-8, 1-1 NJAC) and 18th-ranked Ramapo (14-4, 1-1) opened New Jersey Athletic Conference play by splitting a doubleheader. 

The Roadrunners scored a run in the top of the ninth to take the first game 4-3.  Mark Crescenzi (Penns Grove/Penns Grove) pitched a shutout to lead Stockton to a 3-0 win in the second game.

In the opener, Ramapo snapped a 3-3 tie with a run in the top of the ninth as Christian Spurr's (Warren/ Watchung Hills) RBI single brought home Dave Jacob (Vernon/Vernon) with the go-ahead tally that gave the Roadrunners the 4-3 triumph.

Ramapo took a 3-1 lead with a pair of tallies in the seventh inning.  John Capuano (Ramsey/Ramsey) notched an RBI with an infield single and Anthony Vinci (Trumbull, CT/St. Joseph) scored on an error. Stockton rallied from the two-run deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth.  Mike Wasco (Riverside/Riverside) stroked an RBI single and Nick Scalise (Northfield/Mainland) later scored the tying run on a wild pitch.

Spurr and Jacob each finished 2-5, with Spurr driving in two runs and Jacob scoring twice.  Matt Jenisch (Pompton Plains/Pequannock) earned the win with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief work.  Barry Larro (Cedarville/Cumberland) went 2-4 and scored twice for Stockton, but the Ospreys managed just six hits.

Crescenzi pitched a gem in the nightcap as he scattered six hits and fanned two in a complete-game shutout to help Stockton earn the split with a 3-0 victory.  Scalise and Justin Gordon (Brick/Brick Memorial) led the Ospreys at the plate as they each knocked three hits and scored once.  Travis Marra (Toms River/TR East) went 2-2 with an RBI as well.

Stockton's took an early 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by Wasco that scored Larro in the bottom of the first.  The Ospreys added a pair of insurance runs in the third frame.  Gordon led off with a single and later scored on a bunt single by Scalise, who came across for Stockton's third run on an RBI single by Marra.

Crescenzi protected the 3-0 lead by giving up just three hits in the last six innings.  Ramapo's Chris Werr (Pequannock/Pequannock) finished with three of the Roadrunners' six safeties in the game.

Stockton will visit Rutgers-Newark for an NJAC game on Thursday, April 5 at 3:30 pm.  Ramapo will host Lehman on Tuesday at 3:30 pm.