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Sacred Heart SHU 12-41, 9-18 NEC
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Winner Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 24-28, 16-11 NEC
Sacred Heart SHU
12-41, 9-18 NEC
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Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
24-28, 16-11 NEC
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sacred Heart SHU 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 6 0
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 12 2

W: Medoro, Brendan (2-5) L: C. Costello (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Joan Sosa Hits Walk-Off Home Run in 7-5 Win Over Sacred Heart in Regular Season Finale

TEANECK, N.J. - Fairleigh Dickinson baseball defeated Sacred Heart, 7-5, in the regular-season finale Saturday as the Knights turn their attention to the opening round of the 2022 Northeast Conference Championship when the team faces #1 LIU on Thursday in Norwich, Conn. The first pitch is scheduled for noon. 

The Knights hosted their first-ever Little League Day before the game at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex, where each league from District 6 was honored. 

The team celebrated the program's eight seniors and graduate students: Joey Kosowsky, Brendan Medoro, Nick Evangelista, Evan Stewart, Tom Ruscitti, Phillip Romeo, George Rosales, and student manager Anthony DiBlasio in a pregame ceremony prior to the first pitch. 

How it happened 

  • SHU opened the scoring with a two-run homer to the right-center in the top of the first. 
  • The Knights responded with a run in the bottom of the third. Joan Sosa reached home on an RBI double to left field by Tom Ruscitti. 
  • The Pioneers extended their lead to 1-5 with a solo home run in the fourth inning and a two-RBI double to right-center in the fifth.  
  • FDU scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game at 5-5. Justin Sierra scored on an RBI single to left field by Sosa; then Sosa and Ruscitti reached home on Tommy Verga's RBI single to right field. Harden scored on an RBI double to right field by Edward Novoa.  
  • Sosa crushed a two-run walk-off home run to lift FDU to win over SHU. The Knights finished the game with 12 hits and seven runs.  

Inside the box 

  • Joey Kosowsky threw 4.1 innings in the start, allowing five earned runs on six hits and striking out five. Brendan Medoro improved to 2-5 on the season and tossed the final inning with a strikeout. 
  • Sierra went 3-5 with one run, double, and a stolen base. 
  • Sosa went 3-3 with three runs, three RBIs, and a home run. 
  • Ruscitti went 3-4 with one run, one RBI, and a double.  

FDU finished the regular season with a record of 24-28 and 16-11 in the NEC. 

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