Galloway, NJ – Stockton University (14-10, 5-1 NJAC) took the home-and-home series from Rowan University (13-8, 1-5 NJAC) in dramatic fashion, with a walk off 5-4 victory on Tuesday afternoon. Robbie Ford (Green Twp./Newton) smacked his second hit of the day, in the bottom of the ninth inning, to push the Ospreys to the win over the #18 ranked Profs.
 
Rowan opened the game with two runs in the first inning against freshman Danny Furlong (Howell/Howell) who was making his collegiate debut. Furlong fashioned a solid line of four innings pitched, allowing two unearned runs with one strikeout, but did not figure in the decision.
 
Stockton took the lead with four markers in the bottom of the fourth inning to double up the visitors. RBI by Ford, Evan Bresnen (Allentown/Steinert), Cooper Fiore (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) and a triple by Jordan Nitti (Hamilton/Steinert) accounted for the scores.
 
The Profs tallied a single marker in the fifth frame to slice the margin to 4-3, but the teams went scoreless over the next three frames setting up an exciting ninth inning. Rowan knotted the game with a run in the top half of the final inning but could not hold the Ospreys down.
 
In the home half of the stanza, Tucker Elder (Ewing/Ewing) and pinch hitter Gavin Malave (Mountainside/Governor Livingston) were each hit by a pitch. An error loaded the bases setting up Ford's game winner. His single up the middle scored Elder to give Stockton the 5-4 win.
 
The Ospreys banged out 14 hits with five players getting a pair of safeties each. Ford had two RBI with Elder scoring twice. Stockton's bullpen was outstanding led by Kyle Cipolla (Westwood/Westwood) who tossed three innings of hitless ball, striking out one. Reece Miller (Toms River/Toms River East) picked up his first win of the year in relief.
 
Tyler Cannon and Jason Morgan each had two hits for the Profs with Cannon scoring a pair of runs.
 
Stockton will begin a home-and-home series against #15 The College of New Jersey starting on Thursday night. The squads will play at Arm & Hammer Stadium in Trenton, NJ for a 6 pm start.