MAY 22-28, 2010
NJCAA DIVISION III BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tournament Location: Tyler, Texas
Tournament Director: Tim Drain
Tyler Junior College
P.O. Box 9020
Tyler, TX 75711
Office: 903-510-2458 / Fax: 903-510-2434 / Email: tdra@tjc.edu
NJCAA Representative: Skip Bailey
Gloucester Outlasts Tyler in Extra Innings to Win NJCAA DIII Baseball World Series
Roadrunners win sixth championship on RBI double in 10th inning
TYLER, Texas - Throughout the 2010 NJCAA Division III baseball season Gloucester County College (N.J.) and Tyler Junior College (Texas) performed at such a high level that is was hard to imagine the two wouldn't play for the national title. On Wednesday, May 27 the two teams did exactly that at Mike Carter Field in Tyler in the title game of the NJCAA DIII World Series.
As one would expect when the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams meet in the season finale, the two teams gave fans quite a show. After reaching a 4-4 tie after ninth full innings, Gloucester's Logan Morello doubled to center field with two outs to score Mark Malec in the top of the 10th to give the Roadrunners a 5-4 lead. Micheal Ney then came on the hill for Gloucester in the bottom half of the inning, shutting down Tyler with two pop-flies and a strikeout to pick up the save and the program's sixth NJCAA Championship in baseball and first since 2005. 
Gloucester held a 4-1 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning when Tyler put three runs on the board thanks to two hits and two errors by Gloucester to even the score at 4-4. Both teams produced a base runner in their half of the ninth inning but left them stranded.
Frank Vitrano had a solid outing on the mound for the Roadrunners going 6.2 innings, allowing just four hits. He gave up four runs, just two were earned, stuck out four and walked three. However, Matt Smith picked up the win throwing 2.2 scoreless innings with out giving up a hit.
Morello and Jon Garozzo led Gloucester with two hits each and Morello was the lone player in the game to knock in two runs.
Gloucester closes the season at 43-2 while Tyler ends its 2010 campaign at 47-14.
Photo Courtesy of Chuck Smith, Tyler Junior College Assistant Atheltic Director
Official Box Score
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Gloucester CC 110 200 000 1 - 5 10 4
Tyler JC ....... 010 000 300 0 - 4 5 1
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E - Williams; Prager; Morello 2; Pine. LOB - GCC 10; TJC 9. 2B - Best; Prager; Morello; McWilliams. 3B - Warren. SH - Prager; Lehmann. SB - Colon; Bates.
2010 All-Tournament Team
Tim Riley - Montgomery College-Germantown
Paul Valerio - Nassau Community College
Kevin Wallace - Manchester Community College
Tyler Kapushinski - Manchester Community College
Jeff Sergott - Herkimer County Community College
Alex Ferenti - Herkimer County Community College
Josh Bates - Tyler Junior College
Max Freeman - Tyler Junior College
Derek Bowen - Tyler Junior College
Frank Vitrano - Gloucester County College
Ronny Tanner - Gloucester County College
Alexi Colon - Gloucester County College
2010 Tournament MVP
Logan Morello - Gloucester County College
Complete Results from NJCAA DIII World Series Available at:
http://www.apacheathletics.com/f/NJCAA_D3_Baseball_National_Tournament_Home.php
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OFFICIAL BRACKET
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Game 1: Manchester (District H) def. Riverland (District E), 9-5
Game 2: Gloucester (District G) def. Tyler (District C), 4-3 (10 inn.)
Game 3: Nassau (District F) def. Montgomery-Germantown (District D), 4-1 (11 inn.)
Game 4: Herkimer (District A) def Waubonsee (District B), 5-2 (12 inn.)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Game 5: Tyler def. Riverland, 6-2
Game 6: Montgomery-Germantown def. Waubonsee, 10-2 (8 inn.)
Game 7: Gloucester def. Manchester, 10-2 (8)
Game 8: Herkimer def. Nassau, 6-2
Monday, May 24, 2010
Game 9: Manchester def. Montgomery-Germantown, 10-5
Game 10: Tyler def. Nassau, 13-5 (8 inn.)
Game 11: Gloucester def. Herkimer, 9-1 (7 inn.)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Game 12: Tyler def. Manchester, 14-4 (7)
Game 13: Tyler def. Herkimer, 9-8
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Game 14: Gloucester def. Tyler, 5-4 (10 inn.)
Qualifying Teams (Records Prior to Tournament)
District A (Region 3): Herkimer County CC, N.Y. (34-12)
District B (Regions 4, 12): Waubonsee Community College, Ill. (35-26)
District C (Region 2, 5, 14): Tyler Junior College, Texas (43-12)
District D (Region 20): Montgomery College - Germantown, Md. (31-21)
District E (Region 13): Riverland Community College, Minn. (36-10)
District F (Region 15): Nassau Community College, N.Y. (37-11)
District G (Region 19): Gloucester County College, N.J. (39-2)
District H (Region 21): Manchester Community College, Conn. (28-21)