Box Score 

WAYNE, N.J. – Junior Mike Guadango (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands) went 3-for-5 with four runs scored, three RBI, a triple and a home run to help lead the William Paterson baseball team (7-6) to an 11-3 victory against Manhattanville (10-9) March 24 at Pioneer Baseball Park.

The Pioneers used three hits during the bottom of the first inning to take an early 4-0 lead. A Will Courter (Roseland, N.J./West Essex) walk, followed by a Guadango single, gave William Paterson runners at second and third with one out. Senior center fielder John Elia (Emerson, N.J./Pascack Valley) ripped a hit past Manhattanville's diving second baseman and the ball rolled into the right-center field gap, a triple that plated Courter and Guadango for a 2-0 score. Sophomore Mike Moran (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Twp.) then singled down the right-field line to score Elia, and a later Don Hays (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) sacrifice fly made it a four-run advantage for the home team.

Guadango tripled to right-center to lead off the third inning, Elia walked and Moran was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Following a strikeout, Hays hit a RBI-single to left-center and William Paterson owned a 5-0 lead.

An error, single, and throwing error by the Valiant catcher on a double steal allowed the Pioneers to cross the plate once during the bottom of the fourth.

Manhattanville broke through for a run during the fifth, thanks to an Alex Braverman run-scoring double down the right-field line, but William Paterson immediately answered by scoring five times during the bottom half of the inning, the last three runs on a Guadango blast inside the right foul pole.

The Valiants used two hits, a pair of errors and a wild pitch to push across two runners during the sixth inning, including a RBI-single up the middle off Stephen Pinto's bat and an A.J. Triano sac fly.

Elia was 2-for-3, driving in two runs and scoring one of his own, while Hays was 2-for-4 with two runs-batted-in.

Pinto and Braverman led Manhattanville with their 2-for-3 efforts.

Freshman Rob Doughty (Jersey City, N.J./Hudson Catholic) picked up the victory for the Pioneers (1-0), tossing 6.0 innings and surrendering five hits and three runs (one earned) while walking two and striking out three. Freshman Steve Coral (Totowa, N.J./Passaic Valley), junior Scott Zirul (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) and senior Dan VandeVrede (Lincoln Park, N.J./Pequannock Twp.) each pitched an inning of scoreless relief.

Freshman Dan Levine took the loss (1-2), allowing 10 hits and 11 runs (six earned) in 5.0 innings on the mound.

The Pioneers will host SUNY Oneonta Wednesday, March 25, at 3:00 p.m.