Box Score (Game #1) 
Box Score (Game #2) 

WAYNE, N.J. – William Paterson (1-0-1) began its 2010 baseball season with a 15-4 win and a 5-5 tie against visiting Worcester State (0-1-1) in a seven-inning doubleheader March 7 at Pioneer Baseball Park. The second game was halted due to darkness after the Pioneers tied the contest with a single run in the bottom of the seventh.

Game One
Junior Brett Carroll (River Edge, N.J./River Dell Regional) struck out eight in his Pioneer debut as William Paterson started the day with a 15-4 victory against the Lancers.

Senior right fielder Mike Guadango (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands) was 2-for-4 at the plate with a two-run homer, four RBI and three runs scored. Center fielder Andrue Laguerre (Jersey City, N.J./St. Benedict's Prep) went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs, and sophomore Vin Fondacaro (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Twp.) added a pair of hits and two RBI.

Guadango started the scoring when he drilled a two-run homer over the center-field fence in the bottom of the first, followed by a seven-run outburst in the second inning. Sophomore Jack Montanile (Weehawken, N.J./Hudson Catholic) doubled in a run, senior Miguel Lugo (Jersey City, N.J./St. Mary's) knocked in a pair with a single through the right side, Laguerre plated a runner with a base hit, Lugo trotted home on a fielder's choice, and Fondacaro hit a two-run single to hand the Pioneers an early 9-0 lead.

Worcester State got on the board with a TJ Magnell three-run home run to left-center in the top of the third, but a Laguerre sacrifice fly added one more to the score, making it a 10-3 game after three innings.

Jake Sanderski's sac fly to right added a run for the Lancers in the fifth, but a Marc Palestina (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) two-run single helped the Pioneers post a five-run bottom of the fifth.

Carroll, a transfer from Oral Roberts, allowed seven hits and four runs in 6.0 innings on the mound, walking three. Sophomore Blake Crouch (River Edge, N.J./River Dell Regional) tossed the final inning in relief.

Magnell was 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI for the Lancers, and Corey McDonald added a pair of hits. Joey Lucier (0-1) took the loss, giving up nine runs on six hits in 1.2 innings.

Game Two
Sophomore Anthony Dorio (Lyndhurst, N.J./Lyndhurst) singled home the tying run in the bottom of the seventh in a 5-5 game halted due to darkness.

The Lancers struck first with a pair of runs during their first at-bat, as Nick Fluegge singled home Magnell and McDonald later scored on a fielder's choice. William Paterson cut the lead in the half during the bottom of the first after Lugo drew a leadoff walk, stole second and eventually scored after a fielder's choice and throwing error.

A McDonald sacrifice fly made it a 3-1 score in the top of the second, but the Pioneers loaded the bases to start the home half of the inning and Guadango delivered a two-out line drive back up the middle to knot the score at 3-3.

William Paterson took the lead with back-to-back third-inning doubles by Palestina and Montanile. However, Worcester State loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, and McDonald drew a game-tying walk from reliever Steve Coral (Totowa, N.J./Passaic Valley).

After a groundout to start the home half of the seventh, Montanile reached and advanced to second after a dropped fly ball by the Worcester right fielder. Pinch hitter Frank Franco (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) delivered a single up the middle that Montanile tried to score on, but Lancer center fielder Corey Abbascia made a terrific throw home and Hinkell applied the tag for the second out of the inning. Franco advanced to second on that throw and was lifted for pinch runner Jonattan Fernandez (Paterson, N.J./Sports Business Academy), and following a walk issued to Fondacaro, Dorio flared a single into right field that was enough to plate Fernandez. With runners on the corners and two outs, Lugo was rung up on a called strike three on the outside corner of the plate, and play was then stopped due to the dwindling daylight.

Dorio was the only Pioneer with a multi-hit effort, going 2-for-4. Sophomore starter J.J. Moran (River Vale, N.J./Pascack Valley) pitched 4.2 innings (six hits, four runs, two earned, five strikeouts, six walks), while Coral allowed one unearned run in 1.1 innings. Freshman Jacob Baron (North Brunswick, N.J./North Brunswick) gave up just one hit while tossing the final inning for the Pioneers.

Magnell again led Worcester State at the plate with a 2-for-3 effort, while McDonald drove in three runs. Mike Borowiec allowed four runs, three of them earned, on five hits in 3.0 innings, walking four Pioneers and striking out four, while Chad Kasik gave up just one hit in 3.0 innings on the mound. Kevin Hayes threw the final inning and allowed two hits and one unearned run. 

William Paterson will host FDU-Florham Monday, March 8, at 3:00 p.m.