AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The William Paterson baseball team (6-8) was defeated, 8-4, by Wisconsin-La Crosse (4-3) March 20 at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Eagles registered three straight singles to open the third inning and took a 1-0 lead.
• In the bottom of the third, WP had runners on first and second with two outs when freshman Matt Caruso (North Haledon, N.J./Passaic County Technical) logged an RBI double to even the score.  
• UW-La Crosse regained the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth to go ahead by two (3-1).
• Senior Christian Peluso (Bridgewater, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) and junior Stephen Kubis (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) recorded back-to-back base hits to lead off the fourth before senior Eliot Germanson (New York, N.Y./LaGuardia) notched an RBI double to trim the deficit to one (3-2). Senior Jordan Brown (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) then came up and grounded out to the right side of the infield, allowing Kubis to cross home for the game-tying run.
• The Eagles plated two runs in the fifth and tacked on an insurance run in the seventh to push their advantage to three (6-3).
• WP loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth when Brown hit a sacrifice fly to center to make it a two-run game (6-4).
• UW-Lacrosse scored a run in the ninth before securing the 8-4 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Peluso batted 3-for-5 with a run scored.
• Daproza went 2-for-5 at the plate and crossed home once.
• Caruso recorded two hits, two walks and an RBI.
• Brown drove in a pair of runs.

UP NEXT:

• William Paterson will square off against Keystone Wednesday, March 25, at 3:30 p.m. in La Pluma, Pa.

 
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