CENTER VALLEY, P.A. – The William Paterson baseball team (6-12, 0-2 NJAC) fell to DeSales (15-9, 8-1 MAC), 9-4, in a non-conference matchup on March 25.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• WP jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first inning. Junior Devin Daproza (Englewood, N.J./Leonia) led off with a single to the right side and later scored on Senior Jordan Brown's (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) double to right center to open the scoring. Junior Ty Kobylakiewicz (Woodbridge, N.J./Woodbridge) then followed with a single to left field, driving in Brown to give the Pioneers an early advantage.

• DeSales answered with a run in the bottom of the first to cut the deficit to 2–1.

• The Bulldogs then tied the game with a run in the third before adding two in the fourth and two more in the fifth to take a 6–2 lead.

• Kobylakiewicz led off the sixth with a single to left and moved to third on Junior Stephen Kubis' (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills) double to right-center. Senior Dylan Santos (Nutley, N.J./Nutley) then lifted a sacrifice fly to right, bringing Kobylakiewicz home to make it 6–3.

• In the seventh inning, sophomore Sean Lauterhahn (Oradell, N.J./River Dell) led off with a single to center and moved to third following Daproza's walk and a groundout. Freshman Matt Caruso (North Haledon, N.J./Passaic County Technical) then singled to third, bringing home Lauterhahn to make it 6–4.

• DeSales plated three runs in the seventh to push the lead to 9-4. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Kobylakiewicz went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored. 

• Lauterhahn finished 2-for-4 and crossed the plate once. 

• Brown batted 1-for-4 with a double, RBI, and run scored.

• Daproza had a 1-for-3 performance with two walks and one run scored.

UP NEXT:

• William Paterson travels to Montclair State for a New Jersey Athletic Conference matchup Thursday, April 2, at 3:30 p.m. 

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