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Thursday, April 24, 1997     Page:

DALLAS — College Misericordia’s baseball team won a Pennsylvania Athletic
Conference first-round playoff game Wednesday against Alvernia College, 14-7.
   
The Cougars’ Joe Campisi hit a three-run homer along with a triple and
finished with three hits and six RBI. Teammate Angelo Colonna slammed a solo
home run and also drove in six.
    Winning pitcher Chris Rees struck out three, walked one and added two hits.
   
Misericordia, 13-4-1, will face Allentown College at 3 p.m. Friday to begin
a best-of-three series for the PAC title.
   
King’s baseball
   
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Pat Burke’s two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom
of the seventh inning gave King’s College a 9-8 victory over Delaware Valley
College in the first game of a doubleheader at Monarch Fields.
   
In the second game, Delaware Valley rallied for a 7-4 victory and a split.
   
Ed Schall had three hits and three RBI, and Paul Zaffuto had three hits for
the Monarchs. Jerry Ranieli and Burke added two hits each.
   
Gary DiMattia picked up the victory, yielding nine hits, four earned runs
and six strikeouts.
   
Bloomsburg baseball
   
KUTZTOWN — Bloomsburg University split a doubleheader with Kutztown
University.
   
The Huskies dropped the opener, 12-8, then rebounded for an 11-4 victory.
   
In the opener, John Stillo and Trevor Fetterman each added three hits, and
Jon D. Fritz, Mike Reinking and Donnie Frank each added two hits.
   
Frank had three hits in the second game for the Huskies, Ben Henicle was
2-for-3 with four RBI.
   
Bloomsburg (24-15, 10-7 PSAC East) hosts East Stroudsburg University at 1
p.m. Saturday.
   
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