Rowan College of South Jersey To defend National Championship
Friday, May 24, 2024
Rowan college of South Jersey, in Deptford Twp the number one ranked team in the country and defending World Series champions, Hosted the region 19 Junior college baseball playoffs this past weekend.
Entering the weekend as the number one ranked team in the country and the number one seed in the region, the Roadrunners were upset in the first round by number 4 seed Northampton junior college of Pennsylvania
The Roadrunners were now forced to win three games over the weekend. The Double elimination tournament was to continue on Saturday, but the weather had different ideas. With a rainy Saturday all games were postponed until Sunday.
On Sunday roadrunners were forced to defend the region 19 title by winning three games in one day
If they wanted to head to the national junior college World Series, to Their national , they were going to win three games in one day. One of those teams was to be Northampton, who had already defeated them.
Hungry to defend The title, the runners 13 games on Sunday the last two Northampton twice in a winner takes all game. In the championship game, former Gloucester Catholic stand out RJ Mastoro homer secure the roadrunners victory
The Runners prevailed And will be driving to New York this weekend to defend the national title as the no 1 seed