Ewing, NJ … The College of New Jersey baseball team won its 11^th consecutive game, defeating Wider University, 13-2 on Tuesday afternoon in George Ackerman Park.
 
The Lions raised their 14-1 on the season and are now ranked 20^th nationally in the most recent D3baseball.com poll. The Pride dropped to 11-7 with the loss.
 
TCNJ has been a threat up and down its lineup this spring, and against Widener, it was sophomore Patrick Anderson (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) and junior Alex Christian (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood) doing the Lions' share of damage on offense. Anderson homered, tripled, singled, and drove in six runs, while Christian homered, doubled, and singled to drive in five.
 
Sophomore Brandon Zachary (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) was sharp on the mound and moved to 3-0 on the season. He limited the Pride to two runs on five hits and struck out four. Sophomore Chris Barcas (Wall, NJ/Wall) pitched the final of scoreless relief and struck out a pair of batters.
 
Widener took an early lead in the second inning. A pair of leadoff singles from Bob Barnett and Nicholas Enos set up a sacrifice fly off the bat of Stephen DeBellis to give the Pride a 1-0 edge.
 
After being held scoreless the first two innings, the Lions' offense heated up in the third. After sophomore Ryan Fearon (Cedar Grove, NJ/Cedar Grove) and senior John Rizzi (Long Hill, NJ/Watchung Hills) drew walks, Anderson drilled a pitch to right-center that beat the center fielder. He pulled up with a two-run triple to give TCNJ a one-run lead.
 
In the fourth, a pair of long balls highlighted a five-run inning. Christian smoked a line drive to left that cleared the fence for a two-run homer. Later in the inning, Anderson walked up to the plate with two runners on and one out. He connected for a towering three-run home run to left-center for his fourth and fifth runs batted in of the game.

In the seventh, Christian ripped a double off the center field fence to score Zach Shindler (Wantagh, NY/Wantagh), who had singled. Freshman Erik Rano (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville) dropped in a base to right to score Christian and the lead grew to 9-2.
 
Four more runs in the eighth made it a 13-2 score. Christian and Anderson both lined run-scoring singles to cap career-best performances for both players.
 
Pride shortstop Nicholas Enos finished with three hits in the game, while Stephen DeBellis went 2-for-3. Shinder and Rano had two hits apiece for TCNJ.
 
The Lions will host Haverford College on Thursday in George Ackerman Park at 3:30 p.m.