Lake Myrtle, Fla. … The College of New Jersey closed outs its Florida spring trip in familiar fashion, claiming their fourth extra-inning victory and third with junior reliever Matt Curry (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) on the mound.
 
The #13 Lions (7-3) came back twice down to their last out to defeat #24 Suffolk University 6-5 in 10 innings to improve to 7-3 on the season. A two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth by junior Patrick Anderson (Long Hills, NJ/West Morris Catholic) tied the game, 4-4 and sent it to extra innings. After the Rams plated a run in the 10^th, TCNJ responded with two to walk-off for the third time on the trip.
 
Curry came in relief of starter Michael Fischer (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) in the eighth inning. Fisher surrendered four runs and struck out seven in seven innings of work. In the eighth, the tall right-hander took the mound and retired three Suffolk batters in order. Curry tossed a scoreless inning in the ninth and was touched for a run in the tenth. The Lions worked their magic in the bottom of the inning to end the contest.
 
It was a tremendous Florida swing for Curry. He pitched in five games and won four of them in ten and two-thirds innings of work. Curry struck out 12, walked two, and gave up just five hits and one earned run.
 
Trailing 4-1 in the seventh, freshman Jacob Simon (Hightstown, NJ/Hightstown) singled and later scored on a wild pitch. Anderson then delivered his first run-scoring single of the game to pull within a run.
 
He came through again in the ninth to tie the score, 4-4. Junior Zachary Shindler (Wantagh, NY/Wantagh) nearly had a his second walk-off hit of the trip when he followed with a single, but Thomas Persichetti (Hamilton, NJ/Notre Dame) was thrown out at the plate by the Rams center fielder.
 
Down 5-4 in the 10^th with two out, Mike Follet (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) reached on an error by the pitcher. Alex Christian (Milltown, NJ/Spotswood), who had singled to lead off the inning, scored the tying run. Sophomore Ryan Fischer (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) then ripped a shot at the shortstop that he couldn't handle to allow Follet to score.
 
Persichetti, Anderson, Shindler, and Varone all finished with two hits in the game.
 
TCNJ returns to action on Tuesday, March 21 when they visit Gwynedd-Mercy University for a 3:00 p.m. game.