Two Wins and Counting! Tech erupts with 16 hits at Wagner, in five-inning, mercy rule victory, 13-2

4/4/25

From Coach Nardiello: On the road in Staten Island, our Engineers earned their second win of the season and dominated start to finish.

There was something different about our team, today and it was great to see. Playing with confidence, attacking pitches early in counts, players loudly rooted for all teammates’ at-bats while on offense. Defensively, the boys made every play behind two dominating pitchers combining on a two-hitter: sophomore Jadon Renert (2 IP, 3K, ER) and senior Trevor Nieuwenhuis (3 IP, 3K, ER) who picked up the W on his 18th birthday in relief.

Before giving way to player substitutions, the starting offense had 13 Runs and 16 Hits by the fourth inning. Stars of the Game were many and paced by the Engineers first two batters: Aayan Ramamurthy scored 3 runs and went 2-4 with a 2B, RBI and 3 stolen bases, and Orion Ruck had a breakout game going 3-4 with 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored.

Jake Rapoport went 2-for-2 with 2 walks and a stolen base, scored 3 runs, and added an RBI. Batting 4th, Trevor had a rocket double in the 1st inning and went 2-for-2 with a run scored and 2 BBs. Jadon went 2-2 with 3 RBI, Nico Harvey went 2-2 with 2 RBI and scored, shortstop Julian Ashley went 2-3 with 2 RBI, and Cooper Chung went 1-3 with a R and RBI.

Solid win and it lifted the team’s spirits, greatly to a man.

Let’s keep it going!