WPCNR PRESSBOX. Special to WPCNR From Kristen Zimmerman. (Edited) June 20, 2004. In the sixth inning, Juggernaut catcher Lindsey Collins tripled on the left field line with one out, when New England Riptide leftfielder Ashley Moore dove in vain for her liner and missed stopping it. Moore had no chance, as the scorcher hit the foul line.  As the ball bounced into the corner, Collins wheeled around to third in a tie game to set the table for Lisa Iancin's gamer.

IT'S IN THERE! Designated player Lisa Iancin, after taking 2 balls, caught a Dana Sorensen pitch up with nothing on it and drove a hump back liner just to the left of RipTide's Dana Sorensen shown lunging desperately for the shot, and to the right of the shortstop to give the New York New Jersey Juggernaut a 3-2 win over the Tide before 1,100 fans on Father's Day  family crowd at Montclair State University Softball Stadium. The Nauts, New York's National Pro Fastpitch team snapped a two-game skid and moved to 10-6 on the season. WPCNR Video Capture from the YES Network.

 JUGGER KNOCK! Shortstop Lyndsey Klein homers in the first inning, high, far and gone  to left with a Juggernaut aboard for the first 2 Naut runs.The 2-run dinger was Klein’s third homerun of the season and she finished 1-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored. WPCNR Video Capture From The YES Network

 The Riptide  tied the score at two with four straight singles off of starter Amanda Scott in the first of the fifh Leftfielder Ashley Moore and designated player Emily Krueger each picked up an RBI in the inning. But those would be the only runs the Riptide would score as Scott got leadoff batter LaDonia Hughes to ground out and second baseman Nicole Thompson to fly out to right. Scott pitched a complete game, giving up two earned-runs on five hits, one walk, and four strikeouts.

  Right fielder Lauren Bauer and left fielder Gina Oaks led the Nauts offensively. Bauer went 3-for-3 and Oaks went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

 New England starter Dana Sorenson went six full innings, giving up three earned-runs on nine hits, two walks and two strikeouts.

YES does it better, needs more cameras. Misses two Key Plays.

 The game was the second of four to be aired live on the YES Network, which in WPCNR's opinion, did a much better job of covering the game and showing the family atmosphere that prevails at Juggernaut games, actually even showing some shots of fans in the stands, (but with no ballpark panoramas.  The Juggernauts still have not bought a bumper slide ad on YES to showcase their Box Office Phone Number which is inexplicable.

YES still needs to spring more jing for  more cameras, though, since they missed closeup replays of two key plays (something that never happens in a Yankee telecast) : Moore's failure to stop Collins triple down the  (the big break in the game), and Jackie Pasquerella's backhand glove stop to choke off the Riptide rally in the 5th. (The YES summer intern producing the telecasts is learning.) 

Still no fan interviews were offered, and no interview with the Juggernaut owner, or the new manager, Dana D'Aquino. (Come on, YES, you have to interview the new manager -- unless to be fair -- they asked and the new manager declined.)

 The next game to be aired on YES will be on July 11^th at 7:35 pm against the Arizona Heat. The third-place Juggernaut now improve to 10-6 on the season and the Riptide drop to 6-10.

AIR PASQUERELLA: Bay Shore Long Island's Jacklyn Pasquerella airborne in Pete Rose classic headfirst slide to first in an attempt to beat a 2-out throw to first on a deflection in the second inning. They got her and saved a run. WPCNR Video Capture from The YES Network

Upcoming Schedule

Monday Nite...Tonite  vs. NE Riptide, 7:35 pm (home) (Montclair State University Softball Stadium)

June 22^nd vs NE Riptide, 7:35 pm (home) (Montclair State University Softball Stadium).