St. Joe's and South Plainfield will meet in the GMCT Championship

By Connor Hughes/For The Star-Ledger
on May 23, 2014 10:46 a.m.

The date is now locked in stone, St. Joseph (Met.) and South Plainfield will meet in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 P.M. at TD Bank Ballpark
With the NJSIAA state tournament in full swing and running throughout the conclusion of the GMCT, the date of the championship was put into question. If South Plainfield or St. Joseph (Met.) advanced to the third round of the state playoffs, the GMCT championship would be pushed back.
In the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 playoffs, Summit defeated South Plainfield, 2-0. Last night, St. Joe's fell to Paul VI, 14-0, in the Non-Public South A bracket, thus eliminating such a scenario.
The GMCT championship will likely feature one of the better pitching match ups within the county. Rowan-commit Kyle Moroney (7-0) will take the mound for South Plainfield and St. Joe's will counter with Notre Dame-bound Brandon Bielak (7-1).
Moroney has struck out 46 batters and allowed only two earned runs in 44 innings pitched. Bielak has struck out a county-high 76 batters and allowed six earned in 51 2/3 innings pitched.
At the GMC end-of-year coaches' meeting last week, Bielak was named the coaches choice "Player of the Year" while Moroney its "Pitcher of the Year."

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