Recker Lands with NY Mets Former Alvernia baseball standout Anthony Recker made the move from the Windy City, where he played with the Chicago Cubs, to New York, where he has claimed a spot as the Mets’ backup catcher. Recker, who graduated
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in 2005, spent seven years in the minor leagues before the Oakland A’s bumped him up to the big leagues last year and eventually traded him to Chicago late in the season. The Mets claimed Recker off waivers from the Cubs last October.
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Men’s cagers dominate Alvernia’s men’s basketball team enjoyed one of its most successful seasons in history. The Crusaders finished as the top-ranked team in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region and won the program’s second MAC Commonwealth Conference Championship in three years, while earning an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championships. The Crusaders made it to the second round before being knocked out by St. Mary’s College in a close contest. The team expects to return all but one senior to next year’s squad.
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