The MC Renegades, a 13U travel baseball team playing in the central Jersey area, is seeking quality players, especially pitchers and catchers.

Players must be born after May 1, 1995. The team will be having indoor winter trainingworkouts starting in January and then will play in a spring travel baseball league, including tournaments. The team is looking for dedicated players.

A few slots are still available. If interested, contact Les Kramsky at 732-239-6767 or lesrkramskyesq@yahoo.com.

The Rutgers wrestling team fell to No. 9 ranked Lehigh, 27-6 at the College Ave. Gym on Saturday. In front of a near-capacity crowd, the Scarlet Knights (11-4, 4-1 EIWA) dropped their first conference match of the season, while Lehigh (9-0, 2-0 EIWA) won its 10th consecutive dual match, dating back to last season.

"It's a different level right now," said head coach Scott Goodale. "Lehigh is a better team right now. They have better wrestlers right now. That is where we want to be. It was a little disappointing, we didn't score enough to win the bouts outside of 125 and 157-pounds, but I liked our effort. I thought we fought hard. That's the level where we need to be. Our kids understand that and I know it will happen."

Rutgers stayed close in each bout, including a 2-0 loss by senior Mike Whalen at 174 and a 3-2 loss by redshirt sophomore DJ Russo at the heavyweight. Freshmen Matt Fusco at 125 and Scott Winston at 157 each picked up wins for the Scarlet Knights.

"That's why we brought those guys in," said Goodale. "The freshmen need to be able to compete at that level and they won at a big spot. It is what we expect from them so it doesn't surprise us, those guys will continue to win all year. We just need to get everyone on board and start winning those close matches."

Fusco opened the contest with a 5-2 win over Mitch Berger. But Lehigh won the next three bouts, as redshirt freshman Brian Bollette, redshirt sophomore David Greenwald and freshman David Seidenberg all fell to their opponents. Winston then stopped the losing streak with a 9-6 victory over Sean Bilodeau.

But Lehigh proved to be too much down the stretch, winning out to claim the victory. Senior Matt Pletcher lost 10-3 at 165 to No. 17 Mike Galante, followed by Whalen's twopoint loss. Redshirt freshman Chris Orzechowski and redshirt junior Karim Mahmoud lost their 184 and 197-pound matches, and 1:16 of riding time gave the heavyweight bout to Lehigh's Zach Rey.

Rutgers returns to the mat on Dec. 29 in the Midlands Tournament in Evanston, Ill.

The Rutgers women's basketball team won its fifth straight game in convincing fashion, claiming a 61-29 victory over Lafayette on Friday evening at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Junior Epiphanny Prince led the Scarlet Knights with 23 points, her eighth double-figure performance of the year. The third-year player added a team-best five steals. With her 10-for-19 shooting effort, Prince matched the total number of made field goals by the entire Lafayette team (10-of-39).

Senior center Kia Vaughn scored 13 points and posted a team-high nine boards and three blocks. Vaughn either scored or had a hand in each of the first four RU field goals of the game, finishing the half with 10 points.

Every player on the RU roster recorded at least one rebound in the game as the squad had a 45-24 rebounding edge. Redshirt freshman Khadijah Rushdan (Wilmington, Del.) collected a career-best seven boards.

The Scarlet Knights (7-2), which won their 19th consecutive contest at home, held an opponent under 30 points for the first time since 2000. That RU squad, featuring a senior guard named Tasha Pointer, beat Vermont by a 54- 29 score. Pointer, the all-time leader in steals and assists, is in her second-year as an assistant coach for head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Leading by one at the 14:27 mark, the Scarlet Knights went on a 13-1 run to take a 20-7 lead. Prince tallied seven of the 20 for RU, including capping the drive with a threepointer from the right wing with 7:37 left in the half.

The Leopards used a 7-0 run in the last two and a half minutes of the half to close to 26-17 at the break. It would be as close as the visitors would come.

RU opened the second half with an 18-5 surge to pull ahead, 44-22 with 11:17 remaining. Senior Heather Zurich contributed five points, all consecutively, during the Scarlet Knights' drive. Junior Brittany Ray and Prince had four points each in the same span as the junior tandem closed the run with a host of jumpers. The RU defense held Lafayette to just one field goal over the nine-minute period as the Scarlet Knights cruised from there en route to the 32-point victory.

RU is off for the holiday break, returning to game action on Monday, Dec. 29. The Scarlet Knights host George Washington at 7:30 p.m. at the RAC.