The New York Mets have a 60 percent chance of taking the the National League Championship series, with a 24 percent chance of clinching the deal in six games, said Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT. >>

The New York Yankees have better than a 3 in 4 chance of defeating the Detroit Tigers in their best of 5 series beginning tonight, said Bruce Bukiet, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences at NJIT. In the other American League match-up, Bukiet said that the Minnesota Twins have a 71 percent chance of defeating the Oakland A's. >>

NJIT baseball players Peter Rivera, Robert Forbes, Craig Binkiewicz, Mike Turner, Jeff Potter, Derrick McCain and Chris Parenti were all named to the 2006 New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association Division II/III All-State team. The NJCBA honored its all-state team and major awards at its annual dinner in Edison on May 30. >>

Vincent Naimoli, chairman of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball team, was recently appointed to the NJIT Board of Overseers. Naimoli graduated from NJIT in 1962 with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. >>

Host NJIT is the leader after the first round of play in the 2006 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II Baseball Championship tournament played Sunday at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark. NJIT and Molloy are scheduled to continue play in the championship round today at 1 p.m. at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. >>

New Jersey Institute of Technology will host the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II Baseball Championship tournament at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark on May 21 and May 22. Sunday's action begins at 12 noon, with #2 NJIT (24-17) taking on #3 Felician (29-25) in Game One. >>

NJIT tied a school record for wins in a baseball season, winning the first game of last night's CACC doubleheader, 5-3, over visiting Nyack College at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The team picked up its 23rd win of the season, matching the school record set just two seasons ago in 2004 when the team finished 23-24. >>

NJIT got two complete-game victories from senior starting pitchers Chris Legiadre and Rob Forbes, sweeping Saturday afternoon's Central Atlantic College Conference baseball doubleheader from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 4-3 and 5-2, at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. >>

The first game of Saturday's baseball doubleheader was decided early and the second game was in doubt until the final pitch, but the end result was the same, as NJIT swept Philadelphia University, 12-3 and 9-6, Saturday at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. >>

Rob Forbes (at left) singled down the right field line, scoring Derrick McCain from second with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, as NJIT rallied for a 9-8 win over powerful West Chester University (PA) in non-conference baseball last night at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The win raised NJIT's season record to 17-14. >>

The NJIT baseball team (10-10, 3-6 CACC) defeated Nyack College (8-16-1, 4-8 CACC ) 15-8 on Friday night in Nyack, New York. The Highlanders scored five runs in the ninth inning for the win and out-hit Nyack 18-9. >>

Both the Yankees and the Mets will have the best records in their leagues this season, according to Bruce Bukiet, PhD, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT who uses a computerized mathematical modeling method to predict games. His annually issued predictions have been competitive over the years with those issued by baseball experts. >>

The NJIT baseball doubleheaders that were scheduled to be played on March 4 and March 5 have been cancelled. The winter storm that hit the area on March 5 resulted in unplayable field conditions that are expected to remain so throughout the weekend. >>

NJIT, the 2005 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) regular season baseball champion, was picked to finish second in 2006 preseason voting by the 10 CACC coaches. The 2006 Highlanders are scheduled to open play with a March 4 non-conference home doubleheader against East Stroudsburg University. >>