ACCC Ranked No. 10 Nationally Thanks to CAL Alums
For years, when it came to junior college baseball in South Jersey, all we heard about was Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland, formerly known as Cumberland County College. And rightfully so. Head coach Keith Gorman transformed the Dukes into a regional and national powerhouse, even winning a junior college Division III national title in 2019 before taking the head coaching job at NCAA Division II Barton College in North Carolina.
But all of a sudden there’s another program that is captivating baseball fans in the area, and it’s a story nobody really saw coming. For most of coach Rod Velardi’s 10 years at the helm at Atlantic Cape Community College, the Buccaneers were one of those teams Cumberland would beat up on during a run to another Region XIX championship.