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Division-I:
Hofstra: The Pride defeated Manhattan 4-2. They trailed 2-1 in the seventh but they scored three runs–highlighted by Ryan Donovan‘s two-run single. Brad Witkowski tied the game at 2 with an RBI double. They compiled only four hits in the game, but it did not matter.
Brian MacDonald got the start for Hofstra–he threw six inning, allowing one ER on seven hits while striking out six. He received the no-decision. Chris Weiss saved his first game of the year with a clean ninth. The Pride are now 6-11.
Division-II:
Dowling defeated Adelphi 12-1. You can read the recap here.
Molloy defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 5-2 to split the four-game series. Ron Bauer was absolute nails–he struck out 15 over 8 dominant innings. He walked three and allowed five hits.
The Lions plated two runs in the sixth inning on consecutive bases loaded walks by Kyle Van Duyne and Anthony Galanoudis.
LIU Post handled Mercy 7-1 behind Dan Jagiello’s first win of 2015. He fired eight strong innings, struck out seven while walking four and allowing four hits.
Mercy briefly got out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI triple, but the Pioneers responded with a run in the second on John Bellock‘s RBI single. They took the lead in the fourth on an error scoring Matt Bowers.
Vinny Iacono and Rich Maccarone each compiled three hits for the Pioneers, who improve to 5-5 on the season.
Division-III:
St. Joseph’s defeated Ramapo 5-2. They were trailing 2-1 in the fourth but scored three runs on an RBI double by Anthony Bonilla as well as RBI singles by Nick Girardi and Brendan Sullivan.
They added an insurance run in the eighth for good measure on another RBI hit by Bonilla.
Five Golden Eagles pitchers (Nick Girardi, Glenn Patriss, Ryan Aloise, Matt Mills and Josh Outsen) combined to strike out nine and allow six hits. Patriss earned the win with two innings of relief and Outsen earned the save with two innings.
Old Westbury stayed hot with their sixth consecutive win. This was a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Baruch.
Tyler Kapela got the start for the Panthers. He went four innings and allowed three ER. He did not factor in the decision. He trailed with the Panthers down 3-0. Caleb Olsen came on in relief and he was light-out in four innings of relief–he fanned five and allowed three hits.
The offense was dormant for six innings, but sprung to life in the sixth when a failed pickoff attempt scored Jake Coners to cut the lead to 3-1.
Tommy Zeigen singled up the middle to score Michael Cardino and inched the Panthers to within one run. In the seventh, Coners came through with a huge two-run double to put the Panthers ahead. They got an insurance run in the eighth when Zeigen drove in a run.
They needed the run as it ended up. In the ninth, Eric Ulino drove in a run to make the score 5-4, but freshman closer Vinny Bieniek closed the door by striking out three in the inning to win it for the Panthers.
