Author: GBart
March 24 Recap
A busy day for teams on the island with 10 teams taking the field. There were seven double headers as well. Teams went 13-5. See who shined: Division-I St. Johns: St. John’s defeated Binghamton 4-0. Starter Sean Mooney went 5.1 scoreless innings for his fifth win of the season. The Red Storm took a 1-0 lead early courtesy of a John Valente groundout. They continued to cruise behind strong pi...
St. John’s Drop Rubber Match Against UConn
In the rubber match of a three-game set, the UConn Huskies take the victory over the St. John’s Red Storm, 3-1, at Jack Kaiser Stadium. This concludes the first series between the two schools since the realignment of the modern Big East Conference. St. John’s has lost five of their last six games losing back-to-back series at Kansas and against UConn. Although two days away from the fi...
March 16 Recap
There were only six local teams in action on Friday, March 16. Division-I: St. John’s: The Red Storm offense burst out to defeat UConn, 14-4. Sophomore Sean Mooney picked up his fourth win of the season, throwing seven innings striking out seven batters and giving up three runs. St. John’s hitters got to UConn starter Tim Caine, a two-time USA National Collegiate Baseball Team selectio...
March 10 Recap
Division I: Hofstra: For the second time in three weeks, the Hofstra Pride pitched a no-hitter as they defeated Mount St. Mary’s 11-0 in game one of a double header. This time, it was a combined no-hitter. Junior John Rooney threw six scoreless innings and recorded eight strikeouts, while junior Seamus Brazill took over for the last three innings. Brazill threw the first no-hitter in program...
March 9 Recap
Five teams took the field Friday. Teams went 2-4 on the day, with Adelphi winning in dramatic fashion. Read below to see how the games unfolded: Division-I: St. Johns: No. St. Johns lost to Kansas 7-4. After gaining an early 3-0 lead, the Jayhawks stormed back, scoring five runs in the third inning. St. Johns second baseman Josh Shaw continued his impressive junior season, going 2-for-4 on the day...
March 3 Recap
The trend of exciting baseball has continued for the local programs. Today included a double header sweep for three teams, an epic comeback by another team in the last inning and a walk-off in extras! Below you will find the recap for Saturday, March 3. Division-I: Fordham: Fordham swept James Madison for a double header Saturday. The Rams defeated the Dukes 5-3 in game one. Fordham sophomore Bill...
March 2 Recap
Two teams competed on Friday, with one making their season debut. Teams went 0-3 on the day. Here’s a look at what happened: Division-I St. Johns: The Red Storm’s game versus UC Davis was postponed. Stony Brook: Stony Brook falls to No. 1 Florida 12-5. Starter Greg Marino struggled early, giving up four earned runs over 4.1 innings. Stony Brook was up 5-3 in the fourth until Florida closed the fin...
Seamus Brazill Fires No-Hitter for Hofstra
(Photo Credit: Hofstra Athletics) The big star of the day was Seamus Brazill of Hofstra firing the first no-hitter in program history in their 1-0 victory over Lamar. Regarding the historic performance he said “Today having a three-pitch mix was big. At times, I didn’t have all my pitches working at the same time but when I needed to make a big pitch I was able to rely on my catcher an...
SUNY Maritime Splits DH with John Jay on Opening Day
pic.twitter.com/hjn0FFGyLS — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 24, 2018 SUNY Maritime kicked off their season opener Saturday afternoon, splitting a double-header with John Jay College at Baseball Heaven. The defending Skyline Conference champions opened with a dominant 6-1 win. Senior starting pitcher Anthony D’Ancona secured the first win of the year for the Privateers, goi...
February 23 Recap
Division-I Fordham: Fordham defeated USF 2-0. Starter Ben Greenberg, relievers Anthony DiMeglio and Alvin Melendez combined to go the distance and allow only one hit and two walks in the shutout. Second baseman Nick Labella had one of the four hits for the Rams on the afternoon. He accounted for both of the Fordham runs, driving one in and scoring one himself. St. John’s: St. John’s stayed red-hot...
St. John’s Upsets North Carolina For Second Straight Year
No. 23 St. John’s Red Storm upset No. 6 UNC Tar Heels, 5-2, Wednesday night with a three-run seventh inning. It’s the second straight year St. John’s defeated a top-ten UNC team at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Johnnies improve to 4-0 while the Tar Heels fall to 2-3 this season. St. John’s holds a 0.73 team ERA and have yet to allow two or more earned runs in a ...
February 17 Recap
Saturday was the second day of the season for many teams in our coverage area, and was a pretty busy day. Five different teams played in six games and went 4-2 overall. Division-I: St. John’s: The Red Storm improved to 2-0 with a 1-0 road victory over Campbell University that took 10 innings. Kevin Magee and Joe Kelly dominated for St. John’s in this pitcher’s duel. The pitching duo combining to a...
