Author: Vinny Messana
Molloy Takes Both Games with Two Stellar Pitching Performances
By Nakeem Grant Conference play is in full swing in the East Coast Conference. Molloy won both games (Game 1: 5-1, Game 2: 3-0) in today’s doubleheader against their rivals, LIU Post. Both games were well-played and featured great pitching on both sides, but Molloy has been the better team so far in this series. In Game 1, Anthony Catinella (Molloy) pitched against Dan Jagiello (LIU) in what turne...
Dominant Pitching Earns Dowling Two Wins Over Concordia College
by Danny Gatta The Golden Lions of Dowling swept their double header against Concordia today thanks to some lights-out pitching. Outstanding starts by Cody McPartland and Dennis Buckstein along with relief appearances from Dominic Danetti and John Parisi allowed just two Clipper players to cross the plate all day. They won by the scores of 10-1 and 2-1. Dowling started the game with three straight...
Old Westbury Welcomes St. Joseph’s To Their House, Sweeps Double Header
by Vinny Messana When Flo Rida’s “My House” came blaring over the speakers it was almost a metaphor for how the Old Westbury Panthers were treating the day. From the first inning of the first game, they had the intensity and focus of a team that was hellbent on winning a double header from an up-and-coming team just beaming with confidence. That, plus two top-notch pitching perfo...
LeMoyne Gets to Mulford, Tops Adelphi 6-3
By Vinny Amodeo It’s not often that Jonathon Mulford is outdueled by an opposing hurler. Damian Powers, junior for LeMoyne did just that today at William J. Bonomo Field. He threw a complete game, surrendering nine hits in the Dolphins 6-3 victory, while blanking the Panthers for the final five innings. The Dolphins offense started early this afternoon as the first two batters reached base w...
Molloy Outlasts LIU Post 5-2
by Vinny Messana It was a marquee match up of aces between Jake DeCarli and Ron Bauer as the LIU Post Pioneers hosted the Molloy Lions in an ECC showdown. It was Bauer and the Lions who stayed hot and took down the Pioneers by the score of 5-2. “We’re just looking at winning series,” said Head Coach Joe Fucarino. “That’s our whole goal. Go into each series game-by-gam...
Dowling Wins Wild One Over Dominican 10-7
by Vinny Messana Dowling’s bats woke up in today’s matinee against Dominican College, winning by the score of 10-7. Dwayne Page, Timmy Going and Tyler Piccolo all had three hits for the Golden Lions who equaled the scoring output of their past six (!) games in this one. Chris Cepeda got the start for the Golden Lions. After allowing a first inning run on an RBI double, his offense back...
John Habyan Enjoying New Role
by P.J. Potter Bouncing from high school baseball to the MLB and back, pitching coach John Habyan has finally been given a chance at the college level. “It was the right place at the right time,” said Habyan, who was hired as the new assistant coach in July 2015 to manage the Hofstra pitching staff. Habyan was drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles i...
IN-SEASON POWER TRAINING FOR BASEBALL
by Russell Taveras, DPT, CSCS Power development is of primary importance for athletes of virtually every sport. Power can be defined as the ability to generate force in a short amount of time in order to accelerate the body and/or an implement. Power, simply put, is speed-strength. Mention Baseball on the Island at Infiniti Performance and receive two free sessions in their state-of-the-...
Late Rally Leads Monmouth to 5-4 Win over Hofstra
by Vinny Messana Monmouth put together a ninth inning rally against Adam Heidenfelder in the ninth inning to defeat Hofstra 5-4 this afternoon. It was the sixth consecutive loss for the Pride, and the third that was decided by one run. They led 4-2 in the seventh inning after Vito Friscia ripped an opposite field double to right center field to score Ryan Karl and increase their lead. Friscia also...
Announcement
Beginning on April 17, Baseball on the Island will host a weekly show filmed live from Mannings Pub & Grille in Carle Place. The show will be 30 minutes long and feature news regarding the Long Island baseball scene. Each week there will be a Player of the Week award given out. The player that is chosen will win a meal compliments of Manning’s Pub & Grille. Each week there will be a ...
Eric Hassell’s Three Hit Day, Ed Baram’s 7 Strong Innings Lead Adelphi to 10-3 Victory
By Vinny Messana After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Adelphi Panthers’ bats went to work and put up the next 10 runs of the ball game over the next five innings. With freshman Ed Baram throwing up zeros, it was more than enough and the Panthers secured the 10-3 victory over Philadelphia University. Junior Eric Hassell smacked three hits, including a long two-run shot in the br...
Power Rankings Volume 1
There’s been enough games played where we can get a good read on what type of season it will be for NCAA-affiliated teams. Nassau and Suffolk CC still are very early in their seasons. Here’s the first volume of our college power rankings… 1. Molloy Record: 11-6 They have outscored their opponents 121-75. They have hit .311 with a .389 OBP. The contributions on offense have come f...
