Author: Vinny Messana
Old Westbury is Crowned Skyline Conference Champs
The reign is over. After watching their Nassau County rivals, Farmingdale State own the conference for the previous seven seasons, Old Westbury has finally dethroned them.“AMAZING!!” said winning pitcher, and tournament MVP Tyler Kapela in regards to how it feels to be champs. “So happy we finally pulled it off for our coaches and seniors,” he added. It took getting to the ...
Adelphi Clinches Postseason Berth; Mulford Improves to 7-0
Photo Credit: Michael Parchinsky It was senior day at William J. Bonomo Field. After their eight seniors were honored, Adelphi made it worth it by clinching fourth place in the southwest division of the Northeast-10 conference which qualifies them for a postseason berth.After losing the first game, they sent their ace Jonathon Mulford to the hill. He won his seventh game of the season, against zer...
Farmingdale and Old Westbury Will Meet in Familiar Matchup With a Twist
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics It will be Farmingdale and Old Westbury duking it out for the Skyline Conference championship yet again beginning at 11 am. Old Westbury will have the advantage of needing just one win to be crowned champs since they enter the finals unbeaten. After being Farmingdale yesterday 2-1, they topped No. 1 seed St. Joseph’s today 6-5 on a walk off single by Eddi...
Tim Ingram Throws Gem, Old Westbury Edges Farmingdale 2-1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBqLzvciA0I] It wasn’t the championship game, but Old Westbury certainly exercised some demons against their rivals; Farmingdale State.with a 2-1 win. Starter Tim Ingram threw a gutsy complete game, allowing one run on seven hits, one walk and eight strikeouts in front of a bevy of Major League scouting directors. He threw 125 pitches and there was nev...
Six-Run Sixth Powers St. Joseph’s Past Maritime in the First Round of the Skyline Tournament
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCSGrhKQJA]Trailing 2-1 in the sixth inning and facing the prospect of losing the first game of the tournament, right fielder Anthony Bonilla smoked a two-run double to give the St. Joseph’s a 3-2 lead. It was a lead they never relinquished.No. 1 seed St. Joseph’s powered past No. 4 Maritime on the strength of a six-run sixth inning and a pair o...
Skyline Conference Playoffs Begins Today
Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics The Skyline Conference playoffs will begin today at Gregg Alfano Field on the campus of St. Joseph’s College. They earned that right by going 13-1 during Conference play. Farmingdale State is the seven-time defending champions. This dates back to 2008. I was a part of the 2010′-’11 club that beat Old Westbury in the finals both years. The...
St. Joseph’s Drops Second Straight Non-Conference Game
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana You can totally ignore the non-conference stats or choose to interpret it as trend. Whatever the case may be, St. Joseph’s has now lost consecutive games to sub .500 teams entering the Skyline Conference playoffs on Friday.Yesterday it was a 9-6 loss to 2-26 John Jay College and today it was an 8-5 loss to New Jersey City–who entered with a 15-20 record.The ...
David Groeneveld Voted April’s MVP
Photo Credit: LIU Post Athletics The people have spoken! After a whopping 2.548 votes, LIU‘s first baseman David Groeneveld has been voted MVP of April. Last month, Dan Parisi of Dowling had the award bestowed upon him after receiving a majority of the 748 votes. This season, Groeneveld is batting .305 with a .407 OBP and .421 SLG percentage. He has nine extra-base hits. In April, however, h...
Adelphi Shuts Out Caldwell in Non-Conference Game
Written by Michael Parchinsky The Adelphi Panthers got back to .500 with a 12-0 non-conference win against Caldwell University. They smacked 19 hits in this affair–with three each by Steven Withers, Zach Levinson and Alex Zykoff. The latter drove in five runs. “It was a great confidence booster before playoffs.” said freshman catcher, John Lusardi. “It was a nice day to work on things before...
Brendan Sullivan: The Free Agent Acquisition of the Season
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics Following the 2002 MLB season, Tom Glavine was already an established Major League pitcher with two Cy Young Awards, two second place finishes and another third place finish. He had already won 252 games and was well on his way to Cooperstown.He made headlines by leaving his team, the Atlanta Braves, whom he had won 14-straight National League East divisi...
Hofstra Tops LIU Post in Inter-Division Match Up
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Today was a rare Division-I vs Division-II matchup. Hofstra fended off LIU Post, 12-9, despite getting outhit by six.The Pioneers started their ace, Jake DeCarli, who continued to do what he has all season–he threw three no-hit innings while needing only 27 pitches. Had it been a conference game he obviously would’ve pitched deep into the game but he was lif...
