Author: Vinny Messana
Stony Brook Keeps Rolling, Score in Seven of Eight Innings
Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics The Stony Brook Sea Wolves have made a habit of treading water in February and March before turning on the jets in April and May. They cruised past Fairfield 15-3 today to improve to 24-12. They’ve now won 14 of their past 15 games. They scored in the first seven innings of the game and starter Tim Knesnik was dominant–allowing only one hit over five...
April 28 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Here are the results from today’s action on the diamond… Division-I: NYIT split a DH with Albany that was a make-up from March 10th. They won the first game, 4-3, in 11 innings. They scraped across the winning run on an RBI single by Anthony Caradonna that scored Matt DiBlase. Nicholas Smith was the winning pitcher–he threw 4.1 hit less innings of rel...
Jonathon Mulford Improves to 6-0, Adelphi Moves Past So. Co.
Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics The Adelphi Panthers won a smooth 4-1 match up against the surprisingly mediocre Southern Connecticut State Owls.Ace Jonathon Mulford improved his draft stock with an eight inning outing, allowing one ER one three hits, three walks while striking out four. He is now 6-0 on the season with a 2.06 ERA. You can read a scouting report on him here.Senior closer Mike Cran...
Old Westbury Wins Eleventh Straight
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics It’s always good to be entering the postseason on a hot streak. The Old Westbury Panthers are on fire, having won their eleventh consecutive game today against United States Merchant Marines academy 6-1. They fell behind 1-0 in the first inning but responded with six unanswered runs over the next eight innings to improve to 22-8. Dean Sheridan drove in Ma...
Tom Rydzewski Sets Farmingdale State Hits Record in Victory Over Baruch
Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics Tom Rydzewski wasted no time in setting a record four years in the making. With his first inning single on Tuesday, he now has 162 career hits, besting the previous mark by Kevin Curtis (2008-2011). Farmingdale has had some tremendous hitters in their program history. It is quite an achievement to hold this mark. Rydzewski is a 22-year-old graduate of Care...
Molloy Eliminated From Postseason Contention
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics And then there were seven. Molloy was eliminated from postseason contention with their loss to Mercy by the score of 8-6. Despite their 20-20 record, they fell to 8-12 in ECC play.They join the list of Hofstra and NYIT as teams that will not qualify for postseason play this season.They entered the season knowing that underclassmen would play significant roles, but ma...
Travis Bruinsma Sharp, Connetquot Cruises Past Sachem North 9-3
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peN1RgGYPes] Connetquot coach Bob Ambrosini liked what he saw from his starting pitcher, defense and offense in Monday’s 9-3 victory over Sachem North. Coming from a coach that has 32 years of experience and ranks No. 3 in Suffolk County history in wins, it’s safe to say the Chiefs played some good baseball.“We hit the ball pretty well toda...
What’s On Tap For This Week
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana This will be a crucial week for Long Island teams. Some teams will be playing for playoff seeding while others will be playing for their seasons in the conference playoffs. Monday: Molloy will close out their four-game series against Mercy at 3:30 pm. Tuesday:NYIT will host Albany in a DH beginning at 12, Hofstra will play at Monmouth at 3:30pm, Dowling will play at Fel...
April 26 Recap
Photo Credit: Jim Ferchland Aside from Stony Brook’s sweep of Albany and Dowling clinching a postseason berth, it was not the cheeriest of Sundays for Long Island teams. Division-I: NYIT lost 5-1 to Binghamton to lose the series. A four-run fifth inning was the difference in the ballgame. David Plotkin started and was tagged with the loss for the Bears. He didn’t have his best control&...
Dowling Clinches Playoff Spot With Three of Four Against St. Thomas Aquinas
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics Dowling will return to postseason baseball in 2015. That became official with their 1-0 victory in the second game of a DH today against St. Thomas Aquinas. Neither team could get much going on offense. Entering the bottom of the sixth, it was a scoreless pitcher’s duel between Kyle DeMeo and Matt Kostalos. Jon Cruz got the Golden Lions on the board with a bun...
Bobby Honeyman Collects Five Hits, Stony Brook Sweeps Albany
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Freshman Bobby Honeyman smacked a career-high five hits as Stony Brook easily defeated Albany 12-2 to finish the sweep and improve their record to 23-12. The Sea Wolves scored three in the first, three again in the third and two in the eighth and compiled 18 hits as a team. Honeyman scored three runs to go along with his five hits. Toby Handley also had four hits, drov...
Small Adjustment at the Plate Turns Mike Marino Into MVP Candidate
Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics After losing two All-American players in the past two seasons in David Zilnicki and Edward Bergmann, it was reasonable to assume the Farmingdale offense would take a step back this season.After all, it’s hard to seamlessly transition after losing elite players in consecutive seasons.Don’t tell that to Mike Marino, who–to this point in the...
