Author: Vinny Messana
Louis Mele Stays Hot in Victory over Iona
Photo Credit: NYIT Athletics NYIT rode the hot bat of Louis Mele, who drove in three runs, in their 5-1 victory over Iona to improve to 10-20 on the season.Mele, a sophomore and a graduate of Island Trees HS, has been a bright spot for the Bears this season. He is leading the team in virtually every offensive category. He has 34 hits, including five HR and 27 RBIs with a slash line of .366/.413/.6...
Adelphi Smacks 24 Hits in Blow Out Win over Dominican
Photo Credit: Michael Parchinsky The Adelphi Panthers broke out the bats in a 15-5 rout of Dominican College. They smacked 24 hits on their way to improving to 15-14 on the season.The offense got going early and often. They opened up a 15-0 lead after five innings before Dominican began to wake up.Among the 24 hits was two home runs–one each by Donato Signore and Nick Zito. Tyler Murphy went...
Nick Tropeano Making Season Debut Tonight
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezcll2dkGA] Nick Tropeano will be making his season debut tonight for the Los Angeles Angels tonight against the Oakland Athletics. The 6’4″ right hander is a 2008 graduate of West Islip HS and was drafted out of Stony Brook in the fifth round of the 2011 draft (Houston Astros) after compiling a 12-1 record with a 1.84 ERA in his junior year. In...
Seven-Run Eighth Propels Stony Brook
Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Trailing 6-5 in the eighth inning, the Stony Brook Sea Wolves exploded for seven runs against Central Connecticut State and held on to win 12-6 for their 20th win of the season.CCSU took an early 1-0 against Sea Wolves starter Nicholas DiEva. Stony Brook got even in the second on an RBI single by Jeremy Giles.They took the lead in the third inning on an fielder&...
Mulford Improves to 5-0
Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics The Adelphi Panthers rode the right arm of their ace, Jonathon Mulford, and 10 hits to record a big 3-0 victory over Pace.The Panthers got on the board in the second inning on a two-run double by Donato Signore, which scored Vincent Sharkey and Rich Cambria. Signore now has 11 RBI on the season.In the following inning, Nick Zito hit an RBI single to score Signore an...
Is This the Year Someone Dethrones Farmingdale?
Farmingdale’s Fourth Consecutive Skyline Title in 2011 For the past seven years, the Farmingdale State Rams have ruled the Skyline Conference. Teams have come close to knocking them off the pedestal, but to this point nobody has been successful. In fact, for the past four seasons, Old Westbury has had them on the brink but they were unable to close the deal.Here we are in 2015, and it is one...
Hofstra Wins Slug Fest vs NJIT
Photo Credit: Hofstra Athletics It has not been a banner year for Hofstra to this point. But, when they get the offense going they are scary. They won 13-7 today on 14 hits against NJIT to improve to 14-22 on the season. The offense was led by the trio of Steven Foster, Brian MacDonald and Chris Weiss. Foster had a stat line that would make Jesus proud–he went 3-for-3 with three runs score...
Old Westbury Wins On Senior Night in 10 Innings
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Senior Night is supposed to be a nice, easy victory. Old Westbury‘s win Tuesday night over the City College of New York was anything but. It took 10 innings, and it included eight errors and 17 hits but the Panthers won 5-4 on an RBI single by the red-hot Tommy Zeigen. Old Westbury starter Tyler Kapela was terrific–he allowed one ER in six innings, struck ...
Marino Outduels Alberto
Photo Credit: Andrew Abreu In a battle between two terrific pitchers headed for Division-I baseball in the fall, it was Centereach‘s Greg Marino who came out on top. The 6’7″ right hander fired a complete game, striking out 12 while allowing six hits as the Cougars came out on top 6-3 against rival Newfield. Marino will be heading to Stony Brook in the fall. For the Cougars, Nick...
Centereach to Take on Newfield at Bethpage Ballpark
There should be more cool events like this. Newfield and Centereach will play today at Bethpage Park, home to the Long Island Ducks, today at 4 pm. Newfield is 5-2 and in third place in League IV while Centereach currently sits in last place at 2-7. Brandon Alberto is expected to throw for Newfield. He will be playing at NYIT in the fall and is having a tremendous season for the Wolverines. He alr...
Nick Fanti Will Attempt Third Consecutive No-Hitter For Haupauge on Tuesday
Photo Credit: Newsday Hauppauge’s ace left-handed pitcher, Nick Fanti, is coming off consecutive no-hitters against Glenn and Huntington. The No. 2 prospect in the 2015 graduating class, according to Blue Chip Prospects, will attempt to make it three consecutive no-hitters tomorrow against Bellport.“How could it not be?” he said in regards to whether he has been thinking about ac...
