Author: Vinny Messana
How Matt Harvey Inspired and Transformed a Long Island Pitcher
Photo Credit: Mount St. Vincent Athletics Modeling yourself after an All Star pitcher with Cy Young credentials isn’t a bad place to start as an amateur baseball player. Will it guarantee success? Well, maybe the answer is a little complicated… Massapequa native, St. John the Baptist graduate and current Mount St. Vincent‘s pitcher Tyler Krolikowski is coming off the best start o...
Dalers Lose Two Pitchers to Injury, Still Cruise Past Hicksville 9-4
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Losing your starting pitcher to injury in the second inning is never an easy storm to weather for a team. Losing his reliever to an injury the next inning? Well, that’s just cruel. Still, the Farmingdale Dalers were powered by a five-run fourth inning to defeat Hicksville 9-4 in a Conference AA-I/II crossover. “I told the guys after that injury ‘this is the time to over...
Power Rankings No. 1
When you factor in all the cancellations, the season is a little more than halfway complete. Here is our first installment of the Power Rankings… 10) NYIT To their credit, they have surpassed last season’s win total by the middle of April. On the flip side, they are still 8-15 with a 6.88 team ERA. Elias Martinez has been the bright spot on the mound, with a 2.73 ERA over 29 IP. At the...
April 15 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana We provided coverage of three games yesterday, but here is the results from the rest of the college programs on the island. Division-I: Hofstra shutout Manhattan 7-0, behind Adam Seibert and four relievers. Seibert started and went five innings, Adam Heidenfelder threw the sixth inning. Kevin Weissheier and his brother, Matt, both pitched one inning and Chris Weiss clos...
Matt Senk Wins 700th Career Game
Written by Jim Ferchland A remarkable milestone was reached on Wednesday as Stony Brook Head Coach Matt Senk earned his 700thcareer win against a hungry LIU-Brooklyn team by the score of 6-4. This is Senk’s 25thseason as head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves. The 6-4 victory also extended the Seawolves winning streak to seven and improve their overall record (17-11). Their last loss took place ...
Panthers Edge Kutztown
Written by Michael Parchinsky The sun was shining on William J Bonomo field on Wednesday when the Adelphi Panthers won their second straight game–this time a 3-2 pitcher’s duel against Kutztown University Bears. The Panthers used six pitchers to navigate through the game–with Kyle Garrison earning the win with two shutout innings of relief. He was backed by an offense that jumped...
Casey Krebs Goes the Distance to Improve East Islip to 6-1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX3A94m9Xg] It took just one hour and 40 minutes for Casey Krebs and the East Islip Red Men to defeat the Centereach Cougars 6-2 today.“I like to keep the defense not on their heels,” said Krebs. “I always like to keep them on their toes,” he added.Krebs, who won his second game of the season, pounded the strike zone all day and lim...
Matt Taurisani’s Sac-Fly is the Difference in Old Westbury’s 5-3 Win
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Playing against sub .500 teams has usually meant scoring 10+ runs for the Old Westbury Panthers. That was not the case on Tuesday, as they narrowly edged Drew University 5-3, and it took a seventh inning run to break the tie.The Panthers were down 2-1 in the fourth inning but tied it up on a sac fly by catcher Carlos Balmaceda to score Jacob Coners.Drew took the lead in...
Zykoff’s Single Wins it for the Panthers
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Adelphi Panthers halted their three-game skid with a 10-inning victory over a strong Southern Connecticut team on Tuesday by the score of 5-4. Alex Zykoff, who came in as a pinch-runner drove in Nick Zito with an infield single to shortstop–which proved to be the game-winning run for the Panthers. After seven innings, the Panthers actually led 4-0 in this ga...
Hofstra Steam Rolls NYIT
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Hofstra Pride easily took care of their Division-I Nassau neighbors, NYIT, by the score of 13-1 to improve to 12-19. Wake Forest transfer Patrick Bryant (Center Moriches ’14) threw 6 shutout innings, allowing five hits, walked one while striking out two. He needed only 65 pitches.The offense got it going early and often. David Leiderman smacked an RBI double i...
Jagiello Leads Pioneers to 5-3 Victory Over Dowling
Photo Credit: LIU Post Athletics In the battle for ECC supremacy, the LIU Post took down their Suffolk county rival Dowling Golden Eagles three games out of four.. The LIU Post earned the 5-3 victory on Tuesday, behind Dan Jagiello‘s seven strong innings. He allowed one ER, allowed seven hits, three walks while striking out seven. It was his second win of the season. The offense got it going...
