Author: Vinny Messana
Farmingdale to Host Division-III World Series
Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics Great news for Long Island baseball fans. After 14 straight years of being held in Appleton, WI, the Division-III College World Series has a new location and it will be right here at SUNY Farmingdale, according a source with knowledge of the subject. “Farmingdale is right in the center of the baseball universe”, said an NCAA spokesperson. ̶...
Dan Parisi Voted MVP of March
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The fans have spoken! After 748 votes, Dan Parisi, Dowling’s senior catcher, triumphed over a field of five other candidates to be named MVP of March. The players were Jack Parenty (Stony Brook), Angelo Navetta (Molloy), Anthony Bonilla (St. Joseph’s), Mike Marino (Farmingdale) and Steven Foster (Hofstra). After one day, Parisi had garnered 68% of the vo...
Baseball on the Island Apparel
Soon we will have a handful of apparel including t-shirts, golf polos and quarter-zip jackets Here are some visuals. If you are interested, tweet to @BaseballLI or email Baseballontheisland@gmail.com.
March 30 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I:Stony Brook split a DH with UMass-Lowell. They won the first game 2-1 on a walk-off two-run single by Robert Chavarria which scored Cole Peragine and pinch runner Billy McLean.Daniel Zamora threw a seven inning complete game. He allowed only one run, struck out nine, walked two and allowed four hits. It was his third win of the season. The offense was stagnan...
Hills West Takes Down James Kory and the Reigning LI Champs
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI09VjS8OR8]After a long winter to think about their loss to West Islip in the Suffolk County title game, Hills West wasted no time in delivering retribution. In their season opener at Baseball Heaven, the Colts rode the right arm of Bradley Camarda and the lefty swing of Jon Faraci.“Absolutely not,” said Head Coach Tom Migliozzi in regards to wh...
What’s On Tap For the Week
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana College teams had the spotlight for over one month, and now they will have to split the attention with the high school teams. Some publications completely ignore college during this time. We are not one of those publications. Here is the schedule for this week. Division-I: Stony Brook: They will host UMass-Lowell in a DH today beginning at 12. They will travel to Marist...
Brendan Butler Dominates Bloomfield to Push Dowling’s Streak to Six Games
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana You don’t usually win when the offense musters only four hits. But, when your starting pitcher needs only 94 pitches to breeze through a complete game then it’s possible.Brendan Butler won his second game of the month for the Golden Lions who have now won six consecutive games and pushed their win streak to six with a 2-0 victory over Bloomfield College. But...
Connor McCarthy Throws Two-Hitter in 3-0 Shutout of Molloy
As mentioned earlier, great pitching duels are a staple of the LIU Post-Molloy rivalry. In the first game of the double header it was Alex Brosnan who was dominant. In the second game, LIU Post’s Connor McCarthy threw a seven inning shutout in a 3-0 victory.McCarthy, a graduate student from Clarke HS, allowed only two singles while striking out four and allowing only walk against Molloy.Tom ...
Old Westbury Puts Up Three Touchdowns on Mount St. Vincent’s
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics It’s hard to have a better offensive day than the Old Westbury Panthers did in their double header. They followed up a 10-run output with a 23-run onslaught against Mount St. Vincent’s pitching staff.They had three separate innings of scoring five or more runs. Sophomore Tommy Zeigen, normally known for his defense, hit two home runs–including...
Long Island Native Jack Zagaja Wins It Against Adelphi
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The New Haven Chargers came back from a 2-0 deficit against Adelphi and won it on a walk-off single by St. Dominic’s graduate Jack Zagaja.“I had a long at bat,” said Zagaja. “I fouled off curveballs and fastballs. Saw a changeup, smacked it up the middle,” he added.The victory, plus the second game of the double header put Adelphi further i...
Honahan Strikes Out Career-High 13 in Rout of UMass-Lowell
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was smooth sailing for the Stony Brook Sea Wolves Sunday against UMass-Lowell, as their ace Tyler Honahan breezed through 6.1 innings while striking out a career-high 13 batters. They were victorious 10-1.Only two opposing batters did not succumb to Honahan once he got to two strikes. He also allowed only four hits to win his fourth game of the season before April 1....
