Author: Vinny Messana

For the fourth time in five seasons, the Farmingdale Rams followed a regional-opening win with a loss. It is a tough setback, because the path to the finish line will be much more difficult now. They were dropped 14-5 to No. 1 ranked Cortland. We recapped the first seven innings of the game yesterday prior to the rain delay. It was 10-5 when the game was suspended. After the resumption, the Red Dr...

After an easy win on Wednesday, Farmingdale moved on to face No. 1 ranked Cortland in the second round of the NY Regionals. They fell behind 10-0 after three-and-a-half innings. Matt Seelinger, winning pitching in the Skyline Conference championship game, got the start but was not effective in 0.2 innings. He was relieved by Dominick Morelli who finished the first inning. The Rams did not lie over...

Perhaps entering the tournament with a chip on their shoulder, the Dowling Golden Lions shut out Franklin Pierce 3-0 in the first round of the East Regional Tournament. Tyler Badamo performed as he has all season; complete game shutout, five hits, eight strikeouts for his ninth victory of the season against three losses. He now has 125 strikeouts in 108 innings and a 0.76 ERA. “I was pretty ...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics The Farmingdale Rams advanced to the winner’s bracket with a 4-2 win over No. 4 Rutgers-Camden on Wednesday morning. They got out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI double by Danny Paccione. He advanced to third on a sac bunt and stole home when Sanguini was thrown out attempting to steal second. In the top of the third, they increased the le...

Kevin Krause has been on fire for the Sea Wolves.Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Stony Brook stayed hot and remained the top seed in the America East conference this weekend with a sweep of UMBC. They are now 31-15, and 16-4 in conference play with one weekend to go. They won the first game 5-3 behind Frankie Vanderka’s CG win. He held the opposition to seven hits, he walked none and str...

Hofstra has dug themselves a hole entering the final weekendPhoto Credit: Hofstra Athletics For much of the season, Hofstra was in the thick of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings, hovering around .500. After a losing a weekend series  two of three to the College of Charleston, they are not helping their cause. They are now 19-23 on the season with a record of 7-11 in the CAA, good e...

Photo Credit: NYIT Athletics It was not a season to be proud of for the NYIT Bears. They compiled a dismal record of 4-46, including a 10-game losing streak to finish the season. They went 0-4 in February, 1-13 in March, 3-19 in April and 0-10 in May. The team batting average was .228, with a .295 slugging percentage and .313 on-base percentage. Their leading hitter was Joe Daru, who hit .301 with...

Mike Marino will look to lead the Rams to the CWSPhoto Credit: Farmingdale Athletics The Farmingdale Rams will enter the NY regional as the No. 5 seed, according to the NCAA. The tournament will begin on Wednesday. The Rams automatically qualified for the tournament after defeating Old Westbury to win the Skyline Conference for the seventh consecutive season. They enter with a record of 25-11, but...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Molloy entered the ECC playoff as the No. 3 seed, and after a surprising opening round win, they ultimately had their season cut short after two losses to familiar foes. On Thursday, Max Schonfeld threw a complete game against St. Thomas Aquinas to lead Molloy to a 6-1 to move on the winner’s bracket. They proceeded to get crushed 12-3 by Dowling. Starter Alex ...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Despite entering the Northeast-10 tournament has a huge underdog, the Adelphi Panthers nearly shocked the league with an impressive postseason run that included three wins over higher ranked opponents. That run came to an end on Sunday with a 2-0 loss to No. 1 ranked Southern New Hampshire. The Panthers received a great start from sophomore ace John Mulford, who was...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics Although they did not receive an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA regionals, Dowling was awarded with the No. 5 seed in the East region. The Golden Lions (33-15) will face Franklin Pierce (35-16) in the first-round of the tournament, which will be held at Southern New Hampshire campus. The two teams split their season series, two games a piece. Franklin Pierce o...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics It almost seemed too easy. The Dowling Golden Lions breezed through the regular season with a 31-13 record, beating every team that was a threat to them entering the season. They made it look even easier in the first two games of the ECC tournament, beating Bridgeport and Molloy by a combined score of 26-3. They even had a 20-6 home record to fall back on. Somewhere...