Author: Vinny Messana

-Yesterday the Dowling Golden Lions and Molloy Lions both won their first-round matchup in the ECC tournament. They will meet today at noon, with the pitching matchup expected to be Tom Bammann and Shea Spitzbarth. It should present a challenge for both offenses. Dowling’s No. 2 pitcher compiled an impressive 9-1 record with a 2.26 ERA. He threw three complete games and accrued 71 innings wh...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Dowling made quick work of Bridgeport, with an easy 14-0 win. ECC Pitcher of the Year Tyler Badamo breezed through seven innings, striking out nine, limiting them to six hits and one walk for his eighth win of the season. The offense backed him with plenty of offense, including 18 hits. Adam Schuster went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI. Jon Cruz went 3-for...

Aside from Adelphi’s shocking upset, there were two other games on Wednesday. The Stony Brook Sea Wolves crushed NYIT 15-4 to improve to 28-15 and drop the Bears to 4-42. Kevin Courtney highlighted the Sea Wolves offense with a 5-for-6 day, including hitting for the cycle. It was the first time a Stony Brook player accomplished the feat since 2006. His first hit of the day was a three-run ho...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics The Adelphi Panthers shocked No. 1 ranked Southern Connecticut with a 10-4 victory, which puts them in the conference tournament, hosted by Southern New Hampshire beginning on Friday. The Panthers, now 22-21 got out to a 4-0 first inning lead against Rocco Cundari, who entered play with a 5-2 record and an ERA of 0.85. He previously threw a shutout against the Panth...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics The Adelphi Panthers (21-21) will travel to New Haven today to take on No.1 ranked Southern Connecticut State (24-14-1) in the first-round of the Northeast-10 conference playoffs at 3:30. The two teams met three times this season, with the Owls taking two of three games, the Panthers won 4-3 with John Bivas recording the victory. It will be very important for the Pa...

It was only a matter of time for Marcus Stroman to make his Major League debut. Those who have followed his journey to the big leagues–and those who have competed against him in the past like myself–knew he was destined to make it with the way he has dominated each level. After getting called up, it didn’t take long to get thrown into the fire. He was summoned to pitch in the eig...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Dowling split with St. Thomas Aquinas and they are now 31-13 on the season. They have the No. 1 seed in the ECC with a 19-5 conference record. They won the second game 17-4, with Tom Bammann improving his record to 9-1 on the season. He threw seven innings, allowed two runs while striking out seven. The offense smacked 21 hits; JC Brandmeier went 4-for-5 with five RB...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Stony Brook beat Maine two out of three this weekend to improve to 27-15 on the season. They won the middle game 11-3. Brandon McNitt recorded his fifth win of the season by throwing six innings, allowing three runs and striking out seven. The offense scored five in the first, three in the second and one in the third to put the game on ice. Casey Baker went 3-fo...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics Different venue, same story. The Farmingdale Rams defeated rival Old Westbury 5-2 on Sunday to capture their seventh consecutive conference title. It was held at SUNY Old Westbury, as opposed to Farmingdale as had been the case since 2009, but the Rams still had no difficulty in coming out on top. In the clinching game, the Panthers committed four errors in the ...

For the fifth consecutive season, the Old Westbury Panthers and Farmingdale State Rams will meet to determine the winner of the Skyline Conference. Just like the previous four, the Panthers will have to beat the Rams twice because Farmingdale enters the championship game unbeaten in the tournament. To get to this point, the Panthers beat St. Joseph’s 4-1 behind Arismendy Nunez’s comple...

Today is an extremely busy and important Friday as the Division-III teams have their seasons on the line while the Division-I and II teams are jockeying for playoff positioning. Division-I: Maine @ Stony Brook 12 p.m. Northeastern @ Hofstra 3 p.m. NYIT @ Hawaii 12:35 a.m. Division-II: Dowling @ St. Thomas Aquinas 3:30 p.m. Molloy @ Mercy 2 p.m. CW Post @ Queens 3 p.m New Haven @ Adelphi 3:30 p.m. ...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics After a one day rain/reign delay, the Farmingdale Rams began their attempt at a seventh consecutive conference title. They made quick work of Mount St. Vincent, with a 14-0 shutout as they improve to 22-10 overall and three wins away advancing to the New York State regional. Alex Weingarten continued his terrific season by throwing seven shutout innings, allowin...