Author: Vinny Messana

Yesterday was a busy day for Long Island teams, here’s a recap: Hofstra was defeated 14-4 by Monmouth in a game that was 5-4 in the eighth inning. Chris Harkey and Kieran Ryan allowed nine runs in their combined 1.2 innings. Graham Tebbit suffered his third loss of the season. The bright spot was Kenny Jackson’s three hit, three RBI day one day after I mentioned his disappointing seaso...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics Every coach preaches that it takes all 25 guys to win, that it’s a team effort and not a single player will receive special treatment. But what is usually forgotten is that sometimes there is one player that can carry a team and that the team needs him to step up when it matters the most. Although he is less than two years removed from being an All-County ...

We’re inching to the finish line for the Division-III programs. Tomorrow begins the first round of the Skyline Conference playoffs for St. Joseph’s and Farmingdale, while Old Westbury will have a first-round bye. The latter two will have tune-up games today as they prepare for the postseason. As for the Divison-I and II teams, there are still some crucial regular season games remaining...

A lot has happened since March 1. One thing that is not on that list is an earned run being scored on Dowling’s Tyler Badamo. It is a streak that has spanned 69 innings and deflated his ERA from 2.35 to 0.43, tops in the nation among Divison-II pitchers. “To be honest I try not to sit and think about it,” said the senior. “If someone had told me in the beginning of the year...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics 10. NYIT: 4-36 The record says it all. They began the season with a losing streak of 14 games and followed that up with a 19-game streak. They have lost 12 games by 9+ runs. The silver lining is that Joe Daru has a .327 average and has been successful on 24 of 26 attempts.  9. St. Joseph’s: 16-17: Since their 2-8 start, they have actually played very well ...

Farmingdale State enjoyed their senior day with a sweep of St. Joseph’s. The wins allowed them to finish their conference schedule with a record of 11-5, although they will not be hosting it for the first time in several years. The games were very close; they won 6-5 in 11 innings and 5-4. The first game was wild; St. Joe’s led 2-1 after one, it was 3-3 after two and Farmingdale led 5-...

Dowling swept a four-game series from Mercy College to improve to 29-11 on the season. Tyler Badamo continued his excellence with eight more shutout innings, allowing two hits and walking one while striking out 10. The numbers are ridiculous; he has not allowed an earned run in 69 innings to bring his ERA down to a microscopic 0.43. His 10 strikeouts give him a program-record 108 on the season. He...

Stony Brook swept America-East foe Albany in a three-game series to improve their record to 25-14. They won the first game 6-3 which was aided by a three-run first inning. Brandon McNitt threw 5.2 innings, allowing one ER for his fourth win of the season. Bryan Tatelman allowed two ER in his 2.2 innings of relief but Cameron Stone locked down his seventh save. Kevin Krause had three hits and drove...

Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics NYIT decided the turn their season around a tad too late. After halting their 19-game losing streak, they have now won two in a row to improve to 3-33. They defeated Iona 6-5. The winning run scored in the bottom of the eighth on a throwing error by the shortstop. In a strange pitching box score, Elias Martinez came in relief in the third inning after Mat...

Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics Hofstra beat LIU-Brooklyn 11-3 to get back on the winning track and improve to 16-15. It was a 3-3 game in the seventh until the Pride broke it open with home runs from Brian MacDonald, Ryan Donovan and Eric Peterson. MacDonald scored four runs and drove in two. Peterson drove in four runs and scored one. The Pride threw seven pitchers, with Cody Normand winnin...

Stony Brook lost their first home game of the season after 15 consecutive wins. They were edged 4-1 by Central Connecticut. They are now 22-14 on the season. I was at the game, but it was not the type of game to evaluate a team on. They did not get anything going offensively–they only had eight hits–and no player had multiple. The opposing pitcher, Nick Boyd, was very stocky but stifle...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics CW Post beat Dowling 5-3, with Tyler Badamo suffering the loss in relief. The Golden Lions drop to 24-10 on the season, while the Pioneers improve to 14-12.  Dowling led 3-2 in the top of the eighth. JJ Bessell exited after 7.1 innings, allowing three runs (one earned). Badamo came in relief  and allowed an RBI single by Anthony Brunetti. In the ninth, Tom Tolan dro...