Author: Vinny Messana

Stony Brook lost two of three to UMass-Lowell to drop to 22-13 on the season. They won the first game of the series, 9-3, behind a strong offensive attack. They put the game away with a five-run fifth inning, which broke a 1-1 tie. They compiled 12 hits; three by Kevin Krause (three runs, two RBI), two each by Jack Parenty, Robert Chavarria, Kevin Courtney and Casey Baker. Bryan Tatelman improved ...

Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics Hofstra defeated NYIT by the score of 13-1. A 1-1 game entering the top of the eighth quickly became a blowout when the Pride scored 11 runs in the final two innings to improve to 14-13 on the season while the Bears drop to 1-30. John Schilt recorded the win with two shutout innings of relief for his first W. Robbie Cafiero went 4-for-4 with one RBI and one run...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Stony Brook beat Rhode Island 5-4 to stay hot and improve to 21-11. The winning run came in the bottom of the eighth on a sac fly by Johnny Caputo. Nick Brass threw the final two innings to record his first win of the season. Kevin Krause and Keven Courtney both had two hits and scored three of the five runs. They will take on UMass-Lowell in a three-game series...

Pitchers are throwing too frequently, not too many pitches. You’ll hear it from former Major League pitchers all the time. “Pitch counts are ruining the game! In my day we threw ’till our arms fell off..then we threw some more!” It’s no secret that pitchers are getting injured at a higher frequency than ever before. In Tom Verducci’s latest article on Sports Ill...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Sometimes it’s best to make a change in your life. It’s possible something was holding you back from reaching your potential. In the case of Cliff Brantley, he just needed a change of scenery. “Things were not working out for me at my previous school, baseball wise,” said the junior who played at Wagner College in Staten Island. “I was ...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics It doesn’t matter what their records are, the two teams will always find it in them to play two intense and entertaining games. The Farmingdale Rams and Old Westbury Panthers have met in the Skyline Conference finals in the past four seasons with the Rams winning all of them. Still, the Panthers give the Rams a hard-fought battle each time and that continu...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics The Farmingdale Rams won three of four games this weekend. They swept NYU-Poly and split with Old Westbury. The first game against NYU-Poly was bizarre. Despite winning 19-6, they allowed 16 hits and needed five pitchers. Mike Dolce started and struggled through 1.2 innings. He was relieved by Kevin Martinez who fired three strong innings. Timmy Trimarchi went 2...

Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics St. Joseph’s split a double header on Saturday with Mount St. Vincent with an 8-0 victory in the nightcap. With the victory, they are now 10-14 overall and 5-4 in conference play. Steven Szobesky fired the completed game shutout, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out five. He is now 2-2 on the season. Anthony Andreani had three hits, dro...

Photo Credit: CW Post Athletics The Pioneers of CW Post split a weekend series with St. Thomas Aquinas. In their 4-2 win on Saturday, Joey Arena was finally rewarded with a victory after a number of tough-luck outings this season. Arena went 8.1 innings, allowing two earned runs and now has an ERA of 0.89 through 40 innings. Jake DiCarli recorded his first save of the season. Vinny Iacono went 1-f...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics The Molloy Lions won all three this weekend, beginning with one against Dominican College on Saturday and followed it with a DH sweep of Nyack on Sunday. Max Schonfeld won his third game of the season by firing seven innings without an earned run against Dominican with six strikeouts. Matt Castaneda recorded his fourth save of the season by getting the last two outs,...

The Golden Lions of Dowling are rolling. They just swept Queens College this weekend by the scores of 4-1, 10-4, 10-1 and 14-2. The first game I covered. You can read about it here. On Saturday they won the double header by a combined scored of 20-5. Tom Bammann won his seventh straight decision to start the year by firing eight innings with 11 strikeouts against zero walks. Andrew Abreu led the o...

The Adelphi Panthers lost two of three this weekend to the College of Saint Rose in Albany to fall to 15-14 on the season, but remain in the mix in the Northeast-10 conference with a 10-7 record. They were able to capture the series finale with an 8-7 win on Sunday. Chris Lemorocco started, but struggled in his 2.2 innings of work. He was relieved by Mike Cranston who took over in the third inning...