Author: Vinny Messana

Photo Credit: Hofstra Communication Department The Hofstra Pride won two of three this weekend over UNC-Wilmington to improve to 13-12 on the season. After losing the first game, they responded with an 11-5 win on Saturday. David D’Errico made his first start since the opening night of the season and was victorious with a strong five inning start allowing one run. Graham Tebbit relieved him ...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics The 0-6 start is now a distant memory. The Stony Brook Sea Wolves have now won 20 of 25 after completing a weekend sweep of Binghamton at Joe Nathan Field. They won the first game 3-1, with Tim Knesnik winning his second game of the season. He tossed 5.1 shutout innings but walked five batters against one strikeout. Bryan Tatelman and Cameron Stone each threw  1...

 The Dowling Golden Lions defeated Queens College 4-1 in an ECC conference game to improve to 19-8 on the season. I was at the game and here are my takeaways.. Tyler Badamo can pitch for my team any day of the week. After allowing a run in the first inning on a wild pitch, he settled in and dominated an overmatched lineup. He fired a complete game for the fourth consecutive outing and set a career...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics The Farmingdale State Rams ended their mini losing streak with an easy 11-4 victory over Baruch. They crushed 19 hits; including a huge 4-for-5 day with three runs scored for leadoff hitter Ed Bergmann. Mike Marino added three hits and three RBI. Freshman Daniel Tierney recorded the victory, as he fired 5.2 innings of two-run ball in relief of Kevin Martinez who...

Photo Credit: NYIT Athletics The NYIT Bears nearly ended their long losing streak, but dropped a close one 12-10 to LIU Brooklyn to move to 1-24 on the season. They were down 6-0 after one and 8-1 after five but scratched and clawed back with eight runs in their last four innings. They outhit the opposition 17 to 15; Joe Daru and Tom Joannou both had four. Anthony Martelli also had three hits. Mat...

Adelphi improved to 14-12 with a 6-2 victory over Dominican. Rather than a normal game recap, I will write my observations from the game since I was in attendance… The starting pitcher, Mike Ceperano, was very impressive. The freshman faced some adversity in the first inning and allowed two runs to come in but settled in completely after that. I was impressed that he had command of three pit...

Pitchers are the most unique breed in sports. They do not need to be psyched up to perform at their best like a linebacker. They do not need to be in peak physical shape to perform at their best like point guards. In fact, most pitchers are cerebral and perform their best if you just leave them alone. Or in the case of Dowling’s ace Tyler Badamo, he found he performs his best if he just leav...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Stony Brook stayed hot with a 16-4 trouncing of Manhattan to improve to 17-11. The Sea Wolves were up 10-0 after two innings. Toby Handley went 3-for-3 with two RBI and Robert Chavarria, Cole Peragine, Casey Baker and Jack Parenty each had two hits. They also benefitted from sloppy defense by Manhattan–they committed five errors. Josh Barry got his second win o...

Photo Credit: Patrick E. McCarthy For the second straight week, a Nassau County high school pitcher has fired a perfect game. Last week, Mike Delio completed the swing-and-miss fest of 21 strikeouts, Papa–also a junior–struck out 17 in his team’s 8-0 win over Great Neck North. Papa, regarded as one of the better pitchers in the county, benefitted from the rare 9-3 putout on a wou...

Stony Brook Athletics Kevin Krause made a diving catch in the bottom of the ninth with two outs to preserve a 6-4 lead for the Sea Wolves and move them to 16-11 on the season. Cameron Stone tossed three shutout innings in relief of Connor Doyle to record his first collegiate win and Bryan Tatelman recorded his second save. Anthony Italiano went 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBI and Toby Handley ad...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Stony Brook won two of three games this weekend. They defeated Bryant on Friday 8-5, Connecticut on Saturday 6-3, before losing to Bryant on Sunday 4-3. The Sealwolves improve to 15-11 on the season. They came back from a 4-0 first inning deficit on Friday. Vanderka struggled out of the game but hung on for seven innings while his offense got back in the game. Bryan...

Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics The Golden Eagles of St. Joseph’s handled Merchant Marine 11-4 thanks to seven unanswered runs. They were able to put up double-digit runs despite only seven hits in large part to the patience at the plate which resulted in eight walks. Tom Rubenstein went 4-for-4 with two RBI and Joe Liberatore went 2-for-2 with four runs scored to give the pitchin...