Author: Vinny Messana

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Division-IStony Brook played a rain-shortened two-game series against Hartford. Each team won a game 1-0. The Sea Wolves are now 11-10 on the season. In the loss, Frankie Vanderka followed up his no-hitter with eight strong innings, allowing only three hits and one run but was tagged with the loss. The offense was completely stifled and mustered only one hit by Kevin...

NYIT lost to LIU Brooklyn yesterday by the score of 12-10. They were in an early 6-0 deficit after one and 8-1 after five, but clawed back to make it a close game. Joe Daru had four hits and Nick Sebastian had three RBI. Matt Diaz suffered the loss for the Bears, who fall to 1-17 on the season. They will take on Farleigh Dickinson in a four-game series this weekend. Adelphi beat NE-10 rival Southe...

Yesterday the Stony Brook Sea Wolves defeated NYIT by the score of 3-2 to move to 10-9. They have now won 10 of 13 since their 0-6 start. The Sea Wolves received great pitching from starter Tim Knesnik and reliever Bryan Tatelman. The latter received the victory for four shutout innings with three strikeouts. The winning run came across in the sixth inning on a sac fly by Kevin Krause. The Hofstra...

Suffolk County baseball opened up its regular season yesterday in a big way. Not one, not two, but three no-hitters were thrown. In League II, Dennis Buckstein of Sachem North fired a 14-k no-no against Whitman. It was the first no-hitter in 15 years for the program. The Flaming Arrows were victorious 2-0. The lone base runner was on an error. He only needed 81 pitches to accomplish the feat. In L...

Stony Brook swept Albany and they are now back to .500 on the season at 9-9. Aside from the no-hitter, Brandon McNitt also fired a complete game in the 6-2 victory in the middle game. Kevin Courtney has three RBI in that game. In the third game, they won 7-3 with Tyler Honahan recording the victory with two innings of work. Cole Peragine broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with an RBI double. NYI...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics There’s something about giving up base hits that Frankie Vanderka, Stony Brook ace, does not like. He tossed his third career no-hitter on Saturday against Albany in a 7-0 win. He walked two, hit one and struck out 10. “I started to notice around the seventh inning,” he said. “I realized I needed to get through the lineup one more time,&#...

Photo Credit: James Escher Suffering one potentially career-ending injury is a lot for an athlete to compartmentalize and rehab from. But suffering a different one just as you are about to return to full strength? Well that’s just absolutely cruel. Connetquot’s senior and Stony Brook-bound pitcher Matt Buckshaw had to face just that. After being diagnosed with a torn UCL and facing Tom...

It was a rough day on the island for local teams. Adelphi dropped a close one, 4-3, to Nyack College. They had a 3-2 lead in the fifth but Chris Lemorocco  allowed the go-ahead run and suffered the loss. The Panthers put together only six hits, compiled by six players. They will have a huge weekend with double headers on Saturday and Sunday against Franklin Pierce and Southern New Hampshire. St. J...

Stony Brook lost a 1-0 pitcher’s duel yesterday at Cal State Northridge. The winning run came across the plate on a walk-off walk in the bottom of the ninth inning. Chad Lee suffered the loss for the Sea Wolves who drop to 6-9 on the season and 3-4 in one-run games. The Sea Wolves got a tremendous effort from starting pitcher Tim Knesnik and reliever Bryan Tatelman who combined for eight shu...

St. Joseph’s trip to Florida has not been kind so far. They have lost their first four games, including two yesterday to Mass-Boston. In the first game, they lost 5-3. They had battled back from a 4-0 deficit to cut the lead to one but were unable to close the deal. Steven Szobesky took the loss, he drops to 0-2 on the young season. He allowed four runs in five innings of work. Brian Godoy r...

The NYIT Bears drop to 0-12 after losing a close one, 7-3, to Penn State. They had battled back to cut the deficit to 4-3, but allowed three runs to come across in the bottom of the seventh. Michael Sinnott suffered the loss, as he tossed 4.2 innings, allowing four earned runs while walking six. The Bears did smash 10 hits in the game; including three each by Joe Daru and Josh Canabal. They will r...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics The Sea Wolves marched into Los Angeles and toppled USC by the score of 4-3. Tyler Honahan improved his record to 2-0 with 6.2 strong innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs. Cameron Stone closed it out with 2.1 spotless innings. Robert Chavarria recorded three hits and one RBI for Stony Brook and Kevin Courtney added two hits and one RBI as well. The Sea...