Author: Vinny Messana

The Old Westbury Panthers have gotten off to an uncharacteristic 0-8 start. They lost both games this weekend against Southern Maine and Western New England at Baseball Heaven. They got out to a 2-0 lead on Saturday on a two-run HR by Kevin Licul. They were not able to hold the fort, however, with So. Maine scoring eight unanswered runs. Chris Vitale suffered the loss, allowing six earned runs in ...

The CW Post season has gotten off to a nice 2-1 start in Lantana, Fla. They annihilated Post University 21-3 on Friday night, narrowly edged Assumption 7-6, before losing 3-1 against Wilmington University. They scored an unbelievable 17 runs in the fifth inning. Even if you subtract that inning, however, they still win the game. Rick Alessi drove in five runs, scored four and recorded three hits. ...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The Golden Lions of Dowling are off to a nice 7-4 start to their season. They split the weekend against a difficult opponent in Franklin Pierce. They won the first two games on Saturday. They won 1-0 in a seven inning game. Tom Bamman fired the shutout, allowing six hits and striking out four. The lone run came across on a double by Ian Schneider in the fifth inning...

Adelphi was not the only Long Island team to suffer in Florida this weekend. The Molloy Lions, an old ECC foe, also dropped three this weekend to Wilmington, Lynn and Southern Connecticut. The loss to Wilmington was a 10-4 final. Senior Max Schonfeld suffered an uncharacteristic rough day, allowing 10 runs (three earned) on 10 hits in four innings. He was sabotaged by three errors by his defense. ...

Hoping to get away from the dreary northeast weather, the Adelphi baseball team traveled to beautiful Boca Raton, FLA for their annual trip. Ironically, the first game was cancelled due to inclement weather. They have dropped their first three games in sunny Florida to Dominican on Friday and a pair to No. 19 ranked Wilmington on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday the Panthers were in position to win ...

Photo Credit: NYIT The NYIT Bears had their entire weekend series cancelled against Albany. They will take on Fordham tomorrow, hoping to win their first game of the season.

The Hofstra Pride spent the weekend in San Antonio against the University of the Incarnate Word. They split the series, and now have a record of 5-6. In their 9-3 win on Friday, Brian MacDonald had the big blow, a third inning grand slam to break the game open. Nick Kozlowski fired six innings, allowing two earned runs for the win. They won the next game 4-2. In the 12th inning, senior Matt Ford b...

Photo credit: Stony Brook Athletics Desperately looking to avoid last year’s dismal start, the Stony Brook Sea Wolves were able to right the ship with a weekend sweep of Fordham. They are now a modest 3-6, but trending upward with plenty of season ahead of them. Game One was a 6-0 shutout tossed by ace Frankie Vanderka. The senior fired a three-hitter, fanning 11 while walking only one batte...

The Hofstra Pride improved to 3-4 on the season after defeating Penn State two of three this weekend in North Carolina. In Game One, Nick Kozlowski and Brett Schreiber combined on a shutout. Kozlowski started and tossed the first 5.1 with three strikeouts and Schreiber finished and compiled six strikeouts. Kenny Jackson led the offense with two home runs, while driving in four runs. The Pride won ...

It was another win-less weekend for the Sea Wolves. They were defeated in North Carolina by Wake Forest, St. Peters and Saint Louis. The latter two losses came in extra-inning heart breakers. In the second game, they wasted a dominating seven inning, 10-k performance from Brandon McNitt by blowing a ninth inning lead. In the third game, they wasted a three-hit, two RBI performance from Cole Peragi...

After numerous cancellations, Adelphi finally had the opportunity to play their first game of 2014. It was worth the wait, having beat Virginia Wesleyen 2-1 in a pitcher-dominated game. Neither of the runs were credited with RBIs–an error, and bases-loaded double play, but it did not matter because the combination of Stephen Bove, John Mulford, Vinny Caputo, John Donnelly and TJ Santiago hel...

Much like the team that Head Coach Dom Scala once played for, the catchers’ position has been the most stable position in the history of the Panthers. While it is unfair any college program to the likes of Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson and Jorge Posada, Adelphi has had Ryan Boelsen and Rich McCarren over the past decade.Next in line is Kevin Hutzel, who was named All-Conference in ...