Author: Vinny Messana

It is rather ironic that the two players that I interviewed early in the season both were named All-Americans in 2013. Call it what you want, I call it impeccable talent evaluations. Dillon McNamara became the 14th Adelphi baseball player in the program’s decorated history to be named All-American, and the first since Robert Nixon went 11-2 in 2011. David Zilnicki became the first player (To...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics 2013 did not feature the firepower that 2012 did in terms of Long Island baseball prowess. To be fair, not many years ever do. There were so many impact players it was easy to confuse Long Island for a southern baseball powerhouse like Texas or California. This year there was a significant drop off, but that is not to take away from the players that are on this ...

The New York regional may be owned by Cortland, but Farmingdale is looking for revenge on last year’s loss in the finals. They defeated Neumann (29-14) 7-2, behind the strong pitching of Mike Dolce and Alex Weingarten. For the fourth consecutive year, the Farmingdale Rams have won the first game of the Regionals. They are hoping to advance to the Division-III College World Series for the sec...

The Stony Brook Seawolves will conclude their 2013 regular season this weekend at Hartford with a postseason berth on the line. It is a unique feeling, however, considering the Seawolves will be fighting for their playoff lives. They sit 1.5 games ahead of Hartford, which means it would take a sweep to fall behind. They entered the year as the overwhelming favorites due to their recent run of succ...

In a rather surprising turn of events, Molloy upset Dowling with a 6-0 shutout, eliminating the Golden Lions from the ECC playoffs in the first round. Dowling, who struggled offensively all season but had terrific pitching, was held to seven hits and their ace, Tyler Badamo, yielded six runs in five innings to drop to 7-4 on the season. Max Schonfeld tossed the complete game shutout, walked none a...

Two years ago the Adelphi Panthers were on the brink of the Divison-II College World Series, before dropping a pair to Southern Connecticut in the Regionals to have their dreams thwarted. Since then, they have played sub .500 ball. Most recently, they had their 2013 season ended in the first-round of the playoffs by No. 1 ranked New Haven (30-13) by the score of 5-0. The Panthers were held to thre...

Although it hasn’t been the walk in the park that 2012 was, the Dowling Golden Lions enter the ECC playoffs with a chance to bring home the conference championship for a consecutive season. They were awarded the No. 2 seed in the tournament with a 15-9 conference record, and will take on No. 3 ranked Molloy who finished 14-10. Dowling struggled offensively this year, compiling a .238 cumulat...

The Adelphi Panthers enter the Northeast-10 playoffs as the No. 4 seed and will look for redemption against No. 1 ranked New Haven tomorrow at 2 p.m. New Haven enters the playoffs with an overall record of 29-13 and having just won two of three from the Panthers. Despite their underwhelming .267 team average, they have two standout hitters. Chris Demorais is batting .375 and Brendan O’Reilly...

Once upon a time Farmingdale State College was the type of program that was in a transitional phase. They had recently switched to a four-year school and were no longer regarded as an agricultural school. On the baseball diamond they were anything but dominant. In 2005 they posted a 7-22 record, including 5-17 inside the Skyline Conference. Fast forward to 2013 and the Rams, led by Keith Osik, hav...

#1 seeded Farmingdale State has advanced to the Skyline Conference Championship today, as they took down #2 Old Westbury 5-1. Senior Ron Remi had himself a good day at the dish, going 3-4 with three RBI and a stolen base. Pitchers Michael Dolce, Cameron Kitt and Alex Weingarten held the Panthers to one (unearned) run, allowing just five hits and striking out seven. Farmingdale State will look to t...

With a school-record in his sights, closer Alex DiSanto entered in the ninth inning with the Old Westbury Panthers clinging to a 1-0 lead. He did what he has done all season, and that is finish off close games for his team, who defeated No. 3 ranked Purchase to advance to the semi-finals against Farmingdale. DiSanto recorded his program-record 13th save of the season, which allowed starter Arismen...

Missing the playoffs is not something Adelphi was accustomed to. Last year’s disappointing season was somewhat new for the proud program. They made sure it would not occur for a consecutive season, as the Panthers defeated New Haven 2-0 in a tidy two hour game to clinch a postseason berth. The starting pitcher, John Mulford, tossed 4.1 shutout innings but did not factor in the decision becau...