Author: Vinny Messana

Photo is credited to GoHofstra.com The Pride won their eighth game in a row on Wednesday with an 11-2 win over NYIT. It is Hofstra’s longest winning streak since 1995. NYIT took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a bases loaded walk by Greg Sarra. He ended up settling down in his first collegiate start to throw three innings without allowing an earned run. The Pride ended up posting three-ru...

Photo Credit: College Baseball Today Move over Johnny Vander Meer, you have company. Matt Crohan, a senior at Riverhead High School began the season by tossing a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts against one of the top offenses in Suffolk County; East Islip. Most pitchers would’ve been satisfied with that outcome, but Crohan is not like most pitchers. The Jamesport native raised the bar with toda...

Stony Brook: The Seawolves fell to Marist in Poughkeepsie, NY by a score of 12-6. In uncharacteristic fashion, Stony Brook made six errors which gave starting pitcher Tyler Honahan the bizarre pitching line of 2.1 IP, 3 hits, 4 R, 0 ER. He was charged with the defeat as he falls to 0-4 on the season. The Seawolves scored five runs over the final three innings, but it was not enough. Jack Parenty a...

 Photo is credited to DowlingAthletics.com  Dowling completed a four-game sweep against Molloy on Monday by a score of 2-1 in 10 innings. The pitching staff did a phenomenal job during the series as they held Molloy to one run in each of the four games. The bats did just enough to win, averaging just over two runs per game. In the first game, Tyler Badamo tossed a gem of a complete game while al...

Photo is credited to goseawolves.org California native Daniel Zamora of Stony Brook has been named America East Rookie of the Week for his performance this past weekend. In Saturday’s victory of UMBC the freshman tossed 6.1 innings, allowing five hits, two walks, one run while striking out nine. The Seawolves won both games of the double header with Frankie Vanderka winning the first game. F...

Hofstra: The Pride hosted George Mason University today, with a 6-3 victory. Senior southpaw, Joe Burg improved to 3-2 by tossing 7 solid innings, scattering 9 hits, 0 walks and allowing 3 earned runs. Shortstop Joe Perez had a good day at the dish, going 2-4 with 3 RBI’s, including a bases-loaded, 2 run single. Hofstra is 10-16 and have won 5 in a row. StonyBrook:The Seawolves took on UMBC ...

Photo is credited to Oldwestburypanthers.com The Old Westbury Panthers dropped both games of the double header to Oneonta State by scores of 4-2 and 6-3. Their record falls to 7-11 on the season. In Game 1 Frank DiMaria lost his no-hit bid in the seventh inning, but ended up allowing three runs as Oneonta came from behind to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 lead. The Panthers totaled only two hits in...

Photo is credited to AUPanthers.com The Adelphi Panthers won a slugfest over LeMoyne by a score  of 9-7. They got out to a 9-0 lead after three innings on the strength of a seven-run third. They were held scoreless after that and nearly saw their lead slip away. LeMoyne posted three runs in the fourth and four runs in the seventh. Closer Dillon McNamara came on to put out the fire for his fifth sa...

Photo is credited to Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke In one of the most anticipated games in recent memory, Ward Melville’s ace Anthony Kay tossed the first no-hitter in school history since 1991. Four years ago, two aces matched up against each other in arguably the most anticipated high school baseball game in Long Island history. Steve Matz and Marcus Stroman were clearly the two best pitchers t...

Photo is credited to AUPanthers.com The Adelphi Panthers won a hard-fought game 1-0 over the Owls of Southern Connecticut State. Senior Jimmy Milani made the most of his first start of the season by tossing 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits, although he did not factor in the decision. Unfortunately, the Panthers offense was unable to scrape across a run to get Milani the victory. Chris...

Stony Brook: The Seawolves took on St. John’s at Citi Field and it was a fantastic game through 11 innings. The score was deadlocked at 1-1. Unfortunately a hit by pitch with the bases loaded followed by a three-run double broke the game open as St. John’s scored six in the 12th to win 7-1. It was the first time Stony Brook played a game at Citi Field. Adelphi: Freshman Jonathon Mulfor...

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