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Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Molloy entered the ECC playoff as the No. 3 seed, and after a surprising opening round win, they ultimately had their season cut short after two losses to familiar foes. On Thursday, Max Schonfeld threw a complete game against St. Thomas Aquinas to lead Molloy to a 6-1 to move on the winner’s bracket. They proceeded to get crushed 12-3 by Dowling. Starter Alex Miden had a rough go of it; allowing five ER in 1.2 innings. Anthony Eichhorn relieved him and allowed four ER in 2.1 innings. At that point, it was already 9-2 in favor of Dowling. The offense was stagnant, compiling only five hits. Kyle Van Duyne was responsible for two of the runs on a home run in the second inning. Miden fell to 5-3 on the season, and the Lions finished their season with a rec...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Despite entering the Northeast-10 tournament has a huge underdog, the Adelphi Panthers nearly shocked the league with an impressive postseason run that included three wins over higher ranked opponents. That run came to an end on Sunday with a 2-0 loss to No. 1 ranked Southern New Hampshire. The Panthers received a great start from sophomore ace John Mulford, who was pitching on three-days rest. Mulford went six innings, allowing two ER on five hits, two walks and four strikeouts. He finished the season with a 5-3 record with a 2.93 ERA. The offense could not mount much of anything. They compiled five hits and struck out nine times. Cole Warren had them off balance and unable to string a rally together. Their best shot was in the ninth inning, when Nick Zito ...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics Although they did not receive an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA regionals, Dowling was awarded with the No. 5 seed in the East region. The Golden Lions (33-15) will face Franklin Pierce (35-16) in the first-round of the tournament, which will be held at Southern New Hampshire campus. The two teams split their season series, two games a piece. Franklin Pierce outscored them by a total of five runs in four games. Needless to say, the teams are fairly evenly matched. Dowling does have a pitching staff that can compete with anyone in the country, and their No. 5 seed has no impact at this level of the season. The game will be played on Thursday, and the tournament will run through Sunday.

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics It almost seemed too easy. The Dowling Golden Lions breezed through the regular season with a 31-13 record, beating every team that was a threat to them entering the season. They made it look even easier in the first two games of the ECC tournament, beating Bridgeport and Molloy by a combined score of 26-3. They even had a 20-6 home record to fall back on. Somewhere along the line, it all changed. They were crushed 12-4 against St. Thomas Aquinas in a potential clinching game. While it was not the end of the line, they did not respond well in the winner-take-all deciding game.  Kyle DeMeo took the mound, and was very effective. The Golden Lions took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third on an error by the third baseman. St. Thomas Aquinas responded with two-run...

-Yesterday the Dowling Golden Lions and Molloy Lions both won their first-round matchup in the ECC tournament. They will meet today at noon, with the pitching matchup expected to be Tom Bammann and Shea Spitzbarth. It should present a challenge for both offenses. Dowling’s No. 2 pitcher compiled an impressive 9-1 record with a 2.26 ERA. He threw three complete games and accrued 71 innings while striking out 62 and walking only 10. Spitzbarth has a 3-2 record in nine starts with a 2.23 ERA and 72 strikeouts against 29 walks in 60 innings. He held the opposition to a .194 average. Bammann will have an easier time navigating through a lineup that hit .260 this season, although it has been hot lately. Ron Bauer (.354 AVG, .423 OBP) and Kevin Podell (.307 AVG, .372 OBP) pose the biggest t...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Dowling made quick work of Bridgeport, with an easy 14-0 win. ECC Pitcher of the Year Tyler Badamo breezed through seven innings, striking out nine, limiting them to six hits and one walk for his eighth win of the season. The offense backed him with plenty of offense, including 18 hits. Adam Schuster went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI. Jon Cruz went 3-for-6 with two RBI and two runs scored. JC Brandmeier went 3-for-4 with one RBI and a run scored. Dan Parisi, Rob Veltre, Andrew Abreu and RJ Going all had two hits. They broke the game open with a 10-run sixth inning to put the game out of reach. They are now 32-13 on the season and will host Molloy at noon, with the winner playing in the ECC Championship. Molloy pulled off the surprising upset of N...

Aside from Adelphi’s shocking upset, there were two other games on Wednesday. The Stony Brook Sea Wolves crushed NYIT 15-4 to improve to 28-15 and drop the Bears to 4-42. Kevin Courtney highlighted the Sea Wolves offense with a 5-for-6 day, including hitting for the cycle. It was the first time a Stony Brook player accomplished the feat since 2006. His first hit of the day was a three-run home run to right field to open up the scoring. The Sea Wolves did not stop there, they ultimately compiled 19 hits; Kevin Krause also had an extraordinary day with three hits, three runs scored, four RBI and two HR. Jack Parenty also hit a HR, hit first collegiate long ball. Jeremy Giles, Johnny Caputo and Cole Peragine all had multi-hit games. Josh Barry recorded the win for the Sea Wolves, he wen...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics The Adelphi Panthers shocked No. 1 ranked Southern Connecticut with a 10-4 victory, which puts them in the conference tournament, hosted by Southern New Hampshire beginning on Friday. The Panthers, now 22-21 got out to a 4-0 first inning lead against Rocco Cundari, who entered play with a 5-2 record and an ERA of 0.85. He previously threw a shutout against the Panthers in April, but they got out to a fast start thanks to a bases loaded walk by Robert Vani and a two-run single by Eric Hassell. They added a fourth first-inning run on a fielder’s choice. The Panthers extended the lead to 5-0 in the second inning on an RBI single by Rich Mejia. The Owls made a game of it, narrowing down the deficit to 5-4 in the fifth inning on a bases loaded double play. ...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics The Adelphi Panthers (21-21) will travel to New Haven today to take on No.1 ranked Southern Connecticut State (24-14-1) in the first-round of the Northeast-10 conference playoffs at 3:30. The two teams met three times this season, with the Owls taking two of three games, the Panthers won 4-3 with John Bivas recording the victory. It will be very important for the Panthers to get depth from their starting pitcher, John Mulford. He has been their most consistent pitcher this season, compiling a 2.84 ERA in 57 innings while holding the opposition to a .222 AVG. Ideally, he will pitch into the seventh inning, so the Panthers can stick to their most reliable relievers; Mike Cranston, Matt Abramowitz and John Donnelly. Those three have the ability to throw strikes...

It was only a matter of time for Marcus Stroman to make his Major League debut. Those who have followed his journey to the big leagues–and those who have competed against him in the past like myself–knew he was destined to make it with the way he has dominated each level. After getting called up, it didn’t take long to get thrown into the fire. He was summoned to pitch in the eighth inning for the Blue Jays against the Pirates with a 7-1 lead. He retired Travis Snyder but allowed a triple to Josh Harrison. The run came in to score on a sacrifice fly. Stroman deserved the promotion, he dominated Triple-A Buffalo to the tune of a 1.69 ERA in 26.2 innings with a 37:7 strikeout to walk ratio. He just turned 23-years-old on May 1, and he appears to have an illustrious career a...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Dowling split with St. Thomas Aquinas and they are now 31-13 on the season. They have the No. 1 seed in the ECC with a 19-5 conference record. They won the second game 17-4, with Tom Bammann improving his record to 9-1 on the season. He threw seven innings, allowed two runs while striking out seven. The offense smacked 21 hits; JC Brandmeier went 4-for-5 with five RBI and three runs scored, Andrew Abreu went 3-for-6 with three runs scored, Vinny Orlando went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored and RJ going went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored. They salvaged a split with a 7-6 win in the final game in 12 innings. Nick Persad recorded the win with 2.2 shutout innings in relief. Together, they used seven pitchers to navigate to the win. Perhaps th...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Stony Brook beat Maine two out of three this weekend to improve to 27-15 on the season. They won the middle game 11-3. Brandon McNitt recorded his fifth win of the season by throwing six innings, allowing three runs and striking out seven. The offense scored five in the first, three in the second and one in the third to put the game on ice. Casey Baker went 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored, and Cole Peragine added two hits, three RBI and one run scored. They won the decisive game 4-1 thanks to a three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning, thanks to back-to-back run-scoring triples by Peragine and Baker. Bryan Tatleman improved to 4-0 on the season with the win by throwing 2.1 shutout innings in relief. They will take on NYIT on Wednesda...