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Although it got off to a dismal six-game losing streak, the Adelphi Panthers salvaged their annual Florida trip by winning their final two games against AIC and Assumption. In their 6-3 win against AIC, sophomore John Mulford fired a complete game, striking out 13 batters to record his first win of the season. The Massapequa native allowed only five hits and walked four. The Panthers knocked 10 hits, with multiple hit games from Brandon Stahl, Cliff Brantley, Kyle Ambury and Rich Mejia. They defeated Assumption 5-3. No statistics were available for this game, but freshman T.J. Santiago recorded his first collegiate win for the Panthers. Despite the rough week, Adelphi will have a chance to get right this week as they play seven games at home, beginning tomorrow against C.W. Post.

The NYIT Bears had a rough weekend, getting swept by Mount Saint Mary’s. The scores were 18-7, 11-8,  13-4 and 7-0. They drop to 0-11 on the season. In the second game, they fought back hard from a 4-1 deficit and took a 6-4 lead in the top of the fourth. The bullpen was unable to hold the fort and allowed seven runs in the finals three innings. Joe Daru drove in three runs in the loss. They will travel to Penn St. tomorrow.

Hofstra University split a double header with Furman on Saturday in South Carolina. The Pride won the first game, 4-2, thanks to eight strong innings from Nick Kozlowski and a two-run double from Matt Ford. Kozlowski gave up six hits and two runs while striking out four. Brett Schreiber came on for the save. Furman won the second game, 5-4,  in the 10 innings on a walk-off single by Heath Burton. Brett Schreiber took the loss. Dalton Rouleau smacked three hits in the loss. The Pride will take on Fordham on Wednesday.

This weekend the Sea Wolves lost two of three to UC Riverside in California. They won the first game before dropping the next two. They won 2-1 behind a great outing by Brandon McNitt in his homecoming. He yielded only five hits and one run while striking out four in seven innings. Cameron Stone saved it for him. Kevin Krause and Toby Handley drove in the runs in the second inning. They lost 3-2 in the middle game, with Frankie Vanderka suffering the tough-luck loss. He threw 6.2, allowing three earned. Riverside scored all three runs in the seventh inning. The final game was an 11-3 blowout. The Sea Wolves compiled 11 hits but couldn’t come up with the big hit. Ryley MacEachern suffered the loss. They will play USC tomorrow night in Los Angeles.

Adelphi lost 5-2 to AIC in Boca Raton, FL. The Panthers have now lost six straight since their season opening victory. Senior Stephen Bove suffered the loss despite throwing six innings, yielding two runs. Cliff Brantley stayed hot for the Panthers, smashing three hits and home run. He has been quite a find for the Panthers. The Panthers will look to avoid an 0-for-Florida today against AIC. Dowling beat Felician 7-6 on a walk-off hit by Rob Veltre. It was a terrific character win for the Golden Lions. They came back from a 5-0 deficit, slowly chipping away until the 7th inning. After they gave up a one-run lead in the 9th on a wild pitch, they were able to atone for the mistake and win the ballgame, moving to 8-5. Veltre had two hits and two RBI in the game. They will take on Pace tonight...

Yesterday was another busy day for baseball team’s from Long Island. Here’s everything you need to know. Farmingdale State won a sloppy 16-7 game over William Patterson. Both teams committed five errors, but the Rams were able to capitalize on it. They broke it open with a five-run sixth inning and added four in the seventh. Anthony Alvino went 4-for-5 with four RBI, Ryan Levine with 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Mike Scarlato with 2-for-2 with four runs scored. Shaun Melito recorded the win by tossing 1.1 innings allowing zero earned runs with two strikeouts. Senior Chris Dragone added three scoreless innings. The Rams will travel to Florida for their annual trip, they are sitting pretty at 5-1. Adelphi’s losing streak hit five, as they were shutout 10-0 by Barry Univ...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics This is a follow up of the last post. Here is a Q & A with Ram’s ace Mike Dolce, who is coming off a season in which he compiled a 0.57 ERA in 47.2 innings.It’s clear you made the right choice coming to Farmingdale, but where there other schools you were deciding on?1. I actually was not being recruited by any schools coming out of high school. Farmingdale was the only division III school I applied to and I knew the assistant coach at the time. I figured my best bet to play college baseball was at Farmingdale and I could not be luckier that I made that decision.Did you prefer pitching or hitting coming out of High School?2. I loved both, but when I was hot there was nothing better than hitting. I was a first basemen and when I came to Far...

The hallmark of a dominant team is dominating pitching. Farmingdale State has been able to count on a steady ace for the past six years that they have won the Skyline Conference. This year is no different, as senior Mike Dolce is coming off leading the nation in ERA at 0.57. Difference between MLB and college, however, is that the ace is recycled every couple seasons until they graduate.  Here is a briefing on the recent history of aces for the Rams. During their rise from mediocrity to Skyline Conference champs, the Farmingdale Rams relied on bulldog Tom Heeman. Although he also batted, Heeman was the workhouse, throwing a school record 94 innings in 2009, while compiling a 2.49 ERA while leading the Rams to their first World Series appearance in program history. He pitched himself i...

There was plenty of action yesterday between the teams on their Florida trip and those on Long Island still. Stony Brook defeated Iona 4-0 behind a combined shutout of three pitchers; Tyler Honahan, Bryan Tatelman and Connor Doyle. Honahan went the first six innings, allowing only three hits while fanning seven. Together, the pitchers only allowed three hits on the day. The offense was led by Casey Baker, who had two hits, drove in one run and scored one run. The Sea Wolves improve to 4-6 on the young season. They will travel to Riverside, CA this weekend. Molloy beat Bloomfield College 11-4 to stop their three-game skid. Nick Gonchar had the big blow, a two-run double in the fifth inning. He drove in three on the day. Carlos Guzman recorded three hits, drove in three and scored one. Alex ...

After three postponements to start the 2014 season, the St. Joseph’s Eagles opened their season on Saturday with a double header sweep of Plattsburgh State by the scores of 10-6 and 1-0. In the first game, they came back from a 5-run deficit that they were in after the top of the first. They swiped the lead right back after a run in their half of the first and five in the second, with the big blow coming on a two-run double by Dan Diblasi. Thomas Moore came in relief and fired three hitless inning for the victory. St. Joseph’s added four in the sixth inning for insurance. In the second game, Rob Hyde was dominant for the Eagles, he fired five shutout innings but did not receive any runs of support. The Eagles loaded the bases with none out in the sixth with a chance to take the...

The Farmingdale Rams are off to a solid 4-1 start, in large part to their sweep of Plattsburgh State yesterday by the scores of 12-3 and 2-0. In Game One, the game was 4-3 heading into the sixth inning when the Rams broke it open with eight runs. Anthony Alvino drove in three runs with Mike Marino adding two RBI. Mike Dolce went five strong innings and Matt Fick tossed the final two innings. The second game was a quick 2-0 game. The only runs came across on Tom Rydzewski’s two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth which gave Matt Seelinger the victory. He tossed five no-hit innings, allowing only two walks and throwing 63 pitches. Alex Pangourelias tossed the final two innings for the save.

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 3.1 innings. They suffered the tough 3-1 loss on Sunday. After Carlos Balmacada stole home in the third inning, the score remained 2-1 entering the eighth inning but they were unable to tie it up. Tim Ingram was the tough luck loser in the game. The Panthers will face Yashiva University this weekend as they open up their Skyline Conference schedule.