2022 Weekend Recap

by Mike Anderson Week seven of the NCAA baseball season is in full swing, as the weekend series officially kicked off Friday night. Long Island college teams had a decent night, going 4-3 overall between the seven teams in action. Let’s take a closer look at how each team did on the night. Division I: Rider University blew out St. John’s by a final score of 13-3 to open up a three-game, non-conference series. With a very solid performance all-around, Rider was able to continue their winning ways and take the early series lead. St. John’s made an early impression in the top of the first inning when catcher Colin Wetterau singled home left fielder David Glancy for the game’s first run. However, that quick strike would be quickly undone, as Rider’s offense exploded for 12 runs over the second...

by Mike Anderson Week 6 of the 2022 NCAA Baseball season is underway after Friday kicked off the latest set of games around the nation. The Long Island teams in action had a solid showing, going 4-3 in total. Let’s bounce around to see how each team did individually. Division I: Quinnipiac snapped St. John’s five-game winning streak with an 8-5 win behind a strong outing from Brandyn Garcia and a big day from the bottom of the order. Garcia battled command issues in his start as he walked five batters but stranded those runners and threw six scoreless innings. They spotted him early run support when first baseman Michael Kohn drove a three-run homer to right field in the top of the second. DH Ian Ostberg padded their lead with an RBI single in the next inning.  After taking a 4-0 lead, the...

by Mike Anderson It was a mostly-positive start to the weekend for college baseball on Long Island, as six teams were in action Friday night. The five Div-I teams were back at it, while one Div-II and one Div-III team played as well. Let’s go around the horn to see how everyone did. Division I: For the second time today, Kevin Michaels has left the yard! 4-for-5 with two homers, a double and six RBIs 15-4 #SJUBase pic.twitter.com/kFyDNQnbFG — St. John’s Baseball (@StJohnsBaseball) March 18, 2022 St. John’s blew out Sacred Heart 15-4 to take the first game of their three-game series. After Sacred Heart scored in the top of the first, St. John’s put up seven unanswered runs with three in the first and four in the second. Shortstop Kevin Michaels led the way during this stretch, driving...

by Mike Anderson Friday, March 4th marked the third weekend of the 2022 college baseball season, and a couple of New York teams played some big games on the day. Let’s go around the horn and recap some of the things you may have missed. Division-I: Florida Atlantic played host to Fordham while opening a three-game series on Friday night. Despite engaging in a back and forth contest, FAU was able to take the opener 9-5 behind a big performance from their offense. After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the second on an Andy Semo solo blast, South Florida responded with a three-spot in the bottom of the third. They took the lead on a crucial error that led to two runs scoring, making the score 3-1. Fordham tied the game back up at three apiece after back-to-back RBI singles by Cian Sahler and...

Friday night saw lots of action in the college baseball world, as many teams either kicked off week two, or opened up their season. Let’s take a look and dive deeper into how some of the local teams did on February 25. Division-I St. John’s had a rough day, being the footnote in a historic performance by the Oregon Ducks. Oregon blew out St. John’s by a final score of 23-5, en route to their second straight win. The 23 runs marked a program record for Oregon, as they reached it with a 13-run bottom of the eighth inning after entering the inning only up 10-5. In their last game, which was last Monday, Oregon scored 21 and beat San Diego after losing their first three games. Having said all of that, the game was not nearly as uncompetitive as it may seem. Oregon jumped out to an early 5-0 le...