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St. Joseph’s Shuts Out Maritime in Crucial Skyline Double Header
The St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles had everything going right for them on Sunday as they took two 7-0 wins over Maritime. The pitching was stellar and the top of the order was electric.These two conference wins were huge for the Golden Eagles as they move to 13-7 on the season with a 7-1 conference record. These two teams will presumably be battling for the Skyline Conference up to the end of the season. You couldn’t have asked the top of the Golden Eagles’ order to be more productive in game one. Anthony Bonilla, Matt Burnett, Paul Britt, and Lou Doria combined for 11 hits, five RBI and six runs scored. Britt and Doria had monster days recording a combined seven hits between the two of them. Tyler Crafa also had a hit in the game. “I thought our guys came to play from the first in...
St. Joseph’s Drops Second Straight Non-Conference Game
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana You can totally ignore the non-conference stats or choose to interpret it as trend. Whatever the case may be, St. Joseph’s has now lost consecutive games to sub .500 teams entering the Skyline Conference playoffs on Friday.Yesterday it was a 9-6 loss to 2-26 John Jay College and today it was an 8-5 loss to New Jersey City–who entered with a 15-20 record.The Golden Eagles used many of their typical starters in the lineup–Joseph Lynn, Brendan Sullivan, Joe Calabrese, James Nakashian and Anthony Bonilla but used the day to get some work in for their relievers.The offense did compile 14 hits–with three coming by CF Ryan Walsh, who also scored a run. Bonilla had two separate RBI singles and Lynn hit a two-run double.Adam Brisman suffered his s...
St. Joseph’s Improves to 16-12 After Winning Three of Four
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was another good weekend for St. Joseph’s, who swept Mount St. Vincent’s on Sunday and split with Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday to improve to 16-12.On Saturday, in their 7-2 victory–they committed three errors but out-hit the opposition 13-4. Joe Calabrese and Joe Lynn both had three hits and drove in a run. Brendan Sullivan and Anthony Bonilla both had two hits. Glenn Patriss threw the seven-inning CG, allowing four hits, 0 ER while striking out three. On Sunday, they won 11-0 in the first game of the DH. Josh Outsen threw a complete game, allowing only two hits, walking two while striking out five. The Golden Eagles scored six in the second inning and that was all they needed. Brendan Sullivan led the way with three hits and four R...
St. Joseph’s stuns Old Westbury to remain undefeated in Skyline Conference play
By Jesse Borek PATCHOGUE, NY — Staying undefeated in Skyline Conference play thus far this season, the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles stunned the Old Westbury Panthers to sweep the doubleheader on the back of a four-run, ninth-inning comeback in the opener. After the shock of scoring four runs in their final at-bat in the nine-inning opener, the Golden Eagles would finish off the Panthers 4-1 in the backend of the cap, moving to 5-0 in Conference play. Aided by two errors, timely hitting, and a ton of wind, St. Joseph’s stormed back in the bottom of the ninth to win on senior Anthony Andreani’s walk-off base hit. After the inning’s first error, junior James Nakashian made it hurt, bringing home two runs on a double and trimming the OW lead down to 4-3. Another outfield error would kno...
St. Joseph’s Run-Rules Maritime
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYUQNG-_Ks] After an eight-day layoff, the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles defeated Maritime 12-2 in a game that ended in seven innings due to a 10-run rule. Four crooked numbers and some gutsy pitching from ace Ryan Aloise was the recipe to get back in the ‘W’ column. “I think the batters were patient,” said second year Head Coach Richard Garrett. “They worked the counts, but at the same time, if they saw it, they jumped on it early. I think that was it,” he added. The offense smacked 17 hits–Anthony Bonilla, Nick Girardi and Brendan Sullivan had three each, James Nakashian, Dennis McAllister, Anthony Andreani each had two. Nakashian scored four runs and Joseph Calabrese drove in four. Photo Credit: Vinny ...
Dan Parisi Voted MVP of March
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The fans have spoken! After 748 votes, Dan Parisi, Dowling’s senior catcher, triumphed over a field of five other candidates to be named MVP of March. The players were Jack Parenty (Stony Brook), Angelo Navetta (Molloy), Anthony Bonilla (St. Joseph’s), Mike Marino (Farmingdale) and Steven Foster (Hofstra). After one day, Parisi had garnered 68% of the vote and appeared to be sailing to the finish line, but overnight the St. Joseph’s crowd went to work. Bonilla not only closed the gap but took a nine-vote lead at 161-152. The Dowling crowd must’ve took it to heart because Parisi came back with a vengeance. He didn’t just close the gap, he didn’t just take the lead but he took a commanding 190-vote lead within two hours. He ...
March 24 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I: Hofstra: The Pride defeated Manhattan 4-2. They trailed 2-1 in the seventh but they scored three runs–highlighted by Ryan Donovan‘s two-run single. Brad Witkowski tied the game at 2 with an RBI double. They compiled only four hits in the game, but it did not matter. Brian MacDonald got the start for Hofstra–he threw six inning, allowing one ER on seven hits while striking out six. He received the no-decision. Chris Weiss saved his first game of the year with a clean ninth. The Pride are now 6-11. Division-II: Dowling defeated Adelphi 12-1. You can read the recap here. Molloy defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 5-2 to split the four-game series. Ron Bauer was absolute nails–he struck out 15 over 8 dominant innings. He walked three and ...
RBI Single by Anthony Andreani Leads St. Joseph’s to 6-1 Victory over Briarcliffe
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics Written by Jim FerchlandIt was scoreless game through 5 innings at Gregg Alfano Field in Patchogue between St. Joseph’s and Briarcliffe. Both offenses struggled to get going in the frigid, cold, weather. Briarcliffe was able to put numbers on the board first thanks to a Zach Mastrangelo RBI single to right field, driving in Nick Marzano to give Briarcliffe a 1-0 lead in the 6th. They would not be able to capitalize on anything else throughout the game. a flurry of Golden Eagles pitchers–nine to be exact–kept throwing up zeros. The offense came to life in the bottom of the sixth inning when James Nakashian beat out an infield single to first–which scored Anthony Andreani, who opened up the frame with a single. St. Joseph’s relief ...
St. Joseph’s Concludes Trip to Forget
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics Florida is supposed to be an escape from reality. Forget about your problems. Instead, it was simply a trip to forget for the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles. After seven cancellations, they headed to Fort Meyers and proceeded to lose six of eight games. The aggregate run total: Foes, 48Golden Eagles 27 They did have a 9-4 victory over Pitt-Bradford and a 6-4 victory over Elms on Wednesday. Glenn Patriss was terrific–6.2 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. Frank Trionfo and Nick Girardi closed the door in relief with 2.1 IP, despite allowing a couple runs to come in. The offense smashed 15 hits. The top six batters in the order–Anthony Bonilla, James Nakasian, Nick Girardi, Brendan Sullivan, Mike Alosio and Bob Keating–all compiled multi-...
St.Joseph’s Gets in the W Column
Photo Credit: St. Joseph’s Athletics The St Joseph’s Golden Eagles traveled down to Fort Meyers, Fla to play some baseball in warm weather. After two losses, they were able to come out victorious 6-4 against Elms in a seven-inning game. The offense came to play–they smashed 12 hits with Nick Girardi leading the way with three of those. Anthony Bonilla, Brendan Sullivan and Joe Calabrese added two hits each. They got out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the third on an RBI single by Girardi and a two-run single by Sullivan. Elms pushed across two in the bottom of the fourth to make it interesting for a bit. The Golden Eagles broke it open in the top of the sixth on a run-scoring error, and RBI singles by Matt Burnett and Bonilla. Frank Ziegler got the start, and recorded his fi...
