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Eric Hassell’s Three Hit Day, Ed Baram’s 7 Strong Innings Lead Adelphi to 10-3 Victory
By Vinny Messana After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Adelphi Panthers’ bats went to work and put up the next 10 runs of the ball game over the next five innings. With freshman Ed Baram throwing up zeros, it was more than enough and the Panthers secured the 10-3 victory over Philadelphia University. Junior Eric Hassell smacked three hits, including a long two-run shot in the break the game wide open at 9-2 in the sixth inning. “We came out for some early BP, we knew the wind was blowing out,” said Hassell. “They had a couple slow guys on the mound so we just tried to sit back on the ball and make hard contact with a windy day,” he added. After retiring the side in order in the first inning, Baram ran into trouble in the second inning. He allowed ...
Power Rankings Volume 1
There’s been enough games played where we can get a good read on what type of season it will be for NCAA-affiliated teams. Nassau and Suffolk CC still are very early in their seasons. Here’s the first volume of our college power rankings… 1. Molloy Record: 11-6 They have outscored their opponents 121-75. They have hit .311 with a .389 OBP. The contributions on offense have come from virtually everyone– Anthony Galanoudis, Angelo Navetto, Kevin Podell, Deilyn Guzman, Anthony Alberghina, Michael Rahn and Brian Murphy. Every regular has an OBP over .358 and they have averaged 7.1 runs per game, including an incredible 17 against Adelphi. The pitching staff has been almost equally impressive–despite off-season question marks surrounding the entire staff. Junior Ro...
Division Will Be Counting Heavily on Last Year’s JV Team to Protect the Nassau ‘Class A’ Crown
After defeating Bayport-Blue Point in the Class A Long Island Championship last season, the Blue Dragons of Division HS will enter the 2016 season with the target on their backs again. Under Head Coach Tom Tuttle, who is now in his ninth year, the program has won four County Championships and two Long Island Championships. They are clearly one of the perennial powerhouses on the island. This season, however, they will have to go to battle without virtually all of their key cogs from last season’s title run. “We had five or six guys that were three-year starters,” said Tuttle. “We had a ton of experience,” he added. They were fortunate to have a three-man rotation of James Varela, Anthony Papa and Kieran McLaughin that all signed to play college baseball. The f...
Battle of the Border Roster for Nassau is Set
With Deilyn Guzman‘s commitment today, that finalizes the Nassau County roster for the Battle of the Border. Mike Gaffney will be the Head Coach and he will be assisted by Lou Bernardi. Suffolk is just missing a second catcher and a shortstop. Here’s how the roster will look for Nassau County… Pitchers Joey Arena, LIU Post Rd-Sr. Vinny Caputo, Old Westbury Rd–Sr. Jeremy Charles, Old Westbury Sr. Alec Eisenberg, Hofstra Sr. Jonathon Mulford, Adelphi Sr. Brendan Mulligan, Hofstra Sr. Peter Vath, Molloy Sr. Catchers Kory Cassara, Adelphi So. Nic Milata, Nassau So. Infielders Jimmy Bulva, NYIT Sr. David Groeneveld, LIU Post Sr. Ryan Karl, Hofstra Sr. Mike McCormick, Nassau So. Michael Rahn, Molloy Rd-Jr. Mike Stack, Adelphi Jr. Tommy Zeigen, Old Westbury Jr. Outfi...
What’s On Tap For This Week
by BOTI Staff This week the high schools will kick off their scrimages and non-league games. Additionally, here’s what’s on tap for the week of March 21, assuming the snow melts and the games can be played… Division-I: Stony Brook will travel to Sacred Heart tomorrrow to play at 3pm. They will travel to Omaha, Nebraska this weekend to play Creighton in a three game series at the beautiful TD Ameritrade Park (home of the College World Series). NYIT will travel to Lehigh to play at 3:30pm tomorrow. They will host Fordham on Wednesday at 3:30pm. This weekend they will play Farleigh Dickinson in a four-game series. The first two games will be in New Jersey on Friday in a DH beginning at 1pm. They will host them on Saturday in a DH beginning at 12pm. Hofstra will look to get b...
March 19 Recap
By Nakeem Grant Division-I: Stony Brook had their DH at UMBC cancelled due to inclement weather. They will be back in action on Tuesday at Sacred Heart. Hofstra lost the middle game of their series at Ohio State by the score of 4-2.They held a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the eighth inning, but the Buckeyes put up a three-spot off John Rooney. Chris Weiss threw seven terrific innings, allowing one run with three strikeouts. They will look to salvage the third game of the series this afternoon at 1pm. NYIT split their DH with UMass-Lowell, winning the first game 7-1 and losing 6-4 In the victory, Elias Martinez threw eight strong innings, allowing four hits, no runs, striking out 12 and walking none. Anthony Martelli, Christopher Rula and Jake Lebel all compiled two hits, with Joe Daru, ...
Sayville Looks to Keep Postseason Streak Alive
by David Moskowitz Sayville looks to improve upon their 2015 record of 11-9 and continue their playoff streak– they’ve qualified for a postseason berth in 12 consecutive seasons. This will mark the 14th season as head coach for Ryan Cox. In addition to the steady leadership from Cox, Sayville has added Pete Blumenauer to its coaching staff. Pete’s coaching experience includes serving as the head coach at Islip (won State championship in 2007) Suffolk Community pitching coach, Adelphi assistant coach, the Hamptons League, and more. His presence will certainly benefit the team. Key returnees include: senior LHP Sal Zafonte –’15 League VI Pitcher of the Year (4-1 record, 1.39 era 40.2 IP, 47 Ks, one no-hitter), junior center fielder Kevin Newell (All-Cou...
March 19 Preview
Today is a crazy busy day for Long Island teams with 10 of the 12 local teams in action. Yesterday was not a very good day for the local teams. Only St. Joseph’s was victorious, and that was an impressive 8-5 win over the Washington Nationals’ Dominican Summer League team. Here’s the game times: Division-I: Stony Brook will take on UMBC in a DH beginning at 12. Hofstra will take on Ohio State beginning at 3pm. They were defeated 12-1 yesterday. NYIT will take on UMass in a DH beginning at 12. Division-II: Molloy will look to stay hot today as they host Stonehill in a DH beginning at 1pm. Dowling will face Pace at 12:30pm and Franklin Pierce at 4:30pm. They lost to Pierce 8-2 yesterday. Adelphi will wrap up their Florida trip with a 12pm game against Southern Connecticut. ...
Ray Ligouri K’s 10, Outduels Jeremy Charles 5-1
The Old Westbury Panthers felt good about their chances heading into their home opener today against NJ City with their ace Jeremy Charles on the hill. Unfortunately, the Gothic Knights scratched across a run in the sixth and seventh inning against him and that was all their freshman Ray Ligouri needed to record the 6-1 victory– his first collegiate win. The NJ native fired a complete game, taking a shutout into the ninth inning before Dean Sheridan drove in Tommy Zeigen with an RBI single to put the Panthers on the board. “We have a lot of respect for Old Westbury, said NJ City’s Head Coach Jerry Smith. “We knew they’d have a good pitcher coming in with the week off, so we knew what our approach would be–try to stay in the game as long as possible, then...
Jagiello, Andreoli Lead Pioneers to 6-1 Win over Bloomfield
by Vinny Messana After a couple less-than-stellar outings, Dan Jagiello appears to have righted the ship. The hard-throwing RHP for LIU Post–who has generated a great deal of buzz due to his sizzling fastball–threw seven stellar innings to defeat Bloomfield 6-1. He did so throwing primarily fastballs, which accounted for seven of his nine strikeouts. “I feel like I didn’t really need my change up today,” said the West Islip grad. “Fastball was really working, so there was no need to change speeds,” he added. He saved his change up for the biggest spot in the game–with a runner on second and two outs with the Pioneers clinging to a 4-1 lead, Jagiello unleashed a filthy change which resulted in his ninth strikeout of the game, and it eliminated...
In-Season Pitcher’s Recovery Program
The RECOVERY SERIES is an essential component to training and follows proven protocols that facilitate recovery. Maximal progress in any training program is jeopardized without adequate recovery. This program returns balance to the fatigued body and enhances the athlete’s response to the training stimulus. Movements in these sessions focus on muscular tension release techniques utilizing foam rolls, trigger point therapy, sports yoga, manual therapy, etc. These strategies will help you re-establish the length-tension relationship with your muscles, break up any adhesions/knots, reduce stiffness, and increase circulation to flush body systems and re-energize the athlete for the next training session or competitive day. Our IN-SEASON PITCHER PROGRAM is designed to facilitate and expedite the...
Farmingdale Defeats Kean for First Win of Season
by Vinny Messana It hasn’t been a great start to the season for the rebuilding Farmingdale State Rams, but tonight was a landmark win and potential building block for the team. They defeated Kean University, 10-5, to end their six-game losing streak to the season. It also ended their five-game losing streak to the Cougars which dates back to 2011, when I was a member of the Rams. They scored five runs in the eighth inning–all with two outs, thanks to an RBI single by Brandon Ernest, two-run single by Ryan Gaffney, steal of home by Anthony Gigante and an RBI single by Domenic Palumbo to break the game open. David Otero Jr., starting pitcher for the Rams, went 5.0 IP, allowed five runs (four ER) on eight hits while striking out two. After falling behind 1-0 in the second inning, ...
