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Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Hofstra ended their football program in 2009, but for a moment it appeared they brought it back on Sunday when you glance at the scores and notice they lost 21-12. Here is the scoring summary (Grabbed from GoHofstra.com). Scoring Summary WM HOF William 1st Shaw doubled to right field, 2 RBI (2-1 BSB); Gould scored; Large scored. 2 0 Hofstra 1st Johnson reached on a fielder’s choice, RBI (0-1 S); Annunziata out at second 1b to ss; Rouleau scored. 2 1 William 2nd Smith, J. doubled to left center, RBI (1-0 B); Large advanced to third; Newell scored. 3 1 William 2nd Gould homered to right field, 3 RBI (2-2 SBBSF); Smith, J. scored; Large scored. 6 1 Hofstra 2nd Annunziata doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI (3-1 BBBF); Rouleau scored; Foster scored. 6 3 Hofstra 2n...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Last week we finally got to watch games being played on Long Island. This week is even more busy. There will be 44 games played this week, 20 of which will be played on the island. Division-I: Stony Brook: The Sea Wolves will finish their series against Binghamton today at noon. They will host Iona tomorrow and Creighton this weekend in a three-game series. NYIT: The Bears will host LIU-Brooklyn tomorrow and Fairfield on Wednesday. They will travel to Bryant for a weekend series. Hofstra: The Pride will host UMass-Lowell tomorrow, travel to Fordham on Wednesday and Delaware for a weekend series. Division-II: Adelphi: They will finish up their Florida trip with a game this morning against Molloy, tomorrow night against Barry and Wednesday morning against Southern...

Alex de Bourja Interview Conducted by Eric MoskowitzWhat was it like to make the playoffs last year after the multi-year drought?It was a great feeling and it felt like a turning point for the program. I got into coaching after watching Eastport South-Manor celebrate a county championship on our field in 2006.  I never wanted to experience that feeling again. The kids really worked hard to prove that Harborfields belonged last year and we ended up undefeated on our home field.  It felt like we constantly proved people wrong last year, which was fun. How do you feel about your team this year?  Do you feel you guys are ready for another playoff run?I’m always going to believe in my guys. We’re going to be young this year, we graduated 8 seniors, and lost a great kid that was our starting rig...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Things seem to change in a New York minute. There have been lots of cancellations and rescheduling because of an anticipated rainstorm this weekend (go figure, we can’t catch a break). Fortunately, many of the teams are outside of the northeast region right now. Here’s the schedule for the weekend. Division-I:Stony Brook will host Binghamton on Sunday for a DH at noon.NYIT will travel to Navy today to begin a four-game series. DH Saturday, single games today and Sunday.Hofstra will host College of William & Mary in a DH today at 12 and 3:15. Tomorrow they will play a single game at 1 pm. Division-II:Adelphi will finally begin their season today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla today against Nova Southeastern at 6 pm. They will take them on tomorrow at 1pm...

Photo Credit: LIU Athletics After beginning the season with four losses, the LIU Post Pioneers have won their last two games to turn things around. Their latest win was a 9-4 victory over Nyack College to conclude their trip to Lantana, Fla. Jake DeCarli improved to 1-1 with a dominating effort–7.2 innings, one ER, two hits, three walks and eight strikeouts. The offense attacked early and often. Matt Bowers drove in a run with a bases-loaded four pitch walk in the first inning. He also hit an RBI single in the third inning. The Pioneers added two in the fourth inning on an error and an RBI single by Kenny Daley. Vinny Iacono broke the game open with a run-scoring double in the seventh inning to increase the lead to 8-0. Vinny Ruggiero came on in relief of DeCarli and gave Nyack a bit...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Stony Brook played a makeup game against Fordham on Wednesday, they were victorious 6-5 to take the series from the Rams. The game was tied 5-5 in the seventh inning when freshman Andruw Gazzola drove in the go-ahead run which proved to be the game-winner. Kevin Kernan, also a freshman, recorded the win for the Sea Wolves. He threw three strong innings in relief–allowing one ER on one hit with two strikeouts–to put his team in position to win. Teddy Rodliff recorded the rare nine-out save with three shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk to close the door for his second save of the young season. Stony Brook opened up the game with a three-run first inning but the Rams responded with two in their half of the first. The Sea Wolves adde...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Molloy opened up their home schedule with a 3-1 victory over LeMoyne in a seven-inning game. They only compiled five hits on offense, but Anthony Alberghina drove in two runs with an RBI single and a sac fly that proved to be the difference. Four pitchers combined to hold LeMoyne to one run on six hits. Bobby Kelly started and threw two shutout innings. He gave way to Sean Gordon, who followed with two scoreless innings of his own–allowing no hits. Peter Vath continued the trend with another two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. Alex Brosnan closed the door with a clean seventh inning, as he sidestepped trouble after allowing the go-ahead run to reach base. The next game was a 2-1 victory in favor of LeMoyne. They are now 2-3 on ...

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Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Mineola Mustangs are coming off a strong 2014 campaign that was “three years in the making”, according to 18th year Head Coach Helms Bohringer. “They did everything they were supposed to do from a work ethic standpoint,” said Bohringer, who was a 37th round draft pick out of Adelphi in 1989. “They believed that they could win and sometimes that a tough thing when you came up as sophomores and you’re losing,” he added. Those years of experience, combined with an abundance of talent, allowed the Mustangs to compile a 14-7 record and qualify for a playoff berth. Unfortunately, they were defeated by Lynbrook and Hewlett in the playoffs in the double-elimination tournament. Having lost four of their seniors graduate and m...

Photo Credit: LIU Post Athletics After dropping their first four games of the season, the LIU Post Pioneers showed some resiliency by coming back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Bloomfield College 6-4 in Lantana, Fla. Relief pitcher Dillon Burke earned his first win of the season by throwing four scoreless innings and striking out four after Bloomfield had scored one run in four consecutive innings. The offense was aggressive all day–as they compiled 15 hits. Tom Tolan paced the attack with three hits. Vinny Iacono, Rich Maccarone and Anthony Brunetti all compiled multi-hit games as well. The Pioneers tied the game up in the eighth on a run-scoring double by 2b Matt Bowers. They took the lead when Maccarone smacked a two-run single to break a 4-4 tie. They outhit Bloomfield 15-6. The only...

Photo Credit: USA Today Long Island took a hit today when it was announced that Toronto Blue Jay’s RHP Marcus Stroman tore his ACL during a Spring Training fielding drill. Stroman, the pride of Patchogue-Medford high school, had a terrific 2014 campaign in which he was 11-6 with a 3.65 ERA. As a starter, he had a 3.39 ERA over 120 IP. He struck out 3.81 batters for every walk and allowed only 1.14 base runners per inning. Most impressively, in my opinion, was his ability to respond from a tough August. Many pundits believed he hit a wall and should be shut down for the season. Instead, he went 3-1 in September with a 2.61 ERA over 31 innings, while he struck out 26. Entering the offseason, many people became high on him. ESPN writer Jayson Stark even devoted an entire column to him l...

Photo Credit: St. Louis Athletics An athlete on a mission is often like a runaway train. It cannot be stopped. Holbrook native and Tampa Bay Rays prospect Alec Sole was not content with his professional debut in 2014 and made sure he did something to rectify that.“Everyday I had one thing on my mind–getting better at the sport I love,” said Sole. “Hopefully the hard work will pay off,” he added.Despite finishing college and balancing 18 credits this winter, Sole made sure he found time to get to the gym four days per week to gain strength while honing his craft at All Pro Sports Academy.Sole noted that he gained weight this offseason in a “healthy manner.”In general, 2014 was a tremendous year for Sole when you consider his performance in college w...