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Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics The Sea Wolves learned first hand how difficult it is for a northeast team to travel down south and face a powerhouse team in their environment. Despite hanging tough in the first game, the Sea Wolves ultimately were outscored 20-5 in the next two games and suffered the three-game sweep. In the third game, redshirt sophomore got the ball with the task of keeping the Gators at bay. He was able to strike out eight batters over five innings, but he did allow four ER on seven hits. The Gators got on the board in the second inning, when John Sternagel crushed a two-run home run, scoring Josh Tobias. In the following inning, Tobias stayed red-hot with a home run of his own to extend the lead to 3-0. The Gators extended the lead in the fifth inning with an RBI ...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics When Johnny Caputo connected to launch a three-run home run in the first inning to score Cole Peragine and Jack Parenty, it looked like Stony Brook might pull off an upset of the No. 2 ranked Florida Gators. It was, unfortunately, the only inning that the Sea Wolves would hold the lead. The Gators answered with a five-run bottom half of the first off Tyler Honahan. The offense went stagnant off A.J. Puk, who fired 6.2 innings, struck out seven and allowed only those three runs. Third baseman Josh Tobias led the way for the Gators with a 5-for-5 game, scoring one run and driving in three. Honahan falls to 1-1 on the season. Four Sea Wolves relievers combined to pitch the final 5.1 innings, but they did not fair much better–allowing eight earned runs...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It is no easy task going into Gainesville and  hanging tough with a perennial powerhouse such as the Florida Gators. The Sea Wolves did just that, losing a nailbiter 1-0, to the No. 2 ranked team in the country. The lone run came across in the bottom half of the sixth, when J.J. Schwarz drove in Harrison Badar with an RBI double off Stony Brook starter Tim Knesnik. Knesnik did a tremendous job of keeping one of the top offenses in the nation at bay for five shutout innings. He wiggled out of a bases loaded jam in the first inning by striking out A.J. Puk. He breezed through the next few innings, and it wasn’t until the run scored in the sixth inning did he run into any trouble. Matt Senk lifted him in favor of Kevin Kernan, who did a stellar job of putting...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Stony Brook will be the only local team in action this weekend due to all the cancellations that this winter has brought. They will begin a challenging three-game series against No. 2 ranked Florida in Gainesville, Fla. The Sea Wolves have never defeated a program ranked higher than No. 7 in their history–that came during the famous super regional upset against LSU. Florida enters with a record of 7-1, having lost only to Miami. They will have sophomore Logan Shore on the hill. As a freshman, he was named SEC Freshman of the Year as well as freshman All-American.The Sea Wolves will certainly have their work cut out for them. Stony Brook will counter with Tim Knesnik. He is 0-1, 4.00 ERA through two starts, but compiled a 2.39 ERA last year, making seven st...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Great pitching has been a staple of Adelphi’s success throughout the tenure of Head Coach Dom Scala. This year figures to be no different. “We have a young staff with lots of experience,” said the 12th year coach. “These guys threw a lot as freshman,” he added. The staff will be led by junior Jonathon Mulford. The former Massapequa star is coming off a terrific sophomore campaign in which he led the team with 71.2 innings, struck out 59 batters while compiling a record of 5-3, with a strong 2.89 ERA.  The captain will be joined by sophomore TJ Santiago.  “He (TJ) could be a No. 1 as well,” said Scala. That is no exaggeration–as a freshman he threw 60.1 innings, struck out 45 batters with a 3.28 ERA. Most impressive...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics The Molloy Lions headed down to Myrtle Beach, S.C to kick off their 2015 campaign. They did not fair particularly well, despite finishing the trip with a convincing 8-4 victory over Nyack. In that game, a wild first inning was capped with the Lions scoring six runs to take an early 6-2 lead. They small-balled Nyack to death with RBI singles by Michael Rahn, John Galanoudis, Elijan Leerdam and Jack McCarty. After starting pitcher Anthony Catinella was removed in the fourth inning, Sean Gordon came in relief to put out the fire. The sophomore from St. Dominic’s fired 3.2 shutout innings, allowing only one hit while striking out two. The Lions tacked on two more runs in the sixth on another run-scoring single by McCarty and a sac fly by Brian Murphy. Shawn...

It’s easy to fly under the radar when you play for Centereach. The program has won their league twice since 1991. One player that will force his way into the conversation is their ace Greg Marino. The monstrous 6’7″ Greg Marino will be entering his senior year with one goal in mind: leading the Cougars back to the playoffs. Centereach has not been a force to be reckoned with since 2010, but they might be feared every third day this season when their ace takes the mound. “My goal is to win as many games as possible on the mound,” said Marino. He took it one step further by saying “losing is not the team’s expectation this year”. He went on to say that “previous years have motivated me to turn things around and bring more wins to this sch...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Due to the inclement weather, Adelphi’s coach Dom Scala has announced that the team has made some changes to their upcoming schedule. Their season-opening game for Wednesday, February 25 against Dowling has been rescheduled for March 10 at 3:00 pm. They have also cancelled their trip to Dinwiddle, VA. Rather than simply wait out the cold weather, Scala has scheduled five games for this weekend in Wilson, NC for the Panthers. They will play two seven-inning double headers and one nine-inning game. They will play Queens in a doubleheader starting Friday at 2:30. On Saturday they will play another doubleheader against University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown before closing the weekend with a single game against East Stroudsberg. We will have a season preview fo...

Photo Credit: Hofstra Athletic Communications University of Hawaii won three of five games this week from the Hofstra Pride. The Pride have gotten off to a 2-6 start on the season. In the first game of the series, the Pride got out to a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning. They were executing small ball and capitalizing on mistakes. Their first run came on an RBI groundout by Matt Anunziata. They also scored on an error as Steven Foster was attempting a steal of third base. Alec Eisenberg was virtually untouchable. He carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but his night was over after a walk and a single. Bowie Matteson came on and put out the fire to end the threat. The Rainbow Warriors then put a scare into the Pride. They scored two runs in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout and a wild ...

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Daniel Zamora has gotten off to a tremendous start The early season road trips to Louisiana have not gone as planned for the Sea Wolves of Stony Brook. Despite escaping the frigid northeast temperature, they lost two of three this week to University of Louisiana-Lafayette to drop to 2-4 on the season. In their lone victory on Saturday–they defeated the Ragin’ Cajuns 4-1 behind redshirt sophomore Daniel Zamora. We highlighted him as one of the keys to the Sea Wolves’ season. The hard-throwing lefty went six innings, allowing one run on four hits while striking out seven for his first win of the young season. He now has struck out 15 in 10 innings while compiling a 1.64 ERA. The Sea Wolves got out to a 3-0 lead early on, with a well-execu...

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Bryan Sabatella Returns to LI to Continue his Pro Career “After 11 years, it took a toll on me,” said Bryan Sabatella as he reflected on his minor league career, which has spanned the country. Now he’s heading back home to Long Island to play for the Ducks, close to where he played his high school ball, dominating for Shoreham-Wading River. “It will be different in a good way–my friends and family will be able to come to every game.” Sabatella played his collegiate ball at Quinnipiac University. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 2005 Rule IV draft by the Seattle Mariners. He has put together quite a resume–hitting .307 with a .378 OBP, 45 RBI, 59 R and a league-leading 40 SBs for the Kansas City T-Bones. Those numbers caught the eye of the D...