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After an easy win on Wednesday, Farmingdale moved on to face No. 1 ranked Cortland in the second round of the NY Regionals. They fell behind 10-0 after three-and-a-half innings. Matt Seelinger, winning pitching in the Skyline Conference championship game, got the start but was not effective in 0.2 innings. He was relieved by Dominick Morelli who finished the first inning. The Rams did not lie over and die, they have battled back and cut the deficit in half to 10-5, thanks to RBI hits by Ryan Levine, Sal Sanguini and Ed Bergmann. After straining runners in the sixth inning, the sky opened up and delayed the play. The game was suspended and will resume today at 4:30. A win would put the Rams in tremendous position, but a loss would mean an extremely tough scenario of needing four consecutive...

Perhaps entering the tournament with a chip on their shoulder, the Dowling Golden Lions shut out Franklin Pierce 3-0 in the first round of the East Regional Tournament. Tyler Badamo performed as he has all season; complete game shutout, five hits, eight strikeouts for his ninth victory of the season against three losses. He now has 125 strikeouts in 108 innings and a 0.76 ERA. “I was pretty locked in,” he said. He has been locked in against Pierce all season, having not allowed an earned run in 17.2 innings against a 35-win team. The offense did not need to come out firing, but JC Brandmeier got them on the board quick with a solo HR in the second inning. That’s all that was needed, but they added two more on a HR Dan Parisi. They will take on the winner of Wilmington and...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics The Farmingdale Rams advanced to the winner’s bracket with a 4-2 win over No. 4 Rutgers-Camden on Wednesday morning. They got out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on an RBI double by Danny Paccione. He advanced to third on a sac bunt and stole home when Sanguini was thrown out attempting to steal second. In the top of the third, they increased the lead to 3-0 on an error by the third baseman, and Mike Marino made it hurt with an RBI single two batters later to stretch the lead to four. Alex Weingarten started, but was taken out after 4.2 innings, having allowed one run on three hits and three walks. It was unusual for him, he has earned the trust of the coaching staff to pitch out of trouble. Nevertheless, Timmy Trimarchi came in and got out ...

Kevin Krause has been on fire for the Sea Wolves.Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Stony Brook stayed hot and remained the top seed in the America East conference this weekend with a sweep of UMBC. They are now 31-15, and 16-4 in conference play with one weekend to go. They won the first game 5-3 behind Frankie Vanderka’s CG win. He held the opposition to seven hits, he walked none and struck out three. He is now 3-4 on the season. The Sea Wolves trailed 3-2 in the seventh but scored three runs to take the lead on a sac fly, RBI double by Johnny Caputo and an error.They added a run in the eighth, but Vanderka sealed the deal anyway. They won the second game 11-3. Brandon McNitt won his sixth game with six innings of two-run ball. he struck out nine and walked one despite five wild ...

Hofstra has dug themselves a hole entering the final weekendPhoto Credit: Hofstra Athletics For much of the season, Hofstra was in the thick of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings, hovering around .500. After a losing a weekend series  two of three to the College of Charleston, they are not helping their cause. They are now 19-23 on the season with a record of 7-11 in the CAA, good enough for seventh place. In their lone win of the weekend, they won 4-2. The combination of David D’Errico and Brett Schrieber was successful once again with the starter throwing five innings of two-run ball with the dominant closer throwing four shutout innings for his ninth save of the season. The two combined for 12 strikeouts, the highest total of the season.  The Pride backed him with t...

Photo Credit: NYIT Athletics It was not a season to be proud of for the NYIT Bears. They compiled a dismal record of 4-46, including a 10-game losing streak to finish the season. They went 0-4 in February, 1-13 in March, 3-19 in April and 0-10 in May. The team batting average was .228, with a .295 slugging percentage and .313 on-base percentage. Their leading hitter was Joe Daru, who hit .301 with 31 stolen bases in 34 attempts. The pitching staff compiled a 6.84 ERA, and the individual statistics are a bit tough to bear. Aside from Cohen’s 1.23 ERA in 7.1 innings, the next best ERA is 4.50 by Tommy Cardona in 18 innings. Five pitchers had ERA over 11.81. It was a tough season all around. Here’s to hoping the program is able to turn around and field a competitive team next seas...

Mike Marino will look to lead the Rams to the CWSPhoto Credit: Farmingdale Athletics The Farmingdale Rams will enter the NY regional as the No. 5 seed, according to the NCAA. The tournament will begin on Wednesday. The Rams automatically qualified for the tournament after defeating Old Westbury to win the Skyline Conference for the seventh consecutive season. They enter with a record of 25-11, but are a different team on the road. They were 7-7 on the road, versus 15-2 at home. Additionally, they will have the misfortune of possibly facing Kean and Cortland St. in the same tournament. The Rams just lost 10-1 to Kean in a non-conference game on Saturday. They are a perennial powerhouse that won the Division-III World Series in 2007. The Cougars are 34-10 on the season, and have advanced to ...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Molloy entered the ECC playoff as the No. 3 seed, and after a surprising opening round win, they ultimately had their season cut short after two losses to familiar foes. On Thursday, Max Schonfeld threw a complete game against St. Thomas Aquinas to lead Molloy to a 6-1 to move on the winner’s bracket. They proceeded to get crushed 12-3 by Dowling. Starter Alex Miden had a rough go of it; allowing five ER in 1.2 innings. Anthony Eichhorn relieved him and allowed four ER in 2.1 innings. At that point, it was already 9-2 in favor of Dowling. The offense was stagnant, compiling only five hits. Kyle Van Duyne was responsible for two of the runs on a home run in the second inning. Miden fell to 5-3 on the season, and the Lions finished their season with a rec...

Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Despite entering the Northeast-10 tournament has a huge underdog, the Adelphi Panthers nearly shocked the league with an impressive postseason run that included three wins over higher ranked opponents. That run came to an end on Sunday with a 2-0 loss to No. 1 ranked Southern New Hampshire. The Panthers received a great start from sophomore ace John Mulford, who was pitching on three-days rest. Mulford went six innings, allowing two ER on five hits, two walks and four strikeouts. He finished the season with a 5-3 record with a 2.93 ERA. The offense could not mount much of anything. They compiled five hits and struck out nine times. Cole Warren had them off balance and unable to string a rally together. Their best shot was in the ninth inning, when Nick Zito ...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics Although they did not receive an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA regionals, Dowling was awarded with the No. 5 seed in the East region. The Golden Lions (33-15) will face Franklin Pierce (35-16) in the first-round of the tournament, which will be held at Southern New Hampshire campus. The two teams split their season series, two games a piece. Franklin Pierce outscored them by a total of five runs in four games. Needless to say, the teams are fairly evenly matched. Dowling does have a pitching staff that can compete with anyone in the country, and their No. 5 seed has no impact at this level of the season. The game will be played on Thursday, and the tournament will run through Sunday.

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics It almost seemed too easy. The Dowling Golden Lions breezed through the regular season with a 31-13 record, beating every team that was a threat to them entering the season. They made it look even easier in the first two games of the ECC tournament, beating Bridgeport and Molloy by a combined score of 26-3. They even had a 20-6 home record to fall back on. Somewhere along the line, it all changed. They were crushed 12-4 against St. Thomas Aquinas in a potential clinching game. While it was not the end of the line, they did not respond well in the winner-take-all deciding game.  Kyle DeMeo took the mound, and was very effective. The Golden Lions took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third on an error by the third baseman. St. Thomas Aquinas responded with two-run...

-Yesterday the Dowling Golden Lions and Molloy Lions both won their first-round matchup in the ECC tournament. They will meet today at noon, with the pitching matchup expected to be Tom Bammann and Shea Spitzbarth. It should present a challenge for both offenses. Dowling’s No. 2 pitcher compiled an impressive 9-1 record with a 2.26 ERA. He threw three complete games and accrued 71 innings while striking out 62 and walking only 10. Spitzbarth has a 3-2 record in nine starts with a 2.23 ERA and 72 strikeouts against 29 walks in 60 innings. He held the opposition to a .194 average. Bammann will have an easier time navigating through a lineup that hit .260 this season, although it has been hot lately. Ron Bauer (.354 AVG, .423 OBP) and Kevin Podell (.307 AVG, .372 OBP) pose the biggest t...