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Photo Credit: Adelphi Athletics Adelphi swept a double header from AIC by the scores of 8-7 and 10-3, reaching .500 for the first time in five weeks. The first game was as wild as it gets. They overcame a two-run deficit in the ninth inning with the winning run coming in on a two-run double by Alex Zykoff, which gave Nick Batas his first win of the season after firing three strong innings. TJ Santiago started the game, having entered with a 1.99 ERA in his freshman season so far, but was touched up for nine hits and three runs in 5.2 innings. The Panthers did blow a three-run lead but benefitted from 16 hits; four from Eric Hassell, and three from Rich Mejia and Kevin Hutzel. The second game was a conventional blowout. Mike Ceperano fired the first seven innings, allowing three runs and wa...

Calling it a perfect game would be selling it short. Perhaps it could be called a Swing-and-a-Miss Fest. Carle Place’s junior pitcher Mike Delio tossed the rarest of no-hitters; 21 up, 21 down via strikeout in Tuesday’s 15-0 win over Hempstead.  “This is the first no-hitter at any level that I’ve thrown,” said Delio who was pitching in his first game at the varsity level after two seasons on JV. “Obviously nothing like this either,” he added. To put this is in perspective, no Major League pitcher has ever struck out more than 14 batters in a perfect game. That was done on two occasions; 1965 by Sandy Koufax and 2012 by Matt Cain. Those feats were accomplished against 27 batters, Delio was able to accomplish his 21 batters in two fewer innings. Delio noted that he enters every game with the...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics Stony Brook defeated Sacred Heart 7-1 to improve to 13-10 on the season. The offensive came alive, banging 12 hits with Kevin Krause and Kevin Courtney each accounting for two. The Sea Wolves got out to an early 4-0 lead and never looked back. Josh Barry recorded the victory with two innings of relief for his first win of the season. They have now won 13 of 17 and will return to action Saturday vs. Bryant. Hofstra defeated NYIT 3-2 on a walk-off home run by Robbie Cafiero, who previously played for the Bears. Ryan Donovan also had two hits and scored a run. The Pride marched out nine pitchers to the mound, with the final hurler, Chris Harkey, recording the victory with two spotless innings. Hofstra improves to 9-9 on the season and will return to action this...

The St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles may just be heating up. They shutout William Patterson 2-0 behind a dominant outing by Dan Diblasi. He fired 8.2 innings, scattering nine hits despite striking out zero batters. The offense was led by James Terry’s three hit, two-RBI day. Anthony Bonilla and Brian Godoy also compiled two hits. The Golden Eagles improve to 5-10 on the season and will take on Merchant Marine on Thursday.

Photo Credit: Farmingdale State Athletics The Farmingdale Rams have now lost back-to-back games to drop to 10-5 on the season. The latest setback was a 13-2 loss to Ramapo. They were down 11-0 before they got on the scoreboard. Freshman Daniel Tierney suffered the loss, tossing 2.1 innings and allowing four earned runs. The Rams mustered only four hits, with two of those coming from Sal Sanguini. Ramapo improves to 11-3 on the season, they are a perennial 30-win team. The Rams will return to action this weekend with two freebees against Yeshiva University.

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The Dowling Golden Lions took both games of a double header from Bridgeport by the scores of 5-3 and 10-0 to improve to 15-7. In the first game, they trailed the entire game but came up with four runs in the bottom of the eighth to steal the victory. JC Brandmeier hit the go-ahead RBI single to put them ahead. Tom Bamman tossed five scoreless innings but did not factor in the decision. Robert Rose threw four scoreless in the relief to record the win. John Cruz, RJ Going, and Ian Schneider recorded multi-hit games. In the 10-0 game, senior JJ Bessell fired a two-hit, 10 k, seven-inning shutout to improve to 2-1. The offense compiled 14 hits, with John Cruz, Rob Veltre, and JC Brandmeier accounting for nine of those. They will take on Bridgeport once again tod...

Photo Credit: CW Post Athletics CW Post split a double header with Mercy; losing 3-1 and winning 2-0. In the victory, Mike Eckerle tossed the seven-inning complete game shutout with 12 strikeouts, while allowing only three hits. He improves to 4-0 on the season. Tom Tolan had two hits for the Pioneers and also scored a run. Vinny Iacono recorded an RBI as well. The Pioneers are now 7-6 and will take on Mercy once again today.

The Adelphi Panthers beat Pace 3-1, behind a strong outing by sophomore John Mulford. He has assumed the role of ace nicely, firing seven innings and allowing only one run while striking out six for his third victory of the season. Freshman TJ Santiago came on to record his first save. Kyle Ambury had the deciding two-run single in the fifth inning. The Panthers improve to 8-10 on the season. and will take on Stonehill on Saturday in a double header.

The Hofstra Pride got out to an early 6-0 lead and held on to win 8-2 against Manhattan. Ryan Donovan and TJ Ehrsam each compiled three hits and Robbie Cafiero drove in three runs. Nick Kozlowski was awarded with the victory, he improves to 4-1 on the season. Brett Schreiber earned the save for firing the final three innings, while striking out four batters. Hofstra will take on NYIT today at home at 3:00 and they will look to reach .500.

Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics The Sea Wolves topped Marist 9-3 to improve to 12-10 on the season. They received multi-RBI games from Kevin Courtney, Casey Baker and Johnny Caputo. Tyler Honahan improves to 4-0 with the victory. He tossed 5.2 innings, allowing only one run. Cameron Stone recorded his fourth save of the season. They will host Sacred Heart today at 3:30.

Photo Credit: Sports Illustrated Stony Brook just added a little more fire power to their lineup. After scoring only two runs in their past two games, the Sea Wolves tried an outside-the-box theory. According to sources close to Baseball on the Island, they have lured suspended MLB player and former superstar Alex Rodriguez back to school. Rodriguez, who was drafted out of Palmetto Bay Westminster Christian high school in 1993,  never attended college. He will apparently use his collegiate eligibility beginning this season. “We are glad to have him aboard,” said a high-ranking member of the program. “Even at his age and with his injury history, he would be the best player in the America East Conference. It’s just what we needed to get over the top,” he added. ...

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Division-IStony Brook played a rain-shortened two-game series against Hartford. Each team won a game 1-0. The Sea Wolves are now 11-10 on the season. In the loss, Frankie Vanderka followed up his no-hitter with eight strong innings, allowing only three hits and one run but was tagged with the loss. The offense was completely stifled and mustered only one hit by Kevin Krause. In the victory, Ryley MacEachern fired the seven inning complete game shutout, allowing three hits, he didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven. They scored their lone run in the fourth inning on an RBI suicide squeeze by Johnny Caputo. The Sea Wolves compiled six hits in this affair. Hofstra had their entire three-game series against Towson postponed due to the rain. NYIT had thei...