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Yesterday was another busy day for baseball team’s from Long Island. Here’s everything you need to know. Farmingdale State won a sloppy 16-7 game over William Patterson. Both teams committed five errors, but the Rams were able to capitalize on it. They broke it open with a five-run sixth inning and added four in the seventh. Anthony Alvino went 4-for-5 with four RBI, Ryan Levine with 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Mike Scarlato with 2-for-2 with four runs scored. Shaun Melito recorded the win by tossing 1.1 innings allowing zero earned runs with two strikeouts. Senior Chris Dragone added three scoreless innings. The Rams will travel to Florida for their annual trip, they are sitting pretty at 5-1. Adelphi’s losing streak hit five, as they were shutout 10-0 by Barry Univ...

Photo Credit: Farmingdale Athletics This is a follow up of the last post. Here is a Q & A with Ram’s ace Mike Dolce, who is coming off a season in which he compiled a 0.57 ERA in 47.2 innings.It’s clear you made the right choice coming to Farmingdale, but where there other schools you were deciding on?1. I actually was not being recruited by any schools coming out of high school. Farmingdale was the only division III school I applied to and I knew the assistant coach at the time. I figured my best bet to play college baseball was at Farmingdale and I could not be luckier that I made that decision.Did you prefer pitching or hitting coming out of High School?2. I loved both, but when I was hot there was nothing better than hitting. I was a first basemen and when I came to Far...

The hallmark of a dominant team is dominating pitching. Farmingdale State has been able to count on a steady ace for the past six years that they have won the Skyline Conference. This year is no different, as senior Mike Dolce is coming off leading the nation in ERA at 0.57. Difference between MLB and college, however, is that the ace is recycled every couple seasons until they graduate.  Here is a briefing on the recent history of aces for the Rams. During their rise from mediocrity to Skyline Conference champs, the Farmingdale Rams relied on bulldog Tom Heeman. Although he also batted, Heeman was the workhouse, throwing a school record 94 innings in 2009, while compiling a 2.49 ERA while leading the Rams to their first World Series appearance in program history. He pitched himself i...

There was plenty of action yesterday between the teams on their Florida trip and those on Long Island still. Stony Brook defeated Iona 4-0 behind a combined shutout of three pitchers; Tyler Honahan, Bryan Tatelman and Connor Doyle. Honahan went the first six innings, allowing only three hits while fanning seven. Together, the pitchers only allowed three hits on the day. The offense was led by Casey Baker, who had two hits, drove in one run and scored one run. The Sea Wolves improve to 4-6 on the young season. They will travel to Riverside, CA this weekend. Molloy beat Bloomfield College 11-4 to stop their three-game skid. Nick Gonchar had the big blow, a two-run double in the fifth inning. He drove in three on the day. Carlos Guzman recorded three hits, drove in three and scored one. Alex ...

After three postponements to start the 2014 season, the St. Joseph’s Eagles opened their season on Saturday with a double header sweep of Plattsburgh State by the scores of 10-6 and 1-0. In the first game, they came back from a 5-run deficit that they were in after the top of the first. They swiped the lead right back after a run in their half of the first and five in the second, with the big blow coming on a two-run double by Dan Diblasi. Thomas Moore came in relief and fired three hitless inning for the victory. St. Joseph’s added four in the sixth inning for insurance. In the second game, Rob Hyde was dominant for the Eagles, he fired five shutout innings but did not receive any runs of support. The Eagles loaded the bases with none out in the sixth with a chance to take the...

The Farmingdale Rams are off to a solid 4-1 start, in large part to their sweep of Plattsburgh State yesterday by the scores of 12-3 and 2-0. In Game One, the game was 4-3 heading into the sixth inning when the Rams broke it open with eight runs. Anthony Alvino drove in three runs with Mike Marino adding two RBI. Mike Dolce went five strong innings and Matt Fick tossed the final two innings. The second game was a quick 2-0 game. The only runs came across on Tom Rydzewski’s two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth which gave Matt Seelinger the victory. He tossed five no-hit innings, allowing only two walks and throwing 63 pitches. Alex Pangourelias tossed the final two innings for the save.

The Old Westbury Panthers have gotten off to an uncharacteristic 0-8 start. They lost both games this weekend against Southern Maine and Western New England at Baseball Heaven. They got out to a 2-0 lead on Saturday on a two-run HR by Kevin Licul. They were not able to hold the fort, however, with So. Maine scoring eight unanswered runs. Chris Vitale suffered the loss, allowing six earned runs in 3.1 innings. They suffered the tough 3-1 loss on Sunday. After Carlos Balmacada stole home in the third inning, the score remained 2-1 entering the eighth inning but they were unable to tie it up. Tim Ingram was the tough luck loser in the game. The Panthers will face Yashiva University this weekend as they open up their Skyline Conference schedule.

The CW Post season has gotten off to a nice 2-1 start in Lantana, Fla. They annihilated Post University 21-3 on Friday night, narrowly edged Assumption 7-6, before losing 3-1 against Wilmington University. They scored an unbelievable 17 runs in the fifth inning. Even if you subtract that inning, however, they still win the game. Rick Alessi drove in five runs, scored four and recorded three hits. Casey McKay and Joey Arena also drove in four runs. Mike Eckerle recorded the win. In their 7-6 victory they gradually erased a 6-2 deficit. The go-ahead hit came on a two-run single in the ninth inning by Kyle Fagan. Starter Chris Anderson went 4.1 innings, allowing five earned but avoided the loss with the comeback. Relief pitcher Brian Tinney went 4.2 innings scoreless and recorded the victory....

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The Golden Lions of Dowling are off to a nice 7-4 start to their season. They split the weekend against a difficult opponent in Franklin Pierce. They won the first two games on Saturday. They won 1-0 in a seven inning game. Tom Bamman fired the shutout, allowing six hits and striking out four. The lone run came across on a double by Ian Schneider in the fifth inning. They also won 2-1 in the night cap. Tyler Badamo came within one out of completing the complete game. He fired 8.2 innings, without allowing an earned run. RJ Going drove in a run with an RBI double and Rob Veltre drove in a run with a ground out. The Golden Lions lost the next two games, but will return to action tomorrow against New Haven.

Adelphi was not the only Long Island team to suffer in Florida this weekend. The Molloy Lions, an old ECC foe, also dropped three this weekend to Wilmington, Lynn and Southern Connecticut. The loss to Wilmington was a 10-4 final. Senior Max Schonfeld suffered an uncharacteristic rough day, allowing 10 runs (three earned) on 10 hits in four innings. He was sabotaged by three errors by his defense. The Lions batted around in the ninth innings and scored all four of their runs, but it was too little, too late. They were shutout 4-0 by Lynn. Starter Alex Brosnan tossed five solid innings, allowing two earned runs, but the offense could not get anything going against Connelly, who fired the complete game shutout, scattering seven hits. They were also shutout 2-0 in the third game, despite out-h...

Hoping to get away from the dreary northeast weather, the Adelphi baseball team traveled to beautiful Boca Raton, FLA for their annual trip. Ironically, the first game was cancelled due to inclement weather. They have dropped their first three games in sunny Florida to Dominican on Friday and a pair to No. 19 ranked Wilmington on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday the Panthers were in position to win the game, thanks to an eighth inning RBI single by Robert Vani to push the score to 4-3. In the ninth, however, senior closer Matt Abramowitz allowed two runs to come across. He was relieved by Nick Batas but the damage was done, Dominican stole the victory 5-4. On Saturday, the Panthers were hanging tight down 2-1 in the third inning until Wilmington broke it open. Sophomore starter John Mulford ...

Photo Credit: NYIT The NYIT Bears had their entire weekend series cancelled against Albany. They will take on Fordham tomorrow, hoping to win their first game of the season.