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The Hofstra Pride spent the weekend in San Antonio against the University of the Incarnate Word. They split the series, and now have a record of 5-6. In their 9-3 win on Friday, Brian MacDonald had the big blow, a third inning grand slam to break the game open. Nick Kozlowski fired six innings, allowing two earned runs for the win. They won the next game 4-2. In the 12th inning, senior Matt Ford broke the tie with a two-run home run off Matt Decker. David Jesch started for the Pride and fired seven terrific innings, but did not factor in the decision. Brett Schreiber came on and closed the door with five innings to record the win.

Photo credit: Stony Brook Athletics Desperately looking to avoid last year’s dismal start, the Stony Brook Sea Wolves were able to right the ship with a weekend sweep of Fordham. They are now a modest 3-6, but trending upward with plenty of season ahead of them. Game One was a 6-0 shutout tossed by ace Frankie Vanderka. The senior fired a three-hitter, fanning 11 while walking only one batter. On offense, Kevin Courtney led the way with three hits and two RBI. Kevin Krause also drove in two runs. The middle game was even more dominating, a 10-0 victory. Strangely enough, the Sea Wolves were scoreless in all but one of those innings. They exploded for 10 runs in the fourth inning, thanks to nine straight batters reaching base. The big blow came on a grand slam by Kevin Krause to break...

The Hofstra Pride improved to 3-4 on the season after defeating Penn State two of three this weekend in North Carolina. In Game One, Nick Kozlowski and Brett Schreiber combined on a shutout. Kozlowski started and tossed the first 5.1 with three strikeouts and Schreiber finished and compiled six strikeouts. Kenny Jackson led the offense with two home runs, while driving in four runs. The Pride won the next game 5-2. David Jesch won his second game of the season, with seven strong innings. Nobody compiled a multi-hit or multi-RBI game, but a three-run first inning was the difference. Brian MacDonald, Kenny Jackson, Matt Ford and John Taurinsky accounted for the RBIs. The Nittany Lions salvaged the final game with a 10-4 loss. It took the Pride eight pitchers to escape the game, with starter ...

It was another win-less weekend for the Sea Wolves. They were defeated in North Carolina by Wake Forest, St. Peters and Saint Louis. The latter two losses came in extra-inning heart breakers. In the second game, they wasted a dominating seven inning, 10-k performance from Brandon McNitt by blowing a ninth inning lead. In the third game, they wasted a three-hit, two RBI performance from Cole Peragine while dropping a disappointing 9-8 game in 12 innings. It was a strange game, they were down 5-0 and roared back to gain the lead after a seven-run fifth inning but relinquished the lead in the ensuing frame. The team did start 2013 by dropping the first eight games of the season and they are now in danger of repeating that. They will take on Fordham on Saturday with the hopes of getting the fi...

After numerous cancellations, Adelphi finally had the opportunity to play their first game of 2014. It was worth the wait, having beat Virginia Wesleyen 2-1 in a pitcher-dominated game. Neither of the runs were credited with RBIs–an error, and bases-loaded double play, but it did not matter because the combination of Stephen Bove, John Mulford, Vinny Caputo, John Donnelly and TJ Santiago held down the opponent in sunny Virginia. The Panthers compiled only four hits in the contest. They will now face Hofstra on Tuesday in Uniondale.

Much like the team that Head Coach Dom Scala once played for, the catchers’ position has been the most stable position in the history of the Panthers. While it is unfair any college program to the likes of Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson and Jorge Posada, Adelphi has had Ryan Boelsen and Rich McCarren over the past decade.Next in line is Kevin Hutzel, who was named All-Conference in his junior year and will be counted on to be a leader and a force in the middle of the lineup for the Panthers. Here is a quick Q & A with the Massapequa native about a variety of baseball topics.How did you experience such a rapid improvement from sophomore to junior year? 1. A lot of my improvement derived from my approach at the plate. I was putting myself into bad counts and taking pitches...

Molloy finished their weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C with a 2-2 record. They were victorious over Nyack and Caldwell after losing the first two against Merrimack and Stonehill. John Galanoudis finished the weekend 7-for-18 (.389) and Carlos Guzman was right behind with 6-for-16 (.375).  Max Schonfeld provided the team with just what they needed, a huge performance to get the first win of the season. He went 7.1 innings, yielding on 1 earned run on six hits. Alex Brosnan followed suit with 7 strong innings the next game, allowing only two runs with six strikeouts. The Lions pounded out 14 hits, with five players compiling multi-hit performances in the 12-2 drubbing. All things considered, it was a great end to the weekend. The Lions were able to right the ship and will head to Garden City on ...

They say the East Coast teams hate traveling across country in the NFL. That may be true in college baseball too, as Hofstra began its 2014 season by losing three of four to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. They were outscored 32-13 in the series, with the lone win coming in the third game 7-5. In the victory, David Jesch earned the win with four innings of relief, yielding three runs. He relieved junior college transfer Alec Eisenberg who was making his first start for the Pride. Hofstra pounded 12 hits in the game, with the top four hitters in the lineup (Eric Ferguson, Kenny Jackson, Dalton Rouleau, Matt Ford) accounting for 10 of those. The go-ahead run scored in the eighth inning on a wild pitch. The Pride will return home and take on Iona College this weekend as they look...

Just two years ago, Stony Brook marched down to the Coral Gables Regionals to put a shocking beat down on some of the most powerful baseball programs in the country. This year, however, they have gotten off to an uncharacteristic dismal start for the second straight year.  Head Coach Matt Senk commended the performance of Florida International, but said it’s “important to have good practices this week.” Florida International swept the series by a combined score of 28-4 to move their undefeated streak to eight games to begin the season. The Sea Wolves are 0-3 and return to New York with a bit of a bruised ego. It is not quite last year’s excruciating 0-9 start which directly followed not just the best season in school history but the winningest season in the country....

Kevin Courtney scoring the first run of the season for the Stony Brook Sea Wolves Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics

Photo credit: Molloy Athletics The first day of the 2014 season was a rough one for Long Island teams. Molloy, Stony Brook and Hofstra all began out of state and were greeted rudely by the home team. Molloy kicked the day off with a 4-3 loss to Merrimack. Carlos Guzman drove in two runs for Molloy, who went up 3-2 in the fourth inning, but squandered the lead in the seventh inning on a ground-rule double. Stony Brook fell to Florida International 6-2. Frankie Vanderka suffered the loss, as he tossed 3 innings, with the crushing blow being delivered on a three-run second inning home run by Julius Gaines. The bright spot for the Sea Wolves was Kevin Courtney who walked three times and stole a base. Hofstra was defeated 8-1 by Grand Canyon University. David D’Errico suffered the defeat,...

by David Moskowitz Old Westbury is always a competitive team. Problem is, they have not been able to overcome Farmingdale State for the past six years. Year after year, they appear to have a shot, only to lose in dramatic fashion in the final round. They will most likely find themselves face to face against Keith Osik’s squad, and they must find a way to get it done.    The team must cope with the absence of their seniors from 2013. Gone are Steve Chapter, Tim Walsh, Matthew Andress, and Andres Machuca, and James Roubal.  Walsh, Chapter, and Roubal were big contributors last year, but all in all to lose only 5 pitchers isn’t bad.  The team still has a good group of arms, highlighted by Alex DiSanto. DiSanto was a beast last year while serving as the team’s closer.  He pos...