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Photo Credit: College Baseball Today Move over Johnny Vander Meer, you have company. Matt Crohan, a senior at Riverhead High School began the season by tossing a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts against one of the top offenses in Suffolk County; East Islip. Most pitchers would’ve been satisfied with that outcome, but Crohan is not like most pitchers. The Jamesport native raised the bar with today’s performance in which he no-hit League-IV rival Centereach and added 18 strikeouts. That feat has only been accomplished in the Major Leagues once and it was in 1938 by Vander Meer. For those keeping score at home, that is 14 hitless innings with 33 strikeouts to begin his season year. In order words, he has already put himself in contention for the coveted Carl Yastrzemski Award which is...

Stony Brook: The Seawolves fell to Marist in Poughkeepsie, NY by a score of 12-6. In uncharacteristic fashion, Stony Brook made six errors which gave starting pitcher Tyler Honahan the bizarre pitching line of 2.1 IP, 3 hits, 4 R, 0 ER. He was charged with the defeat as he falls to 0-4 on the season. The Seawolves scored five runs over the final three innings, but it was not enough. Jack Parenty and Cole Peragine both drove in two runs in the defeat. Adelphi: The Panthers lost 6-2 to Pace University in Garden City, NY to fall back to .500 at 11-11-1. Jimmy Milani was saddled with his first loss of the season as he tossed 3 innings and allowed 2 ER. The bright spots for the Panthers were two hit games by John Campbell and Rich Mejia as well as another flawless inning from Dillon McNamara wh...

 Photo is credited to DowlingAthletics.com  Dowling completed a four-game sweep against Molloy on Monday by a score of 2-1 in 10 innings. The pitching staff did a phenomenal job during the series as they held Molloy to one run in each of the four games. The bats did just enough to win, averaging just over two runs per game. In the first game, Tyler Badamo tossed a gem of a complete game while allowing only three hits, one run and 10 strikeouts. He improved his record to 2-2 on the season. At the plate, JC Brandmaier drove in both runs for the Golden Eagles with an RBI single in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. On Saturday they won both games of the double heade by scores of 2-1 and 3-1. Adam Brown was the winner in game one as he tossed the seven inning complete game allowing...

Photo is credited to goseawolves.org California native Daniel Zamora of Stony Brook has been named America East Rookie of the Week for his performance this past weekend. In Saturday’s victory of UMBC the freshman tossed 6.1 innings, allowing five hits, two walks, one run while striking out nine. The Seawolves won both games of the double header with Frankie Vanderka winning the first game. For the season, Zamora had gotten off to a difficult start losing his first five decisions but he may have turned his season around with that victory. Stony Brook is currently 4-5 in the America East and 9-17 overall. They take on Marist tomorrow.

Hofstra: The Pride hosted George Mason University today, with a 6-3 victory. Senior southpaw, Joe Burg improved to 3-2 by tossing 7 solid innings, scattering 9 hits, 0 walks and allowing 3 earned runs. Shortstop Joe Perez had a good day at the dish, going 2-4 with 3 RBI’s, including a bases-loaded, 2 run single. Hofstra is 10-16 and have won 5 in a row. StonyBrook:The Seawolves took on UMBC today at Joe Nathan Field in a double header. Game 1 was all StonyBrook with an 8-0 victory. Junior Frankie Vanderka was on his game today, tossing a complete game shutout, allowing just 3 hits, walking 1 and whiffing 7 in 7 innings. Anthony Italiano provided the offense going 1-2 with a 3 run home run. In Game 2, StonyBrook held on to a 5-2 lead for the sweep of the double header. First Basemen K...

Photo is credited to Oldwestburypanthers.com The Old Westbury Panthers dropped both games of the double header to Oneonta State by scores of 4-2 and 6-3. Their record falls to 7-11 on the season. In Game 1 Frank DiMaria lost his no-hit bid in the seventh inning, but ended up allowing three runs as Oneonta came from behind to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 lead. The Panthers totaled only two hits in the game which were by Steve Mare and Brandon Stein. DiMaria suffered the hard luck loss to fall to 1-1 on the season. The second game was a bit more wild with a number of lead changes. The Panthers got out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first on a wild pitch which scored Paul Valerio. Oneonta scored three times in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead. Old Westbury tied it up in the sixth on an RBI single b...

Photo is credited to AUPanthers.com The Adelphi Panthers won a slugfest over LeMoyne by a score  of 9-7. They got out to a 9-0 lead after three innings on the strength of a seven-run third. They were held scoreless after that and nearly saw their lead slip away. LeMoyne posted three runs in the fourth and four runs in the seventh. Closer Dillon McNamara came on to put out the fire for his fifth save, this time tossing 1.1 spotless innings while striking out three. Chris Pabisch was the winner for the Panthers as he threw five innings while allowing three runs to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Panthers compiled 16 hits, with senior Anthony Zarrella leading the way with a 4-5 effort knocking in three runs. Kevin Hutzel, Nick Zito and Chad Houghton each had three hits of their own. Their r...

Photo is credited to Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke In one of the most anticipated games in recent memory, Ward Melville’s ace Anthony Kay tossed the first no-hitter in school history since 1991. Four years ago, two aces matched up against each other in arguably the most anticipated high school baseball game in Long Island history. Steve Matz and Marcus Stroman were clearly the two best pitchers that season. Every Major League club had a representative in attendance. The pitchers did not disappoint as the game finished 1-0 in favor of Ward Melville on an RBI groundout in the seventh. Both pitchers recorded double-digit strikeouts. Today the same two teams matched up and sent pitchers to the hill who have already committed to well-respected Division-I schools. Matt Vogel of Pat-Med has comm...

Photo is credited to AUPanthers.com The Adelphi Panthers won a hard-fought game 1-0 over the Owls of Southern Connecticut State. Senior Jimmy Milani made the most of his first start of the season by tossing 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits, although he did not factor in the decision. Unfortunately, the Panthers offense was unable to scrape across a run to get Milani the victory. Chris Pabisch came in to relieve him, as he threw 1.2 scoreless innings. In the bottom of the seventh, shortstop Brandon Stahl hit an RBI groundout to drive in the lone run of the game. Head Coach Dom Scala chose to use closer Dillon McNamara in the eighth inning. The decision paid off as the 6’5″ closer retired all five batters he faced to record his fourth save of the young season. With t...

Stony Brook: The Seawolves took on St. John’s at Citi Field and it was a fantastic game through 11 innings. The score was deadlocked at 1-1. Unfortunately a hit by pitch with the bases loaded followed by a three-run double broke the game open as St. John’s scored six in the 12th to win 7-1. It was the first time Stony Brook played a game at Citi Field. Adelphi: Freshman Jonathon Mulford continued his terrific beginning to his collegiate career by tossing eight shutout innings allowing only three hits against Dominican as the Panthers won by a score of 7-0. Mulford moves to 2-0 on the season. The offense was led by Brandon Stahl who stayed hot and added two hits hits and two RBI from the leadoff spot. Nick Zito, Vincent Sharkey and Donato Signore all added RBI hits as the Panthe...

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Photo is credited to Farmingdalesports.com One of the more underrated players on Long Island the past four seasons has been David Zilnicki of Farmingdale State. The 22-year-old outfielder has quietly been the catalyst on four-straight conference winning clubs. I had the chance to play with him in 2010-’11 and he is a hard-working individual and a pesky hitter atop the order. He is already the program leader in stolen bases, and ranks in the top-10 in AVG, OBP, runs, hits, triples, RBI, total bases, walks and HBP. That is not even including his .426 beginning to the season thus far with 20 hits already. Here is a conversation I had with him regarding some aspects of the game.  1) Is there any pressure to win one more Skyline title to finish what you started? Theres always going to be ...