Brandon Alberto
Brandon Alberto: I’m Set On Coming Back
Editor’s Note: Brandon Alberto is a 2015 graduate of Newfield, and the captain of New York Tech. He is currently in his redshirt-senior season, after missing 2019 while recovering from Tommy John surgery. He spoke with us following the abrupt ending to the 2020 NCAA season. Alright, so let’s start off with the NCAA abruptly cancelling the 2020 season. Can you tell us where you were when the decision came down ? We were in the middle of a game against Felician. None of us knew at the time – actually we were winning 20-8 or something. The coaches pulled me over and said ‘Berto go get hot!’ And like, I’m our closer so I was like ‘what – what do you mean get hot?’ We were winning by 12 or 13 runs, I pitched two days prior and they were like...
Players Poised For a Bounceback Year
The beauty of college athletics is that you get four years to prove yourself. Sometimes it’s a blessing, sometimes it’s a curse and that’s entirely up to the athlete based on his worth ethic. There were a number of players who didn’t perform the way they were hoping to last year–but have committed themselves to proving that was an anomaly. In this article last year, we correctly identified T.J. Santiago, Ron Bauer and Matt Seelinger as player’s that could enjoy bounceback seasons. Here are the player’s poised for a bounce back season: Nick Bottari, Hofstra This is the first season he enters fully healthy since he was in eighth grade, when he drove in 40 runs on varsity at Shoreham-Wading River. He has suffered a myriad of injuries and has gone thro...
Marino Outduels Alberto
Photo Credit: Andrew Abreu In a battle between two terrific pitchers headed for Division-I baseball in the fall, it was Centereach‘s Greg Marino who came out on top. The 6’7″ right hander fired a complete game, striking out 12 while allowing six hits as the Cougars came out on top 6-3 against rival Newfield. Marino will be heading to Stony Brook in the fall. For the Cougars, Nick Kostulas went 3-for-4 with two runs and Austin Turner hit a three-run double. With the victory, the Cougars improve to 3-7 while the Wolverines drop to 5-3. Brandon Alberto entered the game at 3-0. He will be pitching for NYIT next year.
