College Recap

Division-I: Fordham defeated Rhode Island, 2-0, behind a gem by Matt Mikulski. He allowed just three hits over seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts for his third win of the season. Kyle Martin and Anthony Zimmerman combined for two shutout innings of relief with Zimmerman recorded his second save of the season. After four scoreless innings, Fordham broke through on a fifth inning sac fly by C.J. Vazquez to score Nick Labella. They added an insurance run in the ninth on an error. They improve to 16-10 on the season, and they will continue their three-game set this afternoon at 1pm St. John’s got back over the .500 mark with a 6-2 victory over St. Louis, to improve to 11-10. Junior left-hander Joe Lasorsa fired seven innings, allowing 0 ER with eight strikeouts. Joe Kelly recorded ...

Another Friday of baseball in the books, and suddenly we are just a few days away from Spring. With little cold days left on the year, Long Island teams are excited to return from down south and play on their home fields. We saw some winners and some losers in Friday’s five college baseball games. With that being said, here are the recaps from yesterday’s ballgames. Division-I: St. John’s: After a rough stretch to begin the season, the Red Storm appear to have turned a corner. They defeated Kansas, 1-0, in walk-off fashion in the 10th inning. Wyatt Muscarella scored from third for the only run of the ballgame. Ace Sean Mooney took the hill, and did not factor in the decision, although, he did everything in his power. The right-handed pitcher fired seven shutout, allowing ...

As we move closer towards Spring, the weather is starting to get nicer and baseball is starting to kick into full swing. With nine teams playing on Friday, let’s take a look at how things shaped out. Division-I: On Friday afternoon, Fordham won their 6th game of the year as they defeated Iona, 9-2. From the beginning of the game, it was never really close. Matt Mikulski picked up the win in relief for Fordham, going six innings allowing one earned run and seven hits. Offensively, their bats were on fire. Jake Mackenzie continued his hot streak at the plate, going 4-4 with 4 RBI. He’s now batting .354 on the young season. They play Iona again today at 11 AM. West Islip grad, Jake Guercio, had two hits and continues to swing a hot bat in the early going of his college career. In ...

Another Saturday of baseball on the island resulted in an even amount of struggles and success for the local teams. Stony Brook, Fordham and Hofstra were the only teams to play on Saturday, combining for two wins and three losses. The weather was an issue this weekend, so let’s hope things change next week. Here are the results from Saturday. Division-I: After dropping two closely contested games on Friday, Stony Brook let Saturday’s game slip away from them, as they lost Game 3 to No.13 ranked Arkansas 15-7. As a result, they were swept. From the beginning of this game, it was clear the Arkansas offense was clicking on all cylinders. After holding the No. 13 team in the nation to just seven runs in the first two games of the series, it was just a matter of time until their bat...

Due to weather, only five Long Island teams had the fortune of playing on Friday. We saw several highly contested games, but only two teams come out on top. Let’s take a lot at how things shaped out on Friday. Division-I: The Hofstra bats went ice cold on Friday as they were shutout by Pittsburgh, 1-0. In total, they collected five hits throughout the ballgame. The only bright spot for Hofstra was the top of their lineup, as Anthony D’Onofrio got on base twice, along with Jimmy Joyce and Austin Gauthier collecting two hits each. Although their bats weren’t on display in this one, their pitching was fantastic. Michael James started the game for the Pride, going seven allowing six hits, no walks and struck out five. Hofstra will look to turn things around today against Cent...