College Recaps 2023

by Andy Smith Division-I: Hofstra 7, Monmouth 1 Final out of Brad Camarda’s NO-HITTER❗ #Hofstra wins at Monmouth, 7-1, behind just the third no-hitter in program history! He joins Seamus Brazill and John Rooney in the No-Hit Club. #PrideOfLI #NoHitter@NCAABaseball@D1Baseball@KendallRogers@stitch_head pic.twitter.com/iZJulRn8jO — Hofstra Baseball (@HofstraBaseball) May 5, 2023 Brad Camarda was the star of the show as the senior fired the third no-hitter in program history. Strangely enough the first two were both thrown in 2018. The Pride had control of this one early as they built a three-run lead in the opening frame highlighted by a two-run double by third baseman Ryan Morash. Then in the third, it was Morash again, who brought in his third and fourth runs of the day, this time off...

by Andy Smith Division-I: St. John’s Game 1: St. John’s 9 , Georgetown 4  Game 2: St. John’s 2, Georgetown 6 T8 | 9-4 SJU SAY GOODBYE, @GlancyDavid 💣💣 pic.twitter.com/MKX7adQ7v2 — St. John’s Baseball (@StJohnsBaseball) April 29, 2023 The Red Storm opened the scoring in the first inning with an RBI base on balls. Saint John’s extended their lead to three with a two-run single by center fielder David Glancy.  The Red Storm continued to attack pitches and put this game away in the fifth with two home runs, one each by Glancy (1 RBI) and backstop Jimmy Keenan (3 RBI).  Georgetown put up four runs across the sixth and seventh runs but could not weather the ‘Storm’ as Glancy hit another long ball (2 RBI) in the eighth.   The second game, Georgetown slipped the script from the opener and pu...

by Andy Smith Division-I: Game 1: Stony Brook 5, North Carolina A&T State University 1 Game 2: Stony Brook 5, North Carolina A&T State University 3 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐖! Ben goes the distance on #FeroFriday 🏴‍☠️ 🌊🐺 x #NCAABaseball x @BenFer73 pic.twitter.com/0LlAQaoeLd — Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) April 28, 2023 The Aggies opened the scoring in the first game in the third inning and scored their only run off a double by right fielder Shemar Dalton.  The Seawolves evened the score in the fourth off a double by shortstop Matt Miceli.  In the following frame, third baseman Evan Giordano brought in the winning run on a single.  Stony Brook put up two more runs in the sixth, which was highlighted by another RBI by Miceli and then in the seventh, left fielder Matt Brown-Eiring hit a s...

by Andy Smith Stony Brook 5, Elon 18 It was a night to forget for Stony Brook, as they were defeated 18-5 by host Elon University. The game was actually 1-0 entering the bottom of the fifth before the Phoenix offense exploded for two runs in the fifth, seven in the sixth, three in the seventh and five in the eighth innings. Evan Giordano led the way for the Seawolves, going 4-for-4, he now has 57 hits on the season. Evan Fox, Shane Paradine and Derek Yalon each had two hits as well. Josh O’Neill was tagged with the loss for Stony Brook. These two teams will be back in action today at 1pm. St. John’s 2, Creighton 10 St. John’s fell to Creighton for a second straight game. Creighton had 16 hits and were the beneficiaries of 4 St. John’s errors. Jimmy Keenan had two hits for...

by Andy Smith Division-I: LIU 9, Merrimack 6 (11 innings) WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM! Jake Mastillo wins it with one swing! pic.twitter.com/uqeWU0ShzW — LIU Baseball (@LIU_Baseball) April 21, 2023 The Sharks grabbed an early lead in the second inning with a sacrifice bunt and two-run home run by third baseman Brian O’Boyle.  Merrimack got on the board in the third off a two-run blast by backstop Frankie Ferrentino in the third inning.  LIU responded in the bottom half of the frame with an RBI single by second baseman Jarod Wade which gave them a two-run lead. The Sharks tacked on another run in the fifth off a JC Navarro single. Merrimack fought back and got within one run in the sixth inning after first baseman/third baseman Braydon Dolbashian ripped a two-run triple. Then in the seventh, anothe...

Division-I: Stony Brook 11, Northeastern 3 Catcher Ryan Micheli got things going early for the Sea Wolves with an RBI single in the opening frame, and then tallied two more runs from a sacrifice fly, throwing error, and a Brett Paulsen single to give them an early four run lead.  Paulsen would then cap off a three-run second inning with another RBI single.  Stony Brook continued to attack pitches and scored two more in the third off an RBI knock by third baseman Evan Giordano and another sacrifice fly, which gave them a nine run lead.  The Huskies got on the board in the fourth inning via a solo shot from catcher Matt Brinker.  Stony Brook capped their strong offensive showcase with a solo homerun in the eighth, courtesy of left fielder Matt Brown-Eiring who finished the day with four runs...

by Andy Smith Division-I: Stony Brook 3, Northeastern 8 (10 innings) TIE GAME! TIE GAME! 🤩 🌊🐺 x #NCAABaseball pic.twitter.com/eEEDvnhiTQ — Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) April 14, 2023 Northeastern got out to an early two-run lead off a solo shot by second baseman Carmelo Musacchia and an RBI groundout in the third.  The Seawolves got on the board in the fifth off an RBI groundout by first baseman Brett Paulsen.  Then in the seventh, left fielder Harrison Feinberg launched a solo homerun to give the Huskies a two-run lead.  In the eighth, Stony Brook tied the game thanks to two RBI singles, one each by second baseman Evan Fox and backstop Ryan Micheli.  This one went to extras, but ended in the tenth following an offensive explosion for the Huskies as they tallied five runs.  Desig...

by Andy Smith Division-I: St. John’s 3, William and Mary 4 The bats were quiet through two until St. John’s opened the scoring with a three-run third inning.  Catcher Tate Ballestero crushed a two-run shot and center fielder David Glancy hit a solo home run.  This would be the only chance for the Red Storm to get on the scoresheet.  The Tribe got their first run on board in the bottom half of the third off a solo blast by catcher Nate Goranson.  William and Mary got within one in the sixth off an RBI single by first baseman Cole Ragone.  The Tribe tied the game thanks to an RBI double play in the seventh.  William and Mary walked off the game thanks to a Red Storm fielding error that allowed Goranson to cross home plate.  These teams will continue the three-game set Saturday at 4:00 PM EST...

by Andy Smith It was awful weather yesterday, and most teams preemptively rescheduled their games to a double header Friday or Sunday. Hofstra was on the road, and Maritime was able to get their DH in at home. Here’s how it went down. Division-I: Hofstra 4, North Carolina A&T 10 The Aggies grabbed an early lead in the opening frame off a sacrifice fly.  The Pride then tallied three runs in the following frame which was kickstarted by a two-run RBI double by center fielder Dylan Palmer and capped off with an RBI base on balls.  North Carolina A&T tied up the score in the bottom half of the inning with a fielder’s choice and an RBI double by third baseman Court Maynard.  Hofstra tallied another run and closed the gap to just one run in the fourth thanks to an RBI double by left...

by Andy Smith Many teams scurried to get their games in before Saturday’s impending storm. Some even played a double header to not fall behind on games. Heres’ how it went down… Stony Brook Game 1: Stony Brook 2, University of North Carolina Wilmington 7 Game 2: Stony Brook 7, University of North Carolina Wilmington 4 And the ball game is over! Matty Wright seals the dub with this #SCTop10 grab 🙌 🌊🐺 x #NCAABaseball pic.twitter.com/qv1Vko1Cs6 — Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) March 24, 2023 The Seahawks got out to an early lead in the second inning thanks to a solo shot by center fielder Trevor Marsh.  UNC-Wilmington added onto their lead in the fourth inning by tallying three runs which was kickstarted by a fielding error. A two-run RBI single by left fielder Dilli...

by Andy Smith Division-I: St. John’s 15, Quinnipiac 5 T9 | 13-3 SJU JERMAINE WHITE!!!!!!! OH BOY! pic.twitter.com/9jioffPDcM — St. John’s Baseball (@StJohnsBaseball) March 18, 2023 First baseman Aaron Mann opened the scoring in the second inning with a solo shot to give the Red Storm the lead.  A sacrifice fly in the third inning by right fielder Luke Orbon doubled the lead for St. John’s.  The Red Storm continued to attack Quinnipiac and launched their second home run of the day, this time a two-run blast in the fourth inning by third baseman Marty Higgins.  The Red Storm then put up three more runs in the sixth inning.  An RBI double by center fielder Jackson Tucker opened the scoring and Luke Orbon singled to cap off the inning with his second RBI of the day.  Quinnipiac got on th...