Dean Sheridan
Fall Ball Series: SUNY Old Westbury
Senior Adam Heidenfelder will be anchoring the rotation pic.twitter.com/UnEyFlV8bf — Axcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) September 22, 2017 Today I was down at the Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex, home of the SUNY Old Westbury Panthers, to get a good look at the team they will be going to battle with during the 2018 season. They are coming off a 20-16 campaign, but had their season cut short by No. 5 Mount St. Mary’s in a shocking upset. They graduated 12 players, notably two-time All-Long Island SS Tommy Ziegen, CF Kevin Lao, C Carlos Balmaceda, 3b Michael Cardino in the lineup and RHPs Daniel Aguilo and Trey Pizzutello from the rotation. With that being the case, the performance and leadership of the returning players that they do have is critical. Second baseman Jesse Russo ha...
All-Long Island Team (College)
We are coming off another wildly entertaining season in Long Island college baseball. Here are my picks for the best player at each position. Italicized letters represent that the player led Long Island in that statistic. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208630454″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=’450′ iframe=”true” /] MVP: Jack Parenty, SBUCy Young: Jake DeCarli, LIU PostRookie of the Year: Andruw Gazzola, SBUC: Dan Parisi, Dowling: .351 AVG, 27 R, 52 H, 26 RBI, .415 OBP, .446 SLG, 7-11 SB, .972 FLD % Rob Vani, Adelphi: .336 AVG, 29 R, 51 H, 2 HR, 23 RBI, .864 OPS, 6-8 SB, .986 FLD %1b: Brenda...
Old Westbury Wins Eleventh Straight
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics It’s always good to be entering the postseason on a hot streak. The Old Westbury Panthers are on fire, having won their eleventh consecutive game today against United States Merchant Marines academy 6-1. They fell behind 1-0 in the first inning but responded with six unanswered runs over the next eight innings to improve to 22-8. Dean Sheridan drove in Matt Taurisani with an RBI double in the fifth inning to give the Panthers are 2-1 lead. They never looked back after that.They compiled 10 hits–Sheridan, Tommy Zeigen and Jacob Coners all had two hits.Vinny Bieniek recorded the victory with a shutout inning of relief, he is now 2-0 on the season. Nick Dorcean recorded the save with two shutout innings while compiling five strikeouts. The Pant...
Tim Ingram and Caleb Olsen Throw Gems in DH Sweep of Purchase
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics Old Westury flashed their arms in a DH sweep of Purchase by the scores of 7-2 and 6-0. Their top two starters, Tim Ingram and Caleb Olsen both threw gems. The Panthers are now 21-8.In the first game, Olsen went eight innings, allowed 0 ER and struck out six while walking one to improve to 5-2. Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics Through seven innings, it was 1-1 but the Panthers bats came to life. Tommy Zeigen hit a go-ahead sac fly to score Dean Sheridan. They opened it up with a two-run single by Jesse Matos. Nick Dorcean closed it out with a clean ninth inning.In the second game, it was all Tim Ingram. He threw a one-hit shutout, he struck out 15 and walked only one.His numbers are freakish–he now has 1.26 ERA through 50 innings, allowing onl...
Old Westbury Cruises Past John Jay
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Old Westbury padded their resume a little more with another easy win–this time an 11-3 rout of John Jay to improve to 19-8.Nick Schoen started and went six innings–he allowed one ER and struck out five batters for the win. The game was close in the fifth inning when Nick Yip hit his fifth home run of the season to open up a 3-1 lead. Christian Faust opened the game up with a two-run double in the seventh inning. Faust finished with three hits and two RBI. Michael Cardino had two hits and drove in two. Dean Sheridan also compiled two hits and drove in a run.In total, the Panthers smacked 15 hits.Christopher Vitale threw the final three innings, allowing one ER in relief of Schoen.The Panthers will host Purchase on Saturday in a DH. They will look to i...
Old Westbury Wins On Senior Night in 10 Innings
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Senior Night is supposed to be a nice, easy victory. Old Westbury‘s win Tuesday night over the City College of New York was anything but. It took 10 innings, and it included eight errors and 17 hits but the Panthers won 5-4 on an RBI single by the red-hot Tommy Zeigen. Old Westbury starter Tyler Kapela was terrific–he allowed one ER in six innings, struck out three and walked one. He did not factor in the decision. Nick Dorcean came on in relief in the seventh and struck out six in four shutout innings. He allowed only one hit while walking two.The offense compiled 10 hits–Nick Yip had three, Zeigen and Dean Sheridan both had two.In the 10th inning, Yip led off with a double down the right field line. Christian Faust was intentionally walked,...
Old Westbury Sweeps the Weekend
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Old Westbury Panthers swept two teams this weekend on their way to improving to 17-8 overall and 8-4 in the Skyline Conference.On Friday, they swept Yeshiva University by a combined score of 33-6. While it is hardly an accomplishment to defeat them, it was what needed to be done. They benefited from 11 Macabees errors. In Game 1, Justin Mize recorded the win. He threw five innings, allowing two ER. Tommy Zeigen led the offense with three hits, three runs score and two RBI. In Game 2, Nick Schoen set a career-high with 13 k’s in a complete game shutout. He walked two and allowed four hits.Once again, Tommy Zeigen had three hits but he drove in four runs this time. Jake Schwartz had three hits and drove in three runs as well. Robinson Hernandez hit a ...
