Fall Ball Series 2021
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S&P: Adelphi University
Tim Feliz batted .359 last year with a .609 SLG. He will be a huge piece of their lineup pic.twitter.com/L6GBkgTtlZ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 27, 2021 Following a 4-7 start to the 2021 season, Adelphi basically needed a miracle to reach postseason play. They needed to get red-hot and get help from their conference foes. That is exactly what happened, as Bill Ianniciello took over at the helm for Dom Scala on April 14 and the Panthers turned their season around – highlighted by a 7-game winning streak to capture the Northeast-10 Southwest Division Regular Season title. In the NE-10 playoffs, they defeated AIC in the semifinal, 8-2, before advancing to face Le Moyne in the southwest division final. They defeated them, 6-4, in Game 1 before losing Game 2 to force a ...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: Stony Brook University
Stony Brook HC Matt Senk is entering his 32nd season at the helm. Had a chance to speak with him after practice pic.twitter.com/xW2A2t8aV3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 25, 2021 It’s been about five months since the now-infamous ending to the 2021 season for Stony Brook in the America East Championship against NJIT. Leading 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning with the bases loaded and threatening to score more, it began raining. The game was called and it was expected they would complete it the following day, Sunday at 10am. Stony Brook entered the game with a record of 2-1 in the tournament and NJIT was 2-0 so Stony Brook would have to hold on to win and win again. But with the lead and home-field advantage it certainly wasn’t out of the realm of possibilit...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: St. John’s University
David Glancy absolutely crushed a go-ahead 2-R HR to give St. John’s a 3-1 lead in the fifth pic.twitter.com/pPDDnOayo9 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 28, 2021 To say that losing seasons are uncharted territory for St. John’s University would bean understatement. The Johnnies, who are arguably the best baseball program in the entire northeast, finished 2021 with a losing record at 19-21. It was their first sub .500 season since 2013 and before that you have to go back half a century. What Ed Blankmeyer, Joe Russo and Jack Kaiser were able to do for that program is truly impressive. With Blankmeyer moving on to coach in the professional ranks with the Brooklyn Cyclones, his longtime assistant and recruiting coordinator, Mike Hampton, took over at the helm. The l...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: Long Island University
Simulated intrasquad going on with dual pitching machines – one throwing curveballs the other throwing fastballs pic.twitter.com/tDwUmw7FzW — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 13, 2021 2020 and 2021 were not normal seasons for anyone – and you can look no further than LIU’s first round playoff game against No. 1 Bryant. The Sharks lost 17-13 in a nine inning game that took three hours, 40 minutes to complete and featured 11 pitchers and 32 hits. Sharks HC Dan Pirillo stated that “Bryant is a perennial top-of-the-conference team every year. You know you’re in for a battle against them. E.J (Exposito) hit a HR early and we had some momentum going. But around the fifth inning, the flood gates began to open. We were doing everything we could to stay in ...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: Molloy College
Special thanks to East Coast S & P for sponsoring this year’s Fall Ball Series! Make sure to check out their Instagram page here. They will be leaning on left handed hitter Matt Overton who batted .367 with a .979 OPS. Several other impact bats in the lineup such as David Franchi, Jake McCarthy, Thomas Brady, Garrett Scavelli, Pete Theodorellis, etc pic.twitter.com/3kJLHN0YvC — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 6, 2021 Despite all the obstacles that playing during a pandemic presented, Molloy managed to have their best season in program history in 2021. They went 25-11, captured the ECC Championship with two wins over rival St. Thomas Aquinas, and then rattled off four wins in the NCAA East Regional Championship before running out of pitching and losing 9-2 against the...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: Farmingdale State
This is the second installment of the 2021 Fall Ball Series. Special thanks to East Coast S & P for sponsoring this year’s series once again – make sure to check them out here! And Farmingdale State is your 2019 Skyline Conference Champs ! pic.twitter.com/N0ccC8e8kM — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 7, 2019 A lot has happened in the world since Farmingdale’s last Skyline Conference Championship – and that was just two years ago. That team rolled through the conference tournament with three straight wins on their way to another championship – which was their sixth of the decade. While it appeared they were in great shape to repeat in 2020, the world had other plans and their 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic after a 3-2 start. The senior...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: Hofstra University
(This is the first installment of the Fall Ball Series powered by East Coast Strength and Performance. We will visit the local colleges and provide some video content, interviews with coaches and players. Make sure to check out East Coast by clicking here.) RHP Matt Gonzalez transferred from Division-III Barton College in North Carolina. Here’s a strikeout on a 91-MPH fastball pic.twitter.com/R3DrUKJDu1 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 17, 2021 Hofstra ushered in a new era in July when they hired 14-year MLB veteran and Long Island-native Frank Catalanotto. The move would’ve been exciting regardless of the context but when you consider that the Smithtown native is just two years removed from executing an even more difficult task of reviving New York Tech’s...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P Returns for a Fifth Year
The Fall Ball Series is back by popular demand! This is absolutely my favorite ongoing segment we do at Axcess for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the weather this time of year is absolutely perfect. I love going down to a field on a beautiful day when there’s not a cloud in the sky and watch some high-level baseball. Additionally, the college coaches have been so amazingly accommodating to me over the years and it’s allowed my company to continue to grow and provide the content that people enjoy. In terms of the audience, the die-hard baseball fans are curious how teams look for the upcoming season and this is a little unfiltered glimpse into that through the lens of their coaches and players. What can you expect from a Fall Ball Series article? Well, we will briefly ...
