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Dan Parisi Voted MVP of March
Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics The fans have spoken! After 748 votes, Dan Parisi, Dowling’s senior catcher, triumphed over a field of five other candidates to be named MVP of March. The players were Jack Parenty (Stony Brook), Angelo Navetta (Molloy), Anthony Bonilla (St. Joseph’s), Mike Marino (Farmingdale) and Steven Foster (Hofstra). After one day, Parisi had garnered 68% of the vote and appeared to be sailing to the finish line, but overnight the St. Joseph’s crowd went to work. Bonilla not only closed the gap but took a nine-vote lead at 161-152. The Dowling crowd must’ve took it to heart because Parisi came back with a vengeance. He didn’t just close the gap, he didn’t just take the lead but he took a commanding 190-vote lead within two hours. He ...
March 30 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I:Stony Brook split a DH with UMass-Lowell. They won the first game 2-1 on a walk-off two-run single by Robert Chavarria which scored Cole Peragine and pinch runner Billy McLean.Daniel Zamora threw a seven inning complete game. He allowed only one run, struck out nine, walked two and allowed four hits. It was his third win of the season. The offense was stagnant for six innings, but they came through when it mattered most. Jack Parenty added two more hits–he is off to a tremendous start this season with 29 hits already.Division-II:Dowling also split their DH with Wilmington to bring their record to 11-4. In the first game, Tyler Hardison got the Golden Lions on the board with a solo home run in the second inning. Wilmington tied it up in their hal...
Brendan Butler Dominates Bloomfield to Push Dowling’s Streak to Six Games
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana You don’t usually win when the offense musters only four hits. But, when your starting pitcher needs only 94 pitches to breeze through a complete game then it’s possible.Brendan Butler won his second game of the month for the Golden Lions who have now won six consecutive games and pushed their win streak to six with a 2-0 victory over Bloomfield College. Butler allowed only three hits, walked one while striking out five in the seven inning complete game.The offense was stagnant, but didn’t need to produce much. Senior Jon Cruz hit a two-run double to score Matthew Moschovas and Dylan Piscitelli in the fourth inning. That was all the action in the game.The Golden Lions will now travel to Delaware to take on Wilmington University in a double head...
Connor McCarthy Throws Two-Hitter in 3-0 Shutout of Molloy
As mentioned earlier, great pitching duels are a staple of the LIU Post-Molloy rivalry. In the first game of the double header it was Alex Brosnan who was dominant. In the second game, LIU Post’s Connor McCarthy threw a seven inning shutout in a 3-0 victory.McCarthy, a graduate student from Clarke HS, allowed only two singles while striking out four and allowing only walk against Molloy.Tom Asbaty reached on a throwing error by the 3b to score Kenny Daley and get the Pioneers on the board in the second inning. They increased the lead to 2-0 when David Groeneveld hit an RBI single to score Asbaty.That was all the support needed for McCarthy. For good measure, the Pioneers added a run in the fourth inning when Anthony Brunetti singled home Rick Alessi.The Pioneers won the three-game se...
Old Westbury Puts Up Three Touchdowns on Mount St. Vincent’s
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics It’s hard to have a better offensive day than the Old Westbury Panthers did in their double header. They followed up a 10-run output with a 23-run onslaught against Mount St. Vincent’s pitching staff.They had three separate innings of scoring five or more runs. Sophomore Tommy Zeigen, normally known for his defense, hit two home runs–including a grand slam–while driving in six runs. In total, the Panthers hit four home runs. Robert Crocitto and Nick Yip also went deep–the former of which was a grand slam.The Panthers compiled 21 hits–Joey Walsh, Zeigen and Yip all had three.Tim Igram was the benefactor of the offensive juggernaut. He threw five innings, allowed one ER on three hits, one BB while striking out seven in ...
Long Island Native Jack Zagaja Wins It Against Adelphi
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The New Haven Chargers came back from a 2-0 deficit against Adelphi and won it on a walk-off single by St. Dominic’s graduate Jack Zagaja.“I had a long at bat,” said Zagaja. “I fouled off curveballs and fastballs. Saw a changeup, smacked it up the middle,” he added.The victory, plus the second game of the double header put Adelphi further in a hole. They now stand at 4-9 on the season.The Panthers got off to a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Alex Zykoff which scored Donato Signore and Robert Vani.Starter Jonathon Mulford was solid as usual–six innings, two ER, two BB, four K’s. He gave way to Nick Batas after allowing a leadoff double in the seventh inning. Batas got an out in the seventh inning. Ricky Van A...
Honahan Strikes Out Career-High 13 in Rout of UMass-Lowell
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was smooth sailing for the Stony Brook Sea Wolves Sunday against UMass-Lowell, as their ace Tyler Honahan breezed through 6.1 innings while striking out a career-high 13 batters. They were victorious 10-1.Only two opposing batters did not succumb to Honahan once he got to two strikes. He also allowed only four hits to win his fourth game of the season before April 1.The offense struck early and often. They scored two runs in the second, fourth, seventh and eighth innings. Catcher Cole Peragine led the way with three hits, one run and one RBI. Jack Parenty had two hits, drove in a run and scored one. Johnny Caputo and Casey Baker did the same. The offense was aggressive and struck out only two times in the game. Chad Lee came in relief of Honahan and fired 2.2...
David Leiderman Wins it For Hofstra in 13th Inning
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana In another low-scoring game for the Pride, David Leiderman provided the go-ahead two RBI single in the top of the 13th to give his team a 3-1 lead that would stand up.Freshman starter Adam Heidenfelder (MacArthur ’14) threw six shutout innings against Villanova, allowing two hits, five walks while striking out two.He did not factor in the decision due to the Pride not being able to muster anything on offense. Opposing starter Ryan Doty was very difficult and held the Pride off the board until the eighth inning. In the top of the eighth, Brad Witkowski (3-for-6, 1 RBI) tripled down the right field line to score Steven Foster and give the Pride a 1-0 lead.Converted starter Nick Kozlowski set down the side 1-2-3 in the eighth but ran into trouble in the ninth...
Six-Run Sixth Powers Old Westbury Past Mount St. Vincent’s
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Tommy Zeigen broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth inning with an RBI double to right field to give the Old Westbury Panthers a 4-3 lead over Mount St. Vincent’s. The Panthers added five more runs to put the game away and improve to 7-2 on the season.Tyler Kapela recorded the win with five innings, allowing three ER, four hits and three walks while striking out four. He was relieved by Vinny Bieniek, Nick Schoen and Justin Mize who combined for four shutout innings.The offense compiled 14 hits–Eddie Hernandez, Jonathan Pagan, Christian Faust, Michael Cardino and Zeigen all recorded two hits.Faust and Nick Yip both drove in two runs.The teams will play again in the second game of the twin bill.
Molloy Tops LIU Post in Game Two of Series
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Each day it seems a pitcher takes his game to the next level in this match up between inter-county rivals. Today it was Alex Brosnan of Molloy.“My changeup was easily my best pitch today,” said Brosnan. “Their 3-4 hitters were lefties so we worked off the changeup,” he added.Molloy evened up the three-game set with the LIU Post Pioneers with a 4-2 victory in the first game of a twin bill on Sunday. Brosnan fired a complete game with 10 k’s, allowed five hits, one walk and two ER against the Pioneers.The Lions put up two runs in the first inning on Angelo Navetta‘s RBI single to right field and Michael’s Rahn‘s sac fly. They added one in the third inning when Rahn struck again, this time on an RBI double to score...
March 27 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was a slow, but action-packed day for college teams. Despite only three teams in action, there was an extra inning game and a terrific pitcher’s duel. Division-I:Hofstra was defeated by Villanova 3-1. The offense only mustered six hits against opposing starter Josh Harris, despite drawing four walks and striking out only once. The Pride’s starter, Chris Bonk, threw eight innings, allowing three runs on 11 hits while striking out three.Villanova got on the board in the first inning on an RBI single. They added two runs in the sixth inning to open up their lead. The Pride’s lone run came in the bottom of the ninth on a sac fly by Eric Ferguson.The Pride falls to 7-12. The two teams will be back in action tomorrow afternoon.Division-II:LIU Post...
