LI Titans
Titans-Messina Capture 4th of July Varsity Division Championship
by Gabe Zoda Got to chat with WP Carson Wengrovsky after his performance on the mound. pic.twitter.com/q9GfuKA3Q7 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 5, 2021 All good things come to an end and the same thing can be said about the 4th of July Stars and Stripes Tournament. Yesterday, the finals took place between the Titans-Messina and the 495 Wolfpack. For the Wolfpack, this game served as a doubleheader as they played and beat the Jr. Ducks right before they took on the Titans. That game gave the Wolfpack some momentum going into the finals. The Titans on the other hand were ready to go and ready to take home the championship. They would show how ready they were in this game as they would look dominant in this championship game. The Titans would end up winning by a score of 9-1 i...
Titans Pull Off Wild Comeback In a Crazy Game vs Longhorns
by Nicholas Cipolla Jason Creegan Scores the game winning run on a wild pitch to give the Titans an incredible comeback win over the Longhorns pic.twitter.com/hszoXU61qq — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 4, 2021 The Titans entered the bottom of the 5th inning down by five runs and not having any answers for the Longhorns bats or Grayson Aristy. That’s when everything changed and the Titans made an incredible comeback after looking dead in the water the previous few innings. The first 4 and a half innings were all Longhorns. Starting pitcher Grayson Aristy executed a perfect suicide squeeze to give his team an early 1-0 game in the top of the second. That same inning, the Longhorns pulled off a nicely executed first and third double steal to make it a 2-0 lead. A few pitches late...
Big First Inning Is All The Aviators, Schneider Need
by Nicholas Cipolla Interview with the winning pitcher of tonights game, John Schneider pic.twitter.com/uWj7ZsU0Mb — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 16, 2021 During today’s midweek battle at Stony Brook, the East End Aviators starting pitcher had one big thing on his mind that helped motivate him throughout the game, a test he has to take tomorrow morning. John Schneider told us postgame “I wanted to make it a quick game, I have a big test tomorrow.” and he did just that. Schneider had a great showing tonight, keeping it very quick as he allowed very few runners to reach base and was getting ahead of hitters early in the count. Schneider also received a lot of insurance runs early in the game with a big first inning. A two RBI single by Jackson Loper opened up the scoring for the...
Sean Mileti Commits to Molloy
One of the unfortunate truths about the pandemic is that it has hit the higher education industry hard. While the Harvards and Yales of the world will be fine since there’s no shortage of students eager to get an Ivy League degree, there will be a huge impact on the mid-tier colleges that will have a lower enrollment than they ever had. We have already seen colleges close in the pre-pandemic era such as Dowling College and Briarcliffe. Now we will be seeing many casualties post-pandemic. New York Tech announced in August that they will be leaving the NCAA for at least two years. Concordia has taken it a step further by announcing they will be closing and the campus will be purchased by Iona College following the spring semester. The school opened in 1881, so this is rather remarkable...
Anthony Bulla Throws Complete Game in 5-2 Victory
by Ethan Berch Axcess Reporter Ethan Berch speaks with the winning pitcher Anthony Bulla following his nasty performance! pic.twitter.com/nsJmdJHMQJ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 11, 2020 Columbus Day Weekend is rolling right through as baseball competition just gets better and better! This edition features the Varsity level LI Titans taking on the Batting 1.000 Seminoles at Eisenhower Park. It was a windy one but the sun made an appearance as this game went on. Anthony Bulla got the start for the Titans and he was very good all morning. There was only one run throughout the first two innings as Bulla did his job. Shaun Joyce got it started for the Noles with an RBI double. Although he wasn’t overpowering, Bulla pitched to contact and even added a bunch of strikeouts...
Mike Steinberg Leads Titans to 3-1 Win Over Next Level
by Ethan Berch That’s the game! A complete game performance by Mike Steinberg seals the deal! Titans win 3-1 over Next Level. pic.twitter.com/C9tKUoWyTp — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 19, 2020 Boys of Summer kicked off its Fall season on a chilly evening at Mitchel Field. The LI Titans took on Next Level Baseball with dominant pitching and small ball taking the headlines in this match up. Mike Steinberg got the nod for the Titans in this one and was able to get himself into a groove very early in this one. Mike commanded a very nasty slider which just about no Next Level hitters were able to handle all night. “The slider was my best pitch by far, I had it working all night and I don’t believe anyone got a hit off of it” said Mike following his performance. Mike’s strong p...
10u Titans Power Their Way to Beat the Heat Championship
Not often will you find a cleaner game of baseball at the 10u level than in today’s finals of the ‘Beat the Heat’ tournament at Plainedge Park between the LI Titans-Anderson and the Smithtown Bulls. The game took a swift 1 hour, 34 minutes and the Titans held off a late Bulls rally to triumph by the score of 7-5. Here’s how it went down. The pitching match up of Joey Lionetti for the Titans and Ronan Keely for the Bulls was a good one but each made a mistake in the first inning. Angelo Ciminiello, younger brother of Seton Hall-commit Mike Ciminiello, crushed a one-out home run to left field in the top of the first to get the Bulls on the board. The Titans wasted no time in responding with a leadoff HR by Joey Irrizary to tie the game up 1-1. In the top of the second...
Corey Phelan Signs With the Philadelphia Phillies
2020 has taken a lot from us but not all hope was lot. Despite the truncated MLB Draft that eliminated all Long Island players from hearing their names selected, a few players with local ties have still made their way into professional baseball thanks to the post-draft signing period. Corey Phelan (Harborfields 2020) is the latest player to have his dreams of signing professionally come to fruition. Last week the hard-throwing LHP signed a professional contract worth $20,000 with the Philadelphia Phillies. They have done extremely well in locking up local talent thanks in large part to Sal Agostinelli‘s scouting eye and his ties to Long Island. He will join a list of LI’ers that include Nick Fanti, Kyle Young, Ben Brown and Logan O’Hoppe that are in the Phillies organizat...
TBR Releases 2020 Preseason Rankings
Travel Baseball Rankings has released their 2020 Preseason Rankings. Below is the New York list. There were plenty of Long Island-based teams: (Disclaimer: This is no affiliation to Axcess Baseball.) 9U Rankings Richmond Titans Giordano EEP Brooklyn Dreamchasers RedBlacks Baseball NY Bluebirds NYC Spartans SFX Huskies Richmond Titans Arne EEP Staten Island Webster Wolves 10U Rankings Brooklyn Bandits Richmond Titans Blue Bonnie Rangers Raiders Baseball Club NY Bluebirds Blue Richmond County Nationals EEP Staten Island Orioles Myers SFX Huskies Ozone Howard Rising Stars Fairport Red Raiders Panthers Shock Prime Crimson Pride RCBC Nationals 11U Rankings Dreamchasers Team Steel Select Grit Baserats Baseball NY Bluebirds Brooklyn blue Storm Richmond County Americans Lions Elite Bonnie Braves T...
Joe Giacomantonio To Lead Knights Nation 14U MXE Academy Team
When the newly-formed Knights Nation 14U MXE Academy take the field in 2020 they will be as well-prepared as any 14U team can be. The talented team will be guided by veteran coach Joe Giacomantonio, who has worked his way up the coaching ranks from freshman coach at Kellenberg to assistant varsity coach at New Hyde Park to assistant coach at Nassau CC. Along the way, he has coached 10 years with the Long Island Titans, one of the premier travel organizations in the nation. “I had a lot of success with them and I have nothing but nice things to do about the program but when I was asked to coach this academy team I decided to do it,” he said. “It was a hard decision but after being around Brad Jackson I knew this was someone I wanted to be around and to help develop their k...
Get to Know Timmy Mott
One of the best pitchers in the competitive CHSAA last season was Timmy Mott of Holy Trinity. He was effective all season including a postseason start against St. Dominic at Mitchel Field. Mott must’ve really enjoyed pitching on the Mitchel Field mound, because yesterday he announced he will be playing his college ball on that field for Molloy. I had a chance to speak with him and here’s what he had to say… Who are some of the toughest hitters you faced last year in the Catholic League? In the Catholic League last year, some hitters were very hard to pitch against. One player was Matt Milone, every time he would get up to bat, Matt would always get himself into good counts that would force the pitcher to make a pitch he could take advantage of and drive into the ga...
Get to Know Corey Phelan
Corey Phelan is a 2020 graduate of Harborfields HS. He is the younger brother of St. Joseph’s freshman, Connor Phelan, and the son of former Cold Spring Harbor coach, Chris Phelan. He announced his verbal commitment to Division-II powerhouse Flagler College yesterday. I had a chance to speak with him and here’s what he had to say… Can you explain your experience with the college recruiting process and why you chose Flagler? My experience with the college recruiting process was very difficult. I was blessed to have received offers from Div-I, Div-II and Div-III schools. They were all very good baseball programs and academic schools. I visited Flagler College when I was 14-years-old and fell in love with the school. I was blessed to receive an offer from Coach Barnett and I...
