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Fall Ball Series Presented By The Greene Turtle: LIU Post
This is the second installment of our Fall Ball Series Presented by The Greene Turtle in which we visit the local colleges and provide an in-depth, inside look at how their 2019 teams will look featuring photos, videos and interviews with players and coaches. Up next is LIU Post coming off a 29-20 season last season. I was bullish on LIU Post all last year, often featuring them at the top of the Division-II Weekly Power Rankings even when they weren’t playing their best. A major reason for that was their overall depth in the lineup but also a very talented pitching staff that featured some younger arms that were ready to come into their own. They made a postseason run but ultimately were defeated by Molloy, 11-4. They graduated three impact players; Rob Andreoli, Ramger Iglesias and ...
Local Names Capture Minor League Championships
If you’ve been following us for a while, you are familiar with the names Matt Seelinger, Dan Jagiello and Shea Spitzbarth. All three have local ties and they all wrapped up their minor league seasons with a championship. We’ll go through each individually. Dan Jagiello (LIU Post 2017) is a member of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and they captured the California League Championship. Jagiello was drafted in the 34th round of the 2017 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers following the Pioneers ECC Championship in which he was on the mound to record the final out. He entered the season as a high draft follow as a starting pitcher but settled into a role as the closer. He compiled an ERA of 1.93 with 12 saves and 38 strikeouts over 23.1 IP. This year he compiled an ERA of 3.14 with 4 save...
Updated College Commitments
Please let us know if we have missed or have not updated your college commitment. We will keep the Class of 2018 active until December 31st. Class of 2018 Michael Abagnale-SUNY Old Westbury Robbie Affenita-Adelphi Chris Amato-Suffolk Alex Andrew-Middlesex County Jalen Bertie-SUNY Old Westbury Cameron Botta-SUNY Old Westbury Hayden Altimari-Penn State Brandywine Joe Amoroso-SUNY Old Westbury Justin Aviles-Marietta Matt Ayala-Alvernia Mike Badala-St. Joseph’s Ryan Baumann-Southern New Hampshire Nick Biscardi-Quinnipiac Jason Bottari-Albany Chris Buehler-LIU Brooklyn Matt Carey-NYIT Anthony Carleo-Lackawanna Michael Cartusciello-Belmont Abbey Dillon Cassidy-Herkimer CC Noah Centeno-Sacred Heart D.J. Chandler-St. Thomas Aquinas Paul Christopher-Oswego Anthony Cipri-Adelphi Michael Cole-F...
How Good is LIU Post’s 2019 Recruiting Class?
Following their 2017 ECC Championship, I was very confident that it was the beginning of a prosperous period for the LIU Post Pioneers. Not just because their current team included the reigning Axcess Baseball Player of the Year (Rob Andreoli), runner-up Rookie of the Year (Noah Lorenzo) and future ECC Pitcher of the Year (James Varela), but also because the residual effect that it would have on the current players on Long Island. Coming from someone who was in that exact situation, I can attest to the fact that there is absolutely a huge percentage of players on Long Island that are looking to a) stay close to home, b) play competitive baseball and c) get a scholarship to keep playing the game they love. For me, it meant attending Adelphi as they were in the midst of a 36-win season. For ...
Stevie Proko: Why I Chose LIU Post
(Editor’s Note: Stevie Proko is a hard-throwing RHP entering his senior year at Locust Valley. Prior to committing to LIU Post this past weekend, he was one of the best remaining available players in the 2019 class. The following words are his own…) From a young age, I have always loved the game of baseball and always had a dream of playing at the next level. On Friday August 17th my family and I agreed that it was the right decision for me to commit to LIU Post. I believe that the recruiting process starts early with getting high grades in high school because I live in a household where my parents couldn’t stress that enough on me. My college recruiting process all started when I sat down with my high school coach John Lonardo, who was the former head coach at SUNY Old W...
Steven Rizzo & Vito Friscia Capture the 2018 Axcess Home Run Derby
On a hot & humid August afternoon, two players stole the show and stood above the rest in their respective brackets. Steven Rizzo (St. Anthony’s) captured the high school division and Vito Friscia (Hofstra) captured the college division in front of a packed crowd at Baseball Heaven. Rizzo led all high school hitters with 10 home runs, including seven in the first round. He defeated Matt Brown-Eiring (Connetquot 2020) in the championship round with two home runs. David Falco (Center Moriches 2019) smacked 3 HR, Brock Murtha (Saville 2020) hit two while Kyle Rausch (Longwood 2019) and Brown-Eiring each hit one. The college age players put on a clinic. St. Joseph 1B Paul Britt hit four home runs. He is a finalist for our Axcess Most Valuable Player for his amazing 2018 season for th...
Molloy Advances to ECC Championship
Molloy extends their lead to 5-2 after the 4th on a Jack McCarty RBI single. pic.twitter.com/IXW6Sub5yI — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2018 The Molloy Lions defeat the LIU Post Pioneers 11-4 to advance to the ECC championship game. Molloy starter, sophomore Anthony Vano threw a complete game and freshman Matt Overton went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run and five RBI. “These guys have been battling all year,” said Molloy head coach Joe Fucarino. “They just played inning-to-inning very focused.” Molloy gets the last word against LIU Post, who defeated the Lions on Thursday 4-0. Molloy’s offense got hot in the third inning batting around. The Lions started the inning with back-to-back-to-back singles by Mike Wall, James Messina, and Jake Saltzman. Senior Angelo Navetta drove...
Molloy Sweeps Doubleheader Against LIU Post on Senior Day
Final score for game 2: Molloy 3-LIU Post 1 in 7 innings. WP: Timothy Panetta-CG, 6K, 1R Stay tuned for the recap by Brennan Erlandsen. pic.twitter.com/VkG2fTWLSr — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 28, 2018 The Molloy Lions sweep the LIU Post Pioneers in a Senior Day doubleheader on Saturday. Pioneers took game one, 3-2, and game two by the score of 3-1. Senior Kevin Hiss turned in another solid performance tossing 8.1 innings giving up two runs and striking out two in game one. “It’s all about getting quality starts at this time of year against tough competition,” said Molloy head coach Joe Fucarino. ” “I felt great out there. They were a really aggressive team, so it was important for me to go out there and locate pitches,” said&nbs...
April 20 Recap
College baseball winds down its final weeks with these teams still going strong. Take a look at who excelled: Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra defeated Charleston, 7-1, to help stop a six-game losing streak. John Rooney’s brilliant campaign continued Friday, going nine innings, giving up just five hits and one run in line for his sixth victory of the season against zero losses. His ERA drops to 0.97 for the season. Hofstra was able to grab their first runs of the game in the sixth behind a Mikey Riesner RBI sac bunt. That was followed up by an Austin Gauthier two-run single to give Hofstra the lead 3-1. They proceeded to tack on four more in the eighth, good enough to put them at 14-15 on the season and 4-8 in conference play. Fordham: Fordham was defeated, 5-3, in eleven innings against Georg...
Power Rankings Week 9
This weekend featured some high-drama with some conference rivals i.e. Old Westbury-St. Joseph’s, Farmingdale-St. Joseph’s, NYIT-Molloy, LIU Post-Southern Connecticut and Stony Brook-Albany. While this was all exciting finishes, it makes the playoff pictures extremely murky as well as our Power Rankings; ESPECIALLY at the Division-III level, as my preseason predictions don’t look great right now, however, it doesn’t mean things can’t be completely different in one week. I will do a podcast tomorrow explaining this in depth more. We covered high school during the week, then we got back into the college action this weekend. Staying consistent with our format the previous two weeks, I will segment the rankings by division. Here’s my best guess. Division-I: ...
April 13th Recap
12 Teams went to work on a beautiful Friday the 13th. Take a look at those who stepped up: Division-I: Hofstra: Hofstra was defeated by Elon 2-1. John Rooney continued his amazing junior season by going seven innings, giving up zero runs and five hits. Hofstra tallied only two hits on the afternoon. A Garrett Stonehouse two-run double in the eighth proved to be the deciding factor in the loss. Hofstra drops to 14-12 on the season and 4-6 in conference play. Stony Brook: Stony Brook fell to Albany, 5-4. Albany jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning but the Sea Wolves fought back in the third, scoring three runs in the inning, one of them courtesy of a Michael Wilson single. Albany would gain the lead back in the following inning, and later padded on another run in the fifth and ...
LIU Post Sweeps Doubleheader over Queens College
LIU Post pitched their way to two wins in a double-header against Queens College on Saturday, taking the first game 3-1 before winning the second 2-0. The first game was dominated pretty thoroughly by Post sophomore Noah Lorenzo. The southpaw went 8.1 innings and struck out five while allowing eight baserunners to reach. He left with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth after throwing almost 120 pitches, but redshirt senior reliever Brian Tinney came in and struck out the final two batters in emphatic fashion to give the Pioneers the victory. Lorenzo improved to 4-2 for the year on the win and lowered his ERA from 4.06 to 3.59. Zach Fritz’s patient effort at the plate was the catalyst for Post’s offense in the first game, as the first basemen went 2-3 with an RBI double, a run scored o...
