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Six-Run Seventh Inning Gives Adelphi 10-6 Victory
Final: Adelphi 10, LIU Post 6 WP: Danny Taggart Brandon Morse: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R pic.twitter.com/6mSsOvgmfF — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 19, 2018 Despite being a non-conference game, this was a weekday game nobody wanted to lose. You could see the energy level was different and there was some chirping that’s typically reserved for the rivalry games. Adelphi channeled their motivation into a 10-6 victory over LIU Post in a battle between Nassau County Div-II programs. Early on, Adelphi was in charge as they took a 4-0 lead against LHP Noah Lorenzo, who entered the day with a 2.67 ERA and has been as steady as they come. After a 1-2-3 first inning, he ran into trouble when the Panthers smacked back-to-back doubles, the latter of which was Thomas Colombo who drove...
February 16 Recap
Friday kicked off the official start of the 2018 college baseball season as most Division-I schools across the coverage got underway. Four teams in our coverage area kicked off their 2018 seasons Friday. They went 3-2 on the day. Division-I: Stony Brook: Stony Brook defeated Nicholls University 6-5 in an exciting back-and-forth game that was aired on ESPN3. Starter Greg Marino went four innings, giving up four runs, one of them earned, and four hits. His two-run error in the fourth briefly gave Nicholls State the 4-3 lead. Third baseman Bobby Honeyman carried the load for the Sea Wolves, going 2-for-4 with one double and three RBI. The RBI double tied the game up at 4-4, before Nick Grande hit a sac fly to give them back the lead. Brandon Alamo smacked a long HR to extend that lead to 6-4,...
College Season Previews
With the Div-I college season opening up on Friday, we have concluded many of our college season previews. Some still remain, but here are the links to view any of the ones we completed: Division-I: Fordham Stony Brook Hofstra Division-II: Molloy Queens LIU Post NYIT Division-III: Old Westbury Maritime St. Joseph’s Junior College: Suffolk
LIU Post Baseball Preview: Pioneers Looking to Repeat as ECC Champs
Freshman JJ Lantigua has increased his velocity since getting on campus and looks like he could be a weapon out of the bullpen pic.twitter.com/uZiWtUFKY8 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 25, 2017 The LIU Post baseball team has a lot to look forward to this season. After a seven-year title drought, the Pioneers finally recaptured the Division-II East Coast Conference title last season, defeating Molloy College 9-7. Now, they turn to 2018, with a sight of taking home back-to-back championships. In 2017, scoring runs became routine for the Pioneers as they notched double-digit run totals six times throughout the season. That includes a 20-run, 21-hit outburst against Merrimack. The lineup will look almost the same coming into this season. Outfielder Kenny Daley and catcher ...
Which Local College Players Could Be Drafted in 2018?
There is a ton of talent at our local colleges and universities. Far too little attention is given to the college players, my guess is because people constantly want to know who is the next child prodigy and that involves being not just exceptionally talented but exceptionally young. For purposes of this article, we will focus on the college players that are draft-eligible in 2018 only. There’s two categories; players that should get drafted unless they have a poor season and players that could get drafted but only if they have an exceptional season. Category 1: Reiss Knehr, RHP Fordham Knehr is a 2015 graduate of St. Dominic HS–that’s right he and Kyle Young were on the same stuff. That was prior to Kyle Young’s breakthrough season, and Knehr was the ace of that st...
Axcess Rookie of the Year Finalists Announced
We will be hosting our third annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 6 at Villa Lombardi’s. Among the several awards we will be handing out will be the Axcess Rookie of the Year Award to the top freshman college player on Long Island. The four finalists are: Brian Herrmann (Stony Brook): 4-3 record, 3.46 ERA, 80.2 IP, 54 K, .234 AVG Noah Lorenzo (LIU Post): 7-2 record, 3.99 ERA, 2 CG, 79.0 IP, 49 K, .275 AVG Vinny Rice (Farmingdale): .413 AVG, .488 OBP, .541 SLG, 45 H, 23 R, 15 RBI Phil Russo (Maritime): .359 AVG, .388 OBP, .394 SLG, 51 H, 14 R, 25 RBI If you would like to purchase tickets to the Awards Banquet, you can do so by clicking here!
Anthony Papa Transfers to St. Joseph’s
(Photo Credit: James Escher) When St. Joseph’s graduated two All-Long Island pitchers, Brandon Lubrano and Josh Outsen, following the 2017 season, it was a major question mark as to how they would replace two rock-solid veterans anchoring the rotation. It took almost until the New Year, but they seem to have answered that question with the addition of two-time All-State pitcher Anthony Papa, who transferred from Coastal Carolina (originally attended LIU Post in fall 2015). Papa was regarded as one of the best pitchers on Long Island during his stellar career at Division HS that culminated in firing a six-hit shutout against Bayport-Blue Point in the 2015 Class A Long Island Championship at NYIT. Papa will join forces with Joseph Murphy, a transfer from Suffolk CC (Sachem East 2015) i...
Cy Young Finalists Announced
We will be hosting our third annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 6 at Villa Lombardi’s. Among the several awards we will be handing out will be the Cy Young Award for college pitchers. The four finalists are: T.J. Santiago (Adelphi): 8-3 record, 1.51 ERA, 77.2 IP, 56 H, 81 K, 7 BB, 3 CG Matt Seelinger (Farmingdale): 4-1 record, 1 Save, 1.39 ERA, 51.2 IP, 28 H, 69 K, 16 BB, 1 CG Jake DeCarli (LIU Post): 9-1 record, 2.22 ERA, 101.1 IP, 91 H, 78 K, 21 BB, 6 CG Josh Outsen (St. Joseph’s): 7-0 record, 1.99 ERA, 54.1 IP, 40 H, 54 K, 11 BB, 5 CG We will announce the winner at the podium on the evening of the event. **Tickets available by clicking here **
Andrew Primm Commits to LIU Post
The 2018 class is an especially strong one in terms of catchers. Already players like Dylan Judd, Anthony Carleo, Ryan Mullahey and Nick Ungar have committed. None of those players, however, have a Long Island Championship under their belt like Massapequa C Andrew Primm. Today his name went off the board as he chose to accept a scholarship to LIU Post. He had been weighing another offer, but ultimately chose to play for the reigning ECC Champs. I watched Primm last week, and he is certainly a standout player. He displayed his 1.9 pop time to second base by throwing out not one, but two runners in that game.Additionally, he can handle the bat very well for a catcher. He plays his travel ball for the Diamond Spikes. Catchers that can control the running game are valued high, especially in a ...
Podcast: Mike Gaffney Reflects on 2017, Discusses Incoming Class
LIU Post Head Coach Mike Gaffney was on the aXcess Baseball podcast with host Vinny Messana and reflected on their banner 2017 season and their incoming recruiting class which features high-end players Antonio Deodato (LHP), Luke O’Mahoney (1b) and Chris Wasson (SS). Enjoy
LIU Post Pioneers Claim ECC Title With Thrilling Win Over Molloy
The LIU Post Pioneers are ECC Champions for the first time since 2010!! pic.twitter.com/jMf2MJWQWK — aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2017 For the first time since 2010, the LIU Post Pioneers are East Coast Conference champions. They completed the journey with their 9-7 victory over the Molloy Lions. This was the first time in the past six seasons that the ECC champion was not either Dowling or St. Thomas Aquinas. It was a game that definitely lived up to the expectations as the score bounced around quite a bit, but despite the late push from Molloy, LIU Post was able to come out on top. LIU Post got out to an early lead in the bottom of the first with a Zach Fritz RBI fielder’s choice with the help of a throwing error that brought in a pair of runs. Molloy answered back...
