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Anthony Papa Fires 134-Pitch CG, Golden Eagles Cruise to 10th Straight Win
Our @DigmiNation Player of the Game is Anthony Papa who fired a 134-pitch complete game in St. Joseph’s 8-3 victory over Mount St. Mary’s to advance to the winner’s bracket in the Skyline Conference tournament pic.twitter.com/kAAXw1JJz8 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 4, 2018 Some pitchers get that look in their eye when they get close to the finish line. St. Joseph’s Head Coach Rick Garrett knows Anthony Papa fits that mold. He fired a 134-pitch complete game with his last pitch registering as the same velocity as the first pitch (85 MPH). Asked what gave him the confidence to stick with Papa despite the elevated pitch count and Garrett did not hesitate. “He’s one of those Levittown kids,” said the fifth year skipper referring to h...
St. Joseph’s Motivated By Last Season’s Bitter Ending
2017 was not supposed to end that way. Entering the season as the reigning Skyline Conference champs and led by a veteran pitching staff with two Axcess Baseball All-Long Island pitchers in Josh Outsen and Brandon Lubrano as well as two experienced arms in Nick Clemente and P.J. Martino, the Golden Eagles were understandably confident entering the season. After breezing through much of the season, including a double header sweep of the eventual champs from SUNY Maritime, they suffered an unexpected hiccup in not one, but two postseason games on their home turf. They were shellacked 21-8 by Maritime and eliminated by Mount St. Mary’s by the score of 8-5, before having to watch the Privateers celebrate on their mound. “I send that picture of them celebrating in our group chat alm...
Axcess Most Valuable Player 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 Most Valuable Player Award to the top college player on Long Island. The four finalists are: Rob Andreoli (LIU Post): .346 AVG, 5 HR, 44 RBI, .412 OBP, 22 SB, 42 R, 73 H Lou Doria (St. Joseph’s): .361 AVG, 9 HR, 42 RBI, .481 OBP, .722 SLG Brian McLaughlin (Maritime): .450 AVG, 9 HR, 51 RBI, .494 OBP, .757 SLG, 43 R, 63 H Nick Marino (Nassau CC): .500 AVG, 3 HR, 36 RBI, .574 OBP, .767 SLG, 26 R, 26 R, 43 H,
2017 College All-Long Island Team
We waited long enough to unveil it. Here is our 2017 college All-Long Island team video announcement. The Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year Awards will be announced and given out at our third annual Awards Banquet this winter. Below are the players along with their key stats. Hofstra: Steven Foster: .317 AVG, 64 H, 17 2B, 3 HR, 20 RBI, .368 OBP, 8 SB Vito Friscia: .305 AVG, 47 H, 8 HR, 33 RBI, .532 SLG, .404 OBP Stony Brook: Toby Handley: .342 AVG, 67 H, 44 R, 17 2B, 8 3B, 5 HR, 34 RBI, 45 BB, .466 OBP Casey Baker: .302 AVG, 57 H, 35 R, 4 HR, 37 RBI, .404 OBP, 15 SB Brian Herrmann: 4-3 W-L, 3.46 ERA, 80.2 IP, .234 AVG NYIT: Louis Mele: .341 AVG, .422 OBP, .459 SLG, 46 H, 2 HR Molloy: Brian Murphy: .342 AVG, 65 H, 46 R,.385 OBP, 44 SB Angelo Navetta: ...
Lou Doria, St. Joseph’s Power Past Mount St. Mary
Led by the scorching-hot bat of junior Lou Doria, the St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles took the Skyline Conference tournament game by storm as they posted a commanding 18-4 victory against Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday. Everything was going right for the Golden Eagles as they put up 22 hits offensively and their pitching was efficient. They will move on to play Maritime at 11 am on Sunday morning. The Golden Eagles took control of this one early as they put 11 runs in the first two innings batting through the lineup twice. They sent ten hitters to the plate as they scored six runs in the first inning due to consecutive hits through the middle of the order. The big story, however, was Doria. This kid just flat out rakes. He smacked a pair of two-run homers in his first two at-bats in t...
St. Joseph’s Shuts Out Maritime in Crucial Skyline Double Header
The St. Joseph’s Golden Eagles had everything going right for them on Sunday as they took two 7-0 wins over Maritime. The pitching was stellar and the top of the order was electric.These two conference wins were huge for the Golden Eagles as they move to 13-7 on the season with a 7-1 conference record. These two teams will presumably be battling for the Skyline Conference up to the end of the season. You couldn’t have asked the top of the Golden Eagles’ order to be more productive in game one. Anthony Bonilla, Matt Burnett, Paul Britt, and Lou Doria combined for 11 hits, five RBI and six runs scored. Britt and Doria had monster days recording a combined seven hits between the two of them. Tyler Crafa also had a hit in the game. “I thought our guys came to play from the first in...
10 Skyline Conference Players That Could Be X-Factors
The Skyline Conference has improved vastly over the past few seasons. There are now four teams that could legitimately win it this year. St. Joseph’s, Old Westbury and Farmingdale have each one it in the past three seasons. Below are 10 players that could have a large say in who ultimately wins it this season. Nick Attardi-OF, Farmingdale State The reigning Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year is a force at the top of the order. He hit .420 with a .514 OBP and struck out only seven times. They have transformed into more of a small-ball team over the past couple years. When I was playing there, it was a lineup filled with power but with the speedsters they have, they try to “get-em-on, get-em-over, get-em-in”. With the vast improvements of the rest of the Skyline Conferen...
Five-Run Sixth Allows DeCarli, LIU Post to Stay Hot
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana When there is a pitching match up such as Jake DeCarli verse Cody McPartland, it is expected to be a low-scoring affair. Through five innings at Golden Lions Field, it was just that–with Dowling leading 2-0 thanks to an RBI triple by Jon Cruz and RBI double by Dan Parisi.McPartland, who had cruised through five inning with only 60 pitches, suddenly began leaving pitches out over the plate and the Pioneers were crushing them.Lou Doria doubled off the right center field fence to score David Groeneveld which got McPartland removed from the game in favor of Andrew Sesto. After a walk, Rick Alessi followed with an RBI single to tie up the game at two. Rob Andreoli hit a parachute down the left-field line for a two-run single to give the Pioneers the lead. They ...
