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All-Long Island Team (College)
We are coming off another wildly entertaining season in Long Island college baseball. Here are my picks for the best player at each position. Italicized letters represent that the player led Long Island in that statistic. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208630454″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=’450′ iframe=”true” /] MVP: Jack Parenty, SBUCy Young: Jake DeCarli, LIU PostRookie of the Year: Andruw Gazzola, SBUC: Dan Parisi, Dowling: .351 AVG, 27 R, 52 H, 26 RBI, .415 OBP, .446 SLG, 7-11 SB, .972 FLD % Rob Vani, Adelphi: .336 AVG, 29 R, 51 H, 2 HR, 23 RBI, .864 OPS, 6-8 SB, .986 FLD %1b: Brenda...
Tim Ingram and Caleb Olsen Throw Gems in DH Sweep of Purchase
Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics Old Westury flashed their arms in a DH sweep of Purchase by the scores of 7-2 and 6-0. Their top two starters, Tim Ingram and Caleb Olsen both threw gems. The Panthers are now 21-8.In the first game, Olsen went eight innings, allowed 0 ER and struck out six while walking one to improve to 5-2. Photo Credit: Old Westbury Athletics Through seven innings, it was 1-1 but the Panthers bats came to life. Tommy Zeigen hit a go-ahead sac fly to score Dean Sheridan. They opened it up with a two-run single by Jesse Matos. Nick Dorcean closed it out with a clean ninth inning.In the second game, it was all Tim Ingram. He threw a one-hit shutout, he struck out 15 and walked only one.His numbers are freakish–he now has 1.26 ERA through 50 innings, allowing onl...
Old Westbury Cruises Past John Jay
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Old Westbury padded their resume a little more with another easy win–this time an 11-3 rout of John Jay to improve to 19-8.Nick Schoen started and went six innings–he allowed one ER and struck out five batters for the win. The game was close in the fifth inning when Nick Yip hit his fifth home run of the season to open up a 3-1 lead. Christian Faust opened the game up with a two-run double in the seventh inning. Faust finished with three hits and two RBI. Michael Cardino had two hits and drove in two. Dean Sheridan also compiled two hits and drove in a run.In total, the Panthers smacked 15 hits.Christopher Vitale threw the final three innings, allowing one ER in relief of Schoen.The Panthers will host Purchase on Saturday in a DH. They will look to i...
Old Westbury Wins On Senior Night in 10 Innings
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Senior Night is supposed to be a nice, easy victory. Old Westbury‘s win Tuesday night over the City College of New York was anything but. It took 10 innings, and it included eight errors and 17 hits but the Panthers won 5-4 on an RBI single by the red-hot Tommy Zeigen. Old Westbury starter Tyler Kapela was terrific–he allowed one ER in six innings, struck out three and walked one. He did not factor in the decision. Nick Dorcean came on in relief in the seventh and struck out six in four shutout innings. He allowed only one hit while walking two.The offense compiled 10 hits–Nick Yip had three, Zeigen and Dean Sheridan both had two.In the 10th inning, Yip led off with a double down the right field line. Christian Faust was intentionally walked,...
Old Westbury Sweeps the Weekend
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Old Westbury Panthers swept two teams this weekend on their way to improving to 17-8 overall and 8-4 in the Skyline Conference.On Friday, they swept Yeshiva University by a combined score of 33-6. While it is hardly an accomplishment to defeat them, it was what needed to be done. They benefited from 11 Macabees errors. In Game 1, Justin Mize recorded the win. He threw five innings, allowing two ER. Tommy Zeigen led the offense with three hits, three runs score and two RBI. In Game 2, Nick Schoen set a career-high with 13 k’s in a complete game shutout. He walked two and allowed four hits.Once again, Tommy Zeigen had three hits but he drove in four runs this time. Jake Schwartz had three hits and drove in three runs as well. Robinson Hernandez hit a ...
Matt Taurisani’s Sac-Fly is the Difference in Old Westbury’s 5-3 Win
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Playing against sub .500 teams has usually meant scoring 10+ runs for the Old Westbury Panthers. That was not the case on Tuesday, as they narrowly edged Drew University 5-3, and it took a seventh inning run to break the tie.The Panthers were down 2-1 in the fourth inning but tied it up on a sac fly by catcher Carlos Balmaceda to score Jacob Coners.Drew took the lead in the fifth inning on a bases loaded walk against Justin Mize. After the batter, Nick Schoen came in and relieved Mize. He put out the fire with two strikeouts to end the threat.In the bottom of the sixth, the Panthers tied up the game on a wild pitch that scored Coners.Schoen put up another goose egg in the top of the seventh to set the stage for a Panther rally. A walk and a single put runners on...
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 ...
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.
Caleb Olsen Dominant in Old Westbury’s Fourth Straight Win
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Old Westbury Panthers might want to consider making Baseball Heaven their home field. They won their third straight game there–and fourth overall–with an 11-1 victory over John Jay.They got on the board early and often. Christian Faust drove a two-run double to RF to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. Before the inning was over, they added four more runs–highlighted by Nick Yip‘s third home run of the young season. He tied Anthony Orsano for the program record with 11 career home runs. That was all Caleb Olsen would need. He threw five dominant innings, allowing only one run on one hit, walking two while striking out three. He needed only 64 pitches. He was relieved by Tyler Kapela, who added three shutout innings with four strikeouts. Yip...
Nick Yip Hits Two Home Runs to Lead Panthers in Rout of Lehman
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7sq4tpIBmI]It was an old-fashioned blowout in Baseball Heaven for the Old Westbury Panthers against Lehman. The game was 0-0 with two outs in the bottom of the second inning when the Panthers took advantage of four defensive errors to score 15 runs with two outs. They hit 3 three-run home runs–two by Nick Yip and one by Michael Cardino. The wind certainly contributed to the home runs, but so did the Lehman defense who dropped two outfield fly balls, and misplayed two groundballs in the infield that allowed the Panthers to blow the game wide open. Cardino had three hits and four RBI while Yip had two hits and six RBI. Nick Dorcean was the winning pitcher for the Panthers. He went six innings, allowed three ER with nine strikeouts for his first ...
