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Friday College Recap (5/10) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Hofstra: The Hofstra Pride suffered a difficult defeat at the hands of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks 13-3 on the road on Friday. The Pride see their playoff hopes take a big hit, after struggling mightily against the Seahawks. Santino Rosso, Will Kennedy and Luke Masiuk each had one RBI for the Pride. After his best start of the year a week ago, Michael O’Hanlon failed to build off of that momentum. In only 22 innings, O’Hanlon allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and only struck out one. O’Hanlon was charged with his fourth loss of the season. For the Seahawks, Kevin Jones led the way with 3 RBIs, and Jacob Shafer was the winning pitcher. The Pride are 20-29 with a 10-12 CAA record and will play the Seahawks again on Saturday. Stony Brook: The Stony Brook Seawolves narro...
Saturday College Recap (5/4) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Mike Merolle On Saturday, a walk-off brings St. John’s a conference win closer to a Big East tournament appearance. Division-II and Division-III featured a few doubleheaders as the regular season nears the end. Division-I St. John’s vs. Creighton (DH) Game 1: St. John’s 3 — Creighton 2 The Red Storm clutched the game-one victory in their doubleheader against Creighton in walk-off fashion thanks to Ben Beauchamp’s solo home run in the 10th inning. The pitchers controlled the early game. St. John’s Evan Chaffee struck out his first four batters faced. Chaffee finished with eight strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched. St. John’s got the game’s first run with Garrett Scavelli hitting an RBI fielder’s choice in the sixth making it 1-0. Creighton quickly surged with a two-run homer to make ...
Friday College Recap (5/3) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Hofstra vs Stony Brook With his home run at Stony Brook today, #Hofstra senior Steve Harrington became the 12th player in program history to record 20 career home runs. #PrideOfLI pic.twitter.com/qpBdfeXYCM — Hofstra Baseball (@HofstraBaseball) May 4, 2024 The Hofstra Pride held off a late surge by their cross town rival Stony Brook Seawolves to take a narrow 3-2 road victory. The Pride used 10 hits, as well as a strong outing from starter Michael O’Hanlon to take down the Seawolves. For the Pride, they opened the scoring in the fourth inning with a home run by Steve Harrington. Later that inning, the Pride doubled their advantage when Penn Sealey singled in the second run of the game for Hofstra. The Pride wouldn’t score again until the seventh, when Dylan Palmer drove in w...
Saturday College Recap (4/27) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Mike Merolle A 10-run comeback win, a senior day, and multiple doubleheaders made for an eventful college baseball Saturday. Here’s how it went down. Division-I: St. John’s 9 — Xavier 3 The Red Storm played their second game of the series against Xavier and prevailed, 9-3. Matt McCormick put Xavier up 1-0 in the first with an RBI single and that was the only run scored in the game until the fourth inning. The Johnnies took the lead with two unearned runs off a throwing error by the Xavier infield. In the sixth, Xavier’s Connor Misch hit a solo shot to tie it but St. John’s rallied in the seventh. Errors and wild pitches allowed Garrett Scavelli, Chad Falcon, and Anthony Brienza to score three making it 5-2. Jimmy Keenan tacked on a run on an RBI double and Marty Higgins followed wit...
Friday College Recap (4/26) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Hofstra: The Hofstra University Pride used a four run fifth inning to take down the North Carolina A&T Aggies at home 5-3 in the series opening matchup between the two teams. The Pride, who were down 2-1 going into the fifth, used a Santino Rosso three run homer and a Michael Florides RBI single to take down the Aggies. Matt Pelcher brought in the only other run with an RBI groundout in the second inning. Michael O’Hanlon started the game for the Pride, tossing 7.2 innings, striking out seven and allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits. Mike McKenna picked up his sixth save in the victory. The Pride are 15-27 with a 6-10 league record and will take on the NC A&T Aggies again on Saturday. Stony Brook: The Stony Brook Seawolves blew out the Monmouth Hawks 9-1 ...
Saturday College Recap (4/20) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Mike Merolle As the season nears the end of April, loads of action happened on Saturday. A few Division-I teams saw themselves digging out of an early deficit, Division-II and Division-III saw many doubleheaders, and a walk-off home run earned a team a victory. Division-I St. John’s 8 — Butler 7 The Johnnies made a comeback in Saturday’s matchup against Butler at Jack Kaiser Stadium. Butler got the early 4-0 lead after getting six hits in the first inning. St. John’s got going in the bottom of the fourth. Marty Higgins hit a single and stole second to put him in scorer’s position. Chad Falcon drove him home with a single and Garrett Scavelli laid a bunt allowing Falcon to score making it 4-2 Butler. A Butler error in the bottom of the seventh allowed a St. John’s run to cut the def...
Friday College Recap (4/19) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Division-I: Hofstra: The Hofstra University Pride used a seven run fifth inning to take down the Campbell Fighting Camels 11-7 at home in the first of a three game series between the two teams. The Pride, who were trailing by three entering the fifth, saw their offense explode en route to their fourth conference victory of the season. The offensive heroes for Hofstra were Steve Harrington, who had three RBIs including a solo home run, and Joseph Mennella who’s two RBIs came on a two run homer. Luke Masiuk also came up big for Hofstra with a pair of RBIs. Michael O’Hanlon recorded his third victory of the season on the mound. In 6.1 innings, O’Hanlon struck out six and allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits. Mike McKenna recorded his fifth save of the season. The Pride a...
Saturday College Recap (4/13) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Mike Merolle Saturday was full of action through a few doubleheaders and loads of scoring. More below on how the local teams did in the Saturday roundabout. Division-I St. Johns 15 — UConn 7 The St. John’s Red Storm have their first win in Storrs, CT since 2013. They defeated the UConn Huskies 15-7 in a Saturday matchup. Garrett Scavelli got the Johnnies on the board in the second inning with his solo home run to make it 1-0. However, UConn answered with four runs thanks to Korey Morton’s solo shot, Matt Malcolm’s two-run homer, and an RBI groundout. Luke Orbon hit a three-run shot to tie the game at four in the third. Blake Mayberry added with a two-run double to make it 5-4 St. John’s. Following him, Jimmy Keenan blasted a ball over the right-centerfield fence to add to the Johnn...
Friday College Recap (4/12) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman Hofstra: The Hofstra Pride were defeated in the opening game of a three-game road series against the Elon Phoenix 17-6. The two teams combined for 23 runs, however, Hofstra’s pitching once again let them down, as they failed to keep the Phoenix off the scoresheet. Alex McCoy continued his hot streak, connecting on a solo home run in the contest. Matt Pelcher had three RBIs in the game as well. Will Kennedy, Michael Brown, and Steve Harrington each one RBI apiece. Michael O’Hanlon started the game for the Pride and struggled in what was his second loss of the season. Through just two and two-thirds innings, O’Hanlon allowed eight runs on eight hits. For the Phoenix, Kenny Mallory Jr. led the way with six RBIs. Sam Nomura was the winning pitcher. The Pride are 11-21 with a 3-7...
Friday College Recap (3/8) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman With the calendar turning to March, each of the local teams are in action each week. This week pitted two of the colleges against each other for a weekend series. Here’s how it all went down. Division-I: Hofstra vs St. John’s G1: St Johns 3 – Hofstra 2 G2: St John’s 10 – Hofstra 1 The Hofstra Pride and St. John’s Red Storm battled in a double header in Queens that saw the Red Storm defeat the Pride in both games. They won 3-2 in the opening game before exploding to a dominant 10-1 victory in game two. For the Red Storm, they have won four in a row, and remain undefeated at home. While the Pride drop to 4-8 and have dropped their last four games. Although the Pride and Red Storm combined for 19 hits in the first game, the teams only scored a combined five ru...
Friday College Recap (2/16) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Max Edelman College baseball is back – and we had one of the biggest upsets in a decade happen right off the bat. Without further ado, here’s how it went down. Division-1: St. John’s: St John’s 9 – Florida 5 St. John’s takes down No. 4 Florida on opening night 👀 (🎥 @StJohnsBaseball) pic.twitter.com/fdd5Zklc9A — Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) February 17, 2024 The St. John’s Red Storm started their season with a bang, upsetting the No. 2 ranked Florida Gators 9-5 on the road. The Red Storm scored seven runs in the first three innings and never looked back, as they upset one of the top teams in the country, spoiling Florida’s home opener in the process. The three innings saw a Red Storm strike, as five different St John’s players brought in runs. In total, seven mem...
Saturday College Recap (5/6) Powered by Orlin & Cohen
by Andy Smith Division-I: Stony Brook: The Seawolves jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead thanks to an RBI triple by Evan Giordano, RBI ground out by Shane Paradine and RBI single by Derek Yalon. Unfortunately, that was all for the Stony Brook offense as Delaware’s starting pitcher, Joey Silan, settled in and fired 7 strong innings to earn the W. Wyatt Nelson locked down the 2 inning save.Josh O’Neill was tagged with the loss as he allowed 6 runs over 6.2 innings with five walks and four strikeouts. Evan Giordano and Matt Brown-Eiring each had two hits for Stony Brook who drop to 19-25 on the season and 10-13 in CAA play. These teams will finish up their series on Sunday afternoon. St. John’s 9, Villanova 10 The Red Storm fell just short in a back-and-forth game. St. John’s got on t...
