Rob Costanzo
Dowling-LIU Post Game Postponed
Today’s Dowling verse LIU Post game has been postponed due to the threat of rain. The game will be made up on Monday for the fourth game of the series.Tomorrow Dowling will host the DH. It will begin at noon.The series will be crucial for each team, considering the ramifications in the ECC standings. Dowling is currently first in the conference with a 6-2 record. They are percentage points ahead of St. Thomas Aquinas, who currently sit at 9-3. LIU Post is just behind with a 6-3 record.Dowling will most likely throw Cody McPartland and Brendan Butler in tomorrow’s twinbill, while the Pioneers of LIU Post will probably throw ace Jake DeCarli and either Dan Jagiello or Connor McCarthy.Dowling has been led by their terrific pitching. They have a staff ERA of 2.33. Their contributio...
Dowling Continues the Home Cooking
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Don’t try to come into Dowling‘s kitchen and steal their cake. They won’t have any of it. They staved off Concordia’s ninth inning rally to hang on 5-4 for their ninth home win in 10 opportunities.David Montiverdi started for the Golden Lions and he was exceptional. He threw 8.1 innings, allowed three ER on 10 hits, walked nobody and struck out five. It was his first win of the season.After allowing an RBI double in the top of the first, Montiverdi settled down and was dominant.His offense backed him right away, tying it up in the bottom of the first and taking the lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Tyler Piccolo.RJ Going drove in two with a single in the fifth inning, scoring Anthony Ferrante and Rob Costanzo. They opened up t...
Brendan Butler’s 11 K’s Keeps Dowling Rolling
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq5ZTfUH9Kc]It’s safe to say Brendan Butler made a sound decision in transferring to Dowling from Farleigh Dickinson. He led Dowling to another victory, this time a 9-4 rout of Queens. After three seasons marred with high walk totals, the 6’4″ graduate of Sayville HS is making it easily to forget about the starting rotation of last season. “Those guys were great last year,” said Butler. “I’m just trying to win, you know. If I could do what they did last year that would be great. If not, as long as we keep winning, I’ll take it any way I can get it,” he added.They certainly have been winning. With their victory over Queens in the first game of the double header, they improved to 13-4 on the season....
Dowling Stays Hot With 10-4 Win Over Bloomfield
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana The Dowling Golden Lions stayed hot with an easy 10-4 win over Bloomfield in the first game of a double header on Sunday. They got out to an early 2-0 lead in the second inning on a bases loaded walk by Dylan Piscitelli, followed by an RBI single by Chris Appell.They employed a pitcher-by-committee method as Cody McPartland started and threw three shutout innings. He was relieved by Nick Persad, who contributed two shutout innings. Thomas Bashen allowed 3 ER in his 1.2 innings but Robert Rose closed the door with 0.1 innings.The difference in the game was a five-run fourth inning by the Golden Lions. RJ Going hit a sac fly, Rob Costanzo hit a two-run single, as did Adam Schuster.After the victory, the Golden Lions are now 8-3 on the season.The teams will meet ag...
