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Frankie Moscatiello Dominates, Dingcong Goes Deep Again in St. Thomas Aquinas’ Win
St. Thomas Aquinas HC Scott Muscat on their victory over Molloy pic.twitter.com/WKNXZni7xv aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2017 Fresh off being named ECC Pitcher of the Year, Frankie Moscatiello (Rocky Point ’14) fired 7.1 innings of one-run ball, allowing St. Thomas Aquinas to top Molloy 6-1 in the first round of the ECC Championship. “He pretty much kept the game in control,” said Head Coach Scott Muscat. “He struggled a little bit with the control but he only gave up a run–he did a fantastic job,” he added. When Giovanni Dingcong steps to the plate, the fielder’s might as well vacate the infield and all stand along the warning track. The powerful outfielder launched one of his patented majestic home runs (15th of season) to give...
Molloy Poised For Another Big Year
by Mike Guido 2016 Record: 31-23 (East Regional Appearance) Key Additions: Dominic Danetti (LHP), Luciano Morrello (RHP), Sean Hogan (C), James Messina (RHP), Anthony Vano (RHP), Matt Imbrogno (INF), Patrick Kennedy (RHP), Jake Saltzman (OF), Justyn Crisostomo (3B) Key Losses: Nick Gonchar (RF), Deilyn Guzman (RHP) After putting up a program-record 31-wins and earning the No. 6 overall seed in the East Region bracket of the NCAA Tournament last season, a heavily battle-tested Molloy team looks to do much of the same in 2017–if not better. With an overwhelming majority of last season’s roster returning including a loaded freshman class, success for this program looks imminent. Molloy has eight out of their starting nine returning in 2017 including ECC Player of the Year and Baseball o...
April 6 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana MLB wasn’t the only place to find action on the diamond today. There was some crucial games being played by Long Island teams. Division-II:Dowling defeated Queens by the score of 9-2, which means they took three of four in the series against the ECC foes. Dominick Danetti started and dominated–he threw seven shutout innings, allowed only two hits and four walks while striking out nine. He was relieved by Robert Rose, David DeJesus and David Montiverdi.They wasted no time in opening up a 1-0 first inning lead on a sac fly by Jon Cruz. They added two in the third on Cruz’s two-run single to score Anthony Ferrante and Adam Schuster. After being held scoreless for four innings, they broke it open with a five-spot in the eighth inning on a two-run d...
Molloy Sweeps Nyack With Epic Slugfest
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Last weekend the Molloy Lions showcased their power arms in a great four-game series against LIU Post. Yesterday, they turned the clock back to 1998 and won two slug fests against Nyack by the scores of 18-17 and 13-8. In Game One, they led 12-7 entering the top of the sixth when Nyack erupted for eight runs to open up a three-run lead. Nyack added two in the seventh, appearing that they had opened the game up. The Lions responded with two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth, thanks to RBI singles by John Galanoudis, Michael Rahn and Kyle Van Duyne. They recorded 20 hits in the game and benefited from six Nyack errors. Galanoudis had four hits, scored four runs and drove in four. Ron Bauer recorded his third win in relief with two shutout innings, whi...
March 30 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I:Stony Brook split a DH with UMass-Lowell. They won the first game 2-1 on a walk-off two-run single by Robert Chavarria which scored Cole Peragine and pinch runner Billy McLean.Daniel Zamora threw a seven inning complete game. He allowed only one run, struck out nine, walked two and allowed four hits. It was his third win of the season. The offense was stagnant for six innings, but they came through when it mattered most. Jack Parenty added two more hits–he is off to a tremendous start this season with 29 hits already.Division-II:Dowling also split their DH with Wilmington to bring their record to 11-4. In the first game, Tyler Hardison got the Golden Lions on the board with a solo home run in the second inning. Wilmington tied it up in their hal...
March 24 Recap
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Division-I: Hofstra: The Pride defeated Manhattan 4-2. They trailed 2-1 in the seventh but they scored three runs–highlighted by Ryan Donovan‘s two-run single. Brad Witkowski tied the game at 2 with an RBI double. They compiled only four hits in the game, but it did not matter. Brian MacDonald got the start for Hofstra–he threw six inning, allowing one ER on seven hits while striking out six. He received the no-decision. Chris Weiss saved his first game of the year with a clean ninth. The Pride are now 6-11. Division-II: Dowling defeated Adelphi 12-1. You can read the recap here. Molloy defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 5-2 to split the four-game series. Ron Bauer was absolute nails–he struck out 15 over 8 dominant innings. He walked three and ...
Bobby Kelly Improves to 2-0 With Eight Strong Innings
Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics It was understood that the Molloy Lions would be led by their pitching staff this year. True to form, sophomore Bobby Kelly led them to a 4-1 win over reigning ECC Champion St. Thomas Aquinas.Kelly improves to 2-0 on the season–he struck out seven, allowed only six hits and allowed just the lone run. His ERA is now 2.68 on the young season.The Lions took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Kevin Podell. Two innings later, he duplicated the feat–driving in Deilyn Guzman. Later that inning, Michael Rahn added to the lead with an RBI single of his own. In the sixth inning, Kelly ran into his only jam of the day when he allowed a single, but he escaped danger when he induced a ground out to first.The Lions added an insurance run in the...
