Suffolk CC
Pete Blumenauer Ready for New Challenge as Suffolk CC Head Coach
by Max Edelman Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series. Jack Turner (Suffolk CC) sitting in the low 90s with his slider in the low 80s. Entered today with 34 strikeouts in 6 appearances which is 2nd in the HCBL. pic.twitter.com/6pcaXtjeb0 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 23, 2023 After spending the last seven years as head coach at St. Joseph’s in Brooklyn, Pete Blumenauer left the school in order to pursue a new opportunity coaching with the Suffolk County Community College Sharks. Blumenauer has a long career of coaching not just in the area, but on Long Island as well. Prior to coaching at St. Joseph’s, Blumenauer has had coaching tenures at Islip, Adelphi, and even a previous tenure at SCCC as an assistant coach...
Suffolk CC Looks to Continue Region Championship Streak
By Michael Malaszczyk Suffolk captures the Region XV Championship! pic.twitter.com/rN5C3PwnpV — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 22, 2021 Coach Jason Galbraith of Suffolk Community College is full of optimism ahead of opening day. There’s no reason not to be, as his team played tremendously in 2021. “We’re coming off another Region 8 championship,” said Coach Galbraith, in an interview with Axcess Baseball. “It was our 5th consecutive time winning our region.” The pandemic is what stopped his team from going beyond the regional championship, according to Galbraith. “Unfortunately, due to COVID travel restrictions placed on our team, we were not able to compete for the [NJCAA] World Series,” he said. Coach Galbraith’s confidence comes from the fact that his team will be largely comp...
OTD: Suffolk Defeats Nassau to Win Region XV Championship
Suffolk defeats Nassau by a score of 11-2 to win the regional championship. pic.twitter.com/5hn4idy9wk — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2019 On a beautiful spring afternoon, the Nassau Community College Lions were taking on the Suffolk County Community College Sharks in the Region XV Championship game. Southpaw Tyler Schmid took the mound for Suffolk, and immediately found himself in some trouble, walking the first two batters he faced. However, after a 6-6-3 double play, and a flyout to center, he was able to escape trouble. Nassau starting pitcher, Patrick Denicola, had a relatively clean frame. After allowing a one out double to Christian Lent, he retired the next two batters to strand Lent at second. All the runs that Suffolk would need were scored in the bottom of the se...
Chandler Giovinco On The Road to Recovery
Typically a Tommy John surgery takes 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the severity. When it takes three hours, you know there’s a problem. Chandler Giovinco, a 2019 graduate of Newfield HS, was pitching outside for the first time last season in a non-league game against League I playoff-contender Longwood. He was excited and feeling strong as he finished his warmup. Five pitches into the game, that changed. “I felt it and I heard it,” said Giovinco in regards to the injury he sustained. “I thought I just cracked it so I kept throwing. Five pitches later I looked at my coach and said ‘I’m done.” In that moment, he feared the worst. “My baseball career is over – I thought to myself,” he said. “Then I thought maybe I can hit...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast Strength & Performance: Suffolk CC
Christian McPartland on the mound pic.twitter.com/1ogiE0u2Ag — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 17, 2019 Coming off a 26-7 season which culminated in capturing the Region XV Championship, expectations are sky high once again for Suffolk CC. Second year Head Coach Jason Galbraith is extremely confident in his squad this season having guided them to the Super Regionals in his first year at the helm. “This is probably the best infield in the region,” said Galbraith. “The infield is absolutely amazing. I don’t see anyone having better defense than us,” he added. There are certainly reasons to be excited especially with the presence of Chad Pike, who transferred from Dayton State after winning the League MVP at Southampton HS in 2017. Pike is an excepti...
Suffolk Defeats Nassau to Win Region XV Championship
Suffolk defeats Nassau by a score of 11-2 to win the regional championship. pic.twitter.com/5hn4idy9wk — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 11, 2019 On a beautiful spring afternoon, the Nassau Community College Lions were taking on the Suffolk County Community College Sharks in the Region XV Championship game. Southpaw Tyler Schmid took the mound for Suffolk, and immediately found himself in some trouble, walking the first two batters he faced. However, after a 6-6-3 double play, and a flyout to center, he was able to escape trouble. Nassau starting pitcher, Patrick Denicola, had a relatively clean frame. After allowing a one out double to Christian Lent, he retired the next two batters to strand Lent at second. All the runs that Suffolk would need were scored in the bottom of the se...
Clutch Hits Lead Nassau Over Rival Suffolk, 5-1
Final: Nassau 5, Suffolk 1 (8 innings) pic.twitter.com/gHUKEbUL2W — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 22, 2019 After six innings of squandered opportunities, Nassau broke through in a big way in the seventh inning. T.J. Toscano got things started with an infield single and Mike Iacobellis sacrificed him into scoring position. A walk brought up Tucker Hahn, a big slugger who smoked one into the right-center field alley for an RBI double to tie up the game. Starting pitcher, Conor Jacoby, came up next and crushed a HR to break the tie and give Nassau a lead that they would not relinquish. An unusual call took one of the runs off the board, when Suffolk appealed that one of the runners failed to touch home plate and the umpire confirmed that was the case. Nevertheless, the damage was...
Frank Valentino Signs Pro Contract
Frank Valentino (NYIT ’17) has extended his baseball career for at least another season as he signed a pro contract with the Florence Freedom of the Frontier League. The 23-year-old RHP attended West Islip HS and graduated in 2013. Last season, he played with the Vallejo Admirals in the Pacific Association, going 5-8 with 5.05 ERA and striking out 92 in 98 innings in 16 starts. The 6’3″ RHP has a low-to-mid 90s fastball which helped him dominate at Suffolk CC before transferring to NYIT and leading the rotation for two seasons along with fellow RHPs Elias Martinez and Matt Diaz. During his senior year, he suffered from some extremely difficult luck. His seasons defied all logic by going winless at 0-9, despite pitching two complete games and pitching deep into every game....
Jason Galbraith New Head Coach of Suffolk Community College
Jason Galbraith has been named the new Head Coach of Suffolk Community College, replacing Brian Klammer who was at the helm for one season. Eric Brown had been synonymous with the program, coaching Suffolk CC for 29-years, winning 685 games including 7 appearances in the NJCAA World Series. He received the 2017 Axcess Baseball Lifetime Achievement Award. Galbraith was the Pitching Coach last season, guiding the staff to a 3.11 team ERA and 11.2 K/9. During his playing career, he was 30-3 at Concordia College and was a second-team All-American in 2001. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 46th round of the 2002 draft. He played two seasons, compiling a 3.21 ERA over 56.0 IP. They finished 2018 with a record of 30-13, capturing the Region XV Championship over Nassau at the PAL St...
Eric Brown To Receive 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award
Longtime Suffolk CC Head Coach Eric Brown will be receiving our 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award at our Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 6. He guided his teams to 7 NJCAA World Series and won 685 games during his 29-year tenure. He was named to the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 2014. Last year’s recipient was Connetquot HC Bob Ambrosini. The 2017 Suffolk CC team had a number of standout players; Joseph Mattero, Shawn Blasberg and Joseph Murphy will all be receiving All-Long Island Awards for their outstanding achievements on the field. The previous year, Kris Killackey was named our 2016 Cy Young Award winner for his undefeated season for Coach Brown as they marched through Region XV and into the World Series. We are planning an evening to remember with special guests at the beautiful Vill...
