Molloy entered the ECC playoff as the No. 3 seed, and after a surprising opening round win, they ultimately had their season cut short after two losses to familiar foes.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Max Schonfeld threw a complete game against St. Thomas Aquinas to lead Molloy to a 6-1 to move on the winner’s bracket.<\/p>\n

They proceeded to get crushed 12-3 by Dowling. Starter Alex Miden had a rough go of it; allowing five ER in 1.2 innings. Anthony Eichhorn relieved him and allowed four ER in 2.1 innings. At that point, it was already 9-2 in favor of Dowling.<\/p>\n

The offense was stagnant, compiling only five hits. Kyle Van Duyne was responsible for two of the runs on a home run in the second inning.<\/p>\n

Miden fell to 5-3 on the season, and the Lions finished their season with a record of 20-23.<\/p>\n

One of the bright spots on the season was the emergence of freshman Ron Bauer. He finished with 46 hits and a slash line of .338\/.410\/.426. Also, Kevin Podell was named ECC Rookie of the Year. He compiled a slash line of .297\/.360\/.360.<\/p>\n

The pitching staff was led by senior Max Schonfeld, who will be difficult to replace. He finished his career as the program leader in ERA, he’s just a steady workhorse.<\/p>\n

They will have back Bobby Kelly, who finished his freshman year with an unbelievable 0.71 ERA in 25 innings. He allowed only 15 hits, walked 8 and held hitters to two XBH, and a .169 AVG.<\/p>\n

They will definitely look to improve an offense that had a .334 slugging percentage and .255 average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo Credit: Molloy Athletics Molloy entered the ECC playoff as the No. 3 seed, and after a surprising opening round win, they ultimately had their season cut short after two losses to familiar foes. On Thursday, Max Schonfeld threw a complete game against St. Thomas Aquinas to lead Molloy to a 6-1 to move on the winner’s bracket. They proceeded to get crushed 12-3 by Dowling. Starter Alex Miden had a rough go of it; allowing five ER in 1.2 innings. Anthony Eichhorn relieved him and allowed four ER in 2.1 innings. At that point, it was already 9-2 in favor of Dowling. The offense was stagnant, compiling only five hits. Kyle Van Duyne was responsible for two of the runs on a home run in the second inning. Miden fell to 5-3 on the season, and the Lions finished their season with a record of 20-23. One of the bright spots on the season was the emergence of freshman Ron Bauer. He finished with 46 hits and a slash line of .338\/.410\/.426. Also, Kevin Podell was named ECC Rookie of the Year. He compiled a slash line of .297\/.360\/.360. The pitching staff was led by senior Max Schonfeld, who will be difficult to replace. He finished his career as the program leader in ERA, he’s just a steady workhorse. They will have back Bobby Kelly, who finished his freshman year with an unbelievable 0.71 ERA in 25 innings. He allowed only 15 hits, walked 8 and held hitters to two XBH, and a .169 AVG. They will definitely look to improve an offense that had a .334 slugging percentage and .255 average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[460],"class_list":{"0":"post-1001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"tag-archive"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n