Farmingdale
GAME RECAP: Farmingdale Overcomes Late 2-0 Deficit to Steal Game 1 of Nassau AA Semis
Farmingdale takes Game 1 of the Nassau Class AA Semifinals Farmingdale 4, Plainview JFK 2 Michael Craig went 3-for-4 and also records the save with a 1-2-3 seventh inning Game 2 will be on Wednesday at Farmingdale pic.twitter.com/FwJA8wy8Px — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 23, 2023 Trailing 2-0 against a pitcher that has allowed virtually nothing all season, things weren’t looking great for the Farmingdale Dalers. But baseball is a funny game that doesn’t make sense sometimes. After notching his 12th strikeout of the game, Mike D’Ambrosio hit Farmingdale’s No. 9 hitter, Behar, to bring the top of the order. JoJo Burriesci ripped a single to put runners in scoring position and No. 2 hitter, Michael Craig, followed with an RBI double into the right center fi...
Farmingdale State College HC Keith Osik Notches Win No. 400
Farmingdale State College Head Coach Keith Osik notched career win No. 400 yesterday in a victory over Mount St. Mary’s. Osik is in his 18th season at the helm for the Rams, he took over in 2005 and has led them to 8 Skyline Conference Championships and one College World Series appearance in 2009. They also reached the NCAA Regional Finals in 2012 as they were one win away from getting back to the CWS in Appleton, WI. Osik was a 10-year big leaguer; debuted in 1996 at Shea Stadium and played right up until getting hired by Farmingdale in July 2005. It is a very interesting and unique path from the Major League clubhouse to a Division-III program that had been middling. Upon his arrival, Osik transformed the program into a Division-III powerhouse and they captured the Skyline Conferen...
Farmingdale Looks to Reload after a Strong 2022 Campaign
by Nick Cipolla 🚨 Sophomore Jordan Welch hits an opposite field walk-off HR to complete the comeback win for Farmingdale and deliver Massapequa their first loss of the season 🚨 pic.twitter.com/FK8STX7jor — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 2, 2022 In the 2022 season, Farmingdale was one of Nassau County’s best teams. They finished the regular season with an 11-4 league record while having a plethora of studs on the roster. Unfortunately, their run ended in the Nassau AA Final against rival and perennial powerhouse Massepequa, who won their 5th straight county title. Farmingdale Head coach Frank Tassielli felt that he had a championship level roster in 2022. “We felt pretty good against whomever our opponents would be”, said Tassielli, “We had a great mix of players from all grade le...
Fall Ball Series Powered by Baseball Lifestyle: Farmingdale State College
(This is the fourth installment of the Fall Ball Series Powered by Baseball Lifestyle. Check them all out there.) Final: USMMA 4, Farmingdale 3 (10 innings) WP: Tyler Reistetter (10 IP, 2 ER, 11 Ks) Noah Herdman with a walk-off single to score Brayden O’Connell USMMA advances to the Skyline Conference championship against winner of Farmingdale-St. Joseph’s pic.twitter.com/0ujX19FdKI — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 14, 2022 Keith Osik is not one for hyperbole. The 10-year MLB veteran has seen it all on a baseball field and in his 17-year tenure as head coach. When discussing his freshmen class he said, “it might be the best depth we’ve brought in. It’s pushed the other guys,” he added. The Rams are coming off a 2022 season in which they finishe...
Paul DuLanto’s 2-R Double Propels Massapequa to Game 1 Victory
Paul DuLanto’s 2-R double in the second inning was the difference in Massapequa’s 2-1 victory in Game 1 pic.twitter.com/kiIQ0OIN28 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 29, 2022 Pitching for the first time since Massapequa‘s game against Freeport almost one month ago, Hofstra-commit Matt Hannon stepped up to answer the call in Game 1 of the Nassau County Class AA Championship against rival Farmingdale. Legendary head coach Tom Sheedy told me after the game that Hannon was a huge X-Factor for the Chiefs, as they did not know what to expect from him. He told reliever Damian DiGiuseppe to be ready from the first inning on. Fortunately for the Chiefs, he was not needed until much later than that. The Chiefs came away with the 2-1 victory as Hannon settled in after allowi...
Farmingdale Advances to the Nassau AA County Championship with 12-1 Win Over Plainview
by Chris Prystupa Here’s the winning pitcher Thomas O’Niell who went a complete game 5IP striking out 6 batters on his teams big day pic.twitter.com/rfBpSkIL9Y — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 25, 2022 In a huge game two of a three game series between No.4 Farmingdale and No.1 Plainview JFK, the Dalers came to play. Farmingdale came out firing on all cylinders; pitching and hitting well and seized many opportunities as they defeated Plainview in five innings (run-rule) with a final score of 12-1. The Dalers immediately got it started in the bottom of the first inning as Michael Craig singled and Tagliavia walked thus setting the table for the heart of their order. Following that Licata put his team up 1-0 by beating out an RBI infield single. After a leadoff single and walk, Th...
Jordan Welch’s Walk-Off HR Propels Farmingdale to Dramatic Comeback Win
🚨 Sophomore Jordan Welch hits an opposite field walk-off HR to complete the comeback win for Farmingdale and deliver Massapequa their first loss of the season 🚨 pic.twitter.com/FK8STX7jor — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 2, 2022 Twice in the last two weeks the Farmingdale Dalers needed a big hit in the bottom of the 7th and twice they got one from sophomore stud Jordan Welch. While the first was a bouncing single through the hole to beat Port Washington, this was came in a considerably larger moment against rival Massapequa. The sophomore came to the plate with one out in the 7th inning in a 4-4 game, and he went the opposite way, driving one just over the right field fence for a solo walk-off HR to send his team into a frenzy and delivering Massapequa their first loss of the sea...
Ken Kortright State Farm Game of the Week: Jordan Welch’s Walk-Off Single Keeps Farmingdale Undefeated
Trailing 5-3 entering the bottom of the 7th, Farmingdale comes storming back to win on a walk-off 2-R single by sophomore Jordan Welch to remain undefeated at 8-0! pic.twitter.com/saG202VjJ3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 21, 2022 Sometimes you need a little bit of luck. Trailing 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Farmingdale staged a rally with the game-winning hit coming on an 0-2 single through the left side of the infield by sophomore Jordan Welch. The Dalers shocked Port Washington, 6-5, who had led from the first inning of the game until the last batter. Farmingdale improved to 8-0 on the season. Welch, who has been swinging a hot bat, fell behind 0-2 in the count, but he noted that since Port Washington plays on a turf infield, he was focused on putting the ball in play...
Despite Graduating Starting Rotation from 2021, Farmingdale Well Stocked for 2022
By: Daniel Lopes After an 11-5 season that ended in the playoffs against Oceanside, Farmingdale and head coach Frank Tassielli hope to remain near the top of a highly competitive conference in 2022. “You look at a few of our conferences and divisions in Nassau County and there’s not many [teams] where you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s a cakewalk for that team,” Tassielli said. “Parity is alive and guys are working hard.” However, if Farmingdale is going to succeed, it’s going to be without most of their pitching rotation from last year, as multiple players graduated. One such player is Drew Alameda (St. Thomas Aquinas). Alameda was a quality player on both sides of the ball, hitting .410 with four home runs and 21 RBIs while pitching to the tune of a 0.81 ERA in 17 ⅓ innings pitched. Another pitche...
Alameda Dominates, Oceanside Comeback Falls short
by Eric Belyea Dalers captain Andrew Alameda takes the mound to start the game. pic.twitter.com/altTj1ajF4 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 18, 2021 On a beautiful Tuesday night, Farmingdale played host to Oceanside in a non-conference match up. With one of the best pitchers on Long Island, Andrew Alameda, getting the start for the Dalers. Over the course of the first four innings, Alameda only allowed one base runner on a walk to start the game. The Dalers took advantage of two consecutive Oceanside errors in the first inning, when Nick Napolitiano plated the first two runs of the game with a double. It was all Farmingdale early. The offense did not stop piling on early in the game. The Dalers plated five more runs over the next two innings. Of those five runs, four of them we...
Looking Back on an Insane 2019 Baseball Season
Here we are at the official beginning of the 2021 high school baseball season. But it’s a good time to look back at how far we’ve come over the past couple years. It’s easy to forget with all the negativity and uncertainty in 2020 that we were actually coming off one of the most remarkable seasons you can imagine. Forget about the incredible about of no-hitters, walk-offs, upsets and great performances of the high school season – let’s just look at the local college programs. Division-I: Stony Brook captured their sixth America East title with a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over Binghamton. Chris Hamilton had the go-ahead hit in the sixth inning. Reliever Brandon Bonanno fired the final 3.2 innings of relief with four strikeouts to slam the door on the victory...
Fall Ball Series Powered by East Coast S & P: Farmingdale State College
Joe Wolf (Division 2017) will be counted on as one of the weekend starters pic.twitter.com/vlLICujQ15 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 19, 2020 Covid impacted every team in some way, but for Farmingdale State, it was especially cruel. The Rams, – who entered the 2020 season as the reigning Skyline Conference champs – had only gotten to play five games on the season. They had flown down to Auburndale, FLA for their annual spring training trip with their sites set on repeating as champs. “We were in Florida when we got the call from our Athletic Director,” said Head Coach Keith Osik. “We had just gotten to the condos and I told the kids to go to the pool and relax. I was with Anthony Zitaglio and that was when Rudy Gobert tested positive and they p...
