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DOGPILE SZN: COMMENCE 💪 🌊🐺 x @evangiordano12 pic.twitter.com/XZ21Ry4wgb — Stony Brook Baseball (@StonyBrookBASE) May 21, 2022 You can’t blame them for feeling like there’s some unfinished business. The seniors for the Stony Brook Seawolves have dealt with circumstances beyond their control for each of their previous three seasons of collegiate ball – COVID in 2020, the infamous “rainout” in the championship in 2021 and then the America East ruling that Stony Brook was ineligible to compete for the conference tournament in 2022. Each situation was different but frustrating in their own way. Last year seemed like the most avoidable, as the commissioner simply could’ve allowed the Seawolves to participate in the tournament, but ruled against it since they w...
Stony Brook Leaves America East, Accepts Invitation to Join CAA
In a surprising move, Stony Brook announced it has accepted an invitation to join the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) as a full-time member beginning July 1, 2022. They had previously been a member of the America East Conference since 2001. The move will be effective July 1, 2022. All 18 Stony Brook athletic programs will be in the conference, marking the first time that has occurred in the school’s Division-I era. The move was first reported by Kevin Maher of News 12 last night and confirmed by the school today. Athletes had only recently found out about the move last week. The school’s Athletic Director, Shawn Heilbron, had the following statement: “I’m very excited to announce that Stony Brook University will join the Colonial Athletic Association. This invit...
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Stony Brook HC Matt Senk is entering his 32nd season at the helm. Had a chance to speak with him after practice pic.twitter.com/xW2A2t8aV3 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) October 25, 2021 It’s been about five months since the now-infamous ending to the 2021 season for Stony Brook in the America East Championship against NJIT. Leading 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning with the bases loaded and threatening to score more, it began raining. The game was called and it was expected they would complete it the following day, Sunday at 10am. Stony Brook entered the game with a record of 2-1 in the tournament and NJIT was 2-0 so Stony Brook would have to hold on to win and win again. But with the lead and home-field advantage it certainly wasn’t out of the realm of possibilit...
Cleveland Indians Select Tommy Ventimiglia in the 18th Round
Tommy Ventimiglia (Longwood 2021) records a strikeout on a high fastball during workout in San Diego pic.twitter.com/5EDThlb3iZ — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) July 6, 2021 Longwood RHP Tommy Ventimiglia was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the MLB Draft. He was the first Longwood player to get drafted since Bryan Hansen in 2001. Ventimiglia, a 6’4 RHP, dominated League I as a sophomore in 2019 (0.28 ERA) and committed to Stony Brook following the season. His star has risen since and was considered one the top pitchers on Long Island entering 2020. After the cancellation of the season, he was able to put together a huge summer pitching for LI Titans-Quattrini – part of a vaunted staff with JT Raab and Jacob Steinmetz. The highlight of his season was...
NJIT Receives Automatic Qualifier – Wait, What?
So the big story today is the debacle in the America East as the conference elected to not resume yesterday’s suspended game “due to inclement weather”. At the time of the rain delay, Stony Brook was leading NJIT 1-0 in the bottom of the third inning with the bases loaded and threatening to score more. NJIT and the umpires determined it was best to pause play. The plan was to resume the game at 10am on Sunday morning. Given the circumstances of NJIT being 2-0 and Stony Brook being 2-1, Stony Brook would have to hold on to win and then win another game in order to capture the championship. They decided that “due to inclement weather” the game would not be resumed and NJIT would receive the automatic qualifying bid because they were 2-0 at the time of the suspen...
Busy Day of Local Colleges in Action
While it might not be as fruitful as the 2019 season in which several teams were competing for conference championships and NYIT reached the Division-II World Series and LIU Post fell just short, we still were treated to a great – albeit shortened – 2021 collegiate season. Here we are on Memorial Day Weekend and we have two Division-I teams, one Division-II and one Division-III team still alive. Here’s what’s on tap: Division-I: –Stony Brook will host the America East tournament beginning this afternoon. The No. 1 Seawolves will host Maine beginning at 11am. The teams did not face each other this season, but Stony Brook has a 51-31 record against them all-time. Expect Sam Turcotte to get the start for the Seawolves. He has a 2.53 ERA on the season. Stony Brook...
Saturday College Recap – Molloy & Suffolk Capture Titles – Powered by Orlin & Cohen
Division-I: St. John’s defeated Villanova, 6-1, to conclude their season on a high note. They finish with a record of 19-21 – a very uncharacteristic under .500 season for the Johnnies. In fact it’s their first sub-.500 season since 2013 and the previous one before that was over 60 years ago. In the victory, they used a six-run second inning as the engine for the win. Justin Folz opened up the scoring with a solo HR and Carson Bartels drove in two with a single to center. Marty Higgins led the offense with three hits. Tyler Roche pitched six strong innings, allowing just one run (0 ER) and striking out eight. Joe Joe Rodriguez and Ethan Routzahn slammed the door on the victory. It will feel strange seeing a Big East tournament played without the Johnnies – they̵...
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Division-I St. John’s lost the middle game of their three-game set against Villanova by the score of 7-3 to fall to 18-21 on the season. The game was tied 1-1 in the seventh before Villanova broke it open with a three-spot and then tacked on four in the 9th to open it up. Long Island-native Tyler Arella went 7 innings, allowing just 1 ER on six hits to earn his third win of the season. The Johnnies were held to just seven hits, with no player notching more than one. Tim Cunningham was tagged with the loss. They will look to avoid the sweep today at 1pm. Stony Brook stayed red-hot with a double header sweep over Binghamton. They clinched the America East Regular Season title. The Seawolves are now 28-16 on the season and 24-9 in America East play. In Game 1, Jared Milch was staked to ...
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Division-I: St. John’s split a DH with Butler losing the first game, 4-1, but winning the second game, 9-4. In the win, the Johnnies trailed 2-0 entering the fourth inning, but Colin Wetterau tied it up with a two-run single and they took the lead on a two-run single by Chris Conniff. Marty Higgins‘ RBI single in the seventh was their 5th run and proved to be the winning run. Tim Cunningham earned the win in relief for the Johnnies. Joe Joe Rodriguez and Ethan Routzahn combined to lock down the final 2.1 IP. Brian Morrell led the offense with three hits. They will close out their regular season next weekend with a four-game series against Villanova. Fordham split their DH with La Salle, capturing the first game by the score of 4-2 but losing the second game, 8-4. In the win, ac...
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...
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Division-I Stony Brook ran their win streak to 10 games – all in conference play – so they are 10-0 in America East conference games – and 14-7 overall after sweeping UMASS-Lowell in a double header yesterday. In Game 1, UMASS took an early 2-0 lead against Sam Turcotte on a sac fly by Vinnie Martin and a an RBI single by Gerry Siracusa. As is usually the case, Turcotte buckled down and was lights-out the rest of the way while the Seawolves chipped away. Brett Paulsen’s sac fly got them on the board in the second inning and Shane Paradine‘s solo shot tied it up in the fourth inning. In the top of the seventh, Derek Yalon gave them the lead with a two-run double to score Paulsen and John LaRocca. Evan Giordano followed with a two-run HR to extend the lead to 6-...
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There was not a cloud in the sky for much of Saturday afternoon. I spent the day at LIU, but there was quality baseball all over Long Island. Here’s how it went down: Division-I: Stony Brook continued their incredible run as they swept a DH from Hartford to run their streak to eight games. In Game 1, they fell behind early, 2-0, on a two-run HR by Tremayne Cobb Jr against Brian Herrmann. The lead did not last long, though. Chris Hamilton crushed a game-tying two-run HR to right field in the third inning. Brett Paulsen gave the Seawolves a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning and they never looked back. They added insurance runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Cole Durkan and a sac fly by Johnny Decker. Herrmann wound up going the complete 7 innings, allowing just the two earned runs with e...
