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2021 ITHACA COLLEGE BASEBALL GAMEDAY FOLLOW ITHACA ATHLETICS GAMES 8-9 RIT Tigers AT ITHACA BOMBERS World Wide Web .....................athletics.ithaca.edu APRIL 3, 2021 • 12 P.M. • CORTLAND, N.Y. • GUTCHESS LUMBER SPORTS COMPLEX Twitter ...........................................@BomberSports • LIVE STATS/VIDEO: athletics.ithaca.edu • Facebook .......www.facebook.com/BomberSports Instagram .................................... @bomber_sports LAST MEETING: April 28, 2018 | RIT defeated IC, 6-3. YouTub e ..........www.youtube.com/BomberSports TODAY’S GAMES/ALL-TIME SERIES: Stats athletics.ithaca.edu/sidearmstats/baseball/summary Ithaca and RIT will meet for the 55th and 56th times Video ..................... youtube.com/user/BomberSports since 1962 this afternoon at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex in Cortland. IC is 44-13 all-time against RIT, but the Tigers have won the last two matchups. The for- mer Empire 8 rivals are now Liberty League foes. Today’s doubleheader will count as non-league contests. ITHACA COACHING STAFF CALLAGHAN REPEATS AS LL POW, NAMED TO D3BASEBALL.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK: For the sec- Head Coach David Valesente ond time in his career, senior Garrett Callaghan of the Ithaca College baseball team David Valesente was selected as the fourth has been named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week, which was announced head coach in the baseball program’s storied 86-year history on August 8, 2019. Valesente on March 30. has served for three years as the head baseball coach at Wells College in Aurora, Callaghan, also the Liberty League Player of the Week for the second straight N.Y. week, went 7-for-13 (.538) over three games last week with three home runs, nine RBI, four runs scored, two doubles, one triple and two walks. Callaghan began Valesente’s first season on South Hill the week with a 1-for-4 afternoon against Alfred State, with his one hit coming as was shortened to just seven games as the a game-winning solo home run. Over the weekend against Rochester, he opened COVID-19 pandemic shutdown all inter- collegiate athletics across the country in the doubleheader with a 2-for-5 afternoon with five RBI, a double and home run. mid-March. Callaghan concluded the week by hitting for the cycle against U of R and added three more RBI. ITHACA AT A GLANCE Name ..........................................Ithaca College The Franklin Park, N.J. native was named to the Team of the Week at the end of City/State/Zip .....................Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 February last spring as he hit .700 (7-for-10) in two games with six runs scored, five Founded .....................................................1892 RBI, three doubles, two stolen bases and a home run. Enrollment................................................5,475 Nickname ...........................................Bombers Colors .................................. Blue, White, Gray Callaghan is now the 11th Bomber overall to be named to the D3baseball.com Court ......................................... Freeman Field Team of the Week, continuing a string of six consecutive seasons in which one Surface .......................................................Grass Affiliations ....................... NCAA DIII, ECAC player earns the honor. He is also just the second Bomber to earn the distinction Conference .............................. Liberty League more than once (Colby Gee – 2012 and 2013). President ............................Shirley M. Collado Athletic Director ..................Susan Bassett ‘79 LAST TIME OUT: IC suffered a 6-4 non-conference loss to SUNY Cortland on March 30 • The Program • at Wallace Field. IC secured its first lead of the game in the top of the eighth with Inception ....................................................1930 NCAA Appearances .........48 (126-97 record) a three-run inning. Matt Smith led off with a walk and then first-year Louis Fab- Overall Record ........................... 1,659-674-12 bo followed with a single. After an out was recorded, Callaghan was intentionally National Championships .........2 (1980, 1988) wanted to load the bases. Alex Barker-Hook drove in Smith with a sac fly and then 2021 LIBERTY LEAGUE STANDINGS Gil Merod gave IC the lead, 4-3, with a two-run double to right field. Liberty League Overall The lead was short-lived, however, as Cortland plated three runs in the bottom of School W L Pct. W L Pct. the eighth to secure the victory, 6-4. Cortland started things off with three straight Rochester 0 0 0.000 5 2 0.714 Ithaca 0 0 0.000 4 3 0.571 hits to tie the game and then an Ithaca error led to the final two runs of the game. RIT 0 0 0.000 3 3 0.500 Bard 0 0 0.000 1 1 0.500 SCOUTING RIT: RIT is 3-3 on the season with wins against Elmira, Utica and St. John Vassar 0 0 0.000 1 1 0.500 Fisher. Clarkson 0 0 0.000 3 5 0.375 Skidmore 0 0 0.000 1 2 0.333 Daniel Capra leads the Tigers with a .583 batting average (14-for-24), while Patrick Union 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 Blackall has driven in a team-best 11 RBI. St. Lawrence 0 0 0.000 0 3 0.000 Today’s Liberty League Schedule Liam Barry has logged 11.2 innings pitched with 10 strikeouts and a 3.86 ERA. Jack Leahey has fanned 11 batters in 6.0 innings pitched with a 1-0 record and a 1.50 Saturday, April 3 ERA. Plattsburgh at St. Lawrence (DH) - 12 p.m. Clarkson at Bard (DH) - 1 p.m. NEXT UP FOR ITHACA: The Bombers have a non-league contest slated for April 7 against RIT vs. Ithaca (DH) - 1 p.m. Vassar at Union (DH) - 1 p.m. St. Lawrence at 4 p.m. at Gutchess. IC will also look to make-up postponed games Rochester at Skidmore (DH) 1:30 p.m. against Rochester and RIT. ITHACA BOMBERS 2021 Schedule/Results No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Ht. Wt. High School Hometown 1 Mike Nauta IF So. L/R 5-7 155 Sparta Sparta, N.J. 3/20 at Elmira W, 8-7 2 Jack Lynch SS Sr. L/R 6-5 200 Trumbull Trumbull, Conn. 3/21 ELMIRA (DH) W, 8-0, W, 11-1 3 Nate Scott P FY R/R 5-10 180 New Providence New Providence, N.J. 4 Matt Smith OF Jr. R/R 6-3 170 Elmira Notre Dame Ithaca, N.Y. 3/25 ALFRED STATE W, 7-6 6 Gil Merod C So. R/R 5-10 175 Ithaca Ithaca, N.Y. 3/27 at Rochester (DH) L, 9-8 (11), L, 7-6 7 Ben Church P FY R/R 6-3 185 Wildwood Catholic Cape May, N.J. 9 Alex Barker-Hook IF FY R/R 6-2 195 Hopkinton Hopkinton, Mass. 3/28 ROCHESTER (DH) PPD 10 Charlie Hammel P Gr. R/R 6-0 175 Rush Henrietta Pittsford, N.Y. 3/30 at Cortland L, 6-4 11 Garrett Bell P/IF So. R/R 6-0 185 Lansing Lansing, N.Y. 12 Matteo Ragusa P FY R/R 6-0 190 Poly Prep New York, N.Y. 4/2 at RIT (DH) PPD 13 Jason Sarubbi OF Jr. L/R 6-1 185 Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, N.Y. 4/3 RIT (DH) 1 p.m. 14 Colin Shashaty OF FY R/R 5-8 160 Northport Northport, N.Y. 15 Brett Budzak P Sr. R/R 6-3 205 Barrington (Ill.) Wolcott, Colo. 4/10 at Bard (DH) * 12 p.m. 16 Sam Kinum C Sr. R/R 6-2 205 The Doane Stuart School Delmar, N.Y. 4/11 BARD (DH) * 12 p.m. 17 Kyle Gordon IF FY R/R 6-0 170 Trinity-Pawling New York, N.Y. 18 Ethan McDonough OF FY R/R 6-4 175 Southington Southington, Conn. 4/14 vs. St. John Fisher TBA 19 Mack Sloan IF FY R/R 6-4 195 Canterbury School Darien, Conn. 4/17 VASSAR (DH) * 12 p.m. 20 Aaron Shoemaker C Sr. R/R 5-11 175 Rush-Henrietta Henrietta, N.Y. 21 Louis Fabbo IF FY R/R 5-9 185 Waldwick Hewitt, N.J. 4/18 at Vassar (DH) * 12 p.m. 22 Dom Trippi P FY R/R 6-3 200 Honeoye Naples, N.Y. 4/24 at Clarkson (DH) * 12 p.m. 23 Tyler Edelman P/IF So. R/R 5-7 170 Suffern Suffern, N.Y. 24 Garrett Callaghan OF Sr. L/R 6-3 215 Franklin Franklin Park, N.J. 4/25 CLARKSON (DH) * 12 p.m. 25 Ben Landis C FY R/R 6-0 155 Oratory Prep Summit, N.J. 5/8 ROCHESTER (DH) * 1 p.m. 26 Sean Kelly P FY L/L 6-2 170 South Side South Hempstead, N.Y. 27 Alex Robinson OF Sr. L/R 6-2 200 Baldwinsville Baldwinsville, N.Y. 5/9 at Rochester (DH) * 1 p.m. 28 John Griffin P FY R/R 6-0 150 Tolland Tolland, Conn. 5/12 LL Tournament TBA 29 Buzz Shirley 1B/P Gr. L/L 5-10 190 Ithaca Candor, N.Y. 30 Matt Fabian IF So. R/R 6-0 200 Everest Academy Toronto, Ontario 5/15 LL Tournament TBD 31 Nate Ray C FY R/R 6-0 200 C.W. Baker Baldwinsville, N.Y. * Liberty League Game 32 Jack Meyer IF FY R/R 6-2 170 Ridgewood Ridgewood, N.J. 33 Kyle Lambert P Jr. R/R 6-2 175 Colonie Albany, N.Y. 34 Ryan Caulfield OF So. L/R 5-11 175 Simsbury Simsbury, Conn. 35 Matt Chase P So. R/R 6-4 205 Queensbury Queensbury, N.Y. NO FAN POLICY 36 Bo Nicholson P FY R/R 6-4 185 C.W. Baker Baldwinsville, N.Y.