HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (7-11, 2-4 CAA) at University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (3-10, 1-2 CAA) Friday, March 23 – 2:30 P.M., Saturday, March 24 – 1 P.M
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2007 HOFSTRA BASEBALL GAME NOTES – GAMES 19-21 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (7-11, 2-4 CAA) at University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (3-10, 1-2 CAA) Friday, March 23 – 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 24 – 1 p.m. Sunday, March 26 – 1 p.m. Bob Hannah Stadium (1,300) – Newark, Delaware 2007 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE Contact: Beth Romano FEBRUARY Office phone: (516) 463-2907 9 FRI. at Auburn L, 17-0. 10 SAT. at Auburn L, 11-7 Fax: (516) 463-5033 11 SUN. at Auburn L, 10-5 Cell Phone: (845) 546-7151 16 FRI. at Florida State L, 10-1 E-mail: [email protected] 17 SAT. at Florida State L, 16-1 18 SUN. at Florida State L, 11-3 24 SAT. at Coppin State (DH) – Game 1 W, 20-2 Hofstra Athletic Homepage: www.hofstra.edu/Sports 24 SAT. at Coppin State (DH) – Game 2 W, 9-0 25 SUN. at Coppin State W, 17-2 CATCH THE GAMES ONLINE MARCH 3 SAT. SAINT PETERS COLLEGE (DH- GAME 1) W, 13-12 The games will be broadcast by Hofstra radio 3 SAT. SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE (DH- GAME 2) W, 9-5 station WRHU 88.7, also steaming live on 4 SUN. SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE L, 15-9 www.wrhu.org. 9 FRI. GEORGE MASON* L, 11-4 10 SAT. GEORGE MASON* L, 18-4 Live Stats will also be available on the University of 11 SUN. GEORGE MASON* W, 9-7 Delaware’s baseball home page 16 FRI. at Old Dominion* W, 6-5 http://www.udel.edu/sportsinfo/baseball/index.html. 17 SAT. at Old Dominion* L, 7-3 18 SUN. at Old Dominion* L, 11-6 23 FRI. at Delaware* 2:30 P.M. HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS 24W ILLIAM &S ATMAR. Y* at Delaware* 1 P.M. Head Coach: Chris Dotolo (Virginia Wesleyan, 1991) 25 SUN. at Delaware* 1 P.M. (2007 Stats) 27 TUE. SETON HALL 3 P.M. 28 WED. COLUMBIA 3:30 P.M. Line-up 30 FRI. at Towson* 2:30 P.M. # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG H R RBI 31 SAT. at Towson* 1 P.M. 04 2B Chris Mentrasti So. 18-17 .339 21 16 5 APRIL 06 LF Andy Campana Sr. 18-15 .314 16 18 8 1 SUN. at Towson* 1 P.M. 19 1B Matt Kougasian Jr. 17-10 .244 11 6 6 3 TUE. at Long Island 3 P.M. 6 FRI. UNC WILMINGTON* 3 P.M. 10 3B Matt Prokopowicz Fr. 18-18 .452 28 16 16 7 SAT. UNC WILMINGTON* 2 P.M. 25 DH Patrick Rogers Sr. 13-11 .350 14 10 8 8 SUN. UNC WILMINGTON* 1 P.M. 31 C Tom Caltabiano Jr. 18-15 .213 10 7 5 10 TUE. at Seton Hall 6 P.M. 12 CF Nick Panzarella So. 17-16 .333 19 10 13 11 WED. at New York Tech 3:30 P.M. 24 RF Tony Schmitt So. 18-9 .250 10 6 10 13 FRI. WILLIAM & MARY* 3 P.M. 14 SAT. WILLIAM & MARY* 2 P.M. 14 SS Tom Legregni So. 15-13 .300 8 9 2 15 SUN. WILLIAM & MARY* 1 P.M. Rotation 17 TUE. FORDHAM 3:30 P.M. # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS ERA W-L IP 18 WED. ST. JOHN’S 3: 30 P.M. 35 RHP Rob Kumbatovic Sr. 6-2 11.93 0-1 14.1 20 FRI. at James Madison* 3 P.M. 27 LHP Charlie Frago Sr. 6-1 2.76 2-0 16.1 21 SAT. at James Madison* 1 P.M 30 RHP Rob DiFalco Sr. 6-2 6.75 0-0 14.2 22 SUN. at James Madison* 1 P.M 24 TUE. at Stony Brook 3:30 P.M. 27 FRI. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH* 3 P.M. 29 SAT. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH* 2 P.M. THE MATCH-UP 29 SUN. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH* 1 P.M. This weekend marks the 61st time that the Hofstra MAY baseball team play the Fightin’ Blue Hens of 2 WED. NEW YORK TECH 3:30 P.M. 4 FRI. Georgia State* 6 P.M. Delaware. Hofstra is 11-49 in the series against 5 SAT. Georgia State* 6 P.M. Delaware, dating back to 1986. The last time the 6 SUN. Georgia State* 1 P.M. two teams met up was in 2006, where the Pride fell 9 WED. LONG ISLAND 3:30 P.M. 0-3 in the series. 11 FRI. NORTHEASTERN* 3 P.M. 12 SAT. NORTHEASTERN* 2 P.M. 13 SUN. NORTHEASTERN* 1 P.M. TENTATIVE ROTATION FOR DELAWARE 23-26 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT WEEK # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS ERA W-L * - Colonial Athletic Association game. DH – Doubleheader. 24 LHP Brent Gaphardt Sr. 3-2 0.00 1-0 Home games in bold caps 30 RHP Chad Kerfoot Sr. 4-0 3.65 0-1 Times local to site. 28 RHP Matt Heppner Jr. 4-3 9.22 0-2 NOTES, STREAKS, AND TRENDS WELCOME BACK, COACH Coming off of two losses at Old Dominion, the Coach Dotolo enters his sixth season as the head Pride’s last winning streak dates back to the coach of the Hofstra Pride. Last year, Hofstra beginning of the Coppin State series. The posted a 24-31-1 overall record, which is the Pride’s five-game streak started by sweeping second consecutive season in which the Pride the Eagles in three games and continued by has reached 24 wins. Dotolo’s overall record defeating the St. Peter’s Peacocks twice stands at 86-174-1 entering 2007, only seven before the streak was snapped in the last wins shy of his 100th career win. Coach Dotolo is game of that series. assisted by fourth-year assistant coach Asa Grunenwald, second-year assistant coach Josh THE VETERANS Stewart and volunteer assistant coach, Bobby Senior Patrick Rogers is leaving his mark on Cruz. Cruz is in his first year with the program. the field as a key player, both at bat and on the mound. In the ODU series, Rogers led PRE-SEASON VOTING with three stolen bases off of three attempts, Hofstra returns five starters and 13 pitchers, and stands fifth in the CAA with seven steals which were selected to finish in tenth place in the on the season. Rogers has pitched a team- Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Virginia leading 23 2/3 innings with 22 strikeouts. Commonwealth University, which has won 30 or more games for the past 11 seasons, is favored Senior Andy Campana went 5-for-9 against to win a competitive battle for the CAA baseball the Monarchs, walked twice, earned three championship in 2007 according to a vote of the RBI, and four runs scored. After trailing 4-0 in league’s head baseball coaches. the opening game at ODU, Campana was able to connect with the ball and nail a two- 2007 CAA BASEBALL PRESEASON run single up the middle in the seventh, PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH igniting the fuel for a 6-5 Hofstra victory. 1. VCU (4 first-place votes) 88 2. UNC Wilmington (3 first-place votes) 86 3. Delaware (3 first-place votes) 83 THE ROOKIE 4. Old Dominion (1 first-place vote) 80 The freshman, third baseman from 5. James Madison 72 Massapequa, NY Matt Prokopowicz currently 6. Georgia State 48 leads the team with 28 hits, 16 RBI and, a 7. George Mason 43 batting average of .452, and an on base 8. Northeastern 39 percentage of .521. He is on a five-game 9. William & Mary 29 hitting streak dating back to the second 10. Hofstra 20 George Mason game, and went 5-for-11 11. Towson 17 against ODU. BREAKING INTO THE MAJORS AND PITCHING FOR THE PRIDE… The 2006 season saw third baseman Ricky Starting for the second straight weekend are Caputo drafted by the Washington Nationals Rob Kumbatovic, Charlie Frago, and Rob in the Major League Baseball Draft. It marked DiFalco. Kumbatovic pitched 6 1/3 innings in the first time since 1995 that a Hofstra player game one of the ODU series, and was has been selected in the MLB Draft (Mike relieved by seniors John Furman and Jeff Miller, Detroit Tigers). Denlea. Denlea earned his first win of the season by pitching two shutout innings, and WHAT’S NEXT improved his ERA to 3.52, only second The Hofstra Baseball team returns home to behind Frago’s team leading 2.76 ERA. University field to host the Pirates of Seton Hall University Tuesday, March 27 at 3 p.m. MAKING THEIR DEBUT While Hofstra graduated nine players in 2006, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE the Pride welcome eight freshmen to the Campana – Cam-Pahn-na roster. The Pride return 21 players, including Frago – Fray-go five starters and 13 pitchers. Kumbatovic – Come-BAT-o-vick Kougasian – Coo-GAZE-ian Prokopowicz – Pro-coe-poets HOW THEY FAIRED IN 2006 2007 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS H OFSTRA UD At Bats .268 BATTING AVG. .310 6, Matt Kougasian vs. Saint Peter’s (3/4/07) 1911 AT BATS 1960 Runs Scored 3 by Nick Panzarella vs. Coppin State (2/24/07) 318 RUNS 462 3 by Dave Cole vs. Saint Peter’s (3/3/07) 512 HITS 608 3 by Matt Prokopowicz vs. George Mason (3/11/07) 89 DOUBLES 143 Hits 7 TRIPLES 21 4 by Chris Mentrasti at Auburn (2/10/07) 30 HOME RUNS 111 4 by Matt Kougasian vs. Saint Peter’s (3/4/07) 277 RBI 434 4 by Andy Campana at Old Dominion (3/17/07) 705 TOTAL BASES 1126 RBI 40 GIDP 19 4 by Dave Cole vs.