Vs UNC WILMINGTON SEAHAWKS (11-2, 0-0 CAA)
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2009 HOFSTRA BASEBALL GAME NOTES – GAME 7-9 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE (0-6, 0-0 CAA) vs UNC WILMINGTON SEAHAWKS (11-2, 0-0 CAA) Friday, March 13 – 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 – 4 p.m. Sunday, March 15 – 2 p.m. Brooks Field – Wilmington, North Carolina 2009 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE Contact: Brian Bohl FEBRUARY 20 Fri. at Florida State L 3-9 Office Phone: (516) 463-2907 21 Sat. at Florida State (DH) L 7-21, 2-3 Fax: (516) 463-5033 22 Sun. at Florida State L 4-10 Cell Phone: (516) 287-0149 27 Fri. at North Carolina State (DH) L, 4-11, 2-15 E-mail: [email protected] MARCH Hofstra Athletic Homepage: www.hofstra.edu/athletics 13 Fri. at UNC Wilmington* 4 p.m. 14 Sat. at UNC Wilmington* 4 p.m. 15 Sun. at UNC Wilmington* 2 p.m. Catch the pre and postgame information online: 18 Wed. ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. For stats, news and updates, go to 21 Sat. VERMONT (DH) 12 p.m. http://www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/Baseball/index_Baseball.cfm 22 Sun. VERMONT (DH) 12 p.m. 24 Tue. SIENA 3:30 p.m. 27 Fri. NORTHEASTERN* 3 p.m. HOFSTRA ’S TENTATIVE STARTERS 28 Sat. NORTHEASTERN* 2 p.m. 29 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. Head Coach: Patrick Anderson (Mars Hill College, 1997) W31ILLIAM & MTue.ARY * MANHATTAN 3 p.m. (2009 Stats) Lineup APRIL # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI 1 Wed. at Stony Brook 3:30 p.m. 3 Fri. at Virginia Commonwealth* 7 p.m. 13 RF Mark Stuckless Sr. 6-6 .400 0 2 4 Sat. at Virginia Commonwealth* 2 p.m. 06 2B Tom Legregni Sr. 4-4 .214 0 2 5 Sun. at Virginia Commonwealth* 1 p.m. 20 3B Matt Prokopowicz Jr. 6-6 .348 0 3 7 Tue. at New York Tech 3:30 p.m. 05 SS Chris Mentrasti Sr. 6-6 .333 0 3 10 Fri. DELAWARE* 3 p.m. 02 DH Dion Pouncil Jr. 5-5 .188 0 1 11 Sat. DELAWARE* 2 p.m. or 12 Sun. DELAWARE* 1 p.m. 15 Wed. at St. John’s 3 p.m. 24 DH Jim Best Fr. 3-2 .000 0 1 17 Fri. at Old Dominion* 7 p.m. 27 C Elliot Hagburg Jr. 6-6 .105 0 0 18 Sat. at Old Dominion* 4 p.m. 07 CF Nick Panzarella Sr. 5-5 .167 0 3 19 Sun. at Old Dominion* 2 p.m. 09 1B Adam Perlo Sr. 6-6 .304 0 0 21 Tue. STONY BROOK 3:30 p.m. 03 LF John Kenny Jr. 5-3 .200 0 1 24 Fri. at George Mason* 3 p.m. 25 Sat. at George Mason* 2 p.m. Rotation 26 Sun. at George Mason* 1 p.m. # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L IP 29 Wed. at New York Tech 3:30 p.m. 7 LHP Nick Panzarella Sr. 1/1 16.20 0-1 3.1 MAY 35 RHP Rob Kumbatovic Jr. 2/2 4.85 0-2 13.0 1 Fri. TOWSON* 3 p.m. 22 LHP Brody Fontaine Sr. 2/1 10.38 0-1 4.1 2 Sat. TOWSON* 2 p.m. 3 Sun. TOWSON* 1 p.m. 5 Tue. LONG ISLAND 3:30 p.m. 9 Sat. at Norfolk State (DH) 3 p.m. The Match-up: 10 Sun. at Norfolk State 1 p.m. Hofstra will be looking to get back on track with its 15 Fri. WILLIAM AND MARY* 3 p.m. 16 Sat. WILLIAM AND MARY* (DH) 12 p.m. CAA opener against the Seahawks. The Pride trails the all-time series against conference rival UNC * - Denotes Colonial Athletic Association game. Home games in bold caps Wilmington, 20-2. Times local to site. Hofstra dropped a close three-game series to the Seahawks last year in Hempstead. The Pride fell in a close 5-4 contest in the middle game at University Field before falling just short with a 6-3 defeat in the final game. Welcome, Coach Quick Facts – UNC Wilmington Opening Day marked Patrick Anderson’s head Location: Wilmington, N.C. coaching debut. Anderson, who served as Founded: 1947 Hofstra’s assistant coach from 1998-01, is the Enrollment: 12,000 13th head coach in the program's 71-year Nickname: Seahawks history. Colors: Teal, Navy and Gold Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Anderson spent the last eight seasons as a Home Field: Brooks Field minor league hitting and catching instructor Athletic Director: Kelly Mehrtens with the Kansas City Royals. He is assisted by Baseball Head Coach: Mark Scalf John Russo and Marshall Canosa, who are Overall Record: 567-438-1 (17th Season) both in their first seasons at Hofstra. Assistant Coach Bobby Cruz is back for his third season with the Pride. Scouting UNC Wilmington The Seahawks surged to a 9-0 start, marking the school’s best start since going 8-0 at the outset of the 1968 campaign. Reliever Steven Davis continues to give UNC Wilmington a boost out of the bullpen, picking up the CAA Rookie of the Week award after recording a win and two saves. He entered Thursday Re-pack Those Bags: leading the conference with a 1.32 ERA in A challenging seven-game road trip marked 13 1/3 innings. Offensively, Grayson Evans the opening fortnight of the Pride’s season. (.367 batting average) and Cody Stanley The Pride commenced the new campaign with (.309) lead the Seahawks with 15 and 14 a four-game set against 2008 College World RBIs, respectively. Series qualifier Florida State before heading back down south to engage NCAA BREAKDOWN Tournament participant North Carolina State HOFSTRA UNC WILMINGTON in a three-game set that was shortened to two .241 BATTING AVG. .285 games because of rain. 195 AT BATS 421 After inclement weather cancelled the Pride’s 22 RUNS 82 weekend doubleheaders against Dartmouth 47 HITS 120 7 DOUBLES 24 and also washed out games against Fordham 0 TRIPLES 3 and Rider, the Pride will again get on the bus 0 HOME RUNS 6 and venture to the south to take on UNC 18 RBI 74 Wilmington in the opener of CAA play. 12.33 ERA 3.54 Well Rested: 0-6 W-L 11-2 Friday’s game at Brooks Field will mark the 1 COMPLETE GAMES 0 Pride’s first game action in 14 days. Hofstra 0 SAVES 7 was unable to play any of its six scheduled games on what was supposed to be a nearly 46.0 INNINGS PITCHED 117.0 82 HITS ALLOWED 90 week-long homestand. 63 EARNED RUNS 46 40 WALKS 50 Rain also washed out the last two games against N.C. State, with the Pride last taking the field Feb. 27 when they played a Finding Some Relief: doubleheader against the Wolf Pack. Hofstra Sophomore pitcher Anthony Gionesi is will be making a return trip to North Carolina emerging as the go-to reliever, holding to play its next game. opponents to a .188 batting average without allowing an earned run in four innings Conference Call: spanning three appearances. Hofstra begins Colonial Athletic Association play against a Seahawks pitching staff that Somebody’s Watching Me: ranks second in the conference with a 3.54 Hofstra won’t have to worry about the collective ERA. The Pride is looking to pressures of playing in front of large crowds. rebound from a 7-23 showing in CAA play in In four games at Dick Howser Stadium, 2008. 15,781 people packed the ballpark for an average of almost 4,000 people per game. KUMBA-YA: Rob Kumbatovic nearly propelled the Pride to its first win of the Theft Report: season, limiting sixth-ranked Florida State to Head Coach Patrick Anderson has been just nine hits and three runs in a complete- preaching aggressiveness and Hofstra game effort to mark his 2009 debut. The Pride responded by taking chances on the base nearly parlayed the right-hander’s effort into a paths. Junior outfielder John Kenny leads the win, getting the tying run to second base with Pride in stolen bases, going 2-2. one out in the ninth before dropping a nail- biter, 3-2, in the second game of a Dion Pouncil, Tom Legregni, Scott A’Hara doubleheader. and Mark Stuckless also picked their spots well, each swiping a base. Legregni also Kumbatovic came close to earning the win in added two doubles, making him the only his second start against NC State before the Hofstra player with multiple extra-base hits Wolfpack came back for the win. Kumbatovic this season. still leads the staff with 13 innings pitched, accounting for nearly 1/3 of the staff’s All Good Things Must End: innings. Chris Mentrasti carried a 12-game hitting streak from 2008 into the new campaign, Get ‘Em On, Bring ‘Em In: extending it to 15 games before having the Seniors Chris Mentrasti and Adam Perlo each streak snapped in the final game against thrived with runners on base in the early Florida State. going. Mentrasti is 4-11 for a .364 average with men on base while Perlo’s .344 average Preseason Honors: (4-9) in the same situation leads the team. Junior third baseman Matt Prokopowicz garnered a spot on Colonial Athletic Stuck On You: Association’s third team in 2008 and an Senior rightfielder Mark Stuckless continues honorable mention on the preseason All-CAA to ignite Hofstra’s lineup from the leadoff team. spot, scoring a team high four runs in four games against Florida State and continued his Named as one of the Top 50 Players-to-Watch hot hitting facing NC State.