2016 HOFSTRA NOTES Baseball Contact: Len Skoros HOFSTRA (14-32) Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] VS. Hofstra Baseball on Twitter: @HofstraBaseball BUFFALO (16-29) Hofstra Baseball on Facebook: Hofstra Baseball MAY 14, 2016 Hofstra Baseball on Instagram: @HofstraBaseball WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY DUTCHESS STADIUM FEBRUARY TENTATIVE LINEUP 19 Fri. at Texas A&M 2-5 L # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI 20 Sat. at Texas A&M 4-15 L 10 CF Steven Foster So. 46-46 .278 0 13 21 Sun. at Texas A&M 0-5 L 25 LF Mat Annunziata So. 42-42 .280 9 39 26 Fri. vs. Missouri (at Fort Myers, FL) 2-12 L 3 SS Brad Witkowski Jr. 44-43 .297 4 29 27 Sat. vs. Missouri (DH) (at Fort Myers, FL) 0-8 L, 4-11 L 27 C Vito Friscia Fr. 45-41 .269 2 13 28 Sun. vs. Missouri (at Fort Myers, FL) 2-3 L (10) 24 3B David Leiderman RJr. 45-45 .275 6 28 MARCH 15 1B Ryan Karl Gr. 44-41 .241 5 21 5 Sat. at Coppin State (DH) 17-4 W, 17-0 W 20 DH Max Dolente RFr. 28-9 .229 3 11 6 Sun. at Coppin State 15-0 W 8 RF Kevin O’Connor Fr. 39-28 .264 0 10 9 Wed. at Army West Point 14-8 W 1 2B Tom Archer Fr. 43-30 .136 0 7 12 Sat. at Longwood (DH) 0-2 L, 3-4 L (12) # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L K IP 13 Sun. at Longwood 5-6 L 16 LHP Teddy Cillis RSo. 13/5 3.95 3-0 30 27.1 15 Tue. at Fairleigh Dickinson 4-1 W 45 LHP John Rooney Fr. 15/7 5.16 2-7 67 61.0 16 Wed. FORDHAM 6-7 L 18 Fri. at Ohio State 1-12 L 19 Sat. at Ohio State 2-4 L Coaching Staff: John Russo, who had served as the Pride’s 20 Sun. at Ohio State 1-2 L assistant coach for three seasons, is in his fifth year as head coach. 22 Tue. at Manhattan 1-5 L A 2000 graduate of West Alabama, Russo led Hofstra to a school 23 Wed. MONMOUTH 4-5 L record 34 wins in 2012. His record currently stands at 113-134. 25 Fri. at William & Mary* 6-14 L Russo is assisted by John Habyan, a former MLB pitcher, Tyler 26 Sat. at William & Mary* 10-15 L Kavanaugh and Ron McKay. All three are in their first year at 27 Sun. at William & Mary* Canceled (Rain) Hofstra. 29 Tue. at NYIT 3-1 W (11) 30 Wed. at Fairfield 4-5 L BY THE NUMBERS APRIL HOFSTRA BUFFALO 1 Fri. at Towson* 4-15 L .258 Batting Avg. .244 2 Sat. at Towson* 7-3 W 1563 At Bats 1536 3 Sun. at Towson* 2-4 L 241 Runs 196 6 Wed. at Saint Peter’s 11-4 W 404 Hits 375 8 Fri. DELAWARE* (DH) 4-8 L, 3-13 L 79 Doubles 60 10 Sun. DELAWARE* 4-8 L 5 Triples 7 12 Tue. NYIT Canceled (Rain) 44 Home Runs 14 13 Wed. MANHATTAN 14-4 W 218 RBI 165 15 Fri. CHARLESTON* 4-3 W (11) 30 Stolen Bases 20 16 Sat. CHARLESTON* 3-1 W 6.20 ERA 4.97 17 Sun. CHARLESTON* 8-7 W 20 Wed. at LIU Brooklyn 12-6 W 14-32 W-L 16-29 23 Sat. at Elon* (DH) 8-14 L, 2-7 L 318 Runs Allowed 246 24 Sun. at Elon* 5-10 L 273 Earned Runs 217 26 Tue. ST. JOHN’S Canceled (Rain) 1 Complete Games 3 29 Fri. at UNCW* 5-6 L 2 Shutouts 2 30 Sat. at UNCW* 5-10 L 4 Saves 9 MAY 396.1 Innings Pitched 393.0 1 Sun. at UNCW* 4-18 L 486 Hits Allowed 395 7 Sat. NORTHEASTERN* (DH) 5-1 W, 3-18 L 169 Walks 177 8 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* 1-4 L 356 Strikeouts 324 14 Sat. vs. Buffalo (DH) (at Dutchess Stadium) 12 p.m. .301 Opponents’ Batting Average .263 17 Tue. at Monmouth 3:30 p.m. 19 Thu. JAMES MADISON* 3 p.m. Versus Buffalo: Hofstra is 0-1 all-time versus Buffalo, dropping a 20 Fri. JAMES MADISON* 3 p.m. 7-5 decision in 1984. 21 Sat. JAMES MADISON* 1 p.m. 25-28 Wed.-Sat.at CAA Championship (Charleston, SC) CAA Honors: David Leiderman was the CAA Co-Player of *CAA Game Times local to site. the Week on April 18 after batting .643 with two doubles, one , two home runs and 12 RBIs during the Pride’s 4-0 week…John Rooney was the CAA Rookie of the Week on

April 18 following his complete game four-hitter against Charleston. Streaking: Vito Friscia has reached base in 16 straight 100 Hits Part III: Steven Foster reached the 100- plateau games…Brad Witkowski has an 11 game hitting streak. in Hofstra’s 5-1 win over Northeastern on May 7. The sophomore singled through the left side in the eighth inning CAA Standings: for his milestone hit. Foster now has 101 hits on the season. UNCW 13-3 .813 34-11 .756 William & Mary 13-7 .650 24-23 .511 10 Wins For Jesch: Dave Jesch recorded his 10th career win Elon 13-10 .565 25-25 .500 with two scoreless innings at LIU Brooklyn. He is 10-6 with a Northeastern 9-8 .529 26-22 .542 5.20 ERA during his tenure with the Pride. Charleston 8-10 .444 25-22-1 .531 James Madison 8-10 .444 18-27 .400 He’s Going The Distance: While John Rooney has the Towson 8-10 .444 18-30 .375 Pride’s lone complete game this season, Chris Weiss went Delaware 7-11 .389 29-19 .604 nine innings in Hofstra’s 11-inning win over Charleston to Hofstra 5-15 .250 14-32 .304 open the series.

Good Eye: Freshman catcher Vito Friscia has drawn 41 walks So Close: Hofstra is 4-11 in games decided by one or two in 45 games this season. As of the May 11 NCAA rankings, he runs. The Pride is 2-8 in 1-run games and 2-3 in two-run is ranks 19th in the nation in walks and 20th in walks per contests. game at 0.91. Clutch: Mat Annunziata has 16 two-out RBIs and Teddy Good Eye, Part II: Steven Foster has drawn 38 walks in 46 Cillis has 10 (out of 20 total RBIs)…13 of Brad Witkowski’s games and is 32nd in the nation in walks and 35th in walks per 29 RBIs have come with two outs…As a team Hofstra has 80 game (0.83) as of the May 5 NCAA Statistics Report. two-out RBIs.

Power On Display: Hofstra’s 44 home runs this season are Extra, Extra: After going without an extra base hit for the the most since the 2005 squad hit 45 home runs in 56 games. first 19 games of his career, freshman Vito Friscia collected his first and in the 5-4 loss to Monmouth. Isn’t It Grand: David Leiderman hit his first career grand Friscia had a two-run homer to left field and an RBI double as slam and drove in a career-high six runs in the win over well. Friscia now has two home runs and five doubles on the Manhattan…Teddy Cillis hit his first grand slam in Hofstra’s season. 12-6 win over LIU Brooklyn. Mad Max: Max Dolente went 2-3 with a two-run double and A Good Mundy: Freshman Andrew Mundy picked up a win a solo home run in the Pride’s win over Manhattan. The red- and a save in the series against Charleston. They were both the shirt sophomore has three doubles, three home runs and 11 first of his career. RBIs on the season.

In Control: Andrew Mundy has four walks in 35 CAA Sweep: Hofstra’s sweep of Charleston was the first for innings…Bowie Matteson has walked 14 batters in 63 1/3 the Pride in conference since sweeping George Mason in innings. 2013.

Double Duty: Teddy Cillis has started 42 games for the Pride Double Shot: The two-home run game by Brad Witkowski as a position player or designated hitter, but has also made 13 against Saint Peter’s was the first by a Hofstra player since appearances on the mound including starts against Monmouth, Kevin Brantley hit two home runs against Rutgers on April 20, Fairfield, Saint Peter’s, UNCW and Northeastern. He picked 2013…Mat Annunziata hit two home runs in game one of the up his first career win at Saint Peter’s and had his first career Elon doubleheader and then added a second two home run save against Fairleigh Dickinson. Cillis is 3-0 with a 3.95 game in the win over Northeastern. ERA. Bonus Baseball: Hofstra is 2-2 in extra-inning games this First For Bonk: Chris Bonk picked up his first career save in season. the win over NYIT, pitching a scoreless 11th inning. Double-Digit Hits: Hofstra is 9-9 when having 10 or more 100 Hits: David Leiderman recorded his 100th career hit in hits in a game this season Hofstra’s extra-inning loss at Longwood on March 12. The milestone hit was a single that drove in the tying run in the Been A While: John Rooney became the first freshman since ninth inning. Leiderman now has 136 hits during his Hofstra Charlie Frago in 2004 to throw a complete game, when he went the career. distance in a 3-1 win over Charleston on April 16. He allowed four hits and struck out a season-high eight. 100 Hits Part II: Brad Witkowski’s RBI single in the ninth inning of Hofstra’s 7-3 win over Towson on April 2 was the CAA Numbers: David Leiderman is batting .311 with 11 100th hit in the junior’s career. Witkowski now has 127 career RBIs in conference play…Brad Witkowski has a .304 average hits. and 10 RBIs in league play…Mat Annunziata has seven home runs and 17 RBIs, while Teddy Cillis has six home runs in league action…Ryan Karl has 11 RBIs in league play. 2016 Home Runs – opposing pitcher in ( ) State in 2007. Ryan Karl 2/20 at Texas A&M (Corbin Martin) Solo Scoreless Streak: Hofstra pitchers had a 22-inning scoreless 3/29 at NYIT (Brandon Alberto) Solo streak during the Coppin State series and the back-to-back 4/1 at Towson (Skyler Morris) 2-run shutouts were the first since a doubleheader blanking of 4/20 at LIU Brooklyn (William Jackson) 2-run Quinnipiac in 2012 (9-0, 6-0). 4/23 at Elon (Game 1) (Michael Elefante) Solo David Leiderman Preseason Honor: Hofstra sophomore outfielder Steven 3/5 at Coppin State (Krystian Negron) 2-run Foster was named to the Preseason All-Colonial Athletic 4/10 vs. Delaware (Brandon Walter) Solo Association Baseball Team. 4/13 vs. Manhattan (Joe DiTorrice) Grand Slam 4/15 vs. Charleston (Carter Love) 2-run Pronunciation Guide: 5/1 at UNCW (Whitman Barnes) Solo 2 Michael Varrone va-RONE 5/7 vs. Northeastern (James Mulry) 2-run 3 Brad Witkowski wit-COW-skee Brad Witkowski 11 Alec Eisenberg Alec EYE-zen-berg 3/5 at Coppin State (Andrew O’Dwyer) 3-run 14 Nick Bottari bow-TAR-ee 4/6 at Saint Peter’s (Nicholas Arre) 2-run 16 Teddy Cillis SILL-iss 4/6 at Saint Peter’s (Tom Puza) Solo 18 Andrew Mundy MUN-dee 4/23 at Elon (Game 2) (Jordan Barrett) Solo 20 Max Dolente DOE-len-tay Nick Bottari 22 Dave Jesch JESH 3/5 at Coppin State (Andrew O’Dwyer) 3-run 23 Adam Heidenfelder hi-DEN-fell-derr 3/9 at Army West Point (Justin French) 3-run 24 David Leiderman LEADER-man 3/13 at Longwood (Sean Pico) Solo 25 Mat Annunziata uh-noon-zee-AH-ta 3/26 at William & Mary (Mitchell Aker) Solo 26 Adam Seibert SIGH-bert 4/2 at Towson (Paul Beers) 3-run 27 Vito Friscia FREE-sha 4/24 at Elon (Mason Daniels) Solo 29 Bowie Matteson BOW-ee MATT-uh-son Mat Annunziata 30 Kieran Ryan KEAR-an Ryan 3/5 at Coppin State (Delvin McFadden) 2-run 31 Matt Weissheier WICE-high-er 3/9 at Army West Point (Daniel Burggraaf) 3-run 33 Jake Bufo BOO-foe 3/26 at William & Mary (Mitchell Aker) 3-run 34 Chris Hardardt har-DART 4/1 at Towson (Skyler Morris) 2-run 35 Zach Altieri al-TEE-air-ee 4/8 vs. Delaware (Kyle Hinton) Solo 40 Alex Cosenza cuh-SEN-za 4/23 at Elon (Game 1) (Michael Elefante) Solo 41 Nick Tedesco tuh-DES-co 4/23 at Elon (Game 1) (Naushon Galbraith) 2-run John Habyan HAY-bee-yin 5/7 vs. Northeastern (Game 1) (Aaron Civale) Solo Tyler Kavanaugh kava-gnaw 5/7 vs. Northeastern (Game 1) (Aaron Civale) 3-run Teddy Cillis Hofstra and the MLB Draft: With Bryan Verbitsky’s 3/13 at Longwood (Sean Pico) Solo selection by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the 3/16 vs. Fordham (Luke Stampfl) 3-run 2013 MLB Draft, Hofstra has had nine players selected since 3/25 at William & Mary (Dan Powers) Solo the inception of the draft in 1965. 3/26 at William & Mary (Mitchell Aker) Solo Year Player Round Team 4/2 at Towson (Austin Clark) Solo 1966 Bill Cheslock 32 St. Louis Cardinals 4/8 vs. Delaware (Ron Marinaccio) 2-run 1967* Ken Singleton 1 New York Mets 4/20 at LIU Brooklyn (Mike Krieger) Grand Slam 1967 Donald Ruris 30 Oakland Athletics 4/23 at Elon (Game 1) (Joe McGillicuddy) Solo 1982 Pat Wallace 26 St. Louis Cardinals 4/23 at Elon (Game 2) (Jordan Barrett) Solo 1995 Mike Miller 29 Detroit Tigers Vito Friscia 2006 Ricky Caputo 24 Washington Nationals 3/23 vs. Monmouth (Tyler Ksiazek) 2-run 2010 Ethan Paquette 35 Seattle Mariners 4/6 at Saint Peter’s (Nicholas Arre) Solo 2012 Danny Poma 10 Arizona Diamondbacks Max Dolente 2013 Bryan Verbitsky 3 San Diego Padres 4/8 vs. Delaware (Burk FitzPatrick) Solo *January Draft 4/13 vs. Manhattan (Joe DiTorrice) Solo 4/30 at UNCW (Austin Easter) 3-run MLB Free Agent Signings: Hofstra has also had several players sign as free agents with MLB Teams. 100 For Russo: Hofstra Coach John Russo picked up career Player Team Year win 100 in the Pride’s 17-4 win over Coppin State. He is Don Taussig 1950 currently 113-134 in his four-plus seasons. Irving Burton New York Giants 1951 Brant Alyea Cincinnati Reds 1962 Run Riot: The Pride’s 49 runs scored in the series at Coppin Kevin Flynn Washington Nationals 2013 State were the most in a three-game series in program history. Matt Reistetter Washington Nationals 2013 The previous mark was 46 runs set in a series against Coppin Matt Ford Tampa Bay Rays 2014 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Pride

No. Player Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School/Previous School 1 Tom Archer IF Fr. 5-8 165 R/R Northport, NY/St. John the Baptist 2 Michael Varrone OF Fr. 6-0 160 R/R New Hyde Park, NY/Chaminade 3 Brad Witkowski IF Jr. 5-10 200 R/R Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst 7 Justin Salem P/IF Fr. 6-0 190 R/R Mahwah, NJ/Bergen Catholic 8 Kevin O’Connor IF/OF Fr. 5-10 180 R/R Huntington, NY/ Harborfields 10 Steven Foster OF So. 5-11 175 L/R Holbrook, NY/Sachem North 11 Alec Eisenberg P Sr. 6-5 195 R/R Scarsdale, NY/Ardsley/Westchester CC 12 Chris Weiss P/IF So. 5-10 215 R/R Ridge, NY/Longwood 13 Patrick Bryant P So. 6-5 250 R/R Center Moriches, NY/Center Moriches/Wake Forest 14 Nick Bottari C/IF RFr. 6-1 210 R/R Wading River, NY/Montverde/Miami 15 Ryan Karl IF/OF Sr. 6-2 215 L/R Montville, NJ/Montville/Cornell 16 Teddy Cillis OF/P RSo. 6-2 215 L/L Latham, NY/Blair Academy/UNCW 17 Parker Quinn IF Fr. 6-3 190 R/R Jupiter, FL/The Benjamin School 18 Andrew Mundy P Fr. 6-1 220 R/R Lake Grove, NY/St. John the Baptist 19 Brendan Mulligan P RSr. 6-6 225 L/L Bellerose, NY/Chaminade 20 Max Dolente IF RFr. 6-1 250 L/R Devon, PA/Conestoga 22 Dave Jesch P RSr. 6-1 190 R/R North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex 23 Adam Heidenfelder P So. 6-5 265 R/R Wantagh, NY/MacArthur 24 David Leiderman IF RJr. 6-3 200 R/R Merrick, NY/Bellmore JFK 25 Mat Annunziata OF So. 6-1 195 L/R Manorville, NY/Eastport South Manor 26 Adam Seibert P So. 6-6 215 R/R West Chester, PA/Episcopal Academy 27 Vito Friscia C Fr. 6-3 225 R/R Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream Central 28 Chris Bonk P Sr. 6-5 220 R/R Fort Collins, CO/Rocky Mountain/Garden City CC 29 Bowie Matteson P Sr. 6-3 210 R/R Saugerties, NY/Saugerties/Boston University 30 Kieran Ryan P Jr. 6-5 190 R/R Bellmore, NY/St. Dominic 31 Matt Weissheier P RSo. 6-6 265 R/R Valley Stream, NY/Kellenberg 33 Jake Bufo P Fr. 6-0 180 L/L Berwyn, PA/ Conestoga 34 Chris Hardardt C RJr. 6-1 230 R/R Middle Village, NY/Holy Trinity 35 Zach Altieri P Fr. 6-4 215 R/R Petersburg, NJ/Ocean City 40 Alex Cosenza P So. 6-3 225 L/L Massapequa, NY/Massapequa 41 Nick Tedesco IF Fr. 6-1 210 R/R Holbrook, NY/ Sachem East 45 John Rooney P Fr. 6-5 225 L/L Melrose, NY/Hoosic Valley

Head Coach: John Russo (West Alabama, 2000), Fifth year at Hofstra Assistant Coaches: John Habyan, Tyler Kavanaugh and Ron McKay