2018 HOFSTRA Baseball Contact: Len Skoros GAME NOTES Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] HOFSTRA (21-15) Hofstra Baseball on Twitter: @HofstraBaseball VERSUS Hofstra Baseball on Facebook: Hofstra Baseball FORDHAM (27-14-1) Hofstra Baseball on Instagram: @HofstraBaseball MAY 1, 2018 BRONX, NEW YORK TENTATIVE LINEUP FEBRUARY # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI Fri. 23 at Lamar (DH) 1-2 L, 0-3 L 10 CF Steven Foster Sr. 35-35 .237 1 10 Sat. 24 at Lamar (DH) 3-2 W (10), 1-0 W 22 2B Mikey Riesner Sr. 35-35 .293 0 15 March 27 DH Vito Friscia Jr. 35-35 .326 5 27 Sat. 3 at Norfolk State (DH) 4-0 W, 5-1 W 16 RF Teddy Cillis Sr. 27-25 .242 2 12 Sun. 4 at Norfolk State 8-6 W 2 SS Austin Gauthier Fr. 34-34 .237 2 17 25 1B Rob Weissheier So. 35-33 .244 4 29 UMBC Tournament 4 C Matt Siedem Jr. 22-18 .218 1 9 Sat. 10 vs. Mount St. Mary’s 11-0 W 13 3B Daniel Page Jr. 30-27 .188 2 12 at UMBC 9-6 W 7 LF Tyler White So. 26-17 .218 0 4 Sun. 11 at UMBC 4-2 W # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L K IP 28 RHP Seamus Brazill RSo.13/4 4.19 2-2 18 34.1 Tue. 13 at Fairleigh Dickinson PPD Sat. 17 Albany (DH) 9-8 W (10), 1-4 L BY THE NUMBERS Sun. 18 Albany 4-6 L HOFSTRA FORDHAM Fri. 23 at UNCW* 5-3 W .244 Batting Avg. .278 Sat. 24 at UNCW* (DH) 3-5 L, 2-6 L 1186 At Bats 1419 Tue. 27 at Monmouth 14-6 W 184 Runs 251 Fri. 30 at Towson* 11-0 W 289 Hits 394 Sat. 31 at Towson* 3-5 L 65 Doubles 84 April 8 Triples 18 Sun. 1 at Towson* 0-1 L 21 Home Runs 20 Wed. 4 Manhattan 4-12 L 164 RBI 221 Fri. 6 Delaware* 9-0 W 33-47 Stolen Bases 134-169 Sat. 7 Delaware* 11-1 W 3.38 ERA 3.60 Sun. 8 Delaware* 2-5 L (10) 21-15 W-L 27-14-1 Wed. 11 at Fairfield 3-9 L 137 Runs Allowed 174 Fri. 13 at Elon* 1-2 L 117 Earned Runs 151 Sat. 14 at Elon* 3-6 L 5 Complete Games 2 Sun. 15 at Elon* 3-5 L 6 Shutouts 3 Wed. 18 #23 St. John’s 4-12 L 9 Saves 15 Fri. 20 Charleston* 7-1 W 311.2 Innings Pitched 377.0 Sat. 21 Charleston* 2-1 W 249 Hits Allowed 324 Sun. 22 Charleston* 5-4 W 140 Walks 178 Tue. 24 at Manhattan 15-4 W 286 Strikeouts 415 Fri. 27 at William & Mary* 1-0 W .221 Opponents’ Batting Average .229 Sat. 28 at William & Mary* 7-3 W Sun. 29 at William & Mary* 9-6 W Coaching Staff: John Russo, who had served as the Pride’s May assistant coach for three seasons, is in his seventh year as head Tue. 1 at Fordham 7 p.m. coach. A 2000 graduate of West Alabama, Russo led Hofstra to a Fri. 4 Northeastern* 3 p.m. school record 34 wins in 2012. The 14th head coach in program Sat. 5 Northeastern* 1 p.m. history, his record currently stands at 149-191 and the 149 wins Sun. 6 Northeastern* 1 p.m. rank second all-time among Hofstra Baseball coaches. Russo is Tue. 8 Monmouth 3:30 p.m. assisted by former MLB pitcher John Habyan, Matt Wessinger and Fri. 11 James Madison* 3 p.m. Brandon Stein. Sat. 12 James Madison* 1 p.m. Sun. 13 James Madison* 1 p.m. Versus Fordham: Hofstra is 24-30 all-time versus Fordham. The Rams have won three consecutive games in the series. Wed.-Sat. 23-26 CAA Championship (Harrisonburg, VA) New K Leader: John Rooney became Hofstra’s all-time *CAA Game Times local to site. strikeout leader during his 10-K performance against Albany.

Rooney now has 246 career strikeouts, surpassing the previous

record of 196 held by John Bilello (1984-87).

No-No: Seamus Brazill fired the first no-hitter in program Road Warriors: Hofstra is 14-10 in road games and 1-0 in history in a 1-0 win over Lamar on February 25. He went neutral site games. The Pride lead the CAA in road wins. seven innings, walked four, a batter and struck out five. It was also the first complete game shutout for a Pride pitcher Zach Attack: Zach Altieri notched his first career win in since March 31, 2001 (Gerald Auth at Hartford). Hofstra’s 8-6 victory over Norfolk State on March 4. He followed that with a win over UMBC on March 10. No-No No. 2: John Rooney and Seamus Brazill combined on a no-hitter in an 11-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s on March Home Cooking: Hofstra is 6-5 at home this season. 10. Rooney threw six innings and struck out eight, while Brazill went the final three innings for the save. Win Streak: The Pride’s nine-game winning streak, which ended in game two of their doubleheader against Albany, was Starring Staff: Hofstra pitching ranks 25th in the nation in their longest since a nine-game win streak in 2013. ERA at 3.38, sixth in hits allowed per nine innings (7.19), seventh in shutouts (6) and 23rd in WHIP (1.25) as of May 1. Shutouts: Hofstra has a school record six shutouts through 36 Hofstra starting pitching has compiled a 2.37 ERA and a 14-9 games after not recording one in 51 games in 2017. The record, while the bullpen has a 7-6 record, nine saves and a Pride’s 9-0 win over Delaware on April 6 set the new record, 5.24 ERA. eclipsing the four pitched by the 2012 Pride.

Rooney: John Rooney ranks first in the CAA and third in the 100 For Teddy: Teddy Cillis recorded the 100th hit of his nation with a 0.85 ERA. He leads the nation in hits allowed Pride career with a to left field against Manhattan on per nine innings at 4.26, is fourth in WHIP (0.72) and 39th in April 4. He now has 111 hits at Hofstra and 21 more at strikeouts (83). Rooney has not allowed an earned run in his UNCW for 132 in total. last 44 innings and has allowed just one run total in that span. Approaching Milestones: Chris Weiss is one win shy of 10 Weiss: Chris Weiss ranks third in the nation in strikeouts per in his career...Hofstra’s next victory will mark the 150th of nine innings at 14.24. Coach John Russo’s career.

Vito Power: Vito Friscia has a team-high five home runs and Big Win: Hofstra’s 11-run margin of victory at Towson (11-0) has 15 in his career. He also leads the team with a .326 was the Pride’s largest in a CAA game since a 16-1 win over average and is second with 27 RBIs. Delaware on April 27, 2012.

Mikey Likes It: Mikey Riesner has returned from a season- Big Inning: Hofstra’s seven-run fifth inning at Towson on ending injury in 2017 and is batting .293 with a team-high 11 March 30 was its highest scoring inning of the season. doubles, one , 15 RBIs and five stolen bases. Band of Brothers: Matt and Rob Weissheier have contributed K-Corner: John Rooney fanned a career-best 13 batters over greatly to the Pride’s success in 2018. Matt has a 4-4 record on eight shutout innings at Norfolk State on March 3 and has 78 the mound with a 2.95 ERA and has taken a trio of hard-luck strikeouts in 65 innings this season...Chris Weiss struck out losses. Rob has a .244 average with eight doubles, four home eight batters in a three-inning relief stint against Norfolk State runs and a team-high 29 RBIs. He hit a game winning home on March 4 and has 52 in 33 2/3 innings this season. run versus Charleston on April 22 and ranks second on the team in doubles and home runs. Cillis Breaks Through: After dropping 15 consecutive decisions, Teddy Cillis has picked up wins in each of his last Isn’t It Grand: Rob Weissheier’s grand slam at William & two appearances. Prior to his win in Hofstra’s 5-4 victory over Mary was the Pride’s first since Teddy Cillis hit one at LIU Charleston on April 22, Cillis’ last win had come on May 7, Brooklyn on April 20, 2016. 2016. CAA Standings: Tough Luck: Teddy Cillis threw a complete game-three hitter Northeastern 12-3 .800 26-13 .667 against Towson on April 1 and came up on the short end of a Charleston 12-6 .667 30-15 .667 1-0 loss. He then allowed just two runs on six hits over seven Elon 9-6 .600 27-17 .614 innings, but took a no-decision against Delaware on April 8. Hofstra 10-8 .556 21-15 .583 Cillis then took the loss at Elon after allowing four runs (two UNCW 8-7 .533 26-17 .605 earned) and four hits in six innings in a 5-3 defeat. Delaware 7-8 .467 22-20 .524 James Madison 6-9 .400 21-20 .512 Close Calls: Hofstra is 9-7 in games decided by two runs or Towson 5-10 .333 12-31 .279 less in 2018. Hofstra was 6-12 in such games in 2017 and 5-12 William & Mary 3-15 .167 15-29 .341 in games decided by one or two runs in 2016. Good Eyes: Steven Foster has drawn 30 walks in 35 games. That’s A Lot Of Runs: Hofstra’s 15 runs versus Manhattan on April 24 was a season high and the most since putting up Streaks: Hofstra has won seven games in a row...Mikey 15 at Coppin State on March 6, 2016. Riesner has a seven game hitting streak...Rob Weissheier has hit in six consecutive games. Clutch: 68 of Hofstra’s 164 RBIs have come with two outs. Season Openers: Hofstra is 22-39 in season openers. The Rob Weissheier leads the way with 13, while Vinnie Costello Pride has not picked up a season-opening win since a 5-4 has 11. victory at Delaware State on February 21, 2002.

Picky: John Rooney has 13 pickoffs this season, Matt Home Openers: Hofstra is 11-6 in its last 17 home openers Weissheier has four and Teddy Cillis has two. following a 9-8 win over Albany this season.

2018 Home Runs: Preseason Honors: Hofstra outfielder/pitcher Teddy Cillis Vinnie Costello was named to the Preseason All-CAA Team as a utility player 3/4 at Norfolk State (Trey Hanchey) Solo and infielder Mikey Riesner was an honorable mention 3/11 at UMBC (Chase Bailey) Solo selection. 3/23 at UNCW (Alex Royalty) 2-Run 4/29 at William & Mary (Chris Farrell) 3-Run Pronunciation Guide: Vito Friscia 1 Devon Jeffreys DEV-uhn JEFF-rees 3/4 at Norfolk State (Trey Hanchey) 2-Run 2 Austin Gauthier GAW-thee-er 3/10 at UMBC (Matt Chanin) 2-Run 4 Matt Siedem SEE-dem 3/17 vs. Albany (J.T. Genovese) Solo 5 Sean Rausch roush 3/31 at Towson (David Marriggi) Solo 9 Myles Mensah MEN-suh 4/18 vs. No. 23 St. John’s (Joe Kelly) 3-run 11 Andrew Mundy MUN-dee Teddy Cillis 14 Grayson Skweres skwers 3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary’s (Jordan Geber) 3-run 15 Brad Camarda cuh-MAR-duh 3/30 at Towson (Jake Pecilunas) Solo 16 Teddy Cillis SILL-iss Rob Weissheier 22 Mikey Riesner REEZ-ner 3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary’s (Jordan Geber) Solo 24 Ian Diaz EE-en DEE-az 4/7 vs. Delaware (Chris Ludman) 3-Run 25 Rob Weissheier WICE-high-er 4/22 vs. Charleston (Nathan Ocker) 3-Run 27 Vito Friscia FREE-sha 4/28 at William & Mary (Wade Strain) Grand Slam 28 Seamus Brazill SHAY-muss Daniel Page 30 Mike Mirando mer-ANN-doe 3/10 vs. Mount St. Mary’s (Jesse Archambault) 2-Run 31 Matt Weissheier WICE-high-er 4/24 at Manhattan (Steve Arntsen) 2-Run 32 Jack Berczi BURR-zee Austin Gauthier 35 Zach Altieri al-TEE-air-ee 3/10 at UMBC (Matt Chanin) 3-Run 41 Billy Kral krahl 4/4 vs. Manhattan (Matt Jones) Solo John Habyan HAY-bee-yin Matt Siedem Matt Wessinger WESS-in-jer 4/6 vs. Delaware (Matt Hornich) Solo Brandon Stein stine Steven Foster 4/28 at William & Mary (Michael Goldak) 2-Run Hofstra and the MLB Draft: With Bryan Verbitsky’s selection by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the In Season Honors: Seamus Brazill was the CAA Pitcher of 2013 MLB Draft, Hofstra has had nine players selected since the Week on February 27 and was named a National Player of the inception of the draft in 1965. the Week by Collegiate Baseball News...Brazill was also a Year Player Round Team Collegiate Baseball News National Player of the Week on 1966 Bill Cheslock 32 St. Louis Cardinals March 12...John Rooney earned CAA Co-Pitcher of the Week 1967* Ken Singleton 1 New York Mets on March 12 and was also a National Player of the Week by 1967 Donald Ruris 30 Oakland Athletics Collegiate Baseball News...Rooney was CAA Pitcher of the 1982 Pat Wallace 26 St. Louis Cardinals Week on April 9 and April 30...Teddy Cillis was CAA Player 1995 Mike Miller 29 Detroit Tigers of the Week on April 9...Vito Friscia was CAA Player of the 2006 Ricky Caputo 24 Washington Nationals Week on April 23. 2010 Ethan Paquette 35 Seattle Mariners 2012 Danny Poma 10 Arizona Diamondbacks Dominican Republic Trip: Hofstra played six exhibition 2013 Bryan Verbitsky 3 San Diego Padres games against professional academy teams in the Dominican *January Draft Republic from February 16-19. The Pride went 4-2 on the trip with wins over the Academy, the Washington MLB Free Agent Signings: Hofstra has also had several Nationals Academy and two against the Mejia & Neno players sign as free agents with MLB Teams. Baseball Academy. Hofstra dropped a pair of games to the Player Team Year Philadelphia Phillies Academy. Don Taussig 1950 Irving Burton New York Giants 1951 CAA Openers: Hofstra is 8-9 in CAA openers since joining Brant Alyea Cincinnati Reds 1962 the league in 2002. The Pride defeated UNCW, 5-3, in their Kevin Flynn Washington Nationals 2013 conference opener this season. Matt Reistetter Washington Nationals 2013 Matt Ford Tampa Bay Rays 2014 David Leiderman Miami Marlins 2018 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRIDE

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Hometown/High School 1 Devon Jeffreys IF 5-11 207 Fr. R/R Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown 2 Austin Gauthier IF 5-11 164 Fr. R/R Lorton, VA/South County 3 Jimmy Joyce P/IF 6-2 197 Fr. R/R Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 4 Matt Siedem C 5-8 180 Jr. R/R Broomfield, CO/Silver Creek/West Hills 5 Sean Rausch C/OF 5-11 190 So. L/R Middle Island, NY/Longwood 6 Justin Smith C 6-0 210 So. L/R Lititz, PA/Warwick 7 Tyler White IF 6-1 160 So. R/R Holtsville, NY/St. John the Baptist 8 Kevin O’Connor IF/OF 5-10 180 Jr. R/R Huntington, NY/Harborfields 9 Myles Mensah IF 5-10 185 So. R/R Frederick, MD/St. John’s College HS 10 Steven Foster OF 5-11 175 Sr. L/R Holbrook, NY/Sachem North 11 Andrew Mundy P 6-1 220 Jr. R/R Lake Grove, NY/St. John the Baptist 12 Chris Weiss P 5-10 210 Sr. R/R Ridge, NY/Longwood 13 Daniel Page IF 6-0 182 Jr. R/R Reno, NV/Davonte Ranch/College of San Mateo 14 Grayson Skweres OF 5-10 160 So. L/R Houston, TX/Second Baptist 15 Brad Camarda P 6-0 217 Fr. R/R Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollow Hills West 16 Teddy Cillis OF/P 6-2 215 R-Sr. L/L Latham, NY/Blair Academy/UNCW 17 Parker Quinn IF 6-3 190 Jr. R/R Jupiter, FL/The Benjamin School 18 Jack Anderson P 6-3 183 Fr. L/L Ontario, Canada/Bluevale Collegiate Institute 19 Vinnie Costello IF/OF 6-5 183 So. R/R Pompano Beach, FL/Pompano Beach 20 Kyle Skidmore P 6-2 185 R-Fr. L/L Franklin, MA/Franklin/Bridgton Academy 22 Mikey Riesner SS 5-11 185 Sr. R/R Plainfield, IL/Neuqua Valley/College of San Mateo 23 Avery Combs UT 6-0 201 Fr. R/R Lynchburg, VA/EC Glass 24 Ian Diaz OF 5-10 189 Fr. R/R Philadelphia, PA/Springside Chestnut Hill Academy 25 Rob Weissheier IF 6-4 230 So. R/R Valley Stream, NY/Kellenberg 26 Michael James P 6-1 185 Sr. L/L Brentwood, TN/Brentwood (TN)/Lee Univ. 27 Vito Friscia C 6-3 225 Jr. R/R Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream Central 28 Seamus Brazill P 6-9 260 R-So. R/R Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat 30 Mike Mirando P 6-4 204 Fr. R/R Islip, NY/Islip 31 Matt Weissheier P 6-6 265 R-Sr. R/R Valley Stream, NY/Kellenberg 32 Jack Berczi P 6-3 190 R-Fr. L/L Ontario, Canada/Abbey Park 34 Peyton Birch P 6-1 220 Fr. R/R Lawrenceville, NJ/Holy Ghost Preparatory 35 Zach Altieri P 6-4 215 Jr. R/R Petersburg, NJ/Ocean City 41 Billy Kral P 6-2 216 Fr. R/R Margate City, NJ/Holy Spirit 45 John Rooney P 6-5 225 Jr. L/L Melrose, NY/Hoosic Valley

Head Coach: John Russo (West Alabama, 2000), Seventh year at Hofstra Assistant Coaches: John Habyan, Matt Wessinger and Brandon Stein