201020102010 NECNECNEC BASEBALLBASEBALLBASEBALL NN EWSEWS && NN OTESOTES 399 Campus Drive, First Floor, Somerset, NJ 08873 Baseball Contact: Ralph Ventre, Asst. Dir. Comm. Phone: 732-469-0440/Fax: 732-469-0744 E-Mail: [email protected] Central Connecticut State • Fairleigh Dickinson • Long Island • Monmouth • Mount St. Mary’s Quinnipiac • Robert Morris • Sacred Heart • St. Francis (NY) • St. Francis (PA) • Wagner NEC Baseball Northeast Conference Baseball Facts & Figures (Week 10 - May 3, 2010)

Akadema/NEC Player of the Week School NEC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Mar. 1 Vin Avella, Wagner 1. Bryant 15-5 .750 23-19 .548 W4 12-3 11-13 0-3 Mar. 8 Tommy Meade, Central Connecticut State 2. Sacred Heart 12-8 .600 21-21 .500 W1 9-8 9-9 3-4 Mar. 15 Damian Csakai, Wagner 3. Wagner 11-9 .550 17-23 .425 L4 9-1 7-22 1-0 Mar. 22 Vin Avella, Wagner 4. Monmouth 13-11 .542 20-19 .513 W1 11-5 8-13 1-1 Mar. 29 Sean Allaire, Central Connecticut State 5. Central Conn. St. 10-10 .500 19-16 .543 W1 8-5 9-11 2-0 Apr. 5 Tommy Meade, Central Connecticut State Quinnipiac 10-10 .500 11-29 .275 L1 5-7 6-22 0-0 Apr. 12 Seth Boyd, Wagner 7. Mount St. Mary's 11-13 .458 17-26 .395 L1 8-6 8-20 1-0 Apr. 19 Mickey Amanti (QU)/Pat Epps (CCSU) 8. Long Island 9-15 .375 12-31 .279 W1 7-7 3-17 2-7 Apr. 26 Sean Allaire, Central Connecticut State 9. Fairleigh Dickinson 5-15 .250 10-30 .250 L1 6-10 3-18 1-2 The top four teams based on conference winning percentage qualify for the NEC Tournament.

Akadema/NEC Pitcher of the Week Akadema NEC Co-Players of the Week Mar. 1 Matt Watson, Wagner Mar. 8 Mike Matta, Mount St. Mary’s Jamie Rosenkranz, Monmouth Mar. 15 Kyle Breese, Monmouth So., SS, R/R, 5-10, 185 lbs., Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Township Mar. 22 Nick Meyers, Monmouth Rosenkranz recorded nine hits and nine RBI in Monmouth’s three NEC victories over Quinnipiac. Combining speed Mar. 29 Kent Worthington, Mount St. Mary’s with power, the sophomore shortstop hit two home runs and stole four bases during the Hawks’ weekend series. Apr. 5 Alex Russow, Quinnipiac For the full week, which spanned five games, Rosenkranz batted .500 (9-for-18) and slugged .833. Apr. 12 Troy Scribner, Sacred Heart Robert Griffith, Sacred Heart Apr. 19 Chris Zaccherio, Sacred Heart So., 1B, R/R, 6-2, 210 lbs., Lake Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem North Apr. 26 Justin Topa, Long Island Griffith’s power surge helped the Pioneers to take three of four games from NEC foe Fairleigh Dickinson. The sophomore first baseman homered in three consecutive contests on his way to a 1.125 slugging percentage. He hit .563 (9-for-16) with nine RBI and five runs scored over the four-game sample. Griffith had no fewer than two Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week hits and one RBI in each of the four NEC contests. Mar. 1 Justin Topa, Long Island Akadema NEC Co-Pitchers of the Week Mar. 8 Troy Scribner, Sacred Heart Mar. 15 Peter Kelich, Bryant Kent Worthington, Mount St. Mary’s Mar. 22 Gaby Ramirez, Wagner Sr., RHP, 6-2, 205 lbs., Hagerstown, MD/North Hagerstown Mar. 29 Kevin Brown, Bryant Worthington’s second complete-game shutout of the season resulted in his second Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Apr. 5 Alex Russow, Quinnipiac Week award. One day after the Mount’s pitching staff surrendered 16 runs to Long Island in the series opener, Apr. 12 Gaby Ramirez, Wagner Worthington slammed the door on the Blackbirds. He scattered six hits, all of which were singles, over 7.0 Apr. 19 Christian Rautenstrauch, Wagner scoreless innings of work. The 6-foot-2 right-hander struck out eight batters and issued only one base on balls in Apr. 26 John Murphy, Sacred Heart the 4-0 victory. Jared Balbach, Sacred Heart Sr., LHP, 6-2, 200 lbs., Pine Bush, NY/Pine Bush Registering his second consecutive complete-game victory, Balbach did not allow an earned run over 7.0 innings of work at Fairleigh Dickinson. The senior southpaw scattered four hits and struck out seven batters in the 11- 1 victory. FDU’s lone run off Balbach came courtesy of a two-out fielding error in the fifth inning. Shaking off the miscue, Balbach closed the game by retiring the next seven batters he faced. Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week Kevin Brown, Bryant Fr., LF, L/R, 6-0, 193 lbs., Northborough MA/Algonquin Brown’s 10 hits and five RBI helped Bryant to a four-game weekend sweep of NEC preseason favorite Wagner. The Bulldogs’ freshman outfielder slugged 1.058 for the series and crossed home plate eight times. He had an extra- base hit and scored at least one run in all four conference contests. Brown batted an even .500 (11-for-22) over AkademaPro.com a five-game sample last week, which included a mid-week non-league affair at UConn. the season. … Sophomore Mitch Wells (East Haddam, CT/Xavier) hit his sixth NEC Baseball Notes home run of the season, a three-run shot, to lead the offense in the triumph over Marist. He was 5-for-8 with four runs scored and four RBI on the week. Defending MAAC Champion Marist No Match for Jack Central Connecticut State's Jack Greenhouse (Orange, CT/Amity) threw 8.0 Fairleigh Dickinson (10-30, 5-15 NEC) innings of one-run ball to defeat perennial Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference power The Knights endured a tough week as they dropped four of their five games. … Marist. In what was the longest outing of his career, the sophomore southpaw Junior DJ Robinson (Woodbury, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) continued to stay hot scattered nine hits, struck out four and walked just one. The 7-1 victory upped as he hit .375 (6-for-16) with five RBIs and three runs scored for the week. … Greenhouse's record to 3-1 this season. Facing a battle-tested lineup, Greenhouse Junior Brian Dillon (Sarasota, FL/Cardinal Mooney) hit .368 (7-for-19) for the made the big pitch when needed. He stranded 11 Marist baserunners. week with five runs scored and two RBI. … In the Knights' victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday, which came in Game 2 of a doubleheader, sophomore Mike Jones' 6-6 Vision Eliasen (Swedesboro, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) went 2-for-2 with a grand slam, Long Island catcher Tyler Jones (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) picked up a four RBIs and two runs scored. … Freshman Ashley Bulluck (Hollywood, FL/ new pair of contact lenses prior to the Blackbirds' four-game NEC series at Mount South Broward) was brilliant versus the Pioneers in the victory as he went the St. Mary's and the upgraded prescription paid immediate dividends. Jones blasted distance, striking out seven and only walking one. He scattered seven hits and three home runs as part of a 6-for-6 performance in the series opener, a 16-3 LIU allowing only two earned runs to notch his second career victory. triumph. The three long balls gave him five for the year and tied LIU's single-game record -- Louis Hernandez (May 18, 1985 vs. Utica) and Khyl Farrison (April 13, Long Island (12-31, 9-15 NEC) 2003 at Wagner). Long Island opened the week with a 5-4 loss at Lafayette on April 28, falling to the Leopards in the 11th inning on a two-out, run-scoring bunt single. … The Black- Team-by-Team Notes birds then split a series at Mount St. Mary's, winning the opener and finale games Bryant (23-19, 15-5 NEC) by scores of 16-3 and 5-4, respectively. LIU suffered a sweep in Saturday's double- A week after sweeping four games from Fairleigh Dickinson, Bryant earned another header. … In the series opener, a new pair of contact lenses worked out pretty well weekend sweep when it hosted NEC preseason favorite Wagner in a battle between for catcher Tyler Jones (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg). The sophomore went the two top teams in the conference standings. … Bryant has now won nine straight 6-for-6 with three home runs, two doubles and single. He scored four runs and NEC games dating back to the Sunday win at Mount St. Mary's on April 18. Overall, drove in five more. Jones made a much-needed trip to the optometrist on April 29, the Bulldogs have won nine of their last 10 with the lone loss coming at No. 20 with the visit netting an updated prescription. His corrected vision paid immediate Connecticut last Tuesday. … The Bulldogs got a strong effort from freshman Kevin dividends for the Blackbirds as he led off the game with a home run to center field. Brown (Northborough, MA/Algonquin) who hit .588 in the four games against Jones got to Mount starter Vincent Molesky for another solo shot to center in the Wagner. He went 10-for-17 with a double, two triples and home run while driving second and added a single in the fourth. He led off the sixth with a long ball to left, in five runs and scoring eight times. Brown was 4-for-6 with a home run to lead off igniting an 11-run inning, and added a two-run double later in the frame. Jones the bottom of the first in Sunday's dramatic 11-10 win in extra innings. Brown has doubled again in the seventh. The three home runs gave him five for the year and four four-hit games this season and is currently sixth all-time with 20 doubles this tied Louis Hernandez (May 18, 1985 vs. Utica) and Khyl Farrison (April 13, 2003 at season. He is hitting .422 against NEC opponents with 10 doubles, four triples and Wagner) for the most homers in a single game in Long Island history. The 6-for-6 four home runs. … The Bulldogs came back from down three runs twice to win the hitting binge raised his average from .312 to .340. Jones was making just his series finale. Wagner led 8-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth before Bryant second start in the leadoff spot for the Blackbirds, after batting atop the Long scored three runs to tie it. After the Seahawks scored twice in the top of the 10th, Island lineup for the first time earlier in the week at Lafayette. For the week, he hit the Bulldogs opened the bottom of the inning with four straight hits and won it on a .429 (9-for-21) with three homers, seven RBI, three doubles, seven runs, two walks single up the middle by Zakary Cianciolo (Prospect, CT/Woodland Regional). and a sacrifice fly. … Sophomore shortstop Drew Walsh (Staten Island, NY/ … Nick Campbell (Raynham, MA/Bridgewater-Raynham) and Jeff Vigurs Curtis) also had a solid week, batting .333 (8-for-24) with a home run, two (South Windsor, CT/South Windsor) each hit .500 for the weekend as the former doubles, seven RBI and two runs scored. Walsh hit his second grand slam of the extended his hit streak to 15 games. Campbell helped tie the first game of Saturday's season in that 11-run inning and added a two-run double later in the frame. … doubleheader with a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. … As a Junior Adam Sauter (Perry Hall, MD/Essex CC) had a fine outing in that 16-3 team, Bryant hit .416 offensively and out-hit Wagner 57-35 for the series. … Bryant win. In seven innings, he did not allow an earned run, giving up just three hits but will host Siena (May 3) and Brown (May 5) in non-conference play this week. … walking five while striking out seven. The Mount's three runs scored on a dropped In NEC games this season, Bryant is hitting .309 as a team. fly ball with two outs in the fourth. … In the third game of the series, senior Greg DeSantis (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) swiped his 44th career base, Central Connecticut State (19-16, 10-10 NEC) tying him with Marcus Wynn (2004-07) for second on the all-time Long Island list. The Blue Devils were off from conference play last week, and went 2-1 in three non- Seattle Mariners' farmhand James Jones (2007-09) holds the career record with league games. … In its first game CCSU posted an impressive 7-3 road victory over 47 steals. No. 20 UConn. The Blue Devils snapped the Huskies' 22-game winning streak, the longest in the nation at that point. … Sophomore lefty Jason Foster (Shelton, CT/ Monmouth (20-19, 13-11 NEC) Shelton) and junior Dave Krasnowiecki (Cranston, RI/CCRI) combined to limit Monmouth won four of its five games last week, moving above the .500 mark both UConn to just five hits in the game and surrendered three runs. Foster pitched the overall and in conference play. … The Hawks posted a mid-week win over cross- first 5.0 innings, and did not allow a hit until his fifth frame of work when UConn state rival Rutgers. The 2-1 victory was Monmouth's fourth straight win in the all- broke through for three hits and three runs. Foster's effort resulted in his first win time series with the Scarlet Knights. … Monmouth took three of four games from of the season. Krasnowiecki came in to shut the door on the Huskies, pitching the Quinnipiac over the weekend and are now in fourth place as a result. … Head final 4.0 innings to earn his first save of the year. He allowed just two hits, struck coach Dean Ehehalt now has 448 career wins at the helm of the Monmouth out one and did not walk a batter. … Junior Pat Epps (Waterford, CT/Waterford) program, and 240 wins in NEC play. … Monmouth batted .311 as a team during its hit two home runs last week to increase his season total to 10. He blasted his ninth 4-1 week, as four starters batted over .400. The Hawks also connected on nine of the year in the win over UConn before going yard against in a setback to Marist. doubles and six home runs, while outscoring the opposition 33-24. … Junior Ryan Epps finished the week 7-for-13 with two home runs, sox runs scored and two RBI. Terry (Levittown, PA/ Truman), who batted .471, tallied eight hits - four of … After dropping their first game against Marist, the Blue Devils responded by which were for extra bases, including three doubles and a homer. He drove in four posting a 7-1 win over the Red Foxes the following day. … Sophomore lefty Jack runs, drew three walks and scored five times. Terry's eight home runs lead Monmouth. Greenhouse (Orange, CT/Amity Regional) pitched a career-best eight innings in He now has 21 career homers, which moves him into ninth place all-time, one the win over Marist on Saturday afternoon in New Britain. The southpaw scattered behind Howie Deas (1988-91). … Senior Mike Casale (Toms River, NJ/TR nine hits, struck out four and walked just one in eight innings of action. He North), who moved into the lead-off spot, went 7-for-16 with a team-best nine runs improved his record to 3-1 in the process and dropped his team-best ERA to 2.12 on scored and two doubles over the week. … Five Monmouth relief pitchers combined to go 2-0 with two saves, while posting a 0.00 ERA on the week. Sophomores Chris seal the deal. … Sacred Heart returns to action for another four-game Northeast Perret (Morris Plains, NJ/Morris Catholic) and Matt Goitz (Hawthorne, NJ/ Conference set this upcoming weekend at Wagner. Hawthorne) each earned wins in relief. Freshman Neil Harm (Hamilton, NJ/ Steinert) picked up a save in the win over Rutgers and junior Nick McNamara Wagner (17-23, 11-9 NEC) (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville) earned a save against Quinnipiac. Harm appeared in Wagner won a mid-week home game over Iona before suffering a four-game sweep on three games, tossing 4.1 innings with four strikeouts and no walks. the road at Bryant. … The Seahawks have struggled away from Richmond County Bank Ballpark, having lost their last nine road contest. … In an 18-6 win over Iona, Mount St. Mary's (17-26, 11-13 NEC) all nine regulars had at least two hits while senior Damian Csakai (Freehold, NJ/ The Mount split its four-game set with Long Island over the weekend. … Senior Kent Freehold Township) and junior Seth Boyd (Perth Amboy, NJ/Perth Amboy) each Worthington (Hagerstown, MD/North Hagerstown) tossed a shutout in the opening notched four hits to lead a 22-hit parade. Wagner recorded season-highs with 18 runs game of Saturday's twinbill, scattering six hits while striking out eight. It was on 22 hits. … Wagner is now 9-1 at home this season while outscoring the opposition Worthington's second shutout of the season. He is now 3-2 with a league-leading 2.29 by a combined 59-28 margin at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. … Fifth-year senior ERA on the year. Worthington has held the opposition to a .212 average and has Matt Watson (Howell, NJ/Howell) tossed 6.1 innings in a no-decision against compiled 61 strikeouts in 63.0 innings of work. … The Mount rallied for a 5-4 win in Bryant. The reigning NEC Pitcher of the Year moved into sixth place on the all-time the second half of the doubleheader, Game 3 of the series. They trailed 4-1 heading into Seahawks' innings list at 223.1, moving past current Oakland Athletics pitcher An- the bottom of the sixth before Shane Eyler (Taneytown, MD/Francis Scott Key) drew Bailey. … … Bryant then swept both ends of a doubleheader by scores of 6-5 blasted a two-run home run to pull his team within 4-3.. In the seventh inning, Tom (8) and 6-3 … Sophomore Hayden Hunter (Santa Monica, CA/Notre Dame) Healy's (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) RBI grounder tied the game before a blasted his first career home run in the first half of Saturday's double dip at Bryant. single to right field from Andrew Caron (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) plated the … Freshman Nick Alfano (Coral Springs, FL/North Broward Prep), who entered game-winning run. … Caron hit .474 for the week with a home run and three RBI. He the game with just one hit on the year, led the way for the Green & Whit in t he series is now hitting .354 on the year with a team-best 10 doubles. Caron and Eyler are tied finale. He went 4-for-5 with his first career home run and double while producing for the top spot on the team with five home runs. three runs and two RBI. … Csakai became Wagner's all-time leader in games played this past weekend. He has seen action in 195 career contests, with teammate Vin Quinnipiac (11-29, 10-10 NEC) Avella (Matawan, NJ/CBA) right behind in second at 194. Ben Farina (Waterford, CT/Waterford) continued his hot hitting this week, as the third-year left fielder posted a .476 (10-21) average with a pair of doubles. Farina was 2-for-4 against Monmouth in the first game of the Bobcats' four-game series on Friday, and followed that up with a 5-for-8 performance in Saturday's doubleheader. He was 4-for-4 with two RBI in the second half of the twin bill. Farina became the 17th player in Quinnipiac history to reach the 160-hit mark, and the 14th in the University's Division I history. He is also the Bobcats only active hitter with two 50-hit seasons in his career. Farina is second on the team with 15 multiple-hit games, including seven in his last 11 games out. For the year, Farina leads the Bobcats in average (.350), runs scored (31), hits (56) and doubles (11) while his slugging percentage (.438) and on- base percentage (.390) both rank second. … Mike Bartlett (Milford, CT/St. Jo- seph) continued his consistent hitting against Northeast Conference competition as he batted .500 (6-for-12) against Monmouth. Bartlett strung together three-straight two- hit performances against the Hawks, pushing his season average against the NEC to .316. Barlett has reached base safely in 17 of Quinnipiac's 18 conference games, while recording a hit in 13 of them. … Chris Migani (Orange, CT/Amity) and Brian Monack (Branford, CT/Branford) both homered in both games of Saturday's double- header against Monmouth. For the year, Monack leads Quinnipiac with seven homeruns, 36 RBI, as well as a .507 slugging percentage and a .413 on-base percentage. Monack's 23 bases-on-balls lead Quinnipiac, while his 30 runs scored rank second. Migani is second on the roster with four homeruns, while also driving in 20 runs.

Sacred Heart (21-21, 12-8 NEC) The Pioneers took three of four games from Fairleigh Dickinson. Sacred Heart sits in sole possession of second place in the Northeast Conference. … SHU has now won seven of its last eight games, all against NEC opponents. The Pioneers jumped all over the Knights in the first game of the series, 15-2. Senior pitcher Chris Zaccherio (Manhasset, NY/Manhasset) tossed eight solid innings allowing just two runs while striking out 10 batters. Freshman John Murphy (Seymour, CT/Seymour) blew the game open for SHU with a grand slam in the sixth inning. … Sacred Heart took control early in game two of the series, a 11-1 victory, as they scratched out five runs in the top of the second, capped by a three-run homer from Mike Drowne (South Hadley, MA/ South Hadley). Senior southpaw Jared Balbach (Pine Bush, NY/Pine Bush) posted a second straight stellar pitching performance for SHU as he went the distance, striking out seven, without allowing an earned run. … Sophomore Rob Griffith (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem North) went 9-for-16, cracked three homers, and tallied nine RBI during the weekend series. He was the lone bright spot in the third game of the weekend with a two-run blast in an 11-3 loss. … The Pioneers finished the week strong and earned the series victory as they came out on top 15-4 Sunday afternoon. SHU mashed 10 extra base hits including four homers, two off the bat of Jeff Heppner (Aqubogue, NY/Riverhead). Freshman Troy Scribner (Washington Depot, CT/ Shepaug Valley) tossed seven solid innings to pick up the win and Chris Dionisio (Smithtown, NY/St. Anthony's) slammed the door with two solid innings of relief to