2016 HOFSTRA NOTES Baseball Contact: Len Skoros HOFSTRA (7-21) Phone/Email: (516) 765-5584/[email protected] VS. Hofstra Baseball on Twitter: @HofstraBaseball SAINT PETER’S Hofstra Baseball on Facebook: Hofstra Baseball APRIL 6, 2016 Hofstra Baseball on Instagram: @HofstraBaseball JERSEY CITY, NJ JAROSCHAK FIELD 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. 28-28 .264 0 10 21 Sun. at Texas A&M 0-5 L 25 LF Mat Annunziata So. 27-27 .282 4 24 26 Fri. vs. Missouri (at Fort Myers, FL) 2-12 L 3 SS Brad Witkowski Jr. 26-25 .239 1 15 27 Sat. vs. Missouri (DH) (at Fort Myers, FL) 0-8 L, 4-11 L 27 C Vito Friscia Fr. 27-25 .284 1 9 28 Sun. vs. Missouri (at Fort Myers, FL) 2-3 L (10) 15 1B Ryan Karl Gr. 28-27 .261 3 11 MARCH 16 P Teddy Cillis R-So. 27-27 .271 5 10 5 Sat. at Coppin State (DH) 17-4 W, 17-0 W 14 DH Nick Bottari RFr. 23-22 .265 5 20 6 Sun. at Coppin State 15-0 W 24 3B David Leiderman RJr. 27-27 .236 1 10 9 Wed. at Army West Point 14-8 W 8 2B Kevin O’Connor Fr. 21-13 .308 0 6 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 R-So.7/2 3.48 0-0 13 10.1 15 Tue. at Fairleigh Dickinson 4-1 W 16 Wed. FORDHAM 6-7 L 18 Fri. at Ohio State 1-12 L The Matchup: Hofstra will travel to Jersey City, New Jersey, for a 19 Sat. at Ohio State 2-4 L 3:30 p.m. meeting with Saint Peter’s University. 20 Sun. at Ohio State 1-2 L 22 Tue. at Manhattan 1-5 L Coaching Staff: John Russo, who had served as the Pride’s 23 Wed. MONMOUTH 4-5 L assistant coach for three seasons, is in his fifth year as head coach. 25 Fri. at William & Mary* 6-14 L A 2000 graduate of West Alabama, Russo led Hofstra to a school 26 Sat. at William & Mary* 10-15 L record 34 wins in 2012. His record currently stands at 106-123. 27 Sun. at William & Mary* Canceled Russo is assisted by John Habyan, a former MLB pitcher, Tyler 29 Tue. at NYIT 3-1 W (11) Kavanaugh and Ron McKay. All three are in their first year at 30 Wed. at Fairfield 4-5 L Hofstra. APRIL 1 Fri. at Towson* 4-15 L BY THE NUMBERS 2 Sat. at Towson* 7-3 W HOFSTRA SAINT PETER’S 3 Sun. at Towson* 2-4 L .251 Batting Avg. .229 6 Wed. at Saint Peter’s 3:30 p.m. 957 At Bats 721 8 Fri. DELAWARE* 3 p.m. 140 Runs 76 9 Sat. DELAWARE* 1 p.m. 240 Hits 165 10 Sun. DELAWARE* 1 p.m. 47 Doubles 33 12 Tue. NYIT 3 p.m. 3 Triples 5 13 Wed. MANHATTAN 3 p.m. 20 Home Runs 8 15 Fri. CHARLESTON* 3 p.m. 126 RBI 68 16 Sat. CHARLESTON* 1 p.m. 17 Sun. CHARLESTON* 1 p.m. 21 Stolen Bases 26 20 Wed. at LIU Brooklyn 3 p.m. 5.66 ERA 7.99 22 Fri. at Elon* 6:30 p.m. 7-21 W-L 4-18 23 Sat. at Elon* 4 p.m. 176 Runs Allowed 188 24 Sun. at Elon* 1:30 p.m. 150 Earned Runs 160 26 Tue. ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. 0 Complete Games 2 29 Fri. at UNCW* 6 p.m. 2 Shutouts 1 30 Sat. at UNCW* 2 p.m. 2 Saves 1 MAY 238.1 Innings Pitched 180.1 1 Sun. at UNCW* 12 p.m. 262 Hits Allowed 237 3 Tue. at Villanova 3:45 p.m. 108 Walks 105 6 Fri. NORTHEASTERN* 3 p.m. 202 Strikeouts 119 7 Sat. NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. .279 Opponents’ Batting Average .320 8 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. 14 Sat. vs. Buffalo (DH) (at Hudson Valley Stad.) 12 p.m. Versus Saint Peter’s: Hofstra is 8-2 all-time versus the Peacocks.. 17 Tue. at Monmouth 3:30 p.m. The teams have not met since the 2008 season when they split a 19 Thu. JAMES MADISON* 3 p.m. pair of games, both in Jersey City. Saint Peter’s won the first 20 Fri. JAMES MADISON* 3 p.m. game, 14-3, on March 12 while Hofstra responded with a 9-2 win 21 Sat. JAMES MADISON* 1 p.m. on April 1.. 25-28 Wed.-Sat.at CAA Championship (Charleston, SC) *CAA Game Times local to site. CAA Standings: 100 Hits: David Leiderman recorded his 100th career in Charleston 5-1 .833 20-8 .714 Hofstra’s extra-inning loss at Longwood on March 12. The William & Mary 4-1 .800 14-12 .538 milestone hit was a single that drove in the tying run in the James Madison 4-2 .667 13-15 .464 ninth inning. Towson 2-1 .667 11-17 .393 Northeastern 3-2 .600 13.12 .520 100 Hits Part II: Brad Witkowski’s RBI single in the ninth UNCW 2-2 .500 15-9 .625 inning of Hofstra’s 7-3 win over Towson on April 2 was the Elon 12-6 .250 10-17 .370 100th hit in the junior’s career. Hofstra 1-4 .200 7-21 .250 Delaware 1-5 .167 17-11 .607 Approaching Milestones: Dave Jesch needs one win to reach 10 for his career…Alec Eisenberg is three wins shy of 10 as Working For The Weekend: John Rooney, who made his first well. start of the season against NYIT was moved into the weekend rotation against Towson and will start again this Sunday’s against KO: Freshman Kevin O’Connor has made the most of his Delaware. Rooney allowed two hits and struck out seven batters in opportunities and is batting .308 (12-39) with two doubles and five shutout innings versus NYIT and then allowed three runs on six RBIs. He has started 12 of the last 13 games for the Pride, seven hits over six innings in a 4-2 loss at Towson. He is 1-4 with playing second base, shortstop, third base and right field. a 4.78 ERA in 11 appearances this season. So Close: Hofstra is 1-10 in games decided by one or two Streaking: Teddy Cillis enters Wednesday’s game with an runs. The Pride is 0-7 in 1-run games and 1-3 in two-run eight-game hitting streak…Vito Friscia has hit safely in five contests. consecutive games…David Leiderman has an eight-game on- base streak. Clutch: Eight of Brad Witkowski’s 15 RBIs have come with two outs…Mat Annunziata and Nick Bottari each have eight Run Riot: The Pride’s 49 runs scored in the series at Coppin two-out RBIs…As a team, Hofstra has 34 two-out RBIs. State were the most in a three-game series in program history. The previous mark was 46 runs set in a series against Coppin Extra, Extra: After going without an extra base hit for the State in 2007. first 19 games of his career, freshman Vito Friscia collected his first and in the 5-4 loss to Monmouth. Scoreless Streak: Hofstra pitchers had a 22-inning scoreless Friscia had a two-run homer to left field and an RBI double as streak during the Coppin State series and the back-to-back well. shutouts were the first since a doubleheader blanking of Quinnipiac in 2012 (9-0, 6-0). 2016 Home Runs – opposing pitcher in ( ) Ryan Karl Big Weekend: A number of Hofstra batters enjoyed success at 2/20 at Texas A&M (Corbin Martin) Solo Coppin State. Mat Annunziata batted .667 (8-12) with four 3/29 at NYIT (Brandon Alberto) Solo doubles, a home run, eight RBIs and seven runs scored in the 4/1 at Towson (Skyler Morris) 2-run series. Ryan Karl hit .545 with three doubles, a and four David Leiderman RBIs, while Nick Bottari batted .417 with a home run, three 3/5 at Coppin State (Krystian Negron) 2-run doubles and seven RBIs. Brad Witkowski 3/5 at Coppin State (Andrew O’Dwyer) 3-run Good Eye: Freshman catcher Vito Friscia has drawn 24 walks Nick Bottari in 27 games this season. As of the April 4 NCAA rankings, he 3/5 at Coppin State (Andrew O’Dwyer) 3-run is ranked 31st in the nation in walks and 39th in walks per 3/9 at Army West Point (Justin French) 3-run game at 0.89. 3/13 at Longwood (Sean Pico) Solo 3/26 at William & Mary (Mitchell Aker) Solo Good Eye, Part II: Steven Foster has drawn 26 walks in 28 4/2 at Towson (Paul Beers) 3-run games and is 14th in the nation in walks and 20th in walks per Mat Annunziata game (0.03) as of the April 4 NCAA Statistics Report. Foster 3/5 at Coppin State (Delvin McFadden) 2-run leads the CAA in both categories. 3/9 at Army West Point (Daniel Burggraaf) 3-run 3/26 at William & Mary (Mitchell Aker) 3-run Heidi: In his last 13 innings, Adam Heidenfelder has struck 4/1 at Towson (Skyler Morris) 2-run out 16 batters. Teddy Cillis 3/13 at Longwood (Sean Pico) Solo Double Duty: Teddy Cillis has started 27 games for the Pride 3/16 vs. Fordham (Luke Stampfl) 3-run as a position player or designated hitter, but has also made 3/25 at William & Mary (Dan Powers) Solo seven appearances on the mound including starts (no 3/26 at William & Mary (Mitchell Aker) Solo decisions) against Monmouth and Fairfield. He had his first 4/2 at Towson (Austin Clark) Solo career save against Fairleigh Dickinson. Vito Friscia 3/23 vs. Monmouth (Tyler Ksiazek) 2-run First For Bonk: Chris Bonk picked up his first career save in the win over NYIT, pitching a scoreless 11th inning. Bonus Baseball: Hofstra is 1-2 in extra-inning games this 22 Dave Jesch JESH season. 23 Adam Heidenfelder hi-DEN-fell-derr 24 David Leiderman LEADER-man 100 For Russo: Hofstra Coach John Russo picked up career 25 Mat Annunziata uh-noon-zee-AH-ta win 100 in the Pride’s 17-4 win over Coppin State. He is 26 Adam Seibert SIGH-bert currently 106-123 in his four-plus seasons. 27 Vito Friscia FREE-sha 29 Bowie Matteson BOW-ee MATT-uh-son Preseason Honor: Hofstra sophomore outfielder Steven 30 Kieran Ryan KEAR-an Ryan Foster was named to the Preseason All-Colonial Athletic 31 Matt Weissheier WICE-high-er Association Baseball Team. 33 Jake Bufo BOO-foe 34 Chris Hardardt har-DART 2016 CAA BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL: 35 Zach Altieri al-TEE-air-ee 1. UNCW (7 first-place votes) 63 40 Alex Cosenza cuh-SEN-za 2. College of Charleston (1 first-place vote) 55 41 Nick Tedesco tuh-DES-co 3. Elon (1 first-place vote) 45 John Habyan HAY-bee-yin Northeastern 45 Tyler Kavanaugh kava-gnaw 5. William & Mary 39 6. Delaware 27 Hofstra and the MLB Draft: With Bryan Verbitsky’s 7. James Madison 23 selection by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the 8. Hofstra 14 2013 MLB Draft, Hofstra has had nine players selected since 9. Towson 13 the inception of the draft in 1965. Year Player Round Team New Faces: The Pride has a lot of new faces this season as 16 1966 Bill Cheslock 32 St. Louis Cardinals newcomers, including redshirts from 2015, are on the roster. 1967* Ken Singleton 1 New York Mets 1967 Donald Ruris 30 Oakland Athletics Double Up: Hofstra turned 50 double plays in 2015 and 1982 Pat Wallace 26 St. Louis Cardinals ranked 13th in the NCAA at 1.04 per game. 1995 Mike Miller 29 Detroit Tigers 2006 Ricky Caputo 24 Washington Nationals Foster’s First Is Grand: Steven Foster hit the first home run 2010 Ethan Paquette 35 Seattle Mariners of his career in the 12-7 win over Delaware, a grand slam to 2012 Danny Poma 10 Arizona Diamondbacks right field. It marked the second consecutive year that a 2013 Bryan Verbitsky 3 San Diego Padres player’s first home run was also a grand slam as Brian *January Draft MacDonald did the same thing at Incarnate Word in 2014. MLB Free Agent Signings: Hofstra has also had several Pronunciation Guide: players sign as free agents with MLB Teams. 2 Michael Varrone va-RONE Player Team Year 3 Brad Witkowski wit-COW-skee Don Taussig 1950 11 Alec Eisenberg Alec EYE-zen-berg Irving Burton New York Giants 1951 14 Nick Bottari bow-TAR-ee Brant Alyea Cincinnati Reds 1962 16 Teddy Cillis SILL-iss Kevin Flynn Washington Nationals 2013 18 Andrew Mundy MUN-dee Matt Reistetter Washington Nationals 2013 20 Max Dolente DOE-len-tay 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