2021 GAMEDAY FOLLOW ITHACA ATHLETICS GAMES 25-26 RPI Engineers at ITHACA Bombers World Wide Web...... athletics.ithaca.edu May 2, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. (DH) • Ithaca, N.Y. • Freeman Field Twitter...... @BomberSports • LIVE STATS/VIDEO: athletics.ithaca.edu • Facebook...... www.facebook.com/BomberSports Instagram...... @bomber_sports Last Meeting: May 1, 2021 | Ithaca and RPI split a DH YouTub e...... www.youtube.com/BomberSports TODAY’S DOUBLEHEADER/ALL-TIME SERIES: Stats. athletics.ithaca.edu/sidearmstats/baseball/summary Ithaca and RPI date the rivalry back to 1949. Video...... youtube.com/user/BomberSports IC has won 42-of-60 contests in the history. The Bombers won the first 15 games as well.

LIBERTY LEAGUE HONORS: Buzz Shirley, the Liberty League Performer of the Week, hit ITHACA COACHING STAFF .500 (8-for-16) over four games last week with 12 RBI, four runs scored and two Head Coach David Valesente homeruns. Shirley began the week by driving in four runs on two hits (one homer) David Valesente was selected as the fourth in a 14-3 win over Clarkson. At Clarkson the following day, he went 2-for-4 with head coach in the baseball program’s storied 86-year history on August 8, 2019. Valesente two RBI and a double in game one and concluded the weekend with six RBI on a has served for three years as the head 3-for-5 day at the plate with another homerun. baseball coach at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. He was also perfect in the field, converting on all 24 chances, and threw 6.0 innings Valesente’s first season on South Hill with six strikeouts in a no-decision against Clarkson in game two on April 23. was shortened to just seven games as the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown all inter- LAST TIME OUT: Ithaca split a road Liberty League doubleheader at RPI yesterday. The collegiate athletics across the country in mid-March. Engineers won the opener, 4-0, behind a no-hitter from Ryan Yerby. IC responded in Game Two with a 6-3 win. ITHACA AT A GLANCE Name...... Ithaca College The Liberty League foes breezed through the first five innings of action with just City/State/Zip...... Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 Founded...... 1892 one combined hit allowed – a single by Louis Fabbo in the top of the first. IC kept Enrollment...... 5,475 RPI out of the hit column until the bottom of the seventh. Nickname...... Bombers Colors...... Blue, White, Gray Court...... Freeman Field In the top of the sixth, the Bombers took a 2-0 edge as Garrett Callaghan doubled Surface...... Grass Affiliations...... NCAA DIII, ECAC in Mike Nauta for the initial run and then Buzz Shirley followed with a sacrifice fly Conference...... Liberty League to bring home Jack Lynch. The Bombers added two more in the top of the seventh President...... Shirley M. Collado Athletic Director...... Susan Bassett ‘79 on a two-run single by Fabbo. RPI pulled to within a run in the bottom half of the seventh as two runs scored on a double to the right-center cap and the third scored • The Program • Inception...... 1930 on a sac fly. IC responded with two more in to eighth on an RBI infield single from NCAA Appearances...... 48 (126-97 record) Ethan Rothstein, and then Shirley crossed the plate on a wild pitch for the final run Overall Record...... 1,659-674-12 National Championships...... 2 (1980, 1988) of the game. RPI was retired in order of the final two trips to the plate by Garrett 2021 LIBERTY LEAGUE STANDINGS Bell, who picked up his second save of the season. Dom Trippi earned his first ca- reer victory in 4.2 innings of relief with four strikeouts and three earned runs. Liberty League Overall School W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Rochester 10 2 0.833 16 7 0.696 SCOUTING RPI: RPI got a late start to the season and is just 2-6 overall. The Engineers Ithaca 9 2 1 0.792 14 7 1 0.659 played their first games on April 23 against Rochester. Union 4 2 0.667 6 4 0.600 St. Lawrence 5 3 0.625 10 6 0.625 Clarkson 6 5 1 0.542 11 12 1 0.479 Richard Drum leads the offense with a .417 average and nine RBI, while Jack Vac- Bard 3 5 0.375 4 8 0.333 Vassar 2 6 0.250 3 9 0.250 cari is hitting .292. Skidmore 1 3 0.250 2 5 0.286 RIT 2 10 0.167 6 17 0.261 RPI 1 5 0.167 1 5 0.167 Ryan Yerby has thrown 13.0 innings and owns a .174 opponents batting average. Chris Grome is 0-2 on the year with a 4.38 ERA in 12.1 innings pitched. Today’s Liberty League Schedule

Sunday, May 2 NEXT UP FOR ITHACA: The Bombers host Rochester on May 8 for a doubleheader be- ginning at 1 p.m. RPI at Ithaca (DH) - 1 p.m. Union at Vassar (DH) - 1 p.m. RIT at Clarkson (DH) - 1 p.m. Skidmore at Bard (DH) 1 p.m. Rochester at St. Lawrence (DH) - 2 p.m. ITHACA BOMBERS 2021 Schedule/Results No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Ht. Wt. High School Hometown 3/20 at Elmira W, 8-7 1 Mike Nauta IF So. L/R 5-7 155 Sparta Sparta, N.J. 2 Jack Lynch SS Sr. L/R 6-5 200 Trumbull Trumbull, Conn. 3/21 ELMIRA (DH) W, 8-0, W, 11-1 3 Nate Scott P FY R/R 5-10 180 New Providence New Providence, N.J. 3/25 ALFRED STATE W, 7-6 4 Matt Smith OF Jr. R/R 6-3 170 Elmira Notre Dame Ithaca, N.Y. 6 Gil Merod C So. R/R 5-10 175 Ithaca Ithaca, N.Y. 3/27 at Rochester (DH) L, 9-8 (11), L, 7-6 7 Ben Church P FY R/R 6-3 185 Wildwood Catholic Cape May, N.J. 3/28 ROCHESTER (DH) PPD 9 Alex Barker-Hook IF FY R/R 6-2 195 Hopkinton Hopkinton, Mass. 3/30 at Cortland L, 6-4 10 Charlie Hammel P Gr. R/R 6-0 175 Rush Henrietta Pittsford, N.Y. 11 Garrett Bell P/IF So. R/R 6-0 185 Lansing Lansing, N.Y. 4/2 at RIT (DH) PPD 12 Matteo Ragusa P FY R/R 6-0 190 Poly Prep , N.Y. 4/3 RIT (DH) L, 12-5, W, 14-8 13 Jason Sarubbi OF Jr. L/R 6-1 185 Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, N.Y. 4/7 vs. St. Lawrence L, 8-6 14 Colin Shashaty OF FY R/R 5-8 160 Northport Northport, N.Y. 15 Brett Budzak P Sr. R/R 6-3 205 Barrington (Ill.) Wolcott, Colo. 4/10 at Vassar (DH) * W, 11-9, W, 17-1 16 Sam Kinum C Sr. R/R 6-2 205 The Doane Stuart School Delmar, N.Y. 4/14 VASSAR (DH) * W, 4-0, W, 13-6 17 Kyle Gordon IF FY R/R 6-0 170 Trinity-Pawling New York, N.Y. 18 Ethan McDonough OF FY R/R 6-4 175 Southington Southington, Conn. 4/18 BARD (DH) * W, 5-3, L, 14-5 19 Ethan Rothstein IF FY R/R 6-2 175 Northern Valley Demarest Demarest, N.J. 4/23 CLARKSON (DH) * W, 14-3, W, 5-4 20 Aaron Shoemaker C Sr. R/R 5-11 175 Rush-Henrietta Henrietta, N.Y. 4/24 at Clarkson (DH) * L, 15-10, T, 11-11 21 Louis Fabbo IF FY R/R 5-9 185 Waldwick Hewitt, N.J. 22 Dom Trippi P FY R/R 6-3 200 Honeoye Naples, N.Y. 4/28 at Bard (DH) * W, 11-8, W, 6-3 23 Tyler Edelman P/IF So. R/R 5-7 170 Suffern Suffern, N.Y. 5/1 at RPI (DH) * L, 4-0, W, 6-3 24 Garrett Callaghan OF Sr. L/R 6-3 215 Franklin Franklin Park, N.J. 5/2 RPI (DH) * 1 p.m. 25 Ben Landis C FY R/R 6-0 155 Oratory Prep Summit, N.J. 26 Sean Kelly P FY L/L 6-2 170 South Side South Hempstead, N.Y. 5/8 ROCHESTER (DH) * 1 p.m. 27 Alex Robinson OF Sr. L/R 6-2 200 Baldwinsville Baldwinsville, N.Y. 5/9 at Rochester (DH) * 1 p.m. 28 John Griffin P FY R/R 6-0 150 Tolland Tolland, Conn. 29 Buzz Shirley 1B/P Gr. L/L 5-10 190 Ithaca Candor, N.Y. 5/12 LL Tournament TBA 30 Matt Fabian IF So. R/R 6-0 200 Everest Academy Toronto, Ontario 5/15 LL Tournament TBA 31 Nate Ray C FY R/R 6-0 200 C.W. Baker Baldwinsville, N.Y. * Liberty League Game 32 Jack Meyer IF FY R/R 6-2 170 Ridgewood Ridgewood, N.J. 33 Kyle Lambert P Jr. R/R 6-2 175 Colonie Albany, N.Y. 34 Ryan Caulfield OF So. L/R 5-11 175 Simsbury Simsbury, Conn. 35 Matt Chase P So. R/R 6-4 205 Queensbury Queensbury, N.Y. SPECTATOR POLICY 36 Bo Nicholson P FY R/R 6-4 185 C.W. Baker Baldwinsville, N.Y. 44 David Ames P FY R/R 6-4 190 Sparta Sparta, N.J. Beginning this weekend, April 10-11, Ithaca Head Coach: David Valesente (Second Season) College students will be allowed to attend Assistant Coaches: Cooper Belyea, Justin Forster, Geoff Wright outdoor intercollegiate athletic events on RPI ENGINEERS campus. No other spectators are permitted to attend athletic events at this time. No. Name Pos. Yr. B/T Ht. Wt. High School/Previous School Hometown 1 Derek Livingston P Fr. R/R 6-0 175 Paul D. Schreiber Sands Point, N.Y. 2 Glubis Romero P Sr. R/R 5-11 165 The High School for CTEA Woodhaven, N.Y. Please read the following guidelines before 4 Peter Close IF Sr. R/R 5-10 180 Christian Brothers Academy Guilderland, N.Y. 5 Will Thramann UT Jr. R/R 6-1 185 Loomis Chaffee School Avon, Conn. planned arrivals. 6 Jimmy Jankowski IF Gr. R/R 5-11 165 Bellport Bellport, N.Y. 7 Jack Vaccari UT Gr. R/R 6-0 185 Hopkinton Hopkinton, Mass. 8 Jake Defayette OF Sr. L/R 5-11 185 Schalmont Schenectady, N.Y. • All students approved to be on cam- 9 Dylan Albert OF/P Jr. R/R 5-10 160 Xavier Southington, Conn. pus must display their green badges 10 Thomas Neuman P Sr. R/R 6-4 210 Westminster Academy Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 11 Cooper Hay P Fr. L/L 6-0 185 St. John’s School Houston, Texas upon entering any venue. 12 Jake Nichols P Sr. R/L 6-0 205 Granby Memorial Granby, Conn. • Students must enter at designated 13 Bret Eirish P So. L/L 6-3 190 Roy C. Ketcham Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 14 Martin Marintchev IF So. R/R 6-2 190 Belmont Belmont, Mass. access points to facilities. 15 Mike Tagaris P Sr. R/R 6-4 200 Clarkstown South New City, N.Y. • Students are asked not to arrive more 16 Michael Castello P Sr. L/R 5-9 175 Nanuet Pearl River, N.Y. 17 Evan Mahns P So. L/L 6-2 215 Christian Brothers Academy Eatontown, N.J. than 30 minutes ahead of game time. 18 Phillip Li IF Jr. S/R 5-8 160 Hunter College HS Forest Hills, N.Y. • Ithaca College athletic administrators 19 Aidan Safar P Jr. R/R 6-3 220 Nelson Toronto, Ontario 20 Cole Paquin OF Jr. R/R 5-10 180 Shenendehowa Clifton Park, N.Y. will be checking badges. 23 Jack Moncur IF Jr. R/R 6-0 180 Notre Dame Catholic Burlington, Ontario • Social distancing and face coverings 24 Eric Zeppa C Gr. R/R 6-1 205 Long Beach Long Beach, N.Y. 25 Ben Koomey P So. L/R 6-4 230 Yorktown Arlington, Va. will be strictly enforced. 26 Sam Aslansan C So. R/R 6-1 180 Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Philadelphia, Pa. • Please read all signage upon your 27 Richard Drum OF Sr. R/R 5-10 200 Shenendehowa Clifton Park, N.Y. 28 Parker Gelfuso IF Jr. R/R 5-9 195 Sierra Canyon Moorpark, Calif. arrival. 29 Ryan Brown P Fr. R/R 6-0 180 Schalmont Schenectady, N.Y. • Please adhere to designated seating 30 Sam Stone P Fr. R/R 6-1 175 Moses Brown Providence, R.I. 31 Joey Saia OF So. R/R 6-0 180 Clayton A. Bouton Voorheesville, N.Y. areas at home venues. 32 Ryan Yerby P Sr. L/R 6-4 175 Half Moon Bay Montara, Calif. 33 Hudson Livesey C Sr. S/R 6-0 170 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. 34 Freddy Reichelt C Jr. R/R 5-9 180 Lakeland Mohegan Lake, N.Y. Webcasting/Live Stats – The Ithaca 35 Jake Chekian C Jr. R/R 6-0 185 Palos Verdes Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. College Department of Athletics will provide 36 Brendan Bucceri P So. R/R 5-10 165 Princeton Day School Annandale, N.J. 37 Rob Goldstein P Fr. R/R 6-0 220 Trumbull Trumbull, Conn. webcasts and live stats (except ) for 39 Alex Vallee P Fr. L/L 6-1 160 Schuylerville Greenwich, N.Y. on campus home events. Live updates will 40 George Rainer IF Jr. R/R 5-11 165 Mount Sinai Mount Sinai, N.Y. 41 Chris Grome P Sr. L/L 6-0 190 Dexter Southfield School Framingham, Mass. be available on Ithaca’s Twitter account @ 44 Joe Curci 1B Sr. R/R 6-3 215 University of Chicago HS Chicago, Ill. BomberSports as well. Links to webcasts and stats can be accessed through each Head Coach: Keith Glasser team’s schedule page on athletics.ithaca. edu.