Cornell Baseball 2018 Game Notes
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Cornell Baseball 2018 Game Notes Cornell Big Red (0-6, 0-0 Ivy League) Schedule & Results February Cornell at Fordham 23 at Texas A&M L, 2-3 Houlihan Park, Bronx, N.Y. 24 at Texas A&M L, 0-22 Game 1: Noon • Saturday, March 17 25 at Texas A&M L, 2-8 Game 2: ~3 p.m. • Saturday, March 17 March Game 3: Noon • Sunday, March 18 2 at Duke L, 3-8 Fordham Record: 8-5-1, 0-0 Atlantic 10 Conference 3 at Duke L, 2-7 Audio: FordhamSports.com 4 at Duke L, 2-7 Live Stats: FordhamSports.com 17 at Fordham 12:00 p.m. 17 at Fordham ~3:00 p.m. Probable Starters 18 at Fordham 12:00 p.m. Game 1: Cornell (Willittes, RHP, 0-2, 10.45) • Fordham (Greenberg, RHP, 2-0, 1.10) 24 NIAGARA 12:00 p.m. Game 2: Cornell (Urbon, RHP, 0-1, 6.52) • Fordham (Knehr, RHP, 2-1, 3.32) 24 NIAGARA ~2:30 p.m. Game 3: Cornell (Fernandez, LHP, 0-2, 18.00) • Fordham (DiMeglio, RHP, 1-0, 5.27) 25 NIAGARA 12:00 p.m. 25 NIAGARA ~2:30 p.m. 28 at Penn State 6:30 p.m. What’s on Tap: 31 at Princeton * 11:30 a.m. • Cornell will look for its first victories of the season when it travels to New York for a 31 at Princeton * ~2:30 p.m. three-game weekend series against Fordham. April 1 at Princeton * 1:00 p.m. Big Red Rewind: 3 at Canisius 3:00 p.m. • Cornell continues its stretch of nine straight road games to start the year, having been 3 at Canisius ~5:30 p.m. swept in three-game sets at Texas A&M and at Duke to start the year. 7 YALE * 11:30 a.m. • The Big Red went toe-to-toe with the Aggies in the opener, pushing the tying run into 7 YALE * ~2:30 p.m. scoring position in the ninth inning before ultimately suffering a 3-2 loss. Texas A&M 8 YALE * 1:00 p.m. followed that up with a 22-0 rout in the night cap of the Friday doubleheader, then won 10 BINGHAMTON 4:30 p.m. the finale, 8-2, on Saturday. 14 DARTMOUTH * 11:30 a.m. • Duke never trailed in three games in North Carolina, scoring in the first inning of each 14 DARTMOUTH * ~2:30 p.m. contest and limiting the Big Red to 14 hits in the series. 15 DARTMOUTH * 1:00 p.m. • Kyle Gallagher had two hits in each of the first two games to push his season-opening 21 at Penn * 11:30 a.m. hitting streak to five games before that run was snapped in the series finale. Cornell had 21 at Penn * ~2:30 p.m. just two hits in its last game. 22 at Penn * 1:00 p.m. 24 at Binghamton 6:30 p.m. The Year That Was: 28 HARVARD * 11:30 a.m. • Cornell was 21-17 overall last season with a 9-11 record in the Ivy League, good for a 28 HARVARD * ~2:30 p.m. third-place finish in the final year of the Ivy League's Lou Gehrig Division. It represented 29 HARVARD * 1:00 p.m. a seven-win improvement for the squad in its second year under the guidance of May Dan Pepicelli, the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball. 2 at Binghamton 6:30 p.m. • In its second season while Pepicelli at the helm, Cornell recorded its first winning 5 at Brown * 11:30 a.m. season since 2013 and just its fourth winning season since 1991. The Big Red also 5 at Brown * ~2:30 p.m. improved its Ivy League record by two victories over the year prior. 6 at Brown * 1:00 p.m. • Associate Head Coach Tom Ford returns for his 26th season with the Big Red, while 12 COLUMBIA * 11:30 a.m. Frank Hager '12 remains assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in his third season 12 COLUMBIA * ~2:30 p.m. on staff. David Anderson joins the Big Red as a volunteer assistant coach. 13 COLUMBIA * 1:00 p.m. * Ivy League game 2018 Cornell Baseball Team No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year B/T Hometown High School (Previous College) 1 Pierre Le Dorze OF 6-2 220 Sr. R/R Bainbridge Island, Wash. O’Dea HS 2 Ellis Bitar C/OF 5-11 185 Sr. R/R Katy, Texas Seven Lakes HS 3 Alex Carnegie IF 5-10 175 So. R/R Bellaire, Texas St. Thomas Catholic 4 John Natoli RHP 6-1 165 So. R/R Fairfield, Conn. Fairfield Warde HS 5 Dale Wickham OF 5-11 170 Sr. L/R Victor, N.Y. Victor HS 6 Josh Arndt IF 6-2 185 Jr. L/R Phoenix, Ariz. Arcadia HS 7 Owen McMenamy RHP 5-10 175 Jr. R/R Dix Hills, N.Y. Half Hollows Hills West HS (Iona) 8 Nicholas Binnie RHP 5-11 165 Fr. R/R North Canton, Ohio Hoover HS 9 Tommy Morris RHP 5-11 175 Sr. R/R Kaneohe, Hawaii Punahou School (Kenyon) 11 Austin Wahl RHP 6-3 215 Sr. R/R Hollister, Calif. Palma HS 12 Ryan Krainz IF 5-8 155 Sr. L/R Naperville, Ill. Naperville North (Coll. of San Mateo) 13 Adam Saks RHP 5-10 160 Jr. R/R Delray Beach, Fla. Pine Crest School 15 Matt Collins IF 6-0 185 So. R/R Hawthorn Woods, Ill. Carmel Catholic 16 Austin Arnold LHP 6-2 185 Jr. L/L Midlothian, Va. James River HS 17 Dave Giuliano OF 6-0 185 Fr. L/R Downers Grove, Ill. Downers Grove North HS 19 Kaleb Lepper OF 5-8 175 So. L/R Liberty Twp., Ohio Lakota East HS 20 Seth Urbon RHP 6-0 185 So. R/R San Diego, Calif. Point Loma HS (Georgia Tech) 21 Ramon Garza IF 6-0 185 Fr. R/R San Antonio, Texas Ronald Reagan HS 22 Jeb Bemiss RHP 5-11 200 So. R/R Richmond, Va. St. Christopher's School 23 Tyler Fernandez LHP 6-0 190 Sr. L/L Mount Vernon, N.Y. Rye Country Day School 25 Jason Apostle OF 5-9 170 Fr. R/R Yonkers, N.Y. Fordham Prep 26 Trevor Daniel Davis RHP 6-4 220 Fr. R/R San Marino, Calif. San Marino HS 27 Kyle Gallagher OF 6-4 225 Sr. R/R Endwell, N.Y. Maine-Endwell HS 28 Nico Mottesi OF 6-2 190 Fr. R/R Short Hills, N.J. Seton Hall Prep 29 Garrett Bailey RHP 6-0 180 Fr. R/R Fort Ann, N.Y. Fort Ann Central 30 Price Sartor RHP 6-3 170 Fr. R/R Brooksville, Fla. Jesuit HS 31 Colby Wyatt RHP 6-1 180 So. R/R Glendale, Ariz. Sandra Day O'Connor HS 32 Kalani Matton IF 5-8 180 Fr. R/R Walnut, Calif. Damien HS 33 Will Simoneit C/IF 6-4 225 Jr. R/R Glen Ellyn, Ill. Glenbard West HS 35 Trey Baur IF 6-5 215 Sr. R/R St. Louis, Mo. Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day 36 Tim Willittes RHP 6-4 220 Sr. R/R Scottsdale, Ariz. Desert Mountain HS 37 Nick Cintron LHP 6-2 175 So. L/L Vienna, Va. George C. Marshall HS 38 Jaxon Snipes OF 5-11 185 Fr. R/R Kentfield, Calif. Saint Ignatius College Prep 40 Andrew Ellison RHP 6-2 210 So. R/R Warner Robins, Ga. Veterans HS (Georgia Highlands) Pronunciation Guide Coaches 1 Pierre Le Dorze luh-DORZ 24 Dan Pepicelli Ted Thoren Head Coach of Baseball (pitching) 2 Ellis Bitar bi-TAR 14 Tom Ford Associate Head Coach (third base) 3 Alex Carnegie CAR-ni-ghee 18 Frank Hager Assistant Coach (defense) 4 John Natoli nuh-TOE-lee 39 David Anderson Volunteer Assistant Coach (first base) 5 Dale Wickham WICK-um 6 Josh Arndt ARNT 7 Owen McMenamy mic-MEN-uh-mee Roster Breakdown 12 Ryan Krainz CRANES Infielders Outfielders Catchers RH Pitchers LH Pitchers 17 Dave Giuliano joo-lee-AH-no 3 Carnegie 1 Le Dorze 2 Bitar 4 Natoli 16 Arnold 20 Seth Urbon UR-bin 6 Arndt 5 Wickham 33 Simoneit 7 McMenamy 23 Fernandez 22 Jeb Bemiss BEE-miss 12 Krainz 17 Giuliano 8 Binnie 37 Cintron 15 Collins 19 Lepper 9 Morris 24 Dan Pepicelli pep-i-SELL-ee 21 Garza 25 Apostle 11 Wahl 25 Jason Apostle uh-POSS-uhl 32 Matton 27 Gallagher 13 Saks 28 Nico Mottesi MOTT-i-see 35 Baur 28 Mottesi 20 Urbon 30 Price Sartor SAR-ter 38 Snipes 22 Bemiss 32 Kalani Matton kuh-LAH-nee 26 Davis 29 Bailey MAT-tin 30 Sartor 33 Will Simoneit SY-min-ite 31 Wyatt 36 Tim Willittes WILL-its 36 Willittes 37 Nick Cintron SIN-tron 40 Ellison March 17-18, 2018 ∙ at Fordham - 2 - Possible Position Starters Cornell Quick Facts CF • 25 • Apostle (Fr., R/R) Location ....................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 - OR - 2 • Bitar (Sr., R/R) Founded ............................................................ 1865 LF • 1 • Le Dorze (Sr., R/R) RF • 27 • Gallagher (Sr., R/R) Enrollment .....................................................13,700 - OR - 19 • Lepper (So., L/R) President ....................................Martha E. Pollack Director of Athletics .............J. Andrew Noel, Jr. Colors ...........................Carnelian Red and White SS • 21 • Garza (Fr., R/R) 2B • 12 • Krainz (Sr., L/R) Conference.............................................Ivy League Field ............................................David F. Hoy Field Coaching Information 3B • 33 • Simoneit (Jr., R/R) 1B • 35 • Baur (Sr., R/R) - OR - Head Coach .....................................