2009 HOFSTRA BASEBALL GAME NOTES HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY (3-15, 1-5 CAA) Head Coach: Patrick Anderson (Mars Hill College, 1997) VS. MANHATTAN COLLEGE (11-8, 5-1 MAAC) (2009 Stats) Tuesday, March 31- 3 P.M. Lineup University Field # Pos. Name Cl. G-GS AVG HR RBI at 13 RF Mark Stuckless Sr. 18-18 .397 1 8 Stony Brook University (9-8, 0-0 America East) 6 2B Tom Legregni Sr. 16-16 .240 1 10 Wednesday, April 1 – 3:30 P.M. 20 3B Matt Prokopowicz Jr. 15-15 .321 1 15 5 SS Chris Mentrasti Sr. 18-18 .328 0 9 2 DH Dion Pouncil Jr. 13-8 .148 0 2 2009 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE or FEBRUARY 24 DH Jim Best Fr. 12-11 .171 0 5 20 Fri. at Florida State L 3-9 27 C Elliot Hagburg Jr. 18-17 .231 1 5 21 Sat. at Florida State (DH) L 7-21, L 2-3 7 CF Nick Panzarella Sr. 12-12 .175 1 5 22 Sun. at Florida State L 4-10 27 Fri. at North Carolina State (DH) L 4-11, L 2-15 9 1B Adam Perlo Sr. 18-18 .299 0 6 3 LF John Kenny Jr. 16-14 .304 0 3 MARCH Rotation 13 Fri. at UNC Wilmington* (DH) L 6-19, L 6-8 # Pos. Name Cl. G/GS ERA W-L IP 14 Sat. at UNC Wilmington* L 8-11 35 RHP Rob Kumbatovic Jr. 6/6 6.82 1-4 34.1 18 Wed. ST. JOHN’S W 20-13 22 LHP Brody Fontaine Sr. 6/4 8.05 0-4 19.0 21 Sat. VERMONT (DH) L 5-17, 3-11 22 Sun. VERMONT (DH) L 2-4, W 3-2 7 LHP Nick Panzarella Sr. 5/4 8.34 0-2 22.2 24 Tue. SIENA L 4-10 27 Fri. NORTHEASTERN* (DH) L 0-1, 3-14 The Matchups: Manhattan and Stony Brook 28 Sat. NORTHEASTERN* W 5-4 31 Tue. MANHATTAN 3 p.m. Hofstra will look to finish a 10-game homestand on a high note when it hosts Manhattan Tuesday. The Pride leads the APRIL all-time series against the Jaspers, 15-9. But Hofstra will be 1 Wed. at Stony Brook 3:30 p.m. 3 Fri. at Virginia Commonwealth* 7 p.m. looking to atone for a 9-5 loss at Manhattan the last time the 4 Sat. at Virginia Commonwealth* 2 p.m. two schools met late in 2008. 5 Sun. at Virginia Commonwealth* 1 p.m. 7 Tue. NEW YORK TECH 3:30 p.m. Hofstra will head east on Long Island the next day when it 10 Fri. DELAWARE* 3 p.m. 11 Sat. DELAWARE* 2 p.m. plays it first road game since March 14 with a matchup 12 Sun. DELAWARE* 1 p.m. against local rival Stony Brook. The Seawolves hold a slight 15 Wed. at St. John’s 3 p.m. edge in the series’ history, posting a 16-14 edge. 17 Fri. at Old Dominion* 7 p.m. 18 Sat. at Old Dominion* 4 p.m. 19 Sun. at Old Dominion* 2 p.m. Congratulations, Coach: 21 Tue. STONY BROOK 3:30 p.m. The victory over St. John’s in the home opener marked 24 Fri. at George Mason* 3 p.m. 25 Sat. at George Mason* 2 p.m. Patrick Anderson’s first win as a head coach. Anderson, 26 Sun. at George Mason* 1 p.m. who served as Hofstra’s assistant coach from 1998-01, is 29 Wed. at New York Tech 3:30 p.m. the 13th head coach in the program's 71-year history. MAY 1 Fri. TOWSON* 3 p.m. Anderson spent the last eight seasons as a minor league 2 Sat. TOWSON* 2 p.m. hitting and catching instructor with the Kansas City 3 Sun. TOWSON* 1 p.m. Royals. He is assisted by John Russo and Marshall 5 Tue. LONG ISLAND 3:30 p.m. 9 Sat. at Norfolk State (DH) 3 p.m. Canosa, who are both in their first seasons at Hofstra. 10 Sun. at Norfolk State 1 p.m. Assistant Coach Bobby Cruz is back for his third season 15 Fri. WILLIAM AND MARY* 3 p.m. with the Pride. 16 Sat. WILLIAM AND MARY* (DH) 12 p.m. *Denotes Colonial Athletic Association game. Scouting Manhattan: Home games in bold caps. The Jaspers are coming off a split of a doubleheader Times local to site. against Siena and are looking to move four games over Contact: Brian Bohl .500. Manhattan has also sprinted to a quick start in Office Phone: (516) 463-2907 Fax: (516) 463-5033 conference play, going 5-1 against MAAC opponents. Cell Phone: (516) 287-0149 The team features a deep lineup with six players already E-mail: [email protected] cracking the 20-RBI mark. Anthony Armenio is leading Hofstra Athletic Homepage: Hofstra.edu/Athletics the run-producers, racking up 32 RBIs thanks to a .652 slugging percentage, three home runs and a .377 batting average. Ruben Perez is also off to a fast start, batting College World Series qualifier Florida State before .390 with eight extra-base hits. The team’s .350 heading back down south to engage NCAA Tournament collective batting average has compensated for a pitching staff that has a 6.69 collective ERA, ensuring participant North Carolina State. Hofstra opened Manhattan has come out on top of numerous slugfests. conference play by posting leads in all three games at UNC Wilmington before falling in all three. BY THE NUMBERS But the Pride started a season-high 10-game homestand HOFSTRA Manhattan with a rousing 20-13 victory over local rival St. John’s .274 Batting Avg. .350 in the home opener and is looking to carry that 584 At Bats 682 momentum through a stretch at University Field which 87 Runs 190 runs through March 31. All three of the Pride’s victories 160 Hits 239 this season has come on the homestand, which 27 Doubles 43 culminates with a game against Manhattan. 2 Triples 5 5 Home Runs 22 Day Trip: 74 RBI 173 Hofstra will be gunning for its first road victory of the season when it takes on Stony Brook. The Pride dropped 9.99 ERA 6.69 a wild game to the Sea Wolves in the last meeting, 3-15 W-L 11-8 falling 18-16 at University Field. Hofstra was 1-2 in the 1 Complete Games 2 three games last season, losing the two games by just 0 Saves 3 three combined runs. 146.0 Innings Pitched 156.0 235 Hits Allowed 196 Offensively, Michael Tansey and Brian Witkowski are 162 Earned Runs 116 the Seawolves’ leading hitters. Both have compiled a 83 Walks 103 team-high 15 RBIs and combined for seven of Stony 84 Strikeouts 109 Brook’s 11 home runs while each lacing 20 base hits. Witkowski has the team’s lone triple. Quick Facts – Manhattan Quick Facts – Stony Brook Location: Riverdale, N.Y. Location: Stony Brook, N.Y. Founded: 1853 Founded: 1957 Enrollment: 3,400 Enrollment: 23,997 Nickname: Jaspers Nickname: Seawolves Colors: Kelly Green and White Colors: Red, Blue and Gray Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: America East Athletic Director: Robert J. Byrnes Athletic Director: Jim Fiore Baseball Head Coach: Kevin Leighton Baseball Head Coach: Matt Senk Overall Record: 111-70-1 (Fourth Season) Overall Record: 481-322-3 (18th Year) Unpack Those Bags: An Offensive Storm: A challenging nine-game road trip marked the opening To say Hofstra’s first win of 2009 was a total team effort three weeks of the Pride’s season. The Pride commenced is an understatement. The Pride raised its team batting the new campaign with a four-game set against 2008 average almost 30 points while doubling its home run output and adding 18 total RBIs against the Red Storm. Pump Those Legs: In all, Hofstra cracked the 20-run mark for the Senior second baseman Tom Legregni continues to first time since beating Coppin State, 20-2, on Feb. 24, complement Stuckless in the batting order. In the No. 2 2007. slot, Legregni tied Stuckless for the team-lead with four runs scored against St. John’s in a 3-5, two-RBI Career Day: performance. Legregni followed that up with his first Junior third baseman Matt Prokopowicz garnered a spot homer of 2009, taking Vermont deep in Game 1 of on Colonial Athletic Association’s third team in 2008 Sunday’s doubleheader at University Field. It was and an honorable mention on the preseason All-CAA Legregni’s third career home run and first since going team. deep against Georgia State in a CAA game late in 2008. Legregni’s 11 runs scored ranks second on the team to The Massapequa native backed up the preseason Stuckless. He also increased his RBI total to 10 with his prognostications with a career-best eight-RBI game-winning hit for the Pride’s first conference victory performance against the Red Storm. With his 4-6, three- of the season. Stuckless and Legregni are the first two run effort, Prokopowicz showed his offensive potential. Pride players to reach double-digit RBI totals this He is batting .321 and has accounted for 15 of the season. Pride’s 74 total RBIs with 25 total bases. Get ‘Em On, Bring ‘Em In: Stuck On You: Seniors Chris Mentrasti and Adam Perlo each thrived Senior rightfielder Mark Stuckless continues to ignite with runners on base in the early going.