BB: SUNYAC

[nikc21]

Has anyone heard any updates on the Oneonta debacle?

Which one?

The one where the Athletic Director unwarrantedly fired the head coach of 16 seasons and hired an interim coach to lead them to their first losing season in almost two decades. Has anyone heard if she's trying to patch things up, or should we assume Oneonta's baseball program has gone down the proverbial drain due to this dictatorship?

Both the NCAA and the SUNYAC have the Oneonta State head coaching job open. One would imagine that the school now will conduct a traditional search.

As an alumni, I hope that a decision can be made that is both logical and beneficial for the future of the program. The events that occurred during the past school year are extremely disappointing and lacking of explanation.

[jdex]

Stony Brook's shocking climb to the D-1 World Series is led by Cortland State '80 alum Matt Senk . A Psych major at C-St, Senk was the Red Dragon's starting catcher for three seasons, a two-time All-SUNYAC selection and the team's Most Valuable Player as a senior. Senk later earned his master's degree in physical education from Adelphi. He took over the program at the D-3 level, moved to II in '95 and I in '00. Seawolves are 51-13 and coming off nifty sinking of host LSU in Super Regionals where SB outhit Tigers 35-15 in three game series and trailed only once -- on 12th inning walk-off HR in opening tilt. Senk in his 22nd season.

The Sporting News:
People would remember Stony Brook, if for no other reason than the name. It sounds like either a cemetery or Tiger Woods' old rehab center.

[John McGraw]

Has anyone heard any updates on the Oneonta debacle?

Which one?

The one where the Athletic Director unwarrantedly fired the head coach of 16 seasons and hired an interim coach to lead them to their first losing season in almost two decades. Has anyone heard if she's trying to patch things up, or should we assume Oneonta's baseball program has gone down the proverbial drain due to this dictatorship?

Both the NCAA and the SUNYAC have the Oneonta State head coaching job open. One would imagine that the school now will conduct a traditional search.

Said traditional search simply has led to the school removing the interim tag from the current head coach Ben Grimm. Hard to judge him based on one season though one would suspect they'd have wanted someone with a little more head coaching experience.

[reddragon00]

WOW....Looks like they are trying to stay .500 like the rest of the athletic deportment.  I now if 2 others that applied and did not get it.  Such a shame.  Well, I guess the top of the SUNYAC doesn't have to worry about Oneonta St. for a while!!!

[jdex]

 

Red Dragons host defending champs

All for a good cause, two of the top Division III baseball programs in the country will be meeting Sunday at SUNY Cortland's Wallace Field.
Two-time defending champion Marietta College out of Ohio will be in town to take on the Coach Joe Brown's vaunted Red Dragons in two exhibition games that will also raise money for the local United Way for Cortland County fund drive.
Last fall, Cortland traveled to Marietta for a doubleheader that raised money for the Strecker Cancer Center at Marietta Memorial Hospital. The "Etta Express" agreed to return the favor and travel to Cortland this autumn and will play the Red Dragons in a pair of nine-inning games beginning at 11 a.m.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Glad these two are doing this. Always nice to see teams help out worthy organizations.

[jdex]

From all reports a pair of good matches in cool Cortland air. C-State RDragons take 9-8 opener on the strength of T. Panetta grand slam late in the contest. Hosts use seven hurlers starting with M. Hughes' two inning stint. M. Holling the winner, P. Cody save. C. Jackson 2x3, 2bi. Marietta's M. Mulvey works five frames. M. Fulton takes the loss. 'Etta Expressmen in 4-3 nightcap win when M. Geers knocks in a seventh inning pair. B. Park and J. Ungerbuehler drive in scores, the latter 2x3. Corts PJ Rinaldi 2x3, M. DeCarr, J. Adornetto, M. LaTempa with rbi. Dragons employ six pitchers, Marietta a quartet as L. Langdon wins, B. Kiger saves. Errorless contest

Marietta     8-6-1
Cortland     9-9-3

Marietta      4-9-0
Cortland      3-7-0

[jdex]

 SUNY Cortland ranked third in the 2013 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division III preseason poll. Red Dragons of 14 year coach Joe Brown open Feb. 23-24 with three games at 11th-ranked Salisbury in Maryland. Cortland's schedule also features games versus
ninth-ranked Webster, 22 Western New England and 23 Old Westbury, as well as two games against 29 Ithaca.

Wheaton (Mass) gets the No. 1 nod, St. Thomas (Mn) No. 2 followed by Cortland, Birmingham Southern, Marietta, Chris Newport, Kean, Whitworth, Webster and Trinity (Tx)

And a second 10 of Salisbury, Keystone, Concordia, St. Joseph's  (Me), Wisconsin-La Crosse, Trinity (Ct), Adrian, Wisc. Whitewater, Farmingdale, Wash. & Jefferson.

Then Ramapo, Western NE, Old Westbury, E. Conn. St., Wisc-Stevens Pt, So. Maine, Shenandoah, Aurora, Ithaca, St. Scholastica

[jdex]

Cortland cupboard far from bare a week from season opener at Salisbury for twinbill and a Sunday single game. Captains lead the way -- sr shortstop switch-hitting J. Adornetto, sr third baseman B. Mistretta, senior outfielder Z. Graczyk (two time capt) and jr first baseman M. Rosing. All were on '12 honor rolls for the World Series fourth place RDragons.

All-star jr catcher T. Panetta returns along with jr. switch hitting OF C. Jackson, sr OF B. Barry, jr IF J. Quinn -- all .300 plus hitters, and jr catcher B. Marotta, jr C/OF PJ Rinaldi, sr P/1B K. Barkley

Lost a pair of stud hurlers in R. Angelucci and A. Schuldt (a combined 20-3 and 174 innings in '12). Returns the likes of sr righties M. Hughes (9-2, 2.76 era, 78 inn), Z. Badanes and T. Scott, and sr lefty J. Molloy, jr lefty S. Komanecky and soph southpaw B. McLain and soph R. McAlary.

Interesting mound returnee is sr lefty G. Jweid. Sound familiar? Posted a 15-1 record with 127 Ks in 116 inn. over the 2007 and '08 seasons. Obviously all-star numbers. Injury cut short his play after that. He last appeared  in a 16 inning '09 spring.

Corts also need to plug holes left by regulars M. June (a capt.), M. LaTempa, M. Wild in addition to  A. Brevetti, capt. R. Andrews (whose fr brother Keith joins the team) and pitchers T. Nagy, capt. and key reliever B. Hourihan, and lefty P. Lompardo. Also absent from the roster are versatile A. Smith and OF/key hitter A. Pezzuto -- both underclassmen a year ago. Current roster lists a new senior and six new juniors -- four of them pitchers (transfers?), and 12 frosh. 

[reddragon00]

I agree with C-st.  They are Loaded!  Not sure who else will give them a challenge.  Brockport has some arms and some talent coming in but enough for  a 3 game set?  Oswego should be better but has anyone heard anything about Oneonta?

[easy_money 3]

Looking at rosters so far Brockport seems to return a majority of offense and their ace pitcher. Cortland still holds control of the conference. I'm interesred to see if Oswegos progress will continue, also curious to see how New Paltz responds after a down year.

[Big Louie]

Same questions arise as always...who has enough to give Cortland a run? I expect Oswego to keep trending upward and also expect New Paltz to have a bounce back year. Brockport will be solid but not sure they have enough to get over the top.

[jdex]

Cortland opening action Saturday at Salisbury, Md, already scrapped. Booked to play two Sunday

This afternoon had New Paltz hosting Baruch ...........or not. Also Saturday, Brockport/Baruch game at Kean (Union, NJ) postponed. Also charted tomorrow New Paltz at Hampden-Sydney (Va),  Plattsburgh/St. John Fisher at Flemington (NJ) at 10 a.m., and Plattsburgh/King's College at Flemington (NJ) in p.m.

And Sunday, New Paltz/Rutgers Camden at Hampden-Sydney (Va), Brockport /Mt. St. Mary at Newburgh

[jdex]

From Friday ....

New Paltz 2, Baruch 0

Games at Union (NJ) ppd.


Just to add a bit on aforementioned Cortland personnel ........

Depth has certainly come from elsewhere. Newcomers include a pair of former Oneonta performers from two years ago -- infielder M. DeCarr and catcher B. Marotta. Neither apparently played (at least at Oneonta) last spring but in '11 hit around .300 in 38 games apiece. Catcher R. Keppler saw limited duty at Albany last season. Junior infielder A. Iacomini was at (in) South Carolina previously. Pitching transfers are ex-Hofstra enrollee M. Holling, Monroe CC closer C. Petre and ex-Erie CC player B. Nemeti.  And J. Brown calls his freshmen class one of his best.

[jdex]

Cortland splits in debut at Salisbury, Md, winning 4-3 before  going down by the same score in a nine-inning nightcap, a scheduled seven inning affair.
Corts win with three-run eighth to overcome a 3-1 deficit. Decisive inning starts with J. Adornotto's fourth hit of the game, a single to right. M. Rosing was hit by pitch preceding a sac bunt. B. Barry's infield single scores Adornotto. T. Panetta's single to center chases home the tying run. After a groundout for the second out, B. Mistretta is hit by a pitch. A passed ball produces the winning run.
Adornotto 4x4 with a double. Barry 2x5, bi; Rosing bi; Panetta 2x3 bi. Corts knock out 10 safeties while four pitchers limit Salisbury to four. J. Molloy starts and works three innings, allows three hits and single runs in the first and second frames. He walks one, fans two. B. Serio hurls two hitless innings, gives up a sixth frame run, walks one, strikes out one. T. Scott pitches one inning and K. Barkley gets the win with three good innings including a 1-2-3 ninth. Allows a hit, walks one, fans one.

Dragons see Salsbury rally in the second contest. Cortland takes a 1-0 lead in the first on errors and groundout rbi. Margin grows to 2-0 in the fourth as dh and Oneonta transfer B. Marotta drives in R. Keppler with a single to left. Salisbury roughs up CSt relievers in the sixth to knock out five hits and take a 3-2 lead. Cortland loads the base with no outs in the top of the seventh but score only a doubleplay grounder. Diving tird out catch by Seagull second baseman J. Schiotis prevents go-head run from scoring. Salisbury wins in ninth. One out walk, error on a sac bunt and B. Sanzone's rbi single ended matters.
Adornotto 2x4, bb; P. J. Rinaldi 2x4, bb. As scheduled, Corts use plenty of pitchers. Six take the slab in the second game. Starter M. Hughes in 3.2 innings permits one hit with a walk and 5 Ks. B. McClain and G. Jweid follow effectively, but S. Kimmelman and R. McAlary have problems. Lefty C. Petre tosses final 2.2 innings, gives two his, a walk and deciding run. 

Cortland        001 000 030 -- 4-10-1
Salisbury       110 001 000 -- 3- 4-0

Cortland        100 100 100 -- 3-7-2
Salisbury       000 003 001 -- 4-9-3

Also Sunday,  New Paltz edged 4-3 by Rutgers-Camden.
Brockport 7, Mt. St. Mary 5

From Saturday, New Paltz bows to Hampden-Sydney 6-2