BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Cortland 8, Oswego 16, Brockport 23 in final regular season D3 media Top 25 poll, through May 15
     Ithaca, Rochester, St. John Fisher among others receiving votes

   1. Eastern Connecticut (39-3), 2. Marietta OH (38-5), 3. Birmingham Southern (38-8), 4. LaGrange GA (37-6), 5. Webster MO (37-6), 6. Arcadia PA (38-7), 7. Salisbury MD (30-8), 8. Cortland (33-10), 9. Wisc-Whitewater (33-8), 10. Rowan NJ (30-8)

All-SUNYAC ......First Team
Andrew Huffman    P    Brockport
Anthony Fusco    P    Cortland    Jr.
Kieran Finnegan    P    Oswego    Sr.
James Varian    C    Cortland    Sr.
Ryan Weiss    1B    Oswego    Sr.
Ryan Enos    2B    Oswego    Sr.
Danny Coleman    3B    Cortland    Sr.
Paul Tammaro    SS    Oswego    Sr.
Nicholas Pastore    OF    Brockport
Scott Giordano    OF    Cortland    Sr.
Kyle Lauria    OF    Oswego    Gr.
Matthew Colucci    RP    Brockport Gr.
Dan Stalzer    DH    New Paltz    Gr.
Tom Kretzler    U    Brockport    Gr.

Player of the Year: T. Kretzler Bkp
Pitcher of the Year: A. Huffman Bkp
Rookie of the Year: T. Featherstone Osw
Coach of the Year: J. Brown Cort

[Heat23]

oswego goes fishing with sinkers. Cortland fly fishes to the sunset on cayuga.

[jdex]

Cortland 14, Oswego 17 in American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) weekly Top 30 poll.
        Rochester 27, Ithaca 30, Brockport and St. John Fisher receive votes

1. Eastern Connecticut, 2. Marietta OH, 3. Alabama Birmingham, 4. LaGrange GA, 5. Arcadia PA, 6. Webster MO, 7. Wisc-Whitewater, 8. Lynchburg VA, 9. Denison OH, 10. Rowan NJ

[jdex]

Regionals underway in double elimination format through Sunday ...

      Top-seed host Cortland in walkoff 4-3 10-inning win over 4-Bridgewater MA on S. Giordano first pitch home run to right. RDragons on Saturday face 2 seed-Endicott MA which defeats 3-St. John Fisher 10-1 in second game at Wallace Field.
    Cortland only lead of the game came on Giordano climactic blow. Trails 3-0 into bottom of the seventh inning. Bridgies with single runs in first, sixth and seventh frames and ace starter M. Josselyn in control (7inn, 6h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 4k, 114p). First three Corts reach in their seventh -- M. Bruno rbi double making it 3-1. Doubleplay on flyout-to-catcher keeps Bridgewater momentum till Dragons tie in the eighth. First two batters retired before Giordano single, walk, walk fill the bases and bring on Bridgies closer T. Medeiros. Greeted by P. Franzese two-run single to left. Both teams miss golden scoring chances in the ninth, with Giordano at the plate when attempted Dragon double steal goes array. Cortland reliever D. Beers sets guest Bears down in top of the 10th. Giordano (3x5, 2r, bi, hr) grabs spotlight with fateful homer in the bottom half.
       Besides Giordano day -- sixth season hr, 50 rbi; Franzese 2x4, 2bi; M. Bruno 2x3, bi, 2bh; B. Rhodes 2x4. Bridgewater's J. Wladkowski 3x5, r, bi, 2bh; M. Pigeon 2x4; P. Cashin 2x4, r; J. Molis 2x4, bi. D. Beers WP (2inn, 3k, 21p) follows R. Flansburg (5.1inn), M. Hennessy (1.1inn), J. Patsy (1.1inn). Medeiros LP (1.1inn) follows Josselyn, lefty S. Handrahan (.2inn). Cortland 4-10-0, Bridgewater 3-11-2. Each side strands eight runners
      Cortland 34-10.
      Bridgewater 30-14 and early Saturday meets St. John Fisher in elimination game. Fisher collects just three singles in bowing 10-1 to Endicott which scores its 10 runs over four middle innings to back G. VanEmon (WP, 8inn, 3h, 1r, 0er, 3bb, 9k, 109p). Endicott with 12 hits. C. McHugh LP (4.1inn). Four follow to the mound

Among other NY entries .....

     2 seed-Oswego belts 3-Elizabethtown PA 8-2 at Arcadia PA. Off and flying  on two-run home runs in first and second innings by R. Enos and P. Tammaro, respectively. Rain delay early. Wait's no worry for Lakers who stretch lead to 7-2 in the fourth. L. Olsson doubles home two, Tammaro singles home another. Tammaro 3x5, 3r, 3bi; Enos 2x3, r, 2bi, 2bb. Oswego with 14 hits. E-town manages just three off J. Sanders (2inn), T. Pecchia (WP, 7inn, 3h, 0r, 2bb, 5k, 95p).
    Oswego 30-11 on Saturday vs. Arcadia, Elizabethtown vs. Husson in elimination game.
    Top seed Arcadia stops Husson ME 10-5
     
     At Brockport, 3 seed-Golden Eagles nipped 4-3  on 2-Baldwin Wallace's S. Kolenich bottom of the ninth walkoff single to right on 1-0 pitch. Bport in top of the first gets Z. Eldred three-run home run following two walks and has just one more runner to second base the rest of the game. Each team seven hits. BW with first inning L. Vonderhaa home run, adds two in the sixth on R. Guggenhai single. J. Houlahan 3x3, r, bb for Bport. A. Douglas LP (2.1inn) in relief of T. Kretzer (7inn, 6h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 6k, 92p). D. Wilson WP (4inn, 45p) in relief of D. Gabe (5inn, 92p).
     Top seed Wheaton MA bows 6-3 to 4-Johnson & Wales RI
      Brockport 33-10 and Saturday morning challenges Wheaton in elimination game followed by Balwin-Wallace vs. Johnson & Wales

     At Rochester, 2 seed-Rochester beaten 10-5 by 3-Middlebury VT. Four UR errors .....five earned Middlebury runs. Sets up early Saturday elimination game matching UR vs. 4-Swarthmore PA preceding Middlebury/Eastern Connecticut scrap.
    Top seed Eastern Connecticut overtakes Swarthmore PA 10-7

     2 seed-Ithaca vs. 3-Montclair St. NJ at Immaculata PA  ppd. by weather till 8:30 am Saturday.
     Top-seed Immaculata drops 7-5 issue to 4-Keystone PA.

      At Shenandoah VA, 4-seed St. Joe's LI loses 10-3 to 1-Shenandoah. St. Joe's on Saturday vs. 2-Stevens NJ in elimination engagement. 
     3-Catholic DC tames Stevens 7-1. Catholic vs. Shenandoah on Saturday.

[jdex]

Second day of regionals underway for seven NY qualifiers ..... Brockport, Rochester, St. John Fisher, St. Joe's LI eliminated. Oswego in suspended elimination game to Sunday.  Cortland to Sunday final round. Ithaca in winner's bracket Sunday morning vs. Keystone PA

Top seed Cortland rebounds in big way to beat 2-Endicott MA 10-7 in winner's bracket game in Cortland. RDragons'  five-run, six-hit eighth inning the difference -- two-run S. Giordano double and P. Franzese three-run home run to center. Endicott strikes for six runs in the third to forge 7-2 advantage. Send 10 to the plate with big hits from Mulready (2bh), K. Grabowski (hr), C. Shpur (2bh). Corts cut deficit to 7-5 in the fourth on J. Varian, B. Rhodes, A. Pragana rbi blows. Relievers S. Mugnolo (4inn) and L. Krasney (2.2inn)  keep Endicott under wraps till mates unload in the eighth. Cortland has 12 LOB, Endicott 10. Dragoons with 15 hits ...Varian 4x5, 2r, bi; Pragana 3x5, r, bi, hbp, 2bh; A. Michalski 2x3, r, bb, hbp, sb, sac; P. Franzese (3r, 3bi), Rhodes (2bi), Giordano (2bi) two hits each. Endicott Bees seven safeties ...D. Pacheco 2x4, r, 2bh; Grabowski 2bi, hr; Shpur 2bi. Use five pitchers, M. Tarlin LP (2.1inn, 5h, 5r, 5er, 1bb, 2k, 40p).
   Endicott  sends home St. John Fisher by 18-8 elimination game count late Saturday. Scores seven runs in the seventh after SJF scores six in the fourth.
  Cortland 35-10 goes to Sunday final round against 38-8 Endicott
     
2-seed Oswego against top seed host Arcardia PA on short end of 10-7 score. Comes within 7-5 as K. Lauria wallops three-run home run to right on 2-1 pitch in bottom of the eighth. Arcadia retaliates for three in the ninth. R. Enos swats two-out two-run roundtripper in the home ninth. K. Finnegan starts for Lakers and works into the seventh (6.1inn, 10h, 7r, 6er, 0bb, 1k, 96p). M. Sibley tosses 121p through eight innings for Arcadia. O. Margolis aboard in the ninth. Contest tied 2-2 in the fourth. Arcadia with three-run fifth. Oswego with 11 hits, Lauria 3x5, 2r, 4bi, sb; R. Enos 3x5, 2r, 2bi, hr, sb; T. Featherstone 2x4, bi.
     Arcadia advances to Sunday final round.
    Oswego and 3-Husson elimination game suspended to Sunday with Oswego leading 9-8 heading to eighth inning. Laker C. McCarthy two-run homer in the seventh. Oswego  first five batters hit safely in three-run liftoff. Husson with four-run third inning but Oswego scores four in its fourth for 7-4 lead. Husson answers with three in its fourth for tie. Lakers with 15 hits, P. Tammaro 3x4, 2r, sb; K. Lauria 3x3, r, 2bi, bb, 2bh; R. Enos 2bi, 2bh; T. Featherstone 2bi, hr; McCarthy 2x3, 2r, 2bi, 2bh, hr. A. Vanfosse opens on Laker mound.
      Earlier in elimination play Husson ME withstands furious late Elizathbethtown rally that falls short, 13-12.

Elimination outings  ....
     St. John Fisher ousts Bridgewater MA 5-4 in Cortland and advances to another elimination game later in the day vs. 2-Endicott MA. Fisher against Bridgewater posts four runs in the fourth for 5-2 lead. N. Campanelli single drives in go-ahead pair. Campanelli 1x4, 2r, 2bi, bb. A. Teska WP (7inn, 6h, 2r, 2er, 1k, 80p), R. O'Mara save (2inn). Cardinals outhit 9-6. Bridgies three errors, SJF one.
   Fisher eliminated 18-8 by Endicott.
     
Host 3-seed Brockport eliminated 6-2 by top seed Wheaton MA. Wheaton with four-run seventh inning  breaking 1-1 tie. Scoreless till Port lands fifth inning unearned run when J. Houlahan bunt misplayed. Wheaton pulls even in the sixth and goes to town in the following frame. S. Quigley pokes go-ahead rbi single prior to J. Studley two-run two-bagger. Studley 4x5, 2r, 2bi, 2bh. T. Kretzler with Brockport career-ending 17th homer in the eighth. Wheaton 10 hits, one error; Eagles seven hits, three errors. G. Reily WP (7inn, 7h, 2r, 1er, 1bb, 4k, 78p). A. Huffman LP (6.1inn, 8h, 4r, 4er, 2bb, 8k, 85p). Brockport finishes 33-11.
       Wheaton gets 9-3 revenge win vs. 4-Johnson & Wales in elimination game. Had fallen to J&W in opening round loss. J&W then lost 13-4 to 2-Baldwin Wallace OH.  BW moves to Sunday final round vs. Wheaton
     
Host 2 seed-Rochester tumbles 17-14 in wild wild fray vs. 4-Swarthmore PA. UR pours over eight runs on three hits, two walks, four hit batters in the top of the eighth inning for 14-14 tie! But Swarthmore responds in its eighth with three runs after two outs -- N. Jbara home run, M. Roffwarg two-run double!! Swarthmore searching for pitchers -- finds No. 8 A. Rimerman in the ninth to finally subdue pesky Rochesters. Y'jackets behind 14-6 thru seven chapters. Swarthmore advances vs. loser of next game.
    Top seed Eastern Connecticut in 17-4 cruise over 3- Middlebury in winner's bracket outing. Middlebury with 5-4 seventh inning lead vs. Swarthmore in elimination game that's suspended to Sunday. Middlebury advances vs. Eastern Connecticut to Sunday final round.
     
St. Joe's LI as fourth seed takes out 2-Stevens NJ 2-0 in Winchester VA where top seed Shenandoah hosting and playing 3-Catholic DC in winner's bracket. Joe's and Stevens split eight hits. LIers score in first and fifth innings and receive shutout pitching from C. Aurandt (WP, 8inn, 4h, 2bb, 3k, 96) and D. Morabito (1inn, 4p, save)
       Catholic captures 6-5 decision over Shenandoah.
       Late Saturday elimination game finds Shenandoah shade St. Joe's 10-8.
       Catholic to Sunday final round vs. Shenandoah

Meanwhile, Ithaca as 2 seed scores three times in the top of the ninth against 3-Montclair NJ for 8-5 win in Pennsylvania. B. Shirley (4x4, 3bi), N. Cutaia, M. Fabian rap rbi singles in the final inning . Montclair with two-run P. Cosentino home run in the seventh to tie 5-5. K. Lambert goes the distance for the Bombers (9inn, 9h, 5r, 5er, 1bb, 5k, 123p). Ithaca 14 hits, no errors. Montclair clean defensively as well.  IC 31-12 and because of earlier weather delay next meets 4-Keystone PA in winner's bracket contest Sunday morning.
    Keystone on Friday upsets top seed host Immaculata PA before weather causes schedule delay. Second game Saturday has Immaculata 9-5 winner over Montclair in elimination game. Keystone vs. Ithaca in Sunday winner's bracket, loser vs. Immaculata in elimination game. IC/Keystone winner to final round.

[jdex]

Cortland season ends in 7-5 setback to Endicott MA whose Gulls come from loser's bracket to tame the Dragons twice on Sunday. Impose 16-3 hammering in early morning go.
      RDragons in the deciding match had just extended lead to 5-2 in bottom of the seventh on C. Bonacci two-run single when pitching change in the top of the eighth backfires. Two walks and hit batter set up Endicott for five run rally. C. Shpur rbi single makes it 5-3 before region mvp  N. Notarangelo grand slam to right on 1-2 pitch has Gulls flying high. Endicott makes the most of five hits, just three off slants of W. McCarthy (7inn, 3h, 2r, 2er, 1bb, 7k) who is relieved after strong 76 pitch performance. Endicott comes to life. Dragons notch 10 hits, C. Bonacci 2x3, r, 2bi; M. Krafft 2x4, r; S. Giordano 1x3, r, 2bb. D. Beers LP (.1inn, 2h, 4r, 4er, 1bb, 16p). Gulls use five hurlers. M. Tarlin WP, A. Zaiser save (2inn, 2bb, 3k, 31p). Gull C. Shpur 3x4, 2r, 2bi. Corts strand 11 runners, Endicott just one.
      In Sunday's first game, Endicott buries hosts in 12-run 11-hit third inning barrage to force winner-take-all second contest. No score into Endicott top of the third when D. Pecheco opens with disputed triple to left where fielder M. Bruno gloves but loses the ball banging into the fence. First called an out, umps gather and overturn. Lengthy controversy ensues. Back in play, next pitch to K. Grabowski goes for home run to start the Endicott merry-go-round. When dust settles, 15 Gulls go to bat in the inning. J. Millar winds up spree with three-run homer to right. Pecheco (3x4, 2r, bi, 3bh), Grabowski (4x5, 3r, 5bi, 2hr), and Millar (2x5, 2r, 3bi, hr) all have two hits in the inning. I. Parent WP (9inn, 9h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 2k, 131p). Dragons deploy two pitchers, A. Fusco LP (2.1inn, 8h, 9r, 8er, 1k, 55p) and M. Hennessy (6.2inn, 9h, 7r, 7er, 1bb, 4k, 114p). P. Franzese 2x3, r, bb, 2bh; N. Chemotti 3x3, bi, 2bh for Corts' nine hit offense.
      Endicott advances vs. Brockport Region champ Baldwin Wallace OH in next weekend super regional. Baldwin Wallace OH dumps top seed Wheaton MA,11-6.

Oswego waits til Monday morning finale ....bad weather suspends Sunday deciding game with Lakers taking 4-1 fifth inning lead over top seed host Arcadia PA in winner-take-all match. Oswego tallies four in the first inning -- K. Laurie drives in run with base hit and R. Weiss crunches three-run homer to left-center.
     Lakers taking the diamond for the third time Sunday. Trip Husson ME 12-10 in conclusion of Saturday darkness suspended elimination game, then apply 11-4 drilling of Arcadia to force another final round contest.
    In first Sunday hookup against Arcadia, Oswego pulls away with six-run eighth inning. R. Weiss second inning solo home run earns 1-1 tie. Add single run in the fourth and three in the fifth on K. Lauria and J. Drew rbi hits. Extend lead as C. McCarthy, F. Levanti, P. Tammaro launch the eighth with singles. R. Enos scores all three with double on 0-2 pitch. Total 12 hits and get eight walks...P. Tammaro 3x6, 2r, 2bh; Enos 2r, 3bi, 2bh; K. Lauria 3r; Weiss 2r, hr; McCarthy 2x3, r, bi, 2bb. Leave 13 on base, Arcadia 11. Three OSt hurlers ...S. Dertinger 2inn, J. Sanders 3.1inn, A. Conrad 3.2inn. Arcadia with 10 hits
       Against Husson in resumption game, Lakers followup Saturday's C. McCarthy two-run home run putting Oswego on top, 9-8, with run in the eighth, two in the ninth. Windup with 20 hits. K. Lauria 4x4, 2r, 2bi, 2bb, 3sb; P. Tammaro, J. Drew with three hits each; R. Enos 3bi
      Winner of Arcadia regional plays Marietta OH regional winner Marietta in super regional next Friday/Saturday.  Site TBD

Ithaca early Sunday defeats Keystone PA 7-2 and needs to beat Keystone  Monday to win the Immaculata PA regional. In a stunning Sunday loser's bracket final, 4-seed Keystone shocks 1-Immaculata 6-5 to earn another crack at the Bombers. Two-out infield error allows tying and winning ninth inning Keystone runs to kayo the hosts who also deal Immaculata a  first round loss.
     Ithaca in Sunday's first game continued in winner's bracket form with 7-2 win over the Keystone Giants. Bombers break 2-2 tie with five runs in the fifth inning. Jam the bases on two hit batters and single to set up C. Pedersen two-run double to left. M. Fabian and E. Rothstein follow with rbi hits. N. Scott WP (6inn, 4h, 2r, 2er, 4bb, 7k, 108p) and M. Chase (3inn, 1h, 25p) closes. Rothstein 3x4, 2bi, 2bh; L. Fabbo 2x4, 2r, bb; Petersen 2bi; B. Shirley 2r.  Bombers with 10 hits in winning for 32nd time in 44 contests. Keystone 26-19.
      Winner of Immaculata region plays Shenandoah region winner Catholic DC in super regional next Friday/Saturday
   

[ECSUalum]

Anybody over here know why NY state received 3 NCAA Regionals and New England none. New England teams had to travel hundreds of miles while Courtland, Brockport, U Rochester played home games???!!!  Personally thought the U of Rochester facility and broadcast was mediocre, and wonder how they picked it?

[Jack Parkman]

Anybody over here know why NY state received 3 NCAA Regionals and New England none. New England teams had to travel hundreds of miles while Courtland, Brockport, U Rochester played home games???!!!  Personally thought the U of Rochester facility and broadcast was mediocre, and wonder how they picked it?

Could be worse...three SCIAC teams that played in the conference tourney last week went straight back to the same spot and played the regional. I realize the West teams are on an island, but that just plain sucks.

[jdex]

Oswego claims regional title with 4-1 beating of top seed host Arcadia PA. Lakers maintain 4-1 margin built up midway through Sunday action when bad weather forced delay to Monday finish. Oswego gets all its runs in first inning featuring R. Weiss homer with two aboard. K. Lauria single plates another. Arcadia, checked to three hits, only run in the third. A. VanFossen pitches hitless final five innings (1bb, 2k, hbp, 61p) in relief of starter T. Pecchia (4inn, 3h, 1r, 1er, 2bb, 2k, hbp, 51p). Lakers with 10 hits, Weiss 2x4, r, 3bi, hr; L. Olsson 2x3, r, hbp; Lauria 2x4, r, bi; J. Drew 2x4. Errorless game. Oswego strands 7 runners , Arcadia 6
     Lakers go 4-1 in regional and have 33-11 record. Arcadia finishes 40-9
     Oswego into super regionals vs. 41-5 Marietta OH on Friday/Saturday best-of-3 at site TBD

Ithaca rolls 17-2 over Keystone PA at Immaculata PA regional. Bombers on Monday strike for four first inning runs -- two via M. Fabian home run, and continue slashing.  Bombers with 17 hits, 3hr, seven hit batters (12 in the game), four walks. C. Leyner toils seven innings with three-hitter. IC after weather delayed regional start sails through winner's bracket.
    IC at 33-12 advances to super regional vs. Catholic DC at 32-13 Friday/Saturday best-of-3 at TBD

[Caz Bombers]

Oswego wins 4-1. Congrats to the Lakers. Anthony Van Fossen, who took the mound in "relief" following the re-start, threw 5 no hit innings with only 1 walk. Total domination when his team needed it most.

[gordonmann]

Congrats to the SUNYAC teams on their seasons and to Oswego State for advancing.

Joe Brown is one of my favorite coaches in any sport so I always keep an eye on the Red Dragons.

[jdex]

Congrats to the SUNYAC teams on their seasons and to Oswego State for advancing.

Joe Brown is one of my favorite coaches in any sport so I always keep an eye on the Red Dragons.

Gordon, certainly tough one for JB to end on yesterday! Am sure some soul-searching after pulling McCarthy in the eighth. Know his thinking .....McCarthy hadn't tossed many innings all season. Went above and beyond in this instance .....just didn't work out. Joe hunting for arms all spring, from start to finish. Reliable ones hard to find. Am sure coach knew his club could hit and score, but pitching ......ugh!!!! Figured Durant would be the ace. Fusco stepped up, but ..... Wound up to be Flansburg. But entire staff appeared a bit weary as season progressed.
Always thought Oswego was team to beat this season .....bats aplenty and pretty good frontline and down-the-line arms. Certainly hope they can get to WS ...
Lots of rosters changing next season ..........conference teams in '22 chock full of last year quality players on all fronts.

[jdex]

Oswego (33-11) bound for Ohio and Super Regional rugged three-game Friday/Saturday set with Marietta (41-5).

Ithaca (33-12) at South Hill home vs. Catholic DC (32-13). Freeman Field views second only to IC's football Butterfield Stadium!

Six other SRs to determine World Series field in Cedar Rapids IA .....
Endicott MA (40-8) hosting Baldwin Wallace OH (35-11)
Wisc-Stevens Pt. (38-8) at Wisc-Whitewater (36-9)
Trinity TX (35-11) at Birmingham Southern (41-8)
Wooster OH (34-15) at Salisbury MD (34-9)
Rowan NJ (33-8) at Eastern Connecticut (42-3)
Chapman CA (34-12) at LaGrange GA (40-6)

Single games Friday, two if needed Saturday

[IC798891]

Worth noting, rain is expected in Ithaca Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as of now

[jdex]

Oswego Super Regional best-of-3 series opener Friday at Marietta OH ppd. by weather. Now singleton Saturday and two games if needed Sunday

Ithaca home Super Regional series vs. Catholic DC ppd. Friday. Series moves to Saturday/Sunday