BB: SUNYAC

[jdex]

Cortland 4th, Ithaca 10th in D3.com poll .......Linfield remains No. 1 

[jdex]

Oswego sweeps Utica, 6-1, 4-2 Wednesday

From Tuesday, Brockport over RIT 8-2

[jdex]

NCAA through May 5 .... in region record, overall

New York Region
1 Ithaca 24-2 32-6
2 Cortland State 31-5 34-9
3 Farmingdale State 24-6 28-11
4 St. John Fisher 20-10 26-13
5 Oswego State 21-14 25-15
6 Union 23-9 24-11

Baseball News top 10:
   1. Linfield, OR (34-6) 480 voting pts; 2. St. Thomas, MN (27-5) 463; 3. Trinity, TX (36-7) 426; 4. Salisbury, MD (30-7) 423; 5. Wisc.-Whitewater (30-5) 417; 6. Cal. Lutheran (34-7-1) 394; 7. Cortland  (34-9) 349; 8. Ithaca (32-6) 344; 9. Southern Maine (33-7) 337; 10. Marietta, O. (28-10) 316

Ithaca sweeps guest Montclair but not before unexpected second game suspense.  IC 4-0 opening win and captures nightcap 10-8 after leading 10-3 entering the ninth. Montclair tying run on second base when J. Wagner induces final out fly. Monclair on Friday edged regarded host Keystone 6-5 for four-game win streak after losing nine of previous 10. Montclair uncharacteristic 16-19-1

[msarge7]

Does anyone know what the pairings and game times are for the regionals in Auburn?

[OshDude]

Does anyone know what the pairings and game times are for the regionals in Auburn?

We'll know the regionals late tomorrow morning. They'll be on the front page.

[msarge7]

Thank you!

[jdex]

SUNYAC awards ....

Player of the Year: Z. Graczyk (Cort)
Pitcher of the Year: K. Barkley (Cort)
Rookie of the Year: B. Serio (P, Cort)
Coach of the Year: M. Griffiths (NP)

All Conference First Team
1b: M. Rosing (Cort); 2b: W Burghadt (Bport); 3b: B. Hamilton (Osw); ss: J. Adornetto (Cort); OF: C. Jackson (Cort), Z. Graczyk (Cort), S. Buniak (Osw); DH PJ Rinaldi (Cort); P K. Barkley (Cort), D. Erne (Osw), C. Chismar (NP); C N. Bunce (Bkp); RP T. Scott (Cort)

Second Team
1b D. Lowe (Fred); 2b B. Mistretta (Cort); 3b A. Iacomini (Cort); ss M. McMullen (Osw); OF M. Carr (NP), A. Repetto (NP), B. Barry (Cort); DH D. Lostaglio (NP); P B. McClain (Cort), T. Renwick (Bport), B. Burns (Pburgh); C B. Sheehan (Fred); RP J. Hegmann (One)

[jdex]

NY regional Wednesday through Sunday at Auburn Falcon Park .....

Wednesday:

4 seed Farmingdale vs. 5-Neumann, PA 10 a.m.
1-Ithaca vs. 8-Moravian, PA 1:15 p.m.
3-Rowan, NJ vs. 6-Amherst, MA 4:30
2-Cortland vs. 7-RPI, 7:45

[jersey shore]

The fall baseball season is right around the corner. What's the scuttlebutt on the SUNYAC? Who is coming back, new comers, etc.?

[jdex]

Cortland less then two weeks from opening season under veteran skipper Joe Brown, with 15 games in mid-Atlantic and the south. Plenty of clashes with respected NCAA tourney tested opposition. RDragons debut Feb. 15 with DH at Mary Washington's Fredericksburg, Va. campus. Hook up with that Capital AC '13 runnerup in single game the following day. Corts on Feb. 22-23 play single games at CAC '13 champ Salisbury in Maryland. On March 1-2 in Newport News, Va. play Montclair and host Chris Newport the first day, and Chris Newport the second. Oneonta at Dixie Conference strongboy Chris Newport on Feb. 21.

Dragons of Cortland make annual Florida pilgrimage to Florida March 9-15 for Russ Matt Invite in central sunshine state. Play St. Louis' Webster Gorlocks March 9 and the next day have dates with RPI and Franklin & Marshall. March 11 finds them vs. Penn St. Abington. Idle on the 12th. Face Wheaton, Mass. on the 13th and NCAA D3 tourney runnerup Southern Maine on the 14th. Wind up vs. Clarkson at Leesburg on the 15th.

In addition to Southern Maine, other '13 nat'l tourney qualifiers on the early C-St slate are Salisbury (33-9), Webster (37-12), RPI (eliminated by Corts in regional), F&M (23-21), and PS Abington (22-22). Chris Newport was ranked throughout '13, went 29-12-1 but missed tourney.

Cortland begins northern season March 19 home vs. Ithaca, which reached '13 World Series. RPI should again be a NY force after going 30-15 with a young squad.

[jersey shore]

Hey Jdex,

What can you tell us about the team? Like who's returning, new comers, etc.?

[Jim Dixon]

Hey Jdex,

What can you tell us about the team? Like who's returning, new comers, etc.?

New freshmen/transfer:
Pat Farina (INF) - junior college transfer; played in fall of 2012 but not in spring of 2013
Mark Palumbo (RHP) - transfer from Div. I Binghamton
Zach Ferris (LHP) - transfer from Div. I Hartford
Patric Bronson - high school all-state pitcher at Waverly High (NY)
Nick Hart (RHP) - high school Class B Player of the Year, Fredonia High (NY)
Anthony Simon (INF) - transfer from Santa Barbara City College (.297, 10 SB, 25 RBI, had 25-game hitting streak)

Returning:
C - Tim Panetta (.318, 3 HR, 17 RBI)
1B - Max Rosing (.379, 2 HR, 45 RBI)
SS - Keith Andrews
3B - Anthony Iacomini (.311, 15 RBI), Michael DeCarr (.299, 1 HR, 18 RBI)
OF - Donny Castaldo (.374, 1 HR, 20 RBI in 43 games/21 starts), Conrad Ziemendorf (.310, 6 RBI, 3-5 SB in 30 games/2 starts), Adam Smith (did not play in 2013; .353 in 17 games in 2012 before being injured), Chris Jackson (.328, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 7-10 SB))
DH - P.J. Rinaldi (.344, 3 HR, 42 RBI, 12-16 SB)
SP - Brandon McClain (5-1, 2.67 ERA, 59 K in 57.1 IP), Brandon Serio (5-1, 1.21 ERA, 37 K in 44.2 IP)
RP - Cody Petre - 0-2, 2.18 ERA, 5 saves, 20.2 IP, 14 H, 21 K, Steven Kimmelman - 2-0, 3.00 ERA, 3 saves, 24.0 IP, 16 H, 27 K

[jersey shore]

Wow Jim,

Thanks very much for the prompt and thorough response. Looks like Cortland has the foundation for another successful season.

[jdex]

Cortland opening schedule change. Weather calls off weekend action vs. Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. RDragons instead head to Norfolk for single games Saturday and Sunday vs. Virginia Wesleyan. Latter booked Friday at home vs. Salisbury

Cortland opener Saturday at Virginia Wesleyan off because of weather. Two games booked Sunday starting at 10:30 am at Virginia Beach. Mid-40s, partly cloudy skies due.
Virginia Wesleyan bowed 5-4 Friday to Salisbury on ninth inning run

[jdex]

Cortland earns split at Salisbury with 4-1 Sunday victory on the heels of a 12-5 Saturday slip. Three pitchers combine on Sunday 6-hitter for the 3-1 RDragons