Some pics and video from past few weeks

Over the last two weekends we took on conference opponents Binghamton and Hartford. Over the Binghamton series we took two of three and won the weekend. Against Hartford we swept a four game set from them at their place. Headed into this weekend we are looking to do more of the same as we go to Binghamton to finish up the season series. As always solid defense, pitching and some timely hitting allowed us the victories. Below I put in some pictures and videos from the games over the past few weekends and some side fun you'll just have to watch from the UMBC series.

Conference Weekend: Binghamton

Weekend Preview: Binghamton

Coming off of a season sweep of UMBC over the past two weekends and going 9-0 over that span, we take on conference rival Binghamton this weekend. The defending regular season champion Bearcats typically play us very tough and we look for another weekend of solid competition. They are coming off of a sweep of Hartford last weekend and have won 12 of their last 15 games. Led by pitcher Mike Augliera who is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA over 24 innings in conference play as well as by hitter Dave Ciocchi who is hitting .358 with 4 HR and 26 RBI.
Games this weekend will be played at Dowling College due to continued construction on Joe Nathan Field.
Probable Starters and Game times:
Sat 4/30/11- Game 1 - Stony Brook vs. Binghamton @ 1pm
                                 - Nick Tropeano (8-1) vs. James Giulieetti (3-4)
                  -Game 2- Stony Brook vs. Binghamton @ 3pm
                                 -Tyler Johnson (6-2) vs. Mike Augliera (5-2)
Sun 5/1/11 - Game 3- Stony Brook vs. Binghamton
                                - Brandon McNitt (5-1) vs Jay Lynch (3-4)


Come down and enjoy the game and projected nice weather. You can also watch all games live on the gametracker via the Official Website (www.GoSeaWolves.org)

Seawolves Sweep Conference Awards

Quick shout-out to Trop, Tanner, and Kevin on taking all three baseball awards this weekend. We swept UMBC with the help of those three and hope to do the same this upcoming weekend when we travel down to Maryland to play the Golden Retrievers again. Check out http://www.goseawolves.org/ to see the official release. The Brook is hot right now, lets keep it going!

Recap of the Weekend

Pat Cantwell catching on his Birthday

Coming out of any weekend 3-1 is a good weekend, especially in conference. Playing against a conference rival in Maine was not going to be the easiest weekend and we knew that going in. Without a true home field we split the weekend at Dowling on Saturday and Adelphi on Sunday. We came out of the gates with another great performance by Nick Tropeano and a win in game one on Saturday (8-1). Game 2 came down to extra innings and was eventually called tied at 7 entering the 11th due to darkness. So Sunday we had to finish up that game and then play the regularly scheduled double header. Brandon McNitt was on the hill to finish up the game and threw 2 scoreless innings to earn the win, his first of 2 on the day. The win came on a walk-off suicide squeeze by Maxx Tissenbaum (Video Below). Game one of the regular double header was a matter of them getting key hits and us being shut down by their starting pitching, we took the loss (7-3). Game 2 however there was no dwelling on the previous game as we came out with a vengeance. Led by Brandon McNitt again, who tossed 7 shutout innings, and some solid offensive production, including a home run by Steve Marino,  we pulled out the victory (7-0). Overall the weekend was a positive as we took 2 of 3 from one of the tougher conference opponents.



Game Scores and Results:
Saturday:
Game 1- Stony Brook 8 - Maine 1 (Box Score)
Game 2- Stony Brook 8 - Maine 7 12inn (Box Score)
Sunday:
Game 1- Stony Brook 3 - Maine 7 (Box Score)
Game 2- Stony Brook 7 - Maine 0 (Box Score)

McNitt pitching

Weekend Preview: Maine

It has been a while since my last post but I am back to it for conference. This weekend preview starts off with a recap of the "1st season" as we like to call it around here of non-conference play. We played very well overall as a group and led to us carrying in an overall record of 16-7. We are pitching very well as a staff, our fielding percentage is right at .980 and our team average is above .300. We have played top ranked teams and played well for the most part against everyone over the first third of the year. We had 2 no hitters, one by Frankie Vanderka and the other a combined no-no by Nick Tropeano and Brandon McNitt. We have been on News 12 and featured in a few baseball publications, including Baseball America. We were ranked as high as 40th in RPI and were ranked #23 in the Mid Major poll.

Looking ahead to this weekend and all of conference schedule, we plan on carrying over the solid all around play. We aim to continue to pitch and play defense at a high standard. This coupled with some timely hitting, as our lineup 1-9 can contribute at anytime, will allow us to achieve that goal. And as always the ultimate goal is to get to, and win the conference tournament and beyond.

This weekend we are taking on the Maine Black Bears. The Black Bears were picked second, behind us, in the America East Pre-Season coaches poll. They have 15 players returning from last season and are led by Taylor Lewis, who is batting .343 good for 5th in the America East. Their team ERA is at 6.06 and is led by Shaun Coughlin who has a 1.57 ERA over 10 appearances. Maine is currently 9-16 overall but, have won 4 of their last 5 games.

The Schedule for this weekend is a bit changed because we do not have a field yet with Joe Nathan Field still being built.
   Saturday will be a double header starting at 1pm. Game will be played at Dowling College.
   Sunday is also a double header starting at 1pm. Games will be played at Adelphi University.

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TV Spot after NO NO

8 of last 9 and a No Hitter Not Bad*

Entering this weekend on a 6 game win streak we aimed to continue the run in the Strike Out Cancer tournament at Seton Hall. The weekend was marked by a very impressive performance by freshman Frankie Vanderka who tossed a no hitter against NJIT on Friday. His no hitter was the first ever in Stony Brook history. He K'd 13 batters and only faced 3 over the minimum (Box Score).

After the final out of the No No

 Saturday we ended up taking game one against Fordham 13-2. Led by Tropeano on the hill and an offensive onslaught we pulled out the W. Trop threw well striking out 10 hitters over 7 innings earning the win (Box Score). 

Game 2 against Seton Hall was a tough 2-0 loss, ending our win streak at 8 games. Tyler Johnson threw very well scattering 2 runs and 6 hits over the 6.2 innings. Seton Hall's pitcher Dirocco threw a complete game, winning the pitchers duel allowing 0 runs and striking out 6 (Box Score).

Overall taking 2 of 3 on the weekend and 8 of our last 9 is a pretty solid. We continue to play really well as a unit and look to continue to do so moving forward. Our next game is this Tuesday against Fordham. Check back for more throughout the week and be sure to come out to some games.