2021 ECC Baseball Championship May 14 - Semifinal
No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 4 Queens, 16-0 No. 3 Mercy withdraws (COVID-19 protocol) No. 2 Molloy advances to Final - No Contest
May 15 - Semifinal
May 21 - Final
No. 2 Molloy d. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-3
May 22 - Final
No. 2 Molloy d. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas, 2-1
No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No, 4 Queens, 7-3
Past Champions 1991 Dowling 1992 St. Rose 1993 Adelphi 1994 Adelphi 1995 St. Rose 1996 Adelphi 1997 Adelphi 1998 Queens 1999 Concordia 2000 Concordia 2001 Molloy
2002 Concordia 2003 Dowling 2004 New Haven 2005 Dowling 2006 Dowling 2007 Adelphi 2008 C.W. Post 2009 Adelphi 2010 C.W. Post 2011 Dowling 2012 Dowling
2013 St. Thomas Aquinas 2014 St. Thomas Aquinas 2015 St. Thomas Aquinas 2016 Dowling 2017 LIU Post 2018 St. Thomas Aquinas 2019 LIU Post 2020 N/A * 2021 Molloy
* ECC Championship was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
MERCY COLLEGE
Coach Chris Schoen
Jaden Caballero
Jonathan Diforio
No. 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 32 33 34 36 37 40 41 46 47 48
Name Nathan Rodriguez Justin Glennerster Max Rank Ryan Saltzman Anthony Burgio Nolan Giblin James Mattutat Ivan Martinez Jr. Nikko Liguori Jaden Caballero Jeremiah Peralta Robert Wootten Ryan Dieguez Ryan Gonzalez Jared Hernandez Jonathan Diforio Austin DeRosa Joshua Alvarado Matthew Manzoeillo Ryan Rozinski James Dieguez Luis Ruiz Frankie Asaro Kuzari Jocelyn Michael Ramos Kevin Seckler John Gillespie Isaiah Ortiz Connor Ruland Scott Scheppy Manuel Sanchez Elian Herrera Ryan DeMille Alfred Hoti
Yr Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Gr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Gr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Gr. So. Gr. Fr.
Pos P/OF C 3B/P OF P 3B P/1B SS/2B UTL SS/OF OF/P OF P 1B IF P SS/P P P OF/P OF OF/P SS OF 2B/SS P P OF C P P C P C
B/T L/L R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L L/R R/R S/R R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L R/R S/R R/R L/R R/R R/R
Ht 6-3 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-9 5-10 6-4 5-11 5-6 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-2 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-0 5-7 6-4 6-8 5-8 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-9 5-9 5-11
Hometown/Previous School Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea Westwood, N.J./Westwood JR/SR Old Bethpage, N.Y./Plainview Old Bethpage White Plains, N.Y./White Plains Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville Dewitt Huntington, N.Y./Walt Whitman Bronx, N.Y./Towson University Branford, Conn./Franklin Pierce University Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy Saint Cloud, Fla./Osceola Virtual School Ardsley, N.Y./Westchester CC Westbury, N.Y./Chaminade Howell, N.J./Neumann University Moca, Puerto Rico/Friends University Harrison, N.Y./University of Delaware Seymour, Conn./Seymour Yonkers, N.Y./Saunders Beacon, N.Y./Beacon Middletown, N.J./Middletown North Westbury, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial Weehawken, N.J./High Tech East Williston, N.Y./Wheatley Brooklyn, N.Y./Abraham Lincoln Yonkers, N.Y./Monroe College Beacon, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa North Bergen, N.J./High Tech Islip, N.Y./Islip Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy Ossining, N.Y./Ossining Yonkers, N.Y./Yonkers Millstone, N.J./Dominican College New York, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy
Head Coach: Chris Schoen (6th Season) Assistant Coaches: Randal Mendez, Frank Rodriguez, Miguel Ortiz Sanchez, Paul Cozzolino
Nolan Giblin
Quick Facts Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Colors: Blue and White Founded: 1950 President: Timothy L. Hall Enrollment: 9,403 Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr. Nickname: Mavericks
Did You Know?
• Mercy is making its second straight ECC Tournament appearance and sixth overall • The Mavericks have never won the ECC Tournament and have never made NCAA Tournament.
About Mercy:
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, 25 of which are offered online, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts education within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may take classes during the day, evenings, weekends, and online, so that they can fit a rigorous Mercy College education into their busy lives. Mercy College also offers tremendous financial support so that the cost of college is not a barrier to success. The faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in their fields. Mercy College offers a comprehensive intercollegiate NCAA Division II program that sponsors 16 varsity sports. The main campus located on the scenic banks of the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry is just minutes from Manhattan. Mercy College students reside in the College’s on campus dormitory and within the suburban community of Dobbs Ferry. Intramural activities are also offered throughout the year for the recreational athlete. To apply to Mercy College visit www.mercy.edu or call 1-877-MERCYGO.
MOLLOY COLLEGE No. 1 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 43 44 47
Name Peter Theodorellis David Franchi Vincent Pecora Robert Lucano Robby Keane Billy Wildeman Jake McCarthy Mike Andreli Matt Yip Chris Giardino Charlie Cucchiara Christopher Wiercinski Matt Overton Patrick Hoffman Chris Einemann JJ Devito Sean Mileti Richard Gennaro Gavin McAlonie Connor Huckemeyer Nicholas DeMicco Ryan Hynes Ryan Karp Brian Morrisey Matthew Gonchar Chris Peralta Robert Iadanza Jason Schwartz Patrick Willix AJ Verga Timmy Mott Garrett Scavelli Thomas Brady Anthony Manisero Ziv Gar Nicholas Incalcaterra Stephen Collica Connor Huckemeyer
Yr Gr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Gr. Sr. Gr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Gr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Gr. Gr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Gr. So. So. Jr. So. Rs.
Pos P/OF IF C/OF P OF P 3B P C C P P OF 1B SS 3B P P IF P 1B P P P IF OF OF P 1B P P OF C P P P 3B P
B/T L/R L/R R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/L L/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R.R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R
Ht 5-7 5-9 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-8 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-0 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-5 6-6 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-0
Hometown/Previous School Commack, N.Y./Farleigh Dickinson University Center Moriches, N.Y./New York Tech Seaford, N.Y. / Seaford Garden City, N.Y./Hofstra University Farmingdale, N.Y./ Farmingdale N. Massapequa, NY. / Plainedge Northport, N.Y./Northport Wantagh, N.Y./ LIU Williston Park, N.Y./UNC Wilmington East Meadow, N.Y./W.T. Clarke East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Mineola, NY/Mineola Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge East Meadow, N.Y. / East Meadow Lynbrook, N.Y./Kellenberg Wantagh, N.Y./Anderson University Oakdale, N.Y./Smithtown East Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place Garden City South, N.Y./H. Frank Carey Bethpage, N.Y./ Plainedge Stony Brook, N.Y./East Setauket Bellmore, N.Y./Stony Brook University Commack, N.Y./Stony Brook University Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea Lynbrook, N.Y./ Valley Stream South Islip Terrace, N.Y. / East Islip East Northport, N.Y./ Northport Wantagh, N.Y./ Wantagh Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey Wading River, N.Y./NJIT Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea Plainview, N.Y./Plainview Old Bethpage Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge Mineola, N.Y./Holy Trinity Garden City South, N.Y./H. Frank Carey
Coach Joe Fucarino
Thomas Brady
Charlie Cucchiara
Head Coach: Joe Fucarino (17th Season) Pitching Coach: Michael Cruz Assistant Coaches: John Galanoudis, James Messina
Quick Facts Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Colors: Maroon and White Founded: 1955 President: Dr. James Lentini Enrollment: 3,300 Director of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-Lyke Nickname: Lions
Matt Overton
Did You Know?
• The Lion won their first conference title since 2001 last season. • Molloy has been ranked as high as No. 18 in the NCBWA Top 25 poll. • The maroon and white’s 32 wins is the most in program history. • 2015 alum Shea Spitzbarth made his major league debut in 2021 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
About Molloy
Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimensional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today. Money magazine recently ranked Molloy College the #1 “Value All-Star” in the nation.
QUEENS COLLEGE
Coach Chris Reardon
Lou Antos
Marc Cisco
No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 33 34 35 36 40 42 53
Name Corey Tingo Jayson Rodopoulos Colin Diez Teovaldo Estevez Joseph Leone Juan De La Rosa Stephen Castro Lou Antos Mike Tagliarini Dante Interlandi Joseph Cornielle Chandler Giovinco Johnnie Rodopoulos Marc Cisco Justin Ventura Nick Barreiros Mike Freda Reed Hoskins Liam Pulsipher Daniel Gargano Andrew Smith Julien Arcos Matt Filip Joshuel Rodriquez Rob Backus Dean Fazah Terrence Beeker Jordan Sanabria Blake Jefremow Dennis Lynch Dylan Hughes Jordan Ramlogan
Yr Sr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. Gr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So.
Pos IF OF OF C IF IF P IF OF P IF P P IF OF C C C P P OF P IF P P P P P P IF/P P IF
B/T R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R
Ht 6-0 6-1 5-8 5-10 5-7 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-8 5-8 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-4 5-6
Hometown/Previous School Selden, N.Y./Mercy College Scarsdale, N.Y./New Rochelle HS Levittown, N.Y./Division Ave HS Bronx, N.Y/Walton HS Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge HS Bronx, N.Y./Taft HS Bayside, N.Y./Dominican (NY) West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Brooklyn, N.Y./Millennium Massapequa Park, N.Y./Farmingdale Fresh Meadows, N.Y./Queensborough Selden, N.Y./Suffolk CC Scarsdale, N.Y./New Rochelle HS Long Island City, N.Y./McClancy Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst HS Seasford, N.Y./Seaford HS Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hallow Hills West Freeport, N.Y./Baldwin HS East Moriches, N.Y./Suffolk CC Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood Hampton Bays, N.Y./South Hampton Glenwood, N.Y./LIU Post Maspeth, N.Y./McClancy HS Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore HS Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun HS Queens, N.Y./New York Tech Bellmore, N.Y./State College of Florida Woodside, N.Y./McClancy HS Bayside, N.Y/Francis Lewis HS Seaford, N.Y./Seaford HS Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun HS Hicksville, N.Y./Holy Trinity HS
Head Coach: Chris Reardon (9th Season) Assistant Coaches: John Smith, Alex Nikolic, Paul Sasso, Carlos Pena
Quick Facts Location: Flushing, N.Y. Colors: Navy Blue and Red Founded: 1937 President: Frank H. Wu Enrollment: 20,000 Director of Athletics: Rob Twible Nickname: Knights
Liam Pulsipher
About Queens:
Did You Know?
• Queens College is making their straight ECC Postseason appearance led by ninth-year head coach Chris Reardon ’98. Earlier this season Reardon earned his career 300th coaching win in the victory over Felician University on February 27. • Senior Louis Antos and freshman Marc Cisco have put together impressive numbers leading the Knights in close to every possible offensive category. Antos has put his mark in the QC Baseball Record as the No. 1 leader in Hits, Doubles, Runs, RBIs, Total Bases, and Walks.
Queens College, located on a beautiful 77-acre campus in Flushing, New York, opened its doors in 1937 with the goal of offering a first-rate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY) since its founding in 1961, Queens College is one of CUNY’s largest senior colleges. It enjoys a national reputation for its liberal arts and sciences and professional programs, and was cited in the 2012 edition of The Princeton Review’s The Best 376 Colleges for its academic excellence and generous financial aid packages. The college has 69 undergraduate and 62 graduate programs in four divisions, which offer day and evening courses: Arts and Humanities; Education; Mathematics and the Natural Sciences; and the Social Sciences. Students are taught by top scholars who are dedicated to teaching and research. Of our 641 full-time faculty, nearly 90% have the terminal degree in their fields (not all fields offer doctorates) and 65% have tenure. Over 120,000 students have graduated since the college’s first class of 1941. Our alumni include such household names as Paul Simon and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the CEOs of major companies and leaders in the fields of medicine, education, media, the law, and politics.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE No. Name
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 38 39 40 42 44 45 49 51 52 75 99
Yanni Orfanidis Nick O’Connor C.J. Cumbo Mateo Reyes Chris Ubner Gregory DiGiaro Joseph Scamardella Will Kindl Arthur Xanthos James Reilly Kyle Lagrutta Justin Baeyens Mark Barillas Tommy Guidice Eric Volpi Christopher Conti Jaden Jorgenson Peter Schimmel Robert Hazelton Justin Klayman Danny Di Marzo Matthew Johnson Trevor Smith Andrew Alameda Matthew Polemeni Aidan O’Connor Andrew Jemison Aaron Dona Andrew Guerra TJ Gregory Paul DeVito Bryan Krolikowski Jack Wilde Vincent McDermott Ryan Lutz Andrew Vella Billy Minett Gary Del Rosario Sean Lynch John Archer David Potenza Orin Winslow
Yr
Gr. RFr. RFr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Gr. Jr. Sr. Fr. RSo. Sr. Sr. RSo. Sr. So. Sr. Gr. Fr. Fr. Fr. RFr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Gr. So. So. Sr. So. Sr. So. So.
Pos
RHP IF IF/OF RHP RHP/IF IF IF LHP C RHP C RHP RHP IF IF/OF OF IF/OF OF IF IF/OF IF IF IF/OF RHP RHP RHP IF RHP OF RHP OF RHP LHP LHP RHP RHP C OF C RHP OF RHP
B/T
R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/L R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R L/L R/R L/L R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht
6-0 5-9 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-7 5-9 6-0 6-4 5-11 6-0 6-4 5-10 6-5 5-9 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-0 6-4 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-6 6-0 6-4
Hometown/Previous School
Queens, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh East Meadow, N.Y./W.T. Clarke Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville Ballston Spa, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Darien, Conn./Darien Garnerville, N.Y./Albertus Magnus Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook Brooklyn, N.Y./Telecommunications of Arts &Technology Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan Mohegan Lake, N.Y./Kennedy Catholic Little Neck, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage East Williston, N.Y./The Wheatley School Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell Fishkill, N.Y./John Jay East Fishkill Plantation, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna College Prep Florham Park, N.J./Hannover Park Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Staten Island, N.Y./Moore Catholic East Rockaway, N.Y./East Rockaway Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Gloversville, N.Y./Gloversville Harriman, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Chester, N.Y./Chester Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville Massapequa, N.Y./St. John-the-Baptist Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville Malverne, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial Goshen, N.Y./Goshen Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell Bronx, N.Y./Columbia Secondary Highland Mills, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Dobbs Ferry, N.Y./Dobbs Ferry Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey
Coach Jon Garvey
Aaron Dona
Andrew Jemison
Head Coach: Jon Garvey (3rd Season) Assistant Coaches: Manny Del Rosario, Rich Cesca Jr. & John-Michael Guarino
Quick Facts Location: Sparkill, N.Y. Colors: Maroon and Gold Founded: 1896 President: Ken Daly Enrollment: 2,000 Director of Athletics: Nicole Ryan Nickname: Spartans
Kyle Lagrutta
Did You Know?
• St. Thomas Aquinas clinches its second straight postseason berth under Head Coach Jon Garvey. • STAC finished the 2022 campaign with a 10-4 record at their home ballpark, Clover Stadium. • 15 Seniors/Graduate Students wrap-up their STAC Baseball careers at the end of the 2022 Season.
About St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas College is a vibrant, student-centered institution located in the New York City Metropolitan area. Founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill as a teaching college, we have grown to a 72-acre campus, providing a safe, welcoming place to study over 100 majors, minors, and specializations in the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business and the School of Education. Yet it’s just 15 miles north of New York City, giving you quick access to learning, cultural, internship, and career opportunities in one of the world’s most exciting cities. Our students come from around the globe and are active inside and outside of the classroom. At STAC, we are dedicated to creating a learning environment that extends beyond the classroom with various clubs and activities, 20 NCAA Division II athletic teams, 2 Varsity teams (Sprint Football and Ice Hockey), 5 Club Sports teams, study abroad opportunities, and a community where students can make lifelong friendships and “stand out” while “fitting in.” We are committed to the holistic development of our students. Our state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Bloomberg Professional Laboratory, the Innovation Center equipped with 3D printers, the Kraus Fitness Center, HD Television Studio, Digital Imaging Labs — to name a few — provide our students with top-notch technology and hands-on experience to develop their mind, body, and spirit. St. Thomas Aquinas College focuses on fostering student success. Through the support of our dedicated faculty and administration, and our career development services, our graduates join the ranks of our successful alumni, pursuing masters and doctoral degrees, as well as embarking on challenging and rewarding careers. You’ll find St. Thomas Aquinas College alumni at Fortune 500 companies, in the region’s top medical facilities, teaching tomorrow’s leaders in classrooms, or working in federal agencies, professional sport organizations, and many other professions. The College is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as Top-Tier Regional University, by Colleges of Distinction, both the NY and Catholic Editions, as a Military Friendly Institution, and by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. These distinctions have been earned by our esteemed faculty, our highly motivated students, and our successful alumni. St. Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; its School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and its School of Business is accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).
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