2018 ECC Baseball Championship May 10
No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 4 Bridgeport, 3-2 No. 3 LIU Post d. No. 2 Molloy, 4-0 at Uniondale, N.Y.
May 12
No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 2 Molloy, 3-2 at Uniondale, N.Y.
May 11
No. 2 Molloy d. No. 4 Bridgeport, 13-4 No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 3 LIU Post, 8-6 No. 2 Molloy d. No. 3 LIU Post, 11-4 at Uniondale, N.Y.
Past Champions 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Dowling St. Rose Adelphi Adelphi St. Rose Adelphi Adelphi Queens Concordia Concordia Molloy Concordia Dowling New Haven
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Dowling Dowling Adelphi C.W. Post Adelphi C.W. Post Dowling Dowling St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas Dowling LIU Post St. Thomas Aquinas
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name
Coach Joe Tonelli
Christopher Martucci
Alex Rauso
1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 34 35 37 40 41 44 48
Cory Listing Logan Allen Christopher Martucci Ryan Tonelli Quinton Carpenter Vincent DeRubeis Matt Rodriguez Eamon Catherina Brett Hart William Jackson Anthony Jacabacci Ryan Donnelly Anthony Martino Isaiah Mylers Christian DeJarnette Joey Grillo Andrew Oswald Andrew Fancella Alex Rauso Conall Roberts Stephen Giambra Patrick Palmer Matthew Wirz Matt Alicki Bobby Pollock William Ciccone Tyler Popp Jonathan Brooks Ryan Kastner Alex Martinez Justin Hafele Joseph Mascari Jason Burger
Yr
Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.
Pos
OF IF P P P IF IF OF/P C P P/OF P/IF P P OF OF P P C IF C C P P OF P C P P IF P P P
B/T
R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht
6-0 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-8 6-0 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-10
Hometown/Previous School
West Sand Lake, N.Y./Lasalle Institute Magnolia, Texas/ Magnolia Ridgefield, N.J./ Bergen CC Milford, Conn./Notre Dame West Haven Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull New Milford, Conn./New Milford Ridgefield, N.J./ Bergen CC Milford, Conn./ Notre Dame West Haven Hamden Conn./LIU Brooklyn Brookhaven, N.Y./Bellport Fairfield, Conn./ Fairfield Warde West Sayville, N.Y./ Sayville Warwick, R.I./ Bishop Hendricksen Seymour, Conn./Seymour Sound Beach, N.Y./ Rocky Point St. James, N.Y./Smithtown East New Rochelle, N.Y./Mamaroneck Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull Mount Laurel, N.J./Holy Cross Milford, Conn./Platt Tech Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia Stamford, Conn./Stamford Milford, Conn./Foran Coram, N.Y./Longwood Shelton, Conn./ Stratford Killingworth, Conn./LIU Post Stratford, Conn./Stratford Bridgewater, N.J./Mercer CC Lawrence, Mass./Austin Prep Shelton, Conn./Shelton North Branford, Conn./Notre Dame West Haven Orlando, Fla./Palm Beach State
Head Coach: Joe Tonelli (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: Mike DeLellis, Josh Parrow, Ian Ratchfield, Dennis Berardi
Conall Roberts
Quick Facts Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights
Colors: Purple and White President: Laura Skandera Trombley, Ph.D. Director of Athletics: Anthony Vitti
Did You Know?
• UB women’s soccer program claimed the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship with a 1-0 win over Grand Valley St. • UB softball won its first-ever ECC Championship last weekend. The Purple Knights went undefeated in the tournament, including two shutouts over nationally ranked LIU Post. • UB recently began play in its new baseball field adjacent to campus in beautiful Seaside Park. • The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last 10 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships.
About Bridgeport
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are
LIU POST No. Name 1 Johnny Dehler 3 Reynaldo Guillen 4 Jimmy Mendyk 5 Dave Brehm 6 Michael Greene 8 Sal Geraci 10 Pat McCabe 11 Giovanni Ciaccio 12 Daniel Keane 13 Robert Paccione 14 David Franchi 15 Christopher Wasson 16 Ryan Dalton 17 Joshua Loeschorn 19 Noah Lorenzo 20 Greg Haynes 21 Mike Stiles 22 John Michelli 23 Andrew Primm 24 Andy Camilo 25 Jack Pirkl 26 Michael Andreoli 27 Craig Leonard 28 David Marmann 30 Matthew Laurelli 31 Joe Piscitelli 32 Julien Arcos 33 Kurt Rissland 34 Jack VanDoran 35 Brian Kavanagh 36 Marc Birbiglia 39 Luke O’Mahoney 42 Jahsiah Greene 43 Antonio Deodato 44 Anthony Vaglica 45 Jeriel Lantigua 48 Mike Lazos 49 James Varela 50 Victor DeNicola 52 Michael Manzione 54 Zach Fritz
Yr Pos R-Jr. OF Sr. IF/OF Sr. IF Sr. OF Sr. IF Sr. IF Jr. P Fr. OF Jr. IF/OF R-Sr. P Fr. IF So. IF So. C Fr. P Jr. P Jr. P Jr. P Sr. P Fr. C R-Jr. C/IF Fr. INF So. P Fr. INF Jr. P Fr. IF Sr. OF Jr. P Jr. P Fr. P Sr. P Fr. OF So. IF So. OF So. P So. C So. P Jr. P Sr. P Fr. C Sr. 1B Jr. 1B
B/T L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-6 5-9 5-9 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-4 6-2 6-0 5-7 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-7 5-8 6-3 6-6 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1
Hometown/Previous School Garden City, N.Y. / Chaminade Bronx, N.Y./Eastern New Mexico Massapequa, N.Y. / Plainedge Bohemia, N.Y. / Connetquot Stewart Manor, N.Y. / Kellenberg Bayport, N.Y. / Bayport-Blue Point North Babylon, N.Y. / North Babylon Manaplan, N.J. / Manaplan Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream North Commack, N.Y. / Commack Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches Massapequa, N.Y. / Massapequa Bohemia, N.Y. / St. John the Baptist Butler, N.J. / Butler Massapequa Park, N.Y./St. John the Baptist New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park Memorial Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue Whitestone, N.Y. / St. Francis Prep Massapequa Park, N.Y. / Massapequa Bronx, N.Y. / Salesian (LIU Brooklyn) Bayshore, N.Y. / Bayshore Wantagh, N.Y. / MacArthur Holtsville, N.Y. / Sachem East Jericho, N.Y. / Jericho Nesconset, N.Y. / Smithtown East Levittown, N.Y. / Division Glenwood Landing, N.Y. / Chaminade Franklin Square, N.Y. / Kellenberg West Babylon, N.Y. / West Babylon East Meadow, N.Y. / East Meadow Saint James, N.Y. / Smithtown East Massapequa N.Y. / Massapequa Amityville, N.Y. / Holy Trinity Mineola, N.Y. / Wheatley Franklin Square, N.Y./USC Upstate Hewlett, N.Y. / Hewlett Smithtown, N.Y. / Hauppauge Levittown, N.Y. / Division Garden City, N.Y. / H. Frank Carey Glen Cove, N.Y. / Glen Cove East Meadow, N.Y. / East Meadow
Coach Mike Gaffney
Dave Brehm
Joshua Loeschorn
Head Coach: Mike Gaffney (4th Season) Assistant Coaches: Rob Cafiero, Jamie Loeb, and Daniel Parisi
Quick Facts Location: Brookville, N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Kline Director of Athletics: Debbie DeJong
James Varela
Did You Know?
• With 33 wins, LIU Post has broken the previous program wins record of 32 set in 2017 and 2010 • The Pioneers’ senior class also goes down as the winningest class in school history
About LIU Post
The LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region. LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activities each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post’s award-winning Cooperative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and community service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings. LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields. For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY No. Name
Coach Frank Catalanotto
EJ Cumbo
DJ Masuck
Ben McNeill
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 41 42 44 46 49 55
Matt DeAngelis Brendan Dowd Timmy Cassese Chris Campbell Andrew Florides Nic Lombardi Mike Rodriguez EJ Cumbo Matt Carey Ryan Murphy Nick Tedesco Ben McNeill Billy McQuillan Zach White Brandon Alberto Zach Kleinwaks Joseph Pesce Matt Malone Joseph Murphy DJ Masuck Kieran Dowd Chris Mott Ryan Mueller Trey Moran John LaRocca Matt Mione Michael Ruffini Jake Lebel Dean Fazah Alex Doskoez Moises Robles Elvin Ramos Jr. Chris Keenan Matt Bartnik Joe Keller Matt Boyko Ariel Taveras Ryan Kuskowski
Yr
Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Gr. So. Sr. Fr. R-Fr. Sr. Jr.
Pos
OF OF/C IF/P 2B IF OF 3B/1B RF P 3B 3B/1B SS P P P IF/OF LF C P P 3B P P 1B CF P P 1B P P P P P P P P P C
B/T
L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L S/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L L/L L/L R/R R/R
Ht
6-1 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-3 5-10 5-10 5-8 6-0 6-6 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-4 5-9 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-2
Hometown/Previous School
Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville East Islip, N.Y./East Islip Garden City, N.Y./H. Frank Carey Sunndyside, N.Y./Grambling Univ. Glen Cove, N.Y./Holy Cross Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West Westbury, N.Y./WT Clarke East Meadow, N.Y./WT Clarke Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East Commack, N.Y./Commack East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Centereach, N.Y./Newfield Glen Cove, N.Y./ Portledge School Lake Mary, Fla./Lake Mary Plainview, N.Y./St. Dominic Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh Tampa, Fla./Gaither East Islip, N.Y./East Islip Holbrook, N.Y./Suffolk CC Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook New Bedford, Mass./La Salle Academy Plainview, N.Y./Monmouth Univ. Massapequa, N.Y./St. Dominic Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey South Berwick, Maine/Marshwood Fresh Meadows, N.Y./Francis Lewis Eastport, N.Y./Kean Univ. Bronx, N.Y./Monroe CC Queens, N.Y./Lubbock Christian Univ. Massapequa Park, N.Y./Stony Brook Univ. Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur Westbury, N.Y./WT Clarke Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Nesconset, N.Y./Smithtown East
Head Coach: Frank Catalanotto (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Frank Battaglia, Ray Giannelli, Jimmy Goelz, Chris Rojas, Angelo Coscia Quick Facts Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Did You Know?
Colors: Blue and Gold President: Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D. Director of Athletics: Dan Velez
• Head coach Frank Catalanotto hit .291 during a 14-year major league career with the Tigers, Rangers, Blue Jays, Brewers and Mets. • NYIT baseball has reached the 30-win plateau for the first time since 2006. • Former Mets captain David Wright visited NYIT baseball practice in January. • NYIT baseball is in its second season in Division II and the ECC after playing for 38 years as a member of Division I.
About NYIT
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 12,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 16 NCAA Division II programs. NYIT is guided by its mission to provide careeroriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. To date, nearly 100,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
QUEENS COLLEGE No. Name 2/53 Adam Abreu 4 Jayson Rodopoulos 5 Tony Figliuolo 6 Matt Riselvato 7 Eric Roubal 8 Joe O’Rourke 9 Louis Antos 10 Eloy Benson 11 Brandon Mateo 12 Brian Watters 13 Ron Linsalato 14 John Rodopoulos 15 Matthew Gutleber 16 Michael Lamneck 17 Jon Strauss 19 Bryan Krolikowski 21 Kevin Kochen 22 Dennis Buckstein 23 Brandon Hoskins 24 Anthony Scotti 25 Jesse Spellman 26 Kevin Cavataio 33 Nick Font 34 Ronmel Ocampo 35 Brian Wright 36 James McGee 40 Jack Palma 42 Dylan Hughes 45 Dimitri Papazoglou
Yr Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. R-Jr. R-Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. So.
Pos P OF P 2B IF C/IF IF C 3B IF OF P IF P OF P P P P DH/IF 1B C C IF OF P P P P
B/T L-L R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L
Ht 5-7 6-0 5-11 5-6 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-2
Hometown/Previous School Ronkonkoma, N.Y. / Connetquot Scarsdale, N.Y. / New Rochelle Glen Cove, N.Y. / St. Dominic Lindenhurst, N.Y. /Suffolk CC Patchogue, N.Y./Concordia (N.Y.) Staten Island, N.Y. / FDU West Islip, N.Y. / West Islip Middle Island, N.Y. / Longwood Brooklyn, N.Y. / John Adams Brooklyn, N.Y. / Xaverian Medford, N.Y. / Patchogue-Medford Scarsdale, N.Y. / New Rochelle Douglaston, N.Y. /LIU Post Islip, N.Y. / Islip Parkland, Fla./Marjory Stoneman Douglas Massapequa, N.Y. / St. John the Baptist Holbrook, N.Y. / Sachem North Holbrook, N.Y. / Sachem North Freeport, N.Y. / Baldwin Staten Island, N.Y. / Xaverian Bayside, N.Y. / Bayside Dix Hills, N.Y. / Half Hollow Hills East Broad Channel, N.Y./H.S. for Construction Levittown, N.Y. / Division Flushing, N.Y. / Veritas Academy Bayside, N.Y. / St. Francis Prep St. James, N.Y. / Smithtown Christian Merrick, N.Y. / Calhoun Bayside, N.Y. / Bayside
Coach Chris Reardon
Louis Antos
Head Coach: Chris Reardon (6th Season) Assistant Coaches: John Smith, Alex Nikolic, Paul Sasso
Dennis Buckstein
Quick Facts Location: Flushing, N.Y. Founded: 1937 Enrollment: 20,000 Nickname: Knights Did You Know?
Colors: Navy Blue and Red Interim President: William Tramontano Interim Director of Athletics: Rob Twible
• The Queens College baseball team is making its first postseason tournament appearance since 1998, when the Knights won the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) title. Head Coach Chris Reardon was a student-athlete on the QC baseball team at that time. • Through Team IMPACT, the Queens College men’s basketball team recently drafted 14-year old Evan May of Bayside to be the newest member of the QC Knights. • The Queens College women’s cross country team received a Division II Team Academic Award in February for boasting a total grade-point average above 3.2 in the 2018 fall semester.
About Queens:
Jon Strauss
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.
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Don’t undo my hard work with poor sportsmanship.