Saturday-Tuesday, March 15-18, 2014: Snowbird Classic
New Paltz (5-5) vs.:
No. 10 Marietta (6-2) on Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m.
Nichols (0-0) on Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m.
Farmingdale State (5-1) on Sunday, March 16, at 3 p.m.
No. 21 Birmingham-Southern (12-3) on Monday, March 17, at 2 p.m.
Otterbein (4-1) on Tuesday, March 18, at 3 p.m.
Port Charlotte, Fla. |
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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz baseball team will make a visit to Port Charlotte, Fla., to participate in the 2014 Snowbird Classic. The Hawks will play six games against five different teams from Saturday-Tuesday, March 15-18.
WHO: New Paltz Hawks
RECORD: 5-5, 0-0 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
TOP HITTERS: Sophomore infielder/catcher
Andrew DiNardo: .440 batting average, 11 hits, two doubles and one RBI; senior infielder/outfielder
Kenny Gentile: .429 batting average, six hits and one RBI; freshman infielder/outfielder
Anthony Diana: .350 batting average, seven hits and two doubles; sophomore outfielder
Tom Dieckhoff: .333 batting average, eight hits, one triple and six RBI.
TOP PITCHERS: Sophomore
Christian Huertas: 1-0 record, 0.00 ERA and seven strikeouts; junior
Brian Solomon: 0-1 record, 1.17 ERA and five strikeouts; senior
Chris Pyz: 1-1 record, 5.00 ERA and five strikeouts; senior
Andrew Grann: 1-1 record, 7.00 ERA and nine strikeouts.
NOTES: The Hawks are coming off a 9-7 win over Penn State Berks in their final game of the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C., from Monday, March 10… New Paltz is led by first-year head coach
Matt Righter.
WHO: No. 10 Marietta College Pioneers
RECORD: 6-2, 0-0 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)
WHERE: Port Charlotte, Fla.
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m.
TOP HITTERS: Junior first baseman/outfielder Mitch Geers: .417 batting average, 10 hits, one double, one triple and two RBI; junior second baseman/shortstop Christian Demko: .393 batting average, 11 hits, two doubles, one triple and eight RBI.
TOP PITCHERS: Sophomore Christian Herstine: 2-0 record, 0.95 ERA and 17 strikeouts; sophomore Jason Byers: 2-0 record, 1.64 ERA and 20 strikeouts.
NOTES: Marietta beat Montclair State University, 8-0, on Thursday, March 13, at the Snowbird Classic... Herstine pitched the 21st no-hitter in program history… The Pioneers are ranked at No. 10 in the most recent D3baseball.com Top-25 Poll… Marietta is directed by 10th-year head coach Brian Brewer.
WHO: Nichols College Bison
2013 RECORD: 5-31, 1-15 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC)
WHERE: Port Charlotte, Fla.
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m.
TOP RETURNING HITTERS: Sophomore pitcher/designated hitter Joseph Nicolace: .273 batting average, 24 hits, five doubles and eight RBI; sophomore pitcher/outfielder Brady Boisvert: .263 batting average, 26 hits, seven doubles, one triple and nine RBI.
TOP RETURNING PITCHERS: Boisvert: 2-3 record, 4.50 ERA and 15 strikeouts; junior Collin Geagan: 0-4 record, 4.81 ERA and 26 strikeouts; senior Tyler Shute: 0-7 record, 4.98 ERA and 26 strikeouts.
NOTES: Nichols was picked eighth in the 2014 CCC preseason coaches' poll… The Bison begin their season on Friday, March 14, against Baldwin-Wallace College in a 12 p.m. doubleheader… Nichols is led by first-year head coach Nick Puccio.
WHO: Farmingdale State College Rams
RECORD: 5-1, 0-0 Skyline
WHERE: Port Charlotte, Fla.
WHEN: Sunday, March 16, at 3 p.m.
TOP HITTERS: Senior outfielder Edward Bergmann: .533 batting average, eight hits, one double and five RBI; junior third baseman/shortstop Anthony Alvino: .316 batting average, six hits, one double, one triple and eight RBI; junior outfielder Michael Marino: .500 batting average, six hits, one double and four RBI.
TOP PITCHERS: Senior Michael Dolce: 1-0 record, 1.00 ERA and six strikeouts… Sophomore Alex Weingarten: 2-0 record, 1.80 ERA and three strikeouts.
NOTES: Farmingdale State scored a season-high 16 runs as it earned a non-conference win over William Paterson University on Tuesday, March 11… The Rams are directed by ninth-year head coach Keith Osik.
WHO: No. 21 Birmingham-Southern College Panthers
RECORD: 12-3, 5-1 Southern Athletics Association (SAA)
WHERE: Port Charlotte, Florida
WHEN: Monday, March 17 at 2 pm
TOP HITTERS: Junior catcher/outfielder Jacob Mayfield: .370 batting average, 20 hits, eight doubles, two triples, one home run and 17 RBI; senior infielder/pitcher Evan Grovenstein: .306 batting average, 15 hits, three doubles and three RBI; freshman catcher Zach Wingate: .419 batting average, 13 hits, six doubles and 13 RBI.
TOP PITCHERS: Junior Blake Stevens: 3-0 record, 0.69 ERA and 34 strikeouts; senior Ralls Pennington: 3-1 record, 0.82 ERA and 14 strikeouts; senior Miles Nordigen: 2-1 record, 0.43 ERA and 17 strikeouts.
NOTES: Birmingham-Southern lost at home to Hampden-Sydney College, 10-1, on Wednesday, March 12… Birmingham-Southern is ranked at No. 21 in the latest D3baseball.com Top-25 Poll… The Panthers are directed by eighth-year head coach Jan Weisburg.
WHO: Otterbein University Cardinals
RECORD: 4-1, 0-0 OAC
WHERE: Port Charlotte, Florida
WHEN: Tuesday, March 18 at 3 pm
TOP HITTERS: Freshman infielder David Lemley: .684 batting average, 13 hits, one double, two triples and six RBI; junior shortstop Sean Kettering: .474 batting average, nine hits, two doubles, two home runs and seven RBI; junior first baseman Jake Simmerman: .412 batting average, seven hits, three doubles, one home run and five RBI.
TOP PITCHERS: Sophomore Adam Collier: 1-1 record, 5.73 ERA and five strikeouts… junior Taylor Ellis: 2-0, 6.35 ERA and six strikeouts.
NOTES: Otterbein beat Defiance College, 8-1, on March 13 in Fort Myers, Fla… The Cardinals are led by 15th-year head coach George Powell.
