NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The 2015 season begins for the State University of New York at New Paltz baseball team as the Hawks travel to No. 22 Randolph-Macon College on Thursday, March 12 at 2 p.m.
RECORDS: New Paltz finished 2014 with a 14-22, 6-12 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)… The Yellow Jackets are 8-1 this year, going 5-0 at home.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (0-0): New Paltz is under the guidance of second-year head coach
Matt Righter… The Hawks return five of their top six leaders in batting average from last season in
Shaun Hansen,
Tyler Bell,
Andrew DiNardo,
Stanley DeLaCruz and
Mike Sparacino…
Richard Guido led the Hawks with 16 runs scored, 17 stolen bases seven hit by pitches and three triples in 2014… DiNardo was second on the squad with 32 hits, 38 total bases and 13 walks… Hansen led the way with 10 doubles and a .449 slugging percentage… Bell recorded a team-high 15 RBI…
Roy Missall recorded a team-low 1.40 ERA in 19 1/3 innings and led the team with a .200 batting average against…
Christian Huertas led the team with three saves in 39 innings… Huertas also earned two wins and put together a 2.54 ERA…
Brian Solomon was second on the team with 27 strikeouts.
RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERSBatting Average: Hansen (.304)
Runs: Guido (16)
Hits: DiNardo (32)
Doubles: Hansen (10)
Triples: Guido (3)
Home Runs: N/A
RBI: Bell (15)
Stolen Bases: Guido (17)
ERA: Missall (1.40)
Wins: Huertas (2)
Saves: Huertas (3)
Innings: Solomon (37.0)
2014 TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks ranked second in the SUNYAC in doubles, ERA, batting average against and hits allowed… New Paltz ranked fourth in stolen bases.
SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS (8-1): The Yellow Jackets are ranked No. 22 in the D3baseball.com Top 25 poll... Randolph-Macon has started the year off 8-1, going 5-0 at home and 2-0 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)… The Yellow Jackets have defeated St. Mary's (Md.), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Guilford and Bridgewater (Va.)… Randolph-Macon has outscored teams 65-31, outhitting opponents 90-75… As a team, the Yellow Jackets have a .306 batting average, .388 slugging percentage and .426 on-base percentage… Junior first baseman Michael Kroll leads the team with a .458 average… Junior catcher Nick Maiolo has accrued a .433 batting average and leads the team in hits (13) and RBI (13)… Freshman right-hander Rick Spiers is 3-0 on the mound with a 0.89 ERA in 20 1/3 innings… Spiers has 24 strikeouts… Senior righty J.T. Williamson has earned two saves… Williamson was named to D3baseball.com Team of the Week for his performance... Sophomore righty Nic Phelps is 2-0 on the year… The Yellow Jackets went 24-15 last season, with a 14-6 ODAC record.
STATISTICAL LEADERSBatting Average: Kroll (.458)
Runs: Nate Meiners (10)
Hits: Maiolo (13)
Doubles: Stuart Brown (4)
Triples: N/A
Home Runs: Kroll (1), Maiolo (1)
RBI: Maiolo (13)
Stolen Bases: Meiners (6)
ERA: Spiers (0.89)
Wins: Spiers (3)
Saves: Williamson (2)
Innings: Spiers (20 1/3)
TEAM STATISTICS: The Yellow Jackets lead the ODAC in on-base percentage (.426), runs scored (65), RBI (56), walks (52), stolen bases (18) and pitching strikeouts per game (9.51).
LAST MEETING: The Hawks split a doubleheader with Randolph-Macon when these two teams last met on March 1, 2008.
WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks continue to travel south to Port Charlotte, Fla. from March 14-21... Randolph-Macon hosts ODAC foe Washington & Lee on March 14.
