2012 ECC Baseball Championship May 10
No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas d. No. 4 Bridgeport, 9-5 No. 2 Dowling d. No. 3 C.W. Post, 3-2 at Provident Bank Park - Pomona, N.Y.
May 11
No. 4 Bridgeport d. No. 3 C.W. Post, 6-5 (13 inn.) No. 2 Dowling d. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-3 No. 4 Bridgeport d. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-3 at Provident Bank Park - Pomona, N.Y.
May 12 - Finals
No. 2 Dowling d. No. 4 Bridgeport, 7-0 at St. John’s University - Queens, N.Y.
Past Champions 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Dowling St. Rose Adelphi Adelphi St. Rose Adelphi Adelphi Queens Concordia Concordia Molloy
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Concordia Dowling New Haven Dowling Dowling Adelphi C.W. Post Adelphi C.W. Post Dowling Dowling
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name
Coach Joe Tonelli
John Ascenzia
Tim Bickford
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 41 44 57
Jesse Solar Brock Roggie Joel Rivera Louis Pane Anthony Tortolano John Ascenzia Ryan Garcia Anthony Ciuffo Kyle Ferri Mike Nowak Alec Jannotta Paul Spadacenta Chris Maull Tim Bickford Matt Wing Alex Chosczyk Ross Graham Shaun Hancock Michael James Brian O’Keefe Ryan Manning Zach Theulen Justin Weakley Bryan Kondor Jose-Luis Garcia Matt Gagne Adam Olszyk Matt Krogh T.J. Mangan Mike Olszyk Daniel Coakley Nick Zieniuk Alex Riley Garrett Rogers
Yr
Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. OF Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr.
Pos
OF IF INF INF P/INF INF RHP C OF RHP OF P/INF RHP C/1B RHP RHP INF/P RHP INF LHP LHP C OF UTIL Sr. INF LHP INF C P/IF RHP C LHP LHP
Ht
5’9 5’7’ 5’10” 5’8” 6’2” 5’8” 5’10” 5’10’ 5’9” 5’11” 6’3” 6’5” 6’1” 6’1” 6’2” 6’0” 6’0” 6’0” 5’10” 6’0” 6’3” 6’0’ 5’11” 5’10” 6’1” 5’11” 6’2” 5’10” 5’8” 6’6” 6’0” 6’3” 6’3” 6’0”
B/T
R/R R/R S/R R/R R/R 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/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R L/R L/L L/L
Hometown/Previous School
Marlton, N.J./Cherokee Lowville N.Y./Jefferson C.C. Aibonito, P.R./Puerto Rico Baseball Academy East Haven Conn./ East Haven Exeter R.I./CCRI West Haven, Conn./West Haven Franklin Square, N.Y./Valley Stream North Stamford, Conn./Trinity Catholic Milford, Conn./Foran Latham, N.Y./Schenectady County C.C. Branford, Conn./ Branford East Haven, Conn./East Haven Winslow, N.J./Winslow Township Wallingford, Conn./ Monmouth Univ. Brockville Ontario, Canada/Monroe C.C. Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia Kingston Ontario, Canada/Genesse C.C. Oakville, Ont., Canada/Burlington CC Piscataway N.J./Erskine College Milford, Conn./ Orange Coast College CA Milford, Conn./ Joseph A. Foran W. Springfield, Mass./ MCLA Cold Brook. N.Y./ Herkimer County C.C. Shelton, Conn./ Shelton Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes West Haven, Conn./ West Haven Hamden, Conn./ Career Magnet Troy, N.Y./ Hudson Valley C.C. Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep Hamden, Conn./Sacred Heart U. Danbury, Conn./Henry Abbott Tech Margate, N.J./ Holy Spirit Baldwinsville, N.Y./CW Baker Rennselear, N.Y./ Schenectady C.C.
Head Coach: Joe Tonelli (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Mike DeLellis, Josh Parrow , Gaetano Giunta, and Eric Schlitter
Mike Olszyk
Quick Facts Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights
Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Albert Salonen Director of Athletics: Jay Moran
Did You Know? • • • •
The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won the last four USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships. UB men’s swimming team took ninth place at the 2012 NCAADivision II National Championship Meet. The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team won the school’s first-ever NCAA Division II East Regional Title in the fall of 2011 and has now made four straight ap pearances in the regional final. The UB men’s soccer team has made 10 consecutive conference tournament appearances, and the Bridgeport women’s soccer team has made five straight NCAA Division II Championship.
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 also available.
DOWLING COLLEGE No. Name Yr 1 Johnathon Cruz So. 2 Marc Torres So. 4 Charlee Rodriguez Fr. 6 Nick Persad So. 7 Ian Schneider Jr. 8 Michael Rizzitello Fr. 9 Anthony Imparato Jr. 10 Kyle DeMeo So. 11 Andrew Abreu Jr. 12 Ryan Aloise Fr. 13 Adam Schuster So. 14 Robert Rose So. 15 Dominick Raucci So. 16 Tyler Badamo Jr. 17 Rob Veltre So. 18 Dylan Prince Fr. 19 Tyler Hardison So. 20 Daniel Masiello Jr. Sr. 21 Kevin Kerman Sr. 22 Jason Perez Jr. 23 JJ Bessell Jr. 24 Matt Benedetto Jr. 25 JC Brandmaier Jr. 26 David Montiverdi So. 27 Sean Craig Sr. 28 Christopher Mendoza Sr. 29 Christian Denton Jr. 30 Joseph Candela Sr. 31 Andrew Sesto Fr. 32 Adam Brown Sr. 34 Casey Buckley Jr. 35 Tom Bammann Jr. 36 Bill Goncalves Fr. 37 Nick Calamia So.
Pos OF INF OF P INF C OF INF/P INF P OF P C P OF P INF/P C INF P P INF INF P OF P P OF P P P P P P
B/T L/L L/L L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/L R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R 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 L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-10 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-9 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-2 5-8 5-11 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-8 6-5 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-0
Hometown/Previous School Levittown, N.Y./Levittown Division Bay Shore, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Central Islip, N.Y./Central Islip Central Islip, N.Y./Central Islip Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai Ronkonkoma N.Y./ Connetquot Bethpage, N.Y./ Bethpage Franklin Square, N.Y./Carey Lake Grove, N.Y./Centereach West Sayville, N.Y./ Sayville South Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville Commack, N.Y./ Commack Seaford, N.Y./ Island Trees Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai Mass. Park, N.Y./Massapequa Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown Christian Shirley, N.Y./Longwood Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter’s Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd Brooklyn, N.Y./Murry Bergtraum Shirley, N.Y./Longwood Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh Bellmore, N.Y./Mempham Worcester, Mass/Worcester Technical Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot Center Moriches N.Y./Center Moriches East Quogue N.Y./Westhampton West Islip, N.Y./St. John the Baptist Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East Union, N.J./Oratory Prep Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Manorville, N.Y./ Eastport South Manor Port Jeff. Station, N.Y./Ward Melville
Coach Tom Caputo
Tyler Badamo
JC Brandmaier
Head Coach: Tom Caputo (2nd Season) Assistant Coaches: Jim Farrell, Andrew Larsen, Matt Lyons, and Mike Valiando
Quick Facts
Location: Oakdale, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: Over 6,500 Nickname: Golden Lions
Did You Know? • • •
Colors: Navy Blue and Gold Interim-President: Dr. Elana Zolfo Director of Athletics: Rick Cole, Jr. Adam Brown
Head Coach Tom Caputo played professionally for three seasons as a member of the Long Island Ducks Dowling has had four student-athletes selected in the MLB First Year Player draft (Kip Roggendorf, ‘93, Toronto; Wilberto Ortiz, ‘06, Los Angeles (AL); Billy Mottram, ‘07, Chicago (NL); David Wendt, ‘09, Tampa Bay) The Dowling women’s soccer, and women’s basketball teams all won their respective ECC Tournaments in 2012-13
About Dowling
Founded in 1955 as part of Adelphi University’s Suffolk Campus, the college purchased the former W.K. Vanderbilt estate in Oakdale in 1962. In 1968 the college was renamed after its chief benefactor, Robert Dowling, a noted city planner and aviator. Situated on the banks of the Connetquot River on a former Vanderbilt estate, Dowling’s Rudolph Campus in Oakdale is among the nation’s most beautiful. The 105-acre Brookhaven Center is located on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and features high-tech learning facilities for a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Located within walking distance to the Long Island Rail Road and featuring free parking and shuttle bus service, Dowling is easily accessible from both Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as the five boroughs of New York City.
MOLLOY COLLEGE No. Name
Coach Joe Fucarino
John Galanoudis
Carlos Guzman
1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 35 44
Carlos Guzman Juan Borbon Peter Vath Deilyn Guzman Alex Miden Greg Walsh Robert Inzerillo Nicholas Gonchar Michael Rahn John Galanoudis Kris Kelly Ray McCourt Marco Martino Anthony Eichhorn Erik Pyle Zach Norton Max Schonfeld Patrick Brown Kyle Van Duyne Matt Castaneda Keith Dolega Shea Spitzbarth Nick Pedraita Bobby Kelly Max Greenough Angel Beltre Tom Szenczy Lou Liberatore Matthew Metz
Yr
Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr.
Pos
OF 1B P P/SS P/1B IF OF/P 3B/OF SS 2B/3B SS C P P 1B OF P P 1B P P P C P IF/OF P P/OF P P
Ht
L/L R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R 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 L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
B/T
5-8 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-6 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-11
Hometown/Previous School
Bloomingburg, N.Y./Pine Bush Plainview, N.Y./St. Dominic Selden, N.Y./Centereach East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton Ozone Park, N.Y./Nassau C.C. Bellmore, N.Y./Holy Trinity Valley Stream, N.Y./Stony Brook Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph By the Sea Sayville, N.Y./Sayville Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale Shirley, N.Y./Longwood River Edge, N.J./County College of Morris Garden City, N.Y./Kellenberg Sayville, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Atlantic Beach, N.Y./Kellenberg West Chester, Pa./Henderson East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Howard Beach, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy Sayville, N.Y./Sayville East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Staten Island, N.Y./Moore Catholic Glen Cove, N.Y./St. Dominic Mineola, N.Y./Kellenberg Dix Hills, N.Y./Suffolk C.C. Providence, R.I./Rhode Island Baldwin, N.Y./Kellenberg Blue Point, N.Y./Bayport Blue Point West Hempstead, N.Y./West Hempstead
Head Coach: Joe Tonelli (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Mike DeLellis, Josh Parrow , Gaetano Giunta, and Eric Schlitter
Quick Facts
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. Colors: Maroon and White Founded: 1955 President: Drew Bogner, Ph.D Enrollment: 3,300 Director of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-Lyke Nickname: Lions
Did You Know? Kris Kelly
About Molloy
• • • • •
The Molloy College softball team claimed its third-straight East Coast Conference title, besting LIU Post, 4-1, in a pair of elimination games. Senior pitcher Megan Butterworth garnered the Most Outstanding Player Award at the conclusion of the tournament. The Molloy College men’s indoor track and field team won the first-ever East Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship. The Lions accumulated a total of 163 points at the meet. The Molloy College men’s basketball team shattered a pair of school records in 2012-13. The Lions bested the all-time marks for consecutive victories, and most wins, in a single season. Freshman Conor Gallagher of the Molloy College men’s cross country team was tabbed as the East Coast Conference Rookie of the Year. He aided the Lions to a second-place showing at the ECC Championships, running an eighth-place time of 26:42.90 in the 8k at LIU Post Freshman Stephanie Meyer of the Molloy College women’s track and field team became the program’s first-ever national qualifier at the 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. She recorded a 14th-place showing in the long jump in Mankato, Minn., with a leap of 5.77 meters.
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.
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE No. Name 2 Mike Apreda 3 Frank Salerno 4 Rich Baerga 5 Kenny Kirshner 6 Nicholas Barbalato 7 Nicholas Tarkazikis 8 C.J. Ferriggi 9 Stanley Susana 12 Kevin Rentas 13 Efrain Bautista 15 John DeAngelis 16 Brian Pasquale 17 Nick D’Angelo 18 Chris Goetz 19 Michael Donellan 20 Felipe Campusano 22 Robert Frank 23 Derek Hirsch 24 Andrew Romanella 25 Mike Russo 26 Brian Tompkins 27 Nicholas Gargan 29 Kadeem Octave 31 Kyle Blank 32 Joe DePool 33 Stephen Sunday 35 Joe Grimaldi 37 Daniel Diaz 41 Eric Cooper 42 Nick May 46 Mike Roestenberg 55 Jon Scott 88 Robert Naughton
Yr Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr.
Pos IF IF IF 1B OF IF RHP IF RHP IF OF C OF IF RHP C RHP OF IF C RHP OF OF RHP P C RHP RHP LHP LHP RHP RHP RHP
B/T R/R R/R R/R L/L 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 R/R L/R R/R R/L L/L R/L L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L L/L R/R L/R R/R
Ht 5-8 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-7 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-2 5-9 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-7 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-3
Hometown/Previous School Teaneck, N.J./Don Bosco New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South Pomona, N.Y./Pendleton Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y./Siena Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Fishkill, N.Y./Dutchess CC Bellmore, N.Y./Nassau CC Puerto Plata, D.R./Cardinal Hayes Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes Bani, D.R./Sullivan CC Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter’s Boys Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Mt. Sinai Staten Island, N.Y./Moore Catholic Dumont, N.J./Dumont New York, N.Y./Globe Tech CC Closter, N.J./St. Joseph Regional Melville, N.Y./St. Dominics Allentown, N.J./The Gunnery Boca Raton, Fla./Chesapeake Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Dutchess CC Nesconset, N.Y./St. Anthonys New Windsor, N.Y./Trinity Pawling Ocala, Fla./Atlantic Community New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South Scranton, Pa./Sullivan CC Hawthorne, N.J./Bergen CC Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmunds Prep Middletown, N.Y./Burke Catholic Long Island, NY/Division Ave. Old Tappan, N.J./FDU Levittown, N.Y./Chaminade
Coach Scott Muscat
Kenny Kirshner
Mike Russo
Head Coach: Scott Muscat (14th Season) Assistant Coaches: Jonathan Garvey, Justin Karn, Manny DelRosario, and Matt Marotta
Quick Facts Location: Sparkill, N.Y. Founded: 1896 Enrollment: 2,200 Nickname: Spartans
Colors: Maroon and Gold President: Dr. Margaret Fitzpatrick Director of Athletics: Gerald Oswald
Did You Know? • Nick Barbalato had his 200th career hit on April 27 against Queens • This is the 3rd time the Spartans have won the ECC Regular Season Title • This years squad broke the record for most wins in a season with 35 regular season wins
About St. Thomas Aquinas
Frank Salerno
The College’s 2,000 full and part time undergraduate students major in one of 31 programs offered in five division areas: The Humanitites; Business Administration; Social Sciences; Natrual Sciences & Mathematics; and Teacher Education. The College offers a full scholarship Honors Program which provides studens with a Summer Study experience at Oxford University in England. In addition there are several study abroud opportunities and strategic alliances designed to offer expanded opportunities for students. For example, students can major in mathematics at St. Thomas for three years and then enter a engineering program at either George Washington University or Manhattan College as part of a dual degree program. St. Thomas Aquinas College now fields 16 NCAA Division II sports, is an active member of the NCAA and supports 200 student-athletes. Men’s sports include: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor). Women’s sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor). The Spartans’ and Lady Spartan’s teams compete in more than 300 contests annually.
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