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ECC Baseball Report - Week Six

ECC Baseball Report - Week Six

Player of the Week
Billy Morris, D'Youville (Fr, IF/P - Lancaster N.Y.)
Morris hit a sizzling .571 (12-for-21) after recording multiple hits in all five D'Youville games last week. He added two doubles, one home run, nine RBI, five runs scored, and one stolen base on the week. 

Pitcher of the Week
John Esposito, Staten Island (Sr, P - Staten Island, NY)
Esposito picked up his second win in a complete game effort against Queens on Sunday. He allowed eight hits and just one run in 7.0 innings pitched to lead the Dolphins to a 3-1 win. He also struck out a season-high 10 batters in the game throwing well over 100 pitched in his best outing of the season.

Rookie of the Week
JJ DeVito, Molloy (So, IF/OF - Wantagh, N.Y.)
DeVito collected multi-hit games in all three contests he played in on the week, including hitting a pair of home runs in a win against Mercy. To cap the week, the sophomore hit .462, totaled six hits, five runs, four RBI, and three stolen bases while slugging 1.154.


ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Gregory DiGiaro, St. Thomas Aquinas (Sr, IF - Staten Island, N.Y.)
DiGiaro hit .316, with six hits in 19 at-bats over three games for the Spartans. The senior infielder also hit three home runs, while collecting 11 RBIs and scoring 8 runs.

Anthony Fontana, Queens (Sr, 1B/DH - Wantagh, N.Y.)
Over four games, Fontana batted .471 with a .647 slugging percentage on eight hits, three doubles, four RBI, two runs scored, and earned two walks. Against CSI, the senior recorded three multi-hit games including his third three-hit performance in the 10-9 comeback victory on Friday before he added his second three-RBI performance in the 15-5 victory over the Dolphins and concluded the week with two doubles in the nightcap. In the field, the senior recorded 26 putouts with six doubles play.

Nolan Giblin, Mercy (Sr, 3B - Syracuse, N.Y.)
Giblin hit a team-high .538 (7-for-13) with two runs, two doubles and an RBI. The senior went 2-for-5 against Molloy on Friday and went 5-for-8 with two runs, two doubles, a triple and an RBI in the doubleheader against Molloy on Sunday.z

Garrett Scavelli, Molloy (Jr, OF - Franklin Square, N.Y.)
Scavelli continued to stay red hot at the plate batting out of the second spot of the lineup. The junior totaled two or more hits in three of four games played this week, including three doubles and three RBIs against New Haven. On the week, the outfielder hit .471, collecting eight hits, seven runs, five extra-base hits, and five RBIs while slugging .824.


ECC Baseball Players of the Week

Date     Player Pitcher Rookie
2/20 Sheldon Johnson, Lincoln         Charlie Cucchiara, Molloy        JJ DeVito, Molloy 
2/27 Ethan Hammond, D'Youville        Brian Morrisey, Molloy  Blaise Kolbert, D'Youville
3/6 Billy Morris, D'Youville Aaron Dona, St. Thomas Aquinas        Christian Rice, Staten Island
3/13 Nolan Giblin, Mercy  Mike Andreoli, Molloy JJ DeVito, Molloy (2)
3/20 Anthony Fontana, Queens  Liam Pulsipher, Queens Bryce Oliver, Lincoln 
3/27 Billy Morris, D'Youville (2)  John Esposito, Staten Island JJ DeVito, Molloy (3)

Standings

  Conference
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Overall
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GP Record Win % PF PA GP Record Win % GF GA Last 10 Streak
Molloy 1. * 24 19-5 0.792 204 109 52 35-17 0.673 414 274 7-3 Lost 2
St. Thomas Aquinas 2. 24 16-8 0.667 190 134 50 23-27 0.460 332 318 5-5 Lost 4
Queens (N.Y.) 3. 22 13-9 0.591 147 132 53 34-19 0.642 380 347 7-3 Lost 1
D'Youville 22 10-12 0.455 123 131 47 21-26 0.447 273 319 5-5 Lost 1
Mercy 4. 24 10-14 0.417 147 175 49 16-33 0.327 293 392 5-5 Lost 1
Staten Island 24 9-15 0.375 135 173 43 17-26 0.395 234 286 4-6 Lost 1
Lincoln (Pa.) 24 5-19 0.208 76 168 48 12-35-1 0.260 223 409 2-8 Won 1


Last Week's Results

Tuesday March 21, 2023
Wednesday March 22, 2023
Friday March 24, 2023
Saturday March 25, 2023
Virginia St.
1
Saturday, March 25
Final
Sunday March 26, 2023
Virginia St.
6
Sunday, March 26
Final - 11 innings
* Conference


Upcoming Games

Monday March 27, 2023
Wednesday March 29, 2023
Thursday March 30, 2023
Friday March 31, 2023
Sunday April 02, 2023
* Conference


NCAA Statistical Rankings

Through Games March 26


ECC Team Notes

D'Youville: No team notes submitted.

Lincoln: No team notes submitted.

Mercy: The Mercy College baseball team went 0-3 on the week with losses to Molloy. Mercy was led by junior Jared Hernandez who had a team-high three RBI. Mercy resumes action on Monday when they play at Molloy at 3:30 p.m.

Molloy: The Lions went 3-1 on the week, opening conference play with three wins over Mercy. Molloy now sits at 15-8 overall and 3-0 in league play, they will conclude the four-game series with Mercy tomorrow, March 27 before heading to Goldey-Beacom Wednesday (Mar. 29) and beginning a four-game series with the College of Staten Island Friday (Mar. 31).

Queens: The Knights went 3-1 on the week earning a crucial 5-4 victory over Adelphi in non-conference play before opening East Coast Conference play with a 2-1 victory including a comeback 10-9 victory over College of Staten Island Friday afternoon. Conference play continues in a packed week for Queens as they get set to play six games. The CSI series concludes Monday in Flushing before Felician comes to town Thursday and the week concludes with two doubleheaders against Southern Connecticut State on Saturday in New Haven and in Flushing.

Staten Island: The Dolphins played three games against Queens this week including a 10-9 loss on Friday and a split of Sunday's doubleheader. After losing game one 15-5, the Dolphins won game two 3-1 behind a complete game, 10-strikeout effort from starting pitcher John Esposito.

St. Thomas Aquinas: The St. Thomas Aquinas College Baseball team (9-11, 3-1 ECC) went 3-2 last week, taking three of four against (20-8, 8-5, 9-8). STAC returns to action on March 29 against Pace (3:30 p.m.), before heading taking on Mercy, March 31- April 2.


Polls

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Top 30
NCBWA Division II Top 25
NCBWA Division II East Region
NCAA East Region Poll (First poll released April 26)
ECC Preseason Poll

Previously in the Polls

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 Poll

  PRE     WK1     WK2     WK3
Molloy         25 16 - -

NCBWA Top 25 Poll

  PRE      WK1     WK2     WK3     WK4     WK5     WK6
Molloy         21 22 20 19 17 - -

 
NCBWA East Region Poll

  PRE     WK1     WK2     WK3     WK4     WK5
Molloy         2 2 2 2 4 5
Queens     8 9 - - - 8

 

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