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Staten Island, NY – After taking 3-of-4 from Fairleigh Dickinson last weekend, Wagner returns to action with single games at Rider (4/16) and against Saint Peter (4/17) before playing a three-game series with NJIT (4/18-4/19) in the Seahawks' annual Northeast Conference (NEC) bye weekend.

Schedule
* Wednesday, April 16 - Wagner at Rider - 3:30 pm
* Scheduled Starter: Fr. LHP Brad Currao (0-2, 6.27 ERA; 18.2 IP | 14 K | 8 BB)

* Thursday, April 17 - Wagner vs. Saint Peter's - 6:00 pm
* Scheduled Starter: Fr. RHP Danny Marsh (2-2, 5.06 ERA; 26.2 IP | 12 K | 5 BB)

* Friday, April 18 - Wagner vs. NJIT - 1:00 pm
* Scheduled Starter: Sr. RHP Ryan Casey (2-4, 3.66 ERA; 46.2 IP | 19 K | 10 BB) 

* Friday, April 18 - Wagner vs. NJIT - 4:00 pm
* Scheduled Starter: Sr. LHP Matt Morris (2-4, 4.58 ERA; 39.1 IP | 18 K | 13 BB)

* Saturday, April 19 - Wagner at NJIT - 1:00 pm
* Scheduled Starter: Fr. RHP Nolan Long (1-0, 4.40 ERA; 14.1 IP | 12 K | 7 BB)

Rider Rematch
The Green & White defeated the Broncs by a 3-2 score earlier this season in a game played at MCU Park in Coney Island. In that match-up, Wagner rallied from a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the bottom of the seventh. Junior RHP Anthony Battaglia pitched 2.0 scoreless innings for the win while sophomore RHP Mike Adams also notched 2.0 scoreless frames in recording the save.

DYK?
Seahawk head coach Jim Carone served as the pitching coach at Rider for two seasons from 2007-2008 and helped the Broncs to the MAAC Championship in 2008.

Currao Gets The Call
Freshman LHP Brad Currao will get the starting nod against Rider for the second time this season. In his first appearance, he yielded two runs on four hits over 4.0 innings.

Saint Peter's On Staten Island
Wagner recorded its first-ever three game non-conference series sweep last season against Saint Peter's, taking all three match-ups at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. The Seahawks have now won four-straight games against the Peacocks on Staten Island by a combined 40-7 score and are 6-1, all-time, against the Jersey City based institution at the ballpark.

Last Year ...
Senior Shaun Flynn batted a blistering .467 (7-for-15) with three runs against Saint Peter's pitching while junior Nick Dini batted .400 (6-for-15). Additionally, starting pitchers (Sr.) Ryan Casey, (Sr.) Matt Morris and (So.) Paul Mammino combined to go 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA and seven strikeouts over 16.0 innings in the three games at the ballpark.

MAAC Domination
The Green & White is a perfect 2-0 against the MAAC this season, having also defeated Monmouth by a 4-1 score in addtion to its aforementioned triumph over Rider.

NJIT=NEC Bye Weekend Foe
For the second-straight weekend, the Highlanders will lock horns with a NEC opponent that is on its bye. NJIT bested Sacred Heart and ace pitcher Kody Kerski in the opener before dropping the next three games to the Pioneers.

DYK?
Carone began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach for then Division II Highlanders in 2004.

All-Time Against NJIT
Wagner is 3-1, all-time, against NJIT since the Highlanders moved up to Division I and won the lone meeting between the teams a year ago by a 12-9 count at Riverfront Stadium.

A Year Ago ...
Dini went 2-for-6 with a home run and five RBI in leading the Seahawks to a 12-9 midweek victory over NJIT. For his career, he is 4-for-9 with five RBI, four runs, a double, triple and home run against the Newark-based institution.

Egg Harbor In The House
Adams and Highlander outfielder Ed Charlton both hail from Egg Harbor Township in South Jersey.

Interesting
Following this weekend's games, Carone will have squared off with the other four Division I institutions that he has either played or worked at this season:
(Monmouth - players | NJIT - coach | Rider - coach | Villanova - coach)

Wagner Earns Series Victory Over FDU For Second-Straight Year
For the second-straight season, the the Green & White earned a series victory against Fairleigh Dickinson by a 3-1 count and is now tied for third place in the NEC at 5-3.

Offense Explodes
All nine regulars hit safely as Wagner erupted for a season-high 12 runs and 17 hits en route to posting an easy 12-5 victory over the Knights in the series opener on Friday. The support was more then enough for Casey (2-4), who struck out five while yielding just an unearned run on six hits over 7.0 innings.

Casey On The Bump
Thanks to his performance, Casey stretched his scoreless streak to 16.2 innings, including 12.2 during league play, while improving to 2-4 and lowering his team-best ERA to 3.66 (10th NEC). Additionally, the Garden State native is fourth in the league with 46.2 innings pitched and has walked just 10 batters.

Casey During NEC Play ...
Is an impressive 10-5 with 58 strikeouts, against 24 walks, and a 3.74 ERA over 130 innings. Addtionally, when pitching at home during that time Casey is 6-1 with a 2.88 ERA and 35 strikeouts, against just 11 walks, over 72.0 innings.

Gordo Breaks Out
Junior Jason Gordon led the way in Friday's rout, going 4-for-4 with a triple and three RBI while reaching base safely all five times and raised his average 54 points in the process. For his career, he is now batting .373 (15-of-51) at home during league play.

Law Of Averages
One game after crossing the plate 12 times, the Seahawks could only manage one run of offense in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader. However, that was all Morris needed as the hard-throwing lefty spun his first collegiate complete game shutout. In the Green & White's 1-0 victory, he limited Knight hitters to a miniscule .167 average (4-of-24) and did not permit a runner to reach third safely over his dominating seven-inning performance.

NEC Comes Calling ... Again
For the second time this season Morris was selected as the NEC Pitcher of the Week, sharing the honor with Bryant's Craig Schlitter. Morris notched his first honor after pitching a career-high 7.1 innings in the Green & White's 2-1 victory over Army.

Interesting
Casey and Morris each didn't yield an earned run to FDU for the second-straight season.

Long Clinches Series
After droping a 7-3 decision in the third game of the series, Wagner rallied for a 5-1 win over FDU in the series finale between the teams. Freshman RHP Nolan Long clinched the series with the Seahawks' third dominating performance from a starting pitcher on the weekend as the Green & White hoopster yielded just one run on four hits over 7.0 innings en route to his first collegiate victory. Long, like Morris two starts before him, limited Fairleigh Dickinson to a miniscule .167 average (4-for-24).

Domination
Both Morris and Long did not allow a leadoff hitter ro reach safely last weekend (0-for-14).

Five-Spot
Mammino closed out the series with 2.0 scoreless innings of relief to earn his first collegiate save while becoming the fifth different Wagner pitcher to record a stop this season.

This Season
Mammino has allowed just one run and two hits over 6.2 innings of relief while posting a 1.35 ERA.

A Happy Birthday
After dropping both ends of a doubleheader on his 32nd birthday, Carone's 33rd birthday was much happier thanks to the Seahawks' series-clinching victory over FDU on Sunday, April 13. As a collegiate player, assistant and head coach Carone is 11-3 when playing/coaching on his birthday at the Division I level.

All He Does Is Reach
Dini has now reached base safely in 18-straight games while posting a .400 OBP during that time. The third-year starter is hitting .260 with four doubles, one triple, a team-best three home runs and a team-leading 14 RBI.

More Dini
Dini is second in the NEC and tops on the team with 12 stolen bases. Additionally, the three-year starter has also thrown out 45.0 percent (9-of-20) of runners on the bases behind the dish.

Man Of Many Gloves
Dini is also leading Wagner in positions played (4) as the 2013 NEC First Team selection has seen time at catcher (17 games), second base (4 games), shortstop (1 games) and third base (5 games).

Flynn On Fire
Over his last seven games, Flynn is hitting .409 (9-of-22) with eight runs, eight RBI, two doubles and two home runs. In his first 22 games, he had just four runs, five RBI and four extra-base hits. Flynn leads the squad with four multi-RBI games and is second with eight multi-hit games.

Smith Heating Up
Senior Chris Smith reached base at a smouldering .588 clip last week against FDU, hitting .462 (6-for-13) with five runs while hitting safely in all four games. On the year, he is leading the Seahawks in hitting (.282), hits (29), doubles (8), extra-base hits (11), total bases (45) and slugging (.437).

Maz Clutch
Last weekend against Fairleigh Dickinson, junior Tommy Mazurkiewicz hit .357 (5-for-14) with four RBI and three runs,, highlighted by going 3-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

Against Knight Pitching ...
The trio of Dini, Mazurkiewicz and Smith are hitting a combined .370 (40-for-108) for their careers with 24 runs, 11 extra-base hits, 24 RBI and 13 stolen bases for their careers.

Yesko/Lynn Break Out
Junior Zack Yesko and sophomore John Lynn combined to go 8-for-24 (.333) with three doubles and six RBI against Fairleigh Dickinson after registering just 12 hits, one double and two RBI entering last weekend's play.

Mascelli Going Strong
Despite going just 2-for-15 last weekend, freshman Nick Mascelli continues to lead the Green & White in hits (29), walks (17) and OBP (.397).

Iron Five
Dini, Flynn, Mascelli, Mazurkiewicz and Smith have each started all 29 games for Wagner this season. The quintet has recorded 77.6 percent (66/85) of the team's runs, 68.2 percent (135/198) of the hits, 80.0 percent (36/45) of the extra base hits and 66.7 percent (52/78) of the RBI.

Impressive
The five teams (Elon, Texas State, Army, No. 8 Cal Poly, No. 15 UC Santa Barbara) that the Green & White has squared off in non-conference weekend match-ups of at least three games have a 117-54 (.684) record.

In The Pros
2013 Seattle Mariner 14th round selection Ian Miller recently started his second pro season with the Clinton LumberKings of the Low A Midwest League and is hitting .333 (10-for-30) with nine runs, five walks, three extra-base hits and three stolen bases over nine games.

Pitching Steps Up In Win Over Rider
In the win over Rider, the bullpen combined to hold the Broncs to just four hits over 5.0 scoreless innings of work. Battaglia earned the win and Adams the save as each hurler pitched 2.0 frames As a unit, the Seahawk pitching staff limited the Rider hitters to a paltry .077 average (1-for-13) with runners in scoring position.

Dini Named To Johnny Bench Award List
Dini was one of 72 backstops to be named to the official watch list for the 2014 Johnny Bench Award presented by BaseballSavings.com. Dini, who has hit safely in five of six games this season, earned First Team All-Northeast Conference (NEC) honors as a catcher last season, batting .312 with a team-best 20 extra-base hits, including 14 doubles, two triples and four home runs with a team-leading 46 RBI. Additionally, the two-year starter threw out 29.4 percent (10-of-34) of runners trying to steal.

The Long & Short Of It
Long was recently tabbed as the preseason Rookie of the Year by Baseball America and was drafted by the S.F. Giants in the 38th round of the 2012 MLB Draft before attending prep school.

At The Ballpark
Wagner holds an all-time record of 87-50 (.635) at Richmond County Bank Ballpark since the program began calling the stadium home for the 2008 campaign. Additionally, the Seahawks are 60-37 (.619) during NEC games and 27-13 (.675) in non-conference match-ups.

2014 NEC Poll
Bryant was tabbed first with Sacred Heart second, CCSU third, Sacred Heart, LIU Brooklyn fourth, Wagner fifth, the Mount sixth and Fairleigh Dickinson seventh.

Up Next
Wagner will host Rutgers and former head coach Joe Litterio on Wednesday, April 23 at 3:30 pm.

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