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Baseball Resumes NEC Play This Weekend With Four-Game Series At Bryant

Games 29-32
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Wagner College Seahawks (10-18; 5-7 NEC)
@ Bryant University Bulldogs 
(20-7; 9-1 NEC)
April 15-April 17, 2016
Game DetailsApril 15, 2016 | Smithfield, RI | Conaty Park (500)
April 16, 2016 | Smithfield, RI | Conaty Park (500)
April 17, 2016 | Smithfield, RI | Conaty Park (500)
Game Coverage
April 15, 2016: Live Stats
April 16, 2016: Live Stats | Live Video (Game 1)
April 16, 2016: Live Stats | Live Video (Game 2)
April 17, 2016: Live Stats

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SEAHAWKS RESUME NORTHEAST CONFERENCE PLAY; TRAVELS TO LEAGUE-LEADERS BRYANT FOR A FOUR-GAME SET:
  • The Wagner baseball team, fresh off of Wednesday's 13-6 victory over Saint Peter's, will look to make it two in a row as Northeast Conference (NEC) play resumes this weekend when the Seahawks travel to Smithfield, RI to meet the first-place Bryant Bulldogs in a four-game series. 


ALL-TIME SERIES WITH THE BRYANT UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS:
  • All-time, Bryant leads the head-to-head matchup, 19-7-0.
  • Last season, these two schools split the regular season meetings (2-2), but the Bulldogs eliminated the Seahawks in the NEC Tournament on May 22, 4-2, at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT. 
  • Over the last ten meetings, Wagner is 4-6 against the Bulldogs and hold an all-time record of 3-9 in Smithfield, RI. 


ON DECK FOR WAGNER:
  • After this weekend's road trip, Wagner embarks on a 10-game homestand, beginning on Wednesday, April 20, as the Seahawks take on former head coach Joe Litterio and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
  • First pitch is set for 3:00 p.m. at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. 
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP:
 
Date/Gm No.TeamPitcherERAW-LG-GSIPBBSO
April 15, 2016/Gm 1WAGNERRHP Mike Adams6.27 1-48-737.11526
BRYANTRHP James Karinchak1.626-17-744.11953
April 16, 2016/Gm 2WAGNERRHP Nick Pavia3.860-215-023.1718
BRYANTRHP Brandon Bingel3.444-27-736.21626
April 16, 2016/Gm 3WAGNERRHP Austin Goeke2.503-27-739.21642
BRYANTRHP James Davitt5.063-17-732.0929
April 17, 2016/Gm 4WAGNERLHP Matt Morris4.562-37-625.21219
BRYANTLHP Steve Theetge4.073-08-424.11018
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR WAGNER:
  • After being held without a hit over the first three innings, the Wagner bats woke up in a big way as the Seahawks stopped an eight-game losing streak by defeating the Saint Peter University Peacocks, 13-6, on Wednesday afternoon at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark.
  • In banging out 14 base hits over the final five innings, Wagner improved to 10-18 overall on the season while the Peacocks fell to 5-23 on the year.
  • Senior RF Ben Ruta (West Windsor, NJ/West-Windsor Plainsboro South) and sophomore 2B Kyle Brey (Middletown, NJ/Middletown South) paced the Green & White with three hits apiece with Ruta driving in a game-high 3 RBIs and Brey scoring three runs.
  • Freshman DH Phil Capra (North Salem, NY/North Salem) added two RBIs, and a run scored, while senior CF Trey Nicosia (State College, PA/State College Area) and sophomore 3B Sean Mazzio (West Chester, PA/Salesianum School [DE]) each had two hits. Nicosia, Mazzio and junior SS Nick Mascelli (Clifton, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) each drove in a run as well.
  • Senior LHP reliever Nick DiLeo (Brooklyn, NY/Xavier [St. John's]) earned his first victory of the season, tossing three innings of one-hit ball, allowing just a run and a walk while striking out three.  Junior RHP Danny Marsh (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township) made his season debut, going two innings, allowing two runs and walking two over the eight batters he faced.
  • The Seahawk bullpen, collectively, went seven innings, giving up seven hits, four runs, two of which were earned, walked two and struck out six batters. 

TABLE SETTERS:
  • In Wednesday's 13-6 victory over Saint Peter's, leadoff hitter, junior shortstop Nick Mascelli (Clifton, NJ/Seton Hall Prep), and senior CF Trey Nicosia (State College, PA/State College Area) combined to bat .333 (3-for-9) with four runs scored and two RBIs.


WELCOME BACK, DANNY:
  • Wednesday afternoon marked the return of junior right hander, Danny Marsh (Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township).
  • Marsh made his season debut vs. Saint Peter's after missing the majority of last year, and the first part of this season, due to injury. 
  • The third-year Seahawk pitched two innings, giving up a couple of hits, two unearned runs and walked two 


FARING WELL AGAINST THE LEFTIES:
  • Through the first 28 games of the 2016 season, the Seahawks have hit left-handed pitching well, posting a .320 overall batting average. 


BOMBS AWAY:
  • Against LIU Brooklyn back on April 8, sophomore outfielder Kyle Cala (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) belted his first career multi-home run game.
  • Cala homered down the right field line in the top of the second.
  • In Wagner's half of the fourth, Cala sent a no-doubter over the left field wall after running the count to a favorable 2-0. 
  • As a team, Wagner has hit 13 home runs on the season, ranking third in the Northeast Conference (NEC). 

TOP OF THE NEC:
  • Through April 12, Wagner leads the conference in batting average (.296) and hits (271) while ranking second in on-base percentage (.364) and scoring (5.3 runs per game).


MASCELLI CONTINUES TO HIT:
  • Despite missing the LIU Brooklyn series, Mascelli picked off where he left off as one of the nation's leading hitters.
  • The third-year Seahawk is batting .412 on the season, ranking him among the top-20 batters in the NCAA (14th through games played April 12). 
  • Mascelli, who currently holds a four-game hitting streak, started the year with a seven-game hit streak.


AWESOME AUSTIN:
  • Junior RHP Austin Goeke (Bordentown, NJ/The Hun School) has already set a career high in starts (7) while lowering his ERA in the process.
  • Last year, the 6-5 Garden State native pitched to the tune of a 1-3 record and 5.24 ERA. 
  • This season, in those seven starts, Goeke is 3-2 with a 2.50 ERA, which ranks sixth in the NEC.
  • Additionally, Goeke has a career-best 42 strikeouts this season, which is third in the league

SACRIFICING FOR THE GREATER GOOD:
  • Senior outfielder Trey Nicosia (State College, PA/State College Area) enters Wednesday with 17 career sacrifices, which is good for third all-time in Wagner history.
  • The veteran outfielder needs just four more sacrifices to tie Chris Smith ('14) for second with 21 and 11 more to tie the all-time leader, Damian Csakai ('10), who finished his career with 27. 

 MASCELLI & RUTA CLIMBING CAREER HITS LIST:
  • Junior SS Nick Mascelli and senior outfielder Ben Ruta (West Windsor, NJ/West-Windsor Plainsboro South) are racking up the hits and rapidly approaching the 200-hit milestone.
  • Mascelli enters the weekend series with Bryant with 158 career hits, which is tied for 17th all-time in Wagner history with Jon Lucas ('11).  
  • Ruta, who went 3-for-5 against Saint Peter's, has 141 career hits, which puts him alone in 25th place.
Wagner Baseball Career Hit List (10 through 25)
RankPlayerCareer Hits
10Gil Barkman188
11Tommy Higgins175
12Joseph DiGeronimo173
13Ian Miller171
14Chris Dreschesel166
Joe Francisco166
16Brian Marutartus161
17Jon Lucas158
Nick Mascelli158
19Peter DiStefano157
20Kan Furst152
Bryan DiStefano152
22Ed Sudol148
Ken Arnold148
24John Von Ahnen144
25Ben Ruta141

 
SEAHAWKS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL:
Nick Dini
  • Finished his first season of professional baseball as a member of the Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie | Pioneer League| Kansas City Royals organization). 
  • The 2015 NEC Player of the Year batted .316 with four home runs, 29 RBIs to go along with 11 doubles, 16 walks and a OPS (On-base + Slugging Percentage) of .847. 
  • The Chukars open their season on June 15. 


Nolan Long
  • The towering 6-10 right hander earned his first win of the season for the Great Lakes Loons, hurling 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just a hit, walking on and striking out three batters as the Loons defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (Toronto Blue Jays Class A Affiliate), 5-4, back on April 9. 


Ian Miller
  • In four games so far for the Jackson Generals (Seattle Mariners Double-A Affiliate), Miller is batting .333 (5-for-15) with four runs scored, a triple and a RBI. 


Andrew Bailey
  • After missing out a spot in the bullpen with the Philadelphia Phillies out of spring training, Bailey saw action in his first Triple A game of the season for the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs, tossing a scoreless inning of relief, striking out two and walking one against the Syracuse Chiefs (Washington Nationals Triple A Affiliate). 
Sign up for Baseball Brunch, April 24! — Come out to the Student Alumni Association's Baseball Brunch onSunday, April 24 at 11 a.m., share a few drinks with friends, and enjoy a bite to eat at Staten Island's Pier 76, before heading down the street to the Richmond County Ballpark to cheer the Seahawks on to victory against Mount St. Mary's at 1 p.m. Your $5 online or $10 door ticket includes Pier 76 pizza and bar food as well as access to exclusive drink specials (available for those with a valid 21 & over ID). Click here to register online.
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Players Mentioned

Nick Dini

#11 Nick Dini

C/INF
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Nolan Long

#32 Nolan Long

RHP
6' 10"
Sophomore
R/R
Mike Adams

#21 Mike Adams

RHP
5' 11"
Senior
R/R
Kyle Brey

#1 Kyle Brey

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore
L/R
Kyle Cala

#20 Kyle Cala

OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
Nick DiLeo

#4 Nick DiLeo

LHP
5' 11"
Junior
L/L
Austin Goeke

#29 Austin Goeke

RHP
6' 5"
Junior
R/R
Danny Marsh

#13 Danny Marsh

RHP
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Nick Mascelli

#2 Nick Mascelli

INF
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Sean Mazzio

#24 Sean Mazzio

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Nick Dini

#11 Nick Dini

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
C/INF
Nolan Long

#32 Nolan Long

6' 10"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Mike Adams

#21 Mike Adams

5' 11"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Kyle Brey

#1 Kyle Brey

5' 11"
Sophomore
L/R
INF
Kyle Cala

#20 Kyle Cala

6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Nick DiLeo

#4 Nick DiLeo

5' 11"
Junior
L/L
LHP
Austin Goeke

#29 Austin Goeke

6' 5"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Danny Marsh

#13 Danny Marsh

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Nick Mascelli

#2 Nick Mascelli

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
INF
Sean Mazzio

#24 Sean Mazzio

5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
INF

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