Photo Credit: Gerry Nelson Wall ('81)
 

Game 33-35 | April 18-20, 2019 Wagner College Seahawks (12-20; 6-6 NEC) @ Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (11-24; 5-7 NEC) Emmittsburg, MD | E.T. Straw Family Stadium
Gameday Info	April 18, 2019 | 3:00 PM   Live Stats: April 19, 2019 | 12:00 PM   Live Stats: April 20, 2019 | 1:00 PM   Live Stats:
Series History	Wagner leads 62-42
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Emmittsburg, MD  –  Winners of two straight, the Wagner College baseball team resumes its Northeast Conference (NEC) schedule this weekend, as the Seahawks gear up for a three-game set down at Mount St. Mary's, beginning on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. 

Date	Team	Pitcher	W-L	ERA	G-GS	IP	SO	BB
April 18, 2019	Wagner	RHP Eric Ligda	0-4	6.44	8-8	43.1	42	25
	Mount St. Mary's	LHP Trey McGough	3-3	4.61	7-7	41.0	37	9
April 19, 2019	Wagner	LHP Neil Abbatiello	1-4	4.91	8-8	44.0	28	22
	Mount St. Mary's	RHP Jordan Geber	1-1	8.33	8-8	35.2	40	21
April 20, 2019	Wagner	RHP McCae Allen	3-4	5.88	10-7	33.2	33	26
	Mount St. Mary's	TBA

 

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// The Series: 
» Wagner and Mount St. Mary's have met 104 times all-time with the Seahawks leading the head-to-head matchup, 62-42. 
» These two teams opened up the Northeast Conference (NEC) season against one another in Piscataway, NJ at Bainton Field, with the Green & White taking two-of-three from the Mountaineers. 
» The Seahawks are 8-2 against the Mountaineers over the last ten meetings. 
» Mount snapped Wagner's six-game win streak over them in the conference lidlifter, 6-5, back on March 15 before the Seahawks rattled of the next two wins, 9-8 and 4-0 in taking the series. 

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2019 NEC Baseball Standings (Through 4/16/19)

SCHOOL	NEC RECORD	PCT	OVERALL	PCT	STREAK
1. Bryant	7-2	.778	24-12	.667	Lost, 1
2. Central Connecticut	5-4	.556	15-12	.556	Won, 3
3. WAGNER	6-6	.500	12-20	.375	WON, 2
Sacred Heart	6-6	.500	12-21	.364	Lost, 2
5. LIU Brooklyn	5-7	.417	13-20	.394	Won, 1
Mount St. Mary's	5-7	.417	11-24	.314	Lost, 5
Fairleigh Dickinson	5-7	.417	7-24-1	.234	Lost, 1

// Last Time Out For Wagner...
» Wagner erupted for a season-high 17 runs on a season-best 22 hits in posting a 17-6 midweek victory over Saint Peter's on Tuesday afternoon. 
» Eight of the nine Wagner starters had at least one hit while senior Anthony Pecora and junior Freddy Sabido led the offensive barrage at the plate with four hits apiece. 
» Pecora, along with junior RF Griffin Schneider, led the offense with four RBIs apiece. 
» Pecora and fellow classmate, Joe Silvestrone, scored three runs apiece as well. 


// Last Time Against Mount St. Mary's... 
» McCae Allen tossed 6.1 shutout innings while senior shortstop Anthony Pecora provided two of the four runs as Wagner blanked Mount St. Mary's, 4-0, back on March 17. 
» Allen earned his first victory in the contest, allowing just five hits in those 6.1 scoreless frames while striking out five batters. 
» Sophomore Nick LePre picked up his first save of the season in the closing out the Mountaineers. 
» Senior CF Joe Silvestrone, Johnson and junior Griffin Schneider each had two hits, with Schneider and sophomore Brandon Hall each delivering an RBI in the victory. Pecora, junior Tyler Sanfillippo, Schneider and Hall each scored a run for the Seahawks.


// Head Coach Jim Carone Continue To Climb Up The Career Wins Ladder..
» Winners of two straight, Wagner head coach Jim Carone, a two-time Northeast Conference (NEC) Coach of the Year, continued his upward trend on the all-time career wins list. 
» Carone has now moved north of 180 career victories, standing at 183, heading into this three-game stretch with Mount St. Mary's. 
» Carone is just one of two Wagner bench bosses to ever accumulate 175 or more wins, joining former Seahawk head coach, Joe Litterio, who amassed a program-record 240 career wins in 12 seasons on Grymes Hill. 

ALL-TIME CAREER COACHING RECORD

Coach	Years	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct
Joe Litterio	12	240	372	2	.393
JIM CARONE	8	183	221	1	.452
Herb Sutter	16	149	128	7	.537
Rich Vitaliano	8	120	208	3	.367

// Over The Last Ten Games For Wagner... 
» Wagner is 5-5 over its last ten games
» Five Seahawks are batting .300 or better, led by junior Tyler Sanfillippo, who leads the way with a .400 batting and a .550 slugging percentage. Sanfillippo has notched 12 RBIs over his last ten games.
» Junior Griffin Schneider continues his robust hitting, batting .356 over the last ten contest (16-for-45) with six runs scored, two doubles, a triple, a home run, and a team-leading 14 RBIs, not to mention a .511 slugging percentage. 


// About Mount St. Mary's...
» The Mountaineers enter play at 11-24 and 5-7 in NEC play. 
» Mount St. Mary's got ten runs on 13 hits but it wasn't enough as they fell to Coppin State, 13-10, on Tuesday afternoon. 
» Ryan Fisher went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, a double and a stolen base. 
» Thomas Bramley, the NEC's Co-Rookie of the Week, connected on his second career home run against the Eagles on Tuesday. 
» Myles Nicholson leads the team in average (.406), hits (52), runs (34) and stolen bases (33). 
» On the mound, Trey McGough has logged the most innings (41.0) while Jordan Geber, who the Seahawks will see in game two, leads the Mountaineers arms with 40 strikeouts. 

// On Deck For Wagner...