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Cary, NC - Freshman Cody Bey delivered what turned out to be the only run of the game as his RBI grounder in the top of the third lifted the Wagner baseball team past Penn State, 1-0, in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at the USA Baseball National Training Center.

Senior right-hander Ryan Lauk threw six shutout innings in earning his first win of the season. The Mullica Hill, NJ native matched his career-high with seven strikeouts while issuing just one walk and three hits. 

Sophomore John LaPointe matched Lauk, firing three scoreless innings in picking up the save. The former Monsignor Farrell product struck out a career-high six batters in his second appearance of the season.

Newcomer Henry Martinez produced three hits out of the leadoff spot while Bey along with juniors Ben Montenegro and AJ Medrano also recorded base hits. 

Justin Williams led the way at the plate for the Nittany Lions with two hits. 

Junior Ben Montenegro led off the third with a single to center and advanced to second after Medrano grounded out to third. Martinez got his second hit of the game, sending on to left that gave Wagner runners on the corner. 

On the first-pitch of the at-bat, Bey sent a grounder to short and hustled down-the-line to beat out the throw as Montenegro crossed the plate. In the bottom half of the inning, Penn State was able to get back-to-back two outs hits but Lauk was able to get Ryan Ford to line out to short to end the threat. 

Lauk retired the next ten batters before handing the ball to LaPointe, who gave up a double down the right field line to Curtis Robinson as that was the final hit for Penn State in the contest. 

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Somerset, NJ - Senior Freddy Sabido of the Wagner baseball team claimed the season's first Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Week award, the league office announced on Tuesday afternoon.

🏅Official @NECsports Player of the Week🏅

👉 Freddy Sabido, @WagnerAthletics

🗒️ Sabido started all three games of Wagner's season-opening series in leftfield while accounting for a .400 on-base percentage and a league-high four RBI at the plate. pic.twitter.com/RnmplBveUk

— Northeast Conference Baseball (@necbaseball) February 18, 2020

For Sabido, this marks the third time in his Seahawk career that he has earned the weekly accolade, as he closed out the 2019 campaign earning the final Player of the Week honor as well as collecting the citation back on April 2, 2018.  

In all, the announcement marks his fifth weekly award, as he also was a two-time Rookie of the Week award winner. 

Starting all three games out in leftfield, the 6'7" southpaw accounted for a .400 on-base percentage at the plate. He totaled four singles, two walks, two stolen bases, and a league-high four RBI. 

The Staten Island native hit safely in all three contests against Norfolk State, highlighted by some late-inning heroics in the series opener. Sabido capped off his three-RBI performance on Opening Day with a two-run single with one out in the ninth that tied the game at 10-10 before Wagner went on to take an 11-10 victory. 

Sabido and the Seahawks continue their lengthy road slate this upcoming weekend, as the Green & White travels to Cary, NC where they will square off against Big Ten members, Penn State, at the USA Baseball Complex. 























Norfolk, VA - The Wagner College baseball team rallied from a two-run deficit in taking a 3-2 after five innings but Norfolk State scored five times in the bottom of the sixth in posting a 7-3 victory in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. 

Freshman Cody Bey led the way for the Seahawks at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a run scored and drove in his first career RBI. Senior Freddy Sabido and newcomer AJ Medrano also drove in runs for the visitors. 

Senior right-hander McCae Allen took the ball this afternoon, allowing two runs on four hits in 4.1 innings of work while striking out five and walking three. Freshman Nick DeCarlo was tagged with the loss after pitching 1.1 innings in relief of Allen, giving up five runs on three hits. 

Ty Hanchey led the way for Norfolk State, going 2 for 2 with two runs scored and driving in a pair for the Spartans. Alsander Womack and Adam Collins also drove in two RBIs while Caleb Ward and Danny Hosley produced multi-hit games, joining Hanchey with two hits. 

NSU's starter, Justin Walton allowed three runs (one earned) over five innings of work in which he walked one and struck out five batters. Josue Cumba picked up the win after pitching 2.2 scoreless frames in which he gave up a hit and struck out four of the eight batters he faced. 

Both teams were held scoreless after the first two innings before Norfolk State went ahead 2-0. Back-to-back walks from Allen and a wild pitch allowed both Collins and Hanchey to move into scoring position. 

Allen was able to strike out Brandon Crosby for the first out of the inning before Womack rolled one to short, which allowed Collins to trot home for the first run of the game. Ward came up next and delivered a double down the left field line that plated home the second run. 

The Seahawks cracked through in their half of the fourth. With one out, Sabdio ripped a single to center field that allowed Bey to score from second in cutting the Norfolk State lead in half, 2-1. 

Wagner's momentum carried over an inning later, as the Seahawks scored twice in taking the lead, 3-2. Henry Martinez reached on a throwing error by the NSU second baseman before junior Mike Ruggiero ripped a single back up-the-middle. Martinez moved to third following a throwing error from the Spartans catcher. 

With the count in his favor, Medrano roped a single to left center, scoring Martinez, which tied the game at 2-2. A batter later, Bey laced one to left field, bringing Medrano from second as the Seahawks took a 3-2 lead. 

The lead remained in tack for Wagner before Norfolk State batted around in the bottom of the sixth, in which they scored five times on four hits as Collins and Hanchey each delivered a pair of two-run singles that gave the lead back to Norfolk State and going on to win by that same score. 

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The Wagner College baseball team lost the middle game of its three-game series at Norfolk State, 5-3, on Saturday afternoon from Marty L. Miller Field. 

The Spartans jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Seahawks chipped away with a run in the fourth as junior Emil Matti doubled down the right field line that brought in senior Tyler Sanfilippo. Norfolk added a score in the bottom half of the frame that made it 3-1. 

In the top of the fifth, Sanfilippo sent a two-out single to right center as DiMaggio Cazares scored.  Norfolk State doubled its lead following an RBI base hit to right off-the-bat of Ty Hanchey. 

The visitors once again found themselves trailing by a run, as, in the top of the eighth, newcomer David Melfi singled through the left side to bring in Freddy Sabido as the Seahawks were down, 4-3

Brandon Crosby added an insurance run in the home half of the eighth as the Spartans went up 5-3 and held on to win by that same margin. 

Junior right-hander Pat Gallagher recorded five strikeouts, walked two, gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits in his first start of the season. The Worcester, MA native lasted 3.1 frames in taking the loss. 

Cazares led the way for the Seahawks with two hits. Fellow newcomers Cody Bey, Melfi and AJ Medrano all added a hit as well. 

Adam Collins and Ty Hanchey had two hits for the Spartans with Hanchey driving in two RBI and Collins crossing the plate twice. 

Ridge Walker allowed just two runs on six hits while walking two and striking out seven Seahawks over seven innings in picking up the win. James Deloatch worked the final two innings in earning the save. 

These two teams wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon with the first-pitch scheduled for 12:00 p.m. 







 

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Norfolk, VA - In the 2020 season opener on Friday afternoon, both Wagner and Norfolk State answered one another's rallies. The Spartans went up 10-7 n the bottom of the eight before the Seahawks mounted one last charge and plated home four unanswered in their half of the ninth in posting an 11-10 victory at Marty L. Miller Field. 

The Green & White senior trio of Griffin Schneider, Freddy Sabido and Tyler Sanfilippo combined to drive in eight of Wagner's 11 runs this afternoon as they combined to go 5 of 13 at the plate with three runs scored in powering the offense. 

Senior Nick Zuppe pitched four innings of relief in earning his first win of the 2020 campaign while junior right-hander Kevin Wiseman came on to record his first save of the year. 

Alsander Womack and Stephen Baughan each had four hits at the plate to lead Norfolk State with Baughan driving in a team-high four RBI. Womack scored four times while Caleb Ward, who had two hits, crossed the plate thrice. 

Jackson Sanchez,  who came on for Tyler Morgan, was tagged with the loss. 

Norfolk State tied the game at 7-7 in the bottom of  the sixth after Baughan lofted a sacrifice fly to center that Womack was able to tag up and score on. Following a single through the right side from Mason Velasquez, Danny Hosley put the home team ahead, 8-7, on a sac-fly to left, scoring Ward from third base. 

After a scoreless inning and a half, the Spartans tacked on two more runs to increase the lead to 10-7, as once again Velasquez was the catalyst, as he singled to center followed by an RBI groundout from Hosley that Wagner was able to turn into the 6-4-3 double play. 

In the ninth, junior Emil Matti came on as a pinch-hitter and walked. Schneider continued his strong day with a single to right center field, which forced Norfolk State to go to its bullpen. 

With Sanchez inserted into the contest, junior Mike Ruggiero reached on a fielder's choice as Matti was forced out at third. Newcomer Cody Bey drew a walk that loaded the bases for fellow newbie, DiMaggio Cazares. 

Cazares was patient at the plate and ultimately drew the free pass which allowed Schneider to walk in and the Spartan lead reduce to two. Sabido was the next batter and, on a 1-1 pitch from Sanchez, roped a single through the right side that scored both Bey and Ruggiero and tied the game at 10-10. 

Sanfilippo took the first pitch he saw from Sanchez and sent it to right field as Cazares was able to tag up and score the go-ahead run, giving Wagner an 11-10 advantage. 
Wiseman came on and struck out Mikey Delgado before getting Ty Hanchey to fly out to right for the second out of the inning. The Axtell, TX native issued a walk to Brandon Crosby, before he found himself at second on a wild pitch. 

The Seahawks elected to intentionally walk Womack before Wiseman closed the door on the victory in getting Ward to pop out to second for Wagner's first win of the year. 

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These two teams resume the series on Saturday afternoon with first-pitch set for 2:00 p.m. 























Norfolk, VA – The Wagner College baseball team opens the 2020 season this afternoon against Norfolk State. The three-game series with the Spartans continues on Saturday and Sunday. 

THE TEAMS: Wagner finished third in the Northeast Conference (NEC) a season ago, qualifying for the postseason for the 14th time and fifth in the last six seasons. The Seahawks, who finished 19-32 overall and 11-13 in league play, were picked third by the league coaches in the preseason poll. 

Norfolk State is coming off a 24-26 season that included a MEAC Northern Division title and runner-ups finish in the conference tournament. The Spartans were also picked to finish third in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). 

They return 23 members from last season's squad, which includes Preseason MEAC Player of the Year, Alsander Womack, along with All-MEAC Second Team selections in Stephen Baughan and Caleb Ward. 

All-Time Against Norfolk State: 
Wagner is 3-2 all-time against Norfolk State, as these two teams met back in 2016, with the Seahawks sweeping the March 6 doubleheader, 8-1 and 6-1. 

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 | 3:00 PM
Wagner – RHP Ryan Lauk
Norfolk State – RHP Alex Wright

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 | 2:00 PM
Wagner – RHP Pat Gallagher
Norfolk State – LHP Ridge Walker

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 | 12:00 PM
Wagner – RHP McCae Allen 
Norfolk State – Justin Walton

SEAHAWK SEASON OUTLOOK:  
This will be the ninth season under the direction of head coach Jim Carone. Carone is just ten wins away from becoming just the second bench boss in school to amass 200 career victories, joining former Seahawk skipper, Joe Litterio (240). 

Overall, Wagner 23 players from a season ago, led by multiple time All-NEC selection, Freddy Sabido, who garnered Second Team honors a season ago. Joining Sabido, classmate Tyler Sanfilippo will look to continue his hot hitting from a season ago, as he batted .400 in conference-only games a season ago. 

Also, the Green & White will feature 12 newcomers for the slate of 51 games, including 20 games at Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George, the home of the Staten Island Yankees of the New York Penn League.

CALL TO ARMS : 
The Wagner pitching staff includes 11 right-handers and two lefties. The projected Opening Weekend starters for the Seahawks (Lauk, Gallagher, Allen) have combined to strike out 130 batters as Lauk and Allen each posted four wins last year. Also in the mix will be senior Justin Beyer, who appeared in 17 games while making five starts and logged 51.0 innings while striking out 44 batters.

In the bullpen, Coach Carone will have a plethora of options, with the likes of senior Nick Zuppe, juniors Kevin Wiseman, Mike Pirrotta, and Nick LePre. Sophomore lefty John LaPointe will look to add to his save total from a season ago, as the Staten Island native made three saves while striking out 26 batters in 2019. Josh Casado, 
 who missed the 2019 campaign due to injury, will look to leave his mark on the hill, as well as left-hander, Brandon Demma. Wagner added two newcomers in Nick DeCarlo, who was recently ranked 109th on the Top-150 Impact Freshman according to D1Baseball.com, and Dallen Turner, a 6-2 right-hander from St. George, Utah. 

BEHIND-THE-PLATE:
Wagner has five catchers on the 2020 roster. Junior Brandon Hall and sophomore Johnny Kampes returns and are joined by newcomers David Melfi, John Castiglione, and AJ Donofrio. Hall batted .258 in 33 games last year while Kampes threw out a team-high 14 runners. 

AROUND-THE-HORN :
Sanfilippo, who played 48 games at first base, and junior Mike Ruggiero, who served primarily as the team's second baseman in 2019, will provide the experience around the diamond for the Seahawks. Alex Cimaroli, Ben Montenegro, and Shamus Connolly have seen action at different parts of the infield. New to the mix are freshmen Cody Bey, Ethan Valdez and Wyatt Duncan, who also join Quinn Mimnaugh as depth options for Coach Carone. 

PATROLLING THE OUTFIELD:
The Seahawks have a good mix of veterans at its disposal to patrol the outfield grass, with the likes of senior Griffin Schneider, junior Emil Matti, and Sabido. Senior Eric Lauk can provide a spark off the bench. Coach Carone added three players in Sam Daggers, DiMaggio Cazares, and Henry Martinez. 

UP NEXT:
After completing its opening weekend series in Norfolk, VA, the Seahawks will remain on the road as they will head to Cary, NC to tangle with Big Ten members, Penn State, at the USA Baseball Complex. 

The three-game series is set for Friday, February 21 and concludes on Sunday, February 23.