New Britain, CT - The Wagner baseball team resumes its season series with the defending Northeast Conference (NEC) champions, Central Connecticut, this weekend at CCSU Baseball Field.
With inclement weather in the forecast, Friday's first-pitch between the Seahawks and Blue Devils will now be set for 12:00 p.m.
Last Time Out...
- The Seahawks were able to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth before Merrimack scored twice in the sixth and eighth before Wagner gave it one final ride, falling to the Warriors, 6-5, in the series finale on Sunday afternoon.
- The Green & White had four players tally multi-hit games as Dante Faicchio, Griffin Selby, Cody Bey and David Melfi each had two hits.
- Melfi and AJ Vigliotti drive in a pair of RBIs on the afternoon. Faicchio collected the Green & White's other RBI.
2022 NEC Baseball Standings As Of 5/4/2022
| SCHOOL |
NEC |
PCT |
OVERALL |
PCT |
STREAK |
| Central Connecticut |
12-6 |
.667 |
22-12 |
.647 |
Won, 5 |
| LIU |
12-6 |
.667 |
27-15 |
.643 |
Lost, 1 |
| FDU |
12-6 |
.667 |
20-23 |
.465 |
Lost, 4 |
| Bryant |
11-7 |
.611 |
21-21 |
.500 |
Lost, 1 |
| WAGNER |
8-10 |
.444 |
12-29 |
.293 |
LOST, 2 |
| Merrimack |
7-11 |
.389 |
12-26-1 |
.321 |
Won, 2 |
| Mount St. Mary's |
5-13 |
.278 |
12-27 |
.308 |
Won, 1 |
| Sacred Heart |
5-13 |
.278 |
7-35 |
.167 |
Lost, 1 |
All-Time Against Central Connecticut...
- The Seahawks and Blue Devils have met 102 times in program history with CCSU holding a 68-34 edge in the head-to-head series.
- These two teams opened up conference play against one another back in March, with Wagner taking the opener, 5-1, before dropping the series, 14-9 and 8-3, at ShoreTown Ballpark.
- Wagner batted .255 in the three-game set with Faicchio leading the way with a .417 batting average (5 for 12) with a team-high four RBI.
- DiMaggio Cazares and Mike Ruggiero added three RBIs while Maimu Kobayashi scored a team-leading four runs.
- On the mound, Frankie Wright, John LaPointe, and Eric Crouse didn't allow a run in their respective outings.
- Wright earned his first collegiate win against the Blue Devils, tossing five scoreless innings while squandering just two hits while recording a then career-high six strikeouts.
Seahawk Tidbits...
- Griffin Selby leads the team with a 14-game on-base streak. He, along with Quinn Mimnaugh and Cody Bey are riding four-game hit streaks.
- Faicchio is among the league leaders in slugging percentage (5th | .548), hits (9th | 46), RBIs (4th | 38), doubles (T5 | 12), and home runs (3rd | 9).
- Kobayashi is fourth in the conference in runs scored with 34 and has been hit by a pitch 14 times this season, second most to FDU's George Rosales.
- Over the last ten games, three Seahawks are hitting over .350, led by Griffin Selby, who is batting a robust .457 (16 for 35) with eight runs scored, eight doubles, and tied with teammate AJ Vigliotti with eight RBIs.
- Cody Bey is batting .429 over his last ten games while matching Selby with eight runs scored. Bey and Faicchio are each 3 of 3 in stolen base chances over the last ten contests.
- Crouse has recorded a team-leading 11 strikeouts over his last three outings while limiting opponents to just a .194 batting average.
About Central Connecticut...
- The Blue Devils are tied for first-place in the NEC with LIU and FDU, as all three teams are 12-6 in league play, but CCSU sports a better overall win percentage at .647.
- CCSU enters play with a five-game win streak after besting Hartford, 14-9, on the road on Tuesday afternoon.
- The Blue Devils collected a season-high 17 hits.
- Hunter Pasqualini went 4 for 5 with four runs scored and six RBI at the plate against the Hawks.
- Dan Covino and Michael Torniero each had three hits.
- The Blue Devils are 11-1 in their last 12 games.
- Three players are hitting over .300, led by Covino (.344) and followed by Sam Loda (.330) and Pasqualini (.329).
- Four Blue Devils have scored 30 or more runs this season, led by Jay Devito, who has crossed the plate 39 times. Pasqualini is next with 36 followed by Covino (33) and Loda (30).
- Noah Martinez has clubbed a team-leading 10 home runs on the year to go along with a team-high 46 RBIs.
- On the mound, Anthony Mozzicato has earned six wins this year while Dominic Niman has retired 51 batters via the strikeout.
- Vincent Spizzoucco has posted a 5-1 overall record to go along with three saves and a 2.65 ERA.
On Deck For Wagner...
- The Seahawks wraps up its season series with Mount St. Mary's in Lakewood, NJ at ShoreTown Ballpark, as Wagner will host the Mountaineers May 13-15.
