2015 Southern Connecticut State University Baseball Notes Games 1-3 Southern Connecticut (0-0) vs. Barry (3-2) Feb. 14-15 • Miami Shores, Fla.
A NEW SEASON BEGINS The Southern Connecticut State University baseball team starts off the season with a three-game series against Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla. on Feb. 14-15. ALL-TIME AGAINST BARRY The Owls trail the all-time series versus Barry with a record of 0-2. The previous meetings were single games in 2008 and 2012. SCOUTING THE BUCCANEERS Barry is off to a 3-2 start this season, after a 29-20 campaign last season where they finished eighth in Sunshine State Conference play with a 9-15 conference mark. The team is coming off a 9-4 win at Palm Beach Atlantic on Tuesday. IN THE PRESEASON NE-10 COACHES POLL SCSU was picked to repeat as champions of the NE-10 Southwest Division in the NE-10 preseason coaches poll. 2015 Northeast-10 Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll: Northeast Division: 1. Franklin Pierce – 99 (8) 2. Southern New Hampshire – 95 (6) 3. Stonehill – 77 4. Bentley – 67 (1) 5. Merrimack – 55 6. Assumption – 38 7. Saint Anselm – 29 8. Saint Michael’s – 16 Southwest Division: 1. Southern Connecticut – 81 (6) 2. New Haven – 77 (5) 3. Le Moyne – 66 (2) 4. Adelphi – 62 (2) 5. Pace – 40 6. Saint Rose – 27 7. American International – 18
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2015 Southern Connecticut State University Baseball Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result 2/14 Barry (DH) 1 p.m. 2/15 Barry 1 p.m. 2/20 Mercy 4 p.m. 2/21 Nyack 11 a.m. 2/21 Chestnut Hill 2 p.m. 2/22 Felician 9 a.m. 2/28 Merrimack (DH) 12 p.m. 3/1 Merrimack 12 p.m. 3/7 Felician (DH) 12 p.m. 3/8 Molloy 1 p.m. 3/12 Palm Beach Atlantic 6 p.m. 3/13 Molloy 2 p.m. 3/15 Bridgeport 1 p.m. 3/16 Bridgeport 12 p.m. 3/17 Lynn 3 p.m. 3/18 Adelphi 11 a.m. 3/21 Southern N.H. (DH)* 12 p.m. 3/22 Franklin Pierce (DH)* 12 p.m. 3/25 New Haven* 3:30 p.m. 3/28 Pace (DH)* 12 p.m. 3/29 Pace* 12 p.m. 3/31 Adelphi* 3:30 p.m. 4/3 AIC (DH)* 12 p.m. 4/4 AIC (DH)* 12 p.m. 4/8 New Haven* 3:30 p.m. 4/11 Bentley (DH)* 12 p.m. 4/12 Stonehill (DH)* 12 p.m. 4/14 Adelphi* 3:30 p.m. 4/18 Le Moyne* 3 p.m. 4/19 Le Moyne (DH)* 12 p.m. 4/22 New Haven* 3:30 p.m. 4/24 Saint Rose* 3:30 p.m. 4/25 Saint Rose (DH)* 12 p.m. 4/28 Adelphi* 3:30 p.m. 5/2 Assumption (DH) 12 p.m. 5/5 NE-10 First Round TBA 5/7-9 NE-10 Championship TBA 5/14-17 NCAA East Regional TBA 5/22-30 College World Series TBA Home Games in Bold Italics denote neutral site matchup * Denotes Northeast 10 Conference match
2015 Southern Connecticut State University Baseball Notes Games 1-3 Southern Connecticut (0-0) vs. Barry (0-0) Feb. 14-15 • Miami Shores, Fla.
THE CAPTAINS Head coach Tim Shea has announced that Nick Baviello, Brandon Docimo and Pat Egan will captain the Owls this spring. TWO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-REGION Nick Baviello and Matt Burns were both named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All East Region Team. A STRONG VETERAN PRESENCE Southern Connecticut has 18 student-athletes returning from last year’s team that finished with a 24-15-1 mark and won the Northeast-10 Southwest Division Championship. WELCOME TO THE CLUB The Owls welcome 10 newcomers to the team for the 2015 season - Griffin Bremer, McNeill Finnegan, Mike Giordano, Jason Harper, Nilson Ibert, Ryan Kaplan, Zach Merkle, Jordan Picini, Jeremy Rodriquez and Jake Santamaria. CUNDARI SIGNS WITH THE BRAVES Rocco Cundari signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves following the 2014 season. BUSY SUMMER FOR BREEN Joe Breen was named a Summer All-American by the D2 Baseball News for his play with the Wachusett Dirt Dogs at the FCBL. THREE NAMED ALL-ECAC Rocco Cundari, Nick Baviello and Matt Burns were recognized with All-ECAC honors at the conclusion of last year. AMONG THE NCAA STATS LEADERS Pat Egan was sixth with 12.09 strikeouts per nine innings for Southern Connecticut. Rocco Cundari was 13th in earned run average with a 1.56 mark. The Owls were seventh in strikeout-to-walk ratio, 12th in strikeouts per nine innings, 15th in shutouts, 17th in WHIP and 25th
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in walks per nine innings.
TWO TABBED FOR NEIBA ALL-STAR GAME Nick Baviello and Rocco Cundari took part in the 2014 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association AllStar Game. PAIR NAMED ALL-REGION Rocco Cundari and Nick Baviello were recognized with All-Region honors by the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2014. REGIONAL GOLD GLOVE HONOREE Kyle Holland was awarded American Baseball Coaches/ Rawlings Second-Team-All-Region Gold Glove honors for his defensive play in 2014. EIGHT NAMED ALL-CONFERENCE Nick Baviello, Matt Burns, T.K. Kiernan, T.J. Shea, Mike Yerina, Jordan Hamler, Ethan Joyce and Rocco Cundari all earned All-Northeast-10 Conference Team honors in 2014. Rocco Cundari also earned the NE-10 Conference Pitcher of the Year Award. ON DECK The Owls will head to Myrtle Beach, S.C for four games from Feb. 20-22.
2015 Southern Connecticut State University Baseball Notes Games 1-3 Southern Connecticut (0-0) vs. Barry (0-0) Feb. 14-15 • Miami Shores, Fla.
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2015 Southern Connecticut State University Baseball Roster #
Name
Class
Position B/T
Ht.
Wt.
Hometown / High School / Previous School
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 29 30 31 32 34 44
Brandon Docimo Jake Paul Ryan Kaplan Jake Lieberman Zach Merkle Ethan Joyce Joe Uccello Matt Burns Alex Wichmann Nick Baviello Gary Flowers Jake DeRosa Jason Harper Nick Moreira McNeill Finnegan Greg Zullo Austin Brochu Mike Giordano Griffin Bremer A.J. Turnier Pat Egan Jeremy Rodriguez Joe Breen Jordan Picini Nilson Ibert Mike Yerina Jake Santamaria Julian Sobin Cole Bryant
Sr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. Fr. So. R-So. R-Jr. Jr. Sr. R-So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. R-Fr. Fr. R-Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. R-Jr.
3B/OF R/R OF R/R INF L/R C/2B R/R C R/R SS R/R OF L/R CF R/R OF L/R 2B L/R RHP R/R 2B R/R RHP R/R RHP L/R OF R/R 3B/RHP R/R RHP R/R C R/R LHP R/L RHP R/R LHP L/L RHP R/R 1B/LF R/L RHP R/R 3B/C S/R RHP R/R LHP R/L 1B/LF L/R RHP R/R
5-11 6-3 6-0 5-8 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-9 6-1 5-9 6-2 5-9 6-2 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-4 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-4 6-4 5-11 6-4
175 195 180 160 185 185 180 165 180 170 195 185 190 175 210 180 200 180 180 195 205 220 190 195 180 185 185 210 190
Stamford, Conn./Stamford Kingston, N.Y./Kingston Fishkill, N.Y./John Jay-East Fishkill/USC Aiken Commack, N.Y./Commack Coplay, Pa./Parkland Exeter, N.H./Exeter Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury Cheshire, Conn./Xavier Granby, Conn./Millbrook School Orange, Conn./Amity East Haven, Conn./Notre Dame-West Haven North Haven, Conn./Notre Dame-West Haven Saugus, Mass./Northeast Metro Tech/Franklin Pierce Bridgeport, Conn./Bullard Havens Tech Old Saybrook, Conn./Xavier/Saint Anselm Branford, Conn./Notre Dame-West Haven/Stonehill Winsted, Conn./The Gilbert School Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon/Univ. of Rhode Island Higganum, Conn./Haddam-Killingworth Waterford, Conn./Waterford Aberdeen, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis/Monroe College Nashua, N.H./Nashua North
Head Coach: #22 Tim Shea - 13th Season Assistant Coach: #33 Nate Cole - Eighth Season Captains: Nick Baviello, Brandon Docimo and Pat Egan
Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro/Florence-Darlington Tech
Bronx, N.Y./Norman Thomas/Monroe College Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside Ansonia, Conn./Ansonia/Dean College Newington, Conn./Newington
2015 Southern Connecticut State University Baseball Notes Games 1-3 Southern Connecticut (0-0) vs. Barry (0-0) Feb. 14-15 • Miami Shores, Fla.
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The Automated ScoreBook 125 Wintergreen Avenue • New Haven, CT 06515 Overall Statistics for Southern Connecticut (as of 203-392-6005 May 07, •2014) Phone: Fax: 203-392-6967 • Website: www.southernctowls.com (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 24-15-1 Player
Matt Burns T.K. Kiernan Greg Zullo Jake DeRosa Kyle Holland Nick Baviello Julian Sobin Joe Breen T.J. Shea Brandon Docimo Alex Wichmann Joe Uccello Ethan Joyce Will Hindinger Jake Lieberman Jake Paul Tyler Albrecht
avg gp-gs
.359 .358 .357 .333 .319 .314 .313 .276 .263 .260 .257 .250 .202 .200 .182 .056 .000
Home: 7-6
ab
r
h
1-0
167 159 14 9 119 175 147 134 160 127 35 12 119 20 11 18 1
38 24 6 0 17 30 22 17 17 22 7 0 16 1 1 4 0
60 57 5 3 38 55 46 37 42 33 9 3 24 4 2 1 0
40-40 40-40 10-2 7-0 34-33 40-40 40-40 36-36 40-40 36-34 16-8 8-0 39-38 8-4 9-2 14-3
Away: 13-5
Neutral: 4-4-1
2b 3b hr
rbi
10 5 1 1 4 13 12 5 11 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 28 4 1 12 28 23 20 24 15 2 1 9 1 1 1 0
74 65 6 4 42 75 69 55 58 43 13 3 27 5 2 3 0
.443 .409 .429 .444 .353 .429 .469 .410 .363 .339 .371 .250 .227 .250 .182 .167 .000
2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
tb slg%
Conference: 18-9
bb hp
so gdp
ob% sf sh sb-att
8 15 3 0 6 7 28 14 8 13 7 0 22 2 2 3 0
3 2 1 0 1 1 5 4 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
12 14 4 0 8 15 24 30 27 26 11 5 48 6 2 9 1
0 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.388 .420 .500 .333 .354 .342 .434 .355 .301 .336 .395 .250 .342 .273 .357 .227 .000
Totals
.294
40
1427
222
419
71 12 10
192
544
.381
138 28
242
16
Opponents
.247
40
1363
163
337
59
145
458
.336
105 30
322
7
4 18
5 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 9 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0
po
a
20-26 77 10-12 32 1-1 11 0-0 4 9-10 95 7-9 55 7-10 349 2-2 7 0-0 250 5-9 46 1-1 18 0-0 7 3-4 53 0-0 0 0-0 33 0-1 9 0-0 5
1
e fld% 7 .918
72
11 .904
8
2 .905
2
2 .750
8
0 1.000
94
7 .955
25
6 .984
0
0 1.000
28
1 .996
2
2 .960
0
0 1.000
0
0 1.000
91
11 .929
0
0 .000
4
0 1.000
1
0 1.000
9
0 1.000
.363 17 32
65-85
1071
409
61
.960
.313
50-73
1074
441
79
.950
9 19
LOB - Team (346), Opp (292). DPs turned - Team (25), Opp (35). IBB - Team (4), T.J. Shea 2, J. Paul 1, N. Baviello 1, Opp (2).Picked off - J. Sobin 2, M. Burns 2, K. Holland 2, J. DeRosa 2, A. Wichmann 1, B. Docimo 1, E. Joyce 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player
Mike Yerina Rocco Cundari A.J. Turnier Pat Egan Jordan Hamler Tyler Albrecht Greg Zullo Gary Flowers T.K. Kiernan Will Meade Austin Brochu
era
w-l
app gs
cg
sho
sv
ip
h
r
er
bb
so
2b
3b
1.21 1.56 3.04 3.38 4.19 4.21 6.06 6.23 6.23 12.38 13.50
4-1 5-3 4-2 3-3 3-1 5-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0
16 1 12 10 8 8 13 9 8 5 8 7 8 0 6 0 2 0 8 0 4 0
0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
0/0 2/1 1/1 0/2 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
37.1 80.2 50.1 64.0 34.1 47.0 16.1 8.2 4.1 8.0 6.0
30 67 49 56 35 41 19 9 5 17 9
7 19 19 29 17 27 12 7 3 14 9
5 14 17 24 16 22 11 6 3 11 9
12 17 12 17 16 12 7 6 3 0 3
38 66 34 86 25 44 11 8 2 7 1
6 10 7 11 5 6 3 2 2 4 3
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha
0 0 3 0 5 5 1 1 0 2 1
.216 .228 .255 .231 .259 .225 .284 .273 .313 .447 .360
2 4 3 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 1
3 1 2 2 5 5 2 2 2 5 1
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 5 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0
Totals
3.48
24-15
40 40
7
7/3
7
357.0
337
163
138
105
322
59
4
18
.247
22 30
2
9
19
Opponents
4.27
15-24
40 40
4
1/0
6
358.0
419
222
170
138
242
71
12
10
.294
31 28
6 17
32
PB - Team (13), T.J. Shea 9, K. Holland 3, J. Lieberman 1, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (12), A.J. Turnier 5, P. Egan 3, T.J. Shea 2, W. Meade 1, T. Albrecht 1, Opp (10). SBA/ATT - T.J. Shea (43-57), R. Cundari (14-20), A.J. Turnier (8-13), P. Egan (10-12), M. Yerina (6-9), T. Albrecht (5-8), K. Holland (3-6), J. Lieberman (4-6), J. Hamler (3-4), G. Zullo (1-3), T.K. Kiernan (1-2), W. Meade (1-1), G. Flowers (1-1).