COLLEGE ROUNDUP -3/10-16

                      COLLEGE ROUNDUP - 3/10-16

SPOTLIGHT ON : ALEX PEZZUTO

Alex Pezzuto  of Hastings and the senior shortstop for the Johnson and Wales baseball nine,  has had a sensational Spring season start for the Johnson &  Wales Wildcats, for during the first five games at Myrtle Beach, he has batted .555, thanks to his 10 for 18 at the plate,

In the first of two at Georgia’s Kenesaw College on March  12th, Andrea Abbatiello of Furman came off the bench to play in left field, as her nine topped their hosts, 5-3. On the 15th, in the 2nd of two with the Owls , she was the designated player and walked once. The record is now 14-11/2-0.

In an  11-9, hard fought win over hosts Sewanee on March 12th, Jake Bernard of The College of Wooster scored his team’s first 3 lacrosse goals, had 3 ground balls, 1 turnover, and  had 1 cross checking penalty in the game. Teammate John Michael Bogusz had 3 ground balls and 1 caused turnover in the battle. With Rhodes on the 14th, Bernard had 4 shots and 2 caused turnovers in the 11-3 win, as the record reached 5-0.

In the first of  two games on March 10th, Jamie Bucci of Cortland batted 1-3, fanned once, had 1 putout and left 1 runner on base in the 3-0 loss to  and Montclair State, while in the 6-4 over Simpson in the nightcap, she  went 1-2, scored 2 runs, and had 1 base on balls. With Muskingum on the 11th, she was 1-4 in batting and had 3 putouts in center field, as they lost, 9-0, while with Catholic the same day, she was 3-4 at the plate, scored 2 runs, and  had 2 left on base in the 9-0 blanking of the Cardinals. In an 8-0 loss to Illinois Wesleyan on the 13th, she batted 1-3,  had 2 putouts and 1 assist, while in game two with Staten Island, a 8-5 win, she was 1-3, scored 1 run, and had 1 free pass. In the nightcap with Scholastica, a 2-1 loss, she walked once and had 2 putouts, as the record evened at 5-5.

Max Bruckner of Iona  pitched the first 3.2 innings against St. Johns,

giving up 5 runs ,  2  earned, on 7 hits, walking 1, fanning 1, and was the losing hurler in the 7-2 loss on March 11th.

In a 4-2 loss to Liberty on March 11th, left fielder Danny Crowe of Elon, scored a run in the 3rd inning, and batted in the other in the 7th frame. He also fanned once, and had 3 putouts and 1 assist in the game. In a 1-0 shutout of Georgia Southern on the 14th, he walked and fanned once each, and had 5 assists in the  infield, with the  record now 13-7/2-1.

William DeLaMater of Irvington of Loomis and the Trinity Bantam’s lacrosse team, had playing time in the 10-5 loss to Western New England on March 11th.

In a 12-7 win over Greensboro on March 10th, Jake Hymowitz of Irvington and Guilford had 1 ground ball in the  lacrosse game. in the157 loss  at Lynchburg on the 15th, he saw playing times, as the record is now 5-1/0-1. 

In the opening matches with the Temple Owls on March 11th, Ali Kaminetsky of Lehigh lost her singles match, 6-2,6-1, and also the doubles match, 8-2. The Mountain Hawk team lost, 6-1. In the 4-3 win over Villanova on the 15th, she dropped her singles match, 6-1,6-2.

At home with Niagara on the 16th, she won her singles match by default, as they topped the Purple Eagles, 6-1, with the record now 4-6. 

In the 7-2 loss at St. Lawrence on March 15th, Michael Kennelly of Oneonta’s tennis team won his singles match, 6-1,6-3, and then he and his teammate dropped their doubles match, 9-7, with the record now 4-5.

In a 17-6 win over Emerson  on March 14th, Liam McHugh of The College of Mt. St. Vincent had 2 ground balls and 1 caused turnover,while at Rosemont on  the 15th, he had 1 ground ball, 3 turnovers, and 1 caused turnover. The Dolphins record is now 3-1.

In a 17-2 lacrosse loss to  LIU-Post at Orlando on March 12th, Ciara Morley of Irvington and Bentley had 1 turnover in the game.

At Clermont, Florida, third baseman Jennifer Onwe of Sleepy Hollow and Sage Colleges, scored 2 runs, and had 1 r.b.i. and free pass in the 11-8 win over the Mt. Ida Mustangs. In the 7-3 loss to Worcester Tech, she scored 1 run, and walked and fanned once each. With Penn State-Behrens on the 11th, she batted 2-5 and fanned twice in the 10-7 loss.

The nightcap was a  15-1 win over Lancaster Bible College. In an 8-2 loss To Richard Stockton on the 13th, she fanned thrice and left 2 runners on base, while the second game was a 4-2 loss to Alvernia, 

 In a 10-1 romp over Anna Maria on the 14th, she had 2 hits and 2 r.bi.s, and then in the final game down south, they lost, 7-3, with the records now

4-6.

Pinch hitting in a 10-4 win over Dowling on March 15th, Greg Pezzuto of  Hastings and Southern New Hampshire struck out. The record is 11-4.

Shortstop Jon Pilla of Ardsley and Belmont Abbey’s shortstop, in a 7-4 win over Lenoir-Rhyne, fanned  once in the game. In game 1 at Limestone on the 14th, a 19-4 win, he struck out twice and left 1 runner on base. In the first of 2 with the same team on the 15th, while in game 2, he played off the bench as the record reached 11-17/12-7.

In a 9-0 blanking by Nova Southeastern on March 10th, shortstop Eddie Ritch of American International  struck out once, and had  1 putout and 1 assist in the game. In a game with Barry on the 12th, a 20-8 setback, he fanned 3 times, and had 3 putouts and 4 assists in the loss. With Adelphi on the 14th, a 6-3 loss, he had 1 hit, scored a run, made 2 assists, and had 1 miscue at shortstop, while in a 6-5 setback by Assumption on the same date, he had 1 hit, drew a pass, and stole a base. The record is now 5-6.

In a 16-10 loss at Harvard on March 15th, John Yozzo-Scapperotta of Brown had 1 ground ball and 1  turnover in the lacrosse game, with the record now at 3-2/0-1.