Jun 1, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The men's baseball team captured their first-ever Skyline Conference Baseball Championship with an 8-4 victory over third seeded Mount Saint Vincent and finished the season with a 26-18 record...May 19, 2008
Four baseball players at Farmingdale State were named to the 2008 New York Region ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Team and one player received the 2008 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award in a release posted on Monday, May 19th...May 15, 2008
Auburn, N.Y. – The second-seeded Ithaca Bombers (30-12) beat the sixth-seeded Farmingdale Rams (26-18) 4-0 in Thursday’s second game of the NCAA Division III baseball regional tournament hosted by Ithaca College at Auburn’s Falcon Park. The Bombers advance to play either top-seeded Cortland or fourth-seeded Montclair State Friday at 10 a.m. in an elimination game. The Rams were eliminated from the playoffs...May 14, 2008
Auburn, N.Y. - The sixth-seeded Farmingdale State Rams (26-17) fell in their first game of the NCAA Division III baseball regional tournament hosted by Itchaca College at Auburn's Falcon Park. The third-seeded Rensselaer Red Hawks (34-10) rallied for a 7-6 win over the Rams on Wednesday night, winning on a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth. The Red Hawks advanced to play seventh-seeded Ohio Wesleyan, who defeated second-seeded Ithaca on Wednesday night 5-3, on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. The Rams will face Ithaca in an elimination game today, Thursday, May 15th at 1:15 p.m. Farmingdale State held a 2-0 lead after three innings...May 12, 2008
Indianapolis, Ind. - The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 54 teams that will compete in the 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. Six teams will compete at five first-round sites; eight teams will compete at three first-round sites. All first rounds will use a double-elimination format. Thirty-four conference champions qualified automatically. Winners of the eight first-round tournaments will qualify for the double-elimination championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 23-27...May 5, 2008
Lawrenceville, N.J. - The 2008 All-Skyline Baseball teams were announced on Monday, May 5th and a record seven players from Farmingdale State received honors. The Rams placed five players on the First team and two players on the Second Team after finishing 13-3 in the Skyline during the regular season and going on to win the Conference Championship...May 4, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. – The Farmingdale State College Rams captured their first-ever Skyline Conference Baseball Championship today, with an 8-4 victory over third seeded Mount Saint Vincent. The Rams were the top seed in the double-elimination tournament, going 3-1 over the three days to improve to a 26-14 overall record this season. With the win, Farmingdale State receives an automatic bid to the Division III NCAA Baseball Championships...May 3, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - In game five of the Skyline Baseball playoffs, Farmingdale State won 10-5 over St. Joseph's College to advance to the Championship Game.
St. Joe's jumped ahead early with four hits for a 2-0 lead, but the Rams got one run when senior Luis Feliciano (Bronx, N.Y./Park West) came in on a sacrifice fly by sophomore outfielder Mike Labrozzi (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) for a 2-1 score at the end of the first...May 2, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Junior right-hander Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, N.Y./Hewlett) pitched eight scoreless innings as the Rams won 4-0 in the 2nd round of the Skyline Conference Playoffs, advancing to the 3rd Round game tomorrow, Saturday, May 3rd at Noon. Heeman allowed just five hits in his 6th victory of the season (6-2), behind Farmingdale's seven hit outing. Sophomore closer Billy Garofalo (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) pitched in the 9th with a 1-2-3 inning to secure the win for Farmingdale State...Apr 28, 2008
Farmingdale State sophomore designated hitter Mike Labrozzi (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Week for baseball on Monday, April 28th. Labrozzi hit safely in all three games last week, going 9-for-13 (.692) with two doubles, a home run, five runs batted in and four runs scored. Labrozzi went 5-for-7 with two doubles and three runs batted in as the Rams swept Purchase to earn the top seed in the Skyline tournament. He also went 4-for-6 with a homer against CSI...Apr 24, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The brand new Farmingdale State FieldTurf baseball stadium has been chosen as the host site for the 2008 Skyline Conference Baseball Playoffs by the conference athletic directors. The Tournament will feature the Top 6 teams in the Skyline and will start on Wednesday, April 30th in a single-elimination First Round to be played at the highest seeds, with the top two teams receiving a Bye. The final three rounds will be double-elimination and will be played on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th at Farmingdale State...Apr 22, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team (19-13) overpowered non-conference opponent Baruch (3-23) on senior day this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams were led by senior captain Keith King (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) who went 4 for 4 at the plate, scoring two runs and recording one run batted in. King was a homerun short of the cycle in his last home regular season game at Farmingdale...Apr 21, 2008
Farmingdale State senior pitcher Rob Savarese (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) was named the Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Week for baseball on Monday, April 21st. The senior left-hander improved to 4-1 on the season as he tossed five shutout innings in leading the Rams to a 14-0 victory over Old Westbury and a sweep of the doubleheader. Savarese, who sports an impressive 1.85 ERA, surrendered just three hits as Farmingdale went 4-0 in Skyline play for the week, improving to 11-3 in the conference...Apr 20, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. – Junior pitcher Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, N.Y./Hewlett) went eight innings in game one for a 3-1 victory and senior pitcher Rob Savarese (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) went five innings allowing just three hits in the second game, as the Rams swept Old Westbury (11-25, 8-6) to improve to 18-13, 11-3 in the Skyline today in a baseball doubleheader in Farmingdale, N.Y. Farmingdale State is one more win away from clinching a first round bye for the Skyline Conference Baseball Playoffs, which start on Wednesday, April 30th and are the host site for the Tournament on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th...Apr 14, 2008
Farmingdale State sophomore designated hitter Mike Labrozzi (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) was named to the Skyline Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll for baseball on Monday, April 14th. Labrozzi led the team with nine hits in eleven at bats this week. He went 7 for 7 with three triples, seven runs batted in and five runs scored in the doubleheader sweep over Maritime College. He finished the week batting .818 with a 1.455 slugging percentage...Apr 12, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. – Sophomore Mike Labrozzi (Sag Harbor, N.Y./ Pierson) led the Rams today with a 7 for 7 performance at the plate, including three triples. Labrozzi had seven runs batted in and five runs scored on the day. The Farmingdale State baseball team (14-13, 7-5 Skyline) swept a conference doubleheader over Maritime College (4-13, 4-6 Skyline) this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y...Apr 7, 2008
Farmingdale State senior pitcher Rob Savarese (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) was named to the Skyline Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll for baseball on Monday, April 7th. Savarese went a full 7 innings in game two against St. Joe's, throwing a two-hitter to help the Rams to a 5-0 win and a split of the conference doubleheader. In 24 batters faced, he held St. Joe's to a .083 batting average with no extra-base hits, struck out two and only walked two...Apr 6, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team split a conference doubleheader with St. Joseph’s College (11-9, 5-3 Skyline) in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Golden Eagles came back in the first game to win, 3-1. The Rams (12-11, 5-1 Skyline) bounced back in the second, shutting out St. Joseph’s, 5-0...Apr 3, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team moved to one game over .500 (11-10) tonight with a 9-2 victory over non-conference opponent City College of New York (1-13) in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams had 11 hits that were spread across all of the starters.Mar 31, 2008
Mar 27, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team improved to 8-9 overall tonight with a 2-1 victory over non-conference opponent Staten Island (3-7) in Farmingdale, N.Y. The game went 14 innings and lasted four hours and four minutes. This was the longest game recorded for the Rams, since becoming a Division III team in 2000...Mar 25, 2008
Union, N.J. - The Farmingdale State men's baseball team (7-9) fell to Kean University, the defending Division III National Champions, on Tuesday afternoon 7-1. The Rams and starting pitcher Rob Savarese (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) held the Cougars scoreless for four innings before allowing a run to score in the fifth, but would tie it back up in the top of the sixth with a Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, N.Y./Hewlett) double, a single by Mike Labrozzi (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) to move Heeman over to third, and an Anthony Mazzilli (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) RBI single to score Heeman and tie it at 1-1...Mar 24, 2008
Farmingdale State sophomore pitcher Steve King (Freeport, N.Y./Freeport) was named the Skyline Conference Pitcher of the Week for baseball on Monday, March 24th. King was strong in his first conference start of the season. He pitched into the seventh inning against Yeshiva (6.1 innings) and surrendered no runs, one hit and three walks while striking out 11 batters. The victory was King's first of the season.Mar 24, 2008
Mar 22, 2008
Mahwah, N.J. - In a double-header match-up at Jeff Maund Field in Mahwah, the Ramapo College baseball team dropped a tough, 9-8 decision in game one to the Rams of Farmingdale State and fought back in game two behind junior pitcher Dan Mulligan (Willimgton, DE) earning a 12-0 victory. Ramapo now stands at 9-6 overall on the year while the Rams stand at 7-9...Mar 18, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. – The Farmingdale State baseball team improved to 6-8, 2-0 in the Skyline tonight with 13-0 and 15-0 wins over conference opponent Yeshiva University (0-11, 0-2) in a home doubleheader in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams allowed just three hits in the first game and two hits in the second game. Sophomore Steve King (Freeport, N.Y./Freeport) went 6 1/3 in game one for the victory, while striking out 11 batters. Junior Mike Gionesi (Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham) pitched 5 1/3 innings in the second game and struck out nine...Mar 16, 2008
Farmingdale, NY – The Farmingdale State baseball team (4-8, 0-0) swept New Jersey City (3-9, 0-0) in a non-conference doubleheader this afternoon in Farmingdale, NY. Rams senior pitcher Rob Savarese (Syosset, NY/Syosset) pitched six innings giving up five hits and one earned run, leading the team to a 7-3 victory. Senior captain Jesse Scott (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) received the win in the second game going 5 1/3 innings, giving up only one run....Mar 12, 2008
Farmingdale, N.Y. – The Farmingdale State baseball team (2-8) won their home opener today with a victory over visiting CCNY (1-4). Junior Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, N.Y./Hewlett) got the starting nod for the Rams and pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out four. Farmingdale scored two runs in the first and added four more over the next two innings to build up a 6-0 lead. They allowed two runs in the eighth, but came back to score two more for the final 8-2 win...Mar 10, 2008
Junior shortstop Brian Benvenuto (Dix Hills, N.Y./Hills West) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week for men's baseball. He had a strong spring trip for Farmingdale State College. Benvenuto, who batted .423 in nine games, had 11 hits (3 doubles, 1 home run), 12 runs batted in five runs scored, four walks and two stolen bases. His top performance came in a 16-6 win over Wisconsin Lutheran in which he went 3-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and six runs batted in. Benvenuto also had a home run and three runs batted in against Wittenberg...