4/15/22
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – The Lackawanna College baseball team winners of seven of its last eight games, will look to add to their streak when they take on a pair of opponents this weekend in doubleheader action. On Friday, April 15^th, the Falcons will travel to Groton, CT to take on the UConn Avery Point Pointers for a doubleheader in the Nutmeg State. Then, on Saturday, April 16^th, the Falcons are back home for a massive Region XIX doubleheader clash with the other top-team in the region, Delaware Tech, at the Scranton HS Baseball Field.
 
Friday's doubleheader starts with game one at 1:00pm ET in Connecticut, followed by game two at 4:00pm ET. Saturday's first game against Delaware Tech will be at 2:00pm ET at Scranton HS, followed by game two around 5:00pm ET. There will be a video livestream available for both Saturday home games via the Lackawanna College Athletics YouTube Channel at www.lackawannafalcons.com/YouTube.
 
About The Falcons
The Falcons (15-8, 6-0), after a ten-day layoff, knocked off the Lehigh Carbon CC Cougars in a pair of dominant shut-out victories on Wednesday afternoon.  The Falcons scored nine runs in the first inning of game one, en route to an impressive 19-0 win, and then followed that up with a six-run first inning in game two, eventually pulling away to a 15-0 victory. Read the recap from those two games HERE.
 
Lackawanna is hitting, as a team, .376 so far this season, with a combined 1.083 OPS. They have 95 extra base hits, including 54 doubles and 27 homeruns already this season. They're slugging .619 as a team, and have stolen 60 bases so far this year. The Falcons have a .464 OBP on the year, and are averaging just under ten runs per contest this season.
 
On the mound, the Falcons are holding their opponents to a .260 batting average, and have a staff ERA of 5.76 this year. In 147 combined innings, the Falcons have given up 152 hits and 108 runs, 94 earned, while striking out 176 batters and walking 83. The Falcons have picked off six base runners so far this season, and have turned six double plays, while committing 33 errors as a team so far this year.
 
Quinn Hanafin is the team leader in batting average, hitting .524 so far this season in his 20 appearances. Hanafin has a 1.420 OPS, and is second on the team with 33 hits on the year. Hanafin leads the Falcons with ten doubles so far this season, and he has 14 total extra base hits. He's first on the Falcons with 27 RBIs, and is second on the team in total bases, with 54. His .857 slugging is tops on the squad, among players who have played in 14 or more games. Hanafin has ten multi-hit games so far this year, and has recorded a hit in 17 of his 20 appearances so far this year. Hanafin was 1-for-6 with a run scored and an RBI against Lehigh Carbon in the two games against the Cougars on Wednesday.   
 
Cody Fleischer has a .493 batting average so far this year, and is second on the team with a 1.407 OPS. Fleischer leads the Falcons with 35 hits so far this season, and leads the Falcons with 36 runs scored on the year. Fleischer's 24 RBIs are second on the team, and he's got 13 extra base hits on the season, including four homers, tied for first on the team. Fleischer's .576 OBP is tops among players who've played in 14 or more games for the Falcons, leads the team with 13 walks this year, and is tied for third on the team with six steals so far this season. Fleischer was impressive in his two games against Lehigh Carbon, going a combined 4-for-6 with five RBIS and five runs scored, two doubles, a triple, and a three-run homer. Fleischer has 12 multi-hit games on the year.
 
Leadoff hitter Daniel Helfgott is hitting .386 on the year, and is fifth on the Falcons with 17 hits so far this season. Helfgott has scored 13 runs on the year, and has an OBP of .438. Helfgott has six multi-hit games so far this season, and was 3-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI in the two games against Lehigh Carbon.
 
George Castro is hitting .289 on the year, has a 1.029 OPS, and is slugging at .644 on the year. Castro has 13 RBIs this season, and is tied with Fleischer for the team lead in homers (4). Castro has five steals on the year, and has scored 11 runs for the Falcons. George has two multi-hit games this year, and was a combined 1-for-4 with four runs scored in the wins over Lehigh Carbon.   
 
Eli Riley, in 13 games of work for the Falcons, is hitting .463 on the year, and has a 1.341 OPS. Riley has 19 hits, good for fourth on the squad, and 21 runs scored, ranking him second on the team. Riley has a .756 slugging percentage, and has seven extra base hits on the year. He also has eight stolen bases, second on the team. Riley is tied for third on the team with 15 RBIs so far this year, and has 31 total bases. Riley has five multi-hit games this year, all in his last seven games, and was a combined 4-for-7 with three runs scored, three RBIs, and a triple against Lehigh Carbon in the two wins.
 
Daniel Keenan is hitting .356 so far this year in his 17 appearances, with a .960 OPS. Keenan has 35 total bases, good for third on the team, and has driven in 15 RBIs, tying him for third with Riley. Keenan has eight extra base knocks, including four doubles, two triples, and two homers. He's scored 15 runs, and is third on the team with 21 total hits this year. Keenan has seven multi-hit games on the year, and was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the first game against Lehigh Carbon.
 
Aiden Starn leads the team in innings pitched at 18 so far this year. Starn is 1-1 in four starts, giving up 24 hits and 18 runs, 14 earned, while striking out 12 batters. He has a 7.00 ERA on the year, and opponents are hitting .296 against him. Starn pitched a complete, seven-inning game against Raritan for his first win of the year, allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits and striking out a season-high seven batters.  
 
Kyle Scott has pitched 15 innings so far this year, holding a 1.80 ERA and a 2-0 record in four appearances, three starts. Scott has struck out a team-high 28 batters, and has allowed eight hits and three runs in his action. Scott's last appearance was the start, and win, over Morris, where he went a complete seven innings, giving up just one hit, a homerun, while striking out a season best 14 batters in a 12-1 win for the Falcons.
 
Marc DeNunzio is third on the team with 14.1 innings pitched this season, holding a 10.67 ERA and a 2-1 record. DeNunzio has six appearances, the most on the team, with three starts, and has given up 17 runs and 24 hits in his 14 innings of work. He is second on the team with 24 strikeouts. DeNunzio got the win in his last appearance, a three-inning start against Lehigh Carbon, allowing just three hits while striking out seven batters.
 
Jason Carpenter has pitched 13.1 innings so far this season. Carpenter has given up 18 hits and 13 runs, ten earned, while striking out ten batters on the year, and has an ERA at 6.75. He's 0-2 in his four appearances. Carp went three innings against Salem in a 3-0 loss for the Falcons on Sunday, giving up five hits and three runs, but walking a season-high five batters.
 
Samuel Daniels has been great for the Falcons this year, appearing five times, once as a starter, and allowing just five hits and a pair of runs in 11.2 innings of work, all while striking out 18 batters, third on the team. Daniels has a 1.54 ERA so far this season, and is 2-0. Opponents are hitting just .116 on the year against Daniels, who pitched two innings of relief against Lehigh Carbon on Wednesday, giving up just one hit and striking out a pair. 
 
Dan Petrouskie has pitched ten combined innings on the season, appearing in five games, two starts, and going 2-0 with a 10.80 ERA. Petrouskie has allowed 15 runs, 12 earned, and 17 hits, while striking out 13 batters. Opponents are hitting .354 from against Petrouskie on the year. Dan got the win in game two against Raritan Valley, pitching four innings against the Lions, allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits, while punching out a season-high six batters.
 
Matthew Stam has pitched ten innings in his four appearances so far this year, giving up six hits and three runs, all earned, while striking out ten batters. Stam has a 2.70 ERA, and opponents are hitting just .188 against him so far this year. Stam got a win earlier this year, going four innings in relief against PSU New Kensington, allowing just three hits and striking out five batters. Stam pitched two innings of relief on Wednesday against Lehigh Carbon, giving up just one hit while striking out four.  
 
Coach Mike McCarry enters his fourth season at the helm for Lackawanna College. McCarry has helped elevate the Falcon program in his short time, guiding Lackawanna to a pair of NJCAA World Series appearances in his first three seasons, one of which was shortened and ultimately cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before his time at Lackawanna, McCarry was the pitching coach at Stephen F. Austin and LaSalle Universities. As a pitching coach with both schools, he had multiple pitchers sign professional contracts, and, especially in his time at LaSalle, McCarry brought four NJCAA All-Americans to be a part of the Explorer program. Before that, McCarry spent his time in baseball in the Philadelphia Suburbs in Bucks County with Central Bucks West and the Colts Collegiate Summer Team. McCarry is a Keystone College graduate, where he played baseball for Jamie Shevchik and the vaunted Giants program. McCarry is 93-42 in his career at Lackawanna College.   
 
About UConn Avery Point
The Pointers are 13-7-1 so far this season, and have won six of their last eight games, including their last two this week. In their last game, the Pointers hit four homers in a 30-5 rout over Holyoke CC, in a game that was called after five innings. UCAP scored 14 runs in the second inning, breaking open a 4-4 ballgame, and then added another ten runs in the fourth to really blow the game out of proportion. The Pointers had 18 base hits overall, including four doubles, and had seven different players with multiple hits.  
 
UCAP is hitting .295 as a team so far this season, averaging just shy of eight runs per game. The Pointers have a collective OPS of .821, and have hit 47 extra base hits this year, including 33 doubles and eleven homeruns. UCAP has drawn 96 walks, and struck out 112 times, and they also have 42 successful steals on the season. The Pointers are slugging at .418, as a team.
 
The Pointers have a team ERA of 5.18 so far this season, giving up 109 runs, 76 earned, on 125 hits in 132 innings of work this year. They've struck their opponents out 143 times this year, averaging just shy of ten strikeouts per nine innings pitched. The Pointers have held their opponents to three or fewer runs in six games this year, and have turned three double plays this year, while committing 37 errors in 21 games.
 
Dominic Morabito is the team-leader with 24 total hits this season, to go with his .387 batting average, secdon on the team. Morabito has a .530 OBP, tops on the squad, and an OPS around 1.046. Morabito has a team-high eight doubles, and has scored a team-leading 21 runs, while driving in seven runs. He's drawn 14 walks, tied for the team lead, and has nine stolen bases, the most on the squad. Morabito has seven multi-hit games this year, and was 3-for-5 with five runs scored and a double in the win over Holyoke CC on Wednesday. Morabito is 6-for-his-last-9, with six runs scored, three doubles, and an RBI.
 
Tyler Rice leads the Pointers with a .400 batting average so far this year. Rice has 22 total hits, second on the team, and is in a three-way tie for second with 18 runs scored on the year. Rice has eight extra base hits, tied with Morabito for the team lead, six of which have been doubles, and he has a pair of homeruns. Rice's 15 RBIs rank fourth on the team, and his .618 slugging is second on the squad. Rice has an OPS of 1.094 on the year. Rice has six multi-hit games, and was 3-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs against Holyoke CC. He had a double and a homer in the contest.
 
Zachary Mascaro is hitting .288 so far this season, and is third on the team with 19 total hits. Mascaro has 18 runs scored on the year, and is second on the team with 20 RBIs. He's tied with Morabito for the team lead in walks, with 14 on the year, and has five extra base hits this year. Mascaro has four multi-hit games this year, and was a perfect 4-for-4 with five runs scored and four RBIs in the win over Holyoke.  
 
Malcom Mention is hitting .316 on the year, and has also scored 18 runs this season. His 18 hits have him ranked fourth on the Pointers squad, and he's one of three UCAP players with a triple so far this year. Mention is second on the team with seven stolen bases this year. Mention has five multi-hit games this year, and was 0-for-2 with a run scored and two walks against Holyoke.
 
Andrew Lozier is hitting .293 in his 15 games this year, and leads the Pointers in several categories, including slugging (.659), RBIs (22), and homeruns (4). Lozier has twelve hits, seven of which have been extra base hits, and has an OPS of 1.071. Lozier has three multi-hit games this year, including a 2-for-4 performance against Holyoke, where he had four RBIs and four runs scored.
 
Cole Forcellina has made four starts in five appearances, going 2-1 with a 3.16 ERA. He's pitched 25.2 innings, the most on the team, and has given up 19 runs, nine earned, on 20 hits, while striking out 27 batters, tied for the team lead. Forcellina was the starter, and, subsequently, the winner, against Holyoke, going four innings and giving up five runs on six hits, while striking out four batters.
 
Tiernan Powers has made the most starts for the Pointers, starting five games this season, and going 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA on the year. Powers, in 24 innings of work, has given up 17 runs, nine earned, on 16 hits, while striking out 21 batters. Powers had a strong outing in his last appearance, a seven inning start against Massasoit on April 12^th, where he gave up just one run on three hits, while striking out six batters. Powers has won his last two starts, where he's given up just one run, apiece, going seven innings both times, and striking out a combined 14 batters.
 
Alex Mach has appeared in four games, all starts, going 2-0 with a 3.10 ERA so far this season. In 20.1 innings pitched, Mach has given up eleven runs, seven earned, on 15 hits, while striking out 27 batters, tying him for the team lead with Forcellina. Mach averages just under twelve strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Mach was last in action on April 3^rd, when he got the win in a 12-9 game against CC of Rhode Island. Mach went 5.1 innings, giving up 3 runs on four hits, while striking out a season-best twelve batters.
 
Keegan Daigle has made four starts in five appearances, going 3-1 with a 2.89 ERA. In his 18.2 innings pitched, Daigle has given up just six runs on 14 hits, striking out 23 batters in the process. Daigle didn't fare well in his last outing, a loss to Mitchell JV, 10-1, back on April 7^th.
 
The head coach for UConn Avery Point is Ian Ratchford, now into his third year with the Pointers. Ratchford came to the Pointers after a year as an assistant at the University of Bridgeport in the NCAA Division II. He also spent three years at Western Connecticut State, and with the Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, along with the Front Royal Cardinals of the Valley Baseball League. Ratchford is a former Pointer himself, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Post University. Ratchford is 21-20-1 in his career at UCAP.
 
About Delaware Tech CC



The Terry Hawks come in with a sparkling 26-2 overall record, and a #5 national ranking in the latest NJCAA DII Baseball polls. Del Tech, which is 4-0 in Region XIX play, won 19 straight to open the year, and have won their last four in a row by a combined 79-18.  In their last games, back on April 3^rd, the Terry Hawks swept up Montgomery (MD) by scores of 17-9 and 16-8, combining for 28 hits, including seven homers, in the wins.
 
Delaware Tech is hitting .364 as a team, so far this season. The Terry Hawks have a collective 1.096 OPS, and have scored 301 runs on 304 hits so far this season, averaging almost 10.8 runs per contest. Del Tech has smashed 44 homeruns on the season, while smacking a total of 116 extra base hits. They've drawn 135 walks and have a team OBP of .472, while striking out 167 times, and are 69-for-76 on stolen base attempts so far this season.
 
Pitching has been a strong suit for the Terry Hawks, as they have a strong 3.84 ERA on the year. In 199 collective innings, they've given up 106 runs on 159 hits, 85 of those runs earned, while striking out 176 batters and walking 100. The pitching staff is averaging around eight strikeouts per nine innings, and has given up 13 homers on the year. The pitching staff has two shutouts on the year, and has allowed three or less runs on 16 different occasions. The Terry Hawks have turned six double plays, and have committed 32 errors on the year.
 
Matt Rodriguez leads Del Tech in hitting, with a team-best .506 batting average this season. Rodriguez leads the Terry Hawks in several categories, including OPS (1.509), OBP (.615), total hits (43), runs (37), doubles (9), and walks (22). He's tied for the team-lead in homeruns with eight dingers on the year, and is second on the team with 38 RBIs. Rodriguez is also second on the team in slugging, at .894 on the year. Rodriguez has recorded a hit in 27 of 28 games this season, and has 13 multi-hit games. He went 4-for-5 with a homer, six RBIs, three walks, and four runs scored against Montgomery in two games.
 
Mike Pagliei is second on the team with a .425 batting average this year. Pagliei has a team-high slugging percentage (.918), and is tied with Rodriguez with eight homers on the year. He leads the Terry Hawks in extra base knocks (18) and RBIs (44). Pagliei is also third on the team with 29 runs scored so far this season. He's also one of three Del Tech players with two triples, and is tied for second on the team with eight doubles this season. Pagliei has nine multi-hit games this season, and was a combined 3-for-5 with three runs scored, five RBIs, and two homers, one in each game, against Montgomery.
 
Chase Boyle is third on the team with a .416 batting average so far this season. Boyle leads the Hawks in stolen bases (17), and is third on the team in total hits (32) so far this year. Boyle has scored 26 runs, and has 20 RBIs on the year. Boyle has nine multi-hit games, and has stolen multiple bags in a game on five separate occasions, including a season-high three steals against both Raritan and Lehigh Carbon. Boyle was a combined 3-for-6 with two RBIs, three runs scored, and a double in two games against Montgomery.
 
Ethan Watkinson is fourth on the team with a .384 batting average on the year. Watkinson is second on the squad with 33 total hits, and is fourth with 27 runs scored. He's also third with 23 RBIs, and has 14 extra base hits, including eight doubles and five homeruns. His six strikeouts are second lowest among players who have seen time in 20 or more games, and his .674 slugging percentage is good for third on the team. Watkinson has nine multi-hit games this year, and went a combined 3-for-8 with five runs scored in the wins over Montgomery.
 
Jonathan Golebiowski has a .321 batting average this year, but is tied for third on the team with six homeruns and 23 RBIs this year. He's got 14 extra base hits overall, and has scored 36 runs, second on the team. He's got 12 steals on the season, good for second on the Terry Hawks, and is third on the squad among the main players with a .482 OBP. Golebiowski has eight multi-hit games this year, but is coming off a streak where he was held without a hit in five of six games. In the two games against Montgomery, he was a combined 2-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs scored, a double, and a homerun.
 
Riley Culver has pitched the most for the Terry Hawks this season, making seven starts and going 6-0 with a 2.77 ERA in 39 innings. He's given up 14 hits, 12 earned, on 31 hits, while striking out a team-high 34 batters. Culver has won his last six starts, after not getting a decision in his first of the year. His last appearance was a four-hit, one-run showing against Lehigh Carbon, where he went all seven innings and struck out a season-high eleven batters in a 23-1 win.
 
Cade Williams has appeared more times (8) but has pitched two less innings than Culver (37.1), but still has an impressive 6-0 record with a 1.45 ERA. Williams has given up 14 runs, just six earned, on 24 hits, while striking out 25 batters so far this season. His 14 walks are tied for a team-high. Williams has won his last five starts, including the first game of the doubleheader against Montgomery, where he pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits, and striking out five batters in a 17-9 victory.
 
Zach Hart has made five starts in seven appearances, going 4-0 with one save and a 1.48 ERA. Hart, in 30.1 innings of work, has given up just seven runs, five earned, on 15 hits, while striking out 33 batters, good for second on the squad. Hart is averaging just shy of ten strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Hart has won his last three starts, including a four-hit shutout in his last appearance, a 23-0 win over Lehigh Carbon, where he struck out a season-high eleven batters over seven innings of work.
 
Zac Cole has the most appearances on the team this year for Delaware Tech, with ten times he's taken the mound. He has four starts, and is 2-1 with a 5.84 ERA this year. In his 24.2 innings of work, he's given up a team-high 16 runs on 23 hits, while striking out 22 batters and walking 14. Cole has not started in his last three appearances, after taking a loss in his last start back on March 15^th against RCSJ Gloucester, where he lasted just one inning, giving up six runs on four hits. His last appearance came in relief of the second game against Montgomery, where he went 2.2 innings, giving up four runs on five hits, striking out three batters in the 16-8 win for the Terry Hawks.
 
The head coach for Delaware Tech is Stu Madden, now in his fifth season in charge. Madden came to Del Tech after spending three seasons at Seaford High School in Delaware, where he won Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year in 2017. Madden is a Langhorne, PA native, and played centerfield for Wesley College for three years. At Wesley, he was a two-time all-conference player, and still is among the all-time leaders in several categories. Madden played professional baseball in Australia for the WA Whips for two years, making an all-star game and winning a gold glove award. In his five years, Madden is 98-61-1, helping guide the Terry Hawks to the Region XIX Championship game last year, before falling to Lackawanna College in the final.  
 
Game Information
The first game of the doubleheader against UConn Avery Point on Friday, April 15^th, is set for a 1:00pm ET start in Groton, CT, with the second game scheduled to follow at 4:00pm ET. There is no video livestream available, but the Falcons Baseball Twitter account will have live updates. Follow them at www.twitter.com/FalconsBase.
 
The home doubleheader against Delaware Tech CC on Saturday, April 16^th, is set for a 2:00pm ET start at the Scranton High baseball field, with the second game scheduled to follow at 5:00pm ET. There will be a video livestream available via the Lackawanna College Athletics YouTube Channel at www.lackawannafalcons.com/YouTube.
 
The Falcons are scheduled to get back to action on Monday, April 18^th, when they travel to Dallas, PA to take on the JV squad from Misericordia University for a single nine-inning contest. That game is set to start at 4:00pm ET.