https://www.stacathletics.com en-us https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Season_Summary The 2009 Spartans began their season with high hopes and expectations. Having won the East Coast Conference Regular Season in 2008 and with many of the core players returning, there was reason for optimism. Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Season_Summary https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_Final_Games The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team dropped today's opening game 3-2 against Adelphi. STAC played their second game against Dowling falling 4-2, and ending their season. The Spartans finished the year with an overall record of 25-23 and an ECC record of 15-9. After getting off to a slow start, STAC won seventeen of their last twenty-two games and earned a #3 seed in the ECC playoffs. Sat, 09 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_Final_Games https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Molloy_1 The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team is traveling to Molloy College for a 12:00 game. The Spartans are the number three seed in the East Coast Conference Playoffs and Molloy is the number two. This is a three day double elimination tournament and all games will be played at Molloy. Read more for live stats and audio... Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Molloy_1 https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/bsb_all_conf_team St. Thomas Aquinas College senior Kevin Connors was named to the East Coast Conference First Team as a designated hitter. Third baseman Dan McDermott was named to the Second Team along with fellow classmate Matt Smith. Starting Pitcher Brian LaMarr was a Third Team selection as was freshman Nick Barbalato. Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/bsb_all_conf_team https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_Molloy_1 The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team continues to play strong as they beat Molloy, 10-3 in today's ECC playoff match up. The Spartans fell behind 1-0 in the opening inning but a five run fourth inning gave STAC a lead they would not relinquish. The Spartans scored one run in the fifth before Vin Malzahn hit a three run homer to right field in the sixth. Malzahn was 2-for-5 for the game as he added a single in the eighth as well. Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_Molloy_1 https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BSB_UB The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat visiting Bridgeport 2-1 to advance to the next round of the East Coast Conference playoffs. With the score tied 1-1 in the ninth inning, Chris Zapata hit a one out single and then stole second and third giving STAC a chance to win the game. Matt Marotta hit a fly ball to shallow centerfield scoring Zapata and winning the game for the Spartans. Starting pitcher Brian LaMarr went eight innings as he scattered five hits, gave up one run and struck out three. Wed, 06 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BSB_UB https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_at_Concordia Starting pitchers Scott Sadowski and Kevin Ryan combined for fourteen scoreless innings to lead St. Thomas Aquinas to a pair of ECC victories over Concordia 2-1, 3-0. The two wins propelled STAC into the #3 seed for the post season with a 15-9 record. STAC finished their conference schedule going 13-1. The Spartan starting pitchers have not allowed a run in the last four ECC games for a streak of twenty-seven scoreless innings. Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_at_Concordia https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Barbalato_Rookie_of_the_Week_2 St. Thomas Aquinas baseball player Nick Barbalato was named East Coast Conference Rookie of the Week for the third consecutive week. Barbalato continued his hot hitting as he hit safely in all four Spartan games and drove in a run in each of the four games. For the week he went 7-for-18, had 4 RBIs, slugged at .700, and hit a double and a triple while scoring two runs and stealing a base. Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Barbalato_Rookie_of_the_Week_2 https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Tomorrows_Game The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team is schedule to play their final regular season game against Concordia tomorrow at 2:00 PM. The double header was previously scheduled for Sunday and has been changed due to rain. Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Tomorrows_Game https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BSB_vs_Concordia The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat Concordia College 12-1 in today's ECC contest. The Spartans got on the board behind a Matt Smith single followed by a 2-RBI double by senior Joe Guistino. Fellow seniors Kevin Connors and Chris Zapata each added a RBI off a single and double respectively. Matt Marotta hit a RBI single as STAC took a 6-0 first inning lead. Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BSB_vs_Concordia https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Dominican The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team added three runs in the final inning however it was not enough, falling 9-4 to Dominican College. After falling behind 3-0 senior Jon Garvey hit a RBI single to score Matt Marotta and put the Spartans on the board. Marotta had reached on a single, stole second and advance to third on a wild pitch. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Dominican https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_CW_POST The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat CW Post 7-2 in yesterday's ECC matchup. Two time Rookie of the Week, Nick Barbalato kept his hot streak going hitting 3-for-5 including a triple in the five run second inning. Dan McDermott, Dan Stroud and Joe Guistino each added two nhits for the Spartans. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_CW_POST https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/bsb_DOminican The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team continued its strong play with a 2-0 victory against cross town rival Dominican College. The Spartans scored both of their runs in the third inning. The first run came off the hot bat of freshman Nick Barbalato who singled to score Matt Marotta. Marotta lead off the inning with a single going 1-for-3 for the game. Barbalato was 1-for-4 and George Wargo was 2-for-4 for the Spartans. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/bsb_DOminican https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Barbalato_Rookie_of_the_Week St. Thomas Aquinas baseball player Nick Barbalato was named the East Coast Conference Rookie of the week. Barbalato tallied hits in all five ECC contests this week, including three multi-hit games. The #2 hitter went 8-for-18 (.444) and had a OB% of .500. He nailed an RBI triple in the Spartans comeback victory against Dowling while adding a walks and a stolen base. On the week he finished with three runs and two stolen bases. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Barbalato_Rookie_of_the_Week https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Dowling The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team dropped a fifteen inning 3-2 game at Dowling. The Spartans scored two runs in the eighth inning to tie the game 2-2. However, despite solid pitching and defense by both team Dowling was able to capitalize in the fifteenth inning as they scored off a bases loaded RBI single up the middle. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Dowling https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Mercy The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat Mercy College 4-2 on Friday afternoon winning their fifth straight game and eight of their last nine games. Nick Barbalato went 2-for-5 with a run and Matt Smith went 2-for-4 with a run as they continue to play well for the Spartans. Senior Scott Sadowski picked up the win going five innings; giving up six hits, two runs and striking out two. Joe Antenucci, Matt Marotta, Vin Malzahn and Dan Stroud each had a RBI for STAC. Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_Mercy https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_Dowling_Home The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team continued it's winning streak beating Dowling, 7-5 and 4-1 in Saturday's doubleheader. In the opening game the Spartans took the lead on a five run eighth inning giving them a two run advantage. In game two STAC scored two runs in the fourth and fifth innings as Brian LaMarr and the Spartan defense held Dowling to one run and four hits in seven innings. Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_Dowling_Home https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_CWPOST The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team scored two runs in the fifth inning to beat CW Post. Pitcher Tyler Savin pitched all but the final out striking out four batters and scattering six hits. Joe Antenucci singled to left field to score the first run for the Spartans. Matt Marotta also singled and later scored on an error. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_CWPOST https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Smith_Barbalato_weekly_nom St. Thomas Aquinas baseball player Matt Smith was named this weeks East Coast Conference Player of the Week. Smith hit .429 on the week connecting for hits in all eight of the games he played in. He drove in eight runs off his fifteen hits and crossed the plate nine times. He nailed the game tying homerun against Bridgeport and scored the game winning run against CW Post. Freshman Nick Barbalato was named this weeks ECC Rookie of the Week. Barbalato went 10-for-25 with five walks on the week. He scored seven runs and drove in five from the #2 spot, and stole three bases. Barbalato compiled a .533 OB % and hit a two run triple to put the game away in the last inning against Bridgeport. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Smith_Barbalato_weekly_nom https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_Queens_Home The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat visiting Queens 11-1 and 5-3 in today's double header. Sophomore Mike Aviles struck out nine batters, allowing only three hits in seven innings. Sophomore Joe Antenucci was 3-for-5 with three RBI along with junior Vincent Malzahn who also had three RBI going 2-for-4. In the second game of the day Malzahn picked up three more RBI starting with a bases loaded walk in the first inning. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_Queens_Home https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_Queens_Away Matt Matkovich threw a one run complete game and the Spartans got all the runs needed in a three run 5th inning to defeat Queens College 3-1. With the three runs in the 5th the Spartans snapped an 18 inning scoreless streak for Queens pitcher Brian Friedman. Matt Smith continued to spark the Spartan Offense reaching base on all of his five at-bats, collecting two hits, an RBI, and a run. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_Queens_Away https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BSB_at_Dominican The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team lost a hard fought battle to cross town rival Dominican College falling 8-7. The Spartans got on the board early taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning behind a RBI double by Matt Smith. Smith scored Joe Antenucci and Nick Barbalato who lead off the inning with back to back walks. Kevin Connors added an RBI single to left to score Smith. Smith went 2-for-4 with two RBI while Connors was 3-for-4 with a RBI. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/BSB_at_Dominican https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_CWPost The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat C.W. Post 3-2 in ten innings. The Spartans were up 2-0 after seven innings before the Pioneers rallied back to tie the game and force the extra inning. Matt Smith hit a single to right field to lead off the tenth and advanced to second off a wild pitch putting him in scoring position. Smith advanced to third off a ground out by Vincent Malzahn and two batters latter scored the game winning run off a sacrifice bunt by Chris Zapata. Smith went 4-for-5 with an RBI. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Bsb_vs_CWPost https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Briarcliffe_Home The St. Thomas Aquinas men's baseball team beat visiting Briarcliffe College 16-2 in this afternoons contest. Junior Vin Malzahn had two hits and drove in four runs for the Spartans. Kevin Connors belted a three run homer to pace a 16-hit Spartan offensive attack in which twelve different STAC hitters collected at least one hit. The Briarcliffe bats were kept silent by starting pitcher Scott Sadowksi who threw six scoreless innings. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Briarcliffe_Home https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_UB_DH The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team split today's double header with the University of Bridgeport. STAC dropped the first game,8-3 before topping Bridgeport 5-2 with a strong seventh inning finish. In the second game of the day, Matt Smith hit a solo homerun to lead off the seventh, tying the game at two. Joe Antenucci's sacrifice fly to right field with bases loaded scored the game winning run. Freshman Nick Barbalato hit a triple, scoring two more runs and securing the win for the Spartans. The Bridgeport bats were held in check by starting pitcher Brian LaMarr who went the distance (7 innings), scattered six hits, had four Ks, issued one walk and yielded an earned run. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_at_UB_DH https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_UB_home The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team lost to the visiting University of Bridgeport 4-3, in this afternoon's contest. The Spartans were down 3-0 heading into the bottom of the 6th when Kevin Connors and Joe Guistino each had a hit to score Matt Smith and Vin Malzahn putting the Spartans on the board and bringing them within one. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_UB_home https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/STAC_vs_Mercy The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team beat Mercy College 6-5 in extra innings. The Spartans outlasted their cross-river rival in a 13-inning ECC marathon game 6-5 tonight at Veterans Memorial Field. STAC took a 4-0 lead on a Mercy error, an RBI single from Joe Antenucci and 2-RBI single from Dan McDermott. After Mercy scored three in the 4th and two in the 5th to take a 5-4 lead, the Spartan's Vin Malzahn knotted the score at 5-5. It would remain at 5-5 until the bottom of 13th when Matt Smith lifted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to center to score Kevin Connors. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/STAC_vs_Mercy https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Molloy_Away The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team split with Molloy College dropping the first game, 8-0 before coming back with a 3-1 victory. In the second game of the day the Spartans had a three run second inning putting them on top of the Lions. Strong pitching by Mike Aviles and Matt Marrotta held off Molloy for the remainder of the game. Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Molloy_Away https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Mercy_Home The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team dropped a 1-0 game to visiting Mercy College. The Spartans had seven hits for the game and left ten runners stranded. Dan McDermott was 3-4 at the plate including a lead off single in the ninth. Tyler Savin pitched seven innings for STAC giving up the lone run of the game and striking out four batters. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Mercy_Home https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Adelphi_Away The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team dropped two games on Saturday to Adelphi University. In the opening game the Spartans used a strong defensive attack to hold Aledphi to one run but were unable to get on the scoreboard, falling 1-0. The Spartans offense struggled again in game two as Adelphi held them scoreless for a 3-0 win. STAC traveled back to Adelphi on Monday to play Sunday's makeup game where they put up a tougher fight before losing 3-2. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT https://www.stacathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/news/Baseball_vs_Adelphi_Away