ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Apr. 22, 2016) - The Molloy College baseball team has just three remaining series with East Coast Conference opponents, and a great deal of movement can take place in the span of a dozen games. With the Lions currently resting in fourth place in the ECC standings, winning a pivotal series with Mercy College is all the more important to the team's hunt for a postseason berth. The maroon and white will get the series started on Friday (Apr. 22) in Dobbs Ferry before returning home to Mitchel Field for a noon doubleheader on Saturday (Apr. 23); the series finale is back at Mercy on Sunday (Apr. 24).
About the Lions
Ranked No. 4 in NCBWA East Region Poll.
23-12, 7-4 ECC
Sophomore first baseman
Angelo Navetta (Staten Island, N.Y.) - .388 average, three home runs, 20 RBI, .519 SLG%.
Junior pitchers
Ronald Bauer (Hicksville, N.Y.) and
Bobby Kelly (Mineola, N.Y.) - dueling 6-0 W-L records, combined 99 IP, 61 hits, 12 earned runs allowed, 67 strikeouts, .175 batting average against.
Team batting average at .308 with 201 RBIs (compared to 138 runs batted in by opponents and .241 batting average by opposition).
Concerning the Mavericks
10-20, 3-9 ECC
Have taken one game in each of three ECC series so far versus STAC, UB and Dowling.
Junior third baseman Randal Mendez (New York, N.Y.) – Coppin State transfer; .343 average, 3 HR & 17 BI, .586 SLG%.
Senior outfielder Scott Hagan (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) – SUNY Binghamton transfer; 5 HR & 24 RBI, .536 SLG%.
Junior pitcher Matt Nalbone (Islip, N.Y.) – 2-5, 2.79 ERA, 51 SO in 51.2 IP, .237 BAA.
Graduate pitcher Matt Snyder (Albany, N.Y.) – Kentucky transfer; 5-1, 2.84 ERA, 40 SO in 44.1 IP, .226 BAA.
Senior pitcher James Patterson (Cornwall, N.Y.) – Reigning ECC Pitcher of the Week.
Mercy lost 3 of 4 to Molloy last April.
