When and Where:

March 28, 2025 - Purchase, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 12-8, 4-0 Skyline; Manhattanville, 12-7, 2-2 Skyline

Results:

The St. Joseph's University, New York (L.I.) baseball team squeaked out a pair of Skyline Conference wins at Manhattanville University on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Eagles came out on top of a 5-3 11 inning affair in game one before holding on to a 6-5 win in game two.

Game one: SJLI 5; Manhattanville, 3 (11 inn.)

Key Players:

• Senior Anselmo Joya went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and an RBI

• Senior Jordan Ramlogan finished with two hits, two stolen bases, and a run

• Junior Marco Gullo had two hits with an RBI

• Sophomore Joe Thatcher had two doubles and scored a run

• Starter Peter Manger allowed just three hits in five shutout innings

• Tyler Cooney was credited with the win, allowing one run on three hits with four strikeouts in three innings of relief

How it happened:

• The Golden Eagles scored first when Gullo knocked in Ramlogan, who singled to start the game in the top of the first

• St. Joseph's added to their lead when Joya homered to left in the top of the fourth, 2-0

• Down to their final two outs, the Valiants tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the seventh. Anthony Caputo doubled and then came in to score on a hit to left by Joseph McDonald. Joshua Gillison singled to left center to knock in Brian Brezosky, sending the game into extra innings

• After three scoreless innings, the Golden Eagles broke through with three runs in the top of the 11th. John Lynch drew a walk to start the inning and was lifted by a pinch runner, Lucas Quinlan. A wild pitch moved him up 90 feet, and a double to right by Thatcher put runners in scoring position with no outs. After Joya was intentionally walked to load the bases, Crema singled off the shortstop's glove, bringing in Thatcher and Quinlan, 4-2. An infield single from Mike DiFilippo scored Joya to cap the scoring, 5-2

• A sac fly in the bottom of the 11th gave Manhattanville some life, but Tyler Cooney got CJ Archul swinging to end the game

Game two: SJLI 6; Manhattanville, 5

Key Players:

• Junior Joe Hackal had a hit with two RBIs

• Lynch hit a two-run home run

• Junior Dom Crema had a hit, an RBI, and a run scored

• Senior starter Jack Kelly allowed three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts in five innings before giving way to sophomore Riley Morris, who was credited with the win, allowing two runs on two hits in two innings of work

How it happened:

• The Golden Eagles scored first again in game two. A two-out double by Thatcher was followed by a two-run home run to right by Lynch

• The Valiants got a run back in the bottom of the second when McDonald singled in Mike Ambrosecchia 

• After the Golden Eagles added a run in the top of the fifth, the Manhattanville sent seven Valiants to the plate in the bottom of the sixth, producing three runs to tie the score, 3-3

• Maggio worked a walk to start the seventh and stole both second and third to set up an RBI single from Crema, 4-3. Later in the inning, the Golden Eagles loaded the bases, where a single to left by Hackal knocked in two more runs, 6-3

• Manhattanville did not go down easy in the bottom half of the seventh. RBIs from  Ambrosecchia and Jackson Branigan inched the Valiants to within one, 6-5, but SJLI's Morris got Justin Encarnacion swinging to end the game

Next up, the Golden Eagles travel to Mt. St. Mary College for a Skyline Conference doubleheader on Sunday, April 6th at 12:00 pm.