Baseball topples North Central, 11-1 - SUNY Old Westbury Athletics

Tommy Ziegen produced his first-career four-hit game

Box Score

North Central (MN) NCU 0-4

Old Westbury OW-BSB 4-1

North Central (MN) NCU

0-4

Final

Mar. 01, 2016

Old Westbury OW-BSB

4-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Central (MN) NCU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3
Old Westbury OW-BSB	0	1	4	1	0	3	0	2	X	11	15	1

W: Kapela, Tyler (1-0) L: Cody Van Sickle (0-1)

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vs. Otterbein University

3/2/2016 | 9 AM

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Mar. 02 (Wed) / 9 AM

vs. Otterbein University

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Game Recap: Baseball | 3/1/2016 7:59:00 PM | Courtesy of Old Westbury Sports Information (written by Harris Rappel)

@OW_Panthers Baseball topples North Central, 11-1

Old Westbury opened play at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic Tuesday with a convincing win against North Central (MN)

Next Game:

vs. Otterbein University

3/2/2016 | 9 AM

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Mar. 02 (Wed) / 9 AM

vs. Otterbein University

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Team Statistics

Pitching: W: Kapela, Tyler (1-0); L: Cody Van Sickle (0-1)

North Central (MN)

BASERUNNING:: RUNS: Elijah Valder 1; SB: Cody Van Sickle 1

Old Westbury

BATTING:: 2B: Ziegen, Tommy 1; Sheridan, Dean 1; Cardino, Michael 1; Zanon, Preston 1; Rapoli, Paul 1; 3B: Ziegen, Tommy 2; HR: Lao, Kevin 1; RBI: Ziegen, Tommy 1; Lao, Kevin 4; Sheridan, Dean 1; Cardino, Michael 1; Zanon, Preston 1; Boscia, Joe 1; Walsh, Joey 1; SF: Lao, Kevin 1; Boscia, Joe 1
BASERUNNING:: RUNS: Russo, Jesse 2; Ziegen, Tommy 3; Lao, Kevin 2; Sheridan, Dean 1; Hernandez, Robinson 1; Cardino, Michael 1; Boscia, Joe 1; SB: Russo, Jesse 2; Ziegen, Tommy 1; Lao, Kevin 1; Sheridan, Dean 1; Cardino, Michael 1; HBP: Sileno, Louis 2

Hits

NCU

OW-BSB

Stolen Bases

NCU

OW-BSB

Walks

NCU

OW-BSB

Strikeouts

NCU

OW-BSB

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/tommy-ziegen/4575' class='boxscore_player_link'>Ziegen, Tommy</a>

#2 Ziegen, Tommy

AB

5
R

3
H

4
RBI

1

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/jesse-russo/4576' class='boxscore_player_link'>Russo, Jesse</a>

#5 Russo, Jesse

AB

4
R

2
H

3
RBI

0

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/kevin-lao/4583' class='boxscore_player_link'>Lao, Kevin</a>

#8 Lao, Kevin

AB

3
R

2
H

2
RBI

4

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/dean-sheridan/4573' class='boxscore_player_link'>Sheridan, Dean</a>

#25 Sheridan, Dean

AB

4
R

1
H

2
RBI

1

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/tyler-kapela/4569' class='boxscore_player_link'>Kapela, Tyler</a>

#29 Kapela, Tyler

ER

0
IP

5.0
SO

6
BB

2

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/raymond-winans/4592' class='boxscore_player_link'>Winans, Raymond</a>

#41 Winans, Raymond

ER

0
IP

2.0
SO

0
BB

1

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/joseph-nicoletti/4586' class='boxscore_player_link'>Nicoletti, Joseph</a>

#16 Nicoletti, Joseph

ER

0
IP

2.0
SO

3
BB

1

#2 Ziegen, Tommy

PO

2
A

4

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/louis-sileno/4589' class='boxscore_player_link'>Sileno, Louis</a>

#6 Sileno, Louis

PO

6
A

0

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/joey-walsh/4574' class='boxscore_player_link'>Walsh, Joey</a>

#3 Walsh, Joey

PO

4
A

2

<a href='/sports/baseball/roster/michael-cardino/4565' class='boxscore_player_link'>Cardino, Michael</a>

#31 Cardino, Michael

PO

1
A

3

Hits

#2 ss

Strikeouts

#29 p

Kapela, Tyler

Nicoletti, Joseph

Winans, Raymond

RBIs

#8 cf

Putouts

#6 c

FORT MYERS, FL --- (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) SUNY Old Westbury baseball opened play at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic Tuesday afternoon with an 11-1 victory against the North Central (MN) Rams (0-4) from Terry Park in Fort Myers, Florida.

Old Westbury (4-1) jumped ahead in the second inning with Joey Walsh's RBI single to score Joe Boscia to take a 1-0 lead on North Central starter Cody Van Sickle (0-1, 8 IP, 15 H, 11 R, 3 K).

Kevin Lao (2-for-3 , HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, SB) singled home Tommy Ziegen (4-for-5, 2 3B, 3 R, RBI, SB) in the third inning for the eventual game-winning run. Dean Sheridan (2-for-4, RBI, R, SB) and Michael Cardino added back-to-back RBI doubles, while Boscia lifted a sacrifice fly out to right field to plate home Cardino for Old Westbury's 5-0 lead at the end of three frames.

Lao's sacrifice fly in the fourth scored Jesse Russo (3-for-4, 2 R, 2 SB) to put the Panthers ahead by six.

Old Westbury took a commanding lead in the sixth as Lao clubbed a two-run homer to make it a 9-0 game.

North Central scored its lone run as Elijah Valder scored on a passed ball by catcher Casey Surdi in the eighth

Old Westbury starter Tyler Kapela (1-0) struck out six batters in five innings of three-hit shutout ball to earn the win. Raymond Winans (2 IP, 1 H) and Joseph Nicoletti (2 IP, 3 K) combined to close out the final four innings to preserve the win in relief of Kapela.

OTTERBEIN CARDINALS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: Old Westbury continues play at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic on Wednesday (Mar. 2) against the Otterbein Cardinals in Fort Myers, Florida. First pitch is set for 9 a.m. at Player Development Complex #1 .

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