Baseball Picked Fourth in 2014 Skyline Coaches Preseason Poll
Press Release from the Skyline Conference
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Having won the last six league championships, Farmingdale State has been selected to capture the 2014 Skyline baseball title n voting conducted by the league's nine head coaches.
FSC earned six first-place votes and 62 overall points. The Rams welcome back senior righthander Michael Dolce, a first-team All-Conference and ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selection a year ago after posting a 6-1 record with a 0.75 earned run average.
Having compiled 55 victories over the past two seasons, Old Westbury finished second in the coaches' poll as it garnered three first-place votes and 59 overall points. The Panthers welcome back senior Alex DiSanto, who registered a league-best and program-record 13 saves in 2013 en route to earning All-Conference first-team distinction.
ECAC runner-up Purchase – under the direction of first-year head coach Adam Taraska - finished third in the voting with 47 points, followed by St. Joseph's-L.I. (38), Maritime (36), Mount Saint Mary (35), Mount Saint Vincent (23), NYU-Poly (14) and Yeshiva (9).
The six-team Skyline Baseball Championship will commence on Wednesday, Apr. 30, with a pair of elimination contests, followed by a double-elimination weekend (May 2-4) for the four remaining teams.
2014 Skyline Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Farmingdale State - 62 points [6]
2. Old Westbury - 59 points [3]
3. Purchase - 47 points
4. St. Joseph's-L.I. - 38 points
5. Maritime - 36 points
6. Mount Saint Mary - 35 points
7. Mount Saint Vincent - 23 points
8. NYU-Poly - 14 points
9. Yeshiva - 9 points
First-place votes in parentheses