Posted: Feb 19, 2016

Baseball Selected Second in Skyline Preseason Poll

Written by Joshua Soto (SJC-LI Sports Information)

New York, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) baseball team finished second in the Skyline Conference Coaches' Preseason Poll, which was released by the conference on Friday afternoon.

Nearly a year removed from its Skyline Conference Championship defeat to Farmingdale St., head coach Richard Garrett returns a bevy of starters, including Skyline Conference Player of the Year Nick Girardi and All-Skyline First-Team members Joseph Calabrese, Josh Outsen, and Brendan Sullivan.

Old Westbury, the defending conference champion, was chosen to finish first, collecting 63 points and seven first-place votes. The Golden Eagles received one first-place vote (1), but trailed the Panthers with 56 points in second. Farmingdale St. slotted in at #3 with 51 points and one first place vote.

2015-16 Skyline Conference Men's Baseball - Preseason Coaches Poll

Place. Team (first-place votes), voting points (2015 record / Skyline record)

1. Old Westbury (26-13, 10-4) - 63 (7 first-place votes)
2. St. Joseph's-Long Island (20-17, 13-1) - 56 (1)
3. Farmingdale State (19-17, 8-6) - 51 (1)
4. Maritime (12-18, 7-7) - 39
5. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn (24-18 overall) - 37
6. Mount Saint Mary (11-18, 6-8) - 29
7. Purchase (9-17, 5-9) - 22
8. Mount Saint Vincent (10-25, 7-7) - 19
9. Yeshiva (2-22, 0-14) - 8

For the full Skyline write-up, redirect here.

St. Joseph's opens its season at home against Plattsburgh St. on Saturday Feb. 27, with the first pitch scheduled for 12:00 PM. The Golden Eagles open their Skyline Conference campaign at home against Yeshiva University on Friday March 11 at 9:30 AM.

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