Wagner Seahawks baseball
| Wagner Seahawks | |
|---|---|
 2000 | |
| Regular season conference champions | |
| NEC: 2009 |
The Wagner Seahawks baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of
History
From 2008 to 2020, the team played its home games at
Wagner moved to Division I in 1976 joining the ECAC and played its home games on campus at Bill Willets field. From 1956 to 1980, Wagner had only 4 winning seasons. Wagner Athletic Director PJ Carlesimo hired Staten Island Hall of Famer, Larry Anderson to take over the program in the fall of 1980. Playing a full D-I schedule, the team finished 15-10 in the fall of 1980 and 18-12 in the 1981 spring regular season. Wagner was awarded the school's first NCAA playoff berth, an At-Large NCAA D-I District II post-season berth (equivalent to today's NCAA Regional round) hosted by St. John's University. Wagner lost the opener in the double elimination District tournament to NCAA #4 ranked St. John's 7–1 before eliminating Long Island University (23-11) 4-2 and Seton Hall University (33-11) 5–2. Wagner was eliminated in the District Final by St. John's 4-2 (St. John's, 34–4, was led by future MLB pitchers Frank Viola and John Franco). Wagner finished the 1981 campaign with a school record 20 wins (finishing 20–14 with three of the losses to St. John's). Key players were pitchers Frank Rizzuto (3-0), Curt Banos (3-1) and James Murphy who had 8 of the school's 20 wins. Offensive leaders included ECAC Player of the Year, outfielder Michael Taylor, infielders Dan Cugini, NCAA District Playoff MVP, shortstop Thomas Weber and outfielders Harold Brantley and Randy De Meno (a Seton Hall transfer, De Meno led NCAA D-I with 10 consecutive hits and 12 consecutive times reaching base safely during the 1981 season). Wagner's 1981 team statistics can be found at: https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/stats/college~1981~21096/
See also
References
- ^ "Wagner Graphic Identity". Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ "Wagner Seahawks". d1baseball.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ "2019 Wag Baseball Record Book 51919 (PDF)" (PDF). Wagner College Athletics. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ^ Madden, Bill (November 16, 2019). "Rob Manfred's plan to destroy minor league baseball". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ Franko, Kyle (December 20, 2021). "Wagner College baseball to play eight home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark". The Trentonian. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
https://www.silive.com/sports/2020/06/staten-islands-best-kept-sports-secret-wagner-college-baseball-once-reigned-supreme-in-the-northeast.html Staten Island's best kept sports secret? Wagner College baseball once reigned supreme in the northeast: June 25, 2020, Staten Island Advance