Gators Return Home with Win over Albertus Magnus
Russell Sage College baseball made it back to Upstate New York after their spring break trip in Florida, and picked up a 5-2 victory over Albertus Magnus on Thursday night.
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College baseball made it back to Upstate New York after their spring break trip in Florida, and picked up a 5-2 victory over Albertus Magnus on Thursday night.
The Gators (7-3) scattered 13 hits across the boxscore in the victory.
Senior Joe Karpierz (Latham, NY/Shaker/Xavier), junior Jayden Kennedy (East Patchogue, NY/Patchogue Medford/HVCC), senior Anthony Rizzo (Latham, NY/Shaker/HVCC), freshman Nick Irizarry (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield), and sophomore John Kelleher (Monroe, NY/Monroe Woodbury) all tallied a pair of hits.
Karpierz, Kennedy, Irizarry, and Kelleher all tallied an RBI as well, while the other run was delivered by a hit from senior Evan Grimes (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa).
Albertus Magnus got out to an early 1-0 lead, before starting pitcher Connor Griffin (Jersey Shore, PA/Jersey Shore/Lock Haven) kept them scoreless across his next 6.1 innings of work to pick up his second victory of the young season. The junior allowed just one earned run before sophomore Asa Dugan (Morris, NY/Morris Central) punched out two across 1.2 innings to pick up the save.
The Gators head to Massachusetts for a matchup with Tufts on Friday.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: RSC is in its first season under the direction of Head Coach Matt Marsh…The Gators are coming off a 27-15 record and a trip to the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament Finals last year…19 returners combine with 18 newcomers on this year's squad…Senior pitcher/outfielder Evan Grimes (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa/SUNY Adirondack), senior catcher Colin Casey (Marlboro, NY/Marlboro/Saint Rose), and senior pitcher Xavier Garcia (San Diego, CA/Saratoga Springs/SUNY Adirondack) headline the returners…Grimes garnered a multitude of honors after last season, being named to the First-Team in the Empire 8 and Second-Team All-Region from the ACBA…Casey was named second-team All-Empire 8 for the 2025 campaign… Senior infielder Joe Karpierz (Latham, NY/Shaker/Xavier), junior infielder Jayden Kennedy (East Patchogue, NY/Patchogue Medford/HVCC), and junior pitcher Tyler Murray (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia/HVCC) highlight the newcomers…Grimes was named the Empire 8 Conference Pitcher of the Week for the period ending Sunday, March 1...The lefty registered an eleven strikeout performance across 5.2 innings in the 2-0 season-opening win vs. Mount Saint Vincent on February 28...The All-Region performer allowed just two hits and two walks to help the Gators begin their season in the win column...Karpierz was selected the Empire 8 Conference Baseball Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, March 15...The infielder batted .522 (12/23) with nine runs scored and 13 RBI across six games...Karpierz, who slugged .826, reached base at a 58.1 percent clip...He tallied five doubles and went 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts.
