DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Mar. 18, 2024) – The Mercy University baseball team hosts Dominican University on Tuesday, March 19th at 3 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 19th 3 p.m.
Records: Mercy (8-11), Dominican (5-14)
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Last Meeting vs. Dominican
Dominican earned a 9-2 win over Mercy on May 4, 2022.
Scouting the Mavericks
Mercy is coming off a 10-5 win at Bridgeport on Sunday. The Mavericks were led by sophomore Zach Ashline, graduate student Nolan Giblin and freshman Nevin Scaperotti who combined for eight RBI. Mercy enters the 2024 season picked fifth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 16-33 overall and 10-14 in ECC play last season, qualifying for the ECC Tournament for the third straight season. The Mavericks won their first ECC Tournament game since 2010 last season and look to qualify for the ECC Tournament for the fourth straight season under Head Coach Chris Schoen.
Leading the returners for the Maverick is graduate student Nolan Giblin who was named First Team All-ECC last season after hitting .326 with 33 RBI, 62 hits, 32 runs and nine stolen bases in 190 at bats. Junior Jaden Caballero was tabbed Second Team All-ECC last season and returns after hitting .322 with 23 RBI, 64 hits, 44 runs, 10 doubles and 23 stolen bases. Sophomore Zach Ashline comes back after a strong freshman campaign in which he was named Second Team All-ECC after hitting a team-high .385 with 24 RBI, 35 hits and 23 runs in 91 at bats.
Also returning is sophomore Sean McAdams who hit .324 with 44 hits, 31 runs, three home runs and 23 RBI in his rookie campaign last season. Senior Gabe Sanders returns after hitting .283 a year ago with 47 hits, 23 runs, three home runs and 27 RBI. Junior Joseph Gonzalez hit .266 in 2023 and returns after recording 28 RBI, 47 hits and 33 runs. Graduate student Justin Glennerster returns behind the dish after hitting .312 with 21 RBI, 39 hits and 16 runs scored a year ago.
Senior Janiel Ramirez recorded 16 RBI in 2023 and juniors Connor Ruland, Frankie Asaro and Alfred Hoti and sophomores John Nisco, Liam Padden and Kolongi Goins will also look to contribute for the Mavericks.
Leading the returners on the mound is junior Scott Scheppy who led the team with 74.1 innings pitched last season with a team-high-tying three wins. Scheppy made 12 starts in 2023 with 34 strikeouts and one save. Graduate student Ryan Dieguez is back after going 2-1 in 2023 with 14 strikeouts and a 4.37 ERA in 22.2 innings out of the bullpen. Sophomore Diego Wirz had a team-high-tying three wins in his freshman season and recorded 22 strikeouts in 29.0 innings.
Senior Ryan Rozinski was named Second Team All-ECC in 2021 and was named to the ECC Honor Roll twice last season after pitching 32.1 innings with 23 strikeouts. Senior Joshua Alvarado pitched 11.1 innings in 2023 with four strikeouts in eight appearances and graduate student John Gillespie is back for a final season after tossing 11.2 innings with seven strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched.
Sophomores Riley Williams, Brian Zbytniewski and Ryan Ehret, juniors Matthew Manzoeillo and Denis Garcia and seniors Gabriel Soto, Gaetano Pennisi and Nelson Perez Jr. also return and will look to contribute in 2024.
Schoen will also lean on freshmen Peyton Jemison, Nevin Scaperotti, Jack Esposito, Joey Bodin and Kyle Engmann to help get the Mavericks back to the ECC Tournament. The Mavericks will also rely upon transfers Brandon Nolasco, Jack Sullivan, Amaury Soto, Lucas Prokosch, Will Sullo, Vonzell Rivera, and Camren Patterson.
Scaperotti pitched 57 innings with a 1.80 ERA during his senior year at Carmel High School, Esposito was named All-League and All-Section Honorable Mention at Yorktown High School and Engmann was tabbed All-County and All-League at Shoreham-Wading River High School.
Nolasco is a transfer from Division III Mount Saint Mary College and hit .300 with two home runs during the 2021 season. Sullivan is a transfer from Allegany College of Maryland, Soto is a transfer from Phoenix College and Prokosch is a transfer from Division I Fairleigh Dickinson University where he appeared in four games and pitched seven innings last season. Sullo is a transfer from Rockland Community College where he pitched 9.2 innings in seven appearances in 2023. Rivera is a transfer from Salem Community College where he pitched 81.2 innings in two seasons with 40 strikeouts and six wins. Patterson is a transfer from Bryant & Stratton College in Virginia.
The Mavericks have been led at the plate by graduate student Justin Glennerster who has been named to the ECC Honor Roll twice and is hitting .419 with 10 RBI to go with eight runs scored. Freshman Peyton Jemison was named ECC Rookie of the Week on February 20th and was named to the Honor Roll on March 4th and is hitting .377 with six RBI, a home run, four stolen bases and nine runs scored. Junior Joseph Gonzalez was named to the ECC Honor Roll on Monday and is hitting .297 with 11 RBI and a team-high 18 runs and sophomore Sean McAdams is hitting .417 with eight runs, three RBI and two doubles. Junior Jaden Caballero has seven RBI and eight runs and sophomore Zach Ashline has been named to the ECC Honor Roll twice and is batting .288 with a team-high 22 RBI and seven home runs. Ashline is tied for the ECC lead in home runs and is second in RBI.
The pitching staff is led by freshman Nevin Scaperotti who was named ECC Pitcher of the Week last week and was named to the Honor Roll on Monday. The freshman is 2-0 with a team-best 2.49 ERA in 25.1 innings with 18 strikeouts. Graduate student John Gillespie was named to the ECC Honor Roll on February 20th and has a 5.17 ERA with a 1-1 record in 15.2 innings pitched with nine strikeouts and one save. Junior Jack Sullivan was named to the ECC Honor Roll two weeks ago and is 2-1 with a 1.64 ERA in 11.0 innings pitched to begin his career at Mercy with seven strikeouts. Sophomore Riley Williams was named to the ECC Honor Roll on March 4th after pitching 3.2 scoreless innings of relief to earn the game one win over Southern Connecticut State.
Mercy is 3-8 in their last 11 meetings against Dominican.
Scouting the Chargers
Dominican is coming off an 11-9 win at Molloy on Sunday. The Chargers were picked third in the CACC North Division Preseason Poll after going 15-33 last season. Dominican has been led at the plate by Davin Keddell-Tuckey who is hitting a team-high .414 with a team-high-tying 11 RBI and 11 runs. He also has a team-high six doubles and 24 hits. Ty Gilligan also has a team-high-tying 11 RBI and Tyler Richman has a team-high-tying 11 runs. The pitching staff is led by Anthony Leak who is 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA in a team-high 23.0 innings with 24 strikeouts and one save. Isaiah Figueroa has pitched 22.2 innings with a 5.24 ERA, 1-2 record and 11 strikeouts. Jeuriz Polanco has a team-high two wins and has a 5.40 ERA in 16.2 innings with 21 strikeouts.
Next Game
Mercy hosts Staten Island on Friday, March 22nd at 3 p.m.
