Baseball Kicks Off 2022 Season at FDU on Wednesday

First Pitch: 

• The Saint Peter's University baseball team is set to begin the 2022 campaign with nearby foe Fairleigh Dickinson in Teaneck, NJ.
• The Peacocks are coming off of a 28 game conference season. The team finished with a 4-24
• This will be the first of 21 straight games on the road to open the season.

The 2021 Peacocks

• Saint Peter's finished last season with 4 wins, winning one game against Niagara, Marist, Monmouth, and Manhattan.
• Sophomore pitcher Matthew Dubois is the only returning pitcher who recorded a win last season. He finished with a record of 1-4. The win came in the season finale, which was an 8-7 win over Manhattan.
• Graduate catcher Chris Marquart led the team in home runs during the 2021 campaign with four.
• The Peacocks return their leading hitter from last year. Junior outfielder Sam Delcollo led the team with a .297 batting average.

Run It Back

• The Peacocks return 14 players from last year's roster, including Dubois, Marquart, and Delcollo.
• The team returns four others who played in 20 or more games for Saint Peter's last season. That includes sophomore pitcher Brighton Taylor, senior catcher Nick Font, sophomore pitcher Kyle Mahady, and sophomore second baseman Parker Gray.
• The other returners consist of junior second baseman Mike Dipede, senior pitcher Ryan Wappaus, senior outfielder Anthony Abbatine, senior pitcher Michael Bonaccorso, junior pitcher Christian Coombes, junior infielder Joey Vitiello, and sophomore pitcher Robert Black III. Redshirt freshman pitcher Branden Vital will make his debut this season for the team.

New Faces

• Saint Peter's welcomes 14 newcomers to the squad for the upcoming campaign, including five true-freshmen and nine transfers. 
• The rookie class includes shortstop Nick Constantino (NY), pitcher Jack Gannon
• (RI), catcher Tyler Smith (NY), outfielder Michael Pollard (OH), and catcher Cole Watson (Canada).
• The nine transfers include sophomore shortstop Jack Eichler, graduate outfielder Tom Buckman, junior first baseman Sam Haney, junior outfielder Nick Markantonatos, junior third baseman Jeff Massicotte, junior catcher Michael Cardone, sophomore catcher Christian Perez, sophomore infielder Collin Jensen, and graduate catcher Joel Moore. 

Up Next:

• The Peacocks are back on the road, this time for a four-game series with Coppin State from Feb. 25-27. First pitch on Feb. 25 is scheduled for 2 p.m. A double header is on tap on Saturday, Feb. 26, with games starting at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The final game of the series will start at 12 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27. 

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