SALT CATS SWEEP DANSVILLE FOR 2024 NYCBL TITLE!

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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Salt Cats secured their place in summer collegiate baseball with a dominant performance in the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) championship series. Facing off against the Dansville Gliders, the Salt Cats delivered a masterclass in both offense and pitching to claim the coveted title.

Game 1: Salt Cats Set the Tone

The championship series kicked off at Babcock Park in Dansville, NY. The Salt Cats wasted no time, putting their offensive prowess on display. Pat May and Chris Hoalcraft led the charge, driving in crucial runs. Joseph Ditzel was solid on the mound, stifling the Gliders’ bats allowing 4 hits and striking out 6. The final score: Salt Cats 15, Gliders 2.

Game 2: Salt Cats Complete the Sweep

In the second game, the Salt Cats continued their relentless attack at home. Charlie Iriotakis and Mavrick Bourdeau showcased their hitting skills, while Chris Hoalcraft added 4 RBI to his impressive postseason tally. Ethan Marzo secured the win, allowing only two runs over 5 2/3 innings. The final score: Salt Cats 8, Gliders 2. With this victory, the Salt Cats clinched the NYCBL championship in a two-game sweep.

Congratulations to the Syracuse Salt Cats on their remarkable achievement and legendary manager Mike Martinez who got to hoist the trophy for the first time in his career.

Salt Cats OF Chris Hoalcraft was named NYCBL Championship Series Most Valuable Player scoring 4 runs with 4 RBI and having 5 hits in the two-game sweep.

The Syracuse Salt Cats have won the 2024 NYCBL League Championship as they defeated the West Division Playoff Champions, Dansville Gliders by winning the first two of the best of three series.

The Salt Cats outscored the Gliders 23-4 over the 2 games and dominated the series from the first pitch of the first game.

Chris Hoalcraft (pictured left) from St. Bonaventure was named the Championship series MVP. The Salt Cats ended the season with a record of 29-11-1 and 35-12-2 over all.

We would like to thank our Sponsors, our Supporters and our staff for a job well done. See you all next summer!!!

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2024 NYCBL League Champions

Congrats to 2017 Salt Cats pitcher Patrick Maybach - Salve Regina U on signing with the Chicago White Sox. Pat was a 2017 NYCBL All Star and an All NYCBL end of year selection.  He previously played in the Professional Pioneer Independent Baseball League for Billings.

After signing with the White Sox on July 5th,  he agreed to  a Minor league contract and was assigned to Kannapolis, Carolina at the Single A level. He has since been elevated to High A and assigned to the Winston Salem Dash.

Patrick was a member of the 2017 East Division regular season Salt Cats champions.

The Salt Cats came into the NYCBL in 2010 after playing in the Eastern Collegiate Baseball League for two seasons. We have had several players from several Colleges and Universities located throughout the United States and Canada and have enjoyed the experiences and quality of the soon to be 46 year old New York Collegiate Baseball League. The NYCBL is one of the most historic Collegiate Summer Baseball Leagues in America and is funded by Major League Baseball. All members of the NYCBL belong to  the National Alliance of Collegiate Summer Baseball and are governed by NCAA rules and regulations.  The league is partially funded by Major League Baseball.

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The Salt Cats dropped the Cortland Crush last evening 9-4 and 8-1 to capture the 2024 NYCBL East Division Championship. The will move on to the 2024 NYCBL League Championship series today as they travel to Dansville to meet the Gliders in a single game to start the best of three series. The game is set to start at 4pm. 

The Salt Cats will return home tomorrow for a first pitch start at 3pm against Dansville to continue the 3 game series. If a third game is needed it will be played 30 minutes upon the conclusion of the 3pm start.

The Salt Cats pounded out 21 hits in the DH against Cortland to move on. Sam Peterson (Texas Tyler CC) and Johansel Brito ( East Stroudsburg) combined for 9's in game one, with Brito (2-2) getting the win. Charlie Iriotakis (William and Mary) and PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE  collected 4 hits and homered in the win.

Strong pitching by Matt Carner (SUNY Onondaga - Oswego State) helped the Salt Cats lock down game two to end the Cortland Crush season. He went 6 complete innings and struck out 8 in the process to get the Win. Jonathan Gonzalez - Perez (SUNY Onondaga - U of Maryland Eastern Shore) tripled and collected 2 hits in the effort.

2024 NYCBL EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS

Due to the postponement in Cortland yesterday the Salt Cats will play a DH at the stadium today against the 3 seed Cortland Crush. The first game will begin at 4pm with Cortland as the home team.  The next game will be played 35 minutes at the conclusion of game one. The Salt Cats will be home team.

If the Salt Cats  win both games they will be crowned the East Division NYCBL 2024 Champions and move into the over all Championship series against the West Division Champs who will be either Dansville or Hornell.  If there is a split in the DH a third game will be played at OCC stadium on Friday at 7pm to determine the East Division playoff champion who will than play the winner of the West Division playoff champion.

That will be the best of three series matchup with host location and dates and time TBA.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK THE NYCBL WEBSITE FOR UPDATES IN THE PLAYOFF SCHEDULE AT: http://nycbl.com/view/nycbl/

The Salt Cats dropped the Spartans 7-5 on Sunday and will have a bye on Tuesday 7/22 for the 2024 NYCBL East Division playoffs. They will play the winner of the Spartans and Rochester game which will be played today in Rochester. The playoff game will be played on Tuesday 7/23 at OCC stadium.

Chris Hoalcraft (St. Bonaventure - Pictured left) pitched the win and collected 3 hits for the Salt Cats. He also earned player of the night in the NYCBL.

The Salt Cats have clinched the number one seed in the NYCBL East Division and are set to be the Regular season Eastern division Champs with a win over Rochester this evening or Spartans tomorrow. They will than look to win the 2024 Eastern Division playoff title to move on to the NYCBL over all Championship against the West division playoff champion.  As it stands today, the Cats will have an East division playoff bye on Monday and begin playoffs on Tuesday with a game against the winner of the 4 vs 5 seed playoff game. Whoever wins that game will move into a best of three series against the winner of the 2 vs 3 seed for the overall East division playoff championship. The winner moves on to play the West division playoff champ who will play in the same scenario.

Sam Smith (pictured left) returned to Syracuse and captured a win against the Syracuse Spartans on Friday. He pitched 5 complete innings and struck out 6 batters for the win. The Salt Cats won 3-2. 

Later in the day the Salt Cats traveled to Sherrill where they lost 18-7  in a back and forth match up knowing a one seed for playoffs had been secured earlier in the day and the head to head record was 5-4 for the Salt Cats, meaning although tied in points at the time the gritty and never give up Salt Cats would secure the one seed for the play offs. The Salt Cats will go for the lone regular season first place spot this evening as they face the Rochester Ridgemen. The win will give the Salt Cats the most points during the regular season East division schedule earning them the lone top spot over Sherrill and the rest of the division.

John  Hojnowski - Spring Arbor U.

JOHN HOJNOWSKI - RHP - SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY

JOHANSEL BRITO - RHP - EAST STROUDSBURGH UNIVERSITY

RYAN DEGNAN - RHP- PACE UNIVERSITY

MAV BOURDEAU - SS - ST. ANSELM COLLEGE

CHARLIE IRIOTAKIS - WILLIAM AND MARY 

JUSTIN CRISPINO - OF - PACE UNIVERSTIY

JON GONZALEZ- PEREZ - U OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE

Epiphany Wellness - New Jersey

Trinity Medical Labs 

The Haven - New Jersey

Paramount Wellness

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Dr. Mark Pisik enters his 12th year as the team Medical Director and team physician.

Dr.  Pisik is a family medicine doctor in Syracuse, New York. He received his medical degree from State University of New York Upstate Medical University and has been in practice for over  30  years.

Dr. Pisik has been the Salt Cats team physician since the program's inception  and is a member of the Board of Directors.

Dr. Pisik has been a School Physician in the Westhill  School District and is a Physician with SUNY Onondaga Community College. He will oversee and administrate the Athletic Training and injury assessment and treatment programs for the team.

Subspecialties: General Family Medicine, Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

Joe Miczan will return to the Salt Cats 2024 staff as Director of Baseball / Broadcast Operations .  He will direct all aspects relative to  Broadcasting and Official scoring with the Live game broadcast crew.

He will also handle all Baseball Operations, both on and off the field. 

Joe will oversee Official scoring duties in the Press Box for all home games as well as work directly with the Baseball Manager and the coaching staff.

Joe is a Teacher in the Solvay Union Free School District and is a Graduate of Syracuse University.

Joe is an Assistant football Coach and baseball coach at Solvay High School. He is also an elected Official (Trustee) in the Village of Solvay, New York.

Isabella Lambert will return for the Summer 2024 NYCBL season as the Director of Administrative Operations for the Syracuse Salt Cats. 

Isabella will supervise and direct the Game Day Operations Staff relative to Gate, Marketing  and Social Media.  She will coordinate efforts with the Director of Baseball Operations and Broadcast for all Pre and Post game duties as well as provide assistance to the Concessions Director and Admissions Director with her staff.

She will handle Administrative duties in coordination with the Staff at SUNY Onondaga Community College.

She is a junior at Ithaca College studying business administration with a concentration in sport management. She is a current member of the IC women’s track and field team where she is a triple jumper. 

Isabella looks forward to returning to the Salt Cats for her second year with the franchise before heading off to a fall semester internship with the Duke University athletic department. 

Karen Pisik is the Concessions Director and has been since our operations opened at the stadium at SUNY Onondaga Communtiy College. 

Karen will oversee all concessions operations as well as food procurement and supply for our fans as well as our team and opponents. She is the wife of Dr. Mark Pisik the team Physician, and mother of Former Salt Cat NYCBL All Star Pitcher Sean Pisik who has the most strikeouts for a pitcher in the history of the Franchise.

Riley DeGouff is a Sports Management Major  at St. John Fisher University.

Riley has worked with the St. John fisher men’s basketball team as a team manager for two years, and has experienced  the background work during practices as well as the opportunity to work live game for the team as a scorer and stats recorder.  

Riley is also interested in Sports Photography and will undertake the role of the 2024 Syracuse Salt Cats team photographer.

Riley resides in Chittenango, New York. 

Ian is a Senior majoring in Sport Management at St. John Fisher University. He has a passion for the sports industry and hopes to work in the field upon graduation.

He has worked as a Buffalo Bills training camp intern where he Assisted in preparation and operations of all facilities for the Buffalo Bills Organization,  

Ian is a member of the Sport Management Club and Teddi 24 Hour Charity Dance Marathon and will work with the NCAA  Women's basketball tournament in Albany.

He also holds an Associates of Science degree in Business Administration from SUNY Onondaga Community College.

Tyler is a current high school junior at East Syracuse Minoa Central High school in Minoa, New York! For ESM, Tyler plays volleyball and baseball. After high school, Tyler plans to go to college to major in Sports Management. 

During his time with the Salt Cats, Tyler will be working an internship where he will work in ticketing, concessions and even small dugout roles. With his love for sport, especially baseball, Tyler is ready to fill whatever role he may be put in!

Overall, Tyler is very excited to be a part of the Syracuse Salt Cats intern team, and cannot wait to see what this time with the organization may hold!

Gino Antimarino is a sophomore at Syracuse University studying Broadcast and Digital Journalism at the Newhouse School of Communications. He has worked with many organizations on campus such as WJPZ-FM Radio, WAER and CitrusTV where he has helped cover Syracuse men's football, basketball, lacrosse as well as women's lacrosse, basketball, and ice hockey. Gino also does play-by-play for the Syracuse men's club ice hockey team. Gino is a Pittsburgh, PA native.

Ryan Randone is a sophomore studying Broadcast and Digital Journalism at Syracuse University. He is from North Andover, Massachusetts. At SU, Ryan spends most of his time working at the radio stations Z89 and WAER. He calls games, works a sports talk show, helps produce broadcasts, and more. In his free time, Ryan enjoys going to the gym, running, visiting the beach, and playing video games.

Jack is a Junior at St. Bonaventure University majoring in Sports Media. He is a native of Syracuse, graduating from Solvay High School where he was the Student Director of Athletics and  Announcing.

Jack was also team captain of the Cross Country team and Manager for the Baseball and Basketball teams.

Jack is currently a Project Intern for Team Unfurl, the St. Bonaventure University Mens Basketball Team’s NIL Collective, and a Gameday Operations & Announcing Intern for Salt City Pro-Am, a professional men’s basketball league in Syracuse.

We welcome Jack to the Salt Cats 2024 Broadcast team.

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