STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz baseball team (4-4) enjoyed its largest win since 2006 on Tuesday afternoon, downing the College of Staten Island (6-4) by a 24-1 final in non-conference action at the CSI Baseball Complex. It marks the program's largest run total and largest margin of victory since March 4, 2006, when New Paltz beat St. Paul's (Va.) College, 24-0.

The Hawks pounded out 23 hits throughout the course of the nine-inning game, and all 12 batters who came to the plate for New Paltz registered a hit. Meanwhile, the Dolphins were largely held in check offensively, scattering just seven hits.

The game was scoreless until the third inning, when the Hawks touched up Staten Island for four runs. Sophomore left fielder Anthony Repetto (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) reached on a single through the right side, and junior center fielder Matt Carr (Westbury, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran) reached on an error by the shortstop to put runners at first and third. Senior shortstop Paul Merola (Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y./Cornwall) then drove in Repetto with a single to center field, but the Dolphins regrouped and got two straight outs off a fly out and a strikeout. Both Carr and Merola ended up coming home on a two-out triple by junior right fielder Thomas Pinnola (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon), though, and an RBI double by senior third baseman Mike Marash (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson) down the left-field line completed the inning's scoring.

After neither team pushed any runs across in the fourth, New Paltz added six runs in the fifth. With one out and the bases loaded in that inning, junior second baseman Steven Morse (East Northport, N.Y./Commack) cleared the bags with a three-run triple, extending the cushion to 9-0. The last run of the frame came off a Carr sacrifice fly, and New Paltz sat comfortably on a 10-run lead, which would more than double in the sixth. The sixth inning featured 11 runs and 11 hits for the Hawks, with all but two spots in the lineup batting twice.

New Paltz tacked on three more in the seventh, as back-to-back-to-back singles set the stage for a bases-loaded walk by Marash, which opened the inning's scoring. Morse ended up driving in another run by drawing a walk with the bases juiced, and Repetto pushed across a run off a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.

Staten Island erased the Hawks' shutout bid in the home half of the eighth, as Ramces Tibvrcio walked and came home off a George Kantzian double. Neither squad was able to muster a hit in the ninth, and the score wound up being locked in at 24-1 after the game's final out.

Senior pitcher John Schmidt (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) gained the win on the hill, throwing five shutout innings for the Hawks while scattering four hits, walking one and striking out seven. Freshman pitchers Roy Missall (Hemlock, N.Y./Honeoye Central) and Mike Sparacino (Commack, N.Y./Commack) each threw a scoreless inning in relief, while sophomore pitcher Mike Pastorino (Stormville, N.Y./John Jay) gave up one run on one hit and a walk while striking out two with a full frame of work in the eighth. Sophomore pitcher Dylan Babcock (Vails Gate, N.Y./Cornwall) tossed a scoreless ninth and ended up walking two and striking out two.

For Staten Island, Jonathan Aponte sustained the loss, giving up seven runs—four of which were earned—off seven hits and two hit-by-pitches while striking out five across 4 1/3 frames of service. Five Dolphin relievers filled out the rest of the innings on the mound.

It was a banner day offensively for a number of players, with both freshman right fielder Richard Guido (Ulster Park, N.Y./Kingston) and Marash collecting four hits—Guido went 4-for-4 with three runs scored while Marash batted 4-for-5 with five RBI, three runs scored, two doubles and two walks. Carr (2-for-7, three RBI, two runs scored, double), Merola (2-for-4, two runs scored, one RBI), senior first baseman Jake Cameron (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) (2-for-4, three runs scored, two RBI, two doubles), Morse (2-for-5, six RBI, two runs scored, triple) and Repetto (2-for-5, three RBI, one run scored) all posted multi-hit games as well. Staten Island's Luis Ortiz was the lone Dolphin to deliver multiple hits.

New Paltz travels down south to Florida later this week and will begin its spring break games on Friday, March 16, in a non-conference doubleheader against Gettysburg College. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. in Fort Myers, Fla.