THROGGS NECK, NY – The Manhattanville College dominated the Maritime College Privateers at the plate and on the mound Tuesday April 9, posting a 17-hit attack while holding the Privateers to just four hits in a 16-0 win.

The 16-run margin was the largest shutout win for the Valiants since a 12-0 win over the St. Joseph's College (Long Island) Golden Eagles back on April 1, 2005.

Junior Peter Iannarilli (West Nyack, N.Y./Clarkstown South) slugged two home runs for Manhattanville (13-10) and classmate Joseph Silvestri (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) crushed his first career homer as well; Silvestri reached base four times, including being hit by a pitch twice. Junior Matt Lynch (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham) had four hits and two runs, sophomore Matthew Careccia (Bronx, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) recorded career-highs with three hits and four RBI's and classmate Matt Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Lakeland) had two hits and three runs scored. On the mound, five underclassmen – sophomore Luke Shaffer (Monroe, Conn./Masuk), freshman Ryan Powers (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside), junior Richie Vetrano (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Lakeland), junior Liam Sarna (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand) and junior Matt Galyas (Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon) – combined on the four-hitter, walking just three batters and striking out 13, allowing just one runner past second base the entire game. Matt Eng was the only Privateer who reached base safely more than once.

Iannarilli's first four-bagger put the visitors up 1-0 two batters into the game. After a 1-2-3 bottom of the first for Shaffer, with two out and nobody on in the second, Lynch singled and Iannarilli went deep again for a 3-0 Mahattanville lead. Silvestri followed with an opposite field shot to make it 4-0.

Two Maritime (16-12) errors led to three Valiants runs in the third, with Lynch recording the only RBI of the inning with an infield single. Careccia recorded all four RBI's between the fourth and fifth with a pair of doubles, the second one driving home three in the fifth, putting Manhattanville up 13-0.

An RBI groundout by Tuite in the top of the seventh, a bases-loaded walk to freshman Johnny Mariano (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester) and an RBI single by senior Michael Poggioreale (Thornwood, N.Y./Westlake) in the ninth provided the game's final runs.
As for the Valiants' pitching staff, Shaffer struck out three in two innings of work, Powers struck out six in three innings of work, Vetrano struck out one in two innings of work and Sarna and Galyas each tossed a hitless inning to end the game.

Going back to their 33-8 win over Wilkes on Sunday, the Valiants have scored at least one run in 15 of the last 18 innings, and at least three runs in nine of those innings.

The Valiants mid-week non-conference slate continues tomorrow with a 4 p.m. first pitch against another future Skyline Conference opponent, the Mount St. Mary College Knights.