Union, NJ - The John Jay baseball team wrapped up the 2025 regular season on Saturday, falling to the CCNY Beavers, 5-1 and 7-3 at Jim Hynes Stadium on the campus of Kean University.
The Bloodhounds finished the year at 15-19, while the Beavers posted an 11-12 record. Both teams and Baruch finish the conference slate at 8-4.
With all three teams finishing with the same league mark, the following tiebreaker is used to decide the regular season champion:
- Won / loss conference record only
- Head-to-head results between tied teams only
- Won / loss collective record versus all teams seeded higher than tied teams. (i.e. If two teams re tied for 4th spot, use collective record vs. top three seeds)
- Record vs. conference opponents, from top to bottom.
- Record (by winning percentage) vs. common non-conference opponents.
- Record vs. currently ranked NCAA regional teams; region may vary from sport to sport.
- Overall Strength of Schedule (team with the better SOS) (5/23)
- Coin flip in every case except for the last seed, in which case a playoff game is required to be played.
- In all scenarios, including if multiple teams are tied, once one team is seeded, we put all the remaining teams in the pool and begin the procedure from the start.
Before the start of the contest, the Bloodhounds recognized their seven senior student-athletes on Senior Day.
Game 1 | John Jay 1, CCNY 5
Both the Bloodhounds and Beavers were entrenched in a pitcher's duel as
Alvy Grullon and Brandon Paider traded zeroes over the first five innings before the Beavers scored twice in the top of the sixth and added three more in the top of the seventh in posting a 5-1 victory.
Both pitchers tossed complete games, with Grullon taking the loss after allowing all five runs on six hits while walking three and striking out four. Paider gave up the one run in the bottom of the seventh while issuing three walks and striking out five Bloodhounds.
Anthony Agosta led the way for John Jay with two hits, while
Santo Anzalone,
Hayden Tackett, and pinch-hitter
Jaxen Gangwish added a hit. Gangwish delivered the lone RBI for the Bloodhounds in the bottom of the seventh.
Victor Murra Schott had two hits for the visitors while Erik Rank drove in two RBIs, with Jake Brenner and Jason Roser tallying an RBI each.
Colin Souther started the sixth inning with a walk. Rank popped out to second for the first out of the frame before Rich Cirigliano drew a walk, giving the Beavers runners on first and second. Murra Schott singled and loaded the bases for Roser. Roser sent a fairly deep drive to left field for the second out of the inning but scored Souther to give the Beavers a 1-0 lead.
On the play, Murra Schott drew attention as he got himself in a rundown situation with Anzalone first throwing to
Sebastian Sanchez at first base before Sanchez tossing it to Tackett, who was covering second on the play, and then throwing it to
James Hordodyski, who chased down Murra Schott for the third out.While the rundown was in full swing, Cirigliano assessed the situation and made it to third before sliding into home. The home plate called him safe on the play as the Beavers went ahead 2-0.
The Beavers added to their lead in the top of the seventh. Grullon struck out Mike Savino to start the inning before throwing an errant pitch that hit Kevin Budzinski. Demetri Zirogiannis reached on a fielding error by
Mark Piri at short, giving the Beavers two runners on. Brenner delivered a first-pitch RBI single to center, scoring Budzinski as CCNY went ahead 3-0. With two out in the stanza, Rank added a two-run RBI single up the middle as the Beavers increased their lead to 5-0.
In the bottom of the inning, Agosta reached on a one-out double to left center before moving to third on the pinch-hit ground out from
Itaru Asai. Gangwish came on for Piri and laced a first-pitch single up the middle that scored Agosta but was stranded as
Ryan Cherichella flew out to left, ending the contest.
Game 2 | John Jay 3, CCNY 7
In game two, CCNY plated across two runs in the top of the second and one run in the third and four innings to go up 4-0. John Jay answered with runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings, but CCNY added two in the seventh, winning by a 7-3 count.
Ethan Simaan had two hits to lead the way for the Bloodhounds, while Cherichella drove in two RBIs.
Sebastian Sanchez took the loss after allowing four runs (three earned) on four hits over four innings of work.
Michael Luongo worked two innings, giving up two hits and an unearned run.
Julio Reyes and
Tyler DeStefano rounded out the reliever corps for the Bloodhounds.
Four Beavers had multi-hit games, with Budzinski, Souther, Rank, and Roser each collecting two hits. Budzinski, Souther and Savino drove in two RBIs. Gerard Molinaro earned the complete game win for CCNY.
Rank started the two-run top of the second inning for CCNY with a double to right field. Cirigliano walked. Rank moved to third with one out before Roser drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases. The next batter, Savino, worked the count full and doubled to right field on the seventh pitch, scoring both runners.
The Beavers added one in the top of the third as Souther reached on an error by Sanchez and moved to second on the throw before Zirogiannis, who was hit by a pitch, scored. Budzinski sent a two-out RBI single to left field in the top of the fourth as CCNY led by that mark.
John Jay got one back in the bottom of the inning. Hordodyski doubled to lead off the frame before scoring on an error by the catcher following the wild pitch.
Luongo came on for Sanchez in the top of the fifth. Brenner reached second on an error by the shortstop before a wild pitch moved him to third. Souther sent a 2-2 RBI single to left field, making it 5-1 in favor of the visitors.
In the bottom of the frame,
Isaac Salazar led off with a single to right and moved up to second on the ground out by Grullon. The first pitch Cherichella saw, he connected on a hard-hit double down the right field line, scoring Salazar as John Jay trailed 5-2.
Following a scoreless sixth inning, the Beavers added two more to their ledger, going ahead 7-2. Reyes struck out Brenner for the first out but gave up back-to-back singles to Souther and Rank before Cirigliano flew out to left, scoring Souther. DeStefano came on for Reyes and gave up a run-scoring single to Alex Montanile as the visitors went ahead by five, 7-2.
The Bloodhounds strung together a late rally. Asai collected his first collegiate hit, singling up the middle. Gangwish made his second straight pinch-hit appearance and delivered a single to right, that gave John Jay runners on the corners.
Cherichella grounded out second that scored Asai as the Bloodhounds inched closer, trimming the deficit to 7-3. Anzalone worked a two-out walk, but both he and Gangwish were stranded as Simaan popped up to short, ending the ballgame and the regular season.
