The College of Staten Island and D'Youville College, the ECC's pair of transitioning, provisional Division II sides will be meeting today to open their ECC series at the CSI Baseball Complex, for a single, nine-inning affair.  Both teams look to erase losing streaks as they look to finish the 2021 seasons strong.

COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND VS. D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE
Matchup: College of Staten Island (3-14, 3-12 ECC) vs. D'Youville College (2-19, 0-15 ECC)
Where:  CSI Baseball Complex - Staten Island, NY
Live Video:  http://www.csidolphins.com/CSISportsNet
Live Stats: https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
Spectator Policy:  No Spectator Access
All-Time Series:  CSI leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: April 17, 2005 - CSI won both, 18-4 & 14-2
Players to Watch (CSI):  Leading the way for CSI this season has been freshman Thomas Marten, who rose his batting average to .347 after last weekend's set with Mercy College.  Marten leads CSI with 12 runs scored and is also third on the team with 11 RBI.  Shendi Ulaj had a tremendous week last week, and he is now hitting .320 with a team high seven doubles and 12 RBI.  The RBI-leader is former ECC Player of the Week Thomas Joyce, who has 14 while hitting .291.  The CSI hits leader is Angel Santiago, who is batting .310, adding 10 runs scored.  On the hill, look for Nick Metzger and Salvatore Trancucci to potentially get starts.  Metzger is 1-3 with a 7.97 ERA, while Trancucci is 2-1 with a 5.11 ERA, leading the team in both of those categories.
Players to Watch (DYC):  Look for Jeremy Glinski to pack a punch at the plate.  He is hitting .300 with a team-best 18 hits, of which 10 have gone for extra bases (seven doubles and three triples).  He also is the team leader with 11 walks.  Alex Dzimian is batting .242, and leads the Saints with 9 RBI, collecting a home run as well.  The duo of Glinski and Dzimian have also combined for 22 stolen bases this season, so once they get on base they are always a threat.  Dzimian is also one of the team's best pitchers.  This season he is 1-4 with a 10.61 ERA on a team-high 28 innings.  Nick Jank, through 15 innings of work is the team leader with a 7.80 ERA.
News & Notes: Today the Dolphins and Saints usher back in a rivalry that has lay dormant for 16 years.  In 2005, D'Youville College participated as an Associate member of the CUNY Athletic Conference, and the two teams played four games against each other that year, two in Staten Island and two in Buffalo.  CSI won all four meetings by a combined score of 53-6.  CSI posted back-to-back shutouts when the two teams met in Staten Island that year (17-0 & 4-0).  Of course, that was a long time ago, and now the teams are meeting again as provisional Division II sides.  Both teams have struggled against their ECC brethren as they gain their footing in the new conference.  In fact, the Saints are still looking to score their first victory in conference, as they have dropped to 0-15 in the ECC this season.  They come in having lost 17 straight after starting the season 2-2, splitting doubleheaders against non-conference Hilbert College and Cazenovia College back in early and mid-March.  CSI is 3-14, taking two of their three wins in conference two weeks ago at Lincoln University before dropping four-straight against Mercy College last week, including two by just single runs.  CSI is looking for their first home win today, since April 5, a 14-13 thriller over Bridgeport.