After a back-to-back losses on Saturday to Molloy College, the Dolphins have a chance to get back on track. They are set for a three-game set against University of Bridgeport. CSI will head on the road for one game before returning home and hosting the doubleheader against the Purple Knights. The first game will be on Friday (4/29) at 3:00 PM and the doubleheader will begin on Saturday (4/30) at 12:00 PM.
 
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND VS. UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Matchup: College of Staten Island (9-22, 2-12 ECC) vs. University of Bridgeport (17-24, 6-9 ECC)
Where:  Game 1: Bridgeport, CT– Games 2/3: Staten Island, NY/CSI Baseball Complex
All-Time Series: Purple Knights lead series 2-1
Last Meeting: 4/5/21: CSI won 14-13
 
Players to Watch (CSI): For the Dolphins, Shendi Ulaj leads CSI with a .402 batting average. He has a team-best 28 RBIs. Domenick Castiglione is leading the team in hits (39) and runs (28). He also leads the team in at-bats with 100. Jake Myers is third in batting average (.340). Thomas Marten and Jake Myers have been stellar in fielding. Marten leads CSI with 111 putouts and Myers leads them with 68 assists. Nick Campisi is second in putouts with 107. On the pitching mound, Ryan Kehoe, Pat Gardner, and John Esposito have stood out. Esposito remains a team-best 2.45 in ERA and a 1.02 in WHIP while leading the team with 36 strikeouts. Gardner is second in strikeouts with 25 and Kehoe is third with 24. Steven Collica has emerged as of late with an ERA of 4.61, which is good for second on CSI.
 
Players to Watch (UB): For the Purple Knights, Jeremy Rodrigues has led the team with a batting average of .314 in his 39 games. He leads the team in hits with 44 and has a team-high 25 RBIs. In fielding, Rodrigues is a standout. He leads the team with 261 putouts. Conall Roberts has tallied a team-high 102 assists. The pitching duties have been led by Justin Nyarady. He has a team-best ERA of 3.31 and a team-leading 40 strikeouts on the season.
 
News & Notes: These two squads have faced each other only three times dating back to just last season. The Dolphins have lost two of the three matchups with the Purple Knights. Bridgeport comes into this matchup losers of three out of their last four games. CSI looks bounce back after their four-game skid and tally their second series win.