Stand-out setter Amelia Moore from Austin, TX has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Nyack College and Coach Raquel Sanchez.

Nyack, NY - 6/22/09 - Nyack College athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew Cornacchione as the next head baseball coach.  He will also be filling the role of sports information director within the department.  He graduated from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA with a B.S. in elementary education in 2004.  He is currently working on an M.S. in exercise science and physical education at Montclair State University.  Matt comes to Nyack College from Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, NJ where he was the sports information director and assistant head baseball coach.  Prior to that he was an assistant coach at Geneva College for the 2005 & 2007 seasons.   While at Geneva as a student he was a 3-year starter on the baseball team.  During his career he started at 6 different positions including catcher, pitcher, third base, outfield, and designated hitter.  In 2004 he was named a captain and also received All conference honorable mention in the American Mideast Conference.  "We are very happy to add a person of Matt's character to our staff and I am excited about where he will take our baseball program in the future," states athletic director Keith Davie. 

Junior Utility man Phil Messerian was named an NCBWA All-American honorable mention for his accomplishments this season playing third base and pitcher.

5/29/09- The Warrior Baseball program finished off one of the most successful seasons in the program's history today when the NCBWA (National College Baseball Writers Association) NCAA Div. II All-East Region squad was released.  Nyack placed two players, Phil Messerian (Jr., Fair Lawn, NJ) at the Utility position, and firstbaseman Cody Levins (Sr., McKinney, TX) onto the team.  Their selections add to the most All-Region selections in Nyack College baseball history.  Messerian was named to the 1st Team after he batted .336, third on the team, along with 28 RBI's (2nd on the team) and was 9-11 in stolen bases.  He was also the Warriors top pitcher, with a 5-4 regular sason record, with 2 saves, and a 3.97 ERA.  Phil also pitched a complete game victory over the NCAA East Region #1 team, Dominican, in the 2009 CACC Championship Tournament.  He was 1st in the CACC in complete games (6), 4th in stikeouts (71), and 4th in innings pitched (68).  Messerian was a 2009 1st Team All-CACC, 1st Team Daktronics NCAA Div. II All-East Region, All-CACC Championship Tournament and 1st Team NCCAA Div. I All-East Region selection also this year.  Levins earned his second NCBWA selection (he was picked for the 1st Team last season) by being named to the 2009 2nd Team this season.  Cody was second on the team, and in the CACC, in hitting with a .395 BA.  He was 1st in the CACC in on-base % (.514), 2nd in slugging % (.605), and tied for 5th in homeruns (5).  He was a 2009 1st Team All-CACC, 2nd Team Daktronics NCAA Div. II All-East Region, and NCCAA Div. I All-East Region Honorable Mention selection also this year.  Mysteriously, shortstop PJ Rodriguez (Jr., Levittown, PR) was left off of the NCBWA team.  Rodriguez was a 2009 1st Team selection to both the Daktronics and ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. II All-East Region squads. Both Messerian and Levins helped lead the Warriors to a 2nd place finish in the CACC, the 2009 CACC Championship Tournament semi-finals and a return to the NCCAA East Regional.

5/26/09-  Warrior Head Baseball Coach, Jon Copeland, has resigned his post to pursue another coaching opportunity; but he leaves behind a rebuilt Warrior Baseball program.  "I am grateful to Nyack College for giving me this opportunity to further my Head Coaching career.  I am proud of the work we were able to do here.  When I came here 3 years ago the program was faltering and in bad shape.  We leave it as a winning program that has become a force in the CACC, with 2 postseason appearances in a row and a return to the CACC Tournament.  The cupboard is definately full for the next guy".  In three seasons, and only 2 recruiting classes, Copeland produced the 2007 CACC Pitcher of the Year, the 2008 CACC Player of the Year, two NCCAA Regional appearances and a 3rd place finish in the 2009 CACC Tournament.  "I have been able to go in and improve a few programs now during my career, with a lot of success.  I look forward to being able to do that again".  In three seasons under Copeland the Warrior Baseball program produced 7 All-CACC selections, 5 Daktronics All-Region selections, 4 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selctions, 4 NCBWA All-Region selections, 1 All-American, 1 pre-season All-American, and  21 NCCAA All-Region selctions; resulting in the most honored 3-year span in the program's history.