Matt Ponsiglione

Position:
Left-handed Pitcher
Height:
5-9
Weight:
175
B/T:
L/L
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Staten Island, N.Y.

2019: Academic Merit Award recipient... Did not appear in games while recovering from injury... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Made seven appearances, all in relief... Pitched to a 0-0 record with a 6.43 ERA and six strikeouts with only one walk in seven innings pitched... Earned his first career save by making one pitch vs. Rider on May 8... Pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout vs. Saint Peter’s on May 1... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Monmouth on April 18... Pitched 1.1 hitless innings with a strikeout at USC Upstate on Feb. 23... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Made 13 appearances, all in relief... Pitched to a 1-0 record with a 1.88 ERA, 13 strikeouts and three walks in 14.1 innings pitched... Opponents hit .245 against him... Pitched a perfect inning of relief at Southeastern Louisiana on May 19... Tossed a perfect inning with two strikeouts vs. Monmouth on May 16... Pitched a scoreless inning at Rider on May 10... Tossed a perfect seventh inning vs. Saint Peter’s on April 26... Pitched a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts vs. Georgetown on April 21... Earned his first collegiate victory with two innings of relief with two strikeouts vs. Rutgers on April 19... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Tennessee on Feb. 24... Pitched one inning, allowing one hit and one walk with one strikeout vs. Michigan in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 18... Made his collegiate debut vs. Michigan in game one of a doubleheader on Feb. 18... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2016: Did not see game action... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School/Personal: Attended St. Joseph by the Sea in Staten Island, New York for four years where he was a teammate of fellow freshman Chris Villa... Four-year letterwinner as a left-handed pitcher... Helped lead his team to a combined 38-7 record as a junior and senior... Led team to back-to-back Staten Island Championships... All-Tournament Team selection at the 2014 Perfect Game event in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Northeast Qualifier in Vineland, New Jersey... Pitched to a 1.80 ERA with a 5-0 record as a senior... Had 35 strikeouts in 35.0 innings pitched in his final year... Born May 25, 1997.