Casey Dana

Matt Ponsiglione

LHP

/ Baseball

Seton Hall takes on Georgetown in the Big East Tournament at Prasco Park on May 25, 2018.

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

St. John's takes on Georgetown in the Big East Tournament at Prasco Park on May 23, 2018.

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Montgomery, N.Y.

** 2021 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **
** 2019 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST **

2021: All-BIG EAST Second Team ... Led the Pirates with seven home runs and 36 RBI ... Finished eighth in the BIG EAST with 12 doubles, eighth with 82 total bases, ninth with a .513 slugging percentage and sixth with 26 RBI ... Led the conference with six sacrifice flies ... Finished in the top three in the BIG EAST in RBI (25) and runs (20) against conference opponents ... Had 12 multi-hit games and led the Pirates with 11 multi-RBI performances ... Hit his first home run of the season against Albany on March 6 ... Went 4-for-4 with three doubles against Davidson on March 26 ... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on April 12 after going 6-for-13 with six RBI, three doubles and a home run against Butler ... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI in a win over Creighton on May 15 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Appeared and started 14 games ... Was the Hall's leading hitter and was one of top offensive performers in the BIG EAST before the season ended abruptly due to COVID-19 ... Finished the season leading the BIG EAST with a .364 batting average and 16 RBI ... Registered six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk vs. No. 18 Wake Forest on Feb. 14 ... Drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly and a fielder's choice against Illinois on Feb. 15 ... Went 6-for-10 with two home runs in three games at USC ... Hit a solo home run and had an RBI single against the Trojans in the series opener on Feb. 28 ... Was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 4 ... Drove in two runs on a double in the final game of the season against Fairleigh Dickinson on March 11.

2019: Appeared and started 52 games... Starting third baseman... Batted .234 with a team-best eight home runs and 27 RBIs... Stole a career-high 10 bases in 13 attempts, which ranked third on the team... Had 13 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games... His eight home runs are the most by a Pirate since 2009... Tied for eighth in the BIG EAST in home runs... Belted a solo home run vs. Xavier in the BIG EAST Championship on May 24... Reached base three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored and a stolen base in game one of a doubleheader vs. Georgetown on May 11... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks and a solo home run vs. Georgetown on May 10... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored at Xavier on May 4... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base vs. Creighton on April 19... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 15... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a double and two walks at TCU on April 14... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored in game two of a doubleheader at TCU on April 12... Smashed a grand slam at Princeton on April 10... Reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, two runs scored and a stolen base at Rider on April 9... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 8... Went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and two runs cored at Villanova on April 7... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored in game two of a doubleheader at Villanova on April 6... Reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks, a home run, a stolen base and two walks at FDU on April 2... Went 3-for-4 with a team-high four RBIs at Iona on March 30... Belted a two-run home run and scored twice at FDU on March 27... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored at Monmouth on March 24... Big game, going 2-for-3 with two walks, two stolen bases, three runs scored and a solo home run vs. Harvard on March 15... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI vs. Saint Joseph’s on March 15... Walked twice and scored two runs vs. Bucknell on March 12... Belted a home run and was hit by a pitch at FIU on March 10... Reached base three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, two RBIs and a sacrifice fly at FDU on Feb. 22... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI vs. Ohio State on Feb. 17... Named to Preseason All-BIG EAST Team... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Appeared in 45 games, making 42 starts... Primary starter at third base or designated hitter... Batted .225 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs... Led the Pirates in home runs and ranked third on the team in slugging percentage... Led Seton Hall with nine multi-RBI games... Had six multi-hit games... Stole two bases in two attempts... Had a team-high three triples... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Launched a three-run home run and walked at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Smashed a two-run home run vs. Villanova on April 29... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, a run scored and two RBIs vs. Villanova on April 27... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a go-ahead eighth-inning three-run home run at Butler on April 22... Reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs scored and a two-run home run at Princeton on April 11... Reached base three times, going 2-for-2 with a walk, a triple and an RBI and a run scored in game two of a doubleheader vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on April 8... Clubbed his second career home run at Hawaii on March 23... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, a run scored and two RBIs at Oklahoma State on March 16... Went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, a sacrifice fly, a hit-by-pitch, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Seattle on March 2... Clubbed his first career home run, a three-run shot at Wofford on Feb. 24... Went 2-for-3 at USC Upstate on Feb. 23... Made his collegiate debut and collected his first career hit, a double, in game one of a doubleheader at NC State on Feb. 16... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School / Personal: Attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J.... Three-year letter winner in baseball as a third baseman... Named First Team All-County as a senior and played in the Senior All-Star Game... Batted .365 with three home runs as a senior... Two-year team captain... Named to the Underclassman All-Star Game as a junior... Helped lead Don Bosco to a conference title as a sophomore... Younger brother of former Pirate and Padres draftee Cullen Dana... Born May 31, 1999.