Sebastiano Santorelli

Matt Ponsiglione

LHP

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Seton Hall takes on Butler in the Big East Tournament at Prasco Park on May 26, 2018.

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Seton Hall takes on St John's in the Big East Tournament at Prasco Park on May 27, 2018.

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
187
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Tuckahoe, N.Y.
High School:
Tuckahoe

2019: Academic Merit Award recipient... Appeared in 50 games and made 45 starts... Played the entire season as the team's primary designated hitter... Batted .215 with two home runs and 21 RBIs... Had 12 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games... Stole seven bases in nine attempts... Went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored against Creighton in the BIG EAST Championship on May 23... Went 2-for-5 including the game-winning two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning against Georgetown on May 10... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored at Xavier on May 5... Walked twice and scored three runs at Lafayette... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base and three RBIs at Saint Peter’s on April 30... Went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored vs. Butler in game one of a doubleheader on April 27... Belted a solo home run vs. Creighton on April 18... Went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored at TCU on April 14... Drove in a pair of runs in game two of a doubleheader at TCU on April 12... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI at Princeton on April 10... Had two doubles and drove in three runs at FDU on April 2... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI at Iona on March 31... Had a two-RBI triple at FDU on March 27... Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored vs. Kansas on March 13... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs at FIU on March 10... Walked twice, scored twice and stole two bases at FIU on March 9... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game one of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Appeared in 50 games and made 49 starts... split time during the season as the starting third baseman or designated hitter... Batted .264 with two home runs and 29 RBIs... Tied for second on the team with eight multi-RBI games... Set career-highs in nearly all offensive categories... Stole eight bases in nine attempts... Ranked third on the team with 12 doubles... Reached base three times, going 1-for-4 with two walks, a sacrifice bunt and two runs scored in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Reached base five times, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two walks, an RBI and three runs scored vs. Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Went 2-for-4 with a sacrifice bunt and two RBIs vs. Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a team-high three runs scored vs. Rider on May 8... Reached base three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, a run scored, a sacrifice bunt and a stolen base vs. Villanova on April 29... Drove in four runs, going 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and two runs scored vs. Xavier in game two of a doubleheader on April 14... Went 3-for-6 with a double, a triple, a walk, three RBIs and four runs scored at Princeton on April 11... Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in game one of a doubleheader vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on April 8... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base vs. Saint Peter’s on March 14... Was the lone Pirate with multiple hits, going 3-for-4 with an RBI at Florida Atlantic on March 10... Went 1-for-3 with a walk, a sacrifice fly and an RBI at Florida Atlantic on March 9... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored vs. Central Michigan on March 6... Had an RBI triple and a walk vs. Youngstown State on March 4... Went 2-for-5 with two RBIs vs. Notre Dame on March 3... Drove in three runs vs. Seattle on March 2... Went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt and a walk at Wofford on Feb. 24... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 19... Went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored, two RBIs and his first career home run at NC State on Feb. 18... Collected a pair of singles and a run scored at NC State in game one of a doubleheader on Feb. 16... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Appeared in 24 games, making seven starts... Batted .302 with six RBIs and four stolen bases in four attempts... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored at Southeastern Louisiana on May 18... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks, an RBI and a run scored at Villanova on May 12... Notched a pinch-hit RBI single vs. St. John’s on April 28... Had a pinch-hit RBI single vs. Georgetown on April 23... Had a hit, an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in game one of a doubleheader vs. LIU-Brooklyn on April 1... Walked three times with two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI vs. Princeton on March 39... Notched a pinch hit single vs. UConn on March 26... Had an RBI double vs. Southeastern Louisiana on March 4... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2016: Appeared in 16 games, making five starts... Batted .077 with four runs batted in and one stolen base... Delivered a clutch two-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning amid Seton Hall’s four-run comeback vs. Rutgers on April 12... Drove in a run vs. Army in game one of a double-header on March 26... Recorded his first career hit vs. Missouri on Feb. 21... Made collegiate debut vs. Missouri on Feb. 19... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School/Personal: Attended Fordham Prep in the Bronx, New York for three years before transferring to Tuckahoe High School as a senior... Three-year letter winner in baseball as a shortstop... Two-year team captain... Named Conference Player of the Year, All-Conference and All-Section as a senior at Tuckahoe... Named the 2014 Bronx Player of the Year and All-City First Team... Helped lead Tuckahoe to a sectional title as a senior, but lost in the state semifinals... Batted .550 with four home runs as a senior. Had a .350 batting average with three home runs as a junior... Dean's List member... Member of First Honors, the National Honor Society and received the Principal's Award for academic excellence... Born Feb. 22, 1997.