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LaSorsa, Joe
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Jersey Number 44
Joe LaSorsa
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- LHP
- Hometown:
- Katonah, N.Y.
- High School:
- Iona Prep
Bio
As a Junior (2019):
18th round selection (548th overall) of the Tampa Bay Rays… First Team All-BIG EAST and Second Team ABCA All-Region honoree… also named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team… made 15 appearances, 14 of which were starts… went 6-5 with a 1.66 ERA, the latter of which was good enough for seventh in all of Division I… registered a save in his lone relief outing… tossed a team-high 86.2 innings, striking out 67 and walking 33 over that stretch… limited opponents to a team-best .199 batting average… struck out seven and allowed three earned runs in his first career start at No. 3 UCLA (Feb. 17)… threw two scoreless innings for his lone save of the season at Western Carolina (Feb. 24)… gave up one unearned run and struck out six, but was tagged with the loss at UC Irvine (March 8)… threw a complete game four-hitter, allowing one run and striking out seven against Kansas in a game that lasted just one hour and 55 minutes (March 16)… scattered four hits over five scoreless innings to earn the win against Hofstra (March 24)… fanned a career-best eight batters and allowed no earned runs in seven innings of work at Saint Louis (March 29)… picked up a win for the fourth time in as many starts at Butler, allowing just one hit and an unearned run in seven innings of work (April 5)… struck out seven in 7.1 frames against Villanova (April 18)… punched out five in 5.1 scoreless innings against Princeton (May 4)… threw eight scoreless innings to kick-start a sweep of Seton Hall in the final series of the regular season (May 16)… scattered five hits over 7.1 scoreless frames in the opening game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship against Xavier (May 23).
As a Sophomore (2018):
Made a team-high 26 appearances, all in relief… went 4-0 with a team-high seven saves… compiled a 2.09 ERA… struck out 36 and surrendered 12 walks in 51.2 innings of work… allowed no hits over 3.0 scoreless innings to record a save in his first appearance of the season at Campbell (Feb. 18).. picked up another save by recording the final four outs of the Red Storm’s win over No. 6 North Carolina in Chapel Hill… made it three saves in as many tries with a scoreless ninth against Monmouth (Feb. 23)… tossed 2.0 innings of no-hit relief at UC Davis (March 4)… struck out five in 3.0 frames at Kansas (March 9)… blanked UConn over 3.0 innings of one-hit work (March 17)… retired all three batters he faced against Fairfield (March 20)… allowed just one hit in 2.2 scoreless frames at Binghamton (March 24)… recorded his fourth save of the season against Wagner (March 27)… allowed his first earned run of the year against Minnesota (March 29)… picked up save no. 5 on the season with 2.2 frames of one-hit work at Villanova (April 6)… registered his second save of the weekend with a scoreless ninth in the Red Storm’s series finale with the Wildcats (April 8)… notched his second win of the year by facing only one batter in the second game of a doubleheader with Creighton (April 14)… struck out four in a pair of flawless innings against Liberty (May 4)… improved to 3-0 with 4.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit work against Seton Hall in the first game of a twin bill (May 12)… logged the win in the Red Storm’s regular season finale against Butler, allowing just one hit and a walk and 2.2 innings of work (May 18)… tossed 2.2 scoreless frames against Georgetown in the opening game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship to record his seventh save of the year (May 24)… spun 2.1 scoreless innings against Vanderbilt in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 1)… tossed an inning against Clemson in the final game of the 2018 season (June 3).
As a Freshman (2017):
Second Team All-BIG EAST Selection... Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American... made 21 appearances, all in relief, for the Red Storm... compiled a 7-1 record, good enough for the second-highest win total on the team behind Sean Mooney, and a 2.34 ERA... recorded one save... struck out 39 batters and surrendered 14 walks on the season... made his collegiate debut against Western Carolina, allowing a hit and a walk in a scoreless frame (Feb. 17)... allowed one run on three hits in 3.2 huge innings of relief in the Red Storm's win over defending national champion Coastal Carolina, striking out three (Feb. 20)... tossed a scoreless ninth inning against Kansas State (Feb. 24)... picked up his first collegiate win at No. 7 North Carolina, throwing three innings of perfect relief with four strikeouts to down the Tar Heels (March 1)... suffered his lone loss of the season at No. 9 East Carolina (March 4)... recorded his first and only save of the season against Iona (March 17)... threw 1.2 scoreless innings against Maine (March 26)... picked up the win with 1.1 scoreless frames against Wagner (March 29)... surrendered no walks and no hits and 1.1 innings against Columbia (April 5)... threw 2.2 huge innings in the series opener against Creighton, allowing two hits, a walk and striking out three (April 7)... had a career-day against Butler, throwing five innings of shutout ball, striking out six, allowing just two hits and getting the win (April 14)... picked up the win against Seton Hall, allowing just one hit in 3.1 frames of work (April 30)... gave up no earned runs in 5.2 innings of work to register his fifth win of the year in the second game of a doubleheader against Xavier (May 14)... struck out four in 4.1 scoreless frames against Villanova to improve to 6-1 (May 19)... recorded the victory in the Red Storm's 3-2 win over Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Tournament, allowing just one hit and a pair of walks over three scoreless frames (May 26)... punched out two and allowed just two hits in 2.2 scoreless innings against Xavier (May 28).
At Iona Prep:
A four-year letter winner for the Gaels… served as a team captain his senior year… led Iona Prep to a CHSAA City Championship as a senior… named the 2016 CHSAA Player of the Year, Journal News Westchester/Putnam Player of the Year and MSG Varsity Hudson Valley Player of the Year… went 9-2 with a 1.01 ERA, 0.84 WHIP and 87 strikeouts in 69 innings in 2016, throwing two no-hitters in the process… also led the team with a .321 batting average.
Personal:
Joseph Peter LaSorsa… born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.… son of Gregory and Diana LaSorsa… has three older siblings, Cara, Christina and Matt… chose St. John’s for its athletic history, coaching staff and location… lists his favorite sports memory as leading Iona Prep to a CHSAA Championship… plans to major in business… took part in a number of community service trips at Iona Prep, traveling to New Orleans and Brownsville, Texas… made the honor roll in every semester of his high school career… lists his father and brother as the people he admires most and fellow Iona Prep grad Colin Moran as his favorite athlete.
18th round selection (548th overall) of the Tampa Bay Rays… First Team All-BIG EAST and Second Team ABCA All-Region honoree… also named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team… made 15 appearances, 14 of which were starts… went 6-5 with a 1.66 ERA, the latter of which was good enough for seventh in all of Division I… registered a save in his lone relief outing… tossed a team-high 86.2 innings, striking out 67 and walking 33 over that stretch… limited opponents to a team-best .199 batting average… struck out seven and allowed three earned runs in his first career start at No. 3 UCLA (Feb. 17)… threw two scoreless innings for his lone save of the season at Western Carolina (Feb. 24)… gave up one unearned run and struck out six, but was tagged with the loss at UC Irvine (March 8)… threw a complete game four-hitter, allowing one run and striking out seven against Kansas in a game that lasted just one hour and 55 minutes (March 16)… scattered four hits over five scoreless innings to earn the win against Hofstra (March 24)… fanned a career-best eight batters and allowed no earned runs in seven innings of work at Saint Louis (March 29)… picked up a win for the fourth time in as many starts at Butler, allowing just one hit and an unearned run in seven innings of work (April 5)… struck out seven in 7.1 frames against Villanova (April 18)… punched out five in 5.1 scoreless innings against Princeton (May 4)… threw eight scoreless innings to kick-start a sweep of Seton Hall in the final series of the regular season (May 16)… scattered five hits over 7.1 scoreless frames in the opening game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship against Xavier (May 23).
As a Sophomore (2018):
Made a team-high 26 appearances, all in relief… went 4-0 with a team-high seven saves… compiled a 2.09 ERA… struck out 36 and surrendered 12 walks in 51.2 innings of work… allowed no hits over 3.0 scoreless innings to record a save in his first appearance of the season at Campbell (Feb. 18).. picked up another save by recording the final four outs of the Red Storm’s win over No. 6 North Carolina in Chapel Hill… made it three saves in as many tries with a scoreless ninth against Monmouth (Feb. 23)… tossed 2.0 innings of no-hit relief at UC Davis (March 4)… struck out five in 3.0 frames at Kansas (March 9)… blanked UConn over 3.0 innings of one-hit work (March 17)… retired all three batters he faced against Fairfield (March 20)… allowed just one hit in 2.2 scoreless frames at Binghamton (March 24)… recorded his fourth save of the season against Wagner (March 27)… allowed his first earned run of the year against Minnesota (March 29)… picked up save no. 5 on the season with 2.2 frames of one-hit work at Villanova (April 6)… registered his second save of the weekend with a scoreless ninth in the Red Storm’s series finale with the Wildcats (April 8)… notched his second win of the year by facing only one batter in the second game of a doubleheader with Creighton (April 14)… struck out four in a pair of flawless innings against Liberty (May 4)… improved to 3-0 with 4.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit work against Seton Hall in the first game of a twin bill (May 12)… logged the win in the Red Storm’s regular season finale against Butler, allowing just one hit and a walk and 2.2 innings of work (May 18)… tossed 2.2 scoreless frames against Georgetown in the opening game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship to record his seventh save of the year (May 24)… spun 2.1 scoreless innings against Vanderbilt in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 1)… tossed an inning against Clemson in the final game of the 2018 season (June 3).
As a Freshman (2017):
Second Team All-BIG EAST Selection... Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American... made 21 appearances, all in relief, for the Red Storm... compiled a 7-1 record, good enough for the second-highest win total on the team behind Sean Mooney, and a 2.34 ERA... recorded one save... struck out 39 batters and surrendered 14 walks on the season... made his collegiate debut against Western Carolina, allowing a hit and a walk in a scoreless frame (Feb. 17)... allowed one run on three hits in 3.2 huge innings of relief in the Red Storm's win over defending national champion Coastal Carolina, striking out three (Feb. 20)... tossed a scoreless ninth inning against Kansas State (Feb. 24)... picked up his first collegiate win at No. 7 North Carolina, throwing three innings of perfect relief with four strikeouts to down the Tar Heels (March 1)... suffered his lone loss of the season at No. 9 East Carolina (March 4)... recorded his first and only save of the season against Iona (March 17)... threw 1.2 scoreless innings against Maine (March 26)... picked up the win with 1.1 scoreless frames against Wagner (March 29)... surrendered no walks and no hits and 1.1 innings against Columbia (April 5)... threw 2.2 huge innings in the series opener against Creighton, allowing two hits, a walk and striking out three (April 7)... had a career-day against Butler, throwing five innings of shutout ball, striking out six, allowing just two hits and getting the win (April 14)... picked up the win against Seton Hall, allowing just one hit in 3.1 frames of work (April 30)... gave up no earned runs in 5.2 innings of work to register his fifth win of the year in the second game of a doubleheader against Xavier (May 14)... struck out four in 4.1 scoreless frames against Villanova to improve to 6-1 (May 19)... recorded the victory in the Red Storm's 3-2 win over Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Tournament, allowing just one hit and a pair of walks over three scoreless frames (May 26)... punched out two and allowed just two hits in 2.2 scoreless innings against Xavier (May 28).
At Iona Prep:
A four-year letter winner for the Gaels… served as a team captain his senior year… led Iona Prep to a CHSAA City Championship as a senior… named the 2016 CHSAA Player of the Year, Journal News Westchester/Putnam Player of the Year and MSG Varsity Hudson Valley Player of the Year… went 9-2 with a 1.01 ERA, 0.84 WHIP and 87 strikeouts in 69 innings in 2016, throwing two no-hitters in the process… also led the team with a .321 batting average.
Personal:
Joseph Peter LaSorsa… born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.… son of Gregory and Diana LaSorsa… has three older siblings, Cara, Christina and Matt… chose St. John’s for its athletic history, coaching staff and location… lists his favorite sports memory as leading Iona Prep to a CHSAA Championship… plans to major in business… took part in a number of community service trips at Iona Prep, traveling to New Orleans and Brownsville, Texas… made the honor roll in every semester of his high school career… lists his father and brother as the people he admires most and fellow Iona Prep grad Colin Moran as his favorite athlete.