Ward Melville baseball has a winning tradition and success filled history throughout their program. Even just last season they streaked to a 19-win season to get all the way to the conference finals. But, head coach Lou Petrucci, who is going into his 17th season as head coach of Ward Melville, saw a first this week as the skipper of the Patriots.
Pitchers Nick Carnovale and Jason Stiles combined to pitch the first combined no-hitter in school history. Together they struck out 14 batters in a 5 -0 win over Lindenhurst. Nick Carnovale pitched into the 7th inning racking up 12 strikeouts. Then Jason Stiles came in to close the door striking out two to complete the no-hitter.
Carnovale has two wins on the season and now has struck out 16 batters in his last two starts combined. Ward Melville is 8-5 overall and now they will take on Sachem North in a three game series to end their regular season schedule.