2009: Appeared in 14 games, which included 12 starts on the mound... Posted a 5-3 record with a 7.31 ERA... Ranked second on the team in wins and games started... Worked the third-highest inning total on the squad, 60.1 IP, while allowing 58 runs (49 earned), on 76 hits... Struck out 43, while walking 23... Earned start in Hawks' season-opener at East Carolina (2/20), working 4.0 innings... Made start at UCF (3/6), allowing three earned runs in 6.0 innings, with four strikeouts... Picked up no-decision, allowing an earned run on six hits, in 6.0 innings of a start at Navy (3/13)... Earned win behind a season-high seven strikeouts against Bryant (3/20), in which he allowed one run over 7.0 frames... Earned start at Seton Hall (3/25)... Credited with win at Princeton (3/31), with four strikeouts in 2.0 innings of work... Picked up win versus Long Island (4/5)... Worked a scoreless frame of relief, with two punchouts, in win at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/10)... Tossed a career-high 8.0 innings in a start, and victory, over Wagner (4/17), surrendering four runs on six hits, with four strikeouts... Struck out six in 5.1 innings of work against Sacred Heart (4/24)... Notched victory at Quinnipiac (5/8), behind four strikeouts in 5.1 frames... Worked 1.1 frames in Monmouth's NEC Tournament Championship clinching victory over Sacred Heart (5/23)... Tossed 1.0 inning, with a strikeout, against Missouri (5/30) in the NCAA Oxford Regional.
2008: Ranked second on the squad with 17 appearances, which included seven starting assignments... Collected a 6-2 overall record, while registering a 5.26 ERA in 49.2 innings of work... Ranked third on the team with 43 strikeouts... Worked 3.1 innings in loss at East Carolina (3/1)... Suffered loss, after 1.2 innings of relief, at #25 UCF (3/7)... Picked up the win, working 4.1 innings of relief, while striking out four, in victory over Penn State (3/10)... Helped preserve win against Maine (3/16), by retiring his lone batter faced... In first start, struck out six, while allowing just one run in 7.1 frames against Temple (3/26)... Earned victory with 6.0 inning start against Lafayette (4/9), allowing just one unearned run, with six strikeouts... Struck out five batters in victory at Saint Peter's (4/23)... Struck out a career-high nine batters in 6.0 innings of work to earn win at Rutgers (4/30)... Picked up victory against Mount St. Mary's (5/3), retiring lone batter faced... Sat down three in 3.0 innings to help preserve victory over FDU (5/11)... Allowed one hit, in 2.1 scoreless frames at Saint Peter's (5/14)... Earned start against Mount St. Mary's (5/24) in NEC Tournament.
2007: Led the NEC with 23 appearances... Started three games... Earned one save... Posted a 3-4 record and 6.39 ERA in 38.0 IP... Made collegiate debut in relief at UCF (3/4), pitching one inning... Earned first career start versus Boston College (3/7), tossing 4.1 frames with four strikeouts... Worked a scoreless frame at Wofford (3/17)... Scored first career win in start at Princeton (4/10), tossing 7.0 innings, while allowing two runs, with four punchouts... Earned second win against Saint Peter's (4/18) by working 2.0 scoreless innings of relief... Tossed two shutout frames at FDU (4/20)... Appeared in two games of CCSU series (4/28, 4/29), tossing a scoreless inning in each... Earned NEC win with two innings of work and four strikeouts against Wagner (5/20)... Picked up first career save with 3.0 scoreless frames against CCSU (5/25) in NEC Tournament... Appeared against #6 Arizona State (6/1) and Nebraska (6/2) in NCAA Regional.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at South Brunswick H.S... Posted a career 15-5 record with 1.50 ERA in three seasons... Squad won the 2006 Division Championship... Team was Central Jersey Group IV runner up... Named all-state third-team, all-area, all-conference and all-division as a senior... Tabbed all-area, all-conference and all-division as a junior.
Personal: Son of Al and Luann Breese... Born May 24, 1988 in New Brunswick, New Jersey... Majoring in business finance.
Breese's Game-Highs
IP (Starter): 8.0 vs. Wagner (4/17/09)
IP (Relief): 4.1 vs. Penn State (3/10/08)
Strikeouts: 9 at Rutgers (4/30/08)
Runs Allowed: 10 at East Carolina (2/20/09)
Earned Runs Allowed: 9 at Quinnipiac (5/08/09)
Walks Allowed: 5 vs. CCSU (5/16/09)
