2009: Appeared in 40 games, while earning 29 starts at third base... Batted .239 with 26 hits and 21 runs scored... Added five doubles and a pair of home runs, while driving in 16 scores... Was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts... Collected an RBI hit at East Carolina (2/22)... West 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored at UCF (3/6)... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI at UCF (3/8)... Crossed the plate at least once in six straight games from 3/13 to 3/21... Collected two hits versus UMass (3/14)... Scored a pair of run in the series opening victory over Bryant (3/20)... Notched two doubles, run and an RBI in a win at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/9)... Recorded career-day with four hits, including two home runs, eight RBI and four runs scored in a victory over Wagner (4/19)... Went 2-for-5 with a double against Sacred Heart (4/24).
2008: Appeared in 16 games, while earning 11 starting assignments... Suffered season-ending shoulder injury... Batted .244, with 10 hits, including a pair of doubles and triples, prior to injury... Scored seven runs... Went 1-for-3 at East Carolina (3/1)... Walked and scored a run at UCF (3/8)... Walked and was hit by a pitch twice in Monmouth's victory over Penn State (3/10)... Went 2-for-5 with a double at Navy (3/14)... Was 3-for-6 with a double and two triples, and scored twice against Maine (3/16)... Had three hits and scored twice in two games versus NJIT (3/28-29)... Went 1-for-1 with a run scored in a conference victory over Sacred Heart (4/5).
2007: Appeared in 60 games, earning 59 starts... Registered a .265 batting average... Collected 49 hits, including seven doubles and four home runs... Scored 20 runs and drove in 28 tallys... Opened season with 3-for-4 outing at UCF (3/2), including two doubles and four RBI... Went 2-for-3 at UCF (3/3)... Added two hits and two RBI versus St. Bonaventure (3/5)... Collected a triple versus Boston College (3/7)... Went 2-for-4 at Navy (3/11)... Connected on home run at Wofford (3/18)... Was 2-for-4 versus Vermont (3/25)... Drove in two runs against Columbia (4/3) and Mount St. Mary's (4/5)... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs at FDU (4/20)... Was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs at FDU (4/22), while also being hit by a pitch four times... Drove in two scores against CCSU (4/29)... Went 3-for-4 at Quinnipiac (5/6)... Went 2-for-4 in series opener versus Sacred Heart (5/10)... Added two hits, including a two-run homer, while driving in three, against Sacred Heart (5/12)... Went 2-for-3 versus CCSU (5/26) in NEC Tournament... Added a double and a run scored in NEC Championship Game victory over CCSU (5/26).
2006: Appeared in 26 games, earning 13 starts in the infield... Registered a .291 average, collecting 16, including three doubles and a triple... Made collegiate debut with 2-for-2 day, with a walk, at UCF (3/3)... Went 2-for4 with a run scored versus St. Bonaventure (3/10)... Collected two hits and a run scored at Rider (3/22)... Drove in first career run with a triple in win at Long Island (4/2)... Was 2-for-2 with a double against St. Peter's (4/20)... Added two hits and two runs in victory at St. Peter's (4/27)... Went 1-for-3 with a double and two runs scored at Rutgers (5/11).
High School: Two-year letterwinner in baseball at Toms River North H.S... Team combined for 42-14 record in 2004 and 2005, winning consecutive Shore Conference Championships... Named Star Ledger and Ocean County Observer all-county at second base in 2005... Competed in Monmouth County/Ocean County All-Star Game as a senior... Batted .321 with 31 RBI and 45 runs scored in his two seasons... Posted a .960 fielding percentage at second base.
Personal: Son of Vincent and Carol Casale... Born September 7, 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey... Majoring in secondary education/history.
Casale's Game-Bests
At Bats: 6 vs. Maine (3/16/08), at UCF (3/04/07)
Runs: 4 vs. Wagner (4/19/09)
Hits: 4 vs. Wagner (4/19/09)
RBI: 8 vs. Wagner (4/19/09)
Doubles: 2, three times • last at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/09/09)
Home Runs: 2 vs. Wagner (4/19/09)
Walks: 2 at Mount St. Mary's (4/06/07)
Stolen Bases: 1, three times • last vs. Bryant (3/20/09)
Hit Streak: 6 games (3/02-07/07)
