By Steven M. Glassman
Director of Sports Information
March 14, 2018
Manor College athletics begins a new era with its first baseball team. It is believed that this is the first Spring sport in school history. This is also the first time the Blue Jays started a program since Women's Soccer in 1994. Manor will compete at the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) and EPAC (Eastern Pennsylvania Athletic Conference) Division III levels. All home games will be played at the Abington Friends School in Jenkintown.
Head Coach Information:
Head Coach: Jose Toledo (First).
Head Coach's Won-Loss Record at Manor (Overall): 0-0 (0-0).
Head Coach's NJCAA Region XIX Division III Won-Loss Record at Manor (Overall): 0-0 (0-0).
Team Information:
First Season of Competition: 2018.
2018 Schedule Notes:
2018 Opponents' 2017 Overall Won-Loss Record (Percentage): 177-215 (0.451).
2018 Opponents' 2017 Conference Won-Loss Record (Percentage): 95-148 (0.391).
2018 Opponents' 2017 Non-Conference Won-Loss Record (Percentage): 82-67 (0.550).
2018 NJCAA Region XIX Division II Opponents (Division) (Date/s): County College of Morris (April 21) (Doubleheader) and Valley Forge Military College (April 29) (Doubleheader).
2018 Non-NJCAA Opponents (Affiliate) (Date/s): Williamson College of the Trade (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) (April 4 and 18).
2018 NJCAA 2017 Division II Nationally-Ranked Opponents (Date/s Ranked): County College of Morris: 14th (April 4), 10th (April 11), 5th (April 18), 4th (April 25), 4th (May 2), 2nd (January 18), 5th (May 9), and 8th (May 16).
2018 NJCAA 2017 Division II Regular Season Champion Opponents (Region): County College of Morris (Region XIX and Garden State Athletic Conference).
2018 NJCAA 2017 Division II Postseason Tournament Opponents (Region): County College of Morris (Region XIX).
2018 NJCAA 2017- Division III Postseason Tournament Opponents (Region) (Date/s): Lehigh Carbon Community College (Region XIX) (March 22 and April 20), Middlesex County College (Region XIX), (March 24) (Doubleheader), Luzerne County Community College (Region XIX) (March 31 and May 5), Ocean County College (Region XIX) (April 7) (Doubleheader), and Bergen Community College (Region XIX) (April 14) (Doubleheader).
Jose Toledo's 2018 Outlook…:
On the getting the opportunity to be the Head Coach: "Let me start by saying that I'm very excited and grateful for the opportunity to coach the first ever Manor College baseball team. Faculty members, staff, and students have received the program with open arms and have been very supportive of the baseball team."
On the infield: "This year's Manor's infield is surrounded by a talented group of infielders with strong-arms soft hands and good range. The infielders work well together and have confidence in one another."
On the outfield: "The outfielders are quick and do a good job of getting under the ball and backing each other up .They all do a good job on either hitting the cut off man or throwing to the bag."
Overall: "The team goal is to be competitive and make it to the playoffs by winning one game at a time."