Rider University Athletics

2022
Pitched in 17 games as a graduate student, including 11 starts.
Was 3-2 with a save and a 4.79 ERA.
Struck out 45 batters in 62.0 innings pitched.
Had five scoreless outings.
Tossed six scoreless innings, striking out five, in a MAAC win over Canisius.
Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2021
- Member of the 2021 baseball team as a senior.

2020
- Made six appearances out of the pen as a junior.
- Went 1-2 with a 1.93 ERA and a save, striking out 16 in 9.1 innings.
- Struck out nine batters in 3.2 innings, allowing just one run to earn a win at Charleston Southern.
- Did not allow a run in 1.1 innings against James Madison to earn a save.

2019
- As a sophomore, he made 15 appearances on the mound, including 14 starts, for the Broncs.
- In 75 and a third innings of work, he went 2-8 with a 6.57 ERA. He struck out 45 hitters during the year.
- Worked a scoreless two-thirds of an inning out of the bullpen with one strike out at Saint Mary’s on March 13.
- Worked eight scoreless innings and struck out six hitters in a win over Iona on April 13. In the victory, he scattered five hits and walked two batters.
- Struck out six batters in three and a third innings of work at Richmond on March 2.
- Went six or more innings six starts during the year. 

2018
- Made 17 appearances and seven starts on the mound for the Broncs as a freshman.
- Was once named the MAAC Rookie of the Week.
- He went 0-5 with two saves, a 7.60 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 45 innings of work.
- In his collegiate debut, he tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts to earn the save against Ohio on February 16.
- Pitched a scoreless inning of relief to earn the save against Delaware State on February 26.
- Started his career with five scoreless innings.
- He had four scoreless appearances out of the bullpen.
- Struck out a career-high six batters in 3.2 innings of work at Fairfield on April 8.
- Tossed six or more innings in three of his seven starts.
- Pitched 7.1 innings against Manhattan with strikeouts while surrendering two earned runs on April 22.

Before Rider
Vitacco is a right-handed pitcher out of Monsignor Farrell High School on Staten Island…posted a 16-1 record, allowing just 19 runs in 134.1 innings for a 0.98 earned run average with 97 strikeouts over his three years…in the playoffs, he is 5-0 with a 1.00 ERA…named to the Staten Island Advance All-Star Team as a junior, while also earning Monsignor Farrell's Most Versatile Player Award…also led the Lions to the CHSAA Championship as a sophomore…he hit .325 over his three seasons at the plate.

Personal
Son of Joseph Vitacco and Denise Sciarrino.