Tuesday, March 14
Boiling Springs, NC
5 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Gardner-Webb University
QU Baseball Set to Travel to Gardner-Webb, North Carolina A&T in First Mid-Week Action of 2017
3/13/2017 2:42:00 PM | Baseball
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-7, 0-0 MAAC) at Gardner-Webb University (6-11, 0-0 Big South)
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 (5 p.m.)
Location: John Henry Moss Stadium | Boiling Springs, North Carolina
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-7, 0-0 MAAC) at North Carolina A&T State University (9-6, 1-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (4 p.m.)
Location: War Memorial Stadium | Greensboro, North Carolina
QUINNIPIAC'S PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday vs. Gardner Webb : Alex Vargas (0-1, 12.46 ERA)
Wednesday vs. North Carolina A&T: Brandon Shileikis (0-0, 4.35 ERA)
MULTIMEDIA
Follow the Bobcats This Week:
HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac baseball heads back to North Carolina for its first mid-week action of the 2017 season on Tuesday and Wednesday, squaring off with Gardner Webb and North Carolina A&T in two more non-conference games.
LAST TIME OUT
Quinnipiac went 1-2 last weekend at Virginia Military Institute, winning on Friday, March 10 before falling on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12. The Bobcats' offense scored five or more runs in each game, totaling 20 total runs.
ROAD TRIP!
The Bobcats begin the new year down south, playing 18 games in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina before heading back to Connecticut on March 22 to face Yale in New Haven. Quinnipiac's first home game is on March 28 vs. the University of Rhode Island at 3 p.m.
HOT START
Quinnipiac has plated 71 runs in the first 13 games of the 2017 season, an average of 5.5 runs per contest to begin the new year. The Bobcats have scored five or more runs in nine of 13 games thus far.
SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB
SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA A&T
LIAM GOING LONG
First baseman Liam Scafariello has seven home runs in the Bobcats' first 13 games of the 2017 season, which ranks tied for No. 6 overall in the nation.
The sophomore transfer from San Jacinto College is 15-for-53 from the plate so far with 14 RBI's. Scafariello was named MAAC Baseball Player of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
RUN PRODUCERS
Brian Moskey (Higganum, CT) and Ryan Nelson (Knoxville, TN) have helped pace the Bobcats offense so far. Nelson has eight RBI's (10-for-40) and Moskey has nine RBI's (10-for-38).
BIG BATS
Matthew Batten (Shelton, CT) and Joseph Burns (Shelton, CT) are both hitting over .300 so far this year. Batten is 17-for-51 (.333) while Burns is 16-for-51 (.314).
IMPRESSIVE ROTATION
Taylor Luciani (Berlin, CT) and Robert Hitt (Suffield, CT) have both been stellar on the mound in two starts so far this year. Hitt has thrown 8.0 innings while posting a 1.13 ERA, and Luciani has thrown 5.0 innings with a 1.80 ERA.
DEPTH IN THE 'PEN
Five different Bobcats' pitchers have an ERA under 4.00 so far this season over multiple appearances out of the bullpen:
The Bobcats went 21-31 ( MAAC) in 2016, the program's second-straight 20-win season in the two years under head coach John Delaney. Quinnipiac has 55 total victories since Delaney took over.
QU won 29 games in 2015, which ties the program record for most wins in a single season. The Bobcats went 29-27 (15-9 MAAC) overall that year, finishing No. 3 in the conference standings - their highest regular-season finish in the conference since finishing No. 1 in 2007, when Delaney played for team.
MAAC PRESEASON POLL
Quinnipiac baseball has been picked to finish 7th in the 2017 MAAC Baseball Preseason Poll, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. The Bobcats received 51 total votes in the poll, finishing one spot behind Siena and one spot ahead of Rider. Fairfield (No. 1), Canisius (No. 2) and Monmouth (No. 3) were picked at the top of the poll.
MATTHEW BATTEN
Senior shortstop Matthew Batten (Shelton, Conn.) was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC team. Batten, who was named to the All-MAAC Second Team at the end of the 2016 season, hit .344 with four homeruns and 25 RBI's last year in 52 games. Batten registered 73 hits last year, which were fourth most in a single-season program history.
BRINGING BACK THE OFFENSE
The Bobcats will return seven of nine players who registered 30 hits or more in 2016 (Matthew Batten, Joseph Burns, Brian Moskey, Matthew Oestreicher, Julius Saporito, Ryan Nelson, Ben Gibson).
RETURNING PITCHERS
The Bobcats will also return three of its top five innings eaters from the past year. Taylor Luciani (Berlin, CT) threw 69.0 innings in 12 appearances, going 4-3 with a 3.13 ERA (team-high for pitchers who threw more than 20 innings) and 42 strikeouts. Robert Hitt (Suffield, CT) threw 51 innings over 24 appearances, striking out 43 batters to go along with a 6.18 ERA, and Brandon Shiliekis (North Dighton, MA) threw 29 innings over 11 appearances, striking out 19 batters and posting a 4.81 ERA.
2016 ACCOLADES
Quinnipiac had two All-MAAC players in 2016, Thomas Jankins and Matthew Batten), two All-New England players (Batten and Lou Iannotti) and one all-Northeast Selection (Batten). Jankins was also drafted in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, the 17th player in program history to be selected in Major League Baseball's First Year Amateur Player Draft.
SUMMER BALL
13 different Bobcats' from the 2016 roster participated in college baseball leagues around the United States this past summer:
Coastal Plain League (CoastalPlain.com)
Matthew Batten – Morehead City Marlins
Joseph Burns – Florence RedWolves
Wyatt Hamilton – Morehead City Marlins
New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL.com)
Ryan Nelson – Danbury Westerners
Alex Vargas – Danbury Westerners
Taylor Luciani – Ocean State Waves
Robert Hitt – Ocean State Waves
Futures Collegiate Baseball League (TheFuturesLeague.com)
Brandon Shileikis – Pittsfield Suns
Brian Moskey – Pittsfield Suns
Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL.com)
Anthony Cruz – Saugerties Stallions
Mike Davis – Saugerties Stallions
Andrew Workman – Saugerties Stallions
Julius Saporito – Saugerties Stallions
NEXT UP
The Bobcats travel to South Carolina next weekend for a three-game series vs. the University of South Carolina Upstate from March 17-19.
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 (5 p.m.)
Location: John Henry Moss Stadium | Boiling Springs, North Carolina
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-7, 0-0 MAAC) at North Carolina A&T State University (9-6, 1-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (4 p.m.)
Location: War Memorial Stadium | Greensboro, North Carolina
QUINNIPIAC'S PROBABLE STARTERS
Tuesday vs. Gardner Webb : Alex Vargas (0-1, 12.46 ERA)
Wednesday vs. North Carolina A&T: Brandon Shileikis (0-0, 4.35 ERA)
MULTIMEDIA
Follow the Bobcats This Week:
- Live Stats - Tuesday vs. Gardner Webb: GWUSports.com
- Live Stats - Wednesday vs. North Carolina A&T: NCATAggies.com
- Follow on Twitter: @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac baseball heads back to North Carolina for its first mid-week action of the 2017 season on Tuesday and Wednesday, squaring off with Gardner Webb and North Carolina A&T in two more non-conference games.
LAST TIME OUT
Quinnipiac went 1-2 last weekend at Virginia Military Institute, winning on Friday, March 10 before falling on Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12. The Bobcats' offense scored five or more runs in each game, totaling 20 total runs.
ROAD TRIP!
The Bobcats begin the new year down south, playing 18 games in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina before heading back to Connecticut on March 22 to face Yale in New Haven. Quinnipiac's first home game is on March 28 vs. the University of Rhode Island at 3 p.m.
HOT START
Quinnipiac has plated 71 runs in the first 13 games of the 2017 season, an average of 5.5 runs per contest to begin the new year. The Bobcats have scored five or more runs in nine of 13 games thus far.
SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB
- Gardner Webb is 6-11 so far this season, winning its most recent game (March 11) vs. Eastern Tenn. State.
- The Runnin' Bulldogs are 5-7 so far at home, and are hitting .235 as a team with 20 home runs.
- Collin Thacker leads the team with 20 total hits, 12 RBI's and a .323 average at the plate.
- Junior Bradley Hallman has thrown a team-high 30.0 innings on the mound, going 2-2 with a 1.20 ERA in four starts.
SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA A&T
- North Carolina A&T lost its last time out (March 11) to N.C. Central. The Aggies are 9-6 overall, and 7-1 at home.
- Aden Ordonez is hitting .327 with a team-high three home runs and 18 RBI's. Perry Hunt also has two home runs and 14 RBI's with a .353 average. Myles Sowell is batting .453 in 15 games for the Aggies.
- Marcello Betances is 2-1 on the year in four starts with a 2.35 ERA over 23.0 innings pitched.
LIAM GOING LONG
First baseman Liam Scafariello has seven home runs in the Bobcats' first 13 games of the 2017 season, which ranks tied for No. 6 overall in the nation.
The sophomore transfer from San Jacinto College is 15-for-53 from the plate so far with 14 RBI's. Scafariello was named MAAC Baseball Player of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
RUN PRODUCERS
Brian Moskey (Higganum, CT) and Ryan Nelson (Knoxville, TN) have helped pace the Bobcats offense so far. Nelson has eight RBI's (10-for-40) and Moskey has nine RBI's (10-for-38).
BIG BATS
Matthew Batten (Shelton, CT) and Joseph Burns (Shelton, CT) are both hitting over .300 so far this year. Batten is 17-for-51 (.333) while Burns is 16-for-51 (.314).
IMPRESSIVE ROTATION
Taylor Luciani (Berlin, CT) and Robert Hitt (Suffield, CT) have both been stellar on the mound in two starts so far this year. Hitt has thrown 8.0 innings while posting a 1.13 ERA, and Luciani has thrown 5.0 innings with a 1.80 ERA.
DEPTH IN THE 'PEN
Five different Bobcats' pitchers have an ERA under 4.00 so far this season over multiple appearances out of the bullpen:
- Mike Davis (Sandy Hook, CT): 6 appearances, 8.0 IP, 1.13 ERA
- Andrew Workman (Pound Ridge. NY): 7 appearances, 12.1 IP, 2.92 ERA
- Chris Enns (Canton, CT): 5 appearances, 13.0 IP, 2.77 ERA
- Mike DellaMedaglia (Somers, NY): 5 appearances, 6.2 IP, 2.70 ERA
- Nick Paasch (Tolland, CT): 4 appearances, 6.1 IP, 2.84 ERA
The Bobcats went 21-31 ( MAAC) in 2016, the program's second-straight 20-win season in the two years under head coach John Delaney. Quinnipiac has 55 total victories since Delaney took over.
QU won 29 games in 2015, which ties the program record for most wins in a single season. The Bobcats went 29-27 (15-9 MAAC) overall that year, finishing No. 3 in the conference standings - their highest regular-season finish in the conference since finishing No. 1 in 2007, when Delaney played for team.
MAAC PRESEASON POLL
Quinnipiac baseball has been picked to finish 7th in the 2017 MAAC Baseball Preseason Poll, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. The Bobcats received 51 total votes in the poll, finishing one spot behind Siena and one spot ahead of Rider. Fairfield (No. 1), Canisius (No. 2) and Monmouth (No. 3) were picked at the top of the poll.
MATTHEW BATTEN
Senior shortstop Matthew Batten (Shelton, Conn.) was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC team. Batten, who was named to the All-MAAC Second Team at the end of the 2016 season, hit .344 with four homeruns and 25 RBI's last year in 52 games. Batten registered 73 hits last year, which were fourth most in a single-season program history.
BRINGING BACK THE OFFENSE
The Bobcats will return seven of nine players who registered 30 hits or more in 2016 (Matthew Batten, Joseph Burns, Brian Moskey, Matthew Oestreicher, Julius Saporito, Ryan Nelson, Ben Gibson).
RETURNING PITCHERS
The Bobcats will also return three of its top five innings eaters from the past year. Taylor Luciani (Berlin, CT) threw 69.0 innings in 12 appearances, going 4-3 with a 3.13 ERA (team-high for pitchers who threw more than 20 innings) and 42 strikeouts. Robert Hitt (Suffield, CT) threw 51 innings over 24 appearances, striking out 43 batters to go along with a 6.18 ERA, and Brandon Shiliekis (North Dighton, MA) threw 29 innings over 11 appearances, striking out 19 batters and posting a 4.81 ERA.
2016 ACCOLADES
Quinnipiac had two All-MAAC players in 2016, Thomas Jankins and Matthew Batten), two All-New England players (Batten and Lou Iannotti) and one all-Northeast Selection (Batten). Jankins was also drafted in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, the 17th player in program history to be selected in Major League Baseball's First Year Amateur Player Draft.
SUMMER BALL
13 different Bobcats' from the 2016 roster participated in college baseball leagues around the United States this past summer:
Coastal Plain League (CoastalPlain.com)
Matthew Batten – Morehead City Marlins
Joseph Burns – Florence RedWolves
Wyatt Hamilton – Morehead City Marlins
New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL.com)
Ryan Nelson – Danbury Westerners
Alex Vargas – Danbury Westerners
Taylor Luciani – Ocean State Waves
Robert Hitt – Ocean State Waves
Futures Collegiate Baseball League (TheFuturesLeague.com)
Brandon Shileikis – Pittsfield Suns
Brian Moskey – Pittsfield Suns
Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL.com)
Anthony Cruz – Saugerties Stallions
Mike Davis – Saugerties Stallions
Andrew Workman – Saugerties Stallions
Julius Saporito – Saugerties Stallions
NEXT UP
The Bobcats travel to South Carolina next weekend for a three-game series vs. the University of South Carolina Upstate from March 17-19.
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