Bobcats Set for Regular Season Finale with Marist

Friday, May 14

Hamden, Conn.

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Marist

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By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-19 MAAC) vs.
Marist Red Foxes (15-7, 15-7 MAAC)
Date: Friday, May 14
Time: 12 PM and 3 PM
Location: Bobcat Field
All-Time Series: 7-9 (Lost last meeting, 13-9, on May 13, 2018)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-19 MAAC) at
Marist Red Foxes (15-7, 15-7 MAAC)
Date: Saturday, May 15
Time: 12 PM and 3 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 7-9 (Lost last meeting, 13-9, on May 13, 2018)
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team will wrap up the 2021 MAAC Regular Season as the Bobcats will take on the Marist Red Foxes in a home-and-home series beginning with a doubleheader Friday at Quinnipiac and doubleheader Saturday at Marist.

Last Time Out
Quinnipiac took a game from the Canisius Golden Griffins in a four-game series at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo. It was the Bobcats first action since April 14. The Bobcats fell in the opening game on Sunday, 5-1, before falling in game two, 15-5, which was completed on Monday due to rain. Arthur Correira was dominant in game three of the series, tossing a complete-game in a 2-1 win before the Bobcats fell in the finale, 10-2.

Scouting Marist
Marist enters the weekend with a 15-7 record and are ranked sixth in the MAAC Standings, just one win behind Canisius and one ahead of Siena. The Red Foxes are four wins out of second place. Marist has won five straight games heading into this weekend's series, taking the final three games of last weekend's four-game series vs. Manhattan before sweeping a doubleheader with Siena on Wednesday. Niko Amory leads the team with a .373 batting average while Matt Rubayo has been one of the most lethal hitters with a .333/.402/.623 slash line along with 23 hits, five doubles, five home runs and 31 RBIs. Robbie Armitage is tied for the team-lead with five home runs and second with 22 RBIs. As a team, Marist is hitting .306. The pitching staff has combined for a 3.50 ERA, led by reliever Conor McNamara's 0.63 ERA with one earned run allowed in 14.1 innings. Ryan Cardona has the lowest ERA among starters at 2.33 despite an 0-2 record. He has 24 strikeouts in 19.1 innings.

All-Time vs. Marist
Quinnipiac is 7-9 all-time against Marist, including 6-7 since joining the MAAC in the 2015 season. This is the first meeting between the two teams since the 2018 season. Marist won the final two games of that series, snapping Quinnipiac's four-game winning streak after sweeping the 2017 series in Hamden.

Senior Day
The Bobcats will honor the six members of the Class of 2021 on Friday before first pitch of game one and the eight members of the Class of 2020 before game two. Quinnipiac's seniors this season are Colton Bender, Arthur Correira, Robert Lewis, Connor Mahoney, Ian Ostberg and Joe Preciado. The eight graduate students include Blake DeCarr, Colin Donnelly, Dakota Herman, David Longstreeth, Dylan Lutz, Derek Kasperzyk, Andre Marrero and Evan Vulgamore.

In the Record Books
Evan Vulgamore broke the Division I program record for RBIs in a career on Monday as he lifted a sacrifice fly for his 133^rd RBI to break a tie with Vincent Guglietti '15. Vulgamore now has sole possession of fifth all-time in program history, and is four RBIs from tying Vin Siena '86 and Steve Kulpa '93 for third all-time with 137 RBIs.

Evan Almighty
Vulgamore has been among the Bobcats' top offensive weapons once again this season as he ranks second on the team with 17 RBIs and 13 runs scored. He is batting .284 with 21 hits and a team-leading six doubles.

In his career, Vulgamore is eighth in program history with 42 doubles, fourth in Division I program history and eighth all-time with 25 home runs.

Hubba Bubba
Arthur Correira made the best start of career on Monday as he pitched a complete game in the Bobcats 2-1 win at Canisius. He struck out a career-high 10 batters, passing his previous best of nine in his first start of the season on March 27 against Monmouth. He allowed just two hits in the final four innings and retired 12 of the final 14 batters he faced. Correira now has 20 strikeouts in 15 innings pitched.

Go Cubs Go
In just his second career appearance, Andrew Cubberly dominated the Golden Griffins as he struck out 10 batters over 4.2 innings of work in the final game of the Canisius series. Cubberly struck out two batters in three separate innings before striking out the side in his final relief inning in the sixth.

Andre 3000
Andre Marrero was an on-base machine at Canisius as he drew six walks and singled twice for the Bobcats. He now has 20 walks on the season, one of three batters in the MAAC to do so. He leads the Bobcats with a .333/.458/.597 slash line as well as 24 hits, 17 runs, five home runs and 18 RBIs.

In his career, Marrero has drawn 88 walks to tie the Division I program record held by Liam Scafariello '19. He is eighth in Division I program history with 124 runs scored, tied for ninth in program history with 41 doubles and tied for second in Division I program history with seven triples. He is four RBIs away from 100 in his career.

Call Me Maves
Kyle Maves picked up four hits last weekend as he went 4 for 10 at Canisius. He had an RBI double in game one along with a single before recording an RBI single in the second game of the weekend. Maves is now batting .314 on the season with six RBIs and nine runs scored.

Sebastian Mueller's Day Off
Sebastian Mueller recorded hits in the final three games of the weekend series to go 4 for 12 against Canisius. All four hits were singles and he added a run and an RBI in the second game of the weekend. His batting average is up to .277 on the season with 18 hits, the sixth-most on the team.

Lutz is Loose
Dylan Lutz also picked up four hits at Canisius and went 4 for 12 at the dish as he now has hits in four of his last five games. He scored a run in each of the final three games of the weekend series, and had a double in the last game. Lutz is batting .324 on the season with 22 hits, both good for second on the team, and has scored 12 runs.

Dominant Donnelly
Colin Donnelly has made 10 appearances out of the bullpen for the Bobcats this season. After setting the program record for appearances in a single-season in 2019 with 29, Donnelly enters the weekend with 67 career appearances to rank third in Division I program history. He is one shy of Andrew Workman '19 for second, and Matthew Osieja '17 holds the record at 72.