Friday, February 25
Raleigh, NC
6:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
NC State
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Bobcats Set for Three-Game Weekend Series with #9 NC State
2/24/2022 10:07:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. #9 NC State Wolfpack (5-0, 0-0 ACC)
Date: Friday, Feb. 24
Time: 6 PM
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
All-Time Series: 0-5 (Lost last meeting, 1-0, on March 12, 2013)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. #9 NC State Wolfpack
Date: Saturday, Feb. 25
Time: 2 PM
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. #9 NC State Wolfpack
Date: Sunday, Feb. 26
Time: 1 PM
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
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RALEIGH, NC – After opening the season on the road at Saint Joseph's, the Quinnipiac baseball team heads south to Raleigh for a three-game weekend series with ACC powerhouse No. 9 NC State, starting with Friday's contest at 6 p.m. on the ACC Network.
Last Time Out
Date: Friday, Feb. 24
Time: 6 PM
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
All-Time Series: 0-5 (Lost last meeting, 1-0, on March 12, 2013)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. #9 NC State Wolfpack
Date: Saturday, Feb. 25
Time: 2 PM
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
Watch | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. #9 NC State Wolfpack
Date: Sunday, Feb. 26
Time: 1 PM
Location: Doak Field at Dail Park
Watch | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
RALEIGH, NC – After opening the season on the road at Saint Joseph's, the Quinnipiac baseball team heads south to Raleigh for a three-game weekend series with ACC powerhouse No. 9 NC State, starting with Friday's contest at 6 p.m. on the ACC Network.
Last Time Out
- The Bobcats return to action after going 1-2 to open the season at Saint Joseph's last weekend
- QU dropped the first two contests before taking game three on Sunday, 18-8
- Anthony Donofrio and Danny Melnick led the offense with four RBIs apiece in the victory
- The No. 9 Wolfpack enter the contest at 5-0 on the season
- NC State opened the season with a three-game sweep over Evansville, before downing High Point, 18-3, followed by Longwood, 19-3, this past Tuesday and Wednesday
- Tommy White leads the Wofpack offense, boasting a .619 batting average with five homers and 15 RBIs on the young campaign
- White picked up five weekly awards for his play this past week
- Friday marks QU's sixth contest vs. NC State
- The Bobcats are 0-5 all-time vs. the Wolfpack
- The last time QU faced NC State, they fell 1-0 by the No. 8 Wolfpack on March 12, 2013
- QU baseball head coach John Delaney announced a new team member, signing six-year-old Cameron Wilson through Team IMPACT in a press conference held in the Mount Carmel Campus Rec Center on Feb. 12
- He will participate in many activities with the baseball team over the next two years, including games, practices, and other team events
- Quinnipiac's leading returning hitter, Ian Ostberg, tallied 23 hits last season and tallied 14 runs
- Ostberg registered multiple hits in four games last season, including three hits in two contests
- A member of the 2019 All-MAAC First Team, Ostberg recorded just one error in 46 chances last season
- He led the Bobcats with five stolen bases in 2021
- Went 3 for 4 with a three-run home run and finished with four RBIs, two runs scored and two stolen bases in an 11-1 win vs. Siena on April 9
- Kyle Maves returns for his senior campaign after batting a career-high .271 in 21 games last season
- Recorded 16 hits with three doubles, nine runs scored, six RBIs and four stolen bases in 2021
- In the opening weekend at Saint Joseph's, Maves batted .333 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored
- Sebastian Mueller returns for his sophomore campaign after finishing sixth on the team in hits (20)
- Tied for third on the team with two home runs last season
- Recorded three doubles and two home runs along with nine RBIs and nine runs scored
- In the opening weekend at Saint Joseph's, Mueller batted .308 with four hits and five RBIs
- A transfer from SUNY Cortland, Anthony Donofrio took no time at all to adjust to find his fit in the Bobcats' lineup
- In the opening weekend at Saint Joseph's, Donofrio batted .462 with six hits, five RBIs and two stolen bases
- In just his second game in a Bobcats' uniform, Donofrio went 4-for-4 from the plate with two runs scored vs. Saint Joseph's on Feb. 19
- He followed that performance with two hits and four RBIs in an 18-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 20
- Junior Danny Melnick got off to a hot start to open the season
- Melnick led the offense in the opening series at Saint Joseph's, batting .600 with six hits, four runs scored and four RBIs in just two games played
- Melnick went 3-for-5 with a double, a run scored and two RBI against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 19
- He followed that performance with three hits, a homer, three runs scored and four RBIs in an 18-8 victory over Saint Joseph's on Feb. 20
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, March 4 when they open a three-game series on the road against James Madison
- Friday's game is set for a 3 p.m. start, with Saturday and Sunday's contests beginning at noon each day
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