Tuesday, March 15
West Hartford, CT
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Hartford
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Bobcats Take on Hartford in Tuesday Matchup
3/14/2022 11:54:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (3-8, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Hartford Hawks (0-7, 0-0 AE)
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Fiondella Field
All-Time Series: 9-14 (Won last meeting, 10-3, April 9, 2019)
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to Connecticut after five consecutive games in Virginia for an in-state road matchup with Hartford on Tuesday. First pitch from Fiondella Field is set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
Date: Tuesday, March 15
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Fiondella Field
All-Time Series: 9-14 (Won last meeting, 10-3, April 9, 2019)
Watch | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to Connecticut after five consecutive games in Virginia for an in-state road matchup with Hartford on Tuesday. First pitch from Fiondella Field is set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
- The Bobcats return to action after going 1-1 on the road at George Mason
- QU split the doubleheader, taking game one, 6-5, before falling in game two, 8-4
- Game three was canceled on Sunday due to unplayable field conditions due to snow
- The Hawks enter the contest at 0-7 on the season
- Hartford has been outscored 114-80
- The Hawks fell on the road against UConn in its last time out, 8-3, on March 8
- Daniel Burnett leads the offense with four RBIs and two runs scored
- Will Nowak boasts a 1.13 ERA and in two starts and eight innings pitched
- Tuesday marks the 24th meeting between the two programs
- Quinnipiac has won its previous two meetings against Hartford
- The Bobcats earned a 10-3 victory in the last meeting on April 9, 2019
- QU had six different players tally an RBI in the victory
- 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
- Maves is batting .417 on the season with 15 hits and 11 runs scored
- He leads the team in runs scored (11), walks (8) and steals (8)
- 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
- Mueller boasts a .257 batting average with a homer and eight RBIs on the short campaign
- 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
- Donofrio is batting .362 with a team-best 17 hits, nine RBIs, four doubles and a homer
- 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
- He boasts a .333 batting average on the season
- Melnick leads the team in RBIs (10) and doubles (4)
- 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
- Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
- Garcia is 2-2 on the season and boasts 25 strikeouts in 21 innings pitched
- Garcias has earned a win in consecutive starts, with his most recent win coming in a 6-5 victory over George Mason on March 11
- He logged seven innings and struck out 10 in the appearance
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, March 18 when they travel to Richmond, Virginia to open a three-game set against VCU
- First pitch from The Diamond on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m.
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