QU Plays Host to Canisius in Weekend Home Series

Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-14, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (9-12, 1-2 MAAC)
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 8-15 (Lost last meeting: 10-2, May 10, 2021)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Saturday, April 2
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Sunday, April 3
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team opens MAAC competition as the Bobcats play host to Canisius in the 2022 home opener. First pitch from the Quinnipiac Baseball Field is set for 3 p.m.

Last Time Out

The Bobcats return to action after dropping two of its three games at St. John's
The Bobcats took the series opener on Friday, 8-5, before dropping Saturday and Sunday's contests, 7-3 and 7-4

Scouting Canisius

The Golden Griffins enter the contest at 9-12 on the season and 1-2 in MAAC contests
Canisius is 7-10 in road games this season
The Golden Griffins are 2-4 in their last six games
Canisius dropped two-of-three contests against Manhattan this past weekend
The Golden Griffins took the middle game, 13-5, while dropping games one and three, 2-1 and 6-1
Max Grant leads the offense with a .395 batting average while adding four homers and 14 RBIs on the season

History vs. Canisius

Friday's contest against Canisius will mark the 24th game between the two programs
The Golden Griffins hold a 15-8 record over the Bobcats and have won three of the last four meetings
The last time the two sides faced off, Canisius came away with a 10-2 victory over Quinnipiac in Buffalo

Welcome to QU Cam

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

Seeing Ian

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
Ostberg made his return to the QU lineup this past week, batting .333 in 12 at-bats, with two doubles and four RBIs

Call Me Maves

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 .313 on the season with 21 hits and 15 runs scored
He leads the team in batting average runs scored (15), walks (12), steals (10) and triples (2)

Trust in Jared

Jared Zimbardo returned to Hamden for his sophomore campaign and has been lighting it up at the plate
Boasting a .383 batting average, Zimbardo has notched 18 hits on the young campaign
Zimbardo leads the team in batting average (.383), slugging percentage (.511), and on-base percentage (.463)
In his last four games, Zimbardo is batting .556 with 10 hits including four doubles
He boasts an .889 slugging-percentage during the span

Call on Kohn

Michael Kohn has erupted at the plate over his last three games
In his last three appearances, Kohn is batting .308 with three homers and five RBIs
Kohn has homered in three consecutive games played
Kohn blasted a three-run homer in Quinnipiac's 8-5 victory over St. John's on March 25
Kohn's three homers on the season are tops on the team

Saint Anthony Donofrio

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 .304 and leads the team in hits (21) while ranking second in runs scored (13)
He also ranks second on the team with four doubles
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

Handy Danny

Junior Danny Melnick got off to a hot start to open the season
He boasts a .267 batting average on the season
Melnick ranks second on the team in homers (2), while leading in RBIs (12) and doubles (5)
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

Gritty Garcia

Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
Garcia is 3-3 on the season and boasts 37 strikeouts in 33.1 innings pitched
Garcia has earned a win in three of his last four starts, with his most recent win coming in an 8-4 victory over St. John's on March 25
In that contest he tossed six scoreless innings and struck out five en route to his third win of the season
Garcia earned a win in QU's 6-5 victory over George Mason on March 11
He logged seven innings and struck out 10 in the start

Next Time Out

The Bobcats will be back in action on Wednesday, April 6 when QU travels to take on Boston College
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. from the Harrington Athletics Village

For more information on the Quinnipiac baseball team, visit gobobcats.com/baseball and follow the team on Twitter, @TheQBaseball, and Instagram, @bobcatsbsb.

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Kyle Maves

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