Tuesday, April 19
Hamden, Conn.
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
CCSU
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Bobcats Set to Host Midweek Contests vs. CCSU and Yale
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (9-20, 3-6 MAAC) vs. CCSU Blue Devils (15-11, 7-5 NEC)
Date: Tuesday, April 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 19-39 (Won last meeting: 6-5, May 1, 2019)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Yale Bulldogs (16-11, 7-5 Ivy)
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 5-8 (Lost last meeting: 19-7, March 22, 2021)
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team is set for a busy week ahead, as the Bobcats play host to in-state non-conference foes Central Connecticut and Yale in midweek contests. First pitch for Tuesday's contest vs. CCSU and Wednesday's contest against Yale are both set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
Date: Tuesday, April 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 19-39 (Won last meeting: 6-5, May 1, 2019)
Watch | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Yale Bulldogs (16-11, 7-5 Ivy)
Date: Wednesday, April 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 5-8 (Lost last meeting: 19-7, March 22, 2021)
Watch | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team is set for a busy week ahead, as the Bobcats play host to in-state non-conference foes Central Connecticut and Yale in midweek contests. First pitch for Tuesday's contest vs. CCSU and Wednesday's contest against Yale are both set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
- QU returns to action after taking two of three games against conference foe Monmouth this past weekend
- QU fell in the opener 7-4, before defeating Monmouth in games two and three, 13-5 and 13-7
- The Blue Devils enter the contest at 15-11 on the season and 7-5 in NEC contests
- CCSU is 8-7 in road contests
- The Blue Devils are 4-0 in their last four games
- Noah Martinez leads the offense with six homers and 33 RBIs
- Dan Covino has recorded five homers and 30 RBIs on the campaign
- Tuesday's contest against CCSU will mark the 59th contest between the two programs
- The Blue Devils hold a 39-19 record over the Bobcats, dating back to their first matchup in 2001
- The last time the two sides faced off, Quinnipiac came away with a 6-5 victory over CCSU in Hamden
- Kevin Huscher led the offense with three RBIs in the win
- Brian Moskey contributed two RBIs in the victory
- The Bulldogs enter the contest at 16-11 on the season and 7-5 in MAAC contests
- Yale is 9-8 in road contests
- The Bulldogs are 2-2 in their last four games
- Jimmy leads the offense with a .344 batting average, seven homers and 28 RBIs
- Dan Covino has recorded five homers and 30 RBIs on the campaign
- Wednesday's contest against Yale will mark the 14th contest between the two programs
- The Yales hold an 8-5 record over the Bobcats, dating back to their first matchup in 2001
- The last time the two sides faced off, Yale came away with a 19-7 victory over QU in New Haven
- Kyle Maves, Tuffy McGwire and Andrew McDermott led the offense with two RBIs apiece
- 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 enters the the midweek contests winners in three of its last four contests
- During that span, QU has outscored its opponents 39-27 and is batting .310 as a team
- The Bobcats have five players who are hitting over .300 in the last four contests in Danny Melnick (.563), Ian Ostberg (.471), Keegan O'Connor (.333), Michael Kohn (.333) and Matt DeRosa (.308)
- Ian Ostberg made his return to the QU lineup on March 22 against Yale and is batting .365 with two homers, seven doubles and 19 RBIs in 14 games
- In his last four games, Ostberg is batting .471 (8-for-17), with two doubles, two homers, three walks and 10 RBIs
- He opened the week with a 2-for-4 performance against Hartford on April 12, adding a double, two walks and three RBI's in the walk-off victory over the Hawks
- He followed with a solo homer in the opening game of the weekend series vs. Monmouth on April 14
- Ostberg went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs in Quinnipiac's win over the Hawks on April 15
- He closed the series with a three-hit performance in the series finale, driving in two runs in the process
- Kyle Maves is batting .296 on the season with 32 hits, 27 runs scored, seven doubles and three triples
- He leads the team in hits (32), runs scored (27), walks (21), steals (12) and triples (3)
- Jared Zimbardo returned to Hamden for his sophomore campaign and has been lighting it up at the plate
- Boasting a .333 batting average, Zimbardo has notched 29 hits on the young campaign
- Zimbardo leads the team in batting average (.333)
- In his last 17 games, Zimbardo has tallied 26 hits, including seven doubles and nine RBIs
- Michael Kohn has erupted at the plate over his last 14 games
- In his last 14 appearances, Kohn has tallied 14 hits, including five homers and 14 RBIs
- Kohn homered in three consecutive games played during the stretch
- Kohn blasted a three-run homer in Quinnipiac's 8-5 victory over St. John's on March 25
- Kohn's five homers on the season are tops on the team
- 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 .280, boasting 26 hits and 64 runs scored on the season as well
- 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
- Donofrio went 4-for-5 against Monmouth on April 16
- Junior Danny Melnick got off to a hot start to open the season
- He boasts a .308 batting average on the season
- Melnick is tied for the team lead in doubles (9) and homers (5), while ranking second in RBIs (18)
- Over his last four games Melnick is batting .563 (9-for-16) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, two homers and four RBIs
- 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
- Melnick posted two doubles, two RBIs and five runs scored in a 9-8 win over Hartford in 11 innings on April 12
- Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
- Garcia is 4-5 on the season and boasts 57 strikeouts in 45.2 innings pitched
- Garcia has earned a win in four of his last seven starts, with his most recent win coming in a 5-2 victory over Canisius
- In the start, Garcia struck out nine and allowed just one earned run in the victory
- Prior to that, he earned a win in QU's 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
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, April 22 when QU travels to take on MAAC foe Iona to open a three-game set in New Rochelle
- First pitch is set for 3 p.m. from the City Park
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