Friday, April 8
Poughkeepsie, NY
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Marist
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QU Continues MAAC Slate at Marist This Weekend
4/7/2022 12:01:00 PM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (6-16, 1-2 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (13-10, 3-3 MAAC)
Date: Friday, April 8
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 9-11 (Won last meeting: 11-9, May 15, 2021)
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Marist Red Foxes
Date: Saturday, April 9
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Marist Red Foxes
Date: Sunday, April 10
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac baseball team continues its MAAC slate as the Bobcats travel to Poughkeepsie for a three-game weekend set at Marist. First pitch from game one on Friday is set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
Date: Friday, April 8
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
All-Time Series: 9-11 (Won last meeting: 11-9, May 15, 2021)
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Marist Red Foxes
Date: Saturday, April 9
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Marist Red Foxes
Date: Sunday, April 10
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: McCann Baseball Field
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac baseball team continues its MAAC slate as the Bobcats travel to Poughkeepsie for a three-game weekend set at Marist. First pitch from game one on Friday is set for 3 p.m.
Last Time Out
- The Bobcats return to action after dropping two of its three games against Canisius this past weekend
- The Bobcats took the series opener on Friday, 5-2, before dropping Saturday and Sunday's contests, 15-9 and 5-4
- The Red Foxes enter the contest at 13-13 on the season and 3-3 in MAAC contests entering the weekend series
- Marist is 1-2 in home contests
- The Red Foxes are 2-3 in their last five games
- Marist took two-of-three contests against Siena this past weekend
- The Red Foxes took games one and three, 6-3 and 10-2, but dropped the middle contest, 4-2
- Gene Napolitano leads the offense with a .409 batting average and 36 hits on the season
- Friday's contest against Marist will mark the 21st contest between the two programs
- The Red Foxes hold a 9-11 record over the Bobcats, dating back to their first matchup in 2001
- The last time the two sides faced off, Quinnipiac came away with an 11-9 victory over Marist in Poughkeepsie
- Dylan Lutz led the way with three RBIs in the win, while Colton Bender, Ian Ostberg and Derek Kasperzyk contributed 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'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 on March 22 against Yale and is batting .261 with four doubles and five RBIs in seven games
- 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 .304 on the season with 24 hits and 18 runs scored
- He leads the team in hits (24), runs scored (18), walks (14), steals (11) and triples (3)
- Jared Zimbardo returned to Hamden for his sophomore campaign and has been lighting it up at the plate
- Boasting a .356 batting average, Zimbardo has notched 21 hits on the young campaign
- Zimbardo leads the team in batting average (.356), slugging percentage (.458), and on-base percentage (.441)
- In his last nine games, Zimbardo has tallied 16 hits, including four doubles and three RBIs
- Michael Kohn has erupted at the plate over his last six games
- In his last six appearances, Kohn has tallied six hits, including three homers and seven 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 three 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 .300 and ranks second on the team in hits (21) and 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
- Junior Danny Melnick got off to a hot start to open the season
- He boasts a .250 batting average on the season
- Melnick ranks second on the team in homers (2), and RBIs, while ranking second in 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
- Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
- Garcia is 4-3 on the season and boasts 46 strikeouts in 39.1 innings pitched
- Garcia has earned a win in four of his last five 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 Tuesday, April 12 when QU plays host to in-state rival Hartford
- First pitch is set for 3 p.m. from the Quinnipiac Baseball Field
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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