QU Wraps Non-Conference Slate at UMass on Tuesday

Quinnipiac Bobcats (15-29, 8-12 MAAC) vs. UMass Minutemen (20-24-1, 7-14 A-10)
Date: Tuesday, May 17
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Earl Lorden Field
All-Time Series: 5-8 (Lost last meeting: 16-9, April 24, 2019)
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to action on Tuesday, as the Bobcats wrap its non-conference schedule on the road against UMass. First pitch from Tuesday's contest is set for at 1 p.m. from Earl Lorden Field.

Last Time Out

QU returns to action after dropping two of three contests against Fairfield
The Stags took the opening two contests, 10-8 and 13-3, before the Bobcats survived a 16-13 thriller on Sunday
The Bobcats had five different players drive in at least two runs, led by Ian Ostberg's six RBIs in the game

Scouting UMass

The Minutemen enter the contest at 20-24-1 on the season and 7-14 in A-10 contests
UMass is 8-7 in home contests
The Minutemen are 0-6 in their last six games
Drew DeMartino leads the offense with eight homers and 31 RBIs on the season

History vs. UMass

Tuesday's contest against UMass will mark the 14th game between the two programs
The Minutemen hold an 8-5 record over the Bobcats
The last time the two sides faced off, UMass came away with a 16-9 win over QU in Amherst on April 24, 2019
Ian Ostberg, Brian Moskey and Anthony Cruz led the offense with two RBIs apiece in the contest

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

Ian Ostberg made his return to the QU lineup on March 22 against Yale and is batting .310 with six homers, 10 doubles and 31 RBIs in 29 games
Ostberg went 3-for-5 with two homers, a double and a career-high six RBIs in QU's 16-13 win over Fairfield on May 14
He went 2-for-4 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

Call Me Maves

Kyle Maves is batting .285 on the season with 47 hits, 38 runs scored, eight doubles and three triples
He leads the team in runs scored (38), walks (28), steals (23) and triples (3)
Maves is tied for third on the team in hits (47)
Maves has recorded 47 career steals, slotting him third in the program's Div. I record book for thefts

Trust in Jared

Jared Zimbardo returned to Hamden for his sophomore campaign and has been lighting it up at the plate
Boasting a .294 batting average, Zimbardo has notched 45 hits on the campaign
In his last 19 games, Zimbardo has tallied 20 hits, including five homers and 13 RBIs
Zimbardo tallied three hits and hit a walk-off single to lead the Bobcats past Bryant in extra innings on April 27

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 .327, boasting 52 hits and 35 runs scored on the season as well
Donofrio is batting over .375 with four homers, four doubles and nine RBIs over his last 19 games
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

Handy Danny

Danny Melnick boasts a .353 batting average on the season, which ranks sixth in the MAAC
Melnick leads the team in batting average (.353), hits (53), slugging percentage (.680), on-base percentage (.425), total bases (102), doubles (16), homers (11) and RBIs (33)
Over his last 19 games Melnick is batting .453 (34-for-75) with 31 runs scored, 10 doubles, eight homers and 19 RBIs
He blasted three homers against Fairfield on May 13
Melnick's three homers in the contest marked the first time a QU player hit three homers in a game since Evan Vulgamore hit three against Saint Peter's on March 31, 2018
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

Gritty Garcia

Junior Brandyn Garcia has assumed the role of ace of the staff this season
Garcia leads the staff with four wins on the season and boasts 74 strikeouts in 59.1 innings pitched
Garcia 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

Next Time Out

The Bobcats will be back in action on Thursday, May 19 when QU opens its three-game series on the road at MAAC foe Niagara
First pitch from game one is set for 3 p.m.

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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