Thursday, May 19
Niagara Falls, NY
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Niagara
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (15-30, 8-12 MAAC) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (16-30, 10-11 MAAC)
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Bobo Field
All-Time Series: 10-9 (Lost last meeting: 6-3, April 3, 2021)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Niagara Purple Eagles
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Bobo Field
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Niagara Purple Eagles
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Bobo Field
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to action on Thursday, as the Bobcats wrap its regular season slate when they travel to take on Niagara in a crucial three-game set in MAAC play. First pitch from Thursday's contest is set for at 3 p.m. from Bobo Field.
Last Time Out
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Bobo Field
All-Time Series: 10-9 (Lost last meeting: 6-3, April 3, 2021)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Niagara Purple Eagles
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Bobo Field
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Niagara Purple Eagles
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Bobo Field
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to action on Thursday, as the Bobcats wrap its regular season slate when they travel to take on Niagara in a crucial three-game set in MAAC play. First pitch from Thursday's contest is set for at 3 p.m. from Bobo Field.
Last Time Out
- QU returns to action after falling on the road in extras against UMass, 4-3, this past Tuesday
- Anthony Donofrio, Kyle Maves and Michael Kohn provided an RBI apiece in the loss
- As it currently stands, for Quinnipiac to advance to the MAAC tournament the Bobcats would have to sweep Iona, as well as Iona taking at least two games in their weekend series against Manhattan
- The Purple enter the contest at 16-30 on the season and 10-11 in MAAC contests
- Niagara is 8-4 in home contests
- The Purple Eagles are 4-3 in their last seven games
- Josh Marchese leads the offense with 11 homers and has totaled 24 RBIs on the season
- Dawson Bailey boasts nine homers and 31 RBIs on the campaign
- Thursday's contest against Niagara will mark the 20th game between the two programs
- The Bobcats hold a 10-9 record over the Purple Eagles
- The last time the two sides faced off, Niagara came away with a 6-3 win over QU in Niagara on April 3, 2021
- Michael Kohn and Kyle Maves led the offense with an RBI apiece in the loss
- 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
- Ian Ostberg made his return to the QU lineup on March 22 against Yale and is batting .314 with six homers, 10 doubles and 31 RBIs in 30 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
- Kyle Maves is batting .278 on the season with 47 hits, 38 runs scored, eight doubles and three triples
- He leads the team in runs scored (38), walks (29), 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
- Jared Zimbardo returned to Hamden for his sophomore campaign and has been lighting it up at the plate
- Boasting a .297 batting average, Zimbardo has notched 47 hits on the campaign
- In his last 20 games, Zimbardo has tallied 22 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
- 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 .323, boasting 53 hits and 35 runs scored on the season as well
- Donofrio is batting over .375 with four homers, four doubles and 10 RBIs over his last 20 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
- Danny Melnick boasts a .351 batting average on the season, which ranks sixth in the MAAC
- Melnick leads the team in batting average (.351), hits (54), slugging percentage (.675), on-base percentage (.425), total bases (104), doubles (16), homers (11) and RBIs (33)
- Over his last 20 games Melnick is batting .443 (35-for-79) 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
- 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
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Tuesday, May 24 when QU opens in the first round of the MAAC Championships
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