Bobcats Head to Maryland for Three-Game Set at UMES

Friday, February 24

Princess Anne, MD

11:00 AM

Quinnipiac University

Maryland Eastern Shore

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Bobcats Head to Maryland for Three-Game Set at UMES

2/22/2023 6:43:00 PM | Baseball

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-3, 0-0 MAAC) at UMES Hawks (0-4, 0-0 NEC)
Date: Friday, Feb. 24
Time: 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM
Location: Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex - Salisbury, Md.
All-Time Series: First Meeting
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball

Quinnipiac Bobcats at UMES Hawks
Date: Saturday, Feb. 25
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex - Salisbury, Md.
All-Time Series: First Meeting
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball

SALISBURY, Md. – The Quinnipiac baseball team heads to Salisbury this weekend, as the Bobcats are set for a three-game series at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Quinnipiac will open the series on Friday with a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. The Bobcats will wrap the series on Saturday with game three at 11 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT

The Bobcats opened the 2023 campaign at the Snowbird Classic held in Port Charlotte, Fla.
Quinnipiac went 0-3 over the weekend, falling against Iowa (7-1 & 10-1), as well as Indiana State (6-1)
Sebastian Mueller led the offense, going 4-for-8 over the weekend with four singles

ENTER THE BASHMAN

Junior Sebastian Mueller is off to a hot start in 2023
Mueller led the Bobcats' offense at the Snowbird Classic, batting .500 (4-for-8) with four singles over the weekend
Last season he logged three homers and 15 RBIs

BLAISE THE WAY

Graduate student pitcher Tim Blaisdell made his Bobcats debut this past weekend at the Snowbird Classic
In his start vs. Indiana State, Blaisdell allowed one earned run on four hits and struck out six in the outing

Call Me Maves

Kyle Maves returns for as a grad student for his fifth season
He tallied three hits, including a triple in the opening weekend at the Snowbird Classic
Last season, Maves held a career-high .275 batting average
Set career-high marks in 2022 in hits (50), doubles (8), runs scored (41), RBIs (22) and stolen bases (23)
Led the team with three triples in 2022
Maves has recorded 47 career steals, slotting him third in the program's Div. I record book for thefts

Trust in Jared

Jared Zimbardo returns to Hamden for his junior campaign
Zimbardo batted a career-best .307 and boasted 50 hits and an on-base percentage of .380 last season
He recorded career highs in runs scored (28), doubles (11), triples (2), home runs (6), RBIs (24), and stolen bases (7)
His 50 hits were tied for third on the team last season

Saint Anthony Donofrio

Anthony Donofrio was the lone Quinnipiac player to earn All-MAAC Preseason honors heading into 2023
Last season, Donofrio earned All-MAAC Second Team honors as an outfielder
Donofrio batted .343 in 2022, boasting a team-best 61 hits, while adding 11 doubles, seven homers, two triples and 25 RBI's
Donofrio was a menace on the basepaths, swiping 15 bags last season
Donofrio averaged nine strikeouts per nine innings pitched, in just over 4.0 innings of work.
Donofrio closed the 2022 campaign in solid fashion, batting over .390 in his final 23 games on the year
During that span, he totaled six homers, six doubles, 13 RBIs and 25 runs scored

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, 2022
He will participate in many activities with the baseball team over the next two years, including games, practices, and other team events

Next Time Out

The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, March 3 when QU opens a three-game series at Elon

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