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Bobcats Set for Week Ahead vs. Yale & Canisius
4/18/2023 11:04:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (11-18, 5-5 MAAC) vs. Yale Bulldogs (13-16, 7-5 MAAC)
Date: Wednesday, April 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: Yale leads series 9-6
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins (13-17, 7-2 MAAC)
Date: Friday, April 21
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex
All-Time Series: Canisius leads series 17-9
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Saturday, April 22
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Sunday, April 23
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team wraps its home stint on Wednesday vs. crosstown foe Yale, before traveling to Buffalo for a three-game set against MAAC foe Canisius. First pitch from the Quinnipiac Baseball Field is set for 3 p.m. on Wednesday vs. Yale, while the weekend series at Canisius kicks off on Friday at 3 p.m.
HISTORY VS. YALE
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
HISTORY VS. CANISIUS
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS
ENTER THE BASHMAN
CALL ME MAVES
Date: Wednesday, April 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: Yale leads series 9-6
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins (13-17, 7-2 MAAC)
Date: Friday, April 21
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex
All-Time Series: Canisius leads series 17-9
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Saturday, April 22
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Sunday, April 23
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team wraps its home stint on Wednesday vs. crosstown foe Yale, before traveling to Buffalo for a three-game set against MAAC foe Canisius. First pitch from the Quinnipiac Baseball Field is set for 3 p.m. on Wednesday vs. Yale, while the weekend series at Canisius kicks off on Friday at 3 p.m.
HISTORY VS. YALE
- The Bulldogs carry a 9-6 record all-time against the Bobcats
- The two sides have split each of their last four contests against each other
- The last time these two sides faced off, Quinnipiac came away with a 1-0 victory over Yale on March 22, 2023
- McGwire Tuffy led the offense with the lone RBi in the victory
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
- Yale enters the contest at 23-26 on the season and 7-5 in Ivy league contests
- The Bulldogs have won each of their last four games
- Yale has won five of its last six contests
- Jimmy Chatfield leads Yale in batting average (.328), hits (34, homers (4), triples (2) and RBIs (22)
HISTORY VS. CANISIUS
- The Golden Griffins carry a 17-9 record all-time against the Bobcats
- Canisius has claimed victory in three of the last four games vs. Quinnipiac
- The last time these two sides faced off, Canisius came away with a 5-4 victory over Quinnipiac on April 3, 2022
- Kyle Maves and Keegan O'Connor led the offense with an RBI apiece
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS
- Canisius enters the contest at 13-17 on the season and 7-2 in MAAC contests
- The Golden Griffins were undefeated in conference play before the MAAC tournament.
- Canisius was an undefeated 7-0 in MAAC play before dropping its last two contests against MAAC foe Rider
- Dylan Vincent and Jackson Strong leads the offense with six homers and 20 RBIs apiece
ENTER THE BASHMAN
- Mueller leads Bobcats in batting average (.316)
- He leads the team in on-base percentage (.410)
- He ranks second on the team with seven doubles
- Mueller is tied for second on the team with five homers
- Mueller ranks fourth on the team in hits on the season with 37
- He had a career-day in the victory over Niagara on April 7, going 4-for-6 at the plate with three homers and four RBIs
- Mueller led the Bobcats' offense at the Snowbird Classic, batting .500 (4-for-8) with four singles over the weekend
CALL ME MAVES
- Kyle Maves returns as a grad student for his fifth season
- Maves leads the team with 40 hits
- His three triples are tops on the team
- Maves boasts six doubles on the season
- He held a 16-game hit streak from March 12 - April 8
- He tallied three hits, including a triple on 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 64 career steals, slotting him second in the program's record book for thefts
- Maves is just one stolen base away from tying the all-time program record
- Jared Zimbardo returns to Hamden for his junior campaign
- Zimbardo is batting .295 and is tied for second on the team in hits with 38
- He boasts a team-best 10 doubles on the season
- Zimbardo has totaled five homers on the season
- Zimbardo leads the team with 17 walks
- He launched two solo homers in a win over Marist on April 2
- 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
- Junior Keegan O'Connor is enjoying a breakout junior campaign
- O'Connor is batting .275 on the season which ranks sixth on the team
- O'Connor ranks fourth on the team in hits with 33
- He boasts four homers, six doubles and 22 RBIs on the campaign
- O'Connor was hot at the opening MAAC series at Rider, batting .750 (9-for-12) with two homers and four RBIs over the three-game stretch
- Anthony Donofrio was the lone Quinnipiac player to earn All-MAAC Preseason honors heading into 2023
- Donofrio is batting .306 on the season
- He is tied for second on the team with 36 hits on the season
- Donofrio leads the team with eight homers and 38 RBIs
- Donofrio boasts 99 career hits in 76 games
- In a 4-0 weekend for the Bobcats at UMES, Donofrio batted .412 with seven hits, including two doubles, two homers, and six RBIs
- Donofrio boasted a slugging percentage of .882% and recorded five runs scored in the series sweep over UMES
- He tallied at least a hit in each contest, including two in all but one contest.
- 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 RBIs
- 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 of the year
- During that span, he totaled six homers, six doubles, 13 RBIs and 25 runs scored
- 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
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Tuesday, April 25, when QU travels to take on Bryant at 3 p.m.
Players Mentioned
Baseball vs. Niagara (April 4)
Saturday, April 04
Baseball vs. Niagara (April 3)
Friday, April 03
Baseball vs. Niagara (April 2)
Thursday, April 02
Baseball vs. Rhode Island (3/24)
Tuesday, March 24














































