Bobcats Wrap Regular Season Against Sacred Heart and Siena

Tuesday, May 16

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Sacred Heart

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Bobcats Wrap Regular Season Against Sacred Heart and Siena

5/15/2023 4:28:00 PM | Baseball

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (24-24, 13-8 MAAC) vs Sacred Heart Pioneers (23-26, 15-12 NEC)
Date: Tuesday, May 16
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: QU Baseball Field
All-Time Series: Sacred Heart leads series 25-23
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Siena Saints
Date: Thursday, May 18
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Connors Park
All-Time Series: Siena leads series 15-10
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Siena Saints
Date: Friday, May 19
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Connors Park
Live Stats | WATCH | @TheQBaseball

Quinnipiac Bobcats at Siena Saints
Date: Friday, May 19
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Connors Park
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team wraps regular season play this week, as the Bobcats play host to Sacred Heart on Tuesday at 1 p.m. before traveling to take on Siena for a three-game set beginning on Thursday.

HISTORY VS. SACRED HEART

The Pioneers are 25-23 all-time against the Bobcats
SHU has won eight of its last 10 contests against Quinnipiac
Tuesday marks the first contest between the two sides since the 2014 campaign
The last time these two sides faced off, SHU came away with an 11-4 victory over QU on May 13, 2014

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS

The Pioneers enter the contest at 23-26 on the season and 15-12 in NEC play
Sacred Heart carries a three-game win streak into the contest
Sam Mongelli leads the Sacred Heart offense with a .384 batting average, 13 homers and 41 RBIs
Ryan Donnelly owns a .344 batting average with six homers and 43 RBIs

HISTORY VS. SIENA

The Saints are 15-10 all-time against the Bobcats
The two sides have split each of the last six contests against each other
The last time these two sides faced off, QU came away with a 9-5 victory over Siena on April 10, 2022

SCOUTING THE SAINTS

Siena enters the contest at 13-38 on the season and 7-14 in MAAC contests
The Saints carry a two-game losing streak into the series
Siena has gone 3-3 in its last six contests
Vincent DiNicola leads the offense with a .294 batting average, 10 homers and 34 RBIs

SPEED KILLS

The Bobcats boast 103 steals on the season, five away from tying the program record for most steals in a single season
The 103 steals on the season ranks second in the MAAC and ranks 19th in the nation
Anthony Donofrio leads the conference in stolen bases with 26
Kyle Maves ranks second in the MAAC in stolen bases with 25 on the season
Donofrio's 26 stolen bases is tied for the program record for steals in a single season
Maves' 25 stolen bases stands as the second-most steals in a single season

BOBCAT POWER

Quinnipiac boasts a program-record 65 homers on the season
The record stands as the most by the program since the post-BBCOR era (2011-Present)
Quinnipiac's 65 homers are the third-most in the conference
The Bobcats have five players that boast eight or more home runs on the season

HIT PARADE IN HAMDEN

Quinnipiac's offense has carried the team this year, as the Bobcats rank within the top three in the MAAC in 10 offensive categories
Boasting a team batting average of .303, QU sits at second in the MAAC in the category
Quinnipiac ranks second in the MAAC in runs (388), hits (511), doubles (100), triples (18),

RBIs (350), total bases (842), slugging (.500) and stolen bases (103)

STRUT ON

Quinnipiac's offense exploded for 51 runs scored over a three-game stretch in its weekend sweep of Saint Peter's from May 11-13
The Bobcats opened the weekend with a 27-0 victory over the Peacocks, marking the largest margin of victory in a single game in program history
The 27-run win tied for the largest margin of victory by an NCAA Division I team against a league opponent this season.
Of the 51 runs scored during the series, 33 runs were scored in the seventh and eighth innings

ENTER THE BASHMAN

Mueller leads ranks fifth on the team in batting average (.321)
He boasts 13 homers, 10 doubles and 43 RBIs on the season
Mueller ranks fourth on the team in hits on the season with 61
His 61 hits ranks 11th in the MAAC
His 13 homers are tied for seventh in the MAAC
In the weekend series against Saint Peter's, Mueller batted .428 with six runs scored, three homers and nine RBIs
In the opening game of the series, he homered twice, including a grand slam and drove in eight runs
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 is tied for the team lead with 70 hits
His 70 hits ranks second in the MAAC
His four triples is tied for third in the MAAC
Maves boasts 11 doubles on the season
He held a 16-game hit streak from March 12 - April 8
Maves has recorded 72 career steals, setting the all-time program record for career thefts
His 25 stolen bases on the season ranks second in the MAAC
Maves' 25 stolen bases stands as the second-most steals in a single season
Maves has totaled 22 multi-hit games this season

TRUST IN JARED

Jared Zimbardo returns to Hamden for his junior campaign
Zimbardo is batting .294 and ranks fifth on the team in hits with 59
He boasts 14 doubles on the season which is tied for fifth in the MAAC
He boasts three triples this season
Zimbardo has totaled 12 homers on the season
Zimbardo ranks first on the team with 29 walks

O' HE'S HEATING UP

Junior Keegan O'Connor is enjoying a breakout junior campaign
O'Connor is batting .325 on the season which ranks third on the team
O'Connor ranks third on the team in hits with 63
He boasts 12 homers, 13 doubles, and 51 RBIs on the campaign
In the weekend against Saint Peter's, O'Connor batted .466 with five runs scored, three doubles, a homer and nine RBIs
O'Connor is coming off MAAC Player of Week honors after homering in four straight games versus Hartford May 5-7

SAINT ANTHONY DONOFRIO

Anthony Donofrio was the lone Quinnipiac player to earn All-MAAC Preseason honors heading into 2023
Donofrio is batting .363 on the season, which leads the team and sixth in the MAAC
His 70 hits on the season ranks second in the MAAC
Donofrio leads the team with 16 doubles, 13 homers and 55 RBIs
His 13 homers is tied for seventh in the MAAC
His 55 RBIs ranks second in the conference
Donofrio boasts 131 career hits in 92 games
His 26 steals on the season is tops in the MAAC and is tied for the program record for most steals in a single season
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

SWING AWAY SEAN

Redshirt Junior Sean Swenson is enjoying a breakout campaign
Swenson boasts career-best numbers in batting average (.293), hits (34), homers (7), doubles (eight) and RBIs (29)
Swenson's .293 batting average ranks seventh on the team

SIT EM SEITTER

Kevin Seitter is enjoying his best season as a senior
Seitter leads the team in wins (5), complete games (2), ERA (4.43), innings pitched (67.0), and strikeouts (55)
In his start vs. Mount St. Mary's on April 30, Seitter earned the win after allowing two earned runs on five hits over 9.0 innings pitched
He struck out eight batters in the outing
It marked the second complete game of the season for Seitter

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

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