Wednesday, March 20
New Haven, CT
2:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Yale
Photo by: Farrah Chernov
Bobcats Set For Mid-Week Contest With Yale
3/19/2024 12:53:00 PM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-11) at Yale Bulldogs (2-11)
Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: George H.W. Bush '48 Field | New Haven, Conn.
All-Time Series: Yale leads the series, 9-7 (Last Meeting: W, 11-4, Apr. 19, 2023)
ESPN+ | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac baseball team will make the short trip to New Haven, Connecticut to take on the Yale Bulldogs in a mid-week contest with first pitch set for 3 PM.
HISTORY VS. YALE
LOTS OF NEW FACES
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Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: George H.W. Bush '48 Field | New Haven, Conn.
All-Time Series: Yale leads the series, 9-7 (Last Meeting: W, 11-4, Apr. 19, 2023)
ESPN+ | Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac baseball team will make the short trip to New Haven, Connecticut to take on the Yale Bulldogs in a mid-week contest with first pitch set for 3 PM.
HISTORY VS. YALE
- Wednesday's matchup will mark the 17th time these programs will be facing off.
- Yale leads the all-time series, 9-7, which dates to March 11, 2001.
- The Bobcats won the last meeting, 11-4, in Hamden on April 19, 2023. Keegan O'Connor went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs.
- The Bulldogs enter the contest with a 2-11 overall record, with both wins coming on the road (at Towson and at UMBC).
- Yale is coming off a 16-5 loss to UMBC in the series finale. UMBC took the series 2-1 as they won the last two games of the set.
- The Bulldogs have been outscored 87-33 so far this season.
- Jake Williams has started all thirteen games for the Bulldogs, and he leads the team with a .277 batting average. Williams has one home run this season and one RBI.
- Reid Easterly has started four games for Yale so far this campaign and has compiled a 1-3 record and has a 3.28 ERA. In his 24.2 innings pitched and has struck out 23 batters.
- The Bobcats were swept by the William & Mary Tribe in their weekend series (March 15-17).
- Quinnipiac was outscored 44-16 in the three-game set.
- Keegan O'Connor led the Bobcats with a .353 batting average in four games this past week. O'Connor had an on-base percentage of .421 and a slugging percentage of .529.
- Junior Keegan O'Connor enters his senior season.
- O'Connor was named to the All-MAAC First Team and NEIBA All-New England First Team
- O'Connor played and started in 55 games a season ago and batted .342.
- He blasted 13 home runs and drove in 60 runs and scored 51 runs.
- O'Connor drove in a game-high 7 runs in a win over Saint Peter's (5/11).
- Sebastian Mueller was named to the 2023 MAAC All-Academic Team
- Mueller played in 56 games and made 55 starts as a junior
- In 225 at-bats just a season ago, Mueller had a batting average of .311.
- He hit 18 homers, to lead the team, and drove in 54 runs.
- Mueller went 4-for-7 and drove in a season high 8 runs in a win over Saint Peter's (5/11)
- The Bobcats return 23 players from last season's team.
- Sophomore Matt Alduino will be a key returner as he earned 2023 All-Rookie honors for his incredible campaign. Alduino led the team with a 4.50 ERA and 1.38 WHIP.
- Starting Pitchers, Mason Ulsh and Jimmy Hagan will also play a key role this season. Hagan will return to the mound after being shut down last season. Ulsh will look to play off his solid sophomore season.
- Other key returners include Braydon Seaburg, John Heitzman, Sean Swenson, Aaron Zenus, Matt DeRosa, Sam Favieri, Frank Craska, and Andrew Rubayo.
LOTS OF NEW FACES
- Quinnipiac welcomes 13 new faces to their campus this season.
- The Bobcats used the transfer portal to fill any openings and grabbed Dominick Proctor (Bryant and Stratton), CJ Willis (Western New England), Skyler Manelski (Linfield University), Jack Kabel (Nichols College), Gabe Wright (Indian River State College), Brett Leighton (Gettysburg), and Jack Gannon (Saint Peter's).
- Quinnipiac also brought in six first years, Spencer Chard (Newtown, Conn.), Kyle Garbowski (New Fairfield, Conn.), Raymond McNaught (East Bridgewater, Mass.), Andrew Hearn (Westfield, Mass.), James Fahan (Stamford, Conn.), and Sam Ametrano (Guilford, Conn.).
- The Bobcats will make the short trip to New Haven to take on the Yale Bulldogs on Wednesday, March 20 at 3 PM.
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