Tuesday, April 22
Brighton, MA
5:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Boston College
Photo by: Farrah Chernov
Bobcats Take on Boston College For First Time Since 2019
4/21/2025 5:00:00 PM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (22-14-1, 13-5 MAAC) at Boston College Eagles (19-20, 9-12 ACC)
Date: Tuesday, April 22nd
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Harrington Athletics Village | Brighton, Mass.
All-Time Series: Boston College leads the series 8-0
Last Matchup: L, 11-5 (April 10th, 2019 in Brighton, Mass.)
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team will travel to Brighton, MA, for a midweek contest against the Boston College Eagles on Tuesday, April 22nd, with the first pitch scheduled for 5 PM. This will be the first time the Bobcats and Eagles have faced each other since 2019, when BC defeated the Bobcats 11-5.
HISTORY VS. BOSTON COLLEGE
LOTS OF NEW FACES
NEXT TIME OUT
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Date: Tuesday, April 22nd
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Harrington Athletics Village | Brighton, Mass.
All-Time Series: Boston College leads the series 8-0
Last Matchup: L, 11-5 (April 10th, 2019 in Brighton, Mass.)
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team will travel to Brighton, MA, for a midweek contest against the Boston College Eagles on Tuesday, April 22nd, with the first pitch scheduled for 5 PM. This will be the first time the Bobcats and Eagles have faced each other since 2019, when BC defeated the Bobcats 11-5.
HISTORY VS. BOSTON COLLEGE
- Tuesday's matchup will be the 9th time the two programs are facing off in their Division I history.
- The Boston College Eagles lead the series 8-0 and are unbeaten on their home field.
- The last time the two teams faced off, the Eagles took down the Bobcats with a final score of 11-5.
- Boston College will enter the midweek matchup with a 19-20 overall record and a 9-12 record in ACC play.
- The Eagles have won their last two contests as they took the three-game series from Wake Forest. Boston College dropped the opening game of the series before outscoring the Demon Deacons 14-7 in the final two games to win the series.
- The Blue Devils currently sit in 12th place in the ACC with a 9-12 record in conference play.
- Patrick Roche has appeared in 39 games this season for Boston College and leads the squad with a .326 batting average. Roche has driven in 29 RBIs and has hit three home runs this season.
- The Bobcats took the two-game series from CCSU to sweep the season series from the Blue Devils.
- Quinnipiac defeated CCSU 9-6 in the first game of the series as they traveled to New Britain, CT. Quinnipiac came from behind with six runs in the seventh inning to take the win.
- The Bobcats won the slugfest, 11-10, in Hamden to take the series from CCSU. With the win, the Bobcats have given the Blue Devils three of their seven losses this season.
- 21 – Quinnipiac steals the 21st most bases in the NCAA with 93, good for third in the MAAC.
- 38 – The Bobcats are 38th in the NCAA with 407 total hits this season, which leads the MAAC.
- 38 – As a team, the Bobcats have the 38th-best batting average in Division I (.308) and are the only team in the MAAC with a batting average of .300 or more.
- 52 – QU also ranks 52nd in the NCAA with 314 total runs scored, which is second in the conference.
- 62 – Quinnipiac is 62nd in Division I with an on-base percentage of .409, which is good for second in the MAAC.
- 73 – Quinnipiac ranks 73rd in Division I with 49 total home runs, which also leads the conference.
- Batting Average (BA): Christian Smith - .345
- Hits (H): Kyle Garbowski – 55
- Runs Batted In (RBIs): Christian Smith, CJ Willis - 45
- Runs Scored (R): Kyle Garbowski - 42
- Home Runs (HR): Sebastian Mueller – 11
- Doubles (2B): Alex Irizarry - 14
- Stolen Bases (SB): Sean McCulloch - 25
- Walks (BB): Christian Smith - 30
- Earned Run Average (ERA): Andrew Rubayo – 4.82* (Minimum requirement of 1IP/G)
- Strikeouts (K): Mike Poncini - 35
- Innings Pitched (IP): Matt Alduino – 38.1
- Wins (W): Mike Poncini - 4
- Saves (S): Ryan Hutchinson - 4
- The Quinnipiac Baseball team was picked to finish 4th in the MAAC Preseason Poll.
- Outfielder CJ Willis was the lone Bobcat representative on the Preseason All-MAAC team.
- The senior started 49 games last season and had a batting average of .284.
- Willis hit eight home runs, eleven doubles, and three triples while driving in 42 RBIs.
- Willis Drove in a season-high four RBIs in the win against UMass (5/1).
- The Bobcats return 15 players from last year's team, with 12 of those players seeing game action.
- Gabe Wright, Christian Smith, Kyle Garbowski, CJ Willis, Sebastian Mueller, and James Marino will be key returners on the offensive side of the plate.
- Jack Kabel, Ryan Hutchinson, Mike Poncini, Jack Gannon, Matt Alduino, and Andrew Rubayo will look to make an impact when they toe the rubber.
- Matt Alduino and Andrew Rubayo were named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watchlist.
LOTS OF NEW FACES
- Quinnipiac welcomes 16 new faces to their campus this season.
- The Bobcats used the transfer portal to fill the holes in their lineup, grabbing Sean McCulloch (Susquehanna), Johnny Knox (Nichols College), Alex Irizarry (Maryland), Josh Lajoie (Lipscomb), Ryan O'Connell (St. Bonaventure), Griffin Seibel (Xavier), Cole Constable (Maryland), Luke Zeisloft (Maryland), Jackson Bryan (Trevecca Nazarene), and Nick Balcom (Finger Lakes Community College).
- Quinnipiac also brought in six first years, J.C. Franconere from Sparta, New Jersey, Samuel Wright from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Austin Ludwig from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Ian Nilsen from Easton, Connecticut, Christian Nilsen from Easton, Connecticut, and Matt Park from Bridgewater, New Jersey.
- The Bobcats will open up MAAC play on March 7th as they start a three-game home series against the Iona Gaels.
- Quinnipiac will battle in-state rival Yale on March 19th at Yale (3 PM) and at home against Yale on April 15th (3 PM).
- On April 1st, the Bobcats will travel to Storrs to take on the UConn Huskies in a midweek non-conference matchup.
- Quinnipiac will play their final home series of the season from May 8-12 as the Siena Saints come to Hamden.
- QU will wrap up the regular season at Sacred Heart for a three-game set from May 15-17.
NEXT TIME OUT
- The Bobcats will return to MAAC play as they battle the Fairfield Stags in a three-game series in Fairfield, Conn., starting on Friday, April 25th.
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