Baseball Travels to Canisius for Three-Game Series

Friday, April 17

Buffalo, NY

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Canisius

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Quinnipiac Bobcats (14-20, 7-8 MAAC) at Canisius Golden Griffins (10-19, 7-8 MAAC) – Game One
Date: Friday, April 17^th
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex | Buffalo, New York
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins – Game Two
Date: Friday, April 17^th
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex | Buffalo, New York
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Canisius Golden Griffins
Date: Sunday, April 19^th
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Demske Sports Complex | Buffalo, New York
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Buffalo, New York – The Quinnipiac baseball team will return to conference play with a three-game series against the Canisius Golden Griffins in Buffalo, New York. The Bobcats and Golden Griffins will play a doubleheader on Friday, starting at 2 PM, and will close out the series on Sunday, with the first pitch slated for noon.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Peyton Vancas was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, April 14^th.
Last week out, Vancas hit .500 in three contests, going 5-for-10 at the plate. Vancas drove in two runs and scored one in the three contests over the last week. Vancas is fourth on the team with a .289 batting average in just his first collegiate season.

LAST TIME OUT

The Quinnipiac baseball team dropped a tight one to the Yale Bulldogs, 6-5, in 12 innings on Wednesday afternoon in New Haven. With the loss, the Bobcats fell to 14-20 on the season and split their season series with the Bulldogs, 1-1.
Six different Bobcats recorded hits in the extra-inning loss to the Bulldogs. Three of the Bobcats recorded multiple hits in the effort.
The Bobcats sent eight pitchers to the mound in the 12-inning affair. The eight arms combined for six strikeouts in the loss.

HISTORY VS. CANISIUS

Friday's matchup will mark the 34^th time the Bobcats and Golden Griffins will face off since May 3^rd, 2014.
Canisius leads the all-time series, 19-14.
Quinnipiac has won five straight against Canisius, including a three-game sweep of Canisius last season in Hamden.
In the three-game series last season, the Bobcats outscored the Golden Griffins, 24-9.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS

The Canisius Golden Griffins enter the weekend series with a 10-19 overall record and a 7-8 record in MAAC play.
Canisius currently has the tenth-highest batting average (.249) in the conference, and the eleventh-most runs scored (142) this season. In conference play, the Golden Griffins are hitting .280 in fifteen contests, which ranks third in the league.
The Canisius pitching staff holds the league's seventh-lowest ERA (5.02) throughout their 15 MAAC contests so far this season. Canisius allows the fourth-most runs throughout conference play (98).
Canisius has won two conference contests this season, defeating Merrimack and Saint Peter's, while losing a series to Mount St. Mary's, Rider, and Niagara.
The Golden Griffins are coming off a midweek, non-conference contest loss to the Bowling Green Falcons, 9-3, in Buffalo, New York.

BOBCAT LEADERS (Among Players that Qualify: 2PA/G and 75% of Games Played)

Batting Average: James Marino (.330)
Runs: Alex Irizarry, Caden Williamson (25)
Hits: Caden Williamson (45)
Doubles: Christian Smith (13)
Triples: Kyle Garbowski (2)
Home Runs: Christian Smith (5)
RBIs: Alex Irizarry (24)
Stolen Bases: Caden Williamson, Kyle Garbowski, Chase Camac, Cole Constable (7)
ERA: Andrew Rubayo (4.87)
WHIP: Andrew Rubayo (1.40)
Wins: Andrew Rubayo (3)
Saves: Matt Alduino (4)
Innings Pitched: Andrew Rubayo (44.1)
Strikeouts: Andrew Rubayo (46)

PRESEASON ACCOLADES

The Quinnipiac Baseball team was picked to finish 3^rd in the MAAC Preseason Poll after last season ended in the MAAC Semifinal round against the Rider Broncs.
Christian Smith was named to the Preseason All-MAAC team as he returns to Hamden.
Smith finished the year with a .329 batting average in 56 contests. Smith tied for the team lead in home runs with 15 and led the Bobcats with 67 runs batted in.
Smith had a tremendous MAAC Tournament last season, finishing the week with a .375 clip (6-for-16), while driving in nine runs in the five games in Pomona, earning him a nod on the All-Tournament team.

KEY RETURNERS

The Bobcats return 19 players from last year's team, with of those players seeing game action.
Of those returners, nine are pitchers: J.C. Franconere, Sam Wright, Griffin Seibel, Mike Poncini, Matt Alduino, Nick Balcom, Andrew Rubayo, Josh Lajoie, and Mason Ulsh.
Ten position players return: Cole Constable, Kyle Garbowski, Sam Ametrano, Christian Smith, Alex Irizarry, Luke Zeisloft, James Marino, Matt Park, Ian Nilsen, and Christian Nilsen.

LOTS OF NEW FACES

Quinnipiac welcomes 16 new faces to its campus this season.
The Bobcats used the transfer portal to bring in sophomore right-handed pitcher Maddex Labuda (Liberty), junior outfield/first baseman Jack Balcer (Widener), senior right-handed pitcher James Pazdera, and graduate outfielder Brendan Edvardsen (AIC).
Quinnipiac also brought in 12 first years, with six being pitchers and six being position players, Peyton Vancas (Pleasant Gap, Pa.), Timothy Park (Bridgewater, NJ.), Chase Camac (Northfield, NJ.), Caden Williamson (Broomfield, Co.), Teagan Beames (New Fairfield, Conn.), Brayden Hromada (Center Moriches, NY.), Joseph Hiller (Center Moriches, NY.), Kevin Rusinak (Manalapan, NJ.), Ethan Freed (Limerick, Pa.), Frank Orrei (Verona, NJ.), Langdon Hazen (Underhill, VT.), and Jacob Belecky (Komoka, Ontario, Canada).

NEXT TIME OUT

The Bobcats will be back in action next week for a pair of non-conference contests in Connecticut. On Tuesday, April 21^st, the Bobcats will take on the New Haven Chargers in West Haven, Conn. Then, QU will return to Hamden to take on the CCSU Blue Devils on Wednesday at 3 PM.

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