Bobcats Make Short Trip to Yale on Wednesday

Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-11, 0-0 MAAC) at Yale Bulldogs (4-9, 0-0 Ivy League)
Date: Wednesday, March 22
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: George H.W. Bush '48 Field - New Haven, Conn.
All-Time Series: Yale leads series 9-5
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to action with a midweek matchup against neighboring rival Yale on Wednesday. First pitch from George H.W. Bush '48 Field is set for 3 p.m. on ESPN+.

LAST TIME OUT

The Bobcats continued their 2023 campaign this past weekend, going 0-3 against St. John's

HISTORY VS. YALE

The Bulldogs own a 9-5 record all-time against the Bobcats
Yale has claimed victory in five of the last six matchups
The last time these two sides faced off, Yale came away with an 8-7 victory over Quinnipiac in Hamden on April 20, 2022
Keegan O'Connor and Michael Kohn led the offense with two RBIs apiece

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

Yale enters the contest at 4-9
The Bulldogs have dropped each of its last six games
Yale is coming off three consecutive losses at McNeese State
Entering the Bulldogs' home-opener, Jimmy Chatfield leads the offense with a .383 batting average, two homers and 13 RBIs

ENTER THE BASHMAN

Junior Sebastian Mueller is off to a hot start in 2023
Mueller leads the Bobcats in batting average (.340) and on-base percentage (.426)
Mueller is tied for the team lead in hits with 18
Mueller led the Bobcats' offense at the Snowbird Classic, batting .500 (4-for-8) with four singles over the weekend
Last season he logged three homers and 15 RBIs

CALL ME MAVES

Kyle Maves returns as a grad student for his fifth season
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 55 career steals, slotting him second in the program's Div. I record book for thefts

TRUST IN JARED

Jared Zimbardo returns to Hamden for his junior campaign
Zimbardo is batting .290 and is tied for the team lead in hits with 18
He boasts a team-best six doubles on the season
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

SAINT ANTHONY DONOFRIO

Anthony Donofrio was the lone Quinnipiac player to earn All-MAAC Preseason honors heading into 2023
Donofrio is batting .298 on the season
He's ranks second on the team with 17 hits
Donofrio leads the team with three homers and 13 RBIs
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

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

NEXT TIME OUT

The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, March 24, when QU travels to open a three-game series with MAAC foe Rider

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

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Sebastian Mueller

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