Friday, February 28
Morehead, KY
1:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Morehead State
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Baseball Travels To Kentucky For Three-Game Series Against Morehead State
2/27/2025 11:04:00 AM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (3-4) at Morehead State Eagles (4-3)
Date: Friday, Feb. 28th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Allen Field | Morehead, Kentucky
All-Time Series: First Ever Meeting
Last Matchup: First Ever Meeting
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Morehead State Eagles
Date: Saturday, Mar. 1st
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Allen Field | Morehead, Kentucky
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Morehead State Eagles
Date: Sunday, Mar. 2nd
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Allen Field | Morehead, Kentucky
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
MOREHEAD, Kentucky – The Bobcats will play their final three-game non-conference series before MAAC play begins as they head down to Kentucky to take on Morehead State. The series will begin on Friday, Feb. 28th with the first pitch scheduled for 1 PM.
HISTORY VS. MOREHEAD STATE
LOTS OF NEW FACES
NEXT TIME OUT
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Date: Friday, Feb. 28th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Allen Field | Morehead, Kentucky
All-Time Series: First Ever Meeting
Last Matchup: First Ever Meeting
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Morehead State Eagles
Date: Saturday, Mar. 1st
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Allen Field | Morehead, Kentucky
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Morehead State Eagles
Date: Sunday, Mar. 2nd
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Allen Field | Morehead, Kentucky
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
MOREHEAD, Kentucky – The Bobcats will play their final three-game non-conference series before MAAC play begins as they head down to Kentucky to take on Morehead State. The series will begin on Friday, Feb. 28th with the first pitch scheduled for 1 PM.
HISTORY VS. MOREHEAD STATE
- Friday's matchup will be the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
- Morehead State is 9-2 in the last five seasons against MAAC opponents (4-0 vs Saint Peter's and 5-2 vs Canisius).
- Morehead State will enter the weekend series with a 4-3 overall record.
- The Eagles are coming off a non-conference matchup with #23 Kentucky, where they fell to the Wildcats by a final score of 8-2.
- So far, the Eagles are outscoring their opponents 34-30 (+4).
- Andy Cisneros leads the Eagles offense with a batting average of .333 in seven starts this season. Cisneros has eight hits this scoring, driving in five runs and scoring three times.
- Kamden Hawks has started on the mound two times for Morehead State this season and has yet to allow a run. Hawks has pitched 8.1 innings and struck out seven this year.
- The Bobcats took the three-game series at Radford, winning the final two games of the series.
- QU defeated Radford 8-7 in the middle game of the series. Sean McCulloch, Sebastian Mueller, and James Marino each drove in two runs in the win.
- In the series finale, the Bobcats defeated the Highlanders by a final score of 7-5. Five different Bobcats recorded an RBI in the series-clinching win.
- Batting Average (BA): Sebastian Mueller - .400
- Hits (H): Sebastian Mueller - 10
- Runs Batted In (RBIs): Sebastian Mueller - 8
- Runs Scored (R): Sebastian Mueller, Sean McCulloch - 6
- Home Runs (HR): Sebastian Mueller - 2
- Doubles (2B): Sebastian Mueller – 3
- Stolen Bases (SB): Sean McCulloch - 4
- Walks (BB): Christian Smith - 6
- Earned Run Average (ERA): Matt Alduino – 4.50 *Meeting the minimum requirement of 1IP/G*
- Strikeouts (K): Mike Poncini - 9
- Innings Pitched (IP): Matt Alduino – 8.0
- Wins (W): Matt Alduino, Mike Poncini, J.C. Franonere – 1
- Saves (S): Samuel Wright, Ryan Hutchinson, Johnny Knox - 1
- 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), Jack 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 open their home slate with a three-game set against MAAC opponent Iona. Game one is slated for Friday, March 7th at 2 PM.
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