Friday, March 7
Hamden, CT
2:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Iona
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-6-1) vs Iona Gaels (2-8)
Date: Friday, March 7th
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series: Quinnipiac leads the series, 16-8
Last Matchup: W, 6-4 (April 7th, 2024 in Hamden, Conn.)
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs Iona Gaels
Date: Saturday, March 8th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs Iona Gaels
Date: Sunday, March 9th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Bobcats will open MAAC play on Friday, March 7th as they welcome the Iona Gaels to Hamden. First pitch from the Quinnipiac Baseball Field is slated for 2 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.
HISTORY VS. IONA
LOTS OF NEW FACES
NEXT TIME OUT
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Date: Friday, March 7th
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series: Quinnipiac leads the series, 16-8
Last Matchup: W, 6-4 (April 7th, 2024 in Hamden, Conn.)
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs Iona Gaels
Date: Saturday, March 8th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats vs Iona Gaels
Date: Sunday, March 9th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Quinnipiac Baseball Field | Hamden, Conn.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Bobcats will open MAAC play on Friday, March 7th as they welcome the Iona Gaels to Hamden. First pitch from the Quinnipiac Baseball Field is slated for 2 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.
HISTORY VS. IONA
- Friday's matchup will be the 25th time the two programs are facing off in their Division-I history.
- The Bobcats lead the all-time series, 16-8.
- Quinnipiac won their prior matchup 6-4 back on April 7th, 2024 in Hamden, Connecticut.
- The Bobcats were powered by three RBIs from CJ Willis and five pitchers combined to earn the Bobcats the win.
- Iona will enter the midweek contest with a 2-8 overall record.
- The Gaels are coming off a midweek matchup against FDU where they beat Knights 14-7 in seven innings on Wednesday, March 5th.
- Jordan Overton led the Gaels offense in the win as he drove four runs while going 4-for-5 at the plate.
- Damian Rodriguez is the leading hitter for Iona, as he has a .385 batting average in nine starts. Rodriguez has recorded six RBIs and ten runs scored so far this season.
- Eric Gialloreto has started three games for the Gaels on the mound and leads the way with a 5.54 earned run average. Gialloreto has struck out eleven batters in 13.0 innings pitched.
- The Bobcats and Minutemen played to a 7-7 tie in their midweek contest on Tuesday, March 4th. The game was called after the ninth inning due to darkness.
- Quinnipiac was trailing UMass 7-4 after the end of the sixth inning before James Marino hit a solo home run to make it 7-5 in the eighth inning.
- Sean McCulloch knotted the game up at seven with a two-run single, scoring Cole Constable and Luke Zeisloft.
- Batting Average (BA): Sebastian Mueller - .429
- Hits (H): Sebastian Mueller - 18
- Runs Batted In (RBIs): Christian Smith - 19
- Runs Scored (R): Sebastian Mueller, Sean McCulloch - 14
- Home Runs (HR): Sebastian Mueller - 4
- Doubles (2B): Alex Irizarry - 4
- Stolen Bases (SB): Sean McCulloch - 6
- Walks (BB): Christian Smith - 12
- Earned Run Average (ERA): Mike Poncini – 3.37 *Meeting the minimum requirement of 1IP/G*
- Strikeouts (K): Mike Poncini - 14
- Innings Pitched (IP): Matt Alduino, Mike Poncini – 10.2
- Wins (W): Matt Alduino, Mike Poncini, J.C. Franonere, Andrew Rubayo – 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 battle Central Connecticut State in a midweek non-conference battle on Tuesday, March 11th in Hamden at 3 PM.
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