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Baseball To Face Mount St. Mary's in MAAC Series
5/1/2025 3:31:00 PM | Baseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (23-18-1, 14-7 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (17-26, 9-12 MAAC)
Date: Friday, May 2nd
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: E.T. Straw Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, M.D.
All-Time Series: Quinnipiac leads the series 27-22
Last Matchup: W, 10-2 (April 30, 2023, in Hamden, Conn.)
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Date: Saturday, May 3rd
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: E.T. Straw Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, M.D.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Date: Sunday, May 4th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: E.T. Straw Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, M.D.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to MAAC play as they travel to Emmitsburg, Maryland, to face the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers in a three-game series. The series begins on Friday, May 2nd, with the first pitch from E.T. Straw Family Stadium slated for 3 PM.
HISTORY VS. MOUNT ST. MARY'S
LOTS OF NEW FACES
NEXT TIME OUT
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Date: Friday, May 2nd
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: E.T. Straw Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, M.D.
All-Time Series: Quinnipiac leads the series 27-22
Last Matchup: W, 10-2 (April 30, 2023, in Hamden, Conn.)
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Date: Saturday, May 3rd
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: E.T. Straw Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, M.D.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Date: Sunday, May 4th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: E.T. Straw Family Stadium | Emmitsburg, M.D.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac baseball team returns to MAAC play as they travel to Emmitsburg, Maryland, to face the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers in a three-game series. The series begins on Friday, May 2nd, with the first pitch from E.T. Straw Family Stadium slated for 3 PM.
HISTORY VS. MOUNT ST. MARY'S
- Friday's matchup will mark the 50th meeting between the two teams in their Division I history.
- This series will be the first time the two teams have faced each other since April 28-30, 2023.
- The last time the two teams faced off, the Bobcats walked away with the series win as they defeated the Mountaineers 10-2 in the series finale.
- Mount St. Mary's will enter the weekend series with a 17-26 overall record and a 9-12 mark in MAAC play.
- The Mountaineers currently sit in seventh place in the MAAC with three weeks left in the conference slate.
- Mount is coming off a high-scoring win, 25-16, over the Georgetown Hoyas on Wednesday, April 30th. Ty Fredo paced the offense, driving in nine runs while going 4-for-4 at the plate with two home runs.
- Alex Mendes has appeared in 29 games with 23 starts this season for Mount St. Mary's. Mendes has recorded 10 RBIs in 77 at-bats this season and has recorded 15 stolen bases.
- Serigne Sarre has started seven games on the mound and come out of the bullpen four times this season. Sarre has struck out 68 batters in 55.2 innings pitched and boasts a 3.56 ERA.
- The Bobcats fell to the UMass Lowell Riverhawks, 15-7, in their last contest (April 29, 2025).
- Christian Smith drove in two runs, and Alex Irizarry went 3-for-5 at the dish in the loss.
- Griffin Seibel made the start on the mound for QU, and five different Bobcats pitched in total.
- 27 – Quinnipiac steals the 27th most bases in the NCAA with 98, good for third in the MAAC.
- 36 – The Bobcats are 36th in the NCAA with 458 total hits this season, which is good for second in the conference.
- 39 – As a team, the Bobcats have the 39th-best batting average in Division I (.306) and are the only team in the conference with an average higher than .300.
- 70 – QU also ranks 70th in the NCAA with 340 total runs scored, which is second in the conference.
- 76 – Quinnipiac is 76th in Division I with an on-base percentage of .404, which is good for second in the MAAC.
- 88 – Quinnipiac ranks 88th in Division I with 53 total home runs, which also leads the conference.
- Batting Average (BA): Christian Smith - .356
- Hits (H): Kyle Garbowski – 59
- Runs Batted In (RBIs): Christian Smith - 51
- Runs Scored (R): Kyle Garbowski - 45
- Home Runs (HR): Alex Irizarry, Sebastian Mueller - 12
- Doubles (2B): Alex Irizarry - 17
- Stolen Bases (SB): Sean McCulloch - 25
- Walks (BB): Christian Smith, Sean McCulloch - 30
- Earned Run Average (ERA): Andrew Rubayo – 5.10* (Minimum requirement of 1IP/G)
- Strikeouts (K): Mike Poncini - 40
- Innings Pitched (IP): Matt Alduino – 43.1
- Wins (W): Mike Poncini, Andrew Rubayo - 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 home for their final homestand of the season as they host the Siena Saints for a three-game series.
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