NAVY2020 Baseball Game Notes
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2020 Baseball Game Notes - Week 1 vs. Georgetown February 14-16 ● Thomasville, N.C. ● Finch Field Game 1: Friday, Feb. 14 | 1 p.m. (Jared Leins vs. Carter Bosch) Game 2: Saturday, Feb. 15 | 1 p.m. (Charlie Connolly vs. Anthony Redfern) NAVY Game 3: Sunday, Feb. 16 | 1 p.m. (Tommy Goodridge vs. Owen Lamon) 2020 Schedule February 14 vs. Georgetown [1] 1 p.m. 15 vs. Georgetown [1] 1 p.m. 16 vs. Georgetown [1] 1 p.m. TM 19 Coppin State 3 p.m. 21 vs. Air Force [2] 6 p.m. 22 vs. Air Force [2] 2 p.m. Record ..............................................................................0-0 Record ..............................................................................0-0 23 vs. Air Force [2] 12:30 p.m. 2019 Record .............................................................39-17 2019 Record .............................................................22-34 26 at Delaware State 2 p.m. Streak .............................................................................. N/A Streak .............................................................................. N/A 29 Massachusetts (DH) 1 p.m. Last Game ................................................................... N/A Last Game ................................................................... N/A Next Game.................................... vs. Coppin State (2/19) Next Game...........................at George Washington (2/18) Head Coach ........................................... Paul Kostacopoulos Head Coach ............................................................Pete Wilk March Record at Navy ..................................................450-304-5 Record at Georgetown..........................................422-654 1 Massachusetts 1 p.m. Career Record ...................................................954-636-7 Career Record ......................................................422-654 6 Penn State 4 p.m. 7 Fairleigh Dickinson 1 p.m. 8 UMBC 4 p.m. FIRST PITCH 10 at Mount St. Mary’s 3 p.m. STARTING OFF SEASON 125 NAVY STARTING THE 2020 SEASON 11 at Maryland Eastern Shore [3] 3 p.m. The Navy baseball program is set to begin its 125th season of Navy comes into its 2020 campaign after posting the second- 13 at Bucknell * 3 p.m. competition. With the program starting back in 1893, Navy had most wins in program history a year ago with a record of 14 at Bucknell * (DH) Noon a short hiatus from 1896-98 before coming back in 1899. Over 39-17. The Midshipmen also captured its fifth-straight Patriot 15 at Bucknell * 1 p.m. the 125 years of the program’s history, the Midshipmen have League regular-season title. Navy brings back 17 letter 18 Mount St. Mary’s 4 p.m. won over 2,000 and they became the 76th program in NCAA winners from its 2019 roster but still has to replace some key 21 at Lehigh * (DH) Noon Division I history to reach the 2,000-win mark last season parts of its team from a year ago. The Midshipmen will have to 22 at Lafayette * (DH) Noon following a 3-0 victory over Lafayette in the Patriot League replace Golden Spikes finalist Noah Song on the mound and 24 Delaware State 6 p.m. Semifinals. Navy also became the first 2,000-program among also looks to replace middle of the lineup bats from Christian 25 Georgetown 4 p.m. the current Patriot League institutions. Heading into the 125th Hodge, who was the 2019 Patriot League Player of the Year, 28 Holy Cross * (DH) Noon season, Navy has compiled a record of 2,002-1,322-38. The and Liam Lowery. However, with three key pieces gone from 29 Army * (DH) 2 p.m. program’s first win came in its first game in school history last year’s squad, Navy still has some experience to fill the against Columbia in an 8-2 contest in Annapolis. In the 124 void with Christian Policelli and the pair of Matt Wolff and years leading up to 2020, Joe Duff was the longest-tenured Ryan Duffey to fill the slots from Hodge and Liam Lowery. On April coach at Navy where he was at the helm for 32 seasons and the mound, Jared Leins looks to take over the No. 1 spot in the 1 Maryland Eastern Shore 4 p.m. he is still the program’s winningest coach with 595 career weekend rotation for the Midshipmen, while Charlie Connolly 4 at Holy Cross * (DH) 1 p.m. victories. Current head coach Paul Kostacopoulos enters his and Tommy Goodridge are back for Navy to complete the 5 at Holy Cross * 1 p.m. 15th season as head coach and he is the second-winningest three-game weekend rotation for the Midshipmen. 8 St. Mary’s College (Md.) 4 p.m. head coach at Navy with 450 wins. 10 vs. Army * [4] 7 p.m. 11 vs. Army * (DH) [4] 1 p.m. 15 Bucknell * 4 p.m. NAVY PROBABLES (OPS | AVG | H | RBI) 18 Lafayette * (DH) 1 p.m. 19 Lafayette * (DH) 1 p.m. Joe Simourian 22 George Mason 6 p.m. So. | Andover, Mass. 25 Lehigh * (DH) 1 p.m. .748 | .294 | 32 | 12 26 Lehigh * 1 p.m. Evan Lowery Matt Wolff 28 Villanova 6 p.m. Sr. | Williamsburg, Va. So. | Fishers, Ind. .696 | .275 | 55 | 34 .672 | .194 | 15 | 8 May 2 Saint Joseph’s TBA Michael Coritz Zach Biggers 3 at Saint Joseph’s 2 p.m. Sr. | Clifton, Va. Sr. | Walhalla, S.C. 9-10 Patriot League Semifinals TBA .715 | .289 | 57 | 26 .774 | .295 | 65 | 43 15-17 Patriot League Final TBA Jacob Williamson Zach Stevens * Patriot League game Sr. | Sims, N.C. So. | Lexington, Mass. [1] at Thomasville, N.C. | Finch Field [2] at Kinston, N.C. | Freedom Classic .654 | .225 | 47 | 24 .928 | .319 | 51 | 28 [3] at Wicomico, Md. | Perdue Stadium [4] at Philadelphia, Pa. | Citizens Bank Park SP (W-L | ERA | K/BB) Jared Leins (RHP) All home games played at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Jr. | Raleigh, N.C. Bishop Stadium 3-1 | 3.27 | 73/20 DESIGNATED HITTER All times Eastern and subject to change Ryan Duffey Charlie Connolly (RHP) Jr. | Duxbury, Mass. MEDIA COVERAGE Jr. | Wayne, Pa. .652 | .225 | 23 | 11 Live Video: None 4-3 | 3.69 | 70/39 Christian Policelli Commentator: N/A Tommy Goodridge (RHP) So. | Walkersville, Md. Live Stats: NavyStats.com Jr. | San Diego, Calif. .929 | .299 | 26 | 19 4-1 | 3.78 | 32/9 1 2020 NAVY BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School No. Name Pos. 1 Matt Wolff So. OF 6-2 205 R/R Fishers, Ind. / Fishers 23 Baker, Dalton RHP 2 Zach Biggers Sr. IF 5-9 170 R/R Walhalla, S.C. / Walhalla 2 Biggers, Zach IF 4 Joe Simourian So. OF 5-9 165 L/L Andover, Mass. / Phillips Academy 35 Blanchard, Ethan RHP 5 Jack Ferguson Jr. LHP 5-11 170 L/L Atlanta, Ga. / North Atlanta 31 Braithwaite, Trey RHP 6 Stephen Thompson Jr. IF 6-0 185 R/R Rock Hill, S.C. / South Pointe 32 Brenczewski, Kiel C/IF 7 Michael Coritz Sr. IF 5-9 160 R/R Clifton, Va. / Paul VI Catholic 8 Burch, Nick OF 8 Nick Burch Fr. OF 6-0 172 R/R Hollywood, Md. / Leonardtown 55 Connolly, Charlie RHP 9 Colin Smith Fr. IF 5-10 185 R/R Wilmington, Del. / Delaware Military Academy 7 Coritz, Michael IF 10 Kyle Rausch Fr. OF 5-11 190 R/R Middle Island, N.Y. / Longwood 29 Doherty, Blake RHP 11 Evan Lowery Sr. OF 6-3 205 L/L Williamsburg, Va. / Jamestown 18 Duffey, Ryan OF 13 Jake Wilson So. C 6-0 190 R/R Virginia Beach, Va. / Bayside 42 Early, Reece RHP 14 Cole Reibenspies Fr. IF 5-8 165 L/R Simi Valley, Calif. / Chaminade 5 Ferguson, Jack LHP 16 Dalton Jackson So. OF/1B 6-0 200 R/R Chesapeake, Va. / Great Bridge 24 Goodridge, Tommy RHP 17 Zach Stevens So. 1B 6-2 220 R/R Lexington, Mass. / Lexington 34 Grossi, Sante RHP 18 Ryan Duffey Jr. OF 6-2 185 R/R Duxbury, Mass. / Noble and Greenough 16 Jackson, Dalton OF/1B 19 Nico Valdez So. IF 5-9 168 R/R Stevenson Ranch, Calif. / West Ranch 30 Jones, Colin LHP 20 Kody Milton* So. IF 6-2 190 R/R Arnold, Md. / Severna Park 51 Leins, Jared RHP 22 Jacob Williamson Sr. IF 6-1 205 R/R Sims, N.C. / James Hunt 11 Lowery, Evan OF 23 Dalton Baker So. RHP 6-4 210 L/R Sebring, Fla. / Sebring 44 Mahala, Michael RHP 24 Tommy Goodridge Jr. RHP 5-11 180 R/R San Diego, Calif. / St. Augustine 40 Mitchell, Nate RHP 26 Christian Policelli So. C 6-0 195 R/R Walkersville, Md. / Walkersville 26 Policelli, Christian C 27 Brandon Yu Jr. RHP 6-1 170 R/R Perry Hall, Md. / Perry Hall 10 Rausch, Kyle OF 28 Trent Topping So. RHP 6-3 195 R/R Temecula, Calif. / Great Oak 14 Reibenspies, Cole IF 29 Blake Doherty Fr. RHP 6-3 200 R/R New Hope, Pa. / New Hope-Solebury 38 Russell, Thomas RHP 30 Colin Jones So. LHP 6-5 200 L/L Collierville, Tenn. / Evangelical Christian 4 Simourian, Joe OF 31 Trey Braithwaite Jr. RHP 6-3 210 R/R Winchester, Va. / Millbrook 33 Smith, Alex C/OF 32 Kiel Brenczewski Fr. C/IF 6-2 200 R/R Fishers, Ind. / Fishers 9 Smith, Colin IF 33 Alex Smith Fr. C/OF 6-1 185 R/R Laguna Hills, Calif. / St. Margaret’s Episcopal School 17 Stevens, Zach 1B 34 Sante Grossi Jr. RHP 5-11 195 R/R Riverside, Calif. / Martin Luther King 6 Thompson, Stephen IF 35 Ethan Blanchard Fr. RHP 6-2 180 R/R Kernersville, N.C. / Northwest Guilford 28 Topping, Trent RHP 38 Thomas Russell Fr. RHP 6-3 210 R/R Fairfax, Va. / Paul VI Catholic 19 Valdez, Nico IF 40 Nate Mitchell Fr. RHP 6-5 185 R/R Parker, Colo. / Cherry Creek 22 Williamson, Jacob IF 42 Reece Early Fr.