VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 VILLANOVA SCHEDULE THE SERIES Date Opponent Result Friday, February 21 vs Maine 1:00 PM ET 2.14 @ Arizona State L, 1-4 Saturday, February 15 vs Campbell 4:00 PM ET 2.15 @ Arizona State W, 2-1 Sunday, February 16 vs Purdue 10:00 AM ET 2.16 @ Arizona State L, 4-6 Stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium 2.21 vs Maine (~) 1:00 PM Capacity 8,775 2.22 @ Campbell (~) 4:00 PM 2.23 vs Purdue (~) 10:00 AM Live Video pac-12.com/live/arizona-state-university 2.28 vs. Northeastern (!) 3:00 PM Live Stats Sidearm Stats (thesundevils.com) 2.29 vs. Eastern Michigan (!) 11:00 AM 3.1 vs. Saint Louis (!) 1:00 PM THE MATCHUP 3.3 vs. Western Michigan (!) 11:00 AM 3.6 vs. Bucknell (#) 1:00 PM VILLANOVA WILDCATS (1-2) 3.7 vs. Bucknell (#) 2:30 PM 3.8 vs. Bucknell (#) 11:00 AM Head Coach Kevin Mulvey, Fourth Season (37-112 at Villanova) 3.10 NJIT 3:00 PM 3.13 Coppin State 3:00 AM Projected Starting Rotation 3.14 Coppin State 1:00 PM Friday Jimmy Kingsbury (Jr., RHP, 2020: 0-1, 5.68 ERA) 3.15 Coppin State 12:00 PM Saturday Gordon Graceffo (So., RHP, 2020: 1-0, 1.69 ERA) 3.18 @ Saint Joespeh’s 3:00 PM 3.20 @ NC A&T 7:00 PM Sunday TBD 3.21 @ NC A&T 3:00 PM 3.22 @ NC A&T 1:00 PM MAINE BLACK BEARS (0-3) 3.24 Lafayette (LB-1) 3:00 PM Head Coach Nick Derba, 4th Season ( 60-97 at Maine) 3.27 @ Georgetown* 3:00 PM Projected Starter against Villanova 3.28 @ Georgetown* 2:00 PM 3.29 @ Georgetown* 1:00 PM Friday Johnny Baseball (Sr., RHP, 2020: 0-1, 5.00 ERA) 3.31 Manhattan 3:30 PM 4.3 St. John’s* 3:00 PM 4.4 St. John’s* 1:00 PM 4.5 St. John’s* 12:00 PM 4.7 @ La Salle/Penn (LB-2) 3:00 PM CAMPBELL CAMELS (1-2) 4.9 @ Seton Hall* 1:00 PM 4.9 @ Seton Hall* 5:00 PM Head Coach - Justin Haire, 6th Season (159-131 at Campbell) 4.11 @ Seton Hall* TBD Projected Starter against Villanova 4.14 La Salle 3:00 PM Saturday Kevin Westlake (Sr., LHP, 2020: ) 4.17 Butler* 3:00 PM 4.18 Butler* 1:00 PM 4.19 Butler* 12:00 PM 4.21 Farleigh Dickinson 3:00 PM 4.24 Creighton* 3:00 PM PURDUE BOILERMAKERS (3-1) 4.25 Creighton* 1:00 PM Head Coach - Greg Goff, First Season (0-0 at Purdue) 4.26 Creighton* 12:00 PM Projected Starter Against Villanova 4.28 @ Navy 3:00 PM Sunday Johnny Baseball (Sr. RHP, 2020: ) 5.1 @ Michigan State 6:35 PM 5.2 @ Michigan State 4:05 PM 5.3 @ Michigan State 1:05 PM 5.6 Army 3:00 PM ALL-TIME SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 5.8 @ Rutgers 2:00 PM 5.9 @ Rutgers 1:00 PM MAINE VILLANOVA BASEBALL HISTORY 5.10 Rutgers 11:00 AM All-Time Series 5-4 First Varsity Season 1866 5.12 Saint Joseph’s 3:00 PM First Villanova Win/First Meeting 1956 All-Time Record 1,914-1,519-29 (.557) 5.14 @ Xavier* 3:00 PM First Maine Win 1964 5.15 @ Xavier* 1:00 PM 5.16 @ Xavier* 11:00 PM Last Meeting 2007 2019 SEASON Overall Record 13-38 (~) Campbell Tournament (Buies Creek, NC) CAMPBELL BIG EAST 4-13 (!) Snowbird Baseball Classic (Port Charlotte, Fla.) Teams Have Never Met Non-Conference 9-25 (#) Sunshine State Games (Kissimmee, Fla.) Home 6-16 (LB-1) Liberty Bell Classic (Quarterfinal Game) PURDUE (*) BIG EAST Conference Game Road 4-14 All-Time Series 1-0 Neutral 3-8 Neutral Sites (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1-0 Current Streak L6 Only Meeting 2/26/2010 Last Five Games 0-5 FEBRUARY 21-23, 2020 | CAMPBELL TOURNAMENT | BUIES CREEK, NC 1 VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTE FIRST PITCHES Schedule Notes • This year marks the 155th season of Villanova varsity baseball; pro- • ASU was the second PAC-12 school Villanova has ever played. The first gram began in 1866 was USC in 2018. • No. 3 ASU is Villanova’s highest ranked opponent since openening up • Purdue is the first of three BIG-10 teams on Villanova’s schedule. Vil- against No. 1 LSU in 2009 lanova also has a pair of three-game series at Michigan State (5/1 - 5/3) • Only other meeting with a PAC-12 school was at USC in 2018. and with Rutgers (5/8 - 5/10) • Villanova is 74-65 (.532) in known season openers (not all seasons have • Villanova’s last trip to North Carolina was two games to open the 2015 complete records) season. Villanova opened at NC State, and played game two against • Villanova returns 20 players from last season, including eight position App State in Raleigh as well. Villanova lost 5-14, and 2-5, respectively. player starters • Villanova dropped last season’s season opener to Pitt, 7-2, in Kissim- mee, FL • Nick Lorusso and Gordon Graceffo were named to the preseason all- BIG EAST team . Strong Starts • Villanova opened the season with two veterans and one freshman starting on the hill, Jr. Jimmy Kingsbury, So. Gordon Graceffo, and Fr. Brandon Siegenthaler • Kingsbury, last season’s top starter, held ASU to just two hits through his first five innings of work. Even in the sixth when he was tagged for three runs, only one ball left the infield. • Gordon Graceffo held ASU to one run on one hit through 5.1 IP to help give Villanova a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish. • Overall, the starters worked 13.2 IP while allowing only 10 hits and two runs on opening weekend to then-No. 3 ASU. Early Impacts From Freshman • Three freshman took the mound for the first time on opening weekend and were all impressive. • Danny Wilkinson took over in the sixth with a 2-1 lead and a runner on third in game two. He got two strikeouts to escape the jam. He then went 3.2 IP allowing one hit and zero runs while striking out five to earn the save and secure the upset. • Brandon Siegenthaler got the start in game two and went 2.0 allowing three hits and three runs. • Cole Vanderslice pitched four hitless innings in game three while strik- ing out four. He did surrendur and earned run during the outing. • Wilkinson and Vanderslice, two freshman releivers, combined to go 7.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 9 Ks against then-No. 3 ASU. BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week • Danny Wilkinson earned BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors for his performance at ASU. • Wilkinson is the first Wildcat to win the award since Pat Young on March 18, 2013 • Wilkinson is the first Villanova freshman to win the award since Drew Baylor on April 29, 1996. • Wilkinson is the first freshman in the conference since St. John’s Sean Mooney won it twice during the 2017 season. Upset Alert • Villanova knocked off then-No. 3 Arizona State 2-1 on on Saturday Feb. 15 • The win represents the highest ranked win in program history, topping the previous best of an 11-1 win over No. 8 Florida on 3/4/05. • The win was the first win over a ranked team since beating No. 20 St. John’s on 5/20/17. FEBRUARY 21-23, 2020 | CAMPBELL TOURNAMENT | BUIES CREEK, NC 2 VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 VILLANOVA BASEBALL ROSTER PITCHERS (12) No. Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Previous School 6 Jack Povey FR R/R P 6-2/182 Redbank, NJ/Red Bank Regional 10 Cam Kovachik GR R/R P 6-6/254 Monroe, Conn./Masuk/Duke 14 Jimmy Franchetti SO R/R P 5-10/181 Marlton, NJ/Cherokee 16 Cameron Mathes JR R/R P 6-0/200 Broomall, Pa./Marple Newton 24 Gordon Graceffo SO R/R P 6-4/210 Cranford, NJ/Cranford 25 Cole Vanderslice FR R/R P 6-1/179 Ocean City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep 26 Mike Schwartz SR S/L P 6-1/204 Merrick, NY/John F. Kennedy 30 Jimmy Kingsbury JR R/R P 6-1/187 Phoenixville, Pa./Malvern Prep 31 Tyler Arella SR R/L P 6-1/203 East Northport, NY/John Glenn 32 Chic DeGaetano FR R/R P 6-2/221 Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazelton Area 33 Brandon Siegenthaler FR R/R P 6-0/204 Montvale, NJ/Pasack Hills 48 Danny Wilkinson FR L/L P 6-0/192 Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains Fanwood CATCHERS (4) No. Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Previous School 4 Will Reiner SO L/R C 5-8/195 Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand 7 Lucas Latrenta FR R/R C 6-3/206 Greenwich, Conn./Avon Old Farms 11 John Whooley FR R/R C 5-11/209 Wycoff, NJ/Ramapo 18 Colin Bergh SR R/R C 5-11/186 Seaford, Del./Sussex Tech INFIELDERS (9) No. Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Previous School 1 AJ Hansen FR R/R INF 5-9, 173 Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley 2 Pat O’Neill JR S/R INF 5-11/175 Eagleville Pa./Methacton 9 Jeff Manto JR L/R INF 6-1/200 Bristol, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep 13 Dylan McNary SO R/R INF 5-11/177 Jefferson, Mass./Noble and Greenough School 15 Matt Pinone SO R/L 1B 6-3/201 Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II 21 Ryan Toohers SR L/R 1B 6-4/211 Florham Park, NJ/Seton Hall Prep 22 Tim Lilly SR R/R INF 6-2/192 Glen Ellyn, Ill./St Francis College Prep 28 Dom Sarro SR R/R INF 5-11/173 North Riverside, Ill./St.