2017 GAME NOTES 2017 SCHEDULE March 31 - April 2| at East Carolina FEBRUARY Clark-Leclair Stadium| Greenville, N.C. 17 vs. UMass Lowell Port St. Lucie, Fla. W, 5-3 18 vs. UMass Lowell (DH) Port St. Lucie, Fla. W, 7-3 , W, 7-1 19 vs. UMass Lowell Port St. Lucie, Fla. L, 8-11 2017 Record ................................................ 13-9 24 at Texas Austin, Texas L, 1-4 2017 Home .................................................... 0-0 25 at Texas Austin, Texas W, 2-1 2017 Away/Neutral ................................ 9-7/4-2 26 at Texas Austin, Texas L, 3-9 2017 The American ....................................... 0-0 2017 Runs/Game ......................................... 5.81 MARCH 2017 Batting Avg. ........................................ .259 3 vs. Western Michigan DeLand, Fla. L, 3-4 2017 Team ERA ........................................... 4.16 4 at Stetson DeLand, Fla. W, 9-3 Head Coach .................Jim Penders (UConn ’94) 5 vs. St. Joseph’s DeLand, Fla W, 11-0 Record ............................ 468-329-4, 14 seasons 10 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. W, 7-4 UConn Huskies At UConn ........................ 468-329-4, 14 seasons 11 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. W, 9-6 12 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. L, 7-8 14 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. L, 5-9 2017 Record ................................................ 18-8 16 at BYU Provo, Utah L, 6-7 2017 Home .................................................. 13-5 17 at BYU Provo, Utah W, 8-7 2017 Away/Neutral ................................ 5-3/0-0 18 at BYU Provo, Utah L, 9-10 2017 The American ....................................... 0-0 22 at Central Connecticut New Britain, Conn. W, 7-5 2017 Runs/Game ......................................... 7.12 24 SETON HALL STORRS, CONN. W, 2-1 2017 Batting Avg. ........................................ .314 25 SETON HALL STORRS, CONN. L, 2-3 2017 Team ERA ........................................... 4.19 26 SETON HALL STORRS, CONN. W, 3-0 29 at Fairfield Fairfield, Conn. W, 6-1 Head Coach ............................ Cliff Godwin (ECU ‘00) 31 at East Carolina * Greenville, N.C. 6:30 p.m. At UC Davis ...................... 96-52-1, Third Season East Carolina Pirates APRIL 1 at East Carolina * Greenville, N.C. 4 p.m. 2 at East Carolina * Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. 2017 Individual Team Leaders 4 NORTHEASTERN STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 5 HARTFORD STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. East Carolina UConn 7 MEMPHIS * STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. Average .......................................... .371, Eric Tyler....................................... .337, Prato 8 MEMPHIS * STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. Home Runs ...............................7, Spencer Brickhouse ................................ 2, Feldstein 9 MEMPHIS * STORRS, CONN 1 p.m. RBIs .............................................. 24, Travis Watkins .......................................23, Susi 11 at Bryant North Smithfield, R.I. 3 p.m. Runs ................................................24, Brickhouse .........................................24, Prato 13 at Tulane * New Orleans, La. 7:30 p.m. Innings ......................................... 31.2, Trey Benton .............................. 38.0, Montgomerie 14 at Tulane * New Orleans, La. 7:30 p.m. ERA (min. 4.0 IP) ...........................1.82, Chris Holba ................................. 2.77, Rajkowski 15 at Tulane * New Orleans, La. 2 p.m. Strikeouts ..........................................42, Benton .....................................57, Montgomerie 18 UMASS STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 21 at UCF * Orlando, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Probable Weekend Starters 22 at UCF * Orlando, Fla. 6:30 p.m. 23 at UCF * Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m. Friday Saturday Sunday 25 HOLY CROSS STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 3 GS, 3-0 6 GS 3-0 3 GS, 1-0 26 RHODE ISLAND STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 1.82 ERA 2.27 ERA 2.70 ERA 28 CINCINNATI * STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 36 K : 6 BB 42 K : 9 BB 27 K : 11 BB 29 CINCINNATI * STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. 30 CINCINNATI * STORRS, CONN. 12 p.m. RHP Chris Holba RHP Trey Benton LHP Jake Agnos MAY 5 at Houston * Houston, Texas 7:30 p.m. 3 GS, 1-1 6 GS, 4-1 5 GS, 3-0 6 at Houston * Houston, Texas. 7:30 p.m. 3.38 ERA 3.08 ERA 3.49 ERA 7 at Houston * Houston, Texas. 2 p.m. 21 K : 6 BB 57 K :17 BB 28 K : 13 BB 9 SACRED HEART STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 12 USF * STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 13 USF * STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. LHP Tim Cate RHP Wills Montgomerie LHP Mason Feole 14 USF * STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. 16 at Rhode Island Newport, R.I. TBA @UConnBaseball Tweetables 18 EAST CAROLINA * STORRS, CONN. 3:30 p.m. - Zac Susi has hit .464 (13-28) with 10 RBIs after the seventh inning this season. Providing the 19 EAST CAROLINA * STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. dramatics for the Huskies with game-tying and go-ahead hits this season. #ClutchGene 20 EAST CAROLINA * STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. - UConn has posted 223 strikeouts to this point in the year. Out in front of their 201 strikeout 23-28 at American Championship Clearwater, Fla. TBA pace a season ago that set a program record. #K’sRUS * American Athletic Conference Game - Ryan Radue leads the bullpen with 16.1 innings logged and is tied for the team lead with 11 Home Games Played at J.O. Christian Field, Unless Otherwise Noted appearances. #RadueStrong ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS - Tyler Gnesda currently rides a team-high nine game hit streak entering Friday’s action. All Dates and Times [Eastern] Subject to Change UConn Baseball | Five-Time CWS Participant | 19 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 21 Conference Titles UConn Baseball | Five-Time CWS Participant | 19 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 21 Conference Titles 2017 Roster No. Name Elig. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown Last Team 1 Anthony Prato Fr. INF R/R 5’10 189 Staten Island, N.Y. Poly Prep 2 Aaron Hill* Sr. INF R/R 5’9 190 Groton, Conn. Fitch 3 Troy Stefanski Jr. OF L/R 6’1 186 North Stonington, Conn. Wheeler 4 Kenny Bergmann Fr. C R/R 6’0 192 Philadelphia, Pa. William Penn Charter 5 Jack Lambrecht RFr. INF R/R 6’2 212 Westerly, R.I. Berkshire School 6 Willy Yahn* Jr. INF R/R 5’11 185 Sharon, Conn. Housatonic Regional 7 Keith Krueger RSr. OF L/L 5’11 170 Las Vegas, Nev. Grossmont College 8 Josh Loeffler Fr. OF R/R 5’10 193 Manlius, N.Y. Fayetteville-Manlius 9 Alex LeFevre RSr. C R/R 6’2 220 Mansfield, Conn. UConn Avery Point 10 Doug Domnarski Sr. LHP L/L 5’10 183 Pawcatuck, Conn. UConn Avery Point 11 Chris Winkel Fr. OF/1B L/R 6’4 202 Orange, Conn. Amity 12 Joe Rivera Jr. RHP R/R 5’11 196 Southington, Conn. Southington 13 Anthony Nucerino Fr. OF L/L 5’10 203 Fayetteville, N.Y. Fayetteville-Manlius 15 Ryan Radue RSr. RHP R/R 6’5 217 Appleton, Wis. Fox Valley Lutheran 18 Jacob Wallace Fr. RHP R/R 6’1 180 Methuen, Mass. Methuen 19 P.J. Poulin So. LHP R/L 6’0 179 Marion Mass. Tabor Academy 20 Conor Moriarty Fr. INF R/R 5’10 184 West Springfield, Mass. West Springfield 21 Mason Feole Fr. LHP L/L 6’2 184 Wakefield, R.I. Prout 23 Zac Susi So. C L/R 6’1 203 Southington, Conn. Southington 24 Andrew Zapata Sr. RHP R/R 5’11 204 Staten Island, N.Y. Poly Prep 25 Tyler Gnesda Sr. 1B R/R 5’10 225 Laguna Nigel, Calif. Cypress College 26 Isaac Feldstein RJr. OF R/R 6’2 206 Palo Alto, Calif. Canada College 27 John Toppa So. OF R/R 5’11 227 Portsmouth, R.I. Bishop Hendricken 30 John Russell Jr. RHP R/R 6’3 182 Glastonbury, Conn. UConn Avery Point 31 William Montgomerie Jr. RHP R/R 6’3 220 Lakeville, Conn. Salisbury Prep 32 Nick Chiseri Fr. LHP L/L 5’11 200 Albany, N.Y. St. Peter Marian 34 Randy Polonia So. RHP R/R 6’1 198 Stamford, Conn. Trinity Catholic 36 Tim Cate So. LHP L/L 6’0 187 Manchester, Conn. Cheney Tech 37 Sam Nepiarsky RJr. RHP R/R 6’4 207 Orange, Conn. Amity 38 Michael Schwartz Jr. LHP S/L 6’1 188 Merrick, N.Y. Bellmore JFK 39 CJ Dandeneau RSo. RHP R/R 6’0 202 North Smithfield, R.I. La Salle Academy 42 Trevor Holmes RJr. RHP R/R 6’1 228 Ashland, Mass. The Governor’s Academy 43 Ronnie Rossomando So. RHP R/R 6’5 235 Stratford, Conn. Bunnell 44 Alex Hintze RFr. LHP L/L 6’0 211 Osh Kosh, Wis. Osh Kosh North 45 Dan Rajkowski RSo. RHP R/R 6’1 193 New Canaan, Conn. New Canaan *indicates team captain Head Coach: Jim Penders (UConn ’94), 14th season Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator:Jeff Hourigan (UConn ’05), sixth season Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach: Joshua MacDonald (UConn ’06), sixth season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chris Podeszwa (UConn ’93), 14th season Pro-nun-see-ay-shuns Poulin-pool-in Dandeneau - dan-den-oh Rajkowski- Ra-cow-ski Feole- fee-oh-lee Radue- Ruh-doo Gnesda- Nes-da Rossomando- Ross-uh-mon-doe Hintze - hints Susi - sue-sea Loeffler- Loff-ler Toppa - toe-pa LeFevre - leh-fave Yahn - yawn Nepiarsky - nep-ee-ar-ski Zapata - Zuh-pah-ta UConn Baseball | Five-Time CWS Participant | 19 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 21 Conference Titles Quick Facts UConn Baseball Head Coach .......................................................................................................Jim Penders (UConn ’94, G’98) Overall Career Record.................................................................................................... 468-329-4, 14 seasons Record at UConn ......................................................................................................... 468-329-4, 14th season Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator .................................................................. Jeff Hourigan (UConn ’05) Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach ...................................................... Joshua MacDonald (UConn ’06, LIU G’09) Volunteer Assistant Coach ..................................................................Chris Podeszwa (UConn ’93, SCSU G’03) Athletic Trainer .................................................................................Dylan Mello (Sacred Heart ’09, USF G’12) Office Phone ..............................................................................................................................(860) 486-4089 Home Field ...........................................................................................................................J.O.