VILLANOVA BASEBALL Game notes 2019 VILLANOVA SCHEDULE THE SERIES Date Opponent Result Friday, February 22 3:00 PM 2.15 vs. Pittsburgh (~) L, 2-7 Saturday, February 23 1:00 PM 2.16 vs. Milwaukee (~) L, 4-7 Sunday, February 24 1:00 PM 2.17 vs. George Mason (~) L, 5-12 Stadium Davenport Field at Disharoon Park 2.22 @ Virginia 3:00 PM Capacity 5,500 2.23 @ Virginia 1:00 PM 2.24 @ Virginia 1:00 PM Live Video ACC Network Extra (watchespn.com) 3.1 vs. Chicago State (!) 2:00 PM Live Stats Sidearm Stats (virginiasports.com) 3.2 vs. St. Bonaventure (!) 12:00 PM 3.3 vs. Chicago State (!) 12:00 PM THE MATCHUP vs. Mount St. Mary’s (!) 3:30 PM 3.5 vs. Western Michigan (!) 2:30 PM VILLANOVA WILDCATS (0-3) 3.6 vs. Northeastern (!) 1:00 PM 3.8 @ Phillies Prospects (exh.) 1:00 PM Head Coach Kevin Mulvey, Third Season (23-75 at Villanova) 3.9 vs. Central Michigan (#) 5:00 PM 3.10 vs. Central Michigan (#) 9:30 AM Starting Rotation 3.12 Navy 3:30 PM Friday Jonathan Rosero (Sr., RHP, 0-1, 9.00 ERA) 3.13 @ Navy 4:00 PM Saturday Jimmy Kingsbury (So., RHP, 0-1, 9.64 ERA) 3.15 La Salle 3:00 PM 3.16 @ La Salle 1:00 PM Sunday Gordon Graceffo (Fr., RHP, 0-1, 4.50 ERA) 3.17 La Salle 12:00 PM 3.19 @ Saint Joseph’s 3:00 PM VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (1-3) 3.22 LIU Brooklyn 3:00 PM Head Coach Brian O’Connor, 16th Season (669-267-2 at Virginia) 3.23 LIU Brooklyn 1:00 PM 3.24 LIU Brooklyn 12:00 PM 3.26 Bucknell 3:30 PM Starting Rotation 3.27 Penn (LB-1) 3:00 PM Friday Griff McGarry (So., RHP, 0-1, 15.20 ERA) 4.2 TBD (Lafayette/Saint Joseph’s) (LB-2) TBD Saturday Noah Murdock (Jr., RHP, 0-0, 4.50 ERA) 4.5 Seton Hall (*) 3:00 PM Sunday Mike Vasil (Fr., RHP, 0-1, 12.27 ERA) 4.6 Seton Hall (*) 1:00 PM 4.7 Seton Hall (*) 12:00 PM 4.9 Saint Joseph’s 3:00 PM 4.12 Georgetown (*) 3:00 PM FIRST PITCHES 4.13 Georgetown (*) 1:00 PM 4.14 Georgetown (*) 1:00 PM • Villanova and Virginia have played on the diamond just four times, and not since 1908 4.18 @ St. John’s (*) 1:00 PM • This year marks the 154th season of Villanova varsity baseball; program began in 1866 4.19 @ St. John’s (*) (^) 1:00 PM • Schedule has two ACC (Pittsburgh, Virginia) and two Big 10 (Maryland, Rutgers) teams 4.20 @ St. John’s (*) 1:00 PM • Last win against a current member of the ACC was in 2013 against Notre Dame (10-6) 4.23 Monmouth 3:30 PM 4.24 Princeton 3:00 PM • Villanova is 74-65 (.532) in known season openers (not all seasons have complete records) 4.26 @ Delaware 7:00 PM • Villanova returns 20 players from last season, including eight position player starters 4.27 @ Delaware 1:00 PM • The team also returns two weekend starting pitchers and its top three relievers from 2018 4.28 @ Delaware 1:00 PM • Offense compiled 27 hits and a .372 on-base percentage in first three games of season 5.1 Maryland 3:30 PM • Chris Rotondo named to weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll (hit .462, 2 2B, 1 3B last weekend) 5.3 @ Butler (*) 4:00 PM 5.4 @ Butler (*) 2:00 PM 5.5 @ Butler (*) 1:00 PM ALL-TIME SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 5.7 @ Rutgers 3:00 PM 5.10 Xavier (*) 3:00 PM VILLANOVA LEADS SERIES 3-1 VILLANOVA BASEBALL HISTORY 5.11 Xavier (*) 1:00 PM First Meeting L, 5-13 (3.25.1904) First Varsity Season 1866 5.12 Xavier (*) 12:00 PM First Villanova Win 2-0 (3.26.1904) All-Time Record 1,914-1,519-29 (.557) 5.16 @ Creighton (*) 7:30 PM First Virginia Win 13-5 (3.25.1904) 5.17 @ Creighton (*) 7:30 PM 5.18 @ Creighton (*) 1:00 PM 2019 SEASON Last Meeting W, 1-0 (4.28.1908) Overall Record 0-3 Last Villanova Win 1-0 (4.28.1908) (~) Sunshine State Classic (Kissimmee, Fla.) BIG EAST 0-0 Last Virginia Win 13-5 (3.25.1904) (!) Snowbird Baseball Classic (Port Charlotte, Fla.) Non-Conference 0-3 (exh.) Exhibition Game against Phillies Prospects (#) Sunshine State Games (Kissimmee, Fla.) at Villanova 2-0 Home 0-0 (LB-1) Liberty Bell Classic (Quarterfinal Game) at Virginia 1-1 Road 0-0 (LB-2) Liberty Bell Classic (Semifinal Game) Neutral Sites 0-0 Neutral 0-3 (*) BIG EAST Conference Game Current Streak L3 (^) To be played at SUNY College at Old Westbury Current Streak Villanova, W3 Last Five Games 0-3 FEBRUARY 22-24, 2019 | VILLANOVA AT VIRGINIA | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. 1 VILLANOVA BASEBALL Game notes 2019 VILLANOVA BASEBALL ROSTER PITCHERS (10) No. Name Cl./Elig. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School/Previous School 11 Zach Lutner Sr./Sr. RP 6-1 180 R/R Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek 14 Jimmy Franchetti Fr./Fr. P 6-0 170 R/R Marlton, N.J./Cherokee 16 Cameron Mathes So./So. RP 6-01 170 R/R Broomall, Pa./Marple Newtown 24 Gordon Graceffo Fr./Fr. SP 6-2 185 R/R Cranford, N.J./Cranford 26 Mike Schwartz Jr./Fr. RP 6-1 175 B/L Merrick, N.Y./John F. Kennedy/Connecticut 30 Jimmy Kingsbury So./So. SP 6-1 185 R/R Phoenixville, Pa./Malvern Prep 31 Tyler Arella Jr./Jr. P 6-1 190 R/L East Northport, N.Y./John Glenn 35 Jonathan Rosero Sr./Sr. SP 6-0 168 R/R Middle Village, N.Y./Holy Cross 36 Jason Applegate Sr./Sr. RP 6-3 205 R/R Columbus, N.J./Hun School 49 Jake Esp Sr./Sr. RP 6-4 215 R/R Sugar Grove, Ill./Marmion Academy CATCHERS (3) No. Name Cl./Elig. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School/Previous School 4 Will Reiner Fr./Fr. C 5-8 180 L/R Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand 10 Doug deMarrais Gr./Sr. C 6-4 215 R/R Bernardsville, N.J./Bernards 18 Colin Bergh Jr./So. C 5-11 180 R/R Seaford, Del./Sussex Tech INFIELDERS (10) No. Name Cl./Elig. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School/Previous School 2 Pat O’Neill So./So. SS/2B 5-11 165 B/R Eagleville, Pa./Methacton 7 John Heilenbach Sr./Jr. 3B 6-3 219 R/R Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township 9 Jeff Manto So./So. 3B/2B 6-2 205 L/R Bristol, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep 13 Dylan McNary Fr./Fr. INF/P 6-0 180 R/R Jefferson, Mass./Noble & Greenough School 15 Matt Pinone Fr./Fr. 1B 6-3 195 R/L Roysersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II 21 Ryan Toohers Jr./Jr. 1B/P 6-5 213 L/R Florham Park, N.J./Seton Hall Prep 22 Timothy Lilly Jr./Jr. 2B/SS 6-2 178 R/R Glen Ellyn, Ill./Saint Francis College Prep 25 JP Radvany Sr./Sr. 1B 6-3 208 R/R Lawrenceville, N.J./Princeton Day School 28 Dominic Sarro Jr./Jr. INF 6-0 180 R/R North Riverside, Ill./St. Rita of Cascia 44 Nick Lorusso Fr./Fr. INF/P 6-2 198 R/R Monroe, Conn./Masuk OUTFIELDERS (5) No. Name Cl./Elig. Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T Hometown/High School/Previous School 3 Sam Margulis So./So. OF 5-11 160 R/R Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central 5 Tyler Bruno Jr./Jr. LF/RF 5-9 175 L/R Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland 8 Chris Rotondo So./So. OF 6-0 175 R/R Redding, Conn./Fairfield College Prep 17 Josh Kim So./So. LF/2B 5-11 175 R/R Holland, Pa./Council Rock South 20 Theron Schilling Fr./Fr. OF 6-1 190 R/R West Chester, Pa./Unionville Head Coach: #12 Kevin Mulvey (Villanova ‘13), Third Season [23-75 at Villanova, 23-75 overall] Assistant Coach: #19 Eddie Brown (Wagner ’12), Third Season (Recruiting Coordinator/Hitting Coach/Infielders) Assistant Coach: #23 Rob Delaney (St. John’s 06), Second Season (Pitching Coach) Athletic Trainer: Adam Edwards Strength & Conditioning: Michael Rhoades Director of Operations: Paige Maletz Student Managers: Keegan Rand (Video), Andrew Donofrio FEBRUARY 22-24, 2019 | VILLANOVA AT VIRGINIA | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. 2 VILLANOVA BASEBALL Game notes VILLANOVA AT THE PLATE LAST GAME STARTING LINEUP AND BATTING ORDER Pos. No. Name, Eligibility GP-GS AVG/OBP/SLG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO LF 17 Josh Kim (R-R, So.) 1-1 .000/.200/.000 0000000-010 SS 13 Dylan McNary (R-R, Fr.) 3-2 .833/.875/833 4500000-000 CF 8 Chris Rotondo (R-R, So.) 3-3 .462/.533/.769 2621000-011 DH 44 Nick Lorusso (R-R, Fr.) 3-2 .444/.545/.556 0410020-021 RF 5 Tyler Bruno (L-R, Jr.) 3-3 .273/.286/.273 1300030-013 1B 25 JP Radvany (R-R, Sr.) 3-2 .222/.300/.222 0200020-014 2B 2 Pat O’Neill (B-R, So.) 3-2 .571/.625/.857 1420010-011 3B 7 John Heilenbach (R-R, Jr.) 2-2 .143/.333/.571 1100110-012 C 18 Colin Bergh (R-R, So.) 1-1 .000/.250/.000 0000000-012 VILLANOVA STARTERS .263/.363/.379 11 25 61190-11128 OPPONENT STARTERS .280/.460/.410 25 28 811253-43315 OFF THE BENCH - IN NUMERICAL ORDER Pos.