2019 SCHEDULE 2017 UC onn Schedule
The University of Connecticut Location ..........................................................................................................................Storrs, Conn. Founded ......................................................................................................................................1881 Enrollment ................................................................................................................................31,119 Colors ...........................................................................................National Flag Blue (Navy) & White Nickname .................................................................................................................. Huskies, UConn Conference ............................................................................................................. American Athletic President.........................................................................................................................Susan Herbst Director of Athletics ................................................................................................... David Benedict Deputy Director of Athletics (Program Administrator)....................................................... Vic Cegles Athletics Phone .......................................................................................................... (860) 486-2725 Athletics Fax ............................................................................................................... (860) 486-3300 Athletics Ticket Office ................................................................................................. (860) 486-2724 Facility (Capacity)......................................................................................J. O. Christian Field (2,000) Dimensions...................................................................................................... 337 (L) 400 (C) 325 (R)
UConn Baseball
Head Coach ................................................................................................. Jim Penders (UConn ’94) Record at UConn............................................................................................525-367-5, 16th season Overall Record.............................................................................................................................Same Associate Head Coach........................................................Jeff Hourigan (UConn ’05), eighth season Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator.........................Josh MacDonald (UConn ’06), eighth season Volunteer Assistant Coach................................................. Chris Podeszwa (UConn ’93), 16th season Dir. of Player Development/Baseball Ops.......... Stephen Leonetti (Roger Williams ’10), first season Office Phones ............................................................................................................. (860) 486-4089 .................................................................................................................................... (860) 486-0951 .................................................................................................................................... (860) 486-5771 Baseball Secretary................................................................................Maria Murray (860) 486-5632 2017 Overall Record ............................................................................................................... 37-22-1 2017 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish ........................................................ 14-10, Third 2017 American Athletic Conference Tournament ...................................... 3-2, Championship Game Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................................................................................... 18/11 Newcomers .....................................................................................................................................13 Captains...........................................................................Mason Feole, John Toppa and Chris Winkel
Athletic Communications
Associate Director of Athletic Communications .......................................................Patrick McKenna Baseball Contact.................................................................................................................Chris Jones Contact Office Phone.................................................................................................. (860) 486-4707 Contact Cell/Press Box Phone..................................................................................... (860) 938-6191 Contact Email......................................................................................
[email protected] Communications Office............................................................................................... (860) 486-3531 Communications Fax................................................................................................... (860) 486-5085 UConn Baseball Twitter................................................................................................... @UConnBSB Athletics Web Site.................................................................................................UConnHuskies.com
Top Returners (2018 Stats)
Mason Feole (Jr., LHP, Wakefield, R.I.) John Toppa (Sr., OF, Newport, R.I.) Anthony Prato (Jr., SS, Staten Island, N.Y.) Mike Woodworth (Sr., Utility, Alameda, Calif.) Chris Winkel (Jr., 1B/OF, Orange, Conn.) Thad Phillips (Sr., C/INF, San Jose, Calif.) Christian Fedko (So., INF, Gibsonia, Pa.) Chase Gardner (Sr., LHP, Novato, Calif..) CJ Dandeneau (RSr., RHP, N. Smithfield, R.I.) Jake Wallace (Jr., RHP, Methuen, Mass.)
16 APP/ 16 GS, 9-2, 2.50 ERA, .220 BAA, 120 K, 100.2 IP .283/.359/.368, 13 XBH, 67 H. 34 R, 11 SB .324/.410/.388, 15 XBH, 23 RBI, 42 R, 79 H, 18 SB .302/.395/.364, 10 XBH, 22 RBI, 31 R, 62 H, 13 SB .264/.378/.335, 15 XBH, 33 RBI, 22 R, 53 H, 7 SB .257/.381/.333, 8 2B’s, 2 HR’s, 20 RBI, 29 H, 17 R .255/.351/.309, 15 2B’s, 1 HR, 33 RBI, 48 H, 21 R 15 APP/ 15 GS, 4-2, 4.00 ERA, .242 BAA, 63 K, 69.2 IP 19 APP, 2-1, 4.97 ERA, .255 BAA, 24 K, 25.1 IP 28 APP, 1-0, 3.95 ERA, .226 BAA, 63 K, 43.1 IP
FEBRUARY 15 FEBRUARY vs. Louisville
16 19 vs. Louisville at Texas-San Antonio 17 20 vs. Louisville at Texas-San Antonio 22 21 at Coll. of Charleston at Texas-San Antonio vs. Missouri State 23 26 at Coll. of Charleston at Austin Peay 24 27 at Coll. of Charleston 28
vs. Alcorn State
MARCH 1 MARCH vs. Northeastern
Lakeland, Fla.. 6 p.m. Lakeland, Fla. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Lakeland, Fla. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Charleston, S.C. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Clarksville, Tenn. 12:30 p.m. Charleston, S.C 2 p.m. Clarksville, Tenn. 4:30 p.m. Charleston, S.C 1 p.m. Clarksville, Tenn. 12:30 p.m.
Conway, S.C. 10:30 a.m. at Liberty Va.10:30 a.m. 3 p.m. 2 4 vs. Indiana Conway, S.C.Lynchburg, 5 at Liberty Lynchburg, Va. 2 at Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. at Liberty Va. 3 6 vs. Illinois Conway, S.C.Lynchburg, 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 vs. William & Mary Northridge, Calif. 1 p.m. 8 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 7:30 p.m. 11 at Cal St. Northridge Northridge, Calif. 5 p.m. 9 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas 3:30 p.m. 12 vs. William & Mary Northridge, Calif. 1 p.m. 10 13 at Texas State San Marcos, Northridge, Texas Calif. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. at Cal St. Northridge 12 15 HARTFORD STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 9 p.m. 15 18 vs. Michigan Greenville, S.C. p.m. 6 p.m. at UC Santa St. Barbara Santa Barbara,5 Calif. 16 19 vs. Michigan (DH) Greenville, S.C. at UC Santa St. Barbara Santa Barbara,1/5 Calif.p.m.5 p.m. 17 20 vs. Michigan Greenville, S.C. a.m. 4 p.m. at UC Santa St. Barbara Santa Barbara,11 Calif. 20 22 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. CONN. 4 p.m. 3 p.m. YALE STORRS, 22 23 at Houston * Houston, Texas CONN. 7:30 p.m. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STORRS, 3 p.m. 23 25 at Houston * Houston, Texas at Columbia New York, N.Y.7:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. COLUMBIA* (DH) STORRS, 12 p.m. 24 26 at Houston Houston, Texas CONN. 12:30 p.m. at Boston College Chestnut Hill,3Mass. 26 29 BOSTON COLLEGE STORRS, CONN. p.m. 3 p.m. 29 at UCF * Orlando, Fla. 6 p.m. 30 APRIL at UCF * Orlando, Fla. 6 p.m. TULANE 31 1 at UCF * * Orlando, Fla. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 2
TULANE *
3 TULANE * APRIL 5 at Northeastern
2 FAIRFIELD HARTFORD 3 6 UMASS LOWELL at Cincinnati * 5 8 CINCINNATI * 9 at Cincinnati * 6 CINCINNATI * 10 at Cincinnati * 7 CINCINNATI * 12 FAIRFIELD 9 at Bryant 13 BRYANT 10 15 NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON * 12 16 MEMPHIS * HOUSTON * 13 17 MEMPHIS HOUSTON* * 14 19 MEMPHIS at UMass * 16 20 at UMass at UMass Lowell 18 22 at ECU * Carolina * at East 19 23 at ECU * Carolina * at East 20 24 at ECU * Carolina * at East at Holy 22 26 CCSU Cross at Memphis * 24 29 RHODE ISLAND at Memphis * St. 26 30 at Sam Houston 27 at Sam Houston St. 28 MAY at Sam Houston St. 1
at Memphis * EAST CAROLINA (DH) * EAST CAROLINA * 3 8 WICHITA ST * 10 vs. UMass 4 WICHITA ST * 13 UCF * 5 WICHITA ST * 14 UCF * 10 USF * 15 UCF * 11 15 USFRHODE * ISLAND 12 19 USFat* USF * 14 20 at Rhode at USF * Island 16 21 at Tulane at USF * * 17 24-28 at Tulane American* Championship 7 MAY
STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 12 p.m. Brookline, Mass. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. STORRS, CONN. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. HARTFORD, Cincinnati, CONN. Ohio 7:05 p.m. 6 p.m. HARTFORD, Cincinnati, CONN. Ohio 2:05 p.m. Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 12 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. Smithfield, R.I. 3 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. STORRS, CONN. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. STORRS, CONN. Mass. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. Amherst, Amherst, Mass. Lowell, Mass.3 p.m. 7 p.m. Greenville, N.C. 6:30 p.m. Greenville, N.C. 6:30 p.m. Greenville, N.C. 6:30 p.m. Greenville, N.C. 4 p.m. Greenville, N.C. 12 p.m.1 p.m. Greenville, N.C. Worcester, STORRS, CONN. Mass. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. 7:30 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 3 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. 3 p.m. Huntsville, Texas 7:30 p.m.
Huntsville, Texas Huntsville, Texas
4 p.m. 12 p.m.
Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. STORRS, CONN. TBA HARTFORD, STORRS, CONN.CONN. 7:05 p.m.TBA Conn. 3 p.m. HARTFORD, Storrs, CONN. 2:05 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 12 p.m. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. TBA STORRS, CONN. STORRS, CONN. 1 p.m. Tampa, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Kingston, R.I. p.m. Tampa, Fla. 3:306:30 p.m. New Orleans,Tampa, La. Fla. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m. New Orleans,Clearwater, La. Fla.7:30 p.m.TBA
18 at Tulane * New Orleans, La. 2 p.m. 21-26 American *Championship Clearwater, American Athletic ConferenceFla. Game TBA
Home Games Played at J.O. Christian Field, Unless Otherwise Noted ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS * American Athletic Conference Game DatesPlayed and Times [Eastern] Subject Change Noted HomeAll Games at J.O. Christian Field, UnlesstoOtherwise
ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPSAll Dates and Times [Eastern] Subject to Change
2019 UConn Baseball Quick Facts
2018 SEASON STATS
The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for UCONN (as of Jan 28, 2019) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 37-22-1 Player
SUSI, Zac STEFANSKI, Troy PRATO, Anthony WOODWORTH, Michael TOPPA, John FELDSTEIN, Isaac WINKEL, Chris PHILLIPS, Thad FEDKO, Christian HAGUE, Andy NUCERINO, Anthony MORIARTY, Conor PALLISCO, Vinnie BERGMANN, Kenny BONVICINI, Matt MAYCOCK, Ben
avg gp-gs
.335 .326 .324 .302 .283 .276 .264 .257 .255 .231 .229 .222 .143 .091 .000 .000
Home: 10-5-1
ab
r
h
33 45 42 31 34 46 22 17 21 3 10 22 0 1 1 4
70 75 79 62 67 59 53 29 48 3 11 32 1 1 0 0
2b 3b hr
9 10 11 5 9 14 11 8 15 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
Away: 23-14 rbi
Neutral: 4-3
tb slg%
so gdp
a
e fld% 8 .982
60
2076
332
590
105 10 38
298
829
.399
195 62
429
24
.359 26 31 80-110
1577
545
62
.972
Opponents
.258
60
1997
283
516
85 11 43
256
752
.377
241 51
534
27
.350 19 33 74-102
1585
612
76
.967
60-60 57-57 59-55 33-29 54-52 18-2 26-10 57-42 5-1 11-0 7-1
.429 .375 .388 .364 .368 .361 .335 .333 .309 .214 .383 .317 .250 .167 .000 .333
po
7-0
59-57
0 5 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 0 2-3 386 53 2 3 14-19 135 4 4 2 18-24 109 130 2 12 13-13 94 138 5 3 11-18 105 0 4 0 5-6 92 3 1 5 7-12 404 28 0 1 1-2 136 11 3 0 1-2 29 24 1 0 0-0 6 5 0 1 2-3 16 0 2 3 6-8 36 63 0 1 0-0 3 2 0 0 0-0 9 3 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0
.284
59-59
30 6 28 17 2 22 16 12 22 13 8 24 28 7 50 22 9 74 17 5 68 11 2 33 11 5 28 0 0 4 11 1 15 16 5 49 1 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 1
ob% sf sh sb-att
Totals
60-59
.402 .443 .410 .395 .359 .556 .378 .381 .351 .308 .250 .382 .143 .091 .000 .000
bb hp
209 230 244 205 237 214 201 113 188 13 48 144 7 11 10 2
56-56
1 1 33 84 1 5 35 102 2 2 23 100 1 4 22 81 3 1 30 85 2 14 45 119 0 4 33 76 0 2 20 43 0 1 33 66 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 12 0 4 19 55 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference: 14-10
3 .979 11 .956 8 .967 0 1.000 1 .990 6 .986 3 .980 5 .914 3 .786 0 1.000 6 .943 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .000
LOB - Team (473), Opp (484). DPs turned - Team (44), Opp (43). CI - Team (3), SUSI 3. IBB - Team (5), TOPPA 2, SUSI 2, FELDSTEIN 1, Opp (9). Picked off - TOPPA 3, WOODWORTH 2, WINKEL 1, SUSI 1, PRATO 1, HAGUE 1, FELDSTEIN 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player
FEOLE, Mason RIVERA, Joe CATE, Tim POULIN, P.J. WALLACE, Jacob GARDNER, Chase KERSTEN, Jeff DUNLOP, Colby HOLMES, Trevor DANDENEAU, CJ SIMEONE, Joe ROSSOMANDO, Ronnie SANTOS, Avery RAJKOWSKI, Dan
era
w-l
app gs
cg
2.50 2.70 2.91 3.26 3.95 4.00 4.66 4.76 4.81 4.97 5.91 6.30 8.10 11.91
9-2 0-0 5-4 6-2 1-0 4-2 4-3 2-3 0-2 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 1-2
16 16 5 0 11 7 31 1 28 0 15 15 20 11 17 7 17 1 19 0 15 2 8 0 5 0 10 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sho
ip
h
r
er
so
2b
3b
0/1 0 100.2 0/0 0 3.1 0/0 0 52.2 0/4 16 49.2 0/3 3 43.1 0/1 0 69.2 0/2 0 73.1 0/0 0 34.0 0/0 0 24.1 0/0 1 25.1 0/0 0 21.1 0/0 0 10.0 0/0 0 6.2 0/0 0 11.1
sv
82 2 50 44 37 59 91 49 22 24 22 11 12 11
33 2 21 19 24 33 43 32 17 14 16 8 6 15
28 1 17 18 19 31 38 18 13 14 14 7 6 15
49 120 6 4 19 67 20 60 21 63 31 63 23 44 18 19 12 24 14 24 11 17 8 8 3 4 6 17
bb
8 0 14 5 9 6 15 8 3 3 4 2 6 2
4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha
6 0 2 3 3 1 9 2 4 3 4 0 0 6
.220 12 .167 3 .258 2 .237 3 .226 6 .242 11 .306 12 .336 1 .232 4 .255 4 .272 1 .306 1 .387 1 .244 2
7 0 4 4 4 8 9 6 0 4 3 1 0 1
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 3 0 3 10 3 2 1 3 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
Totals
4.09
37-22
60 60
1
4/4
20
525.2
516
283
239
241
534
85
11
43
.258
63 51
4 19
33
Opponents
4.67
22-37
60 60
4
2/0
10
528.1
590
332
274
195
429
105
10
38
.284
50 62 13 26
31
PB - Team (12), SUSI 10, BERGMANN 1, PHILLIPS 1, Opp (11). Pickoffs - Team (10), FEOLE 4, CATE 3, GARDNER 2, POULIN 1, Opp (10). SBA/ATT - SUSI (57-73), GARDNER (17-25), PHILLIPS (17-23), FEOLE (17-22), KERSTEN (7-11), CATE (6-10), DANDENEAU (7-9), HOLMES (6-6), WALLACE (4-4), DUNLOP (2-3), SIMEONE (2-3), POULIN (1-3), ROSSOMANDO (1-2), RIVERA (2-2), RAJKOWSKI (1-1), BERGMANN (0-1), SANTOS (1-1).
2019 ROSTER No. Name
1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 34 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Elig.
Pos.
Anthony Prato Jr. INF Cole Brodnansky Jr. C/1B Kyler Fedko Fr. INF Michael Chiovitti Jr. OF Andy Hague So. INF Christian Fedko So. INF Michael Woodworth Sr. INF/OF Paul Gozzo RSo. C Colby Dunlop So. RHP Chris Winkel Jr. OF/1B Anthony Nucerino RSo. OF Karl Johnson RFr. RHP Jacob Wallace Jr. RHP Will Lucas Fr. INF Conor Moriarty Jr. INF Mason Feole Jr. LHP Ben Maycock RSo. OF Tyler Briggs Fr. RHP Caleb Wurster RFr. LHP Joe Simeone So. RHP Tim Pfaffenbichler Fr. RHP John Toppa Sr. OF Thad Phillips Sr. C/1B Jimmy Wang RFr. RHP Randy Polonia RJr. RHP Adam Schwartz Fr. OF/RHP Chase Gardner Sr. LHP Jeff Kersten Sr. RHP CJ Dandeneau RSr. RHP Angus Mayock RFr. RHP David Langer Jr. INF Jake Sanderson Fr. RHP Pat Winkel Fr. C Avery Santos RSr. RHP Kenny Haus Jr. RHP
B/T
R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R
Pronunciations
Freshmen (11) Briggs K. Fedko Johnson (RS) Mayock (RS) Lucas Pfaffenbichler Sanderson Schwartz Wang (RS) P. Winkel Wurster (RS) Sophomores (7) Dunlop C. Fedko Gozzo (RS) Hague Maycock (RS) Nucerino Simeone
Wt.
192 223 225 183 163 195 177 199 193 220 208 198 195 177 189 204 226 196 176 215 180 219 196 205 202 218 260 183 210 230 203 197 206 195 185
Hometown
Last Team
Staten Island, N.Y. Poly Prep Lakeport, Calif. Clear Lake/Santa Rosa JC Gibsonia, Pa. Vincentian Academy Thomaston, Conn. Holy Cross/Avery Point Woodbridge, Conn. Amity Gibsonia, Pa. Vincentian Academy Alameda, Calif. Alameda/Sierra College Wallingford, Conn. Sheehan/Tulane Dover Plains, N.Y. Millbrook School Orange, Conn. Amity Fayetteville, N.Y. Fayetteville-Manlius Fairfield, Conn. Fairfield Prep/Army Methuen, Mass. Methuen Fairfield, Conn. Fairfield Prep West Springfield, Mass West Springfield Wakefield, R.I. Prout Newington, Conn. Newington Franklin, Conn. Norwich Free Academy Coventry, R.I. Suffield Academy Groton, Mass. Groton-Dunstable Regional Windsor Locks, Conn. Windsor Locks Portsmouth, R.I. Bishop Hendricken San Jose, Calif. Ohlone College Jenison, Mich. Jenison Stamford, Conn. Trinity Catholic Akron, Pa. Ephrata Novato, Calif. Novato/College of Marin Pinole, Calif. Pinole/Sierra College North Smithfield, R.I. La Salle Academy Berwyn, Pa. Conestoga Berkeley, Calif. UC Davis/Chabot College Burlington, Mass. St. John’s Prep Orange, Conn. Amity Trumbull, Conn. Trumbull/Avery Point Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. El Camino College
Alphabetical Roster 23 Briggs 2 Brodnansky 4 Chiovitti 39 Dandeneau 10 Dunlop 7 C. Fedko 3 K. Fedko 21 Feole 37 Gardner 9 Gozzo 6 Hague 45 Haus 15 Johnson 38 Kersten 41 Langer 19 Lucas 22 Maycock 40 Mayock 20 Moriarty 13 Nucerino 26 Pfaffenbichler 30 Phillips 34 Polonia 1 Prato 42 Sanderson 44 Santos 36 Schwartz 25 Simeone 27 Toppa 18 Wallace 31 Wang 11 C. Winkel 43 P. Winkel 8 Woodworth 24 Wurster
Nucerino - NOOSE-er-ee-no Pfaffenbichler - PFAFF-en-bik-ler Podeszwa - Puh-DEZ-wuh Polonia - Puh-LONE-ya Simeone - Sim-ee-OH-knee Toppa - TOE-puh
Chiovitti - key-uh-VIT-ee Dandeneau - DAN-duh-no Feole- fee-OH-lee Hague - HAIG Haus - House Kersten - KUHR-STEN By Class:
Ht.
5’10 5’11 6’2 6’0 5’9 5’10 5’8 6’1 6’0 6’5 5’10 6’4 6’0 6’0 5’11 6’2 6’4 6’2 6’0 6’3 6’0 6’0 5’9 6’4 6’2 6’1 6’7 6’4 6’1 6’5 5’11 6’1 6’2 5’10 5’10
Juniors (10) Brodnansky Chiovitti Feole Haus Langer Moriarty Polonia (RS) Prato Wallace C. Winkel Seniors (7) Dandeneau (RS) Gardner Kersten Phillips Santos (RS) Toppa Woodworth
By State/Country: California (7) Brodnasnky Gardner Haus Kersten Langer Phillips Woodworth Connecticut (12) Briggs Chiovitti Gozzo Hague Johnson Lucas Maycock Pfaffenbichler Polonia Santos C. Winkel P. Winkel
Massachusetts (4) Moriarty Sanderson Simeone Wallace Michigan (1) Wang New York (3) Dunlop Nucerino Prato Pennsylvannia (4) C. Fedko K. Fedko Mayock Schwartz Rhode Island (4) Dandeneau Feole Toppa Wurster