2023 UConn Huskies baseball team

2023 UConn Huskies baseball
Big East Conference regular season champions
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record43–15 (15–5 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Hourigan (12th season)
  • Joshua McDonald (12th season)
  • Chris Podeszwa (20th season)
Home stadiumElliot Ballpark
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UConn ‍‍‍ 15 5   .750 40 13   .755
Xavier ‍‍y 14 7   .667 34 22   .607
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 13 8   .619 31 22   .585
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 10 10   .500 29 25   .537
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 25 24   .510
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 8 12   .400 28 25   .528
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 7 13   .350 14 37   .275
Butler  ‍‍‍ 5 16   .238 12 43   .218
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 20, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2023 UConn Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Elliot Ballpark on campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The team is coached by Jim Penders, in his 20th season at UConn. They played as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous Season

The 2022 Huskies finished with a record of 50–16, the most wins in school history, 16–5 in the Big East. They won the Big East regular season and Tournament titles and were seeded second in the NCAA College Park Regional, which they swept to advance to the Stanford Super Regional. They were defeated two games to one in their second overall Super Regional appearance by number two overall seed Stanford.

Personnel

Roster

2023 Connecticut Huskies roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 12 - Zach Fogell - Graduate Student
  • 13 - Sam Clark - Freshman
  • 15 - Hector Alejandro - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 18 - Jack Sullivan - Sophomore
  • 21 - Andrew Sears - Junior
  • 22 - Ian Cooke - Sophomore
  • 24 - Michael Quigley - Junior
  • 25 - Thomas Ellisen - Redshirt Freshman
  • 32 - Mitchell Pascarella - Redshirt Freshman
  • 34 - Brady Afthim - Sophomore
  • 36 - Justin Willis - Graduate Student
  • 38 - Garrett Coe - Junior
  • 40 - Braden Quinn - Sophomore
  • 41 - Ryan Vandewater - Freshman
  • 42 - Stephen Quigley - Graduate Student
  • 43 - Maddix Dalena - Freshman
  • 44 - Ben Huber - Graduate Student
  • 45 - Curren Larson - Redshirt Junior
  • 47 - Will Nowak - Graduate Student
  • 48 - Jude Abbadessa - Freshman
  • 49 - J.J. Hood - Freshman
  • 50 - Devin Kirby - Graduate Student
  • 52 - Kolby Pascarelli - Freshman
  • 53 - Joe Carrea - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 2 - Ryan Hyde - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 5 - Matt Garbowski - Sophomore
  • 39 - Levi McAllister - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 - Zach Stephenson - Sophomore
  • 4 - Korey Morton - Junior
  • 6 - Drew Kron - Freshman
  • 11 - Jake Studley - Graduate Student
  • 26 - T.C. Simmons - Redshirt Senior
  • 37 - Gavin Greger - Freshman
  • 46 - Niko Brini - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Padilla - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 7 - Ryan Daniels - Freshman
  • 8 - Noah Sorensen - Freshman
  • 9 - Ryan Juliano - Freshman
  • 10 - David Smith - Redshirt Junior
  • 20 - Luke Broadhurst - Graduate Student
  • 23 - Paul Tammaro - Graduate Student
  • 27 - Jack Petersen - Redshirt Freshman
  • 30 - Chris Brown - Junior

Utility

  • 31 - Dominic Freeberger - Graduate Student

Coaches

2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff[2]
  • 16 – Jim Penders – Head coach – 20th season
  • 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator – 12th season
  • 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant coach – 12th season
  • 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer assistant coach – 20th season

Schedule

Legend
  UConn win
  UConn loss
  Cancellation
Bold UConn team member
* Non-Conference game
2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log[3]
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record
Mar 3 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball StadiumBoca Raton, FL W 6–4 Cooke (1–1) Cooley (1–2) Willis (1) 659 4–3
Mar 4 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
Mar 5 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
Mar 7 Hartford* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 10 at Hawaii* Les Murakami StadiumHonolulu, HI
Mar 11 at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 12 at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 13 at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 16 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn StadiumSan Diego, CA
Mar 17 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 18 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 19 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 22 UMass* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 24 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 25 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 26 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 28 Boston College* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 31 UMBC* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Post-season

Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

References

  1. ^ "2023 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2023 Baseball Roster". UConn Huskies. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "2023 Schedule". UConn Huskies athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2021.