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 Pitchers 12 - Zach Fogell - Graduate Student 13 - Sam Clark - Freshman 15 - Hector Alejandro - Sophomore 18 - Jack Sullivan - Sophomore 21 - Andrew Sears - Junior 22 - Ian Cooke - Sophomore 24 - Michael Quigley - Junior 25 - Thomas Ellisen - Freshman 32 - Mitchell Pascarella - 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 - 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 - 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 - Senior 37 - Gavin Greger - Freshman 46 - Niko Brini - Freshman Infielders 1 - Bryan Padilla - Sophomore 7 - Ryan Daniels - Freshman 8 - Noah Sorensen - Freshman 9 - Ryan Juliano - Freshman 10 - David Smith - Junior 20 - Luke Broadhurst - Graduate Student 23 - Paul Tammaro - Graduate Student 27 - Jack Petersen - Freshman 30 - Chris Brown - Junior
Utility 31 - Dominic Freeberger - Graduate Student
Coaches 2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff16 – 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 CancellationBoldUConn team member * Non-Conference game
2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log Regular season February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Feb 17 vs * CoolToday Park • Venice, FL L 0–3 Coupet (1–0) Cooke (0–1) Beidelschies (1) 3,685 0–1 Feb 18 vs Ohio State* Ed Smith Stadium • Sarasota, FL W 9–6 Sullivan (1–0) Eckhardt (0–1) Kirby (1) 307 1–1 Feb 19 vs Ohio State* Ed Smith Stadium • Sarasota, FL W 8–6 Fogell (1–0) Baird (0–1) Willis (1) 522 2–1 Feb 20 vs Ohio State* Charlotte Sports Park • Port Charlotte, FL L 5–10 Jenkins (1–0) Quinn (0–1) None 176 2–2 Feb 24 at * Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA W 11–10 Kirby (1–0) Sagouspe (0–1) None 490 3–2 Feb 25 at California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 2–4 Sullivan (1–0) Sullivan (1–1) Stamos (1) 528 3–3 March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Mar 3 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca 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 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 10 at * Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, 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 * Tony Gwynn Stadium • San 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 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 25 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 26 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 28 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 31 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Apr 1 UMBC* Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT Apr 2 UMBC* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 4 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 6 at Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY Apr 6 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY Apr 8 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY Apr 10 * Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT Apr 11 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 14 at J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH Apr 15 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH Apr 16 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH Apr 18 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 19 at Boston College* Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Brighton, MA Apr 21 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 22 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 23 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 25 * Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT Apr 26 Army* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 28 at Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA Apr 29 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA Apr 30 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record May 5 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 6 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 7 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 9 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 10 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 12 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 13 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 14 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 16 at * Bill Beck Field • Kingston, RI May 18 at Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE May 19 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE May 20 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE Postseason Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 25 TBD Prasco Park • Mason, OH May 26 TBD Prasco Park • Mason, OH Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.
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