The 2025 UConn Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2025 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 22nd season at UConn. They played as members of the Big East Conference.
The Huskies finished the regular season with a 17–4 conference record, claiming a share of the Big East title. They entered the 2025 Big East Conference baseball tournament as the second seed, as Creighton claimed a tiebreaker from an early season series. UConn finished the tournament 2–2 and was not included in the NCAA Tournament field.
Previous season The 2024 Huskies finished with a record of 35–26, 17–4 in the Big East. They won the Big East regular season and finished fourth in the Tournament. They were seeded third in the NCAA Norman Regional. They won the regional, defeating once and host Oklahoma twice to advance to the Tallahassee Super Regional. They were defeated in two games in their third overall appearance (and second in three years) in a Super Regional by eventual College World Series semifinalist .
Personnel
Roster 2025 Connecticut Huskies roster Pitchers 10 - Jude Abbadessa - Redshirt Sophomore 12 - Sean Finn - Sophomore 13 - Charlie West - Sophomore 15 - Hector Alejandro - Redshirt Senior 18 - Jack Sullivan - Senior 20 - Evan Hamberger - Junior 21 - Gabe Van Emon - Graduate Student 22 - Ian Cooke - Senior 25 - Thomas Ellisen - Redshirt Junior 30 - Frank Spirito IV - Redshirt Freshman 31 - Devin Wolff - Redshirt Freshman 32 - Cole Taylor - Freshman 34 - Brady Afthim - Senior 36 - Paxton Meyers - Graduate Student 37 - Sam Hutchinson - Sophomore 38 - JT Caruso - Sophomore 39 - Kyle Peters - Redshirt Freshman 40 - Drew Smith - Freshman 41 - Greg Shaw III - Junior 44 - Ben Schild - Sophomore 45 - Cayden Suchy - Freshman 46 - Oliver Pudvar - Redshirt Sophomore 49 - Cameron Mayer - Graduate Student 50 - Owen Norrell - Freshman 51 - Giovanni Conte - Redshirt Freshman 54 - Thomas Galusha - Redshirt Freshman 55 - Garret Garbinski - Junior Catchers 5 - Matt Garbowski - Senior 11 - Connor Lane - Freshman 42 - Gabriel Tirado - Freshman
Outfielders 4 - Sam Biller - Graduate Student 9 - Caleb Shpur - Graduate Student 23 - Carter Groen - Sophomore 24 - Beau Root - Graduate Student Infielders 1 - Bryan Padilla - Graduate Student 2 - Tyler Minick - Sophomore 3 - Rob Rispoli - Redshirt Freshman 8 - Jack LaRose - Freshman 26 - Grant MacArthur - Junior 43 - Maddix Dalena - Junior
Utility 7 - Ryan Daniels - Junior 47 - Anthony Belisario - Freshman 52 - Aidan Dougherty - Junior
Coaches 2025 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff16 – Jim Penders – Head coach – 22nd season 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant coach/Recruiting coordinator – 14th season 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant coach – 14th season 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer assistant coach – 22nd season
Schedule Legend UConn win UConn loss CancellationBoldUConn team member * Non-Conference game
2025 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log (35–21) Regular season (33–19) February (1–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record BE Record Feb 14 vs * Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales • Caguas, Puerto Rico(Puerto Rico Challenge) L 6–10 Gorelick (1–0) Suchy (0–1) None 650 0–1 Feb 15 vs Missouri* Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales • Caguas, Puerto Rico(Puerto Rico Challenge) L 7–11 Jacobi (1–0) Cooke (0–1) None 431 0–2 Feb 16 vs * Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales • Caguas, Puerto Rico(Puerto Rico Challenge) L 6–7 DeSanto (1–0) Ellison (0–1) DeMell (1) 559 0–3 Feb 21 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL L 4–5 Andrews (1–0) Suchy (0–2) Bollinger (1) 477 0–4 Feb 22 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL L 17–25 Martzolf (1–0) Cooke (0–2) None 601 0–5 Feb 23 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL W 5–3 Afthim (1–0) Bollinger (0–1) None 531 1–5 Feb 28 at USC* OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, CA(Dodger Classic) L 5–8 Hunter (2–0) Suchy (0–3) Govel (1) 879 1–6 March (10–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record BE Record Mar 1 at UCLA* Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA(Dodger Classic) L 6–8 Bott (1–0) Cooke (0–3) Moss (2) 427 1–7 Mar 2 vs No. 14 Vanderbilt* Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA(Dodger Classic) W 6–2 Ellison (1–1) Bowker (1–1) None 290 2–7 Mar 7 at Miami (FL)* Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 7–2 Pudvar (1–0) Robert (2–2) None 2,965 3–7 Mar 8 at Miami (FL)* Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 12–8 Suchy (1–3) Hugus (2–2) None 2,865 4–7 Mar 9 at Miami (FL)* Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 11–15 Smith (1–0) Ellisen (1–2) None 2,812 4–8 Mar 11 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 11–1 Galusha (1–0) Francisco (0–1) None 519 5–8 Mar 14 at * Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, NC W 6–5 Pudvar (2–0) Murray (1–2) Afthim (1) 750 6–8 Mar 15 (DH Game 1) at Campbell* Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, NC L 6–7 Schares (1–0) Afthim (1–1) None 582 6–9 Mar 15 (DH Game 2) at Campbell* Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, NC L 5–8 Rossow (2–2) Cooke (0–4) Brown (1) 582 6–10 Mar 18 at Duke* Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC L 2–12 Zatkowski (2–1) Van Emon (0–1) None 574 6–11 Mar 19 at No. 17 North Carolina* Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 5–1 Hamberger (1–0) Padgett (2–1) Afthim (2) 3,375 7–11 Mar 21 at * UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC W 3–1 Pudvar (3–0) Murchison (3–2) Afthim (3) 171 8–11 Mar 22 at UNC Greensboro* UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC W 5–2 Suchy (2–3) Miller (1–3) Afthim (4) 295 9–11 Mar 23 at UNC Greensboro* UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC W 6–4 Finn (1–0) Thompson Jr. (1–1) Shaw III (1) 324 10–11 Mar 25 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT L 6–18 Kipp (2–1) Spirito IV (0–1) None 375 10–12 Mar 26 at Northeastern* Parsons Field • Brookline, MA L 0–3 Gitlin (2–1) Hamberger (1–1) None 221 10–13 Mar 28 at J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH L 6–8 Piech (2–1) Pudvar (3–1) Hooker (1) 10–14 0–1 Mar 29 (DH Game 1) at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH W 9–4 Suchy (3–3) Hoskins (2–1) Cooke (1) 371 11–14 1–1 Mar 29 (DH Game 2) at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH L 7–10 Weber (3–2) Ellisen (1–3) Hooker (2) 357 11–15 1–2 April (16–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record BE Record Apr 1 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 9–3 Finn (2–0) Siebel (0–2) None 385 12–15 Apr 4 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE W 8–7 Pudvar (4–1) Cancellieri (0–1) Afthim (5) 1,089 13–15 2–2 Apr 5 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE L 2–14 Pineau (1–0) Suchy (3–4) None 1,445 13–16 2–3 Apr 6 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE L 7–11 Aukerman (6–0) Finn (2–1) Langrell (7) 1,167 13–17 2–4 Apr 8 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Canceled Apr 9 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 12–4 West (1–0) Brown (1–4) None 276 14–17 Apr 11 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 4–2 Finn (3–1) Leckszas (0–3) Afthim (6) 312 15–17 3–4 Apr 12 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 10–3 Ellison (2–3) Yoo (2–1) Cooke (2) 493 16–17 4–4 Apr 13 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 8–3 West (2–0) Williams (2–3) Cooke (3) 698 17–17 5–4 Apr 15 at Boston College* Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Brighton, MA W 21–9 Shaw III (1–0) Meyer (0–1) None 517 18–17 Apr 17 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 5–3 Cooke (1–4) Torres (0–2) Afthim (7) 678 19–17 6–4 Apr 18 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 5–4 Finn (4–1) Curry (2–3) None 809 20–17 7–4 Apr 19 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 8–6 Finn (5–1) Hansen (1–3) Afthim (8) 914 21–17 8–4 Apr 22 * Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT W 12–2 Shaw III (2–0) Thomason (0–1) None 1,035 22–17 Apr 23 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 12–5 Caruso (1–0) Ates (3–4) None 589 23–17 Apr 25 at Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY W 13–8 Shaw III (3–0) Ruiz (0–1) None 457 24–17 9–4 Apr 26 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY W 17–6 Ellisen (3–3) Chaffee (0–4) None 417 25–17 10–4 Apr 27 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY W 14–3 West (3–0) Victor (2–2) None 497 26–17 11–4 Apr 29 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT L 11–13 Gleason (1–2) Hutchinson (0–1) Berglin (2) 683 26–18 Apr 30 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 16–6 Cooke (2–4) Jones (1–3) None 858 27–18 May (6–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record BE Record May 2 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA W 19–7 Finn (6–1) Sachais (4–5) None 307 28–18 12–4 May 3 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA W 29–10 Ellisen (4–3) Francis (5–3) Alejandro (1) 297 29–18 13–4 May 4 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA W 7–5 Afthim (2–1) Sachais (4–6) None 266 30–18 14–4 May 10 (DH Game 1) Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 18–4 Pudvar (5–1) Hendrickx (1–4) Peters (1) 567 31–18 15–4 May 10 (DH Game 2) Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 11–6 Ellisen (5–3) Goodpaster (3–5) None 1,359 32–18 16–4 May 11 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 7–1 West (4–0) Whiteside (1–2) None 759 33–18 17–4 May 13 No. 25 Northeastern* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT L 1–7 Gitlin (8–1) Abbadessa (0–1) Bowery (4) 811 33–19 May 15 * Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 13–4 Pudvar (6–1) Larisa (0–1) None 561 34–19 May 16 Maine* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 10–3 Ellisen (6–3) Fitgerald (5–6) None 869 35–19 May 17 Maine* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 5–1 West (5–0) Friendman (1–2) Afthim (1) 1,067 36–19 Post-Season (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record BET Record May 21 (3) Xavier (2) Prasco Park • Mason, OH L 8–11 Hooker (4–7) Afthim (2–2) None 3,217 36–20 0–1 May 22 (4) St. John's (2) Prasco Park • Mason, OH W 13–3 Shaw III (4–0) Batuyios (2–1) None 37–20 1–1 May 23 (3) Xavier (2) Prasco Park • Mason, OH W 11–2 West (6–0) Schmidt (2–5) None 2,413 38–20 2–1 May 24 (1) Creighton (2) Prasco Park • Mason, OH L 4–7 Strenke (1–0) Cooke (2–5) Langrell (1) 4,683 38–21 2–2 Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.
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