2020 UConn Huskies baseball team

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2020 UConn Huskies baseball
Conference American Athletic Conference
Record8–5 (0–0 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Hourigan (9th season)
  • Joshua McDonald (9th season)
  • Chris Podeszwa (17th season)
Home stadium Elliot Ballpark
Seasons
←  2019
2021  →
2020 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Tulane  ‍‍‍0–0 –15–2 .882
Wichita State  ‍‍‍0–0 –13–2 .867
No. 12 UCF  ‍‍‍0–0 –15–3 .833
East Carolina  ‍‍‍0–0 –13–4 .765
UConn  ‍‍‍0–0 –8–5 .615
Memphis  ‍‍‍0–0 –10–7 .588
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍0–0 –7–8 .467
Houston  ‍‍‍0–0 –6–9 .400
South Florida  ‍‍‍0–0 –6–11 .353
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 12, 2020 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 UConn Huskies baseball team represents the University of Connecticut in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies play their home games at Elliot Ballpark, their brand new stadium on campus in Storrs, Connecticut. [2] The team is coached by Jim Penders, in his 17th season at UConn.

Contents

On March 12, 2020, the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Previous season

The Huskies posted an overall record of 39–25 in 2019, finishing 4th in the American with a 12–12 record. They reached the 2019 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament final, where they fell to Cincinnati. In the NCAA Oklahoma City Regional, the Huskies also advanced to the final, forcing a decisive game, before falling to host Oklahoma State.

Personnel

Roster

2020 Connecticut Huskies roster [3]
 

Pitchers

  • 10 - Colby Dunlop - Junior
  • 18 - Josh Cohen - Freshman
  • 21 - Reggie Crawford - Freshman
  • 23 - Sam Favieri - Freshman
  • 24 - Caleb Wurster - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 25 - Joe Simeone - Junior
  • 26 - Tim Pfaffenbichler - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 31 - Jimmy Wang - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 32 - Nick Krauth - Junior
  • 34 - Randy Polonia - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 36 - Justin Willis - Junior
  • 38 - Ben Casparius - Junior
  • 39 - Leif Bigelow - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 40 - Angus Mayock - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 42 - Pat Gallagher - Freshman
  • 44 - Max Nielsen - Freshman
  • 45 - Kenneth Haus - Senior
  • 46 - Andrew Marrero - Freshman
  • 47 - Erik Stock - Junior
  • - Garrett Coe - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 2 - Cole Brodnansky - Senior
  • 9 - Paul Gozzo - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 43 - Pat Winkel - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 - Kyler Fedko - Sophomore
  • 4 - Michael Chiovitti - Senior
  • 12 - Kevin Ferrer - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 13 - Anthony Nucerino - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 22 - Ben Maycock - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Tyler Griggs - Freshman
  • 5 - Matt Bonvicini - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 6 - Andy Hague - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 7 - Christian Fedko - Junior
  • 8 - Zach Bushling - Junior
  • 11 - Chris Winkel - Senior
  • 19 - Will Lucas - Sophomore
  • 20 - Conor Moriarty - Senior
  • 27 - Todd Petersen - Freshman
  • 30 - Chris Brown - Freshman
  • 37 - Zach Donahue - Freshman
  • 41 - David Langer - Senior

Coaches

2020 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff [4]
  • 16 – Jim Penders – Head coach – 17th season
  • 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator – 9th season
  • 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant coach – 9th season
  • 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer assistant coach – 17th season

Schedule

Legend
 UConn win
 UConn loss
 Cancellation
BoldUConn team member
*Non-Conference game
2020 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log [5]
Regular season
Postseason

Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Alex Putterman (October 24, 2019). "UConn stadium construction on schedule; baseball venue expected to open for 2020 season". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 Baseball Roster". UConn Huskies. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Coaches". Connecticut Huskies. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2020 Schedule". UConn Huskies athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
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