2021 UConn Huskies baseball team

2021 UConn Huskies baseball
Big East Regular season champions Big East tournament champions
NCAA South Bend Regional, 1–2
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	34–19 (13–4 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Penders (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Hourigan (10th season) Joshua McDonald (10th season) Chris Podeszwa (18th season)
Home stadium	Elliot Ballpark
Seasons ←  2020 2022  →

2021 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UConn  ‍†‍‡‍y	13	–	4		.765			34	–	19		.642
Creighton  ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			24	–	15		.615
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			23	–	25		.479
Xavier  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			28	–	26		.519
Villanova  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			21	–	14		.600
St. John's  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			19	–	21		.475
Butler  ‍‍‍	8	–	13		.381			14	–	23		.378
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	6	–	19		.240			6	–	25		.194
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 UConn Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Elliot Ballpark, their brand new stadium on campus in Storrs, Connecticut. ^{[2] [3]} The team is coached by Jim Penders, in his 18th season at UConn. The Huskies played their first season back in the Big East Conference, having departed the American Athletic Conference. They finished in first place with a 13–4 record, won the Big East tournament for the 4th time in program history, and made their 22nd appearance in an NCAA Regional.

Previous season

The Huskies posted an overall record of 8–5 in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. The season was canceled before they could open Elliot Ballpark, and so will inaugurate it in 2021.

Personnel

Roster

2021 Connecticut Huskies roster [4]
	Pitchers 5 – Ben Casparius – Junior 10 – Colby Dunlop – Junior 15 – Hector Alejandro – Freshman 20 – Brendan O'Donnell – Freshman 21 – Reggie Crawford – Freshman 23 – Sam Favieri – Freshman 24 – Caleb Wurster – Sophomore 25 – Joe Simeone – Junior 31 – Jimmy Wang – Sophomore 34 – Randy Polonia – Senior 36 – Justin Willis – Junior 37 – Kenny Campbell – Junior 38 – Garrett Coe – Freshman 39 – Bobby McBride – Freshman 40 – Angus Mayock – Sophomore 42 – Pat Gallagher – Freshman 45 – Kenneth Haus – Senior 46 – Andrew Marrero – Freshman 47 – Erik Stock – Junior 49 – Austin Peterson – Junior 50 – Devin Kirby – Junior – Mason Kolean – Freshman – Leo Socci – Freshman		Catchers 2 – Ryan Hyde – Freshman 32 – Ciaran Devenney – Graduate Student 43 – Pat Winkel – Sophomore 44 – David Christoforo – Freshman – Matt Donlan – Sophomore Outfielders 3 – Kyler Fedko – Sophomore 4 – Korey Morton – Freshman 12 – Kevin Ferrer – Freshman 22 – Ben Maycock – Junior 26 – T.C. Simmons – Sophomore		Infielders 1 – Bryan Padilla – Freshman 6 – Andy Hague – Sophomore 7 – Christian Fedko – Junior 8 – Zach Bushling – Junior 11 – Chris Winkel – Senior 13 – Phoenix Billings – Freshman 19 – Will Lucas – Sophomore 27 – Todd Petersen – Freshman 30 – Chris Brown – Freshman 41 – David Langer – Senior – David Smith – Freshman

Coaches

2021 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff [5]
16 – Jim Penders – Head coach – 18th season 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator – 10th season 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant coach – 10th season 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer assistant coach – 18th season

Schedule

Legend
	UConn win
	UConn loss
	Cancellation
Bold	UConn team member
*	Non-Conference game

2021 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log [6]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Feb 19 at No. 16 Virginia* Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA L 1–2 Abbott (1–0) Casparius (0–1) Schoch (1) 250 0–1 Feb 20 at No. 16 Virginia* Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA W 10–9 Wurster (1–0) Whitten (0–1) None 250 1–1 Feb 21 at No. 16 Virginia* Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA L 2–4 Vasil (1–0) Wang (0–1) Schoch (2) 250 1–2 Feb 26 at Southern Miss* Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 5–6 Och (1–0) Haus (0–1) Ramsey (1) 1–3 Feb 27 at Southern Miss* Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 6–7 Gillentine (1–0) Simeone (0–1) Ramsey (2) 1–4 Feb 28 at Southern Miss* Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 10–7 Peterson (1–0) Powell (0–1) None 2–4
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Mar 5 vs Miami (OH)* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (Baseball at the Beach) W 5–0 Casparius (1–1) Egbert (1–1) None 1,000 3–4 Mar 6 vs Davidson* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (Baseball at the Beach) L 3–4 Hely (2–0) Haus (0–1) Devos (2) 1,000 3–5 Mar 7 at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (Baseball at the Beach) W 5–412 Wurster (2–0) Barrow (0–1) None 1,000 4–5 Mar 8 at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (Baseball at the Beach) L 10–12 Maniscalo (1–0) Gallagher (0–1) Abney (3) 1,000 4–6 Mar 12 at No. 9 Texas Tech* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 3–4 Birdsell (2–0) Casparius (1–2) Queen (2) 3,031 4–7 Mar 13 at No. 9 Texas Tech* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 3–10 Monteverde (3–0) Simeone (0–2) None 3,538 4–8 Mar 14 at No. 9 Texas Tech* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 13–15 Sublette (2–0) Peterson (1–1) Queen (3) 3,378 4–9 Mar 15 at No. 7 Texas Tech* Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 8–910 Girton (1–0) Wurster (2–1) None 2,782 4–10 Mar 19 at St. Joseph's* Smithson Field • Merion Station, PA W 6–4 Casparius (2–2) McCole (0–1) Wurster (1) 214 5–10 Mar 20 at St. Joseph's* Smithson Field • Merion Station, PA L 8–9 Zimmerman (1–0) Simeone (0–3) Weber (1) 103 5–11 Mar 21 at St. Joseph's* Smithson Field • Merion Station, PA W 13–0 Peterson (2–1) Devine (0–1) None 355 6–11 Mar 23 Central Connecticut* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 2–0 Gallagher (1–0) Stephens (0–1) Wurster (1) 254 7–11 Mar 26 Rhode Island* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 9–6 Haus (1–2) Brutti (0–1) Wurster (3) 176 8–11 Mar 27 Rhode Island* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 3–213 Willis (1–0) Fernandez (2–1) None 9–11 Mar 28 Rhode Island* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT L 4–6 Levesque (1–1) Dunlop (0–1) None 213 9–12 Mar 30 Boston College* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 12–0 Gallagher (2–1) Campbell (0–1) None 279 10–12
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Apr 1 UMass* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 9–2 Casparius (3–2) Steele (2–3) None 111 11–12 Apr 2 UMass* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 11–18 Peterson (3–1) Given (1–1) None 176 12–12 Apr 3 UMass* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 7–3 Simeone (1–3) Livnat (1–1) None 211 13–12 Apr 6 Bryant* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 9–8 Willis (2–0) Harrigan (0–1) Crawford (1) 212 14–12 Apr 9 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 10–0 Casparius (4–0) Tonas (0–1) None 256 15–12 1–0 Apr 10 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 6–0 Peterson (4–1) DeRoche (0–1) None 212 16–12 2–0 Apr 10 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 11 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 13 at Bryant* Conaty Park • Smithfield, RI Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 16 at Creighton TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 17 at Creighton TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 17 at Creighton TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 18 at Creighton TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Apr 25 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH L 0–57 Zwack (4–3) Casparius (4–3) None 120 16–13 2–1 Apr 25 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH W 8–5 Peterson (5–1) Flamm (2–3) Wurster (4) 120 17–13 3–1 Apr 26 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH W 15–1312 Wurster (3–1) Olson (3–2) Haus (1) 132 18–13 4–1 Apr 27 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH L 5–6 Czabala (1–0) Crawford (0–1) None 165 19–13 4–2 Apr 27 at Boston College* Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Brighton, MA Cancelled Apr 30 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record May 1 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols May 1 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols May 1 Bucknell* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 9–1 Casparius (3–1) Greer (3–4) None 215 19–14 May 2 Bucknell* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 13–6 Haus (2–2) Difiore (4–3) None 271 20–14 May 2 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols May 7 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY W 4–3 Peterson (6–1) Rodriguez (2–2) Wurster (5) 200 21–14 5–2 May 8 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY L 3–47 Semon (1–0) Casparius (5–4) Routzahn (6) 200 21–15 5–3 May 8 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY W 6–0 Gallagher (3–1) Hendry (2–3) None 200 22–15 6–3 May 9 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY W 5–310 Wurster (4–1) Routzahn (2–1) None 200 23–15 7–3 May 11 at Northeastern* Parsons Field • Brookline, MA Cancelled May 14 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA L 2–3 Graceffo (7–2) Marrero (0–1) Kingsbury (4) 50 23–16 7–4 May 15 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA W 9–4 Casparius (7–4) Arella (2–4) Willis (1) 50 24–16 8–4 May 16 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA W 4–3 Gallagher (4–1) Wilkinson (2–0) Wurster (6) 60 25–16 9–4 May 18 at Rhode Island* Bill Beck Field • Kingston, RI W 15–6 Crawford (1–1) Diaz (0–2) None 50 26–16 May 20 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 11–4 Haus (3–2) Payero (4–2) None 345 27–16 10–4 May 21 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 15–1 Casparius (7–4) Festa (6–3) None 419 28–16 11–4 May 21 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 12–4 Gallagher (5–1) Cinnella (3–3) None 475 29–19 12–4 May 22 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT W 10–2 Willis (3–0) Burnham (3–5) Wurster (7) 30–19 13–4
Post-season
Big East Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 27 (4) Xavier (1) Prasco Park • Mason, OH W 11–1 Peterson (7–1) Zwack (6–5) Coe (1) 2,500 31–16 1–0 May 28 (2) Creighton (1) Prasco Park • Mason, OH W 2–0 Casparius (8–4) Smith (6–5) Wurster (8) 32–16 2–0 May 27 (4) Xavier (1) Prasco Park • Mason, OH L 4–5 Olson (5–3) Haus (3–3) Zwack (1) 1,500 32–17 2–1 May 27 (4) Xavier (1) Prasco Park • Mason, OH W 10–6 Willis (4–0) Lynch (0–3) Wurster (9) 1,500 33–17 3–1
NCAA South Bend Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Reg Record June 4 (3) Michigan (2) Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 6–1 Polonia (1–0) Hajjar (4–2) None 1,825 34–17 1–0 June 5 (1) Notre Dame (2) Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 3–26 Mercer (4–2) Casparius (8–5) None 1,825 34–18 1–1 June 6 (4) Central Michigan (2) Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 9–14 Navarra (6–0) Gallagher (5–2) None 1,825 34–19 1–2 Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

References

1. "2021 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. Gavin Keefe (October 25, 2020). "Elliot Ballpark is UConn's new home, sweet baseball hom". The Day . New London, Connecticut . Retrieved February 26, 2021.
3. Dom Amore (October 4, 2020). "With a new ballpark and top-shelf talent, UConn baseball team works for a special season". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . Retrieved February 26, 2021.
4. "2021 Baseball Roster". UConn Huskies. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
5. "Coaches". Connecticut Huskies. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
6. "2021 Schedule". UConn Huskies athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2021.