2021 UConn Huskies baseball team

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2021 UConn Huskies baseball
Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg
Conference Big East Conference
Record34–19 (13–4 Big East)
Head coach
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UConn  y134 .7653419 .642
Creighton  156 .7142415 .615
Seton Hall  1611 .5932325 .479
Xavier  1511 .5772826 .519
Villanova  912 .4292114 .600
St. John's  1016 .3851921 .475
Butler  813 .3811423 .378
Georgetown  619 .240625 .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.

Contents

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 CaspariusJunior
  • 10 – Colby Dunlop – Junior
  • 15 – Hector Alejandro – Freshman
  • 20 – Brendan O'Donnell – Freshman
  • 21 – Reggie Crawford – Freshman
  • 23 – Sam Favieri – Freshman
  • 24 – Caleb Wurster – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 25 – Joe Simeone – Junior
  • 31 – Jimmy Wang – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 34 – Randy Polonia – Senior
  • 36 – Justin Willis – Junior
  • 37 – Kenny Campbell – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 38 – Garrett Coe – Freshman
  • 39 – Bobby McBride – Freshman
  • 40 – Angus Mayock – Redshirt.svg 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 – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • – Leo Socci – Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 2 – Ryan Hyde – Freshman
  • 32 – Ciaran Devenney – Graduate Student
  • 43 – Pat Winkel – Sophomore
  • 44 – David Christoforo – Freshman
  • – Matt Donlan – Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 – Kyler Fedko – Sophomore
  • 4 – Korey Morton – Freshman
  • 12 – Kevin Ferrer – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 22 – Ben Maycock – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 26 – T.C. Simmons – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 1 – Bryan Padilla – Freshman
  • 6 – Andy Hague – Redshirt.svg 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 – Redshirt.svg 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
BoldUConn team member
*Non-Conference game
2021 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log [6]
Regular season
Post-season

Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

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