2022 UConn Huskies baseball team

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2022 UConn Huskies baseball
Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg
Big East Conference regular season champion
Big East Tournament champion
NCAA College Park Regional champion
Conference Big East Conference
Record50–16 (16–5 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Hourigan (11th season)
  • Joshua McDonald (11th season)
  • Chris Podeszwa (19th season)
Home stadium Elliot Ballpark
Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 Big East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 16 UConn  y1650 .76250160 .758
Creighton  1550 .75031180 .633
Xavier  1380 .61933270 .550
Georgetown  11100 .52432240 .571
Villanova  8120 .40019291 .398
St. John's  7121 .37522321 .409
Seton Hall  7130 .35018350 .340
Butler  4161 .21420351 .366
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 27, 2022 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 UConn Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Elliot Ballpark on campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The team was coached by Jim Penders, in his 19th season at UConn. They played as members of the Big East Conference.

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The Huskies won the Big East Regular Season and Tournament titles for the second year in a row. They were invited to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament where they won the College Park Regional and surpassed the 2010 Huskies for most wins in program history. They were defeated two games to one by second overall seed Stanford in the Stanford Super Regional, ending their season.

Previous season

The Huskies compiled a 34–19 record, 13–4 in the Big East, finishing in first place and winning the Big East Tournament. They finished with a record of 1–2 in the NCAA South Bend Regional.

Personnel

Roster

2022 Connecticut Huskies roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 - Joe Wozny - Freshman
  • 15 - Hector Alejandro - Sophomore
  • 18 - Jack Sullivan - Freshman
  • 20 - Brendan O'Donnell - Sophomore
  • 21 - Reggie Crawford - Sophomore
  • 22 - Ian Cooke - Freshman
  • 23 - Sam Favieri - Sophomore
  • 24 - Cole Chudoba - Graduate Student
  • 31 - Jimmy Wang - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 32 - Mitchell Pascarella - Freshman
  • 34 - Brady Afthim - Freshman
  • 36 - Justin Willis - Senior
  • 37 - Kenny Campbell - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 38 - Garrett Coe - Sophomore
  • 39 - Bobby McBride - Sophomore
  • 40 - Braden Quinn - Freshman
  • 41 - Ramsey Collins - Freshman
  • 42 - Pat Gallagher - Sophomore
  • 45 - Curren Larson - Junior
  • 46 - Enzo Stefanoni - Graduate Student
  • 47 - Erik Stock - Senior
  • 49 - Austin Peterson - Senior
  • 50 - Devin Kirby - Senior
  • 51 - Leo Socci - Sophomore
  • 53 - Thomas Ellisen - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 2 - Ryan Hyde - Sophomore
  • 5 - Matt Garbowski - Freshman
  • 43 - Matt Donlan - Redshirt.svg Junior

Outfielders

  • 3 - Zach Stephenson - Freshman
  • 4 - Korey Morton - Sophomore
  • 9 - Casey Dana - Graduate Student
  • 12 - Kevin Ferrer - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 13 - Phoenix Billings - Sophomore
  • 26 - T.C. Simmons - Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Padilla - Sophomore
  • 7 - Christian Fedko - Senior
  • 8 - Zach Bushling - Senior
  • 10 - David Smith - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 30 - Chris Brown - Sophomore
  • 44 - Ben Huber - Graduate Student
  • 52 - Jack Petersen - Freshman
  • 54 - Jackson Ferrigno - Freshman

Coaches

2022 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff [2]
  • 16 – Jim Penders – Head coach – 19th season
  • 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator – 11th season
  • 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant coach – 11th season
  • 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer assistant coach – 19th season

Schedule

Legend
 UConn win
 UConn loss
 Cancellation
BoldUConn team member
*Non-Conference game
2022 Connecticut Huskies Baseball Game Log [3]
Regular Season
Post-Season (6–1)
NCAA Stanford Super Regional (1–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSR Record
June 11No. 2 (2) Stanford Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 13–12Gallagher (11–3)Williams (8–3)None2,67350–141–0
June 12No. 2 (2) StanfordKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 2–8Pancer (3–0)Peterson (11–3)Mathews (8)2,75650–151–1
June 13No. 2 (2) StanfordKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 5–10Bruno (6–1)Coe (2–2)Mathews (9)2,68950–161–2

Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Big East tournament

Big East tournament teams
(1) UConn Huskies(2) Creighton Bluejays(3) Xavier Musketeers(4) Georgetown Hoyas
First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1 UConn 4
4 Georgetown 0
1UConn7
2Creighton1
3 Xavier 5
2 Creighton 6
1UConn7
3Xavier2
Lower round 1Lower final
2Creighton8
4Georgetown83Xavier27
3Xavier16

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
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ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll —*RVRVRVRVRVRV21161613101523RVRV*RV*16
Baseball America 1819—*—*15
Collegiate Baseball 39251414118172626141616
NCBWA RVRVRV3027272521131310101222261414*16
D1Baseball 252525181515151316—*—*16

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References

  1. "2022 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2022 Baseball Roster". UConn Huskies. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  3. "2022 Schedule". UConn Huskies athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2021.