Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball

Sacred Heart Pioneers
2025 Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team
Founded	1966
University	Sacred Heart University
Head coach	Pat Egan (3rd season)
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Location	Fairfield, Connecticut
Home stadium	Veterans Memorial Park
Nickname	Pioneers
Colors	Red and white [1]
College World Series appearances
Division II: 1976, 1992
NCAA Tournament appearances
Div. I: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015 Division II: 1976, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1992
Conference tournament champions
NEC: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Regular season conference champions
2024

The Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Sacred Heart's first baseball team was fielded in 1966. The Pioneers are coached by Pat Egan, who lead his first season as head coach in 2023.

The program transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2000 and has appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship four times since the transition. While at the NCAA Division II level, the Pioneers reached the 1976 and 1992 Division II College World Series. ^[2] The Pioneers have seen fifteen players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. ^[3] Former head coach Nick Giaquinto, was the schools all-time winnest coach, having won 631 games in 30 seasons. ^[4]

NCAA Tournament history

Division I

Sacred Heart has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament four times.

Year	Region	Round	Opponent	Result
2006	Athens Regional	First Round Lower Round	Georgia Jacksonville	L 0–11 L 3–4
2011	Clemson Regional	First Round Lower Round	Clemson Connecticut	L 1–11 L 3–13
2012	Raleigh Regional	First Round Lower Round	NC State UNC Wilmington	L 5–16 L 4–13
2015	Fort Worth Regional	First Round Lower Round	TCU Stony Brook	L 0–10 L 6–11

Division II

Sacred Heart participated in the NCAA Division II baseball tournament five times.

Year	Region	Round	Opponent	Result
1976	College World Series	First Round Second Round	Southeast Missouri State Cal Poly Pomona	L 3–4 (11) L 1–12
1976	New England Regional			2–2
1990	Northeast Regional	First Round Second Round	Merrimack New Haven New Haven	W 10–6 L 0–9 W 8–7 L 1–3
1991	Northeast Regional	First Round Second Round	UMass Lowell American International	L 2–12 L 11–12
1992	Northeast Regional College World Series	First Round Second Round Third Round CWS First Round CWS Second Round	Adelphi Springfield Springfield Cal Poly West Alabama	W 2–0 W 5–3 W 2–1 L 1–10 L 6–7

Coaching history

Records not available from 1966–74 ^[3]

Name	Tenure	Record	Pct
Pete Di Orio	1975–1976	31–24–1	.563
Unknown	1977–1978	35–16	.686
Terry Toigo	1979	17–8–1	.673
Mark Karagus	1980–1981	35–16–1	.683
Joe Reitano	1982–1984	51–39–1	.566
Jeff Bevino	1985	23–12	.657
Mark Julius	1986–1988	43–43	.500
Nick Giaquinto	1989–2017	631–752–3	.456
Nick Restaino	2018–2022	77–142–1	.352
Pat Egan	2023–present	63–53	.543

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

References

1. SHU Pioneers Official Logo Art . Retrieved April 6, 2016.
2. Mike Anthony (May 27, 2015). "Sacred Heart Baseball: From 1–14 to NCAA Tournament". Hartford Courant . Retrieved August 6, 2017.
3. Baseball Record Book (PDF). Sacred Heart Pioneers. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
4. Teddy Cahill (November 1, 2016). "Restaino To Succeed Giaquinto As Sacred Heart Coach Following 2017". Baseball America . Retrieved August 6, 2017.

External links

• Official website