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2023 UConn Huskies baseball team

{{short description|American college baseball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NCAA team season

|mode = baseball

|year = 2023

|team = UConn Huskies

|logo = Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg

|logo_size =

|logo_alt =

|conference = Big East Conference

|short_conf = Big East

|CoachRank =

|CBRank =

|record = 43–15

|conf_record = 15–5

|head_coach = Jim Penders

|hc_year = 20th

|asst_coach1 = Jeff Hourigan

|ac1_year = 12th

|asst_coach2 = Joshua McDonald

|ac2_year = 12th

|asst_coach3 = Chris Podeszwa

|ac3_year = 20th

|stadium = Elliot Ballpark

|champion = Big East Conference regular season champions

|bowl = Gainesville Regional

|bowl_result =

}}

{{2023 Big East Conference baseball standings}}

The 2023 UConn Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Elliot Ballpark on campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The team is coached by Jim Penders, in his 20th season at UConn. They played as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous Season

The 2022 Huskies finished with a record of 50–16, the most wins in school history, 16–5 in the Big East. They won the Big East regular season and Tournament titles and were seeded second in the NCAA College Park Regional, which they swept to advance to the Stanford Super Regional. They were defeated two games to one in their second overall Super Regional appearance by number two overall seed Stanford.

Personnel

=Roster=

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colspan="9" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}; text-align:center;"| 2023 Connecticut Huskies roster{{cite web|url=https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/baseball/roster|publisher=UConn Huskies|title=2023 Baseball Roster|accessdate=October 26, 2022}}
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Pitchers

  • 12 - Zach Fogell - Graduate Student
  • 13 - Sam Clark - Freshman
  • 15 - Hector Alejandro - File:Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 18 - Jack Sullivan - Sophomore
  • 21 - Andrew Sears - Junior
  • 22 - Ian Cooke - Sophomore
  • 24 - Michael Quigley - Junior
  • 25 - Thomas Ellisen - File:Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 32 - Mitchell Pascarella - File:Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 34 - Brady Afthim - Sophomore
  • 36 - Justin Willis - Graduate Student
  • 38 - Garrett Coe - Junior
  • 40 - Braden Quinn - Sophomore
  • 41 - Ryan Vandewater - Freshman
  • 42 - Stephen Quigley - Graduate Student
  • 43 - Maddix Dalena - Freshman
  • 44 - Ben Huber - Graduate Student
  • 45 - Curren Larson - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 47 - Will Nowak - Graduate Student
  • 48 - Jude Abbadessa - Freshman
  • 49 - J.J. Hood - Freshman
  • 50 - Devin Kirby - Graduate Student
  • 52 - Kolby Pascarelli - Freshman
  • 53 - Joe Carrea - Sophomore

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Catchers

  • 2 - Ryan Hyde - File:Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 5 - Matt Garbowski - Sophomore
  • 39 - Levi McAllister - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 - Zach Stephenson - Sophomore
  • 4 - Korey Morton - Junior
  • 6 - Drew Kron - Freshman
  • 11 - Jake Studley - Graduate Student
  • 26 - T.C. Simmons - File:Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 37 - Gavin Greger - Freshman
  • 46 - Niko Brini - Freshman

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Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Padilla - File:Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 7 - Ryan Daniels - Freshman
  • 8 - Noah Sorensen - Freshman
  • 9 - Ryan Juliano - Freshman
  • 10 - David Smith - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 20 - Luke Broadhurst - Graduate Student
  • 23 - Paul Tammaro - Graduate Student
  • 27 - Jack Petersen - File:Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 30 - Chris Brown - Junior

Utility

  • 31 - Dominic Freeberger - Graduate Student

=Coaches=

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colspan="9" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" align=center | 2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff
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  • 16 – Jim Penders – Head coach – 20th season
  • 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator – 12th season
  • 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant coach – 12th season
  • 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer assistant coach – 20th season

Schedule

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style="background:#bfb;"| UConn win
style="background:#fbb;"| UConn loss
style="background:#bbb;"| Cancellation
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*Non-Conference game

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colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | 2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log{{cite web|url=https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/baseball/schedule|title=2023 Schedule|publisher=UConn Huskies athletics|access-date=December 22, 2021}}
colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | Regular season
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | February

Date

! Opponent

! Rank

! Site/stadium

! Score

! Win

! Loss

! Save

! Attendance

! Overall record

! BE Record

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| Feb 17

vs {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Ohio State Buckeyes|title=Ohio State}}*CoolToday Park • Venice, FLL 0–3Coupet (1–0)Cooke (0–1)Beidelschies (1)3,6850–1
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| Feb 18

vs Ohio State*Ed Smith Stadium • Sarasota, FLW 9–6Sullivan (1–0)Eckhardt (0–1)Kirby (1)3071–1
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| Feb 19

vs Ohio State*Ed Smith Stadium • Sarasota, FLW 8–6Fogell (1–0)Baird (0–1)Willis (1)5222–1
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| Feb 20

vs Ohio State*Charlotte Sports Park • Port Charlotte, FLL 5–10Jenkins (1–0)Quinn (0–1)None1762–2
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| Feb 24

at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Cal Poly Mustangs|title=Cal Poly}}*Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CAW 11–10{{sup|10}}Kirby (1–0)Sagouspe (0–1)None4903–2
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| Feb 25

at California*Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CAL 2–4Sullivan (1–0)Sullivan (1–1)Stamos (1)5283–3

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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | March

Date

! Opponent

! Rank

! Site/stadium

! Score

! Win

! Loss

! Save

! Attendance

! Overall record

! BE Record

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| Mar 3

at Florida Atlantic*FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FLW 6–4Cooke (1–1)Cooley (1–2)Willis (1)6594–3
Mar 4at Florida Atlantic*FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
Mar 5at Florida Atlantic*FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL
Mar 7{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Hartford Hawks|title=Hartford}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 10at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Hawaii Rainbow Warriors|title=Hawaii}}*Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 11at Hawaii*Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 12at Hawaii*Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 13at Hawaii*Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI
Mar 16at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=San Diego State Aztecs|title=San Diego State}}*Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 17at San Diego State*Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 18at San Diego State*Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 19at San Diego State*Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA
Mar 22UMass*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 24{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 25Rutgers*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 26Rutgers*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 28{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Boston College Eagles|title=Boston College}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Mar 31{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=UMBC Retrievers|title=UMBC}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT

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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | April

Date

! Opponent

! Rank

! Site/stadium

! Score

! Win

! Loss

! Save

! Attendance

! Overall record

! BE Record

Apr 1UMBC*Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT
Apr 2UMBC*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 4{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Columbia Lions|title=Columbia}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 6at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=St. John's Red Storm|title=St. John's}}Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY
Apr 6at St. John'sJack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY
Apr 8at St. John'sJack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY
Apr 10{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Central Connecticut Blue Devils|title=Central Connecticut}}*Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT
Apr 11{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Bryant Bulldogs|title=Bryant}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 14at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Xavier Musketeers|title=Xavier}}J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH
Apr 15at XavierJ. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH
Apr 16at XavierJ. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH
Apr 18{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 19at Boston College*Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Brighton, MA
Apr 21{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Georgetown Hoyas|title=Georgetown}}Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 22GeorgetownElliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 23GeorgetownElliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 25{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Yale Bulldogs|title=Yale}}*Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT
Apr 26Army*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
Apr 28at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Villanova Wildcats|title=Villanova}}Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA
Apr 29at VillanovaVillanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA
Apr 30at VillanovaVillanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA

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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | May

Date

! Opponent

! Rank

! Site/stadium

! Score

! Win

! Loss

! Save

! Attendance

! Overall record

! BE Record

May 5{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}}Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 6Seton HallElliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 7Seton HallElliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 9{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=LIU Sharks|title=LIU}}*Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 10{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Hofstra Pride|title=Hofstra}}Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 12{{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}}Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 13ButlerElliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 14ButlerElliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
May 16at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Rhode Island Rams|title=Rhode Island}}*Bill Beck Field • Kingston, RI
May 18at {{CBSB link|year=2023|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}}Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE
May 19at CreightonCharles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE
May 20at CreightonCharles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE

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! colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | Post-season

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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Connecticut Huskies|color=white}}" | 2023 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament

Date

! Opponent

! Rank

! Site/stadium

! Score

! Win

! Loss

! Save

! Attendance

! Overall record

! BET Record

May 25TBDPrasco Park • Mason, OH
May 26TBDPrasco Park • Mason, OH

Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

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