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THIS WEEKEND’S SERIES THE MATCHUP
HARTFORD HAWKS (8-10, 8-10 AE)
vs
UALBANY GREAT DANES (12-13, 10-8 AE)
SERIES HISTORY
SERIES BREAKDOWN
Hartford and UAlbany have
Division I Series.................UAlbany leads, 40-38 At Hartford..........................Hartford leads, 20-19 At UAlbany...............................UAlbany leads, 21-17 At Neutral Venue................... Hartford leads, 1-0 Current Streak...................... Hartford, one game Last Meeting...................Hartford, 5-3 (5/24/19)
met 78 times prior to this weekend’s four-game series. The history between the two teams dates back to 2002, when the Hawks split
AE STANDINGS
a doubleheader at home. Hartford fell in the opener, 9-8, in 10 innings before taking the nightcap, 9-8.
LAST MEETING Building a 5-0 lead through
Team
Overall AE W-L W-L Pct.
DIVISION A
seven innings, Hartford held
UAlbany
12-13
10-8 .556
on to score a 5-3 win against
Maine
12-9
7-6 .538
UAlbany on the third day of the
Hartford
8-10
8-10 .444
America East Tournament on May 24, 2019. Zachary Ardito
UMass Lowell 8-19
7-11 .389
led the offense after tallying
DIVISION B
three RBI in the victory, while
Stony Brook
Will Nowak put the Great Danes
Binghamton 9-7
9-7 .563
down in order in the bottom of
UMBC
12-12
7-12 .368
NJIT
7-19
6-14 .300
the ninth to earn the save.
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15-1 .938
THIS WEEKEND’S SERIES HARTFORD NOTEBOOK BY THE #’S
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Tallying 10 strikeouts this past Saturday at Maine, Nicholas Dombkowksi has recorded double digits in punch outs a team-best two times this season
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SETTING THE SCENE
The Hartford baseball team returns to action this weekend, as the Hawks play host to conference foe UAlbany for a pair of doubleheaders on Entering the weekend as the America East’s home run leader, Friday and Saturday. Friday’s twinbill will be Derek Tenney’s seven homers are held at Fiondella Field, with first pitch scheduled the most by a Hawk since Ashton for noon. Saturday’s contests will be played at Bardzell (’19) hit nine in 2019 Dunkin’ Donuts Park, the home of the Hartford Yard Goats, beginning at noon.
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Leading the America East and ranking fifth in the nation in stolen bases, John Thrasher is a perfect 21-for-21 this season on the base-paths
JOHN THE THRASHER
Senior John Thrasher has enjoyed a breakout campaign at the plate for the Hawks. The leadoff outfielder leads the conference in batting average (.407) and slugging percentage (.813).
UALBANY NOTEBOOK QUICK HIT UAlbany enters this weekend’s series with a 12-13 record on the season, including a 10-8 mark in the America East. Most recently, the Great Danes won three out of four games against UMass Lowell this past weekend. UAlbany split Saturday’s contests before sweeping Sunday’s games.
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#9 CREGG SCHERRER
A redshirt-freshman from Skaneateles, N.Y., Scherrer leads the starting rotation with two wins, a 4.30 ERA and 15 strikeouts over 23.0 innings pitched.
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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS HARTFORD HAWKS 8-10 OVERALL [8-10 AMERICA EAST] MARCH 20
BINGHAMTON (DH)
W (5-2), L (7-11)
MARCH 21
BINGHAMTON (DH)
W (2-1), W (6-2)
MARCH 26
NJIT (DH)
W (8-4), L (4-5)
MARCH 27
NJIT (DH)
W (5-0), W (8-6)
April 2
at Stony Brook (DH)
L (2-5), L (1-7)
April 3
at Stony Brook (DH)
L (2-6), L (5-6)
April 10
at UMBC (DH)
W (10-3), L (5-8)
April 11
at UMBC (DH)
L (6-14), L (7-13)
April 17
at Maine (DH)
L (0-11), W (7-0)
April 18
at Maine (DH)
CANCELED
APRIL 23
UALBANY (DH)
12 p.m.
APRIL 24
UALBANY (DH)
12 p.m.
MAY 1
UMASS LOWELL (DH)
12 p.m.
MAY 2
UMASS LOWELL (DH)
12 p.m.
May 8
at UAlbany (DH)
12 p.m.
May 9
at UAlbany (DH)
12 p.m.
MAY 15
MAINE (DH)
12 p.m.
MAY 16
MAINE (DH)
12 p.m.
May 21
at UMass Lowell (DH)
12 p.m.
May 22
at UMass Lowell (DH)
12 p.m.
MAY 27-30
AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP
TBD
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MEET THE HAWKS
#1
TIM
DICKSON
GORMAN
R-JR » OF » 5-11 MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
#5
ROBERT
CARMODY
#9
HAGSTROM FR » OF/P » 5-9 DEERING, NEW HAMPSHIRE
JACK
JOHN
#13
ROSE
SR » LHP » 6-5 MONROE, CONNECTICUT
#3
#6
SR » OF » 6-2 RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT
#10
#4
TREMAYNE
DEVIN
SO » INF » 6-1
JR » INF » 5-10 FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETS
COBB JR.
FR » INF » 5-10 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
THRASHER
GR » C » 5-11 HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
GUNNER
#2
JACK
UPPER MARLBORO,
MARYLAND
#7
TYLER
HOLMES
KELLOGG
#8
WILL
NOWAK
SO » C » 5-11 FAIRPORT, NEW YORK
#11
JR » RHP » 6-1 SOUTH WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT
#12
DEE
DREW DEMARTINO
ZACHARY
FR » RHP » 5-10 LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
SR » INF » 6-0 PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
GR » INF » 5-10 ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT
RYAN
DEREK
#14
TENNEY SO » INF/P » 6-2 WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT
DEVON
#15
EDWARDS FR » OF » 5-8 ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT
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ARDITO
JARED
#16
BURROWS FR » INF/P » 5-11 WATERFORD, CONNECTICUT
MEET THE HAWKS
JOSEPH
#17
WORONICK SO » C » 5-10 DALTON, MASSACHUSETTS
#21
PETER
#18
MYERS
#23
BRETT
SR » LHP » 6-2
FR » UT/P » 6-1 MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WEST SPRINGFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS
JAKE
#26
SANTIAGO FR » 1B/C » 6-1 BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT
#31
ANDERSON
AIDEN
#28
dUDA
FR » INF » 5-10 GRANVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
KYLE
#24
HAWES
DONNIE
#32
DAN
GR » RHP » 6-3 WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
SO » RHP » 6-1 OLD SAYBROOK, CONNECTICUT
COTE
JAROD
#20
NORCROSS PLOURDE SR » RHP » 6-2 AUBURN, MAINE
KEN
#25
TURNER
SR » OF » 6-1 LYNNFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
#29
COHOON
FR » C » 6-1 AVONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
NATHAN
FLORENCE
#19
BURNETT
SR » RHP » 6-1 CANTON, CONNECTICUT
NICHOLAS
DOMBKOWSKI
DANIEL
SO » RHP » 6-4 NORTH STONINGTON,
CONNECTICUT
NIK
#30
PAGAN
JR » OF » 6-3 PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
#33
GR » 1B » 6-2 SAN BERNADINO, CALIFORNIA
#34
COLEMAN
TIM
FR » RHP » 6-2 AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
JR » RHP » 6-2 WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT
PICARD
BLAISDELL
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MEET THE HAWKS
#35
#36
#38
JASON
JAMES
RYAN
GR » RHP » 6-3 HALIFAX,
SR » RHP » 6-5 WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
FR » RHP » 6-3 PITTSFIELD,
JOHNDROW MASSACHUSETTS
ZANE
#39
JUDENIS
#40
SO » RHP » 6-4 BENTON, PENNSYLVANIA
MASSACHUSETTS
#44
BRYCE
COLIN
GR » C » 6-3 BARKHAMSTED, CONNECTICUT
FR » RHP » 6-4 WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
RAMSAY
ROBBINS
LAPIERRE
BLAKE
COACHING STAFF
JUSTIN BLOOD STEVE MALINOWSKI TREY STOVER Head Coach
10th Season
Associate Head Coach 10th Season
Assistant Coach
2nd Season
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LAST TIME OUT & STATS LAST BY THE TIME #’SOUT Hartford split its doubleheader at Maine this past Saturday, dropping game one, 11-0, before taking the nightcap, 7-0. Senior pitcher Nicholas Dombkowski got the start and earned the win in game two, tossing seven shutout innings while racking up 10 strikeouts. Fellow senior Drew DeMartino led the offense with two RBI in the nightcap.
HARTFORD STAT LEADERS BATTING PERCENTAGE John Thrasher.................................. .406 Derek Tenney.................................... .349 TOTAL HITS John Thrasher....................................... 26 Derek Tenney.........................................22 TOTAL RUNS John Thrasher.........................................18 Derek Tenney......................................... 14 TOTAL RBI Derek Tenney......................................... 19 John Thrasher.........................................12 STRIKEOUTS Nicholas Dombkowski........................35 Nathan Florence...................................28
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ERA Nicholas Dombkowski.................... 2.76 James Judenis................................... 3.24
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FEATURED HAWK
IN THE HOT SEAT...
NIK
PAGAN NIK HOPES TO WIN ANOTHER AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP DURING HIS AT HARTFORD IF HE COULD HAVE DINNER WITH ONE CELEBRITY, HE WOULD CHOOSE BRADLEY COOPER NIK’S FAVORITE COURSE THAT HE HAS TAKEN AT HARTFORD IS “MEDIA CRITICISM,” TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR JACK BANKS HIS GO-TO PREGAME MEAL IS A PROTEIN SHAKE NIK’S FIRST PAID JOB WAS BEING A BAT BOY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS IF HE COULD BE AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE, HE WOULD CHOOSE TO COMPETE IN FENCING NIK’S FAVORITE VACATION SPOT IS MANSUE, ITALY THREE WORDS HE WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE COACH BLOOD ARE: MOTIVATED, AMBITIOUS AND LEADER
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