On the Cover...
Rivera leads the team slashing .333/.405/.515 on the season with a team leading three doubles, one homerun and 17 total
2023 SCHEDULE
RED - HOME GAMES (FIONDELLA FIELD) * HOSTED AT
PARK
H AWKSRISE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIPOFF+/RESULT SAT. 3/4 AT RADFORD (DH) L, 2-4 | L, 2-13 SUN. 3/5 AT RADFORD L, 5-7 SAT. 3/11 AT GEORGETOWN (DH) L, 3-6 | W, 5-3 (12 INN.) SUN. 3/12 AT GEORGETOWN L, 0-10 FRI. 3/17 MANHATTAN (DH) L, 5-7 | L, 4-14 (7 INN.) SAT 3/18 MANHATTAN L, 6-17 TUE. 3/21 STONEHILL 3 PM SAT. 3/25 AT NORTHEASTERN (DH) 11 AM | 2 PM SUN. 3/26 AT NORTHEASTERN 1 PM TUE. 3/28 AT FORDHAM 3 PM WED. 3/29 AT UCONN 3:05 PM SAT. 4/1 AT COPPIN STATE (DH) 12 PM | 3:30 PM SUN. 4/2 AT COPPIN STATE 1 PM TUE. 4/4 SACRED HEART 3 PM FRI. 4/7 AT BINGHAMTON 3 PM SAT. 4/8 AT BINGHAMTON (DH) 12 PM | 3 PM WED. 4/12 YALE* 5:05 PM FRI. 4/14 FAIRFIELD 3 PM SAT. 4/15 AT FAIRFIELD (DH) 1 PM | 4 PM TUE. 4/18 MARIST TBD FRI. 4/21 AT MAINE 4 PM SAT. 4/22 AT MAINE 1 PM SUN. 4/23 AT MAINE 12 PM TUE. 4/25 AT UMASS 3 PM WED. 4/26 AT RHODE ISLAND 3 PM SAT. 4/29 AT MONMOUTH (DH) TBD SUN. 4/30 AT MONMOUTH TBD TUE. 5/2 AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 3 PM FRI. 5/5 AT QUINNIPIAC 3 PM SAT. 5/6 QUINNIPIAC (DH) 1 PM | 4 PM SUN. 5/7 AT QUINNIPIAC 1 PM
DUNKIN’
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and Stonehill will battle on the turf of Bob
Fiondella Field in West Hartford, Conn., for the first time in program history.
SEASON SERIES
The Skyhawks are one one of three NEC opponents the Hawks will face-off against this season, others including Sacred Heart and Central Connecticut State.
Hartford owns a 23-15-1 all-time series record against those fellow NEC opponents.
TALE OF THE TAPE
4 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE L4 STREAK L6 32 TOTAL RUNS 51 3.55 RUNS/GAME 3.92 .219 BATTING AVG. .225 .282 ON BASE % .324 .278 SLUGGING % .341 39 TOTAL SO 142 47 TOTAL BB 45 8.76 ERA 13.03 1.92 WHIP -.979 FIELDING % .939 225 PUTOUTS 290 98 7 ASSISTS ERRORS 95 25
HARTFORD HAWKS (1-8)
THE MATCHUP vs.
All-Time Series ................................................... N/A At Hartford ......................................................... N/A At Stonehill ............................................................ N/A At Neutral Venue ............................................... N/A Current Streak N/A Last Meeting....................................................... N/A SERIES BREAKDOWN STONEHILL SKYHAWKS (1-12, 0-3 NEC)
TODAY’S MATCHUP
The Hartford baseball team continues its 2023 campaign with a midweek home matchup against Stonehill on Tuesday, March 21st. First pitch between the Hawks and Skyhawks is set for 3 p.m., from Bob Fiondella Field.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
The Skyhawks enter play with a record of 1-12 overall and 0-3 in conference play. Stonehill earned its first win of the season on March 4th, taking down Army West Point, 7-3. Leading the Skyhawks offensive output is Conor Kiely, Trey Ciulla-Hall and Jack Marshall who are eah batting over .300 on the season.Marshall paces his squad with a .346 average while Kiely slashes .327 and Ciulla-Hall bats .316 on the year. Ciulla-Hall has allso been Stonehill’s main power threat, blasting a team-leading four homeruns on the season. On the mound, Matt Tyman is the Skyhawks ace, pacing the pitching staff with a 3.27 ERA over 11.0 innings of work with nine strikeouts.
QUICK HITS
The Hawks are coming off a three-game home weekend set against Manhattan. Hartford scored a season series-high 15 runs across the three-games against the Jaspers. Devin Kellogg, Noah Rivera, and Ryan Melendez each had strong series at the plate. Kellogg went 7-for-13 with two doubles, a homerun and five RBI, while
Rivera launched his first round-tripper of the season in the opeing game against Manhattan. Melendez went 2-for-2 at the dish with a double and a run in the series finale on Saturday after recording his first career triple in game two on Friday. Alec Couture leads the Hawks starting rotation with a 7.04 ERA, 1.83 WHIP and eight strikeouts in 15.1 innings of work. Manny Corporan has been a shut down arm out of the bullpen to this point of the season. Posting a perfect 0.00 ERA and 0.33 WHIP with five punch outs in 6.0 innings on the mound thus far.
HOME SWEET HOME
The Hawks played their best baseball at Fiondella Field a year ago. Hartford posted a 7-14 record in West Hartford last season with a season-best four-game winning streak coming in the final four games of the season on their home turf. Hartford took the victory a season ago in five of its last seven home matchups of the season.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford heads back out on the road for a three-game weekend series at Northeastern over March 25-26. First pitch on Saturday’s series opening doubleheader between the Hawks and Huskies is set for 11 a.m.
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 5
(1-8 OVERALL)
Hometown/Last School
HEAD COACH
STEVE MALINOWSKI - Second Season - UConn ‘07
ASSISTANT COACHES
JOHN SLUSARZ - Second Season - UConn ’11
WARD - Second Season - Hartford ‘18
NICK CAMPANA - Second Season - Hartford ‘18
# Name Yr. Pos. B/T
1 Cameron Boardman Fr. UT L/R Bradford, Vt./Vermont Academy 2 Jack Colella Jr. INF/OF R/R Old Saybrook, Conn./St. Michael’s 3 JJ Romatzick Fr. INF R/R Stratford, Conn./Stratford 4 Devin Kellogg Gr. INF R/R Florence, Mass./Northampton 6 Martin Chavarria Sr. INF R/R Pacifica, Calif./San Mateo JC 7 Tyler Holmes Sr. C R/R Fairport, N.Y./Fairport 8 Antonio DiGrigoli Fr. C R/R Brooklyn, N.Y./Rabun Gap-Nacoochee 9 Ryan Knight So. OF L/L Peabody, Mass./Peabody Veterans Memorial 10 Ryan Melendez Fr. INF R/R Spring, Texas/Klein Collins 11 Jackson Ciccone Fr. OF R/R Danbury, Conn./Danbury 12 Noah Rivera Gr. 1B R/R New Bedford, Mass./Becker College 14 Joe Dooley Fr. INF/RHP R/R West Hartford, Conn./Hall 15 Teague Mulcahy So. RHP R/R Bayonne, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep 16 Alec Couture So. RHP R/R Plainville, Conn./Plainville 17 Joesph Woronick Sr. C R/R Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional 18 Edwin Almanzar Jr. So. RHP R/R Bloomfield, Conn./Francis Lewis 20 Luke Rier So. LHP L/L Miami, Fla./Manhattan College 22 Christian Krause Fr. RHP R/R Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge 23 Michael Alvarez So. OF/INF R/R Woodstock, Ga./Milton 24 Jeremy Mangiameli Fr. INF R/R Middlefield, Conn./Coginchaug Regional 25 Manny Corporan Sr. RHP R/R Bloomfield, N.J./LaSalle 26 Jake Santiago Jr. C/1B R/R Bristol, Conn./Bristol Central 28 Harrison Engstrom Gr. C R/R Marblehead, Mass./Lynn University 29 John Russell Fr. C R/R Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester 30 Michael Featherstone Fr. RHP R/R Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey 31 Robert Chaney Gr. LHP L/L Millersville, Md./York College 32 Joey Acla Fr. LHP R/L Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights 33 Sabien Rivera Fr. RHP R/R Philadelphia, Pa./Rabun Gap-Nacoochee 34 Sam Smith Fr. RHP R/R Branford, Conn./Branford 35 Jake Burt Fr. RHP R/R Wall, N.J./Wall 37 Derek Benzinger So. OF/RHP R/R Cedar Grove, N.J./Saint Joseph Regional 38 Dyllon King Fr. RHP R/R Old Saybrook, Conn./Xavier 39 Matt Rose Jr. RHP R/R Canton, Conn./Canton 44 Colin Blake So. RHP R/R Wallingford, Conn./Lyman Hall
TJ
STONEHILL SKYHAWKS
(1-12, 0-3 NEC)
HEAD COACH
PATRICK BOEN - 26th Season
ASSISTANT COACHES
ZACK SULTAR - First Season
LOU PROIETTI - Fifth Season
JERRY
- Sixth Season
# Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last
1 Conor Kiely SR OF 6’1” Portsmouth, RI 2 Dylan Zemotel SO INF 6’1” Plymouth, MA 3 Jack Marshall JR SS 6’2” Rocky Hill, CT 4 Max Martin SO C 6’ Walpole, MA 5 Sam Parks SO OF 5’8” Marion, MA 6 Ryan Douglas SO 2B/P 6’ Bellingham, MA 7 Zach Gleason SO P 6’2” Danville, NH 8 Jack Iannibelli FR P 6’1” Stoneham, MA 10 Chris Roberti SR C 5’10” New Fairfield, CT 11 Taylor Gaspar SO OF 6’ Pawtucket, RI 12 Dennis Folan SO INF 5’10 Medfield, MA 13 Pierce Friedman FR P 6’ Swampscott, MA 14 Sam Kidder SO OF 5”10” Windham, ME 15 Matt Tyman SR P 5’10” Burlington, MA 16 Trey Ciulla Hall JR 1B 6’1” Brockton, MA 18 Eric Lindley FR P 6’2” S. Kingstown, RI 19 Mike Swanholm SR 3B 6’3’ S Kingstown, RI 20 Will Florio SO 1B 6’2” San Jose, CA 21 Ryan Flaherty FR INF 6’3” Duxbury, MA 22 Joe Castrichini JR P 6’2” Peabody, MA 23 Brendan Kelly SR P 6’3” Hopkinton, MA 24 Logan Lawrence JR P 6’3’ Taunton, MA 25 Blaine Lidsky SR C/OF 6’ S. Kingstown, RI 26 Max Brulport SO P 5’10” Rochester, MA 27 Andrew Wertz SO P 6’2’ Dover, NH 29 Christian Loescher SO P 6’6” Peabody, MA 30 Jonathan Rice SR P 6’1” Hopedale, MA 32 Jordan Marot JR P 6’4” Johnston, RI 34 Tyrell Bernal JR P 5’7’ Warwick, RI 35 Billy Duff SR P 6’9” Garden City, NY 44 Tim Cotter JR P 6’5” West Hartford, CT
School
KRISIUKENAS
8 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 14 HARTFORD HAWKS 1 cameron BOARDMAN FR | L/R | UTL 2 jack COLELLA JR | R/R | INF/OF 3 jj ROMATZICK FR | R/R | INF 4 devin KELLOGG GR | R/R | INF 6 martin CHAVARRIA SR | R/R | INF 7 tyler HOLMES SR | R/R | C 8 antonio DIGRIGOLI FR | R/R | C 9 ryan KNIGHT SO | L/L | OF 11 jackson CICCONE FR | R/R | OF 14 joe DOOLEY FR | R/R | INF/RHP 16 12 noah RIVERA GR | R/R | 1B 16 10 ryan MELENDEZ FR | R/R | INF
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 9 HARTFORD HAWKS
23 michael ALVAREZ FR | R/R | OF/INF
24 jeremy MANGIAMELI FR | R/R | INF
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JR |
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25 manny CORPORAN SR | R/R | RHP
jake SANTIAGO
R/R | C/1B
harrison ENGSTROM GR | R/R | C
29 john RUSSELL FR | R/R | C
18 edwin ALMANZAR JR. SO | R/R | RHP
20 luke RIER SO | L/L | LHP
22 christian KRAUSE FR | R/R | RHP
15 teague MULCAHY SO | R/R | RHP
16 alec COUTURE SO | R/R | RHP
17 joseph WORONICK SR | R/R | C
10 HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE
HARTFORD HAWKS
30 michael FEATHERSTONE FR | R/R | RHP
31 robert CHANEY GR | L/L | LHP
32 joey ACLA FR | R/L | LHP
33 sabien RIVERA GR | R/R | RHP
34 sam SMITH FR | R/R | RHP
35 jake BURT FR | R/R | RHP
37 derek BENZINGER SO | R/R | OF/RHP
38 dyllon KING FR | R/R | RHP 16
44
colin BLAKE SO | R/R | RHP
16 39 matt ROSE JR | R/R | RHP
HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 11
HARTFORD HAWKS
14
Steve Malinowski Head Coach Second Season
14 John Slusarz Assistant Coach Second Season
14
T.J. Ward Assistant Coach Second Season
14 Nick Campana Volunteer Assistant Coach Second Season
HITTING
1-8 HOME: 0-3 • AWAY: 1-5 • NEUTRAL: 0-0
HARTFORD HAWKS 2023
STATISTICS OVERALL:
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HARTFORD HAWKS // # HAWKSRISE 13
2023 PITCHING STATISTICS
