2015 Hartford Hawks baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2015
Team:	Hartford Hawks
Conference:	America East Conference
Short Conf:	AEC
Record:	23–31
Conf Record:	10–12
Head Coach:	Justin Blood
Hc Year:	4th
Asst Coach1:	Steve Malinowski
Ac1 Year:	4th
Asst Coach2:	Elliot Glynn
Ac2 Year:	1st
Stadium:	Fiondella Field

The 2015 Hartford Hawks baseball team will represent the University of Hartford during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hawks will play their home games at Fiondella Field as a member of the America East Conference. They will be led by head coach Justin Blood, in his 4th season at Hartford.

Previous season

In 2014, the Hawks finished the season 2nd in the America East with a record of 31–23, 16–7 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 America East Conference baseball tournament and were eliminated in the semifinals. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Hartford	Alma Mater
	Head coach	4	Franklin Pierce University (2001)
Steve Malinowski	Assistant coach	3	University of Connecticut (2007)
Elliot Glynn	Assistant coach	1	University of Connecticut (2011)

Schedule

Legend
	Hartford win
	Hartford loss
	Postponement
Bold	Hartford team member

2015 Hartford Hawks Game Log
Regular Season (22–29)
February (3–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AEC Record February 20 Postponed Rescheduled for February 21 February 21 vs. W 12–1 Gauthier (1–0) Maier (0–1) 127 1–0 – February 21 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC L 1–5 Istler (1–0) Murphy (0–1) Hendrix (1) 228 1–1 – February 22 USA Baseball National Training Complex • Cary, NC W 6–0 McKay (1–0) Dill (0–1) 106 2–1 – February 27 vs. Postponed Rescheduled for February 28 February 27 Ebbets Field • Myrtle Beach, SC L 1–5 Kirby (3–0) Gauthier (1–1) Bettinger (1) 255 2–2 – February 28 vs. Griffith Field • Myrtle Beach, SC L 3–4 Busto (1–0) Charles (0–1) 85 2–3 – February 28 vs. Seton Hall Griffith Field • Myrtle Beach, SC W 3–1 McKay (2–0) Leon (0–1) McGinty (1) 95 3–3 –
March (4–11) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AEC Record March 5 L 0–6 Mahoney (1–1) Gauthier (1–2) 803 3–4 – March 6 at BYU Larry H. Miller Field • Provo, UT L 6–8 Gates (1–0) Robarge (0–1) Rucker (1) 825 3–5 – March 6 at BYU Larry H. Miller Field • Provo, UT L 4–20^7 Kinser (1–1) Mellin (0–1) 825 3–6 – March 7 at BYU Larry H. Miller Field • Provo, UT L 7–11 Cenatiempo (1–1) McKay (2–1) 817 3–7 – March 11 at Rivalry W 4–3 Tise (1–0) Frawley (0–2) McGinty (2) 217 4–7 – March 15 at L 1–6 Vanderplas (1–2) Gauthier (1–3) 113 4–8 0–1 March 15 at UMBC The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC • Catonsville, MD W 5–2^7 McKay (3–1) Little (0–1) 113 5–8 1–1 March 16 at UMBC The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC • Catonsville, MD W 6–4 Charles (1–1) Vlasic (0–1) McGinty (3) 126 6–8 2–1 March 17 at L 8–23 Lanham (2–1) Rovasio (0–1) 248 6–9 – March 21 W 10–5 Gauthier (2–3) Heath (3–2) 168 7–9 3–1 March 24 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 1–8 Dearden (1–1) Murphy (0–2) 127 7–10 – March 25 at L 3–7 Gallagher (1–0) McGinty (0–1) 189 7–11 – March 29 at L 0–3 Wilcox (1–1) Gauthier (2–4) Lacosse (1) 217 7–12 – March 29 at Bryant Conaty Park • Smithfield, RI L 2–3 Karinchak (2–3) McKay (3–2) Lessard (1) 217 7–13 – March 31 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 1–3 Manning (1–2) Stepniak (0–1) Gustin (1) 183 7–14 –
April (8–11) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AEC Record March 17 at Yale Yale Field • West Haven, CT W 5–2^10 Mellin (1–1) Kukowski (2–1) 72 8–14 – April 5 at W 4–3^10 Charles (2–1) Moore (1–1) 203 9–14 4–1 April 5 at Albany Varsity Field • Albany, NY L 0–5^7 Woods (2–2) McKay (3–3) 194 9–15 4–2 April 6 at Albany Varsity Field • Albany, NY L 1–2^10 Romero (2–0) McGinty (0–2) 198 9–16 4–3 April 7 at W 10–0 Regula (1–0) Landers (1–3) 23 10–16 – April 8 W 6–1 Mellin (2–1) Montgomerie (1–1) 44 11–16 – April 11 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT W 7–6^10 Charles (3–1) Urbanski (1–1) 217 12–16 5–3 April 11 Binghamton Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 4–8^7 Bunal (3–3) McKay (3–4) Liegi (1) 217 12–17 5–4 April 12 Binghamton Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 3–9 Hardy (2–2) Murphy (0–3) 313 12–18 5–5 April 14 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 5–8 Scaglione (2–4) Tise (1–1) 263 12–19 – April 15 at L 3–4 Venditti (2–0) Brown (0–1) Mackintosh (2) 175 12–20 – April 18 at Maine L 3–4 Butler (3–3) Gauthier (2–5) 574 12–21 5–6 April 18 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME L 3–4^7 Courtney (2–4) McKay (3–5) Fullmer (1) 574 12–22 5–7 April 19 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME W 6–3^12 Barnes (1–0) Butler (3–4) 731 13–22 6–7 April 22 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT W 7–6 Mellin (3–1) Grillo (0–1) Charles (1) 132 14–22 – April 25 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 0–3 Ryan (1–1) Gauthier (2–6) 187 14–23 6–8 April 25 UMass Lowell Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 4–5 Lavoie (2–3) Charles (3–2) 256 14–24 6–9 April 26 UMass Lowell Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 1–3 DeGroot (3–2) Murphy (0–4) 537 14–25 6–10 April 28 at Quinnipiac W 7–5 Stepniak (1–1) Scaglione (2–5) Barnes (1) 153 15–25 –
May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AEC Record May 2 at W 10–9 Gauthier (3–6) Honahan (6–3) Charles (2) 332 16–25 7–10 May 2 at Stony Brook Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY L 3–4^7 Stone (2–0) McKay (3–6) 332 16–26 7–11 May 3 at Stony Brook Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY W 12–10 Barnes (2–0) Rodliff (1–1) Regula (1) 287 17–26 8–11 May 5 Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT W 9–6 Stepniak (2–1) Christian (0–4) Barnes (2) 659 18–26 – May 9 L 1–4 Gorman (5–4) Barnes (2–1) 1,012 18–27 – May 10 at Boston College Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA W 5–2 Charles (5–2) Nicklas (1–1) Mellin (1) 321 19–27 – May 12 Central Connecticut Rivalry Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 5–8 Younger (1–0) Robarge (0–2) Salnitis (1) 436 19–28 – May 13 Bryant Conaty Park • Smithfield, RI W 9–0 Ferguson (1–0) Snyder (2–4) 260 20–28 – May 15 UMBC Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT W 1–0 Gauthier (4–6) Chanin (5–2) Charles (3) 206 21–28 9–11 May 15 UMBC Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT L 0–4^7 Wozniak (3–1) McKay (3–7) 206 21–29 9–12 May 16 UMBC Fiondella Field • West Hartford, CT W 7–3 Murphy (1–4) Ladner (2–1) 278 22–29 10–12
Post-Season (1–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AECT Record May 21 vs. (1) Stony Brook (4) L 0–2 Zamora (7–2) Gauthier (4–7) Stone (5) 22–30 0–1 May 22 vs. (3) Maine (4) Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA W 11–2 McKay (4–7) Heath (6–4) 23–30 1–1 May 23 vs. (2) UMBC (4) Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA L 2–10 Callahan (4–0) Murphy (1–5) 23–31 1–2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.