2023 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	Saint Joseph's Hawks
Conference:	Atlantic 10 Conference
Short Conf:	A-10
Record:	28–24–1
Conf Record:	17–7
Head Coach:	Fritz Hamburg
Hc Year:	15th
Asst Coach1:	Lee Saverio
Ac1 Year:	3rd
Hit Coach:	Ryan Wheeler
Htc Year:	9th
Pitch Coach:	Pat Brown
Pc Year:	2nd
Captain:	Cole Stetzar
Captain Year:	Graduate
Captain2:	Cole Walker
Captain2 Year:	Senior
Stadium:	Smithson Field
Champion:	Atlantic 10 regular season champions

The 2023 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hawks played their home games at Smithson Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Fritz Hamburg, in his fifteenth season with the program.

Saint Joseph's won their first Atlantic 10 regular season title in program history, amassing a conference record of 17–7. They were eliminated in the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament after going 1–2.

Background

The 2022 team finished the season with a 29–25 overall record and a 12–11 record in Atlantic 10 play. They were seeded sixth overall in the 2022 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament where they finished with a 1–2 record.^[1] They did not receive an at-large berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C	43	Justin Igoe	Junior
1B	17	Luke Zimmerman	RS Senior
2B	5	Ryan Weingartner	Freshman
3B	30	Nate Thomas	Graduate
SS	4	Luca Trigiani	Senior
LF	27	Brett Callahan	Junior
CF	8	Conlan Wall	Junior
RF	13	Ryan Picollo	Junior
DH	47	Ryan Cesarini	Sophomore

Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday	33	Ryan DeSanto	Freshman
Saturday	12	Will McCausland	Freshman
Sunday	28	David Owsik	Junior

Batter depth chart

Pos	Starters	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Justin Igoe	Travis Rinker	Carter Jagiela
1B	Luke Zimmerman	Brandon Drapeau	Dean Bergmann
2B	Ryan Weingartner	Colin Myers	Paul Kokol
3B	Nate Thomas	Max Hitman	Jakob Reed
SS	Luca Trigiani	Cam Walker
LF	Brett Callahan
CF	Conlan Wall	Nick Embleton
RF	Ryan Picollo
DH	Ryan Cesarini	Adam Fine

Pitcher depth chart

Day
Friday	Ryan DeSanto	Ryan DeSanto Luke Zimmerman Mike Picollo	Cole Stetzar
Saturday	Will McCausland	Alec Rodriguez Mike Falco Nico Torres	Matt McShane
Sunday	David Owsik	Patrick Shearer Sam Davies Noah Tincher	Peter Gallo
Mid-Week	Dominic Picone	Luke Gabrysh Frank Ciccone Ryan Basarab	Frank Ciccone

Coaching staff

2023 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at SJU	Alma Mater
	Head Coach	15	Ithaca College (1988)
	Associate Head Coach/Batting Coach	9	Pennsylvania State University (1994)
Pat Brown	Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach	2	State University of New York at Oswego (2015)
Lee Saverio	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2	Bloomsburg University (1986)
Mike Bibbo	Athletic Trainer	6	Sacred Heart University (2017)
Evangelos Regas	Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach	1	Temple University (2013)
Kyle Pinkava	Student Manager	1	Saint Joseph's University (2023)
Nino Aquino	Student Manager	1	Saint Joseph's University (2023)
Carter McKeown	Student Manager	1	Saint Joseph's University (2024)
Jack Wheeler	Student Manager	1	Saint Joseph's University (2024)
Brendan Coughlin	Student Manager	1	Saint Joseph's University (2024)
Kate Maginnis	Social Media Team	2	University of West Georgia (2021)

Source:^[3]

Offseason

Departures

SJU Departures
Number	Pos.	Weight	Notes
5	INF	204	Graduated
8	OF	166	Graduated
12	RHP	215	Graduated
19	OF	198	Graduated
22	RHP	232	Graduated
25	OF	200	Graduated
33	C	215	Graduated

Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Number	Pos.	Weight	Previous School
22	RHP	215	UNC Wilmington
41	RHP	172	Rhode Island

Signing Day Recruits

The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Saint Joseph's in 2023.

Pitchers
Frank Ciccone		Pope John XXIII
Drew DeSanto		Tusacarora (MD)
Ryan DeSanto		Tusacarora (MD)
Richie Kerstetter		Canterbury (CT)
Will McCausland		Souderton Area HS
Hitters
Carter Jagiela		Souderton Area HS
Ryan Weingartner		St. Augustine (NJ)

Game log

2023 Saint Joseph's Hawks Baseball Game Log (28–24–1)

Regular Season (27–22–1)

February (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
February 17	at *		Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC	L 0–16	Santucci (1–0)	Picone (0–1)	None		364	0–1	—
February 18	at Duke*		Durham Bulls Athletic Park	L 1–2	Higgins (1–0)	Stetzar (0–1)	Tallon (1)	ACCNX	638	0–2	—
February 19	at Duke*		Durham Bulls Athletic Park	W 5–4¹⁰	Gabrysh (1–0)	Beilenson (0–1)	Stetzar (1)	ACCNX	717	1–2	—

March (8–10)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
March 1	at *		Bainton Field Piscataway, NJ	L 3–6	Parliament (1–0)	Gabrysh (1–1)	Gorski (1)		322	1–3	—
March 3	at *		Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA	L 4–15	Morgan (2–0)	Picone (0–2)	None		779	1–4	—
March 4	at Old Dominion*		Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	L 0–11	Armstrong (2–0)	McCausland (0–1)	None	ESPN+	779	1–5	—
March 5	at Old Dominion*		Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	L 11–13	Cook (2–0)	Owsik (0–1)	Bashara (1)	ESPN+	362	1–6	—
March 10			Smithson Field Merion, PA	W 4–3	McCausland (1–1)	Keevan (0–4)	Gallo (1)	ESPN+	110	2–6	—
March 11	UMass Lowell*		Smithson Field	W 7–1	McShane (1–0)	Draper (1–2)	None	ESPN+	212	3–6	—
March 12	UMass Lowell*		Smithson Field	W 9–3	Falco (1–0)	DiRito (1–1)	None	ESPN+	220	4–6	—
Ting Stadium Series
March 14	vs. Notre Dame*		Ting Stadium Holly Springs, NC	L 3–6	Hely (1–1)	Ciccone (0–1)	Bosch (2)	ESPN+	163	4–7	—
March 15	vs. Notre Dame*		Ting Stadium	L 9–10	Cooper (1–0)	Rodriguez (0–1)	None	ESPN+	147	4–8	—

March 17	Iona*		Smithson Field	W 15–5	Gallo (1–0)	Torrado (0–3)	Ciccone (1)	ESPN+	171	5–8	—
March 18	Iona*		Smithson Field	W 16–6⁸	McShane (2–0)	Chiaia (0–3)	None	ESPN+	318	6–8	—
March 19	Iona*		Smithson Field	W 13–0⁷	Picone (1–2)	Untracht (0–3)	None	ESPN+	308	7–8	—
March 21			Smithson Field	L 8–9	Horvath (1–0)	Stetzar (0–2)	Kent (1)	ESPN+	221	7–9	—
March 24			Smithson Field	W 3–2	Stetzar (1–2)	Baeyens (0–1)	None	ESPN+	180	8–9	—
March 25	Maine*		Smithson Field	L 12–17	Scott (1–2)	Ciccone (0–2)	None	ESPN+	155	8–10	—
March 26	Maine*		Smithson Field	L 13–15	Lewis (2–1)	Picone (1–3)	None	ESPN+	325	8–11	—
Liberty Bell Classic
March 28	at *		Bob Hannah Stadium Newark, DE	L 3–9	Grome (2–0)	Owsik (0–2)	Margolis (1)		4,228	8–12	—

March 31			Malcolm U. Pitt Field Richmond, VA	W 19–13	McCausland (2–1)	Argomaniz (2–3)	None	ESPN+	313	9–12	1–0

April (10–7–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
April 1	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field	W 15–0	DeSanto (1–0)	Weirather (2–2)	None	ESPN+	303	10–12	2–0
April 2	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field	L 2–7	Subers (2–0)	Picone (1–4)	None	ESPN+	413	10–13	2–1
Liberty Bell Classic
April 5			Smithson Field	L 6–18	Cerwinski (2–0)	Picollo (0–1)	None	ESPN+	182	10–14	—

April 7			Smithson Field	W 5–3	McCausland (3–1)	Gordon (2–2)	McShane (1)		ESPN+	274	11–14	3–1
April 8	VCU		Smithson Field	W 12–3	Stetzar (2–2)	Peters (1–3)	None	ESPN+	308	12–14	4–1
April 9	VCU		Smithson Field	L 7–11	Ellis (4–2)	Shearer (0–1)	None	ESPN+	302	12–15	4–2
April 11	at Delaware*		Bob Hannah Stadium	L 10–13	Margolis (3–0)	Ciccone (0–3)	None	FloSports	165	12–16	—
April 14			Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, MO	L 2–4	Litman (4–1)	McCausland (3–2)	Bell (1)	ESPN+	180	12–17	4–3
April 15	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	L 6–10	Chaffin (4–1)	DeSanto (1–1)	Weber (1)	ESPN+	201	12–18	4–4
April 16	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	L 8–14	Holmes (2–0)	Picone (1–5)	None	ESPN+	121	12–19	4–5
April 21			Smithson Field	W 5–3	McCausland (4–2)	Belliveau (0–1)	Stetzar (2)	ESPN+	201	13–19	5–5
April 22	UMass		Smithson Field	W 12–3	Owsik (1–2)	Perrett (1–5)	None	ESPN+	400	14–19	6–5
April 23	UMass		Smithson Field	W 7–3	Picone (2–5)	Steele (0–3)	McShane (2)	ESPN+	323	15–19	7–5
April 25	Delaware*		Smithson Field	W 5–2	Gallo (2–0)	Grome (2–2)	Stetzar (3)	ESPN+	152	16–19	—
April 26			Smithson Field	T 7–7⁷	None	None	None	ESPN+	126	16–19–1	—
April 28			Smithson Field	W 2–1	McShane (3–0)	Hughes (1–3)	Stetzar (4)	ESPN+	122	17–19–1	8–5
April 29	Fordham		Smithson Field	W 23–10	Falco (2–0)	Sachen (0–3)	None	ESPN+	129	18–19–1	9–5
April 30	Fordham		Smithson Field	W 7–1	Picone (3–5)	Egan (0–1)	None	ESPN+	153	19–19–1	10–5

May (8–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
May 3			Smithson Field	W 13–6	Gallo (3–0)	Povey (0–1)	None	ESPN+	220	20–19–1	—
May 5			Woerner Field Dayton, OH	L 9–16	Zapka (2–0)	Falco (2–1)	None	ESPN+	163	20–20–1	10–6
May 6	at Dayton		Woerner Field	W 7–5	DeSanto (2–1)	Majick (3–4)	Stetzar (5)	ESPN+	163	21–20–1	11–6
May 7	at Dayton		Woerner Field	W 15–2	Picone (4–5)	Steinhauer (1–5)	None	ESPN+	138	22–20–1	12–6
May 12			Smithson Field	W 15–3	McCausland (5–2)	Sposato (3–6)	None	ESPN+	374	23–20–1	13–6
May 13	Rhode Island		Smithson Field	W 12–6	DeSanto (3–1)	Levesque (5–4)	None	ESPN+	413	24–20–1	14–6
May 14	Rhode Island		Smithson Field	W 6–5	Gabrysh (2–1)	Hsu (0–1)	None	ESPN+	425	25–20–1	15–6
May 16	at Villanova*		Villanova Ballpark Plymouth Meeting, PA	L 4–8	Udell (1–6)	Rodriguez (0–2)	None	SECN+	197	25–21–1	—
May 18			Spuhler Field Fairfax, VA	W 9–4	Falco (3–1)	Stewart (1–2)	None	ESPN+	65	26–21–1	16–6
May 19	at George Mason		Spuhler Field	L 3–4	Mracna (3–1)	Stetzar (2–3)	None	ESPN+	143	26–22–1	16–7
May 20	at George Mason		Spuhler Field	W 13–6	Picone (5–5)	Grant (0–1)	None	ESPN+	266	27–22–1	17–7

Post-Season (1–2)

(1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10T record
Winner's bracket
May 24	vs. (4) Saint Louis	(1)	The Diamond Richmond, VA	L 8–23	Litman (6–3)	McCausland (5–3)	None	ESPN+	100	27–23–1	0–1
Consolation bracket
May 25	vs. (5) Richmond	(1)	The Diamond	W 4–0	DeSanto (4–1)	Weirather (5–4)	None	ESPN+	100	28–23–1	1–1
May 26	vs. (3) Dayton	(1)	The Diamond	L 10–15	Bard (3–3)	Picone (5–6)	None	ESPN+	100	28–24–1	1–2

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
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Tournaments

Atlantic 10 tournament

Rankings

See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

External links

Saint Joseph's Baseball

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Notes and References

Web site: Baseball’s Run Ends with 10-6 Defeat to Saint Louis . sjuhawks.com . April 22, 2023 . May 26, 2022.
Web site: Newton . Matt . 2022 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket and Regionals . . April 22, 2023 . May 30, 2022.
Web site: 2023 Baseball Coaches and Support Staff . sjuhawks.com . April 23, 2023.