2023 UConn Huskies baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	UConn Huskies
Conference:	Big East Conference
Short Conf:	Big East
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

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

Coaches

Schedule

Legend
	UConn win
	UConn loss
	Cancellation
Bold	UConn team member
	Non-Conference game

2023 Connecticut Huskies baseball game log^[2]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Feb 17 vs * L 0–3 Coupet (1–0) Cooke (0–1) Beidelschies (1) 3,685 0–1 Feb 18 vs Ohio State* W 9–6 Sullivan (1–0) Eckhardt (0–1) Kirby (1) 307 1–1 Feb 19 vs Ohio State* Ed Smith Stadium • Sarasota, FL W 8–6 Fogell (1–0) Baird (0–1) Willis (1) 522 2–1 Feb 20 vs Ohio State* L 5–10 Jenkins (1–0) Quinn (0–1) None 176 2–2 Feb 24 at * W 11–10 Kirby (1–0) Sagouspe (0–1) None 490 3–2 Feb 25 at California* Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 2–4 Sullivan (1–0) Sullivan (1–1) Stamos (1) 528 3–3
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Mar 3 at Florida Atlantic* W 6–4 Cooke (1–1) Cooley (1–2) Willis (1) 659 4–3 Mar 4 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL Mar 5 at Florida Atlantic* FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL Mar 7 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 10 at * Mar 11 at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI Mar 12 at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI Mar 13 at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI Mar 16 at * Mar 17 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA Mar 18 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA Mar 19 at San Diego State* Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA Mar 22 UMass Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 24 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 25 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 26 Rutgers* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 28 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Mar 31 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record Apr 1 UMBC* Apr 2 UMBC* Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 4 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 6 at Apr 6 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY Apr 8 at St. John's Jack Kaiser Stadium • Queens, NY Apr 10 Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT Apr 11 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 14 at Apr 15 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH Apr 16 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH Apr 18 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 19 at Boston College* Apr 21 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 22 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 23 Georgetown Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 25 Dunkin' Donuts Park • Hartford, CT Apr 26 Army Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT Apr 28 at Apr 29 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA Apr 30 at Villanova Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth • Plymouth Meeting, PA
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BE Record May 5 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 6 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 7 Seton Hall Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 9 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 10 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 12 Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 13 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 14 Butler Elliot Ballpark • Storrs, CT May 16 at * May 18 at May 19 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE May 20 at Creighton Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, NE
Post-season
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 25 TBD May 26 TBD Prasco Park • Mason, OH Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 Baseball Roster. UConn Huskies. October 26, 2022.
2. Web site: 2023 Schedule. UConn Huskies athletics. December 22, 2021.