WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University baseball team opens BIG EAST play this weekend, traveling to Storrs, Connecticut for a four-game, three-day series at UConn. The two teams will open the weekend on Friday night at 6 p.m. before playing a doubleheader on Saturday starting at noon. Sunday's series finale will begin at 1 p.m.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION

• Links to live stats and a video stream for all four games will be available at GUHoyas.com.

 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• Georgetown opened the season on Wednesday night, falling 13-4 to VCU at Shirley Povich Field.
• Andrew Ciufo came off the bench and went 2-for-2, including a pinch-hit home run in his first career at-bat. He finished with a team-high three RBIs.
• Matt Stone also homered, while Conor Nolan, making his Georgetown debut, had two hits including a double.
• Andrew DeRoche and Carter Bosch fired scoreless innings of relief, while Bosch and Nolan McCarthy each had two strikeouts.
• Thirty-one players got into the game for the Hoyas, including 11 pitchers and 20 position players. Seven Hoyas made their collegiate debut and five more made their first appearance in a GU uniform.
• It was Georgetown's first game under head coach Edwin Thompson.
• Graduate student AJ Lotsis and senior Eddie McCabe were both named to the All-BIG EAST Preseason Team
• Catcher Matt Stone was named to the watch list for the 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, given annually to the top Division I collegiate catcher.

 
SCOUTING UCONN

• UConn comes into the weekend with a 14-12 overall record, having won five-straight games and nine of the past 10. The Huskies defeated Bryant 9-8 on Tuesday.
• BIG EAST Co-Preseason Player of the Year Kyler Fedko leads UConn with a .392 batting average and has hit five home runs to go along with nine doubles and 24 RBIs.
• His brother, Christian, his batting .314 with a team-high 10 doubles. Reggie Crawford has a BIG EAST-leading eight home runs and 32 RBIs.
• As a team, UConn is batting .284 with 27 home runs while averaging 6.8 runs per game. The pitching staff has a 4.34 ERA and has struck out 282 batters, to just 110 walks, in 230 innings.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• The two longtime BIG EAST rivals have met 59 times, with UConn holding a 42-17 series advantage.
• The last matchup came in 2013 when the Huskies won two-of-three in a conference series at Shirley Povich Field.

 
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: LHP Angelo Tonas (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Ben Casparius (3-2, 3.45)
Saturday (Game 1): RHP Andrew DeRoche (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Austin Peterson (3-1, 2.55)
Saturday (Game 2): RHP Carter Bosch (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Pat Gallagher (2-1, 5.57)
Sunday: LHP Jack Weeks (0-1, 18.00) vs. RHP Joe Simeone (1-3, 5.40)
 
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will return home to Shirley Povich Field on Wednesday, April 14 to host Towson in a midweek, nonconference matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
Fan Information
In accordance with Georgetown University and Montgomery County regulations, which limit the size of in-person gatherings, fans are regrettably not permitted to attend home games at Shirley Povich Field at this time.