HookC Wins Sixth Straight, Beats Villanova, 8-2

Friday, April 26

Storrs, CT

6:05 PM

University of Connecticut

23-18, 0

Villanova

14-25, 0

Villanova

Connecticut

4/26/2024 10:55:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

STORRS, Conn. - In front of a season-best 1047 fans on Friday night, the UConn baseball team (23-18, 8-2 BIG EAST) defeated Villanova, 8-2, in its series opener at Elliot Ballpark.

UConn starter Stephen Quigley was superb on the hill with eight shutout innings with just two hits allowed, zero walks and season-high eight strikeouts.

Luke Broadhurst quickly got the Huskies on the scoreboard with a long two-run home run in the first inning to make it 2-0. It is the team-leading 11th home run from Broadhurst this season and marks the 13th-straight game UConn has homered.

T.C. Simmons added to the lead with a two-out RBI single in the second to make it 3-0.

In the third, the Huskies broke the game open with a five-run frame. Bryan Padilla, Caleb Shpur and Paul Tammaro delivered RBI singles while Jake Studley provided a two-run base hit in the frame.

Shpur recorded a multi-hit performance that extended his hit streak to 15 games and reach base streak to 20.

Tammaro, Padilla and Maddix Dalena all posted multi-hit performances and all nine starters notched at least a hit.

The Huskies have won a season-high six games in a row and have won 13 of their last 15 games.

The series resumes tomorrow at 2:05 p.m. at Elliot Ballpark with tomorrow's promotion being nine innings of winnings.

Game Notes

In two career starts against Villanova, Stephen Quigley has fired 15.2 shutout innings with just six hits allowed, zero walks and 18 strikeouts.
Luke Broadhurst has a team-best 12 multi-RBI games this season.
UConn is 9-3 this season when scoring in the first inning.
The Huskies have been hit by a pitch in a season-high six-straight games.