Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball

Sacred Heart Pioneers

2023 Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team
Founded| 1966
University| Sacred Heart University
Head coach| Pat Egan (1st season)
Conference| Northeast Conference
Location| Fairfield, Connecticut
Home stadium| Veterans Memorial Park
Nickname| Pioneers
Colors| Red and white[1]

College World Series appearances
Div. II: 1992
NCAA Tournament appearances
Div. I: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Div. II: 1992
Conference tournament champions
NEC: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015

The Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Sacred Heart's first baseball team was fielded in 1966. The Pioneers are coached by Pat Egan, who lead his first season as head coach in 2023.

The program transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2000, and has appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship four times since the transition. While at the NCAA Division II level, the Pioneers reached the 1992 Division II College World Series.[2] The Pioneers have seen fifteen players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.[3] Former head coach Nick Giaquinto, was the schools all-time winnest coach, having won 631 games in 30 seasons.[4]

## Coaching history[edit]

Records not available from 1966–74[3]

Name | Years | Seasons | W | L | T | Pct

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Pete Di Orio | 2 | 1975–76 | 31 | 24 | 1 | .563
Unknown | 2 | 1977–78 | 35 | 16 | 0 | .686
Terry Toigo | 1 | 1979 | 17 | 8 | 1 | .673
Mark Karagus | 2 | 1980–81 | 35 | 16 | 1 | .683
Joe Reitano | 3 | 1982–84 | 51 | 39 | 1 | .566
Jeff Bevino | 1 | 1985 | 23 | 12 | 0 | .657
Mark Julius | 3 | 1986–88 | 43 | 43 | 0 | .500
Nick Giaquinto | 30 | 1989–2017 | 631 | 752 | 3 | .456
Nick Restaino | 5 | 2018–2022 | 77 | 142 | 1 | .352
Pat Egan | 0 | 2023– | 0 | 0 | 0 | –

## See also[edit]

* List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

## References[edit]

1. ^ SHU Pioneers Official Logo Art. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
2. ^ Mike Anthony (May 27, 2015). "Sacred Heart Baseball: From 1–14 to NCAA Tournament". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
3. ^ a b Baseball Record Book (PDF). Sacred Heart Pioneers. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
4. ^ Teddy Cahill (November 1, 2016). "Restaino To Succeed Giaquinto As Sacred Heart Coach Following 2017". Baseball America. Retrieved August 6, 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Venues|

* Veterans Memorial Park

Seasons|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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Sacred Heart University

Located in: Fairfield, Connecticut

Academics|

* Sacred Heart University Luxembourg

Athletics|

* Sacred Heart Pioneers
* Football
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball
* Men's ice hockey
* Baseball

| Venues|

* William H. Pitt Center
* Campus Field
* Total Mortgage Arena
* Martire Family Arena

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People|

* Alumni
* Board of Trustees
* Pioneer Bands

Campus|

* WSHU-FM
* WSHU (AM)
* WSHU-FM
* WSUF
* WYBC (AM)

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Northeast Conference baseball

Teams|

* Central Connecticut Blue Devils
* Coppin State Eagles
* Delaware State Hornets
* Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
* Le Moyne Dolphins
* LIU Sharks
* Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks
* Merrimack Warriors
* Norfolk State Spartans
* Sacred Heart Pioneers
* Stonehill Skyhawks
* Wagner Seahawks

Championships & awards|

* Conference tournament

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