Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball

American college baseball team

Sacred Heart Pioneers

2025 Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team
Founded| 1966
University| Sacred Heart University
Head coach| Pat Egan (3rd season)
Conference| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Location| Fairfield, Connecticut
Home stadium| Veterans Memorial Park
Nickname| Pioneers
Colors| Red and white[1]

College World Series appearances
Division II: 1976, 1992
NCAA Tournament appearances
Div. I: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Division II: 1976, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1992
Conference tournament champions
NEC: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Regular season conference champions
2024

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 Metro Atlantic Athletic 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 1976 and 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]

## NCAA Tournament history

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### Division I

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Sacred Heart has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament four times.

Year  | Region  | Round  | Opponent  | Result

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2006 | Athens Regional | First Round
Lower Round  | Georgia
Jacksonville | L 0–11
L 3–4
2011 | Clemson Regional | First Round
Lower Round  | Clemson
Connecticut  | L 1–11
L 3–13
2012 | Raleigh Regional | First Round
Lower Round  | NC State
UNC Wilmington  | L 5–16
L 4–13
2015 | Fort Worth Regional | First Round
Lower Round  | TCU
Stony Brook  | L 0–10
L 6–11

### Division II

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Sacred Heart participated in the NCAA Division II baseball tournament five times.

Year  | Region  | Round  | Opponent  | Result

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1976 | College World Series | First Round
Second Round | Southeast Missouri State
Cal Poly Pomona | L 3–4 (11)
L 1–12
1976 | New England Regional |  |  | 2–2
1990 | Northeast Regional | First Round
Second Round | Merrimack
New Haven
New Haven | W 10–6
L 0–9
W 8–7
L 1–3
1991 | Northeast Regional | First Round
Second Round | UMass Lowell
American International | L 2–12
L 11–12
1992 | Northeast Regional
College World Series | First Round
Second Round
Third Round
CWS First Round
CWS Second Round | Adelphi
Springfield
Springfield
Cal Poly
West Alabama | W 2–0
W 5–3
W 2–1
L 1–10
L 6–7

## Coaching history

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Records not available from 1966–74[3]

Name  | Tenure  | Record  | Pct

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Pete Di Orio | 1975–1976 | 31–24–1 | .563
Unknown | 1977–1978 | 35–16 | .686
Terry Toigo | 1979 | 17–8–1 | .673
Mark Karagus | 1980–1981 | 35–16–1 | .683
Joe Reitano | 1982–1984 | 51–39–1 | .566
Jeff Bevino | 1985 | 23–12 | .657
Mark Julius | 1986–1988 | 43–43 | .500
Nick Giaquinto | 1989–2017 | 631–752–3 | .456
Nick Restaino | 2018–2022 | 77–142–1 | .352
Pat Egan | 2023–present | 28–30 | .483

## See also

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* List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

## References

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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

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* Official website

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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
* Lacrosse

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

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Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball

Teams|

* Canisius Golden Griffins
* Fairfield Stags
* Iona Gaels
* Manhattan Jaspers
* Marist Red Foxes
* Merrimack Warriors
* Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
* Niagara Purple Eagles
* Quinnipiac Bobcats
* Rider Broncs
* Sacred Heart Pioneers
* Saint Peter's Peacocks
* Siena Saints

Championship|

* Conference tournament

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