2022 Youngstown State Penguins baseball team

The 2022 Youngstown State Penguins baseball team was a baseball team that represented Youngstown State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Penguins were members of the Horizon League and played their home games at Eastwood Field in Niles, Ohio. They were led by sixth-year head coach Dan Bertolini.

2022 Youngstown State Penguins baseball
ConferenceHorizon League
Record21–36 (12–16 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coachJake Marinelli (1st season)
Hitting coachEric Bunnell (4th season)
Pitching coachShane Davis (4th season)
Home stadiumEastwood Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Horizon League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State  ‍y 20 9   .690 30 25   .545
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 18 11   .621 31 27   .534
UIC  ‍‍‍ 14 11   .560 22 25   .468
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 18 36   .333
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 21 36   .368
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 19 35   .352
Milwaukee  ‍‍‍ 9 17   .346 20 29   .408
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 28, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season edit

The Penguins finished the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season 32–24 overall (24–16 conference) and third place in the conference standings. It was their first winning season since 2005, and their first thirty win season since 1995.

Roster edit

2022 Youngstown State Penguins baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town
1 OF Lucas Nasonti R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Champion H. S. Warren, Ohio
2 INF Eli Brown R/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Bowling Green H. S. Bowling Green, Ohio
3 C Jack Johnson S/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Katy H. S. Katy, Texas
4 INF Steven D'Eusanio R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr South H. S. Willoughby, Ohio
5 OF Dominick Bucko S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Cuyahoga Community College Saxonburg, Pennsylvania
7 C Ian Francis R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Cardinal Mooney H. S. Poland, Ohio
8 RHP Brandon Mikos R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr South Range H. S. Canfield, Ohio
9 RHP Jon Snyder R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Springboro H. S. Springboro, Ohio
10 INF Trey Law L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) RS So Cedar Cliff H. S. Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
11 OF Andre Good L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Steel Valley H. S. Munhall, Pennsylvania
12 INF Seth Lucero L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Dawson Community College Arvada, Colorado
13 U Chase Franken L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Columbiana H. S. Salem, Ohio
14 LHP Danny Zimmerman L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Wabash Valley College Frankfort, Illinois
15 RHP Mitchell Seymour R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Springfield Local H. S. New Springfield, Ohio
16 RHP Casey Marshalwitz L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Hampton H. S. Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
17 RHP Lane Rhodes R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Salem H. S. Salem, Ohio
18 RHP Eric Luebcke R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS So Monsignor McClancy Memorial H. S. Astoria, New York
19 C Dylan Swarmer R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Knoch H. S. Saxonburg, Pennsylvania
20 RHP A. J. Clegg R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Toronto H. S. Toronto, Ohio
21 OF Turner Grau L/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Avonworth H. S. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
22 RHP Brandon Matthews R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Punxsutawney H. S. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
23 INF Braeden O'Shaughnessy R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Poland Seminary H. S. Poland, Ohio
24 RHP Will Shaffer R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Fr Laurel H. S. New Castle, Pennsylvania
25 INF Padraig O'Shaughnessy L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Mercyhurst North East Poland, Ohio
26 RHP Nick Perez R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So St. Francis Preparatory School Bayside, New York
27 LHP Nathan Ball L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Perrysburg H. S. Perrysburg, Ohio
28 RHP Matt Brosky R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Strongsville H. S. Strongsville, Ohio
29 INF Jake Ellowitz R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr Mohawk Valley Community College Atlantic Beach, New York
30 LHP Daniel Morehead L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Fr Cardinal Newman H. S. Santa Rosa, California
32 RHP Chad Cole R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Norwin H. S. North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
33 U Travis Perry R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Rocky Grove H. S. Oil City, Pennsylvania
34 LHP Kenny Misik L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Austintown Fitch H. S. Austintown, Ohio
35 OF Austin Earl R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Archbishop Murphy H. S. Everett, Washington
36 OF Pete Panko R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Allen, Texas
37 RHP Zach Stayduhar R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr West Allegheny H. S. Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
38 C John Ritter R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Springfield Local H. S. New Middletown, Ohio
40 U Jake Brazzano R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr IMG Academy Blairstown, New Jersey
41 U Andrew Russell L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Champion H. S. Champion, Ohio
42 RHP Alex Cordona R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr Mercyhurst North East Boardman, Ohio
44 INF Vince D'Eusanio L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr South H. S. Willoughby, Ohio
Head coach

6 Dan Bertolini

Assistant coach(es)

Jake Marinelli

Hitting coach(es)

Eric Bunnell

Pitching coach(es)

Shane Davis


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule edit

2022 Youngstown State Penguins baseball game log
Regular season
February (2–5)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Horizon record
1 February 18 at Bethune–Cookman Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson BallparkDaytona Beach, Florida 1–3[2] Lipthratt (1–0) Snyder (0–1) Vazquez (1) 312 0–1
2 February 19 at Bethune–Cookman Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, Florida 7–6[3] Perez (1–0) Santos (0–1) Ball (1) 218 1–1
3 February 20 at Bethune–Cookman Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark • Daytona Beach, Florida 10–9[4] Brosky (1–0) Gonzalez (0–1) Ball (2) 295 2–1
4 February 25 at Belmont E. S. Rose ParkNashville, Tennessee 1–3[5] South (1–0) Snyder (0–2) Brennan (2) 117 2–2
5 February 26 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, Tennessee 0–4[6] Perry (0–1) Bean (2–0) None 120 2–3
6 February 26 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, Tennessee 2–5[7] Baratta (2–0) Coles (0–1) Brennan (3) 120 2–4
7 February 27 at Belmont E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, Tennessee 0–2[8] Jenkins (1–0) Brosky (1–1) Brennan (4) 130 2–5
March (7–10)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Horizon record
8 March 4 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball StadiumEdinburg, Texas 4–6[9] Stevens (2–0) Snyder (0–3) Gerik Jr. (1) 1,591 2–6
9 March 5 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, Texas 4–8[10] Davis (2–0) Ball (0–1) None 1,318 2–7
10 March 5 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, Texas 8–11[11] Rosenbaum (1–0) Perez (0–1) Balderrama Jr. (1) 1,318 2–8
11 March 6 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, Texas 3–2[12] Marshalwitz (1–0) Aldaz (0–1) Ball (3) 847 3–8
12 March 11 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer ParkNew Orleans, Louisiana 6–5[13] Milkos (1–0) Seroski (1–1) Ball (4) 145 4–8
13 March 12 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, Louisiana 7–8[14] Gauthe (1–0) Ball (0–2) None 244 4–9
14 March 12 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, Louisiana 3–2[15] Perry (1–1) Mitchell (0–1) Perez (1) 658 5–9
15 March 13 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, Louisiana 0–1[16] Williams (3–0) Brosky (1–2) None 475 5–10
16 March 16 at Pittsburgh Petersen Sports ComplexPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5–2[17] Mikos (2–0) Miller (0–1) None 240 6–10
17 March 18 at Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodon FieldFort Wayne, Indiana 4–0[18] Snyder (1–3) Stills (0–2) None 174 7–10 1–0
18 March 20 vs Purdue Fort Wayne Defiance High SchoolDefiance, Ohio 7–8[19] Wilson (1–1) Marshalwitz (1–1) None 125 7–11 1–1
19 March 20 vs Purdue Fort Wayne Defiance High School • Defiance, Ohio 12–6[20] Brosky (2–2) Miller (0–5) None 155 8–11 2–1
20 March 22 at Penn State Medlar FieldUniversity Park, Pennsylvania 2–1[21] Cardona (1–0) Mellott (1–2) Ball (5) 338 9–11 2–1
21 March 24 at West Virginia Monongalia County BallparkGranville, West Virginia 4–6[22] Bravo (1–0) Rhodes (0–1) Braithwaite (1) 1,379 9–12 2–1
22 March 25 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, West Virginia 3–9[23] Hampton (4–1) Coles (0–2) None 1,030 9–13 2–1
23 March 25 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, West Virginia 2–13[24] Watters (2–1) Brosky (2–3) None 1,066 9–14 2–1
24 March 30 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs FieldEast Lansing, Michigan 5–12[25] Carson (2–0) Perez (1–2) None 155 9–15 2–1
April (3–12)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Horizon record
25 April 1 at Oakland Oakland Baseball FieldRochester, Michigan 6–11[26] Hagen (3–1) Snyder (1–4) None 115 9–16 2–2
26 April 2 at Oakland Oakland Baseball Field • Rochester, Michigan 4–2[27] Cole (1–2) Decker (2–2) None 127 10–16 3–2
27 April 3 at Oakland Oakland Baseball Field • Rochester, Michigan 1–14[28] Densmore (2–0) Brosky (2–4) None 145 10–17 3–3
28 April 5 at Ohio State Bill Davis StadiumColumbus, Ohio 4–5[29] Johnson (1–2) Ball (0–3) None 490 10–18 3–3
29 April 6 Pittsburgh Eastwood FieldNiles, Ohio 1–9[30] Devereux (3–0) Perez (1–3) None 165 10–19 3–3
30 April 8 Northern Kentucky Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 0–9[31] Bohlen (1–0) Snyder (1–5) Gerl (1) 157 10–20 3–4
31 April 9 Northern Kentucky Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 3–15[32] Klingenbeck (2–4) Mikos (2–1) Longsbury (3) 153 10–21 3–5
32 April 10 Northern Kentucky Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 7–9[33] Echeman (1–5) Brosky (2–5) Mulhern (1) 193 10–22 3–6
33 April 12 Niagara Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 3–5[34] Krawiec (1–0) Cardona (1–1) Cameron (1) 170 10–23 3–6
34 April 14 Milwaukee Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 4–2[35] Coles (2–2) Frey (3–3) Ball (7) 211 11–23 4–6
35 April 15 Milwaukee Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 13–17[36] Kaufmann (1–0) Marshalwitz (1–2) None 195 11–24 4–7
36 April 16 Milwaukee Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 15–4[37] Brosky (3–5) Gilhaus (1–3) None 210 12–24 5–7
April 19 at Kent State Schoonover StadiumKent, Ohio Game cancelled
37 April 22 Oakland Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 2–1[38] Brosky (4–4) Decker (3–4) None 213 13–24 6–7
38 April 22 Oakland Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 2–1[39] Perry (2–1) Densmore (3–2) None 213 14–24 7–7
39 April 24 at Milwaukee Franklin FieldFranklin, Wisconsin 11–2[40] Coles (3–2) Schulfer (2–2) None 423 15–24 8–7
40 April 24 at Milwaukee Franklin Field • Franklin, Wisconsin 4–17[41] Turnquist (1–0) Rhodes (0–2) None 423 15–25 8–8
41 April 26 at Niagara Bobo FieldLewiston, New York 1–3[42] Laird (1–2) Perez (1–3) Erwin (2) 112 15–26 8–8
42 April 29 at Wright State Nischwitz StadiumDayton, Ohio 3–4[43] Shirk (5–4) Brosky (4–6) Luikart (5) 137 15–27 8–9
43 April 30 at Wright State Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, Ohio 3–10[44] Gongora (3–1) Perry (2–2) None 318 15–28 8–10
May (4–6)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Horizon record
44 May 1 at Wright State Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, Ohio 3–10[45] Theis (4–0) Coles (3–3) None 231 15–30 8–11
May 3 at Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan Game cancelled
May 6 Purdue Fort Wayne Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio Game cancelled
May 6 Purdue Fort Wayne Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio Game cancelled
45 May 8 Wright State Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 1–3[46] Theis (5–0) Brosky (4–7) Luikart (6) 311 15–30 8–12
46 May 8 Wright State Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 6–9[47] Haught (3–1) Coles (3–4) Nonte 311 15–31 8–13
47 May 13 at UIC Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson StadiumChicago, Illinois 8–3[48] Brosky (5–7) Peterson (4–5) None 249 16–31 9–13
48 May 13 at UIC Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, Illinois 3–7[49] Ingram (4–4) Rhodes (0–3) None 298 16–32 9–14
49 May 15 at Northern Kentucky Bill Aker Baseball ComplexHighland Heights, Kentucky 5–3[50] Coles (4–4) Gerl (3–6) Ball (9) 117 17–32 10–14
50 May 15 at Northern Kentucky Bill Aker Baseball Complex • Highland Heights, Kentucky 0–8[51] Klingenbeck (3–6) Perry (2–3) None 98 17–33 10–15
51 May 19 UIC Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 6–4[52] Ball (1–3) Zack (2–2) None 201 18–33 11–15
52 May 20 UIC Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 10–6[53] Perry (3–3) Morris (1–2) Coles (1) 3,583 19–33 12–15
53 May 21 UIC Eastwood Field • Niles, Ohio 6–18[54] Torres (2–2) Rhodes (0–4) None 214 19–34 12–16
Postseason
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Horizon record
54 May 25 vs Purdue Fort Wayne Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, Ohio 6–0[55] Brosky (6–7) Deany (5–3) None 122 20–34 1–0
55 May 26 vs Oakland Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, Ohio 0–2[56] Kujawa (4–1) Coles (4–5) Decker (3) 173 20–35 1–1
56 May 26 vs Northern Kentucky Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, Ohio 11–7[57] Perry (4–3) Echeman (2–9) None 187 21–35 2–1
57 May 27 vs Oakland Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, Ohio 2–4[58] Densmore (5–3) Ball (1–4) Decker (4) 156 21–36 2–2

Awards edit

Horizon League Players of the Week edit