The Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Central Connecticut State's first baseball team was fielded in 1935. The team plays its home games at CCSU Baseball Field in New Britain, which opened in 2010 and seats 1,000. The Blue Devils are coached by Charlie Hickey.
Central Connecticut Blue Devils | |
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2024 Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball team | |
Founded | 1935 |
University | Central Connecticut State University |
Head coach | Charlie Hickey (25th season) |
Conference | Northeast |
Location | New Britain, Connecticut |
Home stadium | CCSU Baseball Field (Capacity: 1,000) |
Nickname | Devils |
Colors | Blue and white[1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2003, 2004, 2006, 2023 |
The Blue Devils have claimed five Northeast Conference baseball tournament championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship five times. The 2010 team set several offensive school records en route to a recent Regional appearance in the Norwich Regional. The 2017 team was the most recent to reach the NCAA tournament.[2][3][4]
Central Connecticut in the NCAA tournament
Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
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2002 | 0–2 | .000 | Austin Regional |
2003 | 0–2 | .000 | Tempe Regional |
2004 | 0–2 | .000 | Oklahoma City Regional |
2010 | 0–2 | .000 | Norwich Regional |
2017 | 0–2 | .000 | Fort Worth Regional |
2019 | 1–2 | .333 | Fayetteville Regional |
2021 | 0–2 | .000 | Eugene Regional |
2023 | 0–2 | .000 | Columbia Regional |
TOTALS |
1-16 | .059 |
Coaching history
This table reflects the documented coaching history through the 2016 season.[2]
Name | Seasons | W | L | T | Pct |
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Jim Kaiser | 7 | 36 | 11 | 0 | .766 |
Ed Creed | 3 | 24 | 6 | 0 | .800 |
Hank Majlinger | 30 | 353 | 168 | 0 | .678 |
Julian Wojtusik | 7 | 63 | 105 | 1 | .376 |
George Redman | 14 | 258 | 274 | 4 | .485 |
Charlie Hickey | 22 | 581 | 508 | 5 | .533 |
Season-by-season record
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Charlie Hickey (Northeast Conference) (2000–present) | |||||||||
2000 | Charlie Hickey | 17–31–1 | 9–11 | 3rd (North) | |||||
2001 | Charlie Hickey | 30–22 | 14–8 | T-1st (North) | NEC Tournament | ||||
2002 | Charlie Hickey | 34–23 | 18–9 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2003 | Charlie Hickey | 31–17–2 | 19–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2004 | Charlie Hickey | 41–17–1 | 20–4 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2005 | Charlie Hickey | 19–28 | 10–14 | 7th | |||||
2006 | Charlie Hickey | 33–18 | 16–7 | 1st | NEC Tournament | ||||
2007 | Charlie Hickey | 26–26 | 14–14 | 4th | NEC Tournament | ||||
2008 | Charlie Hickey | 25–24 | 18–9 | 2nd | NEC Tournament | ||||
2009 | Charlie Hickey | 26–22 | 16–11 | 3rd | NEC Tournament | ||||
2010 | Charlie Hickey | 33–23 | 18–14 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2011 | Charlie Hickey | 26–25–1 | 17–14 | 5th | NEC Tournament | ||||
2012 | Charlie Hickey | 28–24 | 19–13 | T-3rd | NEC Tournament | ||||
2013 | Charlie Hickey | 28–25 | 16–16 | T-5th | |||||
2014 | Charlie Hickey | 27–22 | 14–10 | 2nd | NEC tournament | ||||
2015 | Charlie Hickey | 17–31 | 9–15 | 6th | |||||
2016 | Charlie Hickey | 23–34 | 15–17 | 4th | NEC tournament | ||||
2017 | Charlie Hickey | 36–22 | 21–7 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2018 | Charlie Hickey | 18–28 | 12–16 | 6th | |||||
2019 | Charlie Hickey | 31-23 | 16-8 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2020 | Charlie Hickey | 4-8 | 0-0 | T-1st | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Charlie Hickey | 28-15 | 21-9 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2022 | Charlie Hickey | 29-18 | 17-10 | 3rd | NEC tournament | ||||
2023 | Charlie Hickey | 36-14 | 25-5 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
Charlie Hickey: | 646-540-5 | 374-247 | |||||||
Total: | |||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
External links
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