University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Arizona
HookC Shuts Out Arizona
2/21/2026 2:18:00 AM | Baseball
TUCSON, Ariz. - The UConn baseball team (2-4) shut out Arizona (0-6), 4-0, on Friday evening at Hi Corbett Field.
LHP Charlie West earned the victory with 6.2 shutout frames that featured just three hits allowed, two walks and nine strikeouts. After manuevering around traffic in the first two frames, the junior settled into the ballgame and went through a stretch of retiring 10 Wildcats in a row from the second inning until the fifth.
The UConn offense scored early in the contest with Evan Menzel reaching via walk with one out in the first. The sophomore swiped second and came around to score on a Jackson Marshall RBI single.Â
Maddix Dalena provided the remainder of the offense for the Huskies with his second-straight three RBI game. Dalena lifted a sacrifice fly to center in the third, drew a bases loaded walk in the seventh and drove in a run on a fielder's choice in the ninth.Â
RHP Paxton Meyers closed out the ballgame by retiring seven of the eight batters that he faced.Â
The series resumes with game three on Saturday at 8 p.m ET / 6 p.m. MT. Cayden Suchy gets the nod on the mound for the Huskies.
Game Notes
- Maddix Dalena (6 RBI)Â and Jackson Marshall (3 RBI)Â have driven in nine of the 10 UConn runs this series.
- Charlie West's nine strikeouts are the second most in a game in his career (Georgetown, 4/13/25)
- The Huskies pitched a shutout for the first time since a 4-0 victory against a fellow Big 12 opponent, Kansas State, at Elliot Ballpark on April 16,2024
- The three hits allowed from the mound is the fewest since allowing two hits in a win at UC Irvine (March 13, 2024).
