2026 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball team

2026 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball
2026 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball
Liberty Bell Classic champions; Atlantic 10 regular season champions
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	36–20 (25–5 A-10)
Head coach	Fritz Hamburg (18th season);
Assistant coach	Lee Saverio (5th season)
Hitting coach	Doc Neiman (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Scott Boches (1st season)
Home stadium	Smithson Field

2026 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Saint Joseph's ‍†‍‍	25	–	5	–	0	.833	35	–	18	–	0	.660
Richmond ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0	.667	33	–	22	–	0	.600
VCU ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	37	–	23	–	0	.617
George Mason ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0	.600	28	–	24	–	0	.538
Davidson ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0	.533	25	–	26	–	0	.490
Rhode Island ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0	.533	23	–	29	–	0	.442
Dayton ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	31	–	23	–	0	.574
Fordham ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	25	–	30	–	0	.455
Saint Louis ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	20	–	34	–	0	.370
George Washington ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	18	–	35	–	0	.340
La Salle ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	24	–	31	–	0	.436
St. Bonaventure ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0	.233	13	–	36	–	1	.270

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 17, 2026^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hawks played their home games at Smithson Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by eighteenth-year head coach Fritz Hamburg.

Saint Joseph's season was highlighted by winning the Liberty Bell Classic as well as the Atlantic 10 regular season. The program went 1–2 in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and was not selected for an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament.

Previous season

The Hawks came off a 24–28 (17–13) season, where they qualified for the 2025 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament as the fifth-overall seed, where they went 0–2.

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 13, 2026. Saint Joseph's was selected to finish third.^[2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	Rhode Island	136 (5)
2	George Mason	122 (4)
T−3	Saint Joseph's	98 (1)
T−3	Saint Louis	98
T−5	Dayton	83 (1)
T−5	Richmond	83
7	Davidson	77
8	VCU	71 (1)
9	George Washington	68
10	Fordham	56
11	St. Bonaventure	24
12	La Salle	20

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C	22	Blake Primrose	Sophomore
1B	15	Alex Venezia	Sophomore
2B	16	Tim Dickinson	Junior
3B	31	Richard Beggy	Graduate
SS	18	Carson Applegate	RS Junior
LF	9	Joey Pagano	Senior
CF	1	Alex Kelsey	Sophomore
RF	13	Jason Janesko	RS Sophomore
DH	11	Joey Gale	Junior

Weekend pitching rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday	2	Duke McCarron	Junior
Saturday	27	Cole Fehrman	Senior
Sunday	14	Luke Parise	Junior

Coaching staff

2026 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons at SJU	Alma mater
Fritz Hamburg	Head coach	18	Ithaca College (1988)
Lee Saverio	Assistant coach	5	Bloomsburg University (1976)
Doc Neiman	Hitting coach	3	DeSales University (2011)
Scott Boches	Pitching coach	1	Marist University (2017)

Game log

2026 Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball game log (35–18)

Regular season (35–18)

February (2–7)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
February 13	at High Point*		George Erath Field High Point, NC	L 7–15	Shafer (1–0)	Coppola (0–1)	None	ESPN+	328	0–1	—
February 14	at High Point*		George Erath Field	L 0–3	Brachbill (1–0)	Greer (0–1)	Story (1)	ESPN+	289	0–2	—
February 15	at High Point*		George Erath Field	W 6–1	Fitzgibbon (1–0)	Paul (0–1)	None	ESPN+	275	1–2	—
February 19	at Sacramento State*		John Smith Field Sacramento, CA	L 1–4	Winterhalder (1–0)	McCarron (0–1)	Wilson (1)	WACI	103	1–3	—
February 20	at Sacramento State*		John Smith Field	W 5–4¹²	Speicher (1–0)	James (0–1)	None	ESPN+	343	2–3	—
February 21	at Sacramento State*		John Smith Field	L 2–4	Marton (1–0)	Fehrman (0–1)	Monson (1)	WACI	317	2–4	—
February 22	at Sacramento State*		John Smith Field	L 2–21	Halverson (1–0)	Parise (0–1)	None	ESPN+	357	2–5	—
February 24	Rutgers*		Smithson Field Merion, PA	Postponed to April 15
February 27	at Wofford*		Russell C. King Field Spartanburg, SC	L 2–12⁸	Michaels (3–0)	McCarron (0–2)	None	ESPN+	128	2–6	—
February 28	at Wofford*		Russell C. King Field	L 6–10	Bouchard (2–0)	Fehrman (0–2)	None	ESPN+	120	2–7	—

March (14–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
March 1	at Wofford*		Russell C. King Field	W 10–6	Gaines (1–0)	Lewis (0–1)	None	ESPN+	228	3–7	—
March 4	Rider*		Smithson Field	Postponed to March 25
March 6	at Bucknell*		Eugene B. Depew Field Lewisburg, PA	W 2–0	McCarron (1–2)	Adelmann (0–3)	Gaines (1)		402	4–7	—
March 7	at Bucknell*		Eugene B. Depew Field	L 13–15	Garber (2–1)	Fehrman (0–3)	Maxwell (3)		356	4–8	—
March 8	Bucknell*		Smithson Field	W 13–3	Parise (1–1)	Hoar (1–2)	None		330	5–8	—
March 11	West Chester*		Smithson Field	L 10–14	Jones (1–0)	Sweeney (0–1)	None		302	5–9	—
March 13	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field Tuckahoe, VA	W 11–9	Speicher (2–0)	Topolski (0–1)	Gaines (2)	ESPN+	189	6–9	1–0
March 14	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field	W 4–3	Gaines (2–0)	Gay (0–2)	None	ESPN+	248	7–9	2–0
March 15	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field	W 5–1	Parise (2–1)	Santiago-Cruz (1–1)	None	ESPN+	214	8–9	3–0
March 18	at Delaware*		Bob Hannah Stadium Newark, DE	L 0–18⁷	Deibler (2–1)	Sweeney (0–2)	None	ESPN+	188	8–10	—
March 20	George Washington		Smithson Field	W 7–4	McCarron (2–2)	Haug (1–3)	None	ESPN+	147	9–10	4–0
March 21	George Washington		Smithson Field	W 6–5	Gaines (3–0)	Lebel (0–1)	None	ESPN+	213	10–10	5–0
March 22	George Washington		Smithson Field	W 7–5	Parise (3–1)	Thyen (0–1)	Speicher (1)	ESPN+	359	11–10	6–0
March 24	at Navy*		Terwilliger Field Annapolis, MD	W 3–2¹⁰	Greer (1–1)	Grenn (1–1)	None		547	12–10	—
March 25	Rider*		Smithson Field	W 11–10	Bashore (1–0)	D'Ambrosio (0–1)	Gaines (3)	ESPN+	202	13–10	—
March 27	at Fordham		Houlihan Park Bronx, NY	W 20–0	Speicher (3–0)	Elson (3–2)	None	ESPN+	125	14–10	7–0
March 28	at Fordham		Houlihan Park	W 3–0	Fehrman (1–3)	Hanawalt (1–4)	Gaines (4)	ESPN+	192	15–10	8–0
March 29	at Fordham		Houlihan Park	L 6–7	Berg (1–0)	Fitzgibbon (1–1)	None	ESPN+	203	15–11	8–1
Liberty Bell Classic quarterfinal
March 31	Lehigh*		Smithson Field	W 16–10⁸	Sweeney (1–1)	Holman (1–3)	None		201	16–11	—

April (13–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
April 2	Saint Louis		Smithson Field	W 18–4	Speicher (4–0)	Cherico (2–3)	Greer (1)	ESPN+	225	17–11	9–1
April 3	Saint Louis		Smithson Field	W 5–4	Coppola (1–1)	Welk (1–5)	Gaines (5)	ESPN+	333	18–11	10–1
April 4	Saint Louis		Smithson Field	W 7–3	Fehrman (2–3)	Andrunas (2–4)	Parise (1)	ESPN+	400	19–11	11–1
Liberty Bell Classic semifinal
April 8	Rider*		Smithson Field	W 11–10	Speicher (5–0)	Dorety (0–1)	Gaines (6)	ESPN+	216	20–11	—

April 10	at Dayton		Woerner Field Dayton, OH	W 5–3¹⁰	Campbell (1–0)	McNabb (2–2)	Speicher (2)	ESPN+	201	21–11	12–1
April 11	at Dayton		Woerner Field	W 5–4	Fehrman (3–3)	Whiteside (1–4)	Gaines (7)	ESPN+	202	22–11	13–1
April 12	at Dayton		Woerner Field	W 18–5	Parise (4–1)	Delgado (1–3)	None	ESPN+	257	23–11	14–1
April 15	Rutgers*		Smithson Field	L 1–11⁷	Masick (1–0)	Bashore (1–1)	None		228	23–12	—
April 17	George Mason		Smithson Field	L 6–9¹⁰	Stewart (3–3)	Gaines (3–1)	None		350	23–13	14–2
April 18	George Mason		Smithson Field	W 17–9	Greer (2–1)	Cardenas (3–5)	None	ESPN+	400	24–13	15–2
April 19	George Mason		Smithson Field	W 15–6	Parise (5–1)	Drumm (3–1)	None	ESPN+	400	25–13	16–2
Liberty Bell Classic championship game
April 21	vs. Penn*		Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, PA	W 8–2	Sweeney (2–1)	Pokrovsky (0–1)	None		532	26–13	—

April 22	Delaware*		Smithson Field	L 6–15	Reyes (2–1)	Wells (0–1)	Hulcher (1)	ESPN+	135	26–14	—
April 24	at La Salle		Hank DeVincent Field Philadelphia, PA	W 6–5	McCarron (3–2)	MacDonnell (2–4)	Gaines (8)	ESPN+	150	27–14	17–2
April 25	at La Salle		Hank DeVincent Field	W 15–6	Greer (3–1)	Terry (1–4)	None	ESPN+	150	28–14	18–2
April 26	at La Salle		Hank DeVincent Field	W 12–2⁷	Parise (6–1)	Howarth (1–3)	None	ESPN+	160	29–14	19–2
April 28	at Villanova*		Villanova Ballpark Plymouth Meeting, PA	L 7–8	McKenzie (2–0)	Gaines (3–2)	None	BEDN	81	29–15	—

May (6–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
May 1	St. Bonaventure		Smithson Field	W 11–10	McCarron (4–2)	James (2–6)	Gaines (9)		251	30–15	20–2
May 2	St. Bonaventure		Smithson Field	W 3–0	Fehrman (4–3)	Ciampa (3–2)	Greer (2)		363	31–15	21–2
May 3	St. Bonaventure		Smithson Field	W 14–9	Sweeney (3–1)	Capellupo (1–4)	None	ESPN+	323	32–15	22–2
May 8	VCU		Smithson Field	L 6–9	Campbell (3–1)	Greer (3–2)	Peters (6)	ESPN+	185	32–16	22–3
May 9	VCU		Smithson Field	W 6–4	Speicher (6–0)	Frers (1–3)	Gaines (10)	ESPN+	185	33–16	23–3
May 10	VCU		Smithson Field	L 5–19⁷	Clover (2–3)	Parise (6–2)	None	ESPN+	301	33–17	23–4
May 14	at Rhode Island		Bill Beck Field Kingston, RI	W 10–9¹¹	Wells (1–2)	Sabbath (2–5)	None	ESPN+	337	34–17	24–4
May 15	at Rhode Island		Bill Beck Field	L 3–4¹⁰	Sabbath (3–5)	Greer (3–3)	None	ESPN+	124	34–18	24–5
May 16	at Rhode Island		Bill Beck Field	W 14–12	Veintimilla (1–0)	Grotyohann (2–1)	Wells (1)	ESPN+	150	35–18	25–5

Postseason (1–2)

Atlantic 10 tournament (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10T record
May 21	vs. (5) Rhode Island	(1)	Capital One Park Tysons, VA	L 9–17	Cullen (3–4)	McCarron (4–3)	Turner (2)	ESPN+	602	35–19	0–1
May 22	vs. (4) George Mason	(1)	Capital One Park	W 14–4	Fehrman (5–3)	Parker (3–1)	None	ESPN+	650	36–19	1–1
May 23	vs. (3) VCU	(1)	Capital One Park	L 3–13	Peters (8–1)	Gaines (3–3)	None	ESPN+	816	36–20	1–2

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
W Saint Joseph's win • L Saint Joseph's loss • T Saint Joseph's tie • Postponement or cancellation • Bold denotes Saint Joseph's player

Tournaments

Liberty Bell Classic

Liberty Bell Classic
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens	Delaware State Hornets	Lafayette Leopards	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	Penn Quakers	Rider Broncs	Saint Joseph's Hawks	Villanova Wildcats

Quarterfinals March 31–April 1		Semifinals		Finals

Delaware	5

Rider	10
		Rider	10

		Saint Joseph's	11
Saint Joseph's	16⁸

Lehigh	10
				Saint Joseph's	8

				Penn	2
Lafayette	11

Villanova	1
		Lafayette	3

		Penn	13⁷
Penn	10

Delaware State	5

Atlantic 10 tournament

Atlantic 10 baseball tournament
(1) Saint Joseph's Hawks	(2) Richmond Spiders	(3) VCU Rams	(4) George Mason Patriots	(5) Rhode Island Rams	(6) Davidson Wildcats


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final						Final



			1	Saint Joseph's	9

4	George Mason	8	5	Rhode Island	17

5	Rhode Island	19				5	Rhode Island	5

						3	VCU	4

			2	Richmond	4

3	VCU	7	3	VCU	7

6	Davidson	4
												5	Rhode Island	16

												3	VCU	18	9

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower round 3			Lower final



						.			1	Saint Joseph's	3

						1	Saint Joseph's	14	3	VCU	13

			4	George Mason	11	4	George Mason	4

4	George Mason	9	2	Richmond	6

6	Davidson	1

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Coaches'^[3]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*
Baseball America^[4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*
NCBWA†^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV*	RV
D1Baseball^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*
Perfect Game^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*

† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

↑ "2026 Baseball Standings". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
↑ "Rhode Island Preseason Favorite to Repeat as Atlantic 10 Baseball Champions". atlantic10.com.
↑ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
↑ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
↑ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
↑ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
↑ "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[1] "2026 Baseball Standings". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2026.

[2] "Rhode Island Preseason Favorite to Repeat as Atlantic 10 Baseball Champions". atlantic10.com.

[3] "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[4] "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[5] "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[6] "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

[perfect_game-7] "Rankings | Perfect Game USA". perfectgame.org. Retrieved January 26, 2025.

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Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball
Venue	National League Park (1894–1928) Fairmount Park (1929–1961) Narbrook Park (1962–1990) Latshaw-McCarthy Field (1991–2011) Smithson Field (2012–present)
Rivalries	Liberty Bell Classic
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026