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.

Coaches' Poll 1 Rhode Island 136 (5) 2 George Mason 122 (4) T−3 Saint Joseph's 98 (1) Saint Louis 98 T−5 Dayton 83 (1) 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 LineupPos. 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 atSJU 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 * George Erath FieldHigh 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 * John Smith FieldSacramento, 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 * Smithson FieldMerion, PA Postponed to April 15 February 27 at * Russell C. King FieldSpartanburg, 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 * Smithson Field Postponed to March 25 March 6 at Bucknell* Eugene B. Depew FieldLewisburg, 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 * Smithson Field L 10–14 Jones (1–0) Sweeney (0–1) None 302 5–9 — March 13 at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt FieldTuckahoe, 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 * Bob Hannah StadiumNewark, DE L 0–187 Deibler (2–1) Sweeney (0–2) None ESPN+ 188 8–10 — March 20 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 * Terwilliger FieldAnnapolis, 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 Houlihan ParkBronx, 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 March 31 * 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 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 April 8 Rider* Smithson Field W 11–10 Speicher (5–0) Dorety (0–1) Gaines (6) ESPN+ 216 20–11 — April 10 at Woerner FieldDayton, 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 April 21 vs. * Citizens Bank ParkPhiladelphia, 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 Hank DeVincent FieldPhiladelphia, 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 BallparkPlymouth 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 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 Bill Beck FieldKingston, 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) (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 ParkTysons, 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 Saint Joseph's win • Saint Joseph's loss • Saint Joseph's tie • • Bold denotes Saint Joseph's player

Tournaments Liberty Bell Classic

Liberty Bell ClassicDelaware Fightin' Blue HensDelaware State HornetsLafayette LeopardsLehigh Mountain HawksPenn QuakersRider BroncsSaint Joseph's HawksVillanova Wildcats

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

Rankings

References