UConn baseball’s 2020 season was chopped off at the knees far before the first pitch was thrown. Coronavirus (COVID-19) wasn’t a huge topic in the United States when the Huskies kicked off their season with a 1-2 weekend against Cal Poly and the two participants in the College World Series final (Vanderbilt and Michigan), but the then-epidemic was always going to be an issue for college athletics.
It would take almost a month for college—and professional—athletics to come crashing down due to the virus, but not before the Huskies scored what would have been their crowning non-conference achievement, a series victory over No.