USC might have stood out as UConn baseball’s toughest opponent on its early-season West Coast road trip, but the Trojans were just another generic adversary for UConn’s do-everything pitcher Ian Cooke. He lined them up and sat them down one after another en route to a 7-1 win.
Before this game, Cooke’s longest stint was three innings against North Florida, a slightly smaller stage. Wednesday night’s display, however, showed a much higher ceiling for the freshman from New Milford, Connecticut.
“I thought he’d give us a good start but we didn’t know how much we’d get from him.