UConn Baseball was one of the first four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament in 2017. Specifically, they were the second team left out, behind only Miami (FL), who had made the tournament every year since 1973.
It left a sour taste in a lot of the players’ mouths, but they have moved onto summer baseball and some have been performing very well against a high level of competition.
In the Cape Cod League, rising senior outfielder John Toppa is 15th in the league with a .324 batting average as of July 14 and is enjoying his first experience on the Cape playing for Wareham.