UConn baseball wins two at UC San Diego

After eight games in 12 days, UConn baseball ended its West Coast road trip with a lot to be proud of. They entered spring break 9-1 and exit it 14-4, with a midweek win over USC and series victories over Pepperdine and, most recently, UC San Diego.

Even though the strength of schedule is not as high as previous seasons, UConn is in good shape for an NCAA tournament bid even if it doesn’t claim the Big East auto-bid.

The Huskies are slowly gaining national recognition. They’re ranked No. 25 in the D1Baseball.com poll and fifth in the receiving votes category of the USA Today Coaches Poll. RPI won’t be useful to look at for a few more weeks, but Jim Penders’ squad is trending upwards in that…