Barnums are the Champions!

The Bridgeport Barnums are 2024 Connecticut College Baseball League Champions! 

The Barnums defeated the Southington Black Knights 5-2 in the Championship game on Tuesday night at Memorial Field in Simsbury. 

After finishing 12-9-1 in the regular season, Bridgeport earned the number three seed in the playoffs. 

The Barnums opened up the playoffs with a 2-0 win over Waterbury on July 24. The next day, they followed up with a 5-2 win over West Haven. That moved them into the Winners Bracket Final. 

On July 27, they defeated Wallingford to advance to the championship, 

After the championship was postponed on Monday, the Barnums jumped out to a 5-0 lead before holding on four a 5-2 victory. 

Winning a championship, and running the table in the playoffs, is an impressive feat. Even more impressive is that it comes in just the second year of the program. 

Congrats, first and foremost, to the players. They are the stars. 

The 2024 Barnums: Andrew Fortunato, Blake Benway, Cam Forte, Carson Swaim, Christian Homa, Christian Nilsen, Cole Gibson, Dima Cornel-Neal, Hayden Lee, Ian Nilsen, Joey D'Elia, Joey Sanguiolo, John Heitzman, Kieran Shea, Luke Anderson, Matt Cummings, Matt Longo, Matt Tabet, Pablo Aquino, Sebastian Sampieri, Will Stellato, Will Singewald, Yeudy Ramirez, Zach Barry, and Zach Broderick. 

A shoutout to those players on last year's inaugural team who set the foundation. 

Congrats as well to the coaching staff led by Head Coach Chris Bugyi and Assistant Coaches Jim Chaves and Mark Keeney. 

Finally, congrats to the staff of General Manager Sars Ford and support staff of Gary Walsh and Tyrone Kingwood. 

Thank you as well to all the sponsors, families and all the other supporters. 

Barnums are the Champions!