Story byZach CarterTue, March 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM UTC·13 min readSubscribe to HookC Baseball to get the best coverage of the Huskies all season long!Wins turned lossesAs the calendar flipped to the first full month of the college baseball season, the Huskies ushered March in harshly, letting a series win — and not inconceivably, a sweep — fall through their fingertips this weekend. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementUConn led late in all three games, held UNC Wilmington to just five runs through the first 28 innings of the weekend but secured just one win on Friday before blowing eighth-inning leads on both Saturday and Sunday to lose 2-1 and 7-2, respectively. It was the kind of weekend that made Jim Penders say: “I don’t have any answers.”Photo: UConn AthleticsLet’s recap…Reigning Big East Pitcher of the Week Charlie West took the ball to start UConn’s lone win. He battled control issues as he walked six but limited the damage to two earned runs across four-plus innings thanks to nine strikeouts.“(West) doesn’t get rattled, he kept competing,” Penders said postgame. “He didn’t have his command today, obviously, a lot of freebies from the mound.