2014 VCU Rams baseball team

2014 VCU Rams baseball
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 25
2014 record 20–3 (3–0 A-10)
Head coach Shawn Stiffler (3rd year)
Assistant coach Jeff Palumbo (3rd year)
Assistant coach Kurt Elbin (2nd year)
Assistant coach Sean Cutler-Voltz (1st year)
Home stadium The Diamond
2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Saint Louis 18 7 1   .712     34 21 1   .616
Saint Joseph's 18 8 0   .692     35 16 0   .686
George Mason y 16 9 0   .640     34 22 0   .607
VCU 15 10 0   .600     37 20 0   .649
Richmond 13 12 0   .520     24 28 1   .462
Dayton 14 13 0   .519     24 30 0   .444
Fordham 13 14 0   .481     24 30 0   .444
George Washington 12 15 0   .444     20 30 0   .400
UMass 12 15 0   .444     15 31 0   .326
La Salle 9 15 1   .380     14 34 1   .296
Rhode Island 7 18 0   .280     13 40 0   .245
St. Bonaventure 6 17 0   .261     12 30 0   .286
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 7, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 VCU Rams baseball team will be the 44th season of the university fielding a varsity baseball program, and will represent Virginia Commonwealth University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. It will be the Rams' second season playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

It will be the third season of Shawn Stiffler as head coach for the program.

Personnel

2014 roster

2014 VCU Rams Roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 - Matt Lees - Junior
  • 14 - Logan Kanuik - Senior
  • 16 - Michael Carpenter - Sophomore
  • 20 - Seth Greene - RS Senior
  • 23 - Matt Jamer - Freshman
  • 30 - Brian Goodling - Freshman
  • 31 - Tyler Buckley - Junior
  • 32 - Daniel Concepcion - Junior
  • 33 - Dan Black - Sophomore
  • 34 - Matt Blanchard - Junior
  • 35 - Heath Dwyer - Junior
  • 37 - Thomas Gill - Junior
  • 38 - Jordan Storey - RS Senior
  • 40 - JoJo Howie - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 4 - Joey Cujas - Junior
  • 10 - Tom Crimi - Senior
  • 15 - Darian Carpenter - Freshman
  • 17 - Matt Davis - Freshman
  • 18 - Bryce Lee - Senior
  • 25 - Vimael Machin - Junior
  • 26 - Trevor Marino - Senior
  • 27 - Shane Dressler - Freshman

Utility

  • 8 - Logan Farrar - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 7 - Chris Ayers - Senior
  • 11 - Walker Haymaker - Sophomore
  • 19 - Brett Hileman - Freshman
  • 21 - Nick Octavi - Senior
  • 24 - Joe Bugas - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 1 - James Bunn - Sophomore
  • 2 - Bill Cullen - Senior
  • 3 - Landon Prentiss - Senior
  • 9 - Cody Acker - Sophomore
  • 12 - Alex Gransback - Freshman
 

Schedule

2014 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log
Regular Season

[3]

* A-10 conference games.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
Coaches'[4] NR NR* NR NR NR RV 25  
Baseball America[5] NR NR NR NR NR NR RV  
Collegiate Baseball^[6] NR NR NR NR RV RV 26  
NCBWA[7] NR NR RV NR NR NR RV

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  2. "2013-14 VCU Baseball Roster". VCU Athletics. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  3. "2014 VCU Baseball Schedule". VCU Athletics. VCUAthletics.com. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  4. "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll".
  5. "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
  6. "NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
  7. "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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