2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Conference SEC East
2008 Record 41-22 (15-14 SEC)
Head Coach Tim Corbin

Home Stadium

 Hawkins Field
Seasons
« 2007 2009 »

The 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team plays at Hawkins Field in Nashville, TN.

The team is coached by Tim Corbin in his sixth season at Vanderbilt. Last season, Corbin's team posted a 54-13 record and won the SEC regular season crown and the SEC tournament. They also hosted a regional for the first time in school history, eventually falling to Michigan in an extra-innings heartbreaker.

Contents

[edit] Season Notes

[edit] Roster

[edit] Coaches

Name Title First Season at VU Alma Mater
Tim Corbin[1] Head Coach 2003 Ohio Wesleyan University (1984)
Erik Bakich[2] Assistant Coach 2003 East Carolina University (2000)
Derek Johnson[3] Assistant Coach 2002 Eastern Illinois University (1994)
Blake Allen[4] Volunteer Assistant Coach 2005 Blackburn College (2001)
Mike Calitri[5] Director of Baseball Operations 2006 Clemson University (2004)

[edit] Players

Number Player Position Bats/Throws
1 David Macias OF S/R
2 Jason Cunningham LHP L/L
3 Dominic de la Osa OF R/R
5 Andrew Giobbi C R/R
6 Brian Harris INF R/R
7 Parker Hanks OF R/R
8 Alex Feinberg INF R/R
9 Curt Casali C R/R
11 Nick Christiani RHP R/R
12 Mike Minor LHP L/L
15 Richie Goodenow LHP L/L
17 Shea Robin C R/R
18 Sean Bierman LHP L/L
19 Ben Blanton LHP L/L
20 Kellen St. Luce LHP L/L
21 Brett Jacobson RHP R/R
22 Ryan Flaherty INF L/R
24 Pedro Alvarez INF L/R
25 Steven Liddle OF L/L
26 Jordan Wormsley OF L/L
27 Caleb Cotham RHP R/R
28 Brad French INF R/R
31 Russell Brewer INF/RHP R/R
32 Gabe Ortiz INF R/R
33 Drew Hayes RHP R/R
34 Taylor Hill RHP R/R
36 Aaron Westlake INF L/R
39 Jared Cohen RHP/OF R/R
40 Johnathan White OF L/L
42 Chase Reid RHP L/R
43 Steven Schwartz RHP L/R
44 Mark Lamm RHP R/R
45 Drew Fann C R/R
46 Adam Cronk INF R/R
51 Alex Hilliard OF R/R
55 Joey Manning OF R/R

[edit] Schedule/Results

2008 Game Log
Regular Season
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record SEC
1 February 22 vs. #11 Oregon State Packard Stadium 8-1 Minor (1-0) Stutes, M. (0-1) Cotham (1)  ? 1-0
2 February 23 @ #1 Arizona State Packard Stadium 18-6 Leake (1-0) Jacobson (0-1) 3300 1-1
3 February 24 vs. Miami (OH) Packard Stadium 4-3 Reid (1-0) Oberschlake (0-1)  ? 2-1
4 February 27 Evansville Hawkins Field 4-3 Brewer (1-0) McCarthy (0-1) 224 3-1
5 February 29 Kansas Hawkins Field 7-1 Minor (2-0) Czyz (0-2) 700 4-1
6 March 1 Iowa Hawkins Field 6-3 Jacobs (1-1) Jacobson (0-2) Mossey (1) 1200 4-2
7 March 2 Xavier Hawkins Field 17-3 Christiani (1-0) Rosenbaum (0-2) 1521 5-2
8 March 4 Louisville Hawkins Field 17-6 Cotham (1-0) Belanger (0-1) 122 6-2
9 March 6 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 2-1 Kohlstaedt (2-1) Minor (2-1) 341 6-3
10 March 7 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 5-4 Reid (2-0) Worthington (0-1) 121 7-3
-- March 8 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field Canceled (snow)
11 March 9 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 9-3 Schwartz (1-0) Kool (1-2) 524 8-3
12 March 11 Western Carolina Hawkins Field 5-3 Cotham (2-0) Saberhagen (0-2) Brewer (1) 324 9-3
13 March 12 Western Carolina Hawkins Field 11-4 Hill (1-0) Sexton (0-2) Jacobson (1) 752 10-3
14 March 14 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 4-3 (13) Brewer (2-0) Todd (0-1) 1863 11-3 1-0
15 March 15 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 16-7 Atwood (1-0) Christiani (1-1) 476 11-4 1-1
16 March 16 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 10-4 Cotham (3-0) Cooper (2-2) 2027 12-4 2-1
17 March 19 Lipscomb Hawkins Field 12-4 Goodenow (1-0) Bowling (0-1) 341 13-4
18 March 21 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2-1 Minor (3-1) Hyatt (2-2) 4281 14-4 3-1
19 March 22 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9-7 Graham (2-1) Cotham (3-1) Copeland (2) 4310 14-5 3-2
20 March 23 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10-3 Phares (1-1) Hill (1-1) 3999 14-6 3-3
21 March 25 Belmont Hawkins Field 7-3 Jacobson (1-2) Woods (0-1) Hayes (1) 679 15-6
22 March 26 MTSU Hawkins Field 12-10 (12) Hill (2-1) Coley (0-1) 2342 16-6
-- March 28 Arkansas Hawkins Field Postponed (rain)
-- March 29 Arkansas Hawkins Field Suspended (curfew)
23 March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field 6-5 (12) Hill (3-1) Richards (1-2) 1320 17-6 4-3
24 March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field 6-2 (7) Cotham (4-1) Korbal (0-4) 1521 18-6 5-3
-- March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field Canceled (rain)
25 April 1 Southeast Missouri Hawkins Field 12-8 Renfrow (2-1) Hill (3-2) Kemper (3) 213 18-7
26 April 2 @ MTSU Reese Smith Field 6-5 Christiani (2-1) Smalley (1-1) Brewer (2) 1264 19-7
-- April 4 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field Postponed (rain)
27 April 5 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 7-6 Bittle (2-1) Minor (3-2)  ? 19-8 5-4
28 April 5 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 8-0 Pomeranz (2-1) Cotham (4-2) 4506 19-9 5-5
29 April 6 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 11-6 Satterwhite (3-1) Jacobson (1-3) 4591 19-10 5-6
30 April 8 WKU Hawkins Field 5-1 Christiani (3-1) Davis (1-5) Hayes (2) 781 20-10
31 April 9 Austin Peay Hawkins Field 8-1 Reid (3-0) Lykins (0-2) 674 21-10
32 April 11 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 15-8 Minor (4-2) Busby (0-3) 2087 22-10 6-6
33 April 12 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 16-0 Cotham (5-2) Bowen (2-4) 2044 23-10 7-6
34 April 13 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 4-3 Christiani (4-1) Lalor (1-3) Brewer (3) 1185 24-10 8-6
35 April 15 @ Lipscomb Ken Dugan Field 8-1 Hill (4-2) Piennette (1-2) 1172 2510
36 April 16 @ WKU Nick Denes Field 5-1 Lamm (1-0) Hightower (3-3) 1056 26-10
-- April 18 Auburn Hawkins Field Suspended (rain)
37 April 19 Auburn Hawkins Field 6-3 Dayton (5-1) Minor (4-3) Woodall (9) 1719 26-11 8-7
38 April 19 Auburn Hawkins Field 8-2 Cotham (6-2) Luckie (4-4) 1321 27-11 9-7
39 April 20 Auburn Hawkins Field 9-5 Christiani (5-1) Hendrix (1-1) Brewer (4) 2427 28-11 10-7
40 April 22 @ Austin Peay Austin C. Hand Park 9-8 Hayes (1-0) Hughes (0-2) Brewer (5) 655 29-11
41 April 23 @ Belmont Greer Stadium 10-7 Schwartz (2-0) Kelley (1-4) Jacobson (2) 743 30-11
42 April 25 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 3-2 Brewer (3-0) Rusin (4-2) 2545 31-11 11-7
43 April 26 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 6-2 Lovett (3-1) Cotham (6-3) Albers (1) 2945 31-12 11-8
44 April 27 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 3-1 Dombrowsk (5-0) Christiani (5-2) Albers (2) 2127 31-13 11-9
45 May 2 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8-5 Minor (5-3) Hernandez (1-4) Jacobson (3) 2176 32-13 12-9
46 May 3 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 9-2 Cotham (7-3) Morgado (5-3) 1571 33-13 13-9
47 May 4 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 10-8 Reid (4-0) Wiltz (3-2) Jacobson (4) 2501 34-13 14-9
48 May 6 vs. Memphis Pringles Park 8-0 Hayes (2-0) Martin (4-3) 923 35-13
49 May 7 Tennessee Tech Hawkins Field 7-2 Hill (5-2) Liberatore (1-1) 1743 36-13
50 May 9 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 13-7 Brewer (4-0) Holder (7-3) 3200 37-13 15-9
51 May 10 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 4-2 (10) Weaver (4-1) Brewer (4-1) Fields (14) 3284 37-14 15-10
52 May 11 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 12-10 Moreau (3-2) Christiani (5-3) Fields (15) 1758 37-15 15-11
53 May 15 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 8-6 Edmondson (4-3) Brewer (4-2) 2656 37-16 15-12
54 May 16 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 5-4 Locke (5-2) Cotham (7-4) Keating (1) 2863 37-17 15-13
55 May 17 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 13-12 (11) Mullaney (3-4) Jacobson (1-4) 2877 37-18 15-14
SEC Tournament
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
56 May 21 vs. Florida Regions Field 7-3 Minor (6-3) Keating (8-1) Brewer (6) 6027 38-18
57 May 22 vs. #13 LSU Regions Field 8-2 Martin (5-3) Cotham (7-5)  ? 38-19
58 May 23 vs. #23 South Carolina Regions Field 7-5 Christiani (6-3) Cooper (5-6) Brewer (7)  ? 39-19
59 May 24 vs. Ole Miss Regions Field 7-4 Jacobson (2-4) McKean (4-1) Brewer (8)  ? 40-19
60 May 24 vs. Ole Miss Regions Field 8-7 Morgan (4-0) Hayes (2-1) 3648 40-20
NCAA Regionals
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
61 May 30 Oklahoma Packard Stadium 8-5 Doyle (9-4) Cotham (7-6) Anderson (2) 1551 40-21
62 May 31 Stony Brook Packard Stadium 9-4 Minor (7-3) Novakowski (7-5) 1101 41-21
63 June 1 Oklahoma Packard Stadium 11-10 Rocha (4-3) Brewer (4-3) 1154 41-22

Links in the first column are to game recaps on VUcommodores.com. Rankings are based on the USA Today / ESPN coaches' poll standings at the time the game was played.

[edit] Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)[6] 6[7] -- 11 12 8 13 8 17 14 13 17 14 13 21 22
Baseball America (Top 25) 3[8] 7[9] 7[10] 6[11] 5[12] 9[13] 8[14] 19[15] 17[16] 17[17] 22[18] 18[19] 19[20] N/R[21] N/R[22]
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) 11[23] 9[24] 10[25] 12 [26] 9[27] 14[28] 13[29] 23[30] 22[31] 20[32] 20[33] 16[34] 17[35] N/R[36] 24[37]
NCBWA (Top 30) 8[38] 7[39] 10[40] 9[41] 6[42] 11[43] 6[44] 13[45] 11[46] 10[47] 13[48] 11[49] 13[50] 21[51] 21[52]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[53] 7 5 5 4 4 9 9 17 18 18 22 18 19 N/R N/R

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tim Corbin Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  2. ^ Erik Bakich Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  3. ^ Derek Johnson Bio @ VUCommdores.com
  4. ^ Blake Allen Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  5. ^ Mike Calitri Bio @ VUCommodores.com
  6. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN baseball coaches' poll
  7. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN preseason baseball coaches' poll
  8. ^ Baseball America's Preseason College Top 25
  9. ^ Baseball America's Feb. 25 College Top 25
  10. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 3 College Top 25
  11. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 10 College Top 25
  12. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 17 College Top 25
  13. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 24 College Top 25
  14. ^ Baseball America's Mar. 31 College Top 25
  15. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 7 College Top 25
  16. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 14 College Top 25
  17. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 21 College Top 25
  18. ^ Baseball America's Apr. 28 College Top 25
  19. ^ Baseball America's May 5 College Top 25
  20. ^ Baseball America's May 12 College Top 25
  21. ^ Baseball America's May 19 College Top 25
  22. ^ Baseball America's May 26 College Top 25
  23. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll
  24. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Feb. 25 Poll
  25. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 3 Poll
  26. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 10 Poll
  27. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 17 Poll
  28. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 24 Poll
  29. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 31 Poll
  30. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 7 Poll
  31. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 14 Poll
  32. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 21 Poll
  33. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 28 Poll
  34. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 5 Poll
  35. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 12 Poll
  36. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 19 Poll
  37. ^ Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 26 Poll
  38. ^ 2008 Preseason NCBWA POLL
  39. ^ Feb. 25 NCBWA POLL
  40. ^ Mar. 3 NCBWA POLL
  41. ^ Mar. 10 NCBWA POLL
  42. ^ Mar. 17 NCBWA POLL
  43. ^ Mar. 24 NCBWA POLL
  44. ^ Mar. 31 NCBWA POLL
  45. ^ Apr. 7 NCBWA POLL
  46. ^ Apr. 14 NCBWA POLL
  47. ^ Apr. 21 NCBWA POLL
  48. ^ Apr. 28 NCBWA POLL
  49. ^ May 5 NCBWA POLL
  50. ^ May 12 NCBWA POLL
  51. ^ May 19 NCBWA POLL
  52. ^ May 26 NCBWA POLL
  53. ^ Rivals.com Top 25

[edit] External links