2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball team

2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball
Raleigh Super Regional Champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2013 record 50–16 (19–10 ACC)
Head coach Elliott Avent (17th year)
Assistant coach Tom Holliday (7th year)
Assistant coach Chris Hart (9th year)
Assistant coach Brian Ward (6th year)
Home stadium Doak Field
2013 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Atlantic
#9 Florida State xy 20 – 10   .667     47 – 17   .734
#8 NC State y 19 – 10   .655     50 – 16   .758
#14 Clemson y 18 – 12   .600     40 – 22   .645
Maryland 11 – 19   .367     30 – 25   .545
Wake Forest 9 – 20   .310     28 – 27   .509
Boston College 4 – 25   .138     12 – 40   .231
Coastal
#2 North Carolina x‡y 21 – 7   .750     59 – 12   .831
#7 Virginia y 22 – 8   .733     50 – 12   .806
Virginia Tech y 15 – 14   .517     40 – 22   .645
Georgia Tech y 15 – 15   .500     37 – 27   .578
Miami (FL) y 14 – 16   .467     37 – 25   .597
Duke 9 – 21   .300     26 – 29   .473
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball team represented North Carolina State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolfpack was coached by Elliott Avent, in his seventeenth season, and played their home games at Doak Field.

The Wolfpack finished with 50 wins, the most in school history, against 16 losses overall, and 19–10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, good for second place in the Atlantic Division. They reached the College World Series for just the second time in their history, where they finished 1–2, eliminated by rival North Carolina 7–0.

Roster

2013 NC State Wolfpack roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 Ryan Williamson - Freshman
  • 13 Andrew Woeck - Senior
  • 14 Logan Jernigan - Junior
  • 16 Carlos Rodon - Junior
  • 17 Jon Olczak - Sophomore
  • 25 Karl Keglovits - Sophomore
  • 26 Brad Stone - Sophomore
  • 27 Chris Williams - Junior
  • 33 Johnny Piedmonte - Sophomore
  • 34 Cody Beckman - Freshman
  • 35 Cory Wilder - Freshman
  • 38 D. J. Thomas - Senior
  • 39 Travis Orwig - Junior
  • 41 Joe O'Donnell - Freshman
  • 47 Brian Donovan - Sophomore
  • 51 Will Gilbert - Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 18 Kyle Cavanaugh - Freshman
  • 28 John Mangum - Sophomore
  • 31 Luke Voiron - Junior
  • 32 CJ Davis - "Freshman"

Infielders

  • 1 Markel Jones - Freshman
  • 6 Logan Ratledge - Junior
  • 8 Trea Turner - Junior
  • 10 Matt Vernon - Freshman
  • 11 Andrew Knizner - Freshman
  • 12 Preston Palmeiro - Freshman
  • 23 Jake Armstrong - Junior
  

Outfielders

  • 2 Bubby Riley - Junior
  • 11 Brett Austin - Junior
  • 15 Garrett Suggs - Freshman
  • 19 Will Nance - Sophomore
  • 20 Brian Taylor - Sophomore
  • 22 Nathan Hood - Freshman
  • 24 Chance Shepard - Sophomore
  • 30 Jake Fincher - Junior
  • 42 Will Raynor - Freshman
  

Coaches

2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball coaching staff[2]
  • 9 Elliott Avent - Head Coach
  • 50 Tom Holliday - Associate Head Coach
  • 21 Chris Hart - Assistant Coach
  • 5 Brian Ward - Assistant Coach

Schedule

2013 NC State Wolfpack Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Post-Season
ACC Tournament
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACCT Record
May 22 #14 (5) Clemson Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 6–3 Easley (5–2) Gossett (9–4) None 4,834 43–13 1–0
May 24 (8) Miami (FL) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 7–1 Woeck (6–1) Diaz (6–5) None 3,372 44–13 2–0
May 25 #3 (1) North Carolina Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 1–2 (18) Munnelly (6–0) Overman (1–1) None 11,392 44–14 2–1
NCAA Tournament Raleigh Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
May 31 (4) Binghamton Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 4–1 Easley (6–2) Rogalla (5–5) None 2,784 45–14 1–0
June 1 (3) William & Mary Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 1–0 Rodon (9–2) Farrell (11–3) None 3,051 46–14 2–0
June 2 (3) William & Mary Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 9–2 Stone (3–2) Wainman (4–4) Sasser (8) 2,752 47–14 3–0
NCAA Tournament Raleigh Super Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 8 #13 Rice Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 4–3 Easley (7–2) Lemond (7–2) None 3,051 48–14 4–0
June 9 #13 Rice Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 5–4 (17) Ogburn (5–3) Simms (8–4) None 3,051 49–14 5–0
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 16 #2 (1) North Carolina TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 8–1 Rodon (10–2) Emanuel (11–4) None 22,972 50–14 1–0
June 18 #6 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 1–2 Vander Tuig (13–4) Jernigan (1–1) Berg (23) 25,543 50–15 1–1
June 20 #2 (1) North Carolina TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 0–7 Johnson (5–1) Rodon (10–3) None 25,742 50–16 1–2

Ranking Movements

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 Final 
Coaches' 11 11* 18 14 21 18 NR 25 21 16 11 10 9 9 9 8 5 
Baseball America 8 10 10 9 18 16 NR NR 19 15 6 5 5 5 9 7 6 
Collegiate Baseball^ 11 13 11 8 17 16 29 27 19 15 9 7 7 8 10 10 9 5 5 
NCBWA† 9 16 16 12 18 19 27 25 20 17 13 10 9 9 10 8 7 5

^ 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.
* Coaches' does not release a week 1 poll so for comparison purposes the pre-season poll ranking is inserted in the week 1 slot.

Notes

  1. ↑ Carlos Rodon and Karl Keglovits combined to pitch a no-hitter.

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball standings". TheACC.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Official Baseball Roster". NC State Wolfpack. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "2012–13 Schedule". NC State Wolfpack. Retrieved November 9, 2013.