2013 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

2013 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
ACC Regular Season Champion
ACC Tournament Champion
Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Chapel Hill Super Regional Champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2013 record 52-8 (21–7 ACC)
Head coach Mike Fox (15th year)
Assistant coach Scott Forbes
Assistant coach Scott Jackson
Assistant coach Bryant Gaines
Home stadium Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
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 xy 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 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team are representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox is in his 15th year coaching the Tar Heels. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The 2013 season was one of the best in school history. The Tar Heels were ranked #1 in the Baseball America poll for most of the season, and won their first ACC tournament title in six years. They made the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the overall number-one seed, and advanced to the 2013 College World Series. It was the 10th CWS appearance in school history, and their seventh appearance since 2006.

Current roster

North Carolina Tar Heels 2013 baseball roster[2]
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • #48 - Taylore Cherry
  • #28 - Reilly Hovis
  • #44 - Trevor Kelley
  • #17 - Chris McCue
  • #32 - Mason McCullough
  • #39 - Benton Moss
  • #37 - Chris Munnelly
  • #46 - Luis Paula
  • #36 - Andrew Smith
  • #26 - Shane Taylor
  • #31 - Trent Thornton
  • #41 - Kent Emanuel
  • #34 - Peter Hendel
  • #29 - Hobbs Johnson
  • #14 - Chris O'Brien
  • #27 - Tate Parrish


Catchers

  • #43 - Korey Dunbar
  • #7 - Matt Roberts
  • #10 - Brian Holberton
  • #24 - Matt Rubino
Infielders
  • #42 - Grayson Atwood
  • #25 - Cody Stubbs
  • # 3 - Mike Zolk
  • #18 - Colin Moran
  • # 5 - Michael Russell
  • # 4 - Matt Campbell
  • #12 - Landon Lassiter

Outfielders

  • #20 - Skye Bolt
  • #16 - Zach Daly
  • #1 - Michael Massardo
  • #19 - Tom Zengel
  • #8 - Parks Jordan
  • #2 - Chaz Frank
Coaches
  • #30 - Mike Fox (Head Coach)
  • #21 - Scott Forbes (Assistant Coach/ Pitching Coach)
  • #15 - Scott Jackson (Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator)
  • Bryant Gaines (Assistant Coach)
  • Dave Arendas (Director of Baseball Operations)
  • Tyson Lusk (Clubhouse/Equipment Manager)

Schedule

2013 North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Post-Season

Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*ACC Conference games

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 18 Final 
Coaches' 4 4* 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 3  
Baseball America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 5  
Collegiate Baseball^ 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3  
NCBWA1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 6 4

^ 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.

See also

References