2013 VCU Rams baseball team

2013 VCU Rams baseball
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
2013 record 16–16 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach Shawn Stiffler (1st year)
Assistant coach Jeff Palumbo (2nd year)
Assistant coach TBA
Hitting coach C.J. Rhodes (3rd year)
Home stadium The Diamond
2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Saint Louis y 17 7 0   .708     41 21 0   .661
Charlotte 17 7 0   .708     37 23 0   .617
Rhode Island 17 7 0   .708     35 24 0   .593
Xavier 16 8 0   .667     32 26 0   .552
George Washington 15 9 0   .625     26 32 0   .448
La Salle 15 9 0   .625     24 29 0   .453
Richmond 13 11 0   .542     31 24 0   .564
VCU 12 12 0   .500     28 26 0   .519
Saint Joseph's 12 12 0   .500     26 26 0   .500
Butler 12 12 0   .500     25 26 0   .490
St. Bonaventure 9 15 0   .375     20 28 0   .417
Fordham 8 16 0   .333     22 33 0   .400
Temple 7 17 0   .292     18 28 0   .391
Massachusetts 7 17 0   .292     14 31 0   .311
Dayton 3 21 0   .125     11 39 1   .225
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 3, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 VCU Rams baseball team will be the 43rd season of the university fielding a varsity baseball program, and will represent Virginia Commonwealth University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams will be playing their inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

It will be the first season of Shawn Stiffler as manager for the program. It was previously lead by Paul Keyes for the past 18 season. Keyes died of cancer in the summer of 2012.[2]

Personnel

2013 roster

2013 VCU Rams Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 Matt Lees - Sophomore
  • 14 Logan Kanuik - Junior
  • 16 Michael Carpenter - Freshman
  • 17 Ryan Farrar - Senior
  • 20 Seth Greene - Redshirt Junior
  • 23 Ryan Morrison - Junior
  • 30 Hunter Absher - Freshman
  • 31 Tyler Buckley- Junior
  • 33 Dan Black - Freshman
  • 35 Heath Dwyer- Sophomore
  • 38 Jordan Storey - Redshirt Junior
 

Infielders

  • 4 Joey Cujas - Junior
  • 6 Jordan Weymouth - Senior
  • 10 Tom Crimi - Junior
  • 12 Robert Malan - Redshirt Junior
  • 25 Vimael Machin - Sophomore
  • 26 Trevor Marino - Junior
  • 27 Brent Mikionis - Redshirt Sophomore

Utility

  • 18 Bryce Lee - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 7 Chris Ayers - Junior
  • 11 Walker Haymaker - Freshman
  • 21 Nick Octavi - Junior

Outfielders

  • 1 James Bunn - Freshman
  • 2 Bill Cullen - Junior
  • 3 Landon Prentiss - Junior
  • 9 Cody Acker - Freshman
  • 19 Michael Thomas - Freshman
  • 24 Taylor Buran - Redshirt Senior
  • 34 Cody Yount - Redshirt Senior
 

Schedule

2013 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log
Regular Season

[4]

* 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'[5] NR NR* NR  
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[7] NR NR NR  
NCBWA[8] 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.
* 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