2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
College World Series, 1–2
Conference Big West Conference
2014 record 41–25 (15–9 Big West)
Head coach Mike Gillespie (7th year)
Assistant coach Ben Orloff (1st year)
Assistant coach Bob Macaluso (4th year)
Assistant coach Danny Bibona (1st year)
Home stadium Cicerone Field
2014 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#19 Cal Poly y 19 5 0   .792     47 12 0   .797
Long Beach State y 17 7 0   .708     34 26 0   .567
#8 UC Irvine y 15 9 0   .625     40 23 0   .635
#29 Cal State Fullerton y 14 10 0   .583     24 24 0   .500
UC Santa Barbara 12 12 0   .500     34 17 1   .663
UC Riverside 12 12 0   .500     26 28 0   .481
UC Davis 7 17 0   .292     23 31 0   .426
Hawaii 6 18 0   .250     22 31 0   .415
Cal State Northridge 6 18 0   .250     18 38 0   .321
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 9, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represents the University of California, Irvine in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team plays home games at Cicerone Field in Irvine, California. The team is coached by Mike Gillespie in his seventh season at Irvine.

Personnel

Roster

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Mitch Merten - Senior
  • 9 - Sam Moore - Junior
  • 13 - Andrew Morales - Senior
  • 14 - Matt Fielding - Junior
  • 16 - Jimmy Litchfield - Senior
  • 17 - Michael Miller - Sophomore
  • 18 - Jordan Scheftz - Freshman
  • 21 - Evan Manarino - Junior
  • 23 - Michael Martin - Freshman
  • 32 - Elliot Surrey - Sophomore
  • 34 - Evan Brock - Senior
  • 38 - Kyle Davis - Sophomore
  • 39 - Chris Vargas - Freshman
  • 40 - Sean Sparling - Freshman
  • 44 - Max Weinstein - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Alex Guenette - Freshman
  • 11 - Jerry McClanahan - Junior
  • 31 - Renae Martinez - Freshman
  • 42 - Raul Silva-Martinez - Junior
  • 55 - Edgar Ruvalcaba - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Mikey Duarte - Sophomore
  • 2 - Justin Castro - Junior
  • 15 - Jonathan Munoz - Sophomore
  • 20 - John Brontsema - Freshman
  • 22 - Chris Rabago - Junior
  • 25 - Taylor Sparks - Junior
  • 26 - Andrew Martinez - Freshman
  • 27 - Grant Palmer - Sophomore
  • 33 - Connor Spencer - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 7 - Ryan Cooper - Junior
  • 8 - Evan Cassolato - Freshman
  • 24 - Kris Paulino - Junior
  • 30 - Adam Alcantara - Freshman
  • 36 - Jonathan Herkins - Sophomore
 

Coaches

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball coaching staff[3]
  • 19 - Mike Gillespie - Head Coach - 7th year
  • 6 - Ben Orloff - Assistant Coach - 1st year
  • 10 - Bob Macaluso - Assistant Coach - 4th year
  • 3 - Danny Bibona - Assistant Coach - 1st year

Schedule

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament Corvallis Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
May 30 (2) UNLV Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldCorvallis, OR W 10–3 Morales (10–2) Richy (11–4) None 2,813 36–22 1–0
May 31 (1) Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 14–2 Surrey (7–4) Fry (11–2) None 3,422 37–22 2–0
June 1 (1) Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR L 0–4 Schultz (7–2) Brock (8–6) None 3,386 37–23 2–1
June 2 (1) Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 Manarino (4–3) Thompson (3–2) Surrey (1) 3,435 38–23 3–1
NCAA Tournament Stillwater Super Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 6 #4 Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds StadiumStillwater, OK W 8–4 Surrey (8–4) Perrin (8–5) Manarino (1) 3,701 39–23 4–1
June 7 #4 Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 1–0 Morales (11–2) Wheeland (10–1) None 3,676 40–23 5–1
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 14 #6 Texas TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE W 3–1 Brock (9–6) Thornhill (8–3) None 23,796 41–23 1–0
June 16 #5 Vanderbilt TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L (4–6) Buehler (12–2) Surrey (8–5) None 20,792 41–24 1–1
June 18 #6 Texas TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 0–1 Hollingsworth (4–0) Manarino (4–4) Duke (2) 24,337 41–24 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' NR NR* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 25 NR NR  
Baseball America NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 24 NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^ NR NR NR NR 24 NR NR NR NR 21 28 20 16 21 NR NR 14 8  
NCBWANR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 27 NR NR 15

^ 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.

References

  1. "Baseball standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. "2014 Baseball Roster". UC Irvine Anteaters. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. "Baseball Coaching Staff". UC Irvine Anteaters. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. "2014 Baseball Schedule". UC Irvine Anteaters. Retrieved June 14, 2014.