2013 VCU Rams baseball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record16–16 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Palumbo (2nd season)
  • TBA
Hitting coachC.J. Rhodes (3rd season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
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 led 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
February
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record A10 record
1 02/15/13 vs. Boston College
(Elon Invitational)		 Latham Park 4–1 M. Lees (1–0) J. Burke (0–1) none 200 1–0 —
— 02/16/13 vs. Marist
(Elon Invitational)		 Latham Park Postponed 1–0 —
2 02/17/13 @ Elon
(Elon Invitational)		 Latham Park 6–2 R. Ferrar (1–0) D. Whitehead (0-1) J. Weymouth (1) 256 2–0 —
3 02/22/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 1–0 H. Dwyer (2–0) K. Mullen (1–1) M. Lees (2) 222 3–0 1–0
4 02/23/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 3–2 L. Kanuik (1-0) K. Burum (1-1) M. Lees (3) 210 4-0 0-0
5 02/24/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 2–0 R. Farrar (2-0) D. Thorpe (0-1) S. Greene (1) 310 5-0 0-0
— 02/26/13 @ East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium Postponed 5–0 —
March
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record A10 record
6 03/01/13 vs. UNC Asheville
(Charleston Crab House Shootout)		 Riley Park 12-1 H. Dwyer (3-0) D. Roland (0-3) none 125 6-0 0-0
7 03/02/13 @ The Citadel
(Charleston Crab House Shootout)		 Riley Jr. Park 11-6 T. Buckley (1-0) J. Reeves (1-1) none 240 7-0 0-0
8 03/03/13 vs. Pittsburgh
(Charleston Crab House Shootout)		 Riley Jr. Park 6-4 R. Farrar (3-0) A. Belfiglio (0-1) M. Lees (5) 150 8-0 0-0
9 03/05/13 George Mason The Diamond 4-2 T. Marino (1-0) T. Love (0-1) M. Lees(6) 176 9-0 0-0
10 03/08/13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 3-9 M. Batts (2-0) H. Dwyer (3-1) None 713 9-1 0-0
11 03/09/13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 2-7 J. Ramsey (1-2) T. Buckley (1-1) None 976 9-2 0-0
12 03/10/13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 2-3 MacDonald (2-0) R. Farrar (3-1) Livengood (1) 1,037 9-3 0-0
13 03/11/13 Wagner The Diamond 11-8 S. Greene (1-0) C. Smith (0-2) None 210 10-3 0-0
14 03/15/13 Monmouth The Diamond 1-3 McGee (2-0) H. Dwyer (3-2) None 255 10-4 0-0
15 03/16/13 Monmouth The Diamond 8-3 T. Buckley (2-1) Smith (0-3) S. Greene(2) 250 11-4 0-0
16 03/17/13 Monmouth The Diamond 1-7 Yunginger (2-0) R. Farrar (3-2) Hunt(1) 199 11-5 0-0
17 03/19/13 Rutgers The Diamond 4-3 M. Lees (1-0) Brey (1-1) None 237 12-5 0-0
18 03/20/13 Rutgers The Diamond 6-9 Corsi (2-3) L. Kanuik (1-1) None 227 12-6 0-0
19 03/22/13 Butler* The Diamond 4-6 Stout (4-2) H. Dwyer (3-3) BYERLY(2) 214 12-7 0-1
20 03/23/13 Butler* The Diamond 3-4 Kramp (5-0) R. Farrar (3-3) Byerly(3) 222 12-8 0-2
21 03/23/13 Butler* The Diamond 4-7 Laing (1-1) S. Greene (1-1) Byerly(4) 299 12-9 0-3
22 03/26/13 at #1 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 2-3 C. McCue (5-0) M. Lees (1-1) None 365 12-10 0-3
23 03/29/13 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 5-2 H. Dwyer (4-3) T. Barnette (1-2) None 1,089 13-10 1-3
24 03/30/13 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 8-9 J. Hudson (2-0) M. Lees (1-2) None 1,141 13-11 1-4
25 03/30/13 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 4-3 L. Kanuik (2-1) S. Geohegan (1-1) None 1,148 14-11 2-4
April
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record A10 record
26 04/02/13 at Virginia Tech English Field 5-11 J. Joyce (4-1) D. Black (0-1) None 1,042 14-12 2-4
27 04/05/13 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 2-6 C. Bach (2-2) H. Dwyer (4-4) None 187 14-13 2-4
28 04/06/13 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 4-5 J. Garrett (2-2) M. Lees (1-3) None 234 14-14 2-4
29 04/07/13 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 8-4 L. Kanuik (3-1) J. Brown (3-1) None 222 15-14 2-4
30 04/09/13 at Maryland Shipley Field 5-6 B. Casas (2-0) A. Absher (0-1) None 357 15-15 2-4
31 04/12/13 Temple* The Diamond 2-1 M. Lees (2-3) P. Peterson (1-4) None 335 16-15 3-4
32 04/13/13 Temple* The Diamond 1-5 E. Peterson (5-0) R. Farrar (4-4) None 340 16-16 3-5
33 04/14/13 Temple* The Diamond
34 04/16/13 Maryland The Diamond
35 04/17/13 VMI The Diamond
36 04/19/13 at Dayton* Woerner Field
37 04/20/13 at Dayton* Woerner Field
38 04/21/13 at Dayton* Woerner Field
39 04/23/13 at Old Dominion
(Hampton Classic)		 War Memorial Stadium
40 04/26/13 at La Salle* DeVincent Field
41 04/27/13 at La Salle* DeVincent Field
42 04/28/13 at La Salle* DeVincent Field
43 04/30/13 #7 Virginia The Diamond
May
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CAA record
44 05/04/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond
45 05/05/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond
46 05/05/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond
47 05/08/13 at Maryland Shipley Field
48 05/10/13 at George Washington* Barcroft Park
49 05/11/13 at George Washington* Barcroft Park
50 05/12/13 at George Washington* Barcroft Park
51 05/14/13 at Virginia Davenport Field
52 05/16/13 Richmond* The Diamond
53 05/17/13 Richmond* The Diamond
54 05/18/13 Richmond* The Diamond
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CAA record
55 05/22/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – –
56 05/23/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – –
57 05/24/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – –
58 05/25/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – –
[4]
* A-10 conference games.

Rankings

Main article: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[5]——*—
Baseball America[6]———
Collegiate Baseball^[7]———
NCBWA†[8]——RV

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Baseball America | Blog | Baseball America College Blog | VCU Coach Paul Keyes Dies At Age 50". www.baseballamerica.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "2013 VCU BASEBALL ROSTER - VCU". www.vcuathletics.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "2013 VCU Baseball Schedule". VCU Athletics. VCUAthletics.com. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll". USA Today. January 25, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  6. ^ "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
  7. ^ "NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  8. ^ "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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