2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

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2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
ACC Regular season Champion
Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Chapel Hill Super Regional Champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record44–18 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadium Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
Seasons
 2017
2019  
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  xy228 .7334716 .746
No. 22 NC State  y1911 .6334218 .700
No. 23 Louisville  y1812 .6004519 .703
Florida State  y1613 .5524319 .694
Wake Forest  1317 .4332532 .439
Notre Dame  1218 .4002430 .444
Boston College  722 .2411732 .347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina  xy228 .7334418 .710
No. 11 Duke  y1811 .6214518 .714
Miami (FL)  1613 .5522826 .519
Georgia Tech  1416 .4673127 .534
Virginia  1217 .4142925 .537
Pittsburgh  1119 .3672926 .527
Virginia Tech  822 .2672133 .389
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 17, 2018 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team are representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox is in his 20th year coaching the Tar Heels. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Contents

The Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division, and matched Clemson for the best record in the conference. They reached the 2018 College World Series, their eleventh time advancing to Omaha and first since 2013.

Roster

North Carolina Tar Heels 2018 baseball roster [2]
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  • 19 - Brett Daniels - Senior
  • 23 - Tyler Baum - Sophomore
  • 24 - Hansen Butler - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 25 - Taylor Sugg - Junior
  • 27 - Jason Morgan - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 31 - Josh Hiatt - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 34 - Caden O'Brien - Freshman
  • 36 - Joey Lancellotti - Freshman
  • 37 - Bo Weiss - Sophomore
  • 39 - Kyle Blendinger - Freshman
  • 41 - Cooper Criswell - Junior
  • 42 - Gianluca Dalatri - Sophomore
  • 44 - Austin Love - Freshman
  • 45 - Austin Bergner - Sophomore
  • 48 - Rodney Hutchison Jr. - Junior

Catchers

  • 4 - Brandon Martorano - Sophomore
  • 11 - Cody Roberts - Junior
  • 43 - Brendan Illies - Junior
Infielders
  • 2 - Satchel Jerzembeck - Freshman
  • 3 - Kyle Datres - Junior
  • 7 - Dallas Tessar - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 8 - Ike Freeman - Sophomore
  • 10 - Zack Gahagan - Senior
  • 15 - Michael Busch - Sophomore
  • 18 - Clemente Inclan - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 1 - Brandon Riley - Junior
  • 5 - Ashton McGee - Sophomore
  • 6 - Dylan Enwiller - Junior
  • 12 - Josh Ladowski - Junior
  • 16 - Earl Semper - Freshman
  • 26 - Jackson Hesterlee - Junior
  • 38 - Kip Brandenburg - Sophomore
  • 40 - Angel Zarate - Freshman
  • 46 - Ben Casparius - Freshman
Coaches
  • #30 - Mike Fox (Head Coach)
  • #21 - Scott Forbes (Associate Head Coach)
  • Robert Woodard (Assistant Coach/ Pitching Coach)
  • Jesse Wierzbicki

Schedule

Legend
 North Carolina win
 North Carolina loss
BoldNorth Carolina team member
*Non-Conference game
2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball game log [3]
Regular season
Postseason

Rankings are from the Collegiate Baseball poll for that week. Numbers in parentheses indicate tournament seeds.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' 77*7*2122171264868
Baseball America 66131320191053656
Collegiate Baseball^7730128643655
NCBWA7819212627292723181154867

^ 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.

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References

  1. "Conference Standings". TheACC. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. "2018 Baseball Roster". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. "2018 Baseball Schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved June 10, 2018.