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Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Record | 34-21 (18–6 A10) |
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Fordham | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 34 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 16 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 24 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .490 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Joseph's | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 14 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 17 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Washington x | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 41 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 36 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 21 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 22 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 18 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 17 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 28, 2005 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2005 Rhode Island Rams baseball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams played their home games at Bill Beck Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Frank Leoni in his thirteenth and final year as manager.
The Rams won the East Division championship, notching a 34-21 (18-6) record. [2] In the 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament, the Rams clinched the top seed, and the bye-round, and defeated sixth-seeded Richmond and second-seeded George Washington in the championship game in route to their first-ever NCAA Division I baseball tournament as a four seed, where they were knocked out in the first round by top seeded Long Beach State and third-seeded Pepperdine. [3] After the conclusion of the tournament, Leoni accepted the job at fellow Atlantic 10 Conference member William & Mary to be the head coach of the Tribe. [4] The Rams would not make another appearance in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament until 2016. [5]
The University of Rhode Island opened in 1889, following the Second Morrill Act, an amendment to the pre-existing Land Grant Act. [6] The baseball team was founded in 1898 and began to play on and off throughout the years before finding consistency in 1907. [7] Rhode Island had rarely featured successful teams throughout the years prior to Frank Leoni’s hiring as manager in 1993. Leoni was a starter on Rhode Island’s baseball team from 1988-1990, playing shortstop for the Rams. [8] When hired in 1993, he was the youngest head coach in modern history of NCAA Division I baseball. He immediately began a winning culture in Rhode Island.
The 2004 team finished 35-20-1 (20-4) overall, becoming just the second Atlantic 10 Conference member to win 20 conference games in a season. [7] The top seed overall in the 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament, the Rams lost to fourth-seeded St. Bonaventure in the first round before defeating second-seed St. Bonaventure and third-seeded Richmond in the losers’ bracket before falling to the Bonnies again in the championship game. [2] The Rams failed to clinch an at-large bid into the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Rhode Island starting pitcher Zach Zuercher was named to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Second-Team All-American list. [9]
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Rhode Island was predicted to win the Atlantic-10 Conference and make their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. [10]
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Rhode Island began their season on a rough patch, losing eight out of their first ten games to No. 12 Florida, Maryland, Central Michigan, IPFW, Sacred Heart, Kentucky and Miami (Ohio). [11] The Rams did not capture their first win until March 13, upsetting SEC member Kentucky 7-5. Rhode Island kept their losing skid going throughout the month of March. Once April hit, however, and conference play began, Rhode Island began a tear throughout their schedule. After going 6-11 throughout February and March, Rhode Island went 15-4 throughout the entirety of April, with highlight wins against division rivals Richmond, St. Bonaventure and Temple. [11] They continued their surge, with a commanding 12-game winning streak heading into the month of May. Rhode Island clinched the Atlantic-10 Regular Season title on May 14 with a 8-0 at Massachusetts. [12]
After finishing 34-21 (and 18-6 in conference), Rhode Island would clinch the number one overall seed in the 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. The Rams would not look back, defeating #4 seed Dayton 7-4 in the quarterfinals and #6 seeded Richmond 8-3. [2] In a rematch of the Atlantic 10 Championship game from the previous year, Rhode Island would defeat #2 seeded George Washington 9-7 to clinch Rhode Island's first ever NCAA tournament birth in college history. [2] [13] Second-baseman Wayne Russo would win the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, after going 7-11 hitting with a .636 batting average, two doubles and three RBIs, [14] and catcher Josh Nestor and outfielders Daryl Holcomb and David Savard would join Russo in the All-Tournament Team, with Nestor making his second straight All-Tournament Team.
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(1) Rhode Island Rams | (2) George Washington Colonials | (3) Fordham Rams | (4) Dayton Flyers | (5) Duquesne Dukes | (6) Richmond Spiders |
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2 | George Washington | 4 | 2 | George Washington | 10 | |||||||||||||
4 | Dayton | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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5 | Duquesne | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
The Rams clinched the number four seed in the Long Beach Regional, joining number one seeded Long Beach State (hosts of the regional), second-seeded USC and third-seeded Pepperdine in Long Beach.The Rams' first taste of the tournament would be cut short, however, as a 11-2 defeat to Long Beach State in the first round, and a 2-1 walk-off defeat in the sudden death loser's bracket to Pepperdine would eliminate the Rams in the first two days of the tournament. [15] USC would wind up defeating Long Beach State to advance to the Corvallis Super Regional, where they were promptly knocked out by Oregon State, whom clinched a birth to the College World Series. [16] Following the tournament, Frank Leoni accepted the job at conference-rival William & Mary. Jim Foster would promptly be hired by Rhode Island to succeed Leoni. [17]
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4 | Ohio State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Oregon State | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
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Matt Sullivan | 55 | 208 | 53 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 10 | 15 | .341 | .606 |
Scott Brown | 54 | 204 | 46 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 23 | .333 | .451 |
Ryan Cunningham | 53 | 200 | 32 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 10 | .365 | .550 |
Mike Rainville | 54 | 195 | 38 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 20 | .292 | .405 |
Dave Savard | 50 | 174 | 36 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 25 | .287 | .437 |
Wayne Russo | 54 | 166 | 36 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 32 | .343 | .494 |
Daryl Holcomb | 48 | 156 | 44 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | .340 | .449 |
Josh Nestor | 51 | 155 | 33 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 32 | .303 | .484 |
Joe Viscuso | 51 | 145 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | .228 | .297 |
CJ Simons | 30 | 63 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | .302 | .444 |
Chris Stelma | 25 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .304 |
Zach Zaneski | 21 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .184 | .368 |
Shaun Hagey | 14 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .348 |
James Deady | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 |
Matthew Bruderek | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Team Totals | 55 | 1791 | 370 | 560 | 103 | 13 | 46 | 327 | 83 | 189 | .313 | .462 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
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Zach Zuercher | 6 | 3 | 3.05 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 91.1 | 73 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 103 |
Dan Frederick | 5 | 6 | 5.38 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 77 | 79 | 49 | 46 | 32 | 68 |
Steve Holmes | 7 | 1 | 4.34 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 74.2 | 72 | 40 | 36 | 18 | 77 |
Adam Perkins | 9 | 3 | 3.03 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 68.1 | 69 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 62 |
Jim Norcott | 3 | 3 | 3.18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 45.1 | 43 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 29 |
Tom Venedam | 2 | 3 | 2.56 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 31.2 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
Mike Lefort | 2 | 0 | 2.01 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 22.1 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
Matthew Bruderek | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Brett Palanski | 0 | 1 | 4.82 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Jamie Degidio | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Dave Lipson | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Gil Pena | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Mike Harris | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mike Miranda | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 34 | 21 | 3.75 | 154 | 55 | 11 | 451.1 | 424 | 223 | 188 | 141 | 420 |
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#9 | #290 | Zach Zuercher | LHP | St. Louis Cardinals [18] |
Third baseman Mike Rainville and right-handed pitcher Mick Lefort were both signed as undrafted free-agents after the draft, by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays [19] and the Chicago Cubs respectively [20]
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The 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 20 through 23 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Third-seeded Xavier defeated Rhode Island in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the A-10's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.
The 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 24 through 28 at Jim Houlihan Park at Jack Coffey Field in The Bronx, NY. It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 14 teams. Fifth-seeded Saint Louis defeated St. Bonaventure in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.
The 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held from May 25 through 28 at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH. It featured the top two regular-season finishers of each six-team division, plus the next two best finishers. Top-seeded Rhode Island defeated George Washington in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.
The 2016–17 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by fifth-year head coach Dan Hurley, played their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for third place. In the A-10 tournament, they defeated St. Bonaventure, Davidson, and VCU to win the A-10 Tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They received a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region where they defeated No. 6-seeded Creighton in the first round before losing to No. 3-seeded Oregon in the second round.
The 2017–18 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by sixth-year head coach Dan Hurley, played their home games at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 15–3 in A-10 play to finish win the A-10 regular season championship. They defeated VCU and Saint Joseph's to advance to the championship game of the A-10 tournament where they lost to Davidson. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Oklahoma in the first round before losing in the second round to Duke.
The 2021 Rhode Island Rams baseball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams played their home games at Bill Beck Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference They were led by head coach Raphael Cerrato, in his seventh year as head coach.
The 2022 VCU Rams baseball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams played their home games at The Diamond as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Shawn Stiffler, in his 10th season at VCU.
The 2024 George Mason Patriots baseball team represents George Mason University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Patriots play their home games at Spuhler Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They are led by head coach Shawn Camp, in his fifth season at Mason, and his second as a head coach.