2009 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team

2009 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
Big West Conference champions
Irvine Regional, L to Virginia (eliminated)
Conference	Big West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
Record	45–15 (22–2 Big West)
Head coach	Mike Gillespie
Hitting coach	Pat Shine
Pitching coach	Ted Silva
Home stadium	Anteater Ballpark
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Big West Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 UC Irvine  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	2		.917			45	–	15		.750
No. 7 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y	17	–	7		.708			47	–	16		.746
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10		.583			37	–	21		.638
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			33	–	20		.623
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			29	–	23		.558
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			25	–	29		.463
Pacific  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			21	–	32		.396
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			24	–	32		.429
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	5	–	19		.208			13	–	42		.236
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 3, 2009 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2009. The team played their home games at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, California. The team was coached by Mike Gillespie in his second season at Irvine.

Pre-season

The Anteaters concluded the 2008 season with a 42-18 mark and made their second consecutive trip to the Super Regionals. They are a veteran-filled team, with 17 upperclassmen returning for the 2009 season. On January 20, 2009, the coaches in the Big West picked UC Irvine to finish second in the Big West behind Cal State Fullerton. ^{[2] [3]}

Roster

Coaches

Name	Title	First Season at UCI	Alma Mater
Mike Gillespie [4]	Head coach	2007	University of Southern California (1962)
Pat Shine [5]	Assistant coach	2002	Gonzaga (1995)
Ted Silva [6]	Assistant coach	2007	Cal State Fullerton (1995)
Bob Macaluso [7]	Assistant coach	2007	Springfield College (1987)

Players

Players	Number	Position	Bats/Throws	Hometown (Prev School)
Jordan Fox	1	UTL	L/L	Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Bishop Amat)
Sean Madigan	2	OF/LHP	L/L	Yorba Linda, Calif. (Servite)
Daniel Bibona	3	LHP	L/L	Lake Forest, Calif. (Santa Margarita)
Tyler Hoechlin	4	INF	L/R	Corona, Calif. (Arizona State)
Brian Hernandez	5	INF	R/R	Sylmar, Calif. (Cal State LA)
Ben Orloff	6	INF	R/R	Simi Valley, Calif. (Simi Valley)
Sammy Donabedian	7	C	R/R	West Hills, Calif. (El Camino Real)
Cory Olson	8	OF	R/R	Anaheim, Calif. (Orange Coast College)
Tommy Reyes	11	INF	R/R	Rancho Cucomonga, Calif. (Bishop Amat)
Crosby Slaught	13	RHP	R/R	Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara)
Jeff Cusick	14	INF	R/R	Mission Viejo, Calif. (Santa Margarita)
Dillon Bell	15	OF	L/L	Bakersfield (Bakersfield)
Brock Bardeen	16	RHP/DH	L/R	Fallbrook, Calif. (Fallbrook)
Kyle Necke	17	RHP	R/R	Walnut, Calif. (Walnut)
Nick Hoover	18	RHP	R/R	Alta Loma (Riverside CC)
Francis Larson	20	C	R/R	Yorba Linda, Calif. (Esperanza)
Christian Bergman	21	RHP	R/R	Altadena, Calif. (St. Francis)
Matt Summers	22	RHP/OF	L/R	Phoenix, Ariz. (Chaparral)
Brian Murphy	23	RHP	R/R	San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente)
Ronnie Shaeffer	24	C	R/R	Garden Grove, Calif. (Pacifica)
Cory Hamilton	25	RHP	R/R	Elk Grove, Calif. (Sheldon)
Casey Stevenson	27	INF	R/R	Saugus, Calif. (College of the Canyons)
Andy Lines	28	LHP	L/L	Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS)
Eric Deragisch	29	INF	R/R	Granite Bay, Calif. (Sierra College)
Stephen Malcolm	31	UTL	R/R	Stockton, Calif. (Tokay)
DJ Crumlich	32	UTL	R/R	Irvine, Calif. (Irvine)
Jordan Leyland	33	INF	R/R	San Dimas, Calif. (San Dimas)
Ryan Fisher	36	INF	L/R	Manteca, Calif. (East Union)
Noel Avison	40	LHP	L/L	Bakersfield, Calif. (San Diego Mesa College)
Scott Gottschling	41	OF	R/R	Orange, Calif. (Villa Park)
Matt Dufour	44	RHP	R/R	Placentia, Calif. (Santa Ana CC)
Maverick Olivares	47	OF	L/L	Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Bishop Amat)
Tony Asaro	53	OF	R/R	Torrance, Calif. (Pepperdine)
Eric Pettis	55	RHP	R/R	West Hills, Calif. (El Camino Real)

Schedule and results

2009 Game Log
Regular season # Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Att Record Big West 2/20/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 5-1 Bibona (1-0) Kramer (0-1) - 3844 1-0 2/21/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 5-4 Bergman (1-0) Klein (0-1) Pettis (1) 2643 2-0 2/21/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 5-4 Bardeen (1-0) Capaul (0-1) Pettis (2) 2643 3-0 2/22/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 4-7 Sisto (1-0) Hoover (0-1) - 2347 3-1 2/27/09 Texas A&M Minute Maid Park 2-9 Raley (2-0) Bibona (1-1) Thebeau (1) 6979 3-2 2/28/09 Houston Minute Maid Park 13-7 Bergman (2-0) Stuckey (0-1) - - 4-2 3/1/09 UCLA Minute Maid Park 7-4 Slaught (1-0) Brewer (0-1) Pettis (3) 5356 5-2 3/3/09 Loyola Marymount Anteater Ballpark 3-11 Carreon (1-0) Hoover (0-2) - 846 5-3 3/6/09 UAH Baylor Ballpark 13-5 Bibona (2-1) Roberson (0-2) - - 6-3 3/7/09 Baylor Baylor Ballpark 3-4 Verrett (4-0) Hamilton (0-1) - 3077 6-4 3/8/09 South Alabama Baylor Ballpark 6-5 Pettis (1-0) Johnson (1-2) - - 7-4 3/10/09 Southern California Dedeaux Field 6-5 (12) Bardeen (2-0) Vasquez (0-2) - 395 8-4 3/13/09 Tulane Anteater Ballpark 7-5 Bardeen (3-0) Claiborne (1-1) Pettis (4) 653 9-4 3/14/09 Tulane Anteater Ballpark 3-6 Petiton (3-0) Bergman (2-1) Pepitone (3) 563 9-5 3/15/09 Tulane Anteater Ballpark 5-4 Pettis (2-0) Pepitone (0-3) - 948 10-5 3/20/09 Nevada Anteater Ballpark 1-0 Bibona (3-1) Stassi (2-3) Pettis (5) 363 11-5 3/21/09 Nevada Anteater Ballpark 4-5 Miller (3-0) Necke (0-1) - 483 11-6 3/22/09 Nevada Anteater Ballpark 10-2 Slaught (2-0) Achelpohl (1-2) - 356 12-6 3/24/09 Washington Anteater Ballpark 17-13 Avison (1-0) Kittredge (1-2) - 248 13-6 3/25/09 Washington Anteater Ballpark 12-13 Haehl (1-0) Necke (0-2) Kittredge (1) 178 13-7 3/27/09 Cal Poly Anteater Ballpark 5-2 Bibona (4-1) Mauldin (3-2) Pettis (6) 563 14-7 1-0 3/28/09 Cal Poly Anteater Ballpark 11-3 Bergman (3-1) Leonard (3-1) - 615 15-7 2-0 3/29/09 Cal Poly Anteater Ballpark 7-6 Bardeen (4-0) Radeke (1-1) Pettis (7) 668 16-7 3-0 3/31/09 Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 19-8 Avison (2-0) Lally (0-2) - 213 17-7 3-0 4/3/09 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 2-1 Bibona (5-1) Renken (4-2) Pettis (8) 2711 18-7 4-0 4/4/09 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 6-1 Bergman (4-1) Ramirez (3-1) Bardeen (1) 3056 19-7 5-0 4/5/09 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 4-5 Ackland (2-0) Pettis (2-1) - 3216 19-8 5-1 4/7/09 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 3-8 Rasmussen (2-2) Hamilton (0-2) - 535 19-9 5-1 4/9/09 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark 3-2 (12) Pettis (3-1) Corrales (0-1) - 745 20-9 6-1 4/10/09 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark 6-3 Bergman (5-1) Thompson (2-5) Pettis (9) 764 21-9 7-1 4/11/09 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark 9-5 Slaught (3-0) Gagnon (2-4) Necke (1) 923 22-9 8-1 4/13/09 Loyola Marymount Anteater Ballpark 6-4 Necke (1-2) Eusebio (3-3) Pettis (10) 523 23-9 8-1 4/14/09 San Diego John Cunningham Stadium 4-7 Hauser (2-1) Avison (2-1) Campbell (2) 187 23-10 8-1 4/17/09 UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 16-1 Bilbona (6-1) Bargas (4-3) - 431 24-10 9-1 4/18/09 UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 9-6 Bergman (6-1) Andriese (3-2) Pettis (11) 538 25-10 10-1 4/19/09 UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 12-9 Dufour (1-0) Larkins (1-1) Pettis (12) 257 26-10 11-1 4/20/09 Oregon Anteater Ballpark 9-6 Dufour (2-0) Thornton (0-1) - 818 27-10 11-1 4/21/09 Oregon Anteater Ballpark 7-4 Avison (3-1) Whitmore (0-6) Pettis (13) 467 28-10 11-1 4/23/09 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 8-3 Bibona (7-1) Budrow (4-3) - 190 29-10 11-1 4/24/09 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 10-1 Bergman (7-1) Wilding (1-5) - 330 30-10 11-1 4/25/09 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 3-7 Whatcott (3-1) Necke (1-3) - 186 30-11 11-1 [8] 4/28/09 Southern California Anteater Ballpark 6-5 Pettis (4-1) Vasquez (2-4) - 1152 31-11 11-1 5/1/09 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark 7-1 Bibona (8-1) Juarez (4-5) - 793 32-11 12-1 5/2/09 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark 12-7 Bergman (8-1) Gorski (1-3) - 657 33-11 13-1 5/3/09 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark 5-2 Slaught (4-0) Ott (1-4) Pettis (14) 1215 34-11 14-1 5/8/09 Pacific Klein Family Field 11-6 Bilbona (9-1) Centanni (4-5) - 882 35-11 15-1 5/9/09 Pacific Klein Family Field 5-4 Bardeen (5-0) McCain (2-2) Pettis (15) 789 36-11 16-1 5/10/09 Pacific Klein Family Field 6-4 Slaught (5-0) Niley (1-4) Pettis (16) 600 37-11 17-1 5/12/09 San Diego Anteater Ballpark 2-9 Hauser (5-2) Pettis (4-2) - 587 37-12 14-1 5/15/09 UC Davis Anteater Ballpark 9-3 Bilbona (10-1) Chew (1-7) - 1597 38-12 18-1 5/16/09 UC Davis Anteater Ballpark 19-6 Bergman (9-1) Lyman (0-4) - 608 39-12 19-1 5/17/09 UC Davis Anteater Ballpark 8-1 Slaught (6-0) Quist (2-6) - 1102 40-12 20-1 5/19/09 UCLA Anteater Ballpark 5-4 (10) Pettis (5-2) Cole (4-7) - 2762 41-12 20-1 5/22/09 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 11-7 Bibona (11-1) Ford (4-5) Dufour (1) 598 42-12 21-1 5/23/09 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 2-8 Hollands (6-6) Bergman (9-2) - 590 42-13 21-2 5/24/09 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 15-3 Slaught (7-0) Samuels (3-3) - 786 43-13 22-2
NCAA tournament: Irvine Regional (Host) # Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Att Record NCAAT Record [9] 5/29/09 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark 4-2 Bibona (12-1) Benny (4-4) Pettis (17) 3002 44-13 1-0 5/30/09 Virginia Anteater Ballpark 0-5 Hultzen (10-2) Bergman (8-2) - 2282 44-14 1-1 5/31/09 San Diego State Anteater Ballpark 14-3 Slaught (8-0) Rasmussen (1-2) - 1856 45-14 2-1 5/31/09 Virginia Anteater Ballpark 1-4 Carraway (7-1) Necke (1-4) Arico (11) 1500 45-15 2-2

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Coaches'	18	18*						10	7	6	4	2						16
Baseball America	9	5	5	10	10	10	8	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	10	10
Collegiate Baseball^	20	15	15	16	17	13	12	7	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	9	9
NCBWA†	15	14	11	15	13	12	12	10	7	6	4	2	1	1	1	11	13	13

^ 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.

Several weeks of the Coaches' poll are unavailable.

Major League Baseball Draft

Player	Year	Round	Pick	Team
Ben Orloff	Sr.	9	281	Houston Astros
Daniel Bibona	Jr.	16	489	St. Louis Cardinals
Casey Stevenson	Jr.	38	1156	Milwaukee Brewers
Brian Hernandez	Jr.	39	1175	Cleveland Indians

References

1. "Baseball standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
2. Big West Preseason Poll
3. "Cal State Fullerton Top Pick In Big West Preseason Poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
4. "Player Bio: Mike Gillespie". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
5. "Player Bio: Pat Shine". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
6. "Player Bio: Ted Silva". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
7. "Player Bio: Bob Macaluso". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
8. "The Official Athletic Site of UC Irvine". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
9. "The Official Athletic Site of UC Irvine". Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2009.

External links

• UC Irvine Anteaters baseball website
• UC Irvine Anteaters Schedule