2012 UCF Knights baseball team

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2012 UCF Knights baseball
UCF Knights logo.svg
Conference Conference USA
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
Record45–17 (16–8 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Jay Bergman Field
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 9 Rice  y1770 .70840170 .702
No. 18 UCF  y1680 .66743150 .741
Tulane  14100 .58338200 .655
Southern Miss  14100 .58332240 .571
Memphis  14100 .58331280 .525
East Carolina  y13101 .56335221 .612
UAB  y9150 .37532280 .533
Houston  5181 .22918351 .343
Marshall  5190 .20817370 .315
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of May 30 2012 [1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Knights played their home games at Jay Bergman Field in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach Terry Rooney, who was in his fourth season with the team.

Contents

The 2012 season marked the second consecutive season that the Knights made the NCAA Tournament. Their 2011 tournament appearance was the program's first since 2004.

Personnel

Coaching Staff

2012 UCF Knights coaching staff
  • 26 Terry Rooney – Head Coach - 4th season
  • 7 Ryan Klosterman - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 17 Joe Mercadante - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 8 Brandon Romans - Assistant Coach – 3rd season

Roster

2012 UCF Knights roster
 

Pitchers

  • 11 Garrett Nuss - Freshman
  • 16 Brian Adkins - Junior
  • 19 Ben Lively - Sophomore
  • 24 Joe Rogers - Junior
  • 25 Eric Skoglund - Freshman
  • 28 Shawn McDorman - Junior
  • 32 Bryan Brown - Senior
  • 33 Harrison Hukari - Freshman
  • 34 Jimmy Reed - Junior
  • 35 Roman Madrid - Junior
  • 36 Ray Hanson - Senior
  • 37 Gregg Cooke - Sophomore
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
  • 41 Chris Matulis - Junior
  • 43 Matt Collins - Senior
 

Infielders

  • 1 Travis Shreve - Senior
  • 3 Spencer Haynes - Freshman
  • 5 Austin Johnston - Junior
  • 13 James Vasquez - Freshman
  • 14 Tommy Williams - Freshman
  • 21 Darnell Sweeney - Junior
  • 42 D.J. Hicks - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 9 Ryan Breen - Junior
  • 15 Dale Irving - Freshman
  • 20 Chris Taladay - Junior
  • 29 Ethan Smith - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 2 Ronnie Richardson - Junior
  • 6 JoMarcos Woods - Freshman
  • 10 Erik Barber - Freshman
  • 12 Erik Hempe - Senior
  • 27 Jeramy Matos - Junior
  • 30 Nick Carrillo - Junior
  • 39 Alex Friedrich - Senior
 

Schedule

2012 UCF Knights baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
February 17 Long Island Jay Bergman Field 13–71–0
February 18Long IslandJay Bergman Field9–12–0
February 18Long IslandJay Bergman Field9–13–0
February 22at #1 Florida McKethan Stadium 0–83–1
February 24 Boston College Jay Bergman Field6–54–1
February 25Boston CollegeJay Bergman Field7–84–2
February 26Boston CollegeJay Bergman Field5–45–2
February 28 South Florida Jay Bergman Field12–16–2
February 29at Bethune-Cookman Jackie Robinson Ballpark 8–47–2
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
March 2SienaJay Bergman Field12–48–2
March 3SienaJay Bergman Field16–49–2
March 4SienaJay Bergman Field15–210–2
March 6#8 Florida State #24Jay Bergman Field6–710–3
March 7#8 Florida State#24Jay Bergman Field0–110–4
March 9 UMass #24Jay Bergman Field16–411–4
March 10UMass#24Jay Bergman Field5–412–4
March 11UMass#24Jay Bergman Field2–113–4
March 14#10 Miami (FL) #23Jay Bergman Field2–313–5
March 16 Harvard #23Jay Bergman Field4–314–5
March 17Harvard#23Jay Bergman Field4–215–5
March 18Harvard#23Jay Bergman Field6–516–5
March 20at South Florida #21 USF Baseball Stadium 6–217–5
March 23 East Carolina #21Jay Bergman Field2–118–51–0
March 24East Carolina#21Jay Bergman Field10–619–52–0
March 25East Carolina#21Jay Bergman Field6–1519–62–1
March 27at Florida Atlantic #17 FAU Baseball Stadium 11–320–6
March 30at Houston #17 Cougar Field 8–321–63–1
March 31at Houston#17Cougar Field9–122–64–1
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
April 1at Houston #17 Cougar Field 3–11023–65–1
April 4at #13 Miami (FL) #14 Alex Rodriguez Park 4–124–6
April 6 UAB #14Jay Bergman Field4–1124–75–2
April 7UAB#14Jay Bergman Field7–325–76–2
April 8UAB#14Jay Bergman Field8–726–77–2
April 10 Florida A&M #15Jay Bergman Field16–427–7
April 11 Bethune-Cookman #15Jay Bergman Field6–228–7
April 13at Southern Miss #15 Pete Taylor Park 0–11428–87–3
April 14at Southern Miss#15Pete Taylor Park11–629–88–3
April 15at Southern Miss#15Pete Taylor Park12–330–89–3
April 17 Florida Atlantic #14Jay Bergman Field12–331–8
April 20at Tulane #14 Greer Field at Turchin Stadium 1–032–810–3
April 21at Tulane#14Greer Field at Turchin Stadium8–71233–811–3
April 22at Tulane#14Greer Field at Turchin Stadium8–634–812–3
April 27at Memphis #7 FedExPark 4–335–813–3
April 28at Memphis#7FedExPark5–635–913–4
April 29at Memphis#7FedExPark0–135–1013–5
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
May 2at Stetson #15 Melching Field 5–41336–10
May 5 Presbyterian #15Jay Bergman Field8–137–10
May 6Presbyterian#15Jay Bergman Field2–737–11
May 7Presbyterian#15Jay Bergman Field7–238–11
May 11at Marshall #16 Appalachian Power Park 8–639–1114–5
May 12at Marshall#16Appalachian Power Park6–939–1214–6
May 13at Marshall#16Appalachian Power Park13–640–1215–6
May 15Stetson#16Jay Bergman FieldCancelled (rain); no make-up.
May 18#7 Rice #16Jay Bergman Field8–641–1216–6
May 18#7 Rice#16Jay Bergman Field2–941–1316–7
May 19#7 Rice#16Jay Bergman Field2–541–1416–8
Post-season
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordC-USAT record
May 24vs. (7) UAB #17 (2) Trustmark Park 1–15741–150–1
May 25vs. (6) East Carolina #17 (2)Trustmark Park11–1842–151–1
May 26vs. (3) Tulane #17 (2)Trustmark Park6–243–152–1
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordNCAAT record
June 1vs. (3) Missouri State #18 (2) Alex Rodriguez Park 2–144–151–0
June 2vs. (4) Stony Brook #18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park9–845–152–0
June 3vs. (4) Stony Brook#18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park5–1245–162–1
June 4vs. (4) Stony Brook#18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park6–1045–172–2
Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. All times Eastern. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [2] RVRV*RV242321171415147151616171824
Baseball America [3] 21191918192117151515141516161920
Collegiate Baseball^ [4] 3630292821171512111517191921262626
NCBWA [5] 2824262122191614131081313131615192121

^ 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.
* 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. "2012 Baseball Standings" (PDF). c-usa.org. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  2. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  3. Baseball America College: Top 25
  4. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  5. NCBWA Division I poll