2013 VCU Rams baseball team

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2013 VCU Rams baseball
VCU Varsity old logo.svg
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Record16–16 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Palumbo (2nd season)
  • TBA
Hitting coachC.J. Rhodes (3rd season)
Home stadium The Diamond
Seasons
  2012
2014  
2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Saint Louis  y1770 .70841210 .661
Charlotte  1770 .70837230 .617
Rhode Island  1770 .70835240 .593
Xavier  1680 .66732260 .552
George Washington  1590 .62526320 .448
La Salle  1590 .62524290 .453
Richmond  13110 .54231240 .564
VCU  12120 .50028260 .519
Saint Joseph's  12120 .50026260 .500
Butler  12120 .50025260 .490
St. Bonaventure  9150 .37520280 .417
Fordham  8160 .33322330 .400
Temple  7170 .29218280 .391
Massachusetts  7170 .29214310 .311
Dayton  3210 .12511391 .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.

Contents

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
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordA10 record
102/15/13vs. Boston College
(Elon Invitational)
Latham Park 4–1 M. Lees (1–0)J. Burke (0–1)none2001–0
02/16/13vs. Marist
(Elon Invitational)
Latham ParkPostponed1–0
202/17/13@ Elon
(Elon Invitational)
Latham Park 6–2 R. Ferrar (1–0)D. Whitehead (0-1)J. Weymouth (1)2562–0
302/22/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 1–0 H. Dwyer (2–0)K. Mullen (1–1)M. Lees (2)2223–01–0
402/23/13Saint Joseph'sThe Diamond 3–2 L. Kanuik (1-0)K. Burum (1-1)M. Lees (3)2104-00-0
502/24/13Saint Joseph'sThe Diamond 2–0 R. Farrar (2-0)D. Thorpe (0-1)S. Greene (1)3105-00-0
02/26/13@ East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium Postponed5–0
March
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordA10 record
603/01/13vs. UNC Asheville
(Charleston Crab House Shootout)
Riley Park 12-1 H. Dwyer (3-0)D. Roland (0-3)none1256-00-0
703/02/13@ The Citadel
(Charleston Crab House Shootout)
Riley Jr. Park 11-6 T. Buckley (1-0)J. Reeves (1-1)none2407-00-0
803/03/13vs. Pittsburgh
(Charleston Crab House Shootout)
Riley Jr. Park 6-4 R. Farrar (3-0)A. Belfiglio (0-1)M. Lees (5)1508-00-0
903/05/13 George Mason The Diamond 4-2 T. Marino (1-0) T. Love (0-1) M. Lees(6) 1769-00-0
1003/08/13at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 3-9M. Batts (2-0)H. Dwyer (3-1)None7139-10-0
1103/09/13at UNC WilmingtonBrooks Field2-7J. Ramsey (1-2)T. Buckley (1-1)None9769-20-0
1203/10/13at UNC WilmingtonBrooks Field2-3MacDonald (2-0)R. Farrar (3-1)Livengood (1)1,0379-30-0
1303/11/13 Wagner The Diamond11-8S. Greene (1-0)C. Smith (0-2)None21010-30-0
1403/15/13 Monmouth The Diamond1-3McGee (2-0)H. Dwyer (3-2)None25510-40-0
1503/16/13MonmouthThe Diamond8-3T. Buckley (2-1) Smith (0-3)S. Greene(2)25011-40-0
1603/17/13MonmouthThe Diamond1-7Yunginger (2-0)R. Farrar (3-2)Hunt(1)19911-50-0
1703/19/13 Rutgers The Diamond4-3M. Lees (1-0)Brey (1-1)None23712-50-0
1803/20/13RutgersThe Diamond6-9Corsi (2-3)L. Kanuik (1-1)None22712-60-0
1903/22/13 Butler*The Diamond4-6Stout (4-2)H. Dwyer (3-3)BYERLY(2)21412-70-1
2003/23/13Butler*The Diamond3-4Kramp (5-0)R. Farrar (3-3)Byerly(3)22212-80-2
2103/23/13Butler*The Diamond4-7Laing (1-1)S. Greene (1-1)Byerly(4)29912-90-3
2203/26/13at #1 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 2-3C. McCue (5-0)M. Lees (1-1)None36512-100-3
2303/29/13at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 5-2H. Dwyer (4-3)T. Barnette (1-2)None1,08913-101-3
2403/30/13at Charlotte*Hayes Stadium8-9J. Hudson (2-0)M. Lees (1-2)None1,14113-111-4
2503/30/13at Charlotte*Hayes Stadium4-3L. Kanuik (2-1)S. Geohegan (1-1)None1,14814-112-4
April
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordA10 record
2604/02/13at Virginia Tech English Field 5-11J. Joyce (4-1)D. Black (0-1)None1,04214-122-4
2704/05/13at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 2-6C. Bach (2-2)H. Dwyer (4-4)None18714-132-4
2804/06/13at VMIGray–Minor Stadium4-5J. Garrett (2-2)M. Lees (1-3)None23414-142-4
2904/07/13at VMIGray–Minor Stadium8-4L. Kanuik (3-1)J. Brown (3-1)None22215-142-4
3004/09/13at Maryland Shipley Field 5-6B. Casas (2-0)A. Absher (0-1)None35715-152-4
3104/12/13 Temple* The Diamond 2-1M. Lees (2-3)P. Peterson (1-4)None33516-153-4
3204/13/13Temple*The Diamond1-5E. Peterson (5-0)R. Farrar (4-4)None34016-163-5
3304/14/13Temple*The Diamond
3404/16/13MarylandThe Diamond
3504/17/13VMIThe Diamond
3604/19/13at Dayton* Woerner Field
3704/20/13at Dayton*Woerner Field
3804/21/13at Dayton*Woerner Field
3904/23/13at Old Dominion
(Hampton Classic)
War Memorial Stadium
4004/26/13at La Salle* DeVincent Field
4104/27/13at La Salle*DeVincent Field
4204/28/13at La Salle*DeVincent Field
4304/30/13#7 Virginia The Diamond
May
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordCAA record
4405/04/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond
4505/05/13Saint Louis*The Diamond
4605/05/13Saint Louis*The Diamond
4705/08/13at MarylandShipley Field
4805/10/13at George Washington* Barcroft Park
4905/11/13at George Washington*Barcroft Park
5005/12/13at George Washington*Barcroft Park
5105/14/13at Virginia Davenport Field
5205/16/13 Richmond*The Diamond
5305/17/13Richmond*The Diamond
5405/18/13Richmond*The Diamond
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordCAA record
5505/22/13TBD Hayes Stadium
5605/23/13TBDHayes Stadium
5705/24/13TBDHayes Stadium
5805/25/13TBDHayes Stadium
[4]
* A-10 conference games.

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 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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