2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team

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2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball
Ole Miss Rebels logo.svg
College World Series, T-3rd Place
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
CB No. 4
Record48–21 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coach Stephen Head (1st season)
Hitting coach Cliff Godwin (4th season)
Pitching coachCarl Lafferty (8th season)
Home stadium Swayze Field
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida  x‍†‍‍y21–9–0 .70040–23–0 .635
No. 25 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60044–18–0 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y17–13–0 .56751–21–0 .708
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y14–16–0 .46737–25–0 .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍12–18–0 .40031–23–0 .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍11–18–1 .38326–29–1 .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍6–24–0 .20020–33–0 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss  x‍‍‍y19–11–0 .63348–21–0 .696
No. 21 LSU  ‍‍‡‍y17–11–1 .60346–16–1 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60039–24–0 .619
No. 30 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y16–14–0 .53340–25–0 .615
Alabama  ‍‍‍y15–14–0 .51737–24–0 .607
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y14–16–0 .46736–26–0 .581
Auburn  ‍‍‍10–20–0 .33328–28–0 .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represented the University of Mississippi, familiarly known as Ole Miss, in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels were led by 14th-year head coach Mike Bianco, and played their home games in Oxford at Swayze Field, adjacent to campus. They compete in the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, and won their division in 2014.

Contents

The Rebels hosted an NCAA regional and defeated the #13 Washington Huskies twice in one-run games to finish undefeated. In the Super Regional at Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Miss won in three games to advance to the College World Series, their first since 1972. The Rebels reached the semifinals and lost twice to Virginia. Ole Miss lost their opener by a run, then eliminated Texas Tech and TCU to reach the semifinals, but fell again to Virginia.

Personnel

Roster

2014 Ole Miss Rebels roster [1]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 – Jacob Waguespack – Sophomore
  • 10 – Chris Ellis – Junior
  • 16 – Matt Denny – Sophomore
  • 20 – Josh Laxer – Junior
  • 21 – Hawtin Buchanan – Junior
  • 29 – Sam Smith – Junior
  • 31 – Cheyne Bickel – Freshman
  • 32 – Austin Blunt – Senior
  • 35 – Jeremy Massie – Senior
  • 38 – Wyatt Short – Freshman
  • 40 – Scott Weathersby – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 41 – Preston Tarkington – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 44 – Aaron Greenwood – Senior
  • 45 – Scott Ashford – Senior
  • 47 – Christian Trent – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 55 – Evan Anderson – Freshman
  • 65 – Gary Henry- Freshman

Catchers

  • 13 – Austin Knight – Junior
  • 22 – Henri Lartigue – Freshman
  • 30 – Will Allen – Senior
  • 42 – Holt Perdzock – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Preston Overbey – Senior
  • 6 – Errol Robinson – Freshman
  • 7 – Dalton Dulin – Freshman
  • 8 – Austin Anderson – Senior
  • 17 – Kyle Toth – Junior
  • 24 – Sikes Orvis – Junior
  • 25 – Colby Bortles – Freshman
  • 28 – Brantley Bell – Freshman
  • 36 – John Gatlin – Redshirt.svg Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Will Jamison – Junior
  • 9 – Auston Bousfield – Junior
  • 11 – Braxton Lee – Junior
  • 12 – J. B. Woodman – Freshman
  • 14 – Cameron Dishon – Sophomore
  • 19 – Peyton Attaway – Freshman

Coaches

2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball coaching staff [2]
  • 5 – Mike Bianco – Head coach
  • 23 – Cliff Godwin – Assistant coach
  • 15 – Carl Lafferty – Assistant coach
  • 18 – Stephen Head – Volunteer assistant coach

Schedule

2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball game log: 48–21 [3]
Regular season (40–16)
Postseason (8–5)

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2014 SEC baseball records

Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 15–141–22–10–3.2–11–11–2.3–01–22–12–1.ALAW55–41–1
ARK 16–142–11–21–2..1–21–23–01–22–1.2–12–1ARKW45–51–0
AUB 10–201–22–1..1–20–30–31–20–31–22–12–1.AUBW73–70–3
FLA 21–93–02–1.3–01–23–0.3–0.2–12–11–21–2FLAE17–34–0
UGA 11–18...0–31–20–21–22–11–22–12–12–10–3UGAE64–60–2
KEN 14–161–2.2–12–12–1..1–20–32–11–22–11–2KENE45–50–1
LSU 17–111–12–13–00–32–0.3–0.2–1.2–11–21–2LSUW26–32–1
MSU 18–122–12–13–0.2–1.0–33–01–2.2–11–22–1MSUW37–32–1
MIZZ 6–24.0–32–10–31–22–1.0–30–30–31–2.0–3MIZZE72–80–6
MISS 19–110–32–13–0.2–13–01–22–13–01–2.2–1.MISSW17–33–1
SCAR 18–122–11–22–11–21–21–2..3–02–13–0.2–1SCARE26–42–0
TENN 12–181–2.1–21–21–22–11–21–22–1.0–3.2–1TENNE53–70–1
TAMU 14–161–21–21–22–11–21–22–12–1.1–2..2–1TAMUW64–60–0
VAN 17–13.1–2.2–13–02–12–11–23–0.1–21–21–2VANE35–52–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' ——*1512149161310131614141417
Baseball America ———25212013231913161111111012
Collegiate Baseball^3027251816161220171312101313131464
NCBWA†—2624171415121814121815161616178

^ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Official Baseball Roster". Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Baseball Coaching Staff". Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2013–2014 Schedule". Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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