2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

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2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
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Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
CB No. 25
Record44–18 (18–12 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (4th/12th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (7th season)
Home stadium Carolina Stadium
Seasons
  2013
2015  
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida  xy2190 .70040230 .635
No. 25 South Carolina  y18120 .60044180 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt  y17130 .56751210 .708
Kentucky  y14160 .46737250 .597
Tennessee  12180 .40031230 .574
Georgia  11181 .38326291 .473
Missouri  6240 .20020330 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss  xy19110 .63348210 .696
No. 21 LSU  y17111 .60346161 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State  y18120 .60039240 .619
No. 30 Arkansas  y16140 .53340250 .615
Alabama  y15140 .51737240 .607
Texas A&M  y14160 .46736260 .581
Auburn  10200 .33328280 .500
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his second season as head coach at Carolina.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Junior
  • 13 Jack Wynkoop - Sophomore
  • 14 Evan Beal - Junior
  • 17 Taylor Widener - Freshman
  • 18 Tyler Haswell - Freshman
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Sophomore
  • 26 Matthew Vogel - Freshman
  • 28 John Parke - Freshman
  • 32 Canaan Cropper - Freshman
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Junior
  • 35 Curt Britt - Sophomore
  • 36 Hunter Privette - Senior
  • 37 Wil Crowe - Freshman
  • 39 Reed Scott - Freshman
  • 42 Cody Mincey - Junior
  • 46 Jackson Smith - Freshman
  • 47 Josh Reagan - Freshman
  • 54 Trey McNickle - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 7 DC Arendas - Sophomore
  • 8 Marcus Mooney - Sophomore
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Junior
  • 15 Jordan Gore - Freshman
  • 22 Max Schrock - Sophomore
  • 24 Brison Celek - Senior
  • 31 Weber Pike - Freshman
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Junior
  • 16 Logan Koch - Freshman
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Junior

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Junior
  • 4 Connor Bright - Junior
  • 11 Zack Madden - Freshman
  • 19 Gene Cone - Freshman
  • 20 Brock Maxwell - Freshman
  • 30 Elliot Caldwell - Junior
 

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Coaching staff

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 2 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate head coach - 4 years / 12 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 7 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 2 years

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Schedule

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season
February
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
February 14 Bucknell Carolina Stadium Postponed
1February 15BucknellCarolina Stadium17-4Montgomery (1-0)Hough (0-1)None8,01510
2February 15BucknellCarolina Stadium12-2Wynkoop (1-0)Weigel (0-1)None7,82220
3February 16BucknellCarolina Stadium12-0Crowe (1-0)Andreychik (0-1)None7,51230
4February 18 Presbyterian Carolina Stadium4-0Reagan (1-0)Kehner (0-1)None6,64240
5February 21 Eastern Kentucky Carolina Stadium4-0Montgomery (2-0)Cobb (1-1)None6,84250
6February 22Eastern KentuckyCarolina Stadium2-0Wynkoop (2-0)Perkins (0-1)Seddon (1)8,24260
7February 23Eastern KentuckyCarolina Stadium6-0Crowe (2-0)Scott (0-2)None7,73170
8February 28 Clemson Carolina Stadium9-6Mincey (1-0)Bates (0-1)Seddon (2)8,24280
March
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
9March 1vs. Clemson Fluor Field 10-2Wynkoop (3-0)Crownover (2-1)Seddon (3)7,18290
10March 2@ Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium 5-3Mincey (2-0)Schmidt (1-2)None6,016100
11March 4 Stetson Carolina Stadium 7-1Reagan (2-0)Powers (1-2)None6,306110
12March 5StetsonCarolina Stadium4-2Privette (1-0)Warmoth (0-2)Seddon (4)6,427120
-March 7 Brown Carolina StadiumPostponed
13March 8BrownCarolina Stadium13-0Montgomery (3-0)Galan (0-1)None7,163130
14March 8BrownCarolina Stadium8-0Wynkoop (4-0)St. Lawrence (0-1)None7,546140
15March 9BrownCarolina Stadium1-0Crowe (3-0)Taugner (0-1)Seddon (5)6,903150
16March 11 Furman Carolina Stadium5-0Widener (1-0)Greenfield (1-1)None7,174160
17March 14 Ole Miss Carolina Stadium4-6Ellis (3-0)Montgomery (3-1)Laxer (1)7,85916101
18March 15Ole MissCarolina Stadium5-410Seddon (1-0)Denny (0-1)None7,83517111
19March 15Ole MissCarolina Stadium3-1Crowe (4-0)Smith (3-1)Seddon (6)7,34918121
-March 18@ The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Postponed
20March 21@ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 5-13Reed (4-1)Montgomery (3-2)None1,93718222
21March 22@ KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium1-2Shepherd (5-0)Wynkoop (4-1)Salow (1)2,22018323
22March 23@ KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium8-3Crowe (5-0)Nelson (1-1)Seddon (7)1,87019333
23March 25 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium4-2Reagan (3-0)Thornton (0-2)Mincey (1)7,170203
24March 26 Coastal Carolina Carolina Stadium4-0Britt (1-0)Moats (0-3)None6,982213
25March 28 Tennessee Carolina Stadium3-214Wynkoop (5-1)Bettencourt (0-1)None7,50622343
26March 29TennesseeCarolina Stadium9-6Scott (1-0)Owenby (2-1)None7,47323353
27March 30TennesseeCarolina Stadium8-0Crowe (6-0)Lee (3-1)None8,24224363
April
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
28April 1 Appalachian State Carolina Stadium 2-1Fiori (1-0)Thurber (0-3)None7,416253
-April 3@ Arkansas Baum Stadium Postponed
29April 4@ ArkansasBaum Stadium2-1Montgomery (4-2)Killian (1-5)Seddon (8)9,94726373
30April 4@ ArkansasBaum Stadium1-4Beeks (5-2)Wynkoop (5-2)None9,94726474
31April 5@ ArkansasBaum Stadium0-7Oliver (3-3)Crowe (6-1)None10,10326575
32April 8@ Furman Fluor Field 9-2Widener (2-0)Dittmar (0-2)None4,247275
33April 11 Florida Carolina Stadium4-1Montgomery (5-2)Shore (3-2)Seddon (9)8,24228585
34April 12FloridaCarolina Stadium3-4Puk (3-2)Seddon (1-1)None8,24228686
35April 13FloridaCarolina Stadium5-6Dunning (1-0)Crowe (6-2)Hanhold (2)8,24228787
36April 15 Charleston Southern Carolina Stadium1-4Buckley (2-0)Beal (0-1)Weekley (7)7,415288
37April 16@ The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park 8-10Livingston (2-4)Vogel (0-1)Hunter (7)6,500289
-April 18@ Auburn Plainsman Park Postponed
38April 19@ AuburnPlainsman Park2-4Ortman (7-2)Montgomery (5-3)None3,770281088
39April 19@ AuburnPlainsman Park3-2Mincey (3-0)Wade (3-2)Seddon (10)4,096291098
40April 20@ AuburnPlainsman Park4-3Seddon (2-1)Cochran-Gill (0-2)None3,0843010108
41April 22 Davidson Carolina Stadium8-0Widener (3-0)Beeker (2-2)None6,8863110
42April 23 USC Upstate Carolina Stadium6-1Britt (2-0)Birklund (0-7)None7,1023210
43April 25 Alabama Carolina Stadium9-3Montgomery (6-3)Turnbull (5-3)Seddon (11)8,2423310118
44April 26AlabamaCarolina Stadium1-2Kamplain (4-2)Wynkoop (5-3)Burrows (9)8,2423311119
45April 27AlabamaCarolina Stadium9-3Mincey (4-0)Eicholtz (2-1)Seddon (12)8,0743411129
May
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
46May 2@ Georgia Foley Field 1-3Lawlor (4-4)Montgomery (6-4)None2,68234121210
47May 3@ GeorgiaFoley Field5-2Wynkoop (6-3)Ripple (2-1)Seddon (13)3,25635121310
48May 4@ GeorgiaFoley Field3-5Sosebee (1-3)Crowe (6-3)Cheek (1)3,07835131311
49May 7 Wofford Carolina Stadium 15-1Britt (3-0)Accetta (3-3)None7,2743613
50May 9 Missouri Carolina Stadium8-2Montgomery (7-4)Graves (3-5)None7,41937131411
51May 10MissouriCarolina Stadium3-1Wynkoop (7-3)Fairbanks (4-6)Seddon (14)7,90338131511
52May 11MissouriCarolina Stadium2-1Mincey (5-0)Steele (0-8)None7,30739131611
53May 13 The Citadel Carolina Stadium10-1Scott (2-0)Brecklin (0-1)None8,0544013
54May 15@ Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 4-310Seddon (3-1)Miller (1-1)None2,81941131711
55May 16@ VanderbiltHawkins Field3-9Fulmer (5-1)Wynkoop (7-4)Stone (3)3,42941141712
56May 17@ VanderbiltHawkins Field6-3Crowe (7-3)Ravenelle (3-1)Seddon (15)3,62642141812
Post-season
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT record
57May 21 Mississippi State Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 0-127Lindgren (6-1)Montgomery (7-5)None7,526421501
58May 22 Florida Hoover Metropolitan Stadium2-7Poyner (5-3)Wynkoop (7-5)None5,115421602
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
59May 30 Campbell Carolina Stadium 5-2Montgomery (8-5)Bowers (10-4)None7,382431610
60May 31 Maryland Carolina Stadium3-4Shawaryn (11-3)Wynkoop (7-6)Mooney (12)6,813431711
61June 1CampbellCarolina Stadium9-0Crowe (8-3)Koopman (8-2)None5,986441721
62June 1MarylandCarolina Stadium10-1Stiles (5-2)Seddon (3-2)Ruse (1)6,340441822

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Honors and awards

Record vs. conference opponents

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

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.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [12] 1414*14*112334687118613
Baseball America [13] 7533112251111917171518
Collegiate Baseball^ [14] 141051112141518141917151525
NCBWA [15] 129631242468712991223

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2014 MLB draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Grayson Greiner C3rd99th Detroit Tigers
Jordan Montgomery LHP4th122nd New York Yankees
Joey Pankake3B7th220thDetroit Tigers
Tanner EnglishOF11th320th Minnesota Twins
Joel SeddonRHP11th342nd Oakland A's
Kyle Martin1B20th599th Anaheim Angels
Evan BealRHP21st633rd Kansas City Royals

References

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  2. "Crowe Named SEC Freshman of the Week". Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  3. "Wil Crowe Earns Freshman All-America Honors From Collegiate Baseball". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
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  7. "Greiner Earns All-America Honors From Baseball America". Archived from the original on September 9, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  8. "Greiner Named Semifinalist For Johnny Bench Award". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
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  10. "Several Gamecocks Honored By Southeastern Conference". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  11. "Joel Seddon Earns All-America Honors From NCBWA". Archived from the original on September 9, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
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  13. Baseball America College: Top 25
  14. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  15. NCBWA Division I poll