2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team

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2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
UC Irvine Anteaters logo.svg
Conference Big West Conference
Record41–25 (15–9 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Orloff (1st season)
  • Bob Macaluso (4th season)
  • Danny Bibona (1st season)
Home stadium Cicerone Field
Seasons
 2013
2015 
2014 Big West Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 19 Cal Poly  y1950 .79247120 .797
Long Beach State  y1770 .70834260 .567
No. 8 UC Irvine  y1590 .62540230 .635
#29 Cal State Fullerton y 14100 .58324240 .500
UC Santa Barbara  12120 .50034171 .663
UC Riverside  12120 .50026280 .481
UC Davis  7170 .29223310 .426
Hawaii  6180 .25022310 .415
Cal State Northridge  6180 .25018380 .321
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 9, 2014 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played home games at Cicerone Field in Irvine, California. The team was coached by Mike Gillespie in his seventh season at Irvine.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Mitch Merten - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 9 - Sam Moore - Junior
  • 13 - Andrew Morales - Senior
  • 14 - Matt Fielding - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 16 - Jimmy Litchfield - Senior
  • 17 - Michael Miller - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 18 - Jordan Scheftz - Freshman
  • 21 - Evan Manarino - Junior
  • 23 - Michael Martin - Freshman
  • 32 - Elliot Surrey - Sophomore
  • 34 - Evan Brock - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 38 - Kyle Davis - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 39 - Chris Vargas - Freshman
  • 40 - Sean Sparling - Freshman
  • 44 - Max Weinstein - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Alex Guenette - Freshman
  • 11 - Jerry McClanahan - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 31 - Renae Martinez - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 42 - Raul Silva-Martinez - Junior
  • 55 - Edgar Ruvalcaba - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Mikey Duarte - Sophomore
  • 2 - Justin Castro - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 15 - Jonathan Munoz - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 20 - John Brontsema - Freshman
  • 22 - Chris Rabago - Junior
  • 25 - Taylor Sparks - Junior
  • 26 - Andrew Martinez - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 27 - Grant Palmer - Sophomore
  • 33 - Connor Spencer - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 7 - Ryan Cooper - Junior
  • 8 - Evan Cassolato - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 24 - Kris Paulino - Junior
  • 30 - Adam Alcantara - Freshman
  • 36 - Jonathan Herkins - Sophomore
 

Coaches

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball coaching staff [3]
  • 19 - Mike Gillespie - Head Coach - 7th year
  • 6 - Ben Orloff - Assistant Coach - 1st year
  • 10 - Bob Macaluso - Assistant Coach - 4th year
  • 3 - Danny Bibona - Assistant Coach - 1st year

Schedule

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball game log: 41–25 [4]
Regular season (35–22)
Post-season (6–3)

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' —*2525
Baseball America 2324
Collegiate Baseball^252128201621148
NCBWA252715

^ 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.

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References

  1. "Baseball standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. "2014 Baseball Roster". UC Irvine Anteaters. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. "Baseball Coaching Staff". UC Irvine Anteaters. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. "2014 Baseball Schedule". UC Irvine Anteaters. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.