2016 VCU Rams baseball team

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2016 VCU Rams baseball
VCU Rams logo.svg
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Record38–19 (15–7 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (4th season)
  • Steve Hay (2nd season)
  • ML Morgan (2nd season)
Home stadium The Diamond
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Rhode Island  y1860 .75031250 .554
VCU  1570 .68238190 .667
Saint Joseph's  1590 .62531230 .574
Saint Louis  1590 .62525310 .446
Fordham  14100 .58329290 .500
Davidson  11110 .50028260 .519
George Washington  12120 .50024330 .421
UMass  11130 .45818270 .400
St. Bonaventure  11130 .45826221 .541
Richmond  11130 .45828240 .538
Dayton  8160 .33319360 .345
George Mason  7170 .29219350 .352
La Salle  6180 .25015390 .278
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 VCU Rams baseball team is the program's 46th season fielding a varsity baseball program, and their fourth season the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Contents

Led by Shawn Stiffler for his third season, the Rams had their most successful baseball season in program history. The Rams advanced to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time ever, and won their first ever Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. It was the program's return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2010.

Personnel

2016 roster

2016 VCU Rams Roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 18 - Tanner Winters - Sophomore
  • 20 - Sean Thompson - Sophomore
  • 23 - Matt Jamer - Junior
  • 24 - Eric Neiman - Freshman
  • 25 - Benjamin Dum - Freshman
  • 28 - Jonathan Ebersole - Junior
  • 30 - Michael Dailey - Freshman
  • 31 - Brooks Vial - Junior
  • 32 - Sam Donko - Junior
  • 34 - Matt Oxner - Junior
  • 35 - Luke Crabb - Junior
  • 36 - Travis Reapsome - Sophomore
  • 37 - David Mervis - Freshman
  • 38 - Garrett Pearson - Sophomore
  • 40 - Jack Alkire - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 2 - Cooper Mickelson - Junior
  • 4 - Daane Berezo - Sophomore
  • 7 - Brody Cook - Freshman
  • 10 - Jeff Welch - Sophomore
  • 13 - Zach Ching - Freshman
  • 15 - Darian Carpenter - Junior
  • 17 - Matt Davis - Junior
  • 26 - Mitchel Lacey - Sophomore

Utility

  • 8 - Logan Farrar - Junior
  • 14 - Haiden Lamb - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 11 - Walker Haymaker - Senior
  • 16 - Nick Rabat - Junior
  • 19 - Brett Hileman - RS Sophomore
  • 27 - Dylan Isquirdo - Junior

Outfielders

  • 1 - James Bunn - Senior
  • 3 - Jimmy Kerrigan - Senior
  • 9 - Cody Acker - Senior
  • 12 - Alex Gransback - Junior
  • 21 - Nick Atkinson - Freshman
 

Schedule

Legend
 VCU win
 VCU loss
 Postponement/cancellation
2016 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log [3]
Regular Season
Postseason

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [4] —*
Baseball America [5]
Collegiate Baseball^ [6]
NCBWA [7]

^ 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. "Atlantic 10 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "2016 VCU Baseball Roster". VCU Athletics.
  3. "2016 VCU Rams baseball schedule". VCU Rams. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll".
  5. "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
  6. "2016 NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
  7. "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.