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ACC Regular season Champions | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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Coaches | No. 5 |
CB | No. 5 |
Record | 52–9 (23–6 ACC) |
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Home stadium | Jim Patterson Stadium |
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No. 5 Louisville xy | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | 53 | – | 12 | .815 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Wake Forest y | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 43 | – | 20 | .683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Clemson y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 42 | – | 21 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 30 NC State y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 36 | – | 25 | .590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Florida State ‡y | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | 46 | – | 23 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | 25 | – | 28 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | 26 | – | 32 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 17 North Carolina xy | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | 49 | – | 14 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Virginia y | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 43 | – | 16 | .729 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | 31 | – | 27 | .534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 30 | – | 28 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | 27 | – | 28 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 23 | – | 30 | .434 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 23 | – | 32 | .418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2017 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represents the University of Louisville during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his eleventh year at Louisville.
Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Cardinals were selected to host their fifth consecutive NCAA Regional. [1] The Cardinals would win both the Louisville Regional and Louisville Super Regional and receive an invitation to the 2017 College World Series before eventually losing to TCU by a score of 3–4. [2] Five players from the team, including Brendan McKay, were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft. [3]
In 2016, the Cardinals finished as champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference with a record of 46–10, 22–8 in conference play, in their second season in the conference. They qualified for the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament, where they played in Division B of inter-conference tournament play. The Cardinals would finish 1–2 in the tournament, not advancing to the conference tournament finals.
With the Cardinals finishing the season as regular season champs of the Atlantic Division of the ACC, they would qualify for the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were selected as hosts of the Louisville regional and Louisville Super Regional, if they advanced to that round. The Cardinals would wins three straight matches in the Louisville Regional and would advance to the Super Regional (of which they were hosts) by defeating Western Michigan 6–1, Ohio State 15–3, and Wright State 3–1. In the Super Regional, Louisville hosted UC Santa Barbara in a best-of-three matchup. Louisville would lose the first two games to UC Santa Barbara, ending their playoff run.
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Brendan McKay | Preseason National Player of the Year | December 19, 2016 | [5] |
National Player of the Month | March 7, 2017 | [6] | |
ACC Pitcher of the Week | March 13, 2017 | [7] | |
March 20, 2017 | [8] | ||
April 17, 2017 | [9] | ||
ACC Co-Player of the Week | May 1, 2017 | [10] | |
Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week | |||
Drew Ellis | |||
Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Month | May 8, 2017 | [11] | |
Brendan McKay | ACC Pitcher of the Week | [12] | |
Colby Fitch | ACC Co-Player of the Week | May 15, 2017 | [13] |
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Brendan McKay | USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List | April 12, 2017 | [14] |
Lincoln Henzman | 2017 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award Watch List | April 27, 2017 | [15] |
Brendan McKay | Semifinalist – John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award | May 12, 2017 | [16] |
Semifinalist – National Pitcher of the Year Award | |||
Devin Hairston | Semifinalist – Brooks Wallace Award |
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Kade McClure | Perfect Game Preseason All-American | January 10, 2017 | [17] |
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Brendan McKay | Preseason First Team All-American | January 30, 2017 | [18] |
Brendan McKay | NCBWA Preseason First Team All-Americans | January 31, 2017 | [19] |
Kade McClure | |||
Devin Hairston | NCBWA Preseason Second Team All-Americans | ||
Brendan McKay | ACC Player of the Year | May 22, 2017 | [20] |
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Devin Hairston | ACC Defensive Player of the Year | ||
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Drew Ellis | First Team All-ACC – Third Base | ||
Lincoln Henzman | First Team All-ACC – Relief Pitcher | ||
Colby Fitch | Second Team All-ACC – Catcher | ||
Kade McClure | Third Team All-ACC – Starting Pitcher | ||
Nick Bennett | Third Team All-ACC – Starting Pitcher | ||
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Dan McDonnell | ACC Coach of the Year | May 22, 2017 | [21] |
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