2022 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team

2022 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	26–31 (5–16 SoCon)
Head coach	Tony Skole (5th season)
Hitting coach	Zach Lucas (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Blake Cooper (5th season)
Home stadium	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 Southern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Wofford  ‍†‍‍	16	–	4	–	1		.786			42	–	16	–	1		.720
Mercer  ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			40	–	18	–	0		.690
Samford  ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			28	–	29	–	0		.491
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‡‍y	12	–	9	–	0		.571			34	–	28	–	0		.548
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			31	–	21	–	0		.596
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	9	–	11	–	1		.452			26	–	31	–	1		.457
VMI  ‍‍‍	6	–	15	–	0		.286			16	–	40	–	0		.286
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	5	–	16	–	0		.238			26	–	31	–	0		.456
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament [1] champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

2022 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The team were coached by Tony Skole, in his 5th season at The Citadel.

The Citadel recorded an overall record of 26–31, and finished in 8th place with a record of 5–16 in the Southern Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 12–39 overall, and 4–25 in the Southern Conference in 2021. They were 8–7 on March 19 before struggling through the remainder of the season.

Personnel

Roster

2022 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff [2]
	Pitchers 4 - Will Bastian - Senior 13 - George Derek Floyd - Freshman 15 - Cameron Reeves - Senior 17 - Fisher Paulsen - Freshman 18 - Lathan Todd - Senior 23 - Will Holmes - Freshman 24 - Gant Starling - Junior 28 - Landon Beverly - Freshman 30 - Luke Kissenberth - Sophomore 31 - Caleb Speedy - Junior 33 - Devin Beckley - Graduate Student 36 - Tyler Dunn - Graduate Student 37 - Simon Graf - Junior 39 - Chace Cooper - Junior 42 - Matthew Polk - Freshman 45 - Conner Cummiskey - Sophomore 48 - Rohan Shah - Sophomore 52 - Josh Woody - Freshman 54 - Jack Benedict - Freshman		Catchers 9 - Ben Hutchins - Sophomore 14 - Travis Lott - Junior 40 - Gray Sobel - Sophomore Infielders 1 - Dylan Costa - Graduate Student 5 - Sawyer Reeves - Sophomore 6 - Anthony Badala - Junior 8 - Garrett Dill - Freshman 10 - Crosby Jones - Junior 20 - Travis Elliott - Sophomore 21 - John Lanier - Junior 22 - Tilo Skole - Graduate Student 32 - Noah Mitchell - Junior 44 - Jeffrey Zeigler - Sophomore 46 - Campbell Brusman - Freshman 47 - Antonio Colon - Sophomore		Outfielders 0 - Wells Sykes - Freshman 2 - Wesley Lane - Senior 12 - Ryan McCarthy - Graduate Student 25 - Chase Loggins - Freshman 34 - Cole Simpson - Senior 50 - Clay Wilson - Junior 53 - Max Childress - Freshman 55 - Grant Dowis - Junior Utility 3 - Luke Montenery - Junior 38 - Wyatt Spurrier - Sophomore

Coaches

2022 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff [2]
Tony Skole – Head coach – 5th year Zach Lucas – Assistant coach (hitting/recruiting) – 3rd year Blake Cooper – Assistant coach (pitching) – 5th year

Schedule

Legend
	The Citadel win
	The Citadel loss
	Cancellation
Bold	The Citadel team member
*	Non-Conference game

2022 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball game log [3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record Feb 18 Fairleigh Dickinson* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 8–1 Reeves (1–0) Stewart (0–1) None 537 1–0 Feb 19 Fairleigh Dickinson* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 11–7 Beatson (1–0) Medero (0–1) None 332 2–0 Feb 20 Fairleigh Dickinson* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 11–6 Hutchins (1–0) Racobaldo (0–1) None 293 3–0 Feb 22 at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC W 16–3 Beckley (1–0) Braun (0–1) None 222 4–0 Feb 25 Villanova* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 8–7 Cummiskey (1–0) Siegenthaler (0–1) None 240 5–0 Feb 26 Villanova* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 1–6 Patten (1–1) Paulsen (0–1) None 360 5–1 Feb 27 Villanova* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 13–10 Beckley (2–0) Vanderslice (0–1) None 219 6–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record Mar 1 Charleston Southern* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 5–9 Robinson (1–0) Graf (0–1) Padysak (1) 253 6–2 Mar 4 Northern Kentucky* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 9–5 Reeves (2–0) Klingerbeck (1–2) None 223 7–2 Mar 5 Northern Kentucky* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 4–8 Richardson (1–0) Beckley (2–1) None 403 7–3 Mar 6 Northern Kentucky* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 9–5 Hutchins (2–0) Echeman (0–2) None 283 8–3 Mar 9 USC Upstate* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–3 Parson (1–0) Beatson (1–1) Matheny (1) 148 8–4 Mar 12 Siena* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 1–9 Seiler (1–2) Reeves (2–1) Marynczak (1) 8–5 Mar 12 Siena* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 15–10 Paulsen Rubino (0–2) Dunn (1) 219 9–5 Mar 13 Siena* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 13–7 Hutchins (3–0) Kahn (0–1) None 154 10–5 Mar 16 No. 2 Texas* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 4–18 Sthele (2–0) Graf (0–2) None 1,316 10–6 Mar 18 Saint Peter's* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 4–0 Beckley (3–1) Mahady (1–2) None 271 11–6 Mar 19 Saint Peter's* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 Paulsen (2–1) Dubois (1–3) None 273 12–6 Mar 20 Saint Peter's* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 18–3 Hutchins (4–0) Markantonatos (1–3) None 307 13–6 Mar 22 South Carolina* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 4–3 Dunn (1–0) Braswell (1–1) None 3,533 14–6 Mar 25 George Mason* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 Graf (1–2) Lyons (2–3) Dunn (2) 371 15–6 Mar 26 George Mason* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 5–4 Paulsen (3–1) Shields (0–1) Beckley (1) 404 16–6 Mar 27 George Mason* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 4–6 Hosley (3–2) Dunn (1–1) None 308 16–7 Mar 29 North Florida* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 8–1 Beckley (4–1) Holden (0–1) None 231 17–7
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record Apr 1 at Creighton* TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 2–11 Lamb (2–1) Reeves (2–2) None 1,249 17–8 Apr 2 at Creighton* TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 3–5 Bergstrom (2–1) Beckley (4–2) Steier (4) 1,308 17–9 Apr 3 at Creighton* TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 3–8 Lamb (3–1) Hutchins (4–1) None 1,494 17–10 Apr 8 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA L 2–8 Harlow (5–1) Reeves (2–3) None 750 17–11 0–1 Apr 9 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA L 1–4 Lobus (5–1) Paulsen (3–2) Kelley (3) 415 17–12 0–2 Apr 10 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA L 5–11 Farmer (5–0) Beatson (1–2) Franklin (1) 550 17–13 0–3 Apr 12 College of Charleston* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 8–6 Floyd (1–0) Lucas (0–1) None 505 18–13 Apr 15 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium • Lexington, VA L 2–5 Morgan (1–1) Reeves (2–4) Riley (3) 1,814 18–14 0–4 Apr 16 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium • Lexington, VA L 2–3 Riley (1–3) Beatson (2–2) None 132 18–15 0–5 Apr 17 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium • Lexington, VA W 22–57 Cummiskey (2–0) Plummer (1–3) Cooper (1) 154 19–15 1–5 Apr 19 at North Florida* Harmon Stadium • Jacksonville, FL L 3–12 Griesemer Beverly (0–1) None 538 19–16 Apr 20 Charleston Southern* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 6–2 Floyd (2–0) Sendziak (0–1) Beatson (1) 276 20–16 Apr 22 Western Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–4 Franklin (3–1) Beckley (4–3) Matthews (2) 305 20–17 1–6 Apr 23 Western Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 1–8 Mortenson (3–5) Reeves (2–5) None 206 20–18 1–7 Apr 24 Western Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 3–0 Paulsen (4–2) Corn (3–2) Floyd (1) 248 21–18 2–7 Apr 26 at Winthrop* Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC W 11–5 Beatson (2–3) Gainey (4–4) None 214 22–18 Apr 29 UNC Greensboro Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 3–6 Hoppe (6–2) Beatson (2–4) None 251 22–19 2–8 Apr 30 UNC Greensboro Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 0–4 Parsley (7–3) Reeves (2–6) None 364 22–20 2–9
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record May 1 UNC Greensboro Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 King (1–1) Paulsen (4–3) Hoppe (2) 227 22–21 2–10 May 6 at Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC L 6–8 Rhadans (6–3) Hutchins (4–2) None 302 22–22 2–11 May 8 at Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC L 1–11 Buchanan (4–0) Reeves (2–7) None 22–23 2–12 May 8 at Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC L 5–6 Rhadans (7–3) Beatson (2–5) None 392 22–24 2–13 May 10 Winthrop* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 6–911 Jones (2–6) Floyd (2–1) Lumpkin (1) 227 22–25 May 13 Samford Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–8 Cravey (3–3) Beckley (4–4) None 211 22–26 2–14 May 14 Samford Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 5–410 Cummiskey (3–0) Hobbs (1–4) None 255 23–26 3–14 May 15 Samford Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 10–07 Paulsen (5–3) Long (2–5) None 274 24–26 4–14 May 17 at College of Charleston* CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC L 9–15 Reed (6–0) Dunn (1–2) None 713 24–27 May 19 East Tennessee State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 Reeves (3–7) Kirby (3–3) Beckley (2) 475 25–27 5–14 May 20 East Tennessee State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 6–13 Loyd (4–4) Paulsen (5–4) Smiddy (2) 563 24–28 5–15 May 21 East Tennessee State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 10–118 Bollenbacher (5–1) Cummiskey (3–1) None 415 24–29 5–16
Post-season
SoCon Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoConT Record May 25 (5) East Tennessee State (8) Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC W 3–1 Reeves (4–7) Kirby (3–4) None 25–29 1–0 May 25 (4) UNC Greensboro (8) Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC L 6–7 Hoppe (8–2) Hutchins (4–3) None 25–30 1–1 May 26 (2) Mercer (8) Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC L 1–2 Kelley (7–0) Hutchins (4–4) None 1,863 25–31 1–2

References

1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com.
2. "2022 Baseball Roster". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
3. "2022 Baseball Schedule". CitadelSports.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.