2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team

2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball
Summit League Regular season champions Summit League tournament champions Stillwater Regional champions Eugene Super Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Summit League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
CB	No. 5
Record	52–14 (23–1 Summit)
Head coach	Ryan Folmar (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Neill (14th season) Wes Davis (3rd season) Jimmy Turk (1st season)
Home stadium	J. L. Johnson Stadium
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Summit League baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y	23	–	1		.958			52	–	14		.788
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍	16	–	7		.696			23	–	30		.434
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			24	–	28		.462
Omaha  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			21	–	28		.429
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			11	–	34		.244
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			12	–	40		.231
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			10	–	34		.227
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament * Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III As of June 25, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at J. L. Johnson Stadium as a member of the Summit League. They were led by head coach Ryan Folmar, in his eleventh season at Oral Roberts.

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team

The 2022 team finished the season with a 38–20 record and a 17–7 record in the Summit League. In the 2022 Summit League baseball tournament, the second-seeded Golden Eagles beat in the final Omaha 21–2 and earned a bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were fourth seed in the College Station Regional. ^[2] There, the Golden Eagles lost against top-seed Texas A&M and next day against the second-seeded TCU and eliminated.

Preseason

Summit League Coaches'poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Oral Roberts	42 (6)
2	North Dakota State	36 (1)
3	Omaha	30
4	South Dakota State	24
5	St. Thomas	17
6	Northern Colorado	12
7	Western Illinois	7

Source: 2023 Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll

Award watch lists

First Team All-Americans
Player	No.	Position	Class	Selector(s)
Cade Denton	36	RP	Junior	NCBWA

Stopper of the Year Award
Player	No.	Position	Class	Selector(s)
Cade Denton	36	RP	Junior	NCBWA

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Offseason

Signing Day Recruits

The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Oral Roberts in 2023.

Player	Hometown	High School
Pitchers
Hudson Hart	Gretna, Nebraska	Gretna HS
Hitters
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2022 MLB draft

Main article: 2022 Major League Baseball draft

Two Oral Roberts players were drafted in the 2022 MLB draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team
10	309	Isaac Coffey	RHP	Boston Red Sox
13	403	Jackson Loftin	SS	Houston Astros

Schedule and results

2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball game log
Regular season (43–11)
February (6–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record Notes February 17 3:00 pm Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK W 16–2 Jakob Hall (1–0) Dominic Hann (0–1) — ORUSN 1,213 1–0 — Stats Story February 18 [a] 2:00 pm Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 8–2 Harley Gollert (1–0) Jacob Wilde (0–1) Dalton Patten (1) ORUSN 620 2–0 — Stats Story February 18 [a] 5:30 pm Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 3–210 Conner Floyd (1–0) Reagan Klawiter (0–1) — ORUSN 212 3–0 — Stats Story February 19 12:00 pm Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 6–1 Brooks Fowler (1–0) DJ Hess (0–1) — ORUSN 463 4–0 — Stats Story February 22 3:00 pm Missouri State* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 5–8 Tyler Tscherter (1–0) Joshua Caravalho (0–1) Scott Youngbrandt (1) ORUSN 302 4–1 — Stats Story February 24 6:00 pm at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark San Marcos, TX L 2–3 Levi Wells (2–0) Jakob Hall (1–1) Triston Dixon (1) 1,623 4–2 — Stats Story February 25 2:30 pm at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark W 6–3 Harley Gollert (2–0) Zeke Wood (1–1) Cade Denton (1) ESPN+ 1,715 5–2 — Stats Story February 26 3:00 pm at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark W 8–4 Caleb Isaacs (1–0) Nathan Medrano (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,408 6–2 — Stats Story
March (12–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record March 1 Tarleton State* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 6–5 Joshua Caravalho (1–1) Cris Enriquez (1–1) Dalton Patten (2) ORUSN 764 7–2 — March 3 Stephen F. Austin* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 9–16 Skyler Jaco (1–1) Jakob Hall (1–2) — ORUSN 613 7–3 — March 4 Stephen F. Austin* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 2–412 Benny Emmons III (1–0) Jacob Widener (0–1) — ORUSN 813 7–4 — March 5 Stephen F. Austin* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 9–1 Brooks Fowler (2–0) Conner Woods (0–1) Evan Kowalski (1) ORUSN 764 8–4 — March 7 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium Wichita, KS W 6–5 Joshua Caravalho (2–1) Caden Favors (1–1) Cade Denton (2) ESPN+ 1,147 9–4 — March 10 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX L 1–2 Brady Rose (1–0) Jakob Hall (1–3) Kyle Amendt (2) PBN 851 9–5 — March 11 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark L 5–15 Alec Baker (1–0) Dalton Patten (0–1) — PBN 892 9–6 — March 12 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark L 0–3 Bryson Hammer (3–1) Brooks Fowler (2–1) Kyle Amendt (3) PBN 896 9–7 — March 14 at Tarleton State* Tarleton Baseball Complex Stephenville, TX W 9–6 Cade Denton (1–0) Grant Garza (2–1) — WAC International 120 10–7 — March 15 at Abilene Christian* Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX L 8–10 Zach Smith (1–0) Jacob Widener (0–2) Blake Anderson (2) WAC International 563 10–8 — March 17 St. Thomas J. L. Johnson Stadium W 10–2 Jakob Hall (2–3) Evan Esch (1–2) — ORUSN 544 11–8 1–0 March 18 St. Thomas J. L. Johnson Stadium W 21–27 Harley Gollert (3–0) Jacob Mrosko (0–2) — ORUSN 585 12–8 2–0 March 19 St. Thomas J. L. Johnson Stadium W 8–2 Caleb Isaacs (2–0) Duke Coborn (0–1) Cade Denton (3) ORUSN 586 13–8 3–0 March 21 Wichita State* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 5–2 Evan Kowalski (1–0) Caden Favors (2–2) Cade Denton (4) ORUSN 713 14–8 — March 24 at Memphis* FedExPark Memphis, TN W 11–1 Jakob Hall (3–3) David Warren (2–1) Evan Kowalski (2) 177 15–8 — March 25 at Memphis* FedExPark L 5–7 Dalton Fowler (2–3) Harley Gollert (3–1) — 528 15–9 — March 26 at Memphis* FedExPark W 10–3 Joshua Caravalho (3–1) JT Durham (3–2) Cade Denton (5) 411 16–9 — March 28 at Missouri State* Hammons Field Springfield, MO W 4–0 Jacob Widener (1–2) Forrest Barnes (1–1) — 383 17–9 — March 31 Western Illinois J. L. Johnson Stadium W 16–57 Caleb Isaacs (3–0) Eric Cunning (0–1) — ORUSN 734 18–9 4–0
April (14–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record April 1 Western Illinois J. L. Johnson Stadium W 7–2 Harley Gollert (4–1) Jake Armstrong (2–3) Dalton Patten (3) ORUSN 801 19–9 5–0 April 2 Western Illinois J. L. Johnson Stadium W 13–38 Joshua Caravalho (4–1) Jack Bell (0–2) — ORUSN 607 20–9 6–0 April 4 Oklahoma* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 2–12 Braden Carmichael (1–0) Evan Kowalski (1–1) — ORUSN 1,941 20–10 — April 6 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field Omaha, NE W 5–4 Brooks Fowler (3–1) Caleb Riedel (1–4) Cade Denton (6) 378 21–10 7–0 April 7 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field W 16–9 Joshua Caravalho (5–1) Preston Tenney (3–3) — 505 22–10 8–0 April 8 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field W 8–5 Caleb Isaacs (4–0) Brennen Bales (0–1) Cade Denton (7) 506 23–10 9–0 April 11 at No. 18 Oklahoma State* O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK W 8–5 Caleb Isaacs (5–0) Gabe Davis (0–2) Cade Denton (8) ESPN+ 4,781 24–10 — April 14 Northern Colorado J. L. Johnson Stadium W 10–08 Jakob Hall (4–3) Dylan Smith (2–6) — ORUSN 1,347 25–10 10–0 April 15 Northern Colorado J. L. Johnson Stadium W 12–6 Harley Gollert (5–1) Trey Cruz (0–5) Cade Denton (9) ORUSN 813 26–10 11–0 April 16 Northern Colorado J. L. Johnson Stadium W 13–38 Brooks Fowler (4–1) Zack Herrick (0–4) — ORUSN 904 27–10 12–0 April 21 vs. North Dakota State Doc Ross Field [b] Council Bluffs, IA W 10–07 Jakob Hall (5–3) Cade Feeney (4–4) — 57 28–10 13–0 April 22 vs. North Dakota State Doc Ross Field L 2–4 Skyler Riedinger (1–3) Cade Denton (1–1) — 64 28–11 13–1 April 23 vs. North Dakota State Doc Ross Field W 8–413 Dalton Patten (1–1) Joey Danielson (1–3) — 54 29–11 14–1 April 25 at Oklahoma Mitchell Park Norman, OK Canceled due to inclement weather [9] April 28 South Dakota State J. L. Johnson Stadium W 5–3 Jakob Hall (6–3) Brady Hawkins (0–4) Cade Denton (10) ORUSN 1,025 30–11 15–1 April 29 South Dakota State J. L. Johnson Stadium W 10–3 Harley Gollert (6–1) Blake Kunz (0–4) Jacob Widener (1) ORUSN 1,213 31–11 16–1 April 30 South Dakota State J. L. Johnson Stadium W 18–77 Brooks Fowler (5–1) Jake Goble (4–2) — ORUSN 1,026 32–11 17–1
May (11–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record Notes May 2 6:00 pm Oklahoma State* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 9–7 Jacob Widener (2–2) Brian Hendry (2–1) — ORUSN 2,273 33–11 — Stats Story May 5 1:00 pm at St. Thomas Koch Diamond St. Paul, MN W 8–3 Caleb Isaacs (6–0) Duke Coborn (2–4) — 229 34–11 18–1 Stats Story May 6 12:00 pm at St. Thomas Koch Diamond W 11–2 Harley Gollert (7–1) Nolan Kemp (0–3) Dalton Patten (4) 230 35–11 19–1 Stats Story May 7 1:00 pm at St. Thomas Koch Diamond W 8–1 Brooks Fowler (6–1) Evan Esch (2–3) — 413 36–11 20–1 Stats Story May 9 6:00 pm at Wichita State* Eck Stadium W 4–1 Dalton Patten (2–1) Robert Cranz (1–2) Cade Denton (11) ESPN+ 1,692 37–11 — Stats Story May 12 6:00 pm Southern Indiana* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 12–4 Jakob Hall (7–3) Trent Robinson (1–3) — ORUSN 1,084 38–11 — Stats Story May 13 2:00 pm Southern Indiana* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 9–2 Harley Gollert (8–1) Blake Ciuffetelli (2–1) — ORUSN 1,247 39–11 — Stats Story May 14 1:00 pm Southern Indiana* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 5–0 Brooks Fowler (7–1) Tyler Hutson (1–7) — ORUSN 1,170 40–11 — Stats Story May 18 3:00 pm at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium Macomb, IL W 7–4 Harley Gollert (9–1) Jack Bell (2–5) Cade Denton (12) 94 41–11 21–1 Stats Story May 19 2:00 pm at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium W 12–2 Dalton Patten (3–1) Tyler Kapraun (3–7) — 67 42–11 22–1 Stats Story May 20 1:00 pm at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium W 12–08 Brooks Fowler (8–1) Jake Armstrong (4–6) — 150 43–11 23–1 Stats Story
Postseason (9–1)
Summit League Tournament (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SummitT Record Notes May 24 12:00 pm vs. (4) Omaha (1) Newman Outdoor Field Fargo, ND W 9–2 Harley Gollert (10–1) Harrison Kreiling (0–4) — WDAY Xtra/WDAY Sports+ 89 44–11 1–0 Stats Story May 25 6:00 pm vs. (3) South Dakota State (1) Newman Outdoor Field W 15–2 Jakob Hall (8–3) Blake Kunz (1–7) — WDAY Xtra/WDAY Sports+ 283 45–11 2–0 Stats Story May 27 1:00 pm vs. (3) South Dakota State (1) Newman Outdoor Field W 12–4 Brooks Fowler (9–1) Ryan Bourassa (3–3) — WDAY Xtra/WDAY Sports+ 162 46–11 3–0 Stats Story
Stillwater Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes June 2 6:00 pm at (1) No. 16 Oklahoma State (4) O'Brate Stadium W 6–4 Caleb Isaacs (7–0) Nolan McLean (1–2) Cade Denton (13) ESPN+ 5,423 47–11 1–0 Stats Story June 3 8:00 pm vs. (3) Washington (4) O'Brate Stadium W 15–12 Evan Kowalski (2–1) Grant Cunningham (1–3) Cade Denton (14) ESPN+ 4,716 48–11 2–0 Stats Story June 4 8:00 pm vs. (2) No. 18 Dallas Baptist (4) O'Brate Stadium W 6–5 Dalton Patten (4–1) Brady Rose (7–2) Cade Denton (15) ESPN+ 4,782 49–11 3–0 Stats Story
Eugene Super Regional (2–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes June 9 7:00 pm at No. 29 Oregon PK Park Eugene, OR L 8–9 Josh Mollerus (3–2) Dalton Patten (4–2) — ESPN 4,476 49–12 3–1 Stats Story June 10 8:00 pm at No. 29 Oregon PK Park W 8–7 Cade Denton (2–1) Josh Mollerus (3–3) — ESPNU 4,476 50–12 4–1 Stats Story June 11 5:00 pm at No. 29 Oregon PK Park W 11–6 Caleb Isaacs (8–0) Jackson Pace (2–4) Dalton Patten (5) ESPNU 4,476 51–12 5–1 Stats Story
College World Series (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes June 16 1:00 pm vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE W 6–5 Cade Denton (3–1) Luke Savage (5–4) — ESPN 24,134 52–12 6–1 Stats Story June 18 6:00 pm vs (2) No. 2 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 4–5 Hurston Waldrep (10–3) Harley Gollert (10–2) Cade Fisher (2) ESPN2 24,841 52–13 6–2 Stats Story June 20 1:00 pm vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 1–6 Luke Savage (6–4) Brooks Fowler (9–2) — ESPN 23,496 52–14 6–3 Stats Story
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled Bold = Oral Roberts team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Summit League Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively. All times are in Central Time.
[10]

Statistics

Team batting

Team	AB	Avg.	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Oral Roberts	2340	.321	750	132	19	98	489	332	496	99
Opponents	2153	.241	519	80	8	81	269	229	615	40

Team pitching

Team	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	SV	ERA
Oral Roberts	582.1	519	279	261	229	615	23	4.03
Opponents	565.1	750	544	480	332	496	6	7.64

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches' [11]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*	8
Baseball America [12]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*	7
Collegiate Baseball^ [13]	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	30	24	16	12	10	10	7	6	5
NCBWA† [14]	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	29	RV	14	14*	6
D1Baseball [15]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—*	8

^ 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.

Awards and honors

Summit League honors

Honors	Player	Year	Position
Summit League Player of the Year	Jonah Cox	Junior	INF/OF
Summit League Pitcher of the Year	Cade Denton	Junior	RHP
Summit League Newcomer of the Year	Jonah Cox	Junior	INF/OF
Summit League Defensive Player of the Year	Mac McCroskey	Redshirt Senior	INF
Summit League Coach of the Year	Ryan Folmar	11th season	Manager
All-Summit League First Team	Jake McMurray	Senior	1B
	Jonah Cox	Junior	OF
	Matt Hogan	Redshirt Senior	OF
	Drew Stahl	Junior	DH
	Jakob Hall	Sophomore	SP
	Cade Denton	Junior	RP
All-Summit League Second Team	Jacob Godman	Senior	C
	Holden Breeze	Redshirt Junior	3B
	Mac McCroskey	Redshirt Senior	SS
	Justin Quinn	Senior	OF
	Brooks Fowler	Sophomore	SP
	Harley Gollert	Redshirt Senior	SP
All-Summit League Honorable Mention	Blaze Brothers	Senior	UT

Source: ^[16]

Regional honors

Honors	Player	Year	Position	Performance
Stillwater Regional Most Outstanding Player	Cade Denton	Junior	RHP	3 SV, 4.0 IP, 7 SO, 2.25 ERA

Source: ^[17]

National honors

Honors	Player	Year	Position	Selector(s)
Stopper of the Year	Cade Denton	Junior	RHP	NCBWA
All-American First Team	Cade Denton	Junior	RP	ABCA
				BA
				NCBWA
	Jonah Cox	Junior	OF	ABCA
				CB
All-American Second Team	Jonah Cox	Junior	OF	NCBWA
	Cade Denton	Junior	RP	CB
All-American Third Team	Jonah Cox	Junior	OF	BA
	Matt Hogan	Redshirt Senior	OF	NCBWA
Coach of the Year	Ryan Folmar	11th	Manager	NCBWA

Source: ^{[18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

Notes

1. Part of a doubleheader.
2. Series Relocated - Field Conditions. ^[8]

References

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External links

• ORU Baseball