2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team

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2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles wordmark.svg
Summit League Regular season champions
Summit League tournament champions
Stillwater Regional champions
Eugene Super Regional champions
Conference Summit League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
CB No. 5
Record52–14 (23–1 Summit)
Head coach
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y23–1 .95852–14 .788
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍16–7 .69623–30 .434
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍13–11 .54224–28 .462
Omaha  ‍‍‍9–14 .39121–28 .429
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍8–16 .33311–34 .244
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍8–16 .33312–40 .231
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍6–18 .25010–34 .227
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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

Contents

Previous season

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 finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Oral Roberts42 (6)
2North Dakota State36 (1)
3Omaha30
4South Dakota State24
5St. Thomas17
6Northern Colorado12
7Western Illinois7

Source: 2023 Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll

Award watch lists

First Team All-Americans
PlayerNo.PositionClassSelector(s)
Cade Denton36RPJunior NCBWA
Stopper of the Year Award
PlayerNo.PositionClassSelector(s)
Cade Denton36RPJunior 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.

PlayerHometownHigh School
Pitchers
Hudson Hart Gretna, Nebraska Gretna HS
Hitters
—

2022 MLB Draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionMLB Team
10309Isaac CoffeyRHP Boston Red Sox
13403Jackson LoftinSS Houston Astros

Schedule and results

2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball game log
Regular season (43–11)
Postseason (9–1)
Eugene Super Regional (2–1)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT recordNotes
June 9
7:00 pm		at No. 29 Oregon PK Park
Eugene, OR 		L 8–9Josh Mollerus (3–2)Dalton Patten (4–2)— ESPN 4,47649–123–1 Stats
Story
June 10
8:00 pm		at No. 29 OregonPK ParkW 8–7Cade Denton (2–1)Josh Mollerus (3–3)— ESPNU 4,47650–124–1 Stats
Story
June 11
5:00 pm		at No. 29 OregonPK ParkW 11–6Caleb Isaacs (8–0)Jackson Pace (2–4)Dalton Patten (5)ESPNU4,47651–125–1 Stats
Story
College World Series (1–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT recordNotes
June 16
1:00 pm		vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Omaha, NE 		W 6–5Cade Denton (3–1)Luke Savage (5–4)—ESPN24,13452–126–1 Stats
Story
June 18
6:00 pm		vs (2) No. 2 Florida Charles Schwab Field OmahaL 4–5 Hurston Waldrep (10–3)Harley Gollert (10–2)Cade Fisher (2) ESPN2 24,84152–136–2 Stats
Story
June 20
1:00 pm		vs No. 17 TCUCharles Schwab Field OmahaL 1–6Luke Savage (6–4)Brooks Fowler (9–2)—ESPN23,49652–146–3 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

TeamABAvg.H2B3BHRRBIBBSOSB
Oral Roberts2340.321750132199848933249699
Opponents2153.2415198088126922961540

Team pitching

TeamIPHRERBBSOSVERA
Oral Roberts582.1519279261229615234.03
Opponents565.175054448033249667.64

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [11] ——*———————————————*—*8
Baseball America [12] —————————————————*—*7
Collegiate Baseball^ [13] RV————————30302416121010765
NCBWA† [14] RVRVRV————RVRVRVRVRVRVRV29RV1414*6
D1Baseball [15] —————————————————*—*8

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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
HonorsPlayerYearPosition
Summit League Player of the YearJonah CoxJuniorINF/OF
Summit League Pitcher of the YearCade DentonJuniorRHP
Summit League Newcomer of the YearJonah CoxJuniorINF/OF
Summit League Defensive Player of the YearMac McCroskeyRedshirt SeniorINF
Summit League Coach of the Year Ryan Folmar 11th seasonManager
All-Summit League First TeamJake McMurraySenior1B
Jonah CoxJuniorOF
Matt HoganRedshirt SeniorOF
Drew StahlJuniorDH
Jakob HallSophomoreSP
Cade DentonJuniorRP
All-Summit League Second TeamJacob GodmanSeniorC
Holden BreezeRedshirt Junior3B
Mac McCroskeyRedshirt SeniorSS
Justin QuinnSeniorOF
Brooks FowlerSophomoreSP
Harley GollertRedshirt SeniorSP
All-Summit League Honorable MentionBlaze BrothersSeniorUT

Source: [16]

Regional honors
HonorsPlayerYearPositionPerformance
Stillwater Regional Most Outstanding PlayerCade DentonJuniorRHP3 SV, 4.0 IP, 7 SO, 2.25 ERA

Source: [17]

National honors
HonorsPlayerYearPositionSelector(s)
Stopper of the Year Cade DentonJuniorRHP NCBWA
All-American First Team Cade DentonJuniorRP ABCA
BA
NCBWA
Jonah CoxJuniorOF ABCA
CB
All-American Second TeamJonah CoxJuniorOF NCBWA
Cade DentonJuniorRP CB
All-American Third TeamJonah CoxJuniorOF BA
Matt HoganRedshirt SeniorOF NCBWA
Coach of the Year Ryan Folmar 11thManager NCBWA

Source: [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Notes

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

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