2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

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2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
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MAC regular season champions
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record33–20 (25–6 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Matt Rembielak (4th season)
  • Joey Gamache (3rd season)
  • Joey Cooper (1st season)
Home stadium Steller Field
Seasons
 2023
2025 
2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Bowling Green  2560 .80633200 .623
Western Michigan  y19110 .63332210 .604
Ball State  18120 .60035231 .602
Miami (OH)  17130 .56727270 .500
Kent State  16130 .55226270 .491
Toledo  16150 .51627320 .458
Northern Illinois  14160 .46721330 .389
Ohio  13170 .43318320 .360
Akron  10190 .34515380 .283
Eastern Michigan  9210 .30014380 .269
Central Michigan  8220 .26717380 .309
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Falcons were led by head coach Kyle Hallock in his fourth season, are a members of the Mid-American Conference, and played their home games at Steller Field in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Contents

On March 16, the Falcons set a program record with 33 runs batted in against Ball State in a 34–8 victory. The 34 runs scored were the most in a MAC game and second-most in program history. [2] On March 23, the Falcons defeated Akron 11–6 to advance to 8–0 in MAC play, the best conference start in program history. [3] The Falcons started MAC play 17–0 which was both a school and MAC record. They also started 10–0 at home which was also a program record. [4]

On May 12, Bowling Green defeated Eastern Michigan 8–6, which secured their first regular season championship since the 2009 season. [5]

Previous Season

The Falcons finished the 2023 season 20–30, including 13–17 in conference play, finishing in seventh place in their conference. The Falcons did not qualify for the conference tournament. [6]

Personnel

Roster

2024 Bowling Green Falcons roster [7]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 – Nate Kress – Freshman
  • 12 – Connar Penrod – Junior
  • 14 – Carson Lumley – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 17 – Rigo Ramos – Senior
  • 19 – Perry Miller – Sophomore
  • 20 – Kade Arn – Sophomore
  • 22 – Owen Poole – Freshman
  • 23 – Landon Willeman – Junior
  • 24 – Peyton Wilson – Senior
  • 25 – Nic Good – Junior
  • 26 – Titus Lotz – Freshman
  • 27 – Luke Krouse – Sophomore
  • 29 – Logan Bell – Senior
  • 30 – Jacob Turner – Sophomore
  • 31 – Isaiah Seidel – Senior
  • 32 – Levi Gazarek – Junior
  • 33 – Calvin Mitchell – Sophomore
  • 35 – Brock Amelung – Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 3 – Garrett Wright – Freshman
  • 34 – Zack Horky – Sophomore
  • 37 – Austin Morman – Freshman
  • 38 – Cooper McKenzie – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Caden Bates – Freshman
  • 4 – David Silva – Senior
  • 10 – TJ Takats – Freshman
  • 13 – Landon Roque – Senior
  • 16 – Alex Laird – Freshman
  • 18 – Tyler Ross – Senior
  • 21 – Sam Seidel – Sophomore
  • 43 – Brady Birchmeier – Redshirt.svg Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 7 – Jack Krause – Senior
  • 8 – Nathan Archer – Junior
  • 14 – Gavin Ganun – Junior
  • 40 – Caden Parker – Junior

Utility

  • 9 – Leighton Banjoff – Senior
  • 28 – DJ Newman – Sophomore
 

Coaching Staff

2024 Bowling Green Falcons coaching staff [7]
NamePosition
Kyle Hallock Head coach
Joey CooperAssistant Coach
Joey GamacheAssistant Coach
Matt RembielakAssistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (33–20)
Regular season (32–18)
Postseason (1–2)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Falcons team member
  • Reference: [13]

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