2024 George Mason Patriots baseball team

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2024 George Mason Patriots baseball
George Mason baseball logo.svg
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Record15–17 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tyler Nelin (1st season)
  • Evan Duhon (1st season)
  • Kyle Darmstead (1st season)
Home stadium Spuhler Field
Seasons
←  2023
2025 →
2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Dayton  ‍‍‍10–4 .71428–15 .651
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍10–5 .66730–11 .732
VCU  ‍‍‍9–5 .64327–17 .614
Richmond  ‍‍‍9–5 .64320–23 .465
Fordham  ‍‍‍9–6 .60018–25 .419
UMass  ‍‍‍8–7 .53318–22 .450
George Washington  ‍‍‍7–8 .46724–20 .545
George Mason  ‍‍‍6–9 .40018–23 .439
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍6–9 .40018–22 .450
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍6–9 .40014–24 .368
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍4–10 .28614–24 .368
Davidson  ‍‍‍4–11 .26718–25 .419
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of April 30, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 George Mason Patriots baseball team represents George Mason University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Patriots play their home games at Spuhler Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They are led by head coach Shawn Camp, in his fifth season at Mason, and his second as a head coach.

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George Mason is entering the season as the defending Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament champions.

Previous season

George Mason is entering the season off of one of its most successful seasons in program history, having clinched their fourth-ever conference tournament championship, their second Atlantic 10 Conference tournament title, and their first in the A-10 since 2014. [2]

The Patriots finished the 2023 season 36–27 record, with a conference record of 13–10. Starting pitcher, Chad Gartland, was named the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference Pitcher of the Year. [3]

In the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, George Mason entered the Winston-Salem Regional as the fourth seed, facing off against the third-seeded Northeastern of the CAA, the second-seeded Maryland of the Big Ten, and the top-seeded hosts, Wake Forest of the ACC. [4] Mason went 2–2 in the tournament, defeating Northeastern and Maryland, [5] but losing twice to Wake Forest. [6]

Preseason

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Connor Dykstra, Chad Gartland, and South Triumble were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team, while Gartland was also named the Preseason Pitcher of the Year. [7]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team
PlayerNo.PositionClass
Connor Dykstra16CJunior
Chad Gartland21SPJunior
South Trimble32BGraduate

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 14, 2024. George Mason was picked to finish second in the conference and received two first-place votes. [8]

Coaches' Poll
Pos.TeamPoints
1Saint Louis125 (3)
2George Mason121 (2)
3Saint Joseph's114 (1)
4Davidson113 (2)
5VCU97 (2)
6Dayton96 (1)
7Rhode Island77 (1)
8Richmond63
9George Washington51
10Fordham38
11UMass22
12St. Bonaventure19

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [9] ——*————————
Baseball America [10] ——————————
NCBWA† [11] ——————————
D1Baseball [12] ——————————
Perfect Game [13] ——————————

† 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.

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References

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