2024 Rhode Island Rams baseball team

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2024 Rhode Island Rams baseball
Rhode Island Rams logo.svg
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Record11–17 (4–4 A10)
Head coach
Associate head coachSean O'Brien (10th season)
Assistant coachKevin Heiss (3rd season)
Pitching coachDavid Fischer (3rd season)
Home stadium Bill Beck Field
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Saint Louis  168 .6673714 .725
VCU  y158 .6523321 .611
Dayton  149 .6093220 .615
George Washington  1511 .5773224 .571
Saint Joseph's  1311 .5422624 .520
Richmond  1311 .5422430 .444
UMass  1312 .5202428 .462
Rhode Island  1114 .4401929 .396
Davidson  1014 .4172428 .462
Fordham  1014 .4171933 .365
St. Bonaventure  816 .3331831 .367
George Mason  717 .2922132 .396
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 18, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Rhode Island Rams baseball team represent the University of Rhode Island during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams play their home games at Bill Beck Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They are led by head coach Raphael Cerrato, in his eighth year as manager.

Contents

Previous season

The 2023 team finished the season with a 23–20 (13–11) record. The Rams went 0–2 in the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. [2]

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 14, 2024. Rhode Island was picked to finish seventh in the conference and received one first-place votes. [3]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted
finish
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

Regular season

Schedule and results

2024 Rhode Island Rams Baseball Game Log (5–12)
Regular season (5–12)
April (6–1)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordA10 record
April 3 Boston College*Bill Beck FieldCanceled (inclement weather)5–16
April 5 UMass Bill Beck FieldW 6–1Maloney (2–1)Belliveau (2–4)NoneESPN+1136–161–3
April 6UMassBill Beck FieldL 2–4Lints (2–0)Grotyohann (0–5)Jensen (1)ESPN+976–171–4
April 7UMassBill Beck FieldW 5–3Ureña (1–0)Bigelow (1–2)Hughes (1)ESPN+1247–172–4
April 9 Brown*Bill Beck FieldW 5–2Johnston (2–2Keel (1–3)Hughes (2)1158–17
April 10Quinnipiac*Bill Beck FieldW 14–13Grotyohann (1–5)Manelski (0–1)Fernandez (1)829–17
April 12 Saint Joseph's Bill Beck FieldW 6–3Jones (1–0)McCausland (1–4)Ureña (1)ESPN+9110–173–4
April 13Saint Joseph'sBill Beck FieldW 7–2Sposato (1–3)DeSanto (2–2)NoneESPN+13311–174–4
April 14Saint Joseph'sBill Beck FieldESPN+
April 16at Bryant* Conaty Park
Smithfield, RI
April 19at George Washington Barcroft Park
Arlington, VA
ESPN+
April 20at George WashingtonBarcroft ParkESPN+
April 21at George WashingtonBarcroft ParkESPN+
April 23Bryant*Bill Beck Field
April 26 Fordham Bill Beck FieldESPN+
April 27FordhamBill Beck FieldESPN+
April 28FordhamBill Beck FieldESPN+
Postseason (0–0)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
* = Non-conference game      Bold =Rhode Island team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [5] —*
Baseball America [6]
Collegiate Baseball^ [7]
NCBWA [8]
D1Baseball [9]

^ 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.

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