2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team

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2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball
SLU Billikens wordmark.png
Atlantic 10 regular season champion
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Record37–16 (16–8 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Logan Moon (4th season)
  • Miles Miller (1st season)
  • Jason Eary (2nd season)
Home stadium Billiken Sports Center
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Saint Louis  168 .6673716 .698
VCU  y158 .6523721 .638
Dayton  149 .6093322 .600
George Washington  1311 .5423126 .544
Saint Joseph's  1311 .5422926 .527
Richmond  1311 .5422732 .458
UMass  1311 .5422429 .453
Rhode Island  1113 .4581928 .404
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 25, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team represented Saint Louis University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Billikens played home games at Billiken Sports Center as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Darin Hendrickson, in his 17th season with the program.

Contents

Previous season

The 2023 Saint Louis team finished the season with a 33–23 (15–9) record. They reached the finals of the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament where they lost to George Mason.

Preseason

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Ethan Bell, Hayden Moore, and Cole Smith were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team. [2]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team
PlayerNo.PositionClass
Ethan Bell26RHPSenior
Hayden Moore1INFJunior
Cole Smith11DHSenior

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 14, 2024. Saint Louis was picked to win the conference and received three 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

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.No.Player.Year
C6Knox PrestonSenior
1B11Cole SmithSenior
2B2Ethan SitzmanJunior
3B25Graham MastrosFreshman
SS7Austin NeuwegSophomore
LF15Tyler FogartySenior
CF1Hayden MooreJunior
RF9Patrick ClohisyJunior
DH8Drew WintersSenior
Weekend Pitching Rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
Friday88Jackson HolmesJunior
Saturday13Tommy RaySenior
Sunday19Charlie WeberSophomore

Game log

2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball game log (37–16)
Regular season (37–14)
Postseason (0–2)
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = Saint Louis 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 Atlantic 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional.
[4]

Tournaments

Atlantic 10 tournament

Atlantic 10 tournament teams
(1) Saint Louis Billikens(2) VCU Rams(3) Dayton Flyers(4) Richmond Spiders(5) George Washington Revolutionaries(6) UMass Minutemen(7) Saint Joseph's Hawks
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
May 22 – 11:00 a.m.
1 Saint Louis 10
May 21 – 11:00 a.m.
4Richmond13
4 Richmond 12
May 24 – 11:00 a.m.
5 George Washington 4
4Richmond7
May 21 – 3:00 p.m.
2VCU13
3 Dayton 4
May 22 – 3:00 p.m.
6 UMass 1
3Dayton3
May 21 – 7:00 p.m.
2VCU11
2 VCU 4
May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
7 Saint Joseph's 2
2VCU16
4Richmond1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
May 23 – 11:00 a.m.
May 22 – 7:00 p.m.1Saint Louis0May 24 – 3:00 p.m.
6UMass27St. Joseph's14May 23 – 7:00 p.m.4Richmond14
7St. Joseph's127St. Joseph's137St. Joseph's6
May 23 – 3:00 p.m.5George Washington12
5George Washington9
3Dayton1
Second round (Game 4)
(4) Richmond Spidersvs.(1) Saint Louis Billikens
May 22, 2024 10:00 am (CDT) at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia
Team123456789 R H E
(4) Richmond30302140013111
(1) Saint Louis00020332010132
WP: Esteban Rodriguez (5–2)   LP: Jackson Holmes (9–3)
Home runs:
UR: Jack Arcamone (2), Jordan Jaffe, Connor Larson
SLU: Tyler Fogarty (2), Easton Richter (2)
Attendance: 301
Lower round 2 (Game 6)
(1) Saint Louis Billikensvs.(7) Saint Joseph's Hawks
May 23, 2024 10:00 pm (CDT) at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia
Team123456789 R H E
(1) Saint Louis000000000041
(7) Saint Joseph's10453010X14160
WP: Ryan DeSanto (4–2)   LP: Charlie Weber (3–3)
Home runs:
SLU: None
STJ: Ryan Cesarini (2), Tim Dickinson, Owen Petrich
Attendance: 464

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [5] —*RVRVRVRV
Baseball America [6]
Collegiate Baseball^ [7]
NCBWA [8] RVRVRVRVRVRV
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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