UC San Diego Tritons baseball

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UC San Diego Tritons baseball
Baseball current event.svg 2025 UC San Diego Tritons baseball team
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Founded1969;56 years ago (1969)
Overall record931–682–10 (.577) [1]
University University of California, San Diego
Head coach Eric Newman (14th season)
Conference Big West
Location La Jolla, California
Home stadium Triton Ballpark
(Capacity: 1,200)
Nickname Tritons
ColorsBlue and gold [2]
   
College World Series runner-up
Division II: 2010, 2017
College World Series appearances
Division II: 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019
Division III: 1987, 1994
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division II: 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Division III: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994
Conference tournament champions
2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Regular season conference champions
Division I: 2023
Division II: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Tritons pitcher Trevor Scott delivers a pitch in a 2014 NCAA West Regional game UCSD Pitcher, Trevor Scott.jpg
Tritons pitcher Trevor Scott delivers a pitch in a 2014 NCAA West Regional game
For information on all UC San Diego sports, see UC San Diego Tritons

The UC San Diego Tritons baseball team is the college baseball program that represents the University of California, San Diego. The Tritons compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big West Conference (BWC). The team plays its home games at Triton Ballpark.

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History

The Tritons have made several appearances in the Division II tournament, mostly under the leadership of former head coach Dan O'Brien. The Tritons reached the Division II College World Series for the first time in 2009, finishing fourth. In 2010, the Tritons enjoyed their most successful season to date, compiling a record of 54–8, and reaching the Division II national championship where they eventually fell. [3]

The UC San Diego baseball team plays its home games at Triton Ballpark in La Jolla, which was renovated in 2014. [4] In 2005, the Tritons were the CCAA league champions. In 2007 and 2008, they reached the NCAA West Regionals. In 2009, after winning the CCAA league and CCAA tournament, they advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series under the leadership of coach Dan O'Brien and infielder Vance Albitz, where they placed fourth. In 2010, they were the College World Series runners-up and the CCAA league and tournament champions. In 2011 and 2012, they repeated as CCAA league and tournament champions, again reaching the NCAA West Regionals. They won the CCAA tournament in 2014 as well. [5] In 2017, they were CCAA tournament runners-up and NCAA West Region champions, and placed second in the College World Series. [6]

Triton baseball, like most UCSD athletic programs, transitioned to the NCAA Division I Big West Conference beginning in 2020. They will not be eligible for the Division I College World Series until the reclassification period ends. [7]

Yearly Records

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallPostseason
Vince Askey (D-III Ind.)(1980–1981)
1980Vince Askey 13–22
1981Vince Askey 7–19
Vince Askey:20–41 (0.328)
Lyle Yates (D-III Ind.)(1982–1994)
1982Lyle Yates 9–17
1983Lyle Yates 8–26
1984Lyle Yates 10–18–1
1985Lyle Yates 23–28–1
1986Lyle Yates 22–16–2 NCAA Regional
1987Lyle Yates 32–13DIII College World Series
1988Lyle Yates 23–12
1989Lyle Yates 23–19NCAA Regional
1990Lyle Yates 19–18–2
1991Lyle Yates 16–23
1992Lyle Yates 28–9–1NCAA Regional
1993Lyle Yates 16–19–1
1994Lyle Yates 33–8DIII College World Series
Lyle Yates:262–226–8 (0.528)
Robert Fletcher (D-III Ind.)(1995–1997)
1995Robert Fletcher 23–13
1996Robert Fletcher 15–20–1
1997Robert Fletcher 19–17
Robert Fletcher:57–50–1 (0.528)
Dan O'Brien (D-III Ind.)(1998–2000)
1998 Dan O'Brien 20–18
1999 Dan O'Brien 19–18
2000 Dan O'Brien 22–13
Dan O'Brien (D-III):61–49 (0.555)
Division III (total):400–366–9 (0.516)
Dan O'Brien (D-II CCAA)(2001–2011)
2001 Dan O'Brien 14–347-2811thCCAA Tournament
2002 Dan O'Brien 30–23–123-175th NCAA West Regional
2003 Dan O'Brien 25–2819-19T-6thCCAA Tournament
2004 Dan O'Brien 35–2422-185thCCAA Tournament
2005 Dan O'Brien 37–2023-173rdNCAA West Regional
2006 Dan O'Brien 35–2423-132ndCCAA Tournament
2007 Dan O'Brien 37–2524-124thNCAA West Regional
2008 Dan O'Brien 43–18NCAA West Regional
2009 Dan O'Brien 41–1527-91st College World Series
2010 Dan O'Brien 54–835-51st National Runners-Up
2011 Dan O'Brien 42–1529-111stNCAA West Regional
Dan O'Brien (D-II):393–234–1 (0.625)257-160-0 (0.616)
Dan O'Brien (total):454–283–1 (0.615)257-160-0 (0.616)
Eric Newman (D-II CCAA)(2012–2020)
2012Eric Newman 33–2426-14T-1stNCAA West Regional
2013Eric Newman 26–2420-20T-6thCCAA Tournament
2014Eric Newman 38–1626-103rdNCAA West Regional
2015Eric Newman 36–2127-13T-2ndNCAA West Regional
2016Eric Newman 31–2120-172nd (South)CCAA Tournament
2017Eric Newman 44–1924-132nd (South) National Runners-Up
2018Eric Newman 43–1730-14T-1st 2018 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
2019Eric Newman 41–1630-101st 2019 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
2020Eric Newman 17-412-4n/an/a
Eric Newman (D-I Big West)(2021–present)
2021Eric Newman 24-2821-174th
2022Eric Newman 24-3213-178th
2023Eric Newman 34-1821-91stnot eligible
Eric Newman:391–230 (0.630)
Division II (total):763–445–1 (0.632)257–160 (0.616)
Division I (total):82–78–0 (0.513)55–43 (0.561)
Total:1,066–737–10 (0.581)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Record Book – UCSDTritons.com—Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics". Ucsdtritons.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "UC San Diego Brand Guidelines" (PDF). July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Baseball – Schedule/Results – UCSDTritons.com—Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics". Ucsdtritons.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Loh, Stefanie (April 10, 2015). "UCSD unveils new $6.89M ballpark". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Back On Top! No. 18 UCSD Reclaims CCAA Supremacy With Record Sixth Tournament Banner". UCSD Tritons. University of California, San Diego. May 10, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Kenney, Kirk (June 4, 2017). "UCSD's national title hopes end with 5–2 loss to West Chester (Pa.)". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Schneider, Gabe (November 27, 2017). "UC San Diego to Move to Division I Sports". The Triton. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  8. ↑ ,UCSDtritons.com
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