Wright State Raiders baseball

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Wright State Raiders baseball team
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Founded1971 (1971)
University Wright State University
Head coach Alex Sogard (6th season)
Conference Horizon League
Location Dayton, Ohio
Home stadium Nischwitz Stadium
(Capacity: 750)
Nickname Raiders
ColorsHunter green and vegas gold [1]
   
College World Series appearances
1987 (Division II)
NCAA Tournament appearances
1994, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Regular season conference champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

The Wright State Raiders baseball team is the college baseball team of Wright State University. The program was founded in 1971 where it started off in Division II until 1988 when it moved to Division I. Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio, has been the home field of the program since 1993. The team has won 12 conference regular season championships, 12 conference tournament championships, and has appeared in the NCAA tournament 10 times.

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Stadium

Wright State currently plays at Nischwitz Stadium. The 750 seat stadium was built in 1993 and was named after Ron and Gregg Nischwitz. Ron coached the program for 30 years.

Year-by-year results

WSU's records season by season since joining Division I in 1988.

SeasonHead coachOverall recordConf. RecordPostseason
Division I Independent
1988 Ron Nischwitz 32–280–0
1989 Ron Nischwitz 45–120–0
1990 Ron Nischwitz 35–200–0
1991 Ron Nischwitz 39–160–0
Mid-Continent Conference
1992 Ron Nischwitz 40–1617–3
1993 Ron Nischwitz 39–1517–3
1994 Ron Nischwitz 39–2116–8NCAA tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
1995 Ron Nischwitz 33–2810–6NCAA Play-In-Series
1996 Ron Nischwitz 20–2810–12
1997 Ron Nischwitz 31–2816–6
1998 Ron Nischwitz 20–349–13
1999 Ron Nischwitz 26–288–10
2000 Ron Nischwitz 19–398–12
2001 Ron Nischwitz 31–2712–8
Horizon League
2002 Ron Nischwitz 20–339–14
2003 Ron Nischwitz 21–3410–13
2004 Ron Nischwitz 22–3410–11
2005 Rob Cooper 26–3411–9
2006 Rob Cooper 32–2717–13NCAA tournament
2007 Rob Cooper 36–2221–9
2008 Rob Cooper 30–2316–6
2009 Rob Cooper 33–3014–12NCAA tournament
2010 Rob Cooper 31–2517–6
2011 Rob Cooper 36–1916–7NCAA tournament
2012 Rob Cooper 37–2120–10
2013 Rob Cooper 25–309–12
2014 Greg Lovelady 33–2025–4
2015 Greg Lovelady 43–1621–8NCAA tournament
2016 Greg Lovelady 46–1723–6NCAA tournament
2017 Jeff Mercer 38–2121–9
2018 Jeff Mercer 39–1522–6NCAA tournament
2019 Alex Sogard 41–1521–8
2020 Alex Sogard 6–9*0–0*Season Canceled
2021 Alex Sogard 35–1328–4NCAA tournament
2022 Alex Sogard 30–2720–9NCAA tournament
2023 Alex Sogard 39–2122–8NCAA tournament

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Wright State in the NCAA tournament

Wright State has been in the NCAA tournament 11 times. The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2023 after they defeated Oakland in the Horizon League tournament championship.

YearRecordPctNotes
1987 2–2.500Division II College World Series
1994 1–2.333Mideast Regional
2006 0–2.000Corvallis Regional
2009 0–2.000Fort Worth Regional
2011 0–2.000College Station Regional
2015 2–2.500Champaign Regional
2016 2–2.500Louisville Regional
2018 0–2.000Stanford Regional
2021 0–2.000Knoxville Regional
2022 0–2.000Blacksburg Regional
2023 0–2.000Terre Haute Regional
TOTALS5–20.200( D-I )

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References

  1. Wright State Athletics Brandbook (PDF). July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  2. "2022 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved March 13, 2023.|publisher=Wright State Athletic Department
  3. "2023 Baseball Standings" . Retrieved May 29, 2023.|publisher=Horizon League