2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

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2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
ACC Regular season Champion
ACC Tournament champion
Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Chapel Hill Super Regional Champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record56-14 (21–9 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadium Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
Seasons
  2006
2008  
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Florida State  xy246 .8004913 .790
No. 12 Clemson  y1812 .6004123 .641
NC State  y1614 .5333823 .623
Wake Forest  y1416 .4673429 .540
Boston College  1217 .4142427 .471
Maryland  723 .2332630 .464
Coastal
No. 2 North Carolina x‡y 219 .7005716 .781
No. 15 Virginia  y199 .6794516 .738
Miami (FL)  y1713 .5673724 .607
Georgia Tech  1514 .5173225 .561
Duke  822 .2672925 .537
Virginia Tech  723 .2332331 .426
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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The Tar Heels won the ACC tournament title. They made the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as the third-overall seed, and advanced to the 2007 College World Series, finishing as the national runner-up.

Roster

North Carolina Tar Heels 2007 baseball roster [2]
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  • #6 Alex White
  • #8 Andrew Carignan
  • #15 Rob Catapano
  • #17 Matt Danford
  • #18 Mike Facchinei
  • #20 Robert Woodard
  • #23 Jared Bard
  • #25 Colin Bates
  • #28 Adam Warren
  • #29 Brian Farrell
  • #31 Matt Cox
  • #32 Bryant Gaines
  • #35 Rob Wooten
  • #39 Luke Putkonen
  • #40 Tyler Trice
  • #42 B.J. Dail
  • #43 Matt Petiton
  • #45 Hunter Rome
  • #46 Brian Moran

Catchers

Infielders
  • #1 Kyle Shelton
  • #3 Bryan Steed
  • #4 Garrett Gore
  • #10 Kyle Seager
  • #12 Josh Horton
  • #14 Joe Pietropaoli
  • #24 Ryan Graepel
  • #34 Chad Flack

Outfielders

  • #5 Matt McNichol
  • #7 Reid Fronk
  • #11 Mike Cavasinni
  • #13 Dustin Ackley
  • #16 Tim Fedroff
  • #27 Seth Williams
  • #33 Kendric Burney
  • #44 Drew Poulk
Coaches
  • #30 - Mike Fox (Head Coach)
  • #21 - Scott Forbes (Assistant Coach/ Pitching Coach)
  • #2 - Chad Holbrook (Assistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator)
  • #37- Jason Howell

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2007". Boyd's World. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. "2007 CAROLINA BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE". Tar Heel Blue. Retrieved June 13, 2018.