2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Program

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American Athletic Conference Baseball Championships Bright House Field - Clearwater, Fla. May 21-25, 2014 The American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship will be held at Bright House Field in 2014. The stadium is home to the Clearwater Threshers, the Class A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The top eight teams, based on regular-season finish in the league standings, qualified for the championship, and are placed in one of two pools. The tournament champion will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

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2014 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRIGHT HOUSE FIELD, CLEARWATER, FL POOL A #1 SEED #4 SEED #5 SEED #8 SEED

LOUISVILLE RUTGERS USF MEMPHIS

POOL B #2 SEED #3 SEED #6 SEED #7 SEED

UCF HOUSTON TEMPLE UCONN

#1 SEED CHOOSES FIRST BYE DAY; #2 SEED CHOOSES SECOND BYE DAY; CORRESPONDING BYES COMPLETED ACCORDINGLY WEDNESDAY 21‐May #7 UCONN

THURSDAY 22‐May #3 HOUSTON

FRIDAY 23‐May #4 RUTGERS

SATURDAY 24‐May #6 TEMPLE/#7 UCONN^

SUNDAY 25‐May

GAME 1 11:00 AM (live on The ADN) #2 UCF

GAME 4 11:00 AM (live on The ADN) #7 UCONN

GAME 7 11:00 AM (live on The ADN) #8 MEMPHIS

GAME 10 11:00 AM (live on The ADN) #6 TEMPLE/#7 UCONN^

#6 TEMPLE

#8 MEMPHIS

#1 LOUISVILLE

#1 LOUISVILLE/#4 RUTGERS^

POOL A WINNER

GAME 2 3:00 PM (live on The ADN) #3 HOUSTON

GAME 5 3:00 PM (live on The ADN) #1 LOUISVILLE

GAME 8 3:00 PM (live on The ADN) #5 USF

GAME 11 3:00 PM (live on The ADN) #1 LOUISVILLE/#4 RUTGERS^

CHAMPIONSHIP Noon (live on ESPNU) POOL B WINNER

#5 USF

#2 UCF

#2 UCF/#3 HOUSTON^

#5 USF/ #8 MEMPHIS^

GAME 3 7:00 PM (live on The ADN) #4 RUTGERS

GAME 6 7:00 PM (live on The ADN) #6 TEMPLE

GAME 9 7:00 PM (live on The ADN) #2 UCF/#3 HOUSTON^

GAME 12 7:00 PM (live on The ADN) #5 USF/ #8 MEMPHIS^

* All times are ET

Games 1‐12 will be live on the 'American Digital Network' (The ADN); Championship Game live on ESPNU

^ Home teams will be determined at site

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2 014 CHAMPI O N SH I P 2014 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The stadium’s seating capacity is 8,500. The outfield dimensions measure 329 feet down the leftfield line, 408 feet to center, and 330 down the rightfield line. The $25 million facility features a 360-degree main concourse, grass berm seating, group picnic areas, a children’s play area and a state-of-the-art video scoreboard. In addition to a major-league quality playing field, the facility also houses the Carpenter Complex – an adjacent four-diamond practice complex, which allows teams to take fullfield batting practice while a game is taking place in the stadium.

Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced that the first American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship will be hosted at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla. The championship will take place May 21-25, 2014. The final will be televised on ESPNU. Bright House Field, which is regarded as one of the finest minor league playing and practice facilities in the nation, is no stranger to collegiate baseball after hosting seven Big East Championships.

The site first hosted the conference tournament in 2006 and was the league’s championship destination for seven of the last eight years.

“We’re excited to partner with Bright House Field for our first baseball championship,” said Aresco. “Our goal is always to provide the best possible championship experience for our student-athletes, coaches and fans. This partnership with Bright House Field and the support of the St. Petersburg-Clearwater area make that a certainty.”

“The City of Clearwater will look forward to welcoming the players, coaches and fans to Florida’s best beach town and to supporting the American Athletic Conference champion in its pursuit of its first College World Series championship,” said Clearwater mayor George Cretekos.

Bright House Field serves as the spring training site for the Philadelphia Phillies, and it has housed the Phillies’ Florida State League affiliate Clearwater Threshers since the facility opened in 2004.

“For years, baseball players and fans of all ages have flocked to Florida for first-class competition and enjoyable experiences,” said John Webb, President/CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation.

“With this new agreement, the State of Florida, St. Petersburg/ Clearwater Sports Commission and the City of Clearwater welcome the American Athletic Conference Championship for its first year. The players will continue to have an experience to remember competing on the same field as their major league heroes and fans will enjoy the amenities Bright House Field offers spring training baseball fans on an annual basis.“ “The St. Pete/Clearwater Sports Commission is proud of the partnership established with The American,” said Kevin Smith, Director of Sports for the commission. “Our entire community has a long list of signature events in the Bright House Clearwater Super Boat National Championship, Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete, Rock n Roll St. Pete Half Marathon and the USF Softball Series.

This championship exemplifies that the Road to Omaha starts in the St. Pete/Clearwater Area.”

The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will qualify for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Championship, which will utilize a pool format that comprises 13 games. Each team will play three games in a round-robin format within its pool, and the winners of each pool will meet in the May 25 final.

Two teams from The American’s 2014 baseball membership reached the 2013 NCAA Championship. UConn won its opening game in the Blacksburg Regional, while Louisville advanced through the Regional and Super Regional rounds on its way to the College World Series.

“We are excited to be the host of the newly named American Athletic Conference and it’s 2014 Baseball Championship here at beautiful Bright House Field,” said John Timberlake, Director of Florida Operations for Phillies Florida. “Having been the host of the Big East Baseball Championships for seven out of the last eight years, we want to welcome the new institutions that make up The American as well as the remaining members that have come to enjoy our first class facility here at Bright House Field in addition to the Clearwater community and its pristine beaches.”

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2014 AWA RD WI N N E R S A ND A LL -C O N FE R E N C E T EAMS PITCHER OF THE YEAR Eric Skoglund UCF, Jr., LHP

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jeff Gardner Louisville, Jr., OF Gardner was The American Preseason Player of the Year, and followed through by winning postseason honors. The senior led the conference with a .575 slugging percentage, 61 RBI and 115 total bases. His RBI total was 11 higher than the next conference player and ranks eight in the nation, while his slugger percentage was 51 points higher than second place. Gardner is a candidate for the Senior Class Award and was a two-time Player of the Week selection.

P P P P RP C C 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF DH

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FIRST TEAM

Eric Skoglund * UCF Kyle Funkhouser * Louisville Caleb Wallingford Memphis Jimmy Herget USF Nick Burdi Louisville Jr. Max McDowell UConn Caleb Barker Houston Bobby Melley UConn Nick Favatella Rutgers Tommy Williams UCF Alex Chittenden LouisvilleIan Happ Cincinnati Blake Davey UConn Jeff Gardner * Louisville Justin Montemayor * Houston * = Unanimous Selection

Skoglund became the ace of the Knights’ staff during a breakthrough junior campaign, finishing the regular season 9-2 with a 2.04 ERA. The 6-foot-7 lefthander led the conference in innings pitched (105.2), starts (14), and strikeouts (92).

Skoglund was named The American Pitcher of the Week a league-high four times.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Andrew Lantrip, RHP, Houston Gaby Rosa, RHP, Rutgers

Two freshman pitchers shared conference Rookie of the Year honors. Houston’s Andrew Lantrip went 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA, best among all freshmen, and struck out 25 hitters in 33.0 innings as a midweek starter for the Cougar s. Rutger s ’ Gaby Rosa went 6-2 with a 2.28 earned-run average, making 10 starts in his debut season. Hitters batted just .219 against Rosa, who won his last four decisions as a valuable weekend starter for the Scarlet Knights.

ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE P P P P RP C 1B 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF DH

SECOND TEAM

Zach Rodgers Aaron Garza Jake Lemoine Jared Ruxer Chase Wellbrock Levi Borders James Vasquez Casey Grayson Dylan Moore Kyle Teaf USF Derek Peterson Derrick Salberg Kyle Survance Cole Sturgeon Sam Tolleson

UCF Houston Houston Louisville Houston USF UCF Houston UCF Jr. Temple UCF Houston Louisville UCF

P P P 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF OF OF OF DH

THIRD TEAM

Anthony Marzi Jon Reed Memphis Howie Brey Brian O’Grady Zach Lucas Pat Sweeney Connor Hollis Erik Barber Justin Glass Matt Williams Jake Little Memphis Mike Carter Vinny Zarrillo Luke Borders

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FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS (AS OF MAY 19) 2014 STANDINGS

American Pct. Overall Pct. Streak 12/7 Louisville* 19-5 .792 43-13 .768 W3 UCF 17-7 .708 34-22 .607 W1 16/17 Houston 14-9 .609 41-14 .745 W1 Rutgers 14-9 .609 29-23 .558 W2 USF 10-14 .417 26-29 .473 L2 Temple 9-14 .391 14-30 .318 L1 UConn 9-14 .391 26-29 .473 L1 Memphis 8-16 .333 28-28 .500 L2 Cincinnati 6-18 .250 22-31 .415 L4 * - Won Regular Season Championship

WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Baseball American/USA Today Coaches Poll Week* UCF HOU Preseason -/RV - March 3 - /RV March 10 - /RV March 17 - 23/24 March 24 - 17/17 March 31 - 10/13 April 7 - 8/10 April 14 - 14/15 April 14 - 14/16 April 21 -/RV 14/16 April 28 23/RV 16/18 May 5 -/RV 16/18 May 12 -/RV 16/16 May 19 - 16/17

LOU MEM USF 20/9 - - 19/13 /RV /RV 17/11 /RV - 14/9 /RV - 14/13 - - 11/8 - - 13/11 - - 10/9 - - 13/17 - - 13/17 - - 13/8 - - 10/8 - - 10/6 - 12/7 - -

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Feb. 17 Jeff Gardner, OF, Louisville Feb. 24 Zach Lucas, INF, Louisville March 3 Brian O’Grady, 1B, Rutgers March 10Frankie Ratcliff, SS, Houston March 17Zach Lucas, INF, Louisville March 24Sam Tolleson, DH, UCF March 31Kyle Survance, OF, Houston April 7 Tommy Williams, SS, UCF April 14 Blake Davey, OF, UConn April 21 Casey Grayson, 1B, Houston April 28 Danny Rosenbaum, DH, LOU May 5 Jeff Gardner, OF, Louisville May 12 Connor McVey, SS, Cincinnati May 19 James Vasquez, 1B, UCF

HONOR ROLL SELECTIONS

PITCHERS OF THE WEEK Feb. 17 Jared West, LHP, Houston Feb. 24 Tyler Ford, LHP, Houston March 3 Aaron Garza, RHP, Houston March 10 Casey Mulholland, RHP, USF March 17 Zach Lucas, INF, Louisville March 24 Sam Tolleson, DH, UCF March 31 Kyle Survance, OF, Houston April 7 Tommy Williams, SS, UCF April 14 Blake Davey, OF, UConn April 21 Casey Grayson, 1B, Houston April 28 Danny Rosenbaum, DH, LOU May 5 Jeff Gardner, OF, Louisville May 12 Nick Burdi, RHP, Louisville May 19 Jimmy Herget, RHP, USF

March 31: Derrick Salberg, CF, UCF; Bobby Melley, 1B, UConn; Tyler Ford, LHP, Houston; Kyle Funkhouser, RHP, Louisville; Jimmy Herget, RHP, USF

Feb. 17: Tommy Williams, SS/2B, UCF; Aaron Garza, P, Houston; Zach Willis, 2B, Memphis; Jimmy Herget, RHP, USF; Luke Maglich, OF, USF Feb. 24: Derrick Salberg, CF, UCF; Matt Ring, P, Cincinnati; Jack Sunberg OF, UConn; Kyle Funkhouser, P, Louisville; Janick Serrallonga, P, USF March 3: Jeff Gardner, OF, Louisville; Jared Ruxer, RHP, Louisville; Drew Griffin, 3B, Memphis; Howie Brey, LHP, Rutgers; Brandon Lawson, Fr., RHP, USF March 10: Andrew Zellner, RHP, Cincinnati; Aaron Garza, RHP, Houston, Jared Ruxer, RHP, Louisville; Jon Reed, RHP, Memphis; Derek Peterson, 3B, Temple March 17: Tommy Williams, SS, UCF; Ian Happ, OF, Cincinnati; Andrew Zapata, RHP, UConn; Caleb Barker, C, Houston; Casey Mulholland, RHP, USF March 24: Bobby Melley, 1B, UConn; Jared West, LHP, Houston; Gaby Rosa, RHP, Rutgers; Jimmy Herget, RHP, USF; Matt Hockenberry, RHP, Temple

April 7: Jake Lemoine, RHP, Houston; Frankie Ratcliff, SS, Houston; Nick Burdi, RP, Louisville; Kyle Driscoll, RHP, Rutgers; Casey Mulholland, RHP, USF April 14: Justin Glass, OF, Cincinnati; Nick Burdi, RP, Jr., Louisville; Gaby Rosa, RHP, Rutgers; Jimmy Herget, RHP, USF; Kyle Teaf, SS, Jr, USF April 21: Grant Walker, RHP, Cincinnati; Zach Schritenthal, 3B, Memphis; Mike Carter, OF, Rutgers; Gaby Rosa, RHP, Rutgers; Ryan Keuhn, RHP, Temple April 28: Eric Skoglund, LHP, UCF; Brian Ward, LHP, UConn; Justin Montemayor, OF, Houston; Kyle Funkhouser, RHP, Louisville; Jimmy Herget, RHP, USF May 5: Conor Walsh, RHP, Cincinnati; Max McDowell, C, UConn; Casey Grayson, 1B, Houston; Jon Reed, RHP, Memphis; Jon Young, RHP, Rutgers

May 12: Eric Skoglund, LHP, UCF; Matt Ring, RHP, Cincinnati; Andrew Lantrip, RHP, Houston; Howie Brey, LHP, Rutgers; Nick Favatella, 2B, Rutgers

May 19: Brian Ward, LHP, UConn; Jared Robinson, RHP, Houston; Gaby Rosa,

RHP, Rutgers; Anthony Kidston, RHP, Louisville; Matt Hockenberry, RHP, Temple

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UCF Knights (34-22 Overall/17-7 American)

UCF KNIGHTS

FEBRUARY

NO. 2 SEED 34-22 OVERALL 17-7 AMERICAN

R

H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

VASQUEZ, JAMES .340 55-55 197 39 67 10 1 6 50 97 .492 28 12 SALBERG, DERRICK .315 47-47 203 39 64 6 0 1 23 73 .360 13 4 MOORE, DYLAN

.302 53-53 222 43 67 15 0 2 31 88 .396 19 10

BARBER, ERIK

.298 42-42 151 37 45 9 2 5 27 73 .483 20 13

TOLLESON, SAM

.286 38-29 112 17 32 4 0 3 21 45 .402 9 6

WILLIAMS, TOMMY .265 55-55 211 35 56 8 1 11 44 99 .469 25 7 SAVINON, JORDAN .240 55-50 183 20 44 9 0 2 22 59 .322 17 4 WOODS, JOMARCOS .230 53-50 165 26 38 3 1 0 12 43 .261 26 4 GELLINGER, KAM

Player

.219 53-52 183 24 40 2 1 1 14 47 .257 20 3

ERA W-L APP-GSCGSHO SV IP

H

R

ER BB SO

RODGERS, ZACH

1.41 6-1 25-6 0 0/1 5 70.1 61 18 11 13 47

SKOGLUND, ERIC

2.04

MARTIN, TYLER

2.63 0-2 10-3 0 0/0 1 13.2 14 9 4 12 6

PETREE, JARROD

2.64 4-0 19-0 0 0/0 0 30.2 29 9 9 9 23

FAVRE, ZAC

2.79

MEYER, RYAN

2.97 3-1 14-8 0 0/1 0 39.1 26 17 13 20 22

THOMPSON, TRENT

3.43

1-6

29-0

0 0/0

5

44.2

56

21

17

9

23

THOMAS, PARKER

3.91

1-3

27-0

0 0/0

1

25.1

24

12

11

20

21

DAVIS, SPENCER

4.28 2-1 16-10 0 0/1 0 48.1 49 26 23 31 31

9-2 14-14 3 1-2

1-1

25-0

0

0 0/1

1

105.2

29.0

Siena Siena Siena No. 23/20 Florida

21 22 23 25 28

vs. vs. vs. at at

Ohio State Oklahoma The Citadel Jacksonville Ole Miss

L, 3-9 (10) W, 4-1 W, 9-7 W, 5-3 L, 3-4 (13)

1 2 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 18 21 22 23 26 28 29 30

at at at vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. at vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

Ole Miss Ole Miss Bethune-Cookman Michigan Central Michigan Central Michigan Central Michigan No. 2/2 Florida State No. 2/2 Florida State Central Connecticut Central Connecticut Central Connecticut No. 25 Miami Cincinnati * Cincinnati * Cincinnati * Bethune-Cookman Temple * Temple * Temple *

L, 4-5 (10) L, 2-9 L, 2-5 L, 2-3 L, 6-7 L, 2-3 (10) W, 5-4 L, 10-11 L, 1-18 W, 10-0 W, 9-8 L, 4-5 W, 9-2 W, 7-1 W, 7-4 W, 5-1 W, 4-1 W, 6-4 W, 8-2 W, 12-5

1 4 5 6 9 11 12 13 15 17 17 18 25 26 27

at at at at vs. at at at vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

North Florida USF * USF * USF * No. 24/24 Miami Memphis * Memphis * Memphis * Florida A&M Louisville * Louisville * Louisville * Rutgers * Rutgers * Rutgers

2 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 13 15 15 16

at at at vs. at vs. vs. vs. at at at at

Houston * Houston * Houston * Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian No. 4/4 Florida State UConn * UConn * UConn *

MARCH

Statistical Leaders AVG GP-GS AB

vs. vs. vs. at

W, 8-1 W, 11-4 W, 9-6 L, 1-5

UCF Baseball Tournament (Orlando, Fla.)

Location:.............................................................. Orlando, Fla. Nickname:....................................................................Knights Colors:.................................................................. Black & Gold Enrollment:.....................................................................59,787 Founded:............................................................................ 1963 Athletic Director:........................................... Todd Stansbury Head Coach:....................................................... Terry Rooney Assistant Coaches:.............Kevin Schnall, Ryan Klosterman

Player

14 15 16 18

75

15

27

11

24

9

25 92

12

29

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MAY

W, 8-4 W, 2-0 L, 2-4 W, 6-3 L, 5-6 L, 2-1 W, 9-8 W, 10-0 W, 11-4 W, 8-2 W, 4-3 (11) L, 2-3 W, 3-1 W, 4-3 W, 10-3 W, 4-3 L, 3-4 L, 2-5 L, 0-1 W, 4-1 W, 11-0 L, 3-6 W, 11-2 W, 8-2 L, 4-5 L, 5-6 W, 7-6

American Athletic Conference Championship

21 vs. No. 7 UConn 22 vs. No. 6 Temple 24 vs. No. 3 Houston

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

11 a.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

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Front Row (L to R): Dalton Duty, Zach Rodgers, Chad Whiteaker, Kyle Perkins, Vinnie Rosace, ParkerThomas, Joe Marotta, Bret Gordon, JoMarcos Woods, Erik Barber.

Second Row (L to R): Student Manager Nate Allen, Equipment Manager Ryan McPhail, Student Manager Pete Buscaino, Assistant Coach Ryan Klosterman, Assistant Coach Kevin Schnall, Head Coach Terry Rooney, Volunteer Assistant Coach Kyle Sprague, James Vasquez, Derrick Salberg, Athletic Trainer John Lee, Student Manager Cody Azzi, Director of Baseball Operations Andy Chriscaden.

Third Row (L to R): Dylan Moore, Brooks Morgan, Drew Faintich, Mitchell Tripp, Jarrod Petree, Trent Thompson, Nathan Morris, Eugene Vazquez, Kam Gellinger, Matt Diorio, Danny Dixon.

Back Row (L to R): Hayden Platt, Tanner Olson, Sam Tolleson, Tyler Hayden, Ryan Meyer, Eric Skoglund, Zac Favre, Spencer Davis, Robby Howell, Tyler Martin, Jordan Savinon.

UCF KNIGHTS No. 10 35 30 37 11 40 31 3 36 15 41 38 23 44 2 5 27 28 24 21 20 39 19 17 29 25 32 42 16 34 13 18 12 14 6

Name Erik Barber Spencer Davis Matt Diorio Danny Dixon Dalton Duty Drew Faintich Zac Favre Kam Gellinger Bret Gordon Tyler Hayden Robby Howell Joe Marotta Tyler Martin Ryan Meyer Dylan Moore Brooks Morgan Nathan Morris Tanner Olson Kyle Perkins Jarrod Petree Hayden Platt Zach Rodgers Vinnie Rosace Derrick Salberg Jordan Savinon Eric Skoglund Parker Thomas Trent Thompson Sam Tolleson Mitchell Tripp James Vasquez Eugene Vazquez Chad Whiteaker Tommy Williams JoMarcos Woods

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Pos. OF RHP C LHP INF/OF LHP RHP INF INF INF/OF RHP RHP RHP RHP INF INF RHP RHP C UTL C RHP LHP OF C LHP LHP RHP INF RHP INF INF/OF INF/OF INF OF

Cl. Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. R-So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. R-So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr.

B/T R/R R/R L/R L/L L/R L/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L L/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L R/R R/R L/L

Ht. 5-7 6-5 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-4 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-6 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-7 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-6

Wt. 191 216 195 195 192 215 217 180 190 220 223 170 204 195 185 190 212 210 185 175 215 175 185 175 210 172 195 265 195 215 223 205 195 171 172

Hometown/Previous School Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland The Woodlands, Texas/Howard JC Staten Island, N.Y./Moore Catholic Orlando, Fla./Brevard CC Palatka, Fla./Palatka Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian Jacksonville, Fla./Providence Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast Tampa, Fla./Chamberlain Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo Fort White, Fla./Fort White Port Saint Lucie, Fla./Col. of Central Florida Jacksonville, Fla./Providence Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo Yorba Linda, Calif./Cypress College Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz Semmes, Ala./Chattahoochee Valley Ferndale, Wash./Skagit Valley College Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central Apopka, Fla./Apopka Naples, Fla./Naples Glendale, Ariz./Cochise College Lake Mary, Fla./Lake Mary Kelso, Wash./Lower Columbia College Clearwater, Fla./St. Petersburg College Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota Richmond, Texas/Weatherford College Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep Houston, Texas/Cypress College Bellingham, Wash./Lower Columbia College Palm City, Fla./Martin County Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek Henderson, Nev./Col. of Southern Nevada North Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Gardens Orlando, Fla./The First Academy 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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UConn Huskies (26-29 Overall/9-14 American)

NO. 7 SEED 26-29 OVERALL 9-14 AMERICAN

FEBRUARY Snowbird Baseball Tournament (Port Charlotte, Fla.)

14 vs. Ohio State 15 vs. Indiana State 16 vs. Auburn

Baseball at the Beach Tournament (Myrtle Beach, SC)

Location:............................................................. Storrs, Conn.

Nickname:....................................................................Huskies Colors:..................................................................Blue & White Enrollment:.....................................................................30,525 Founded:............................................................................1881 Athletic Director:............................................. Warde Manuel Head Coach..........................................................Jim Penders Assistant Coaches:......... Jim Hourigan, Joshua MacDonald

Statistical Leaders Player MELLEY, BOBBY

AVG

21 vs. Wichita State 22 vs. George Mason 23 vs. Illinois

W, 2-1 (10) W, 11-2 W, 6-0

28 at Lipscomb MARCH 1 at Lipscomb 2 at Lipscomb 7 at Florida 8 at Florida 9 at Florida 11 vs. Sacred Heart

W, 6-4 (10)

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GP-GS

AB

R

H

2B 3B HR

RBI

TB

55-54 200 31

72 16

1

4

45

102

DAVEY, BLAKE

.319

53-52 191 46

61

9

0

10 31

SUNDBERG, JACK

.278

54-54 212 35

59

3

1

0

MCDOWELL, MAX

.277 47-45 173 21 48 9 1 1 33 62 .358 20 7

DANIELLO, BRYAN

.276

54-54 217 32

60 12

3

2

26

84

.387 25

7

YAVARONE, ERIC

.270

35-34 137 12

37

0

0

15

41

.299

1

SIENA, VINNY

.238 49-49 206 20 49 8 0 2 23 63 .306 10 2

VERDI, TOM

.257

28-25 101

Player

ERA

W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV

ZAPATA, ANDREW

2.79 3 2 14 8 0 0 3 0 58.0 38 22 18 32 34

MARZI, ANTHONY

2.81

5

6

14

WARD, BRIAN

2.87

4

2

TABAKMAN, JORDAN

3.39

3

4

KAY, ANTHONY

3.69 5 4 17 8 0 0 0 1 63.1 60 31 26 38 52

RUOTOLO, PATRICK

2.81 1 3 23 0 0 0 1 2 41.2 35 17 13 20 47

22

26

3

0

0

16

9 IP

.510 31

16

100

.524 30

18

64

.302 32

0

29 H

.287 R

8 9

W, 17-1 W, 7-6

18 vs. Harvard (Winter Haven, Fla.) W, 9-4 19 vs. Cent. Conn (Winter Haven, Fla.) W, 6-1

21 at 22 at 23 at 25 vs.

28 vs.

29 vs.

11

ER BB SO 28

L, 3-4 L, 1-14 L, 0-1 (11) L, 1-2 (10) L, 5-6 (10) W, 5-0

15 at LaSalle 16 at Villanova

SLG BB HBP

.360

4

L, 2-8 L, 0-3 L, 3-7

14 0

0

0

0

89.2

70

33

37 66

12

9 2

1

1

0

59.2

55

25

19 26 37

13

13 0

0

0

0

71.2

81

33

27

25 42

APRIL

1 at 2 vs.

4 vs.

5 vs.

6 vs.

8 at 9 vs.

11 at 12 at 13 at 17 vs.

18 vs.

19 vs.

21 vs.

22 at 23 at 25 at 26 at 27 at 29 at MAY 2 at 3 at 4 at 10 vs.

11 vs.

11 vs.

13 vs.

13 vs.

15 vs.

15 vs.

16 vs.

USF* USF* USF* Hartford Rutgers* Rutgers*

Boston College Yale Bryant Stony Brook Bryant Northeastern Brown Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Temple* Temple* Temple* Central Connecticut UMass Quinnipiac Louisville* Louisville* Louisville* UMass Memphis* Memphis* Memphis* Houston* Houston* Houston* Rhode Island Rhode Island UCF* UCF* UCF*

L, 1-2 L, 2-6 W, 4-2 L, 2-3 L, 5-7 W, 11-4

L, 1-2 W, 14-1 L, 2-7 L, 3-6 L, 3-5 W, 2-0 W, 7-4 L, 1-3 W, 7-2 W, 14-3 W, 4-1 L, 4-7 (14) L, 2-6 W, 9-1 W, 8-5 W, 5-3 L, 0-2 L, 1-6 L, 2-8 L, 4-5 W, 8-5 L, 1-6 W, 13-2 L, 1-3 L, 2-7 L, 4-8 W, 7-0 L, 9-12 (13) W, 5-4 W, 6-5 L, 6-7

American Athletic Conference Championship

21 vs. No. 2 UCF 22 vs. No. 3 Houston 24 vs. No. 6 Temple

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

1B Bobby Melley 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

baseball

Championship

11 a.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m.

9

Back row standing (L to R): Assistant Coach Jeffrey Hourigan, Assistant Coach Joshua MacDonald, Sam Nepiarsky, Mike Niego, Bobby Melley, Blake Davey, David Mahoney, JordanTabakman, Ryan Radue, Callahan Brown, Christian Colletti, Nico Darras,Taylor Olmstead, Ryan Sullivan, Athletic Trainer Janelle Francisco, Head Coach Jim Penders Second row, seated (L to R): Connor David, Max Slade, Jon Testani, Devin Over, Anthony Marzi, Carson Cross, Tom Verdi, Brian Ward, Eric Yavarone, Vinny Siena, Max McDowell Bottom row, seated (L to R): Andrew Zapata, Patrick Ruotolo, Anthony Kay, Griffin Garabedian, Bryan Daniello, Jack Sundberg, Trevor Holmes, Gerard Spiegel, Aaron Hill

UCONN HUSKIES

No. 30 22 43 1 47 38 25 7 3 42 18 36 39 2 31 37 20 40 19 8 15 21 9 13 46 4 44 23 26 12 45 10 24

Name Pos. Cl. Callahan Brown RHP R-Fr. Christian Colletti LHP So. Carson Cross RHP R-Jr. Bryan Daniello INF/RHP So. Nico Darras INF/OF So. Blake Davey INF/C Jr. Connor David Jr. C Griffin Garabedian OF Fr. Aaron Hill INF Fr. Trevor Holmes C/RHP Fr. Anthony Kay LHP Fr. David Mahoney LHP R-Jr. Anthony Marzi LHP Sr. Max McDowell C So. Bobby Melley C/1B So. Sam Nepiarsky RHP Fr. Michael Niego LHP R-Fr. Taylor Olmstead OF Fr. Cody Olsen RHP Fr. Devin Over RHP/UT R-So. Ryan Radue RHP R-Fr. Patrick Ruotolo RHP Fr. Vinny Siena IF So. Max Slade RHP R-So. Gerard Spiegel RHP Fr. Jack Sundberg OF So. Ryan Sullivan INF Fr. Jordan Tabakman RHP/UT R-Jr. Jon Testani INF Jr. Tom Verdi INF Sr. Brian Ward LHP Sr. Eric Yavarone OF Jr. Andrew Zapata RHP Fr.

B/T R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R L/L L/L L/L R/R L/R R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R

Ht. 6’4 6’2 6’5 5’9 6’3 6’3 6’2 6’2 5’8 6’1 6’1 6’3 6’1 6’2 6’3 6’4 6’2 6’3 5’10 6’1 6’4 5’11 5’9 5’11 6’1 5’11 6’1 6’4 5’10 6’1 6’3 6’2 5’11

Wt. 205 195 205 155 205 225 195 175 160 220 170 200 192 194 210 200 215 200 175 185 190 240 182 170 180 175 210 215 180 170 185 190 175

Hometown/Previous School Jupiter, Fla./Mississippi State Rockville Centre, N.Y./Southside Brentwood, N.H./Exeter Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon Laguna Beach, Calif./Cal State Fullerton Newport Beach, Calif./Cypress College Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire Hamden, Conn./Notre Dame (West Haven) Groton, Conn./Fitch Ashland, Mass./Governor Dummer Academy Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward-Melville Colchester, Conn./Bacon Academy Berlin, Conn./Berlin North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin Barnstable, Mass./Boston College High School Orange, Conn./Amity Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich Commack, N.Y./Commack Windsor, Conn./Windsor Appleton, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran Peabody, Mass./Peabody Veterans Bethany, Conn./Amity Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull Mansfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton Pompton Plains, N.J./UNC/Pequannock Monroe, Conn./Masuk Warwick, R.I./Bishop Hendricken Milford, Conn./Joseph A. Foran North Haven, Conn./North Haven Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep

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2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

baseball

Championship

H OU S T O N C O U G A RS

Houston Cougars (41-14 Overall/14-9 American)

NO. 3 SEED 41-14 OVERALL 14-9 AMERICAN

FEBRUARY

14 vs.

15 vs.

16 vs.

19 vs.

21 vs.

22 vs.

23 vs.

25 vs.

Location:...........................................................Houston, Texas Nickname:...................................................................Cougars Colors:..............................................................Scarlet & White Enrollment:.....................................................................40,750 Founded:............................................................................ 1927 Athletic Director:............................................. Mack Rhoades Head Coach....................................................... Todd Whitting Assistant Coaches:.Trip Couch, Frank Anderson, Mike Taylor

AVG

GP-GS AB

R

H

28 vs. Texas Tech MARCH

1 vs. No. 15/22 Texas 2 vs. No. 16/23 TCU

2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

55-55 200 34

65 14

1

6

41

99

.495 43

1

PYEATT, MICHAEL

.306

49-45 144 16

44

2

1

18

54

.375 19

1

SURVANCE, KYLE

.304 54-53 204 38 62 8 2 2 27 80 .392 30 9

MONTEMAYOR, JUSTI

.300

FULMER, ASHFORD

.270 54-46 163 21 44 9 0 4 28 65 .399 12 1

RATCLIFF, FRANKIE

.268 50-47 179 38 48 7 1 2 23 63 .352 34 0

VIDALES, JOSH

.242 54-54 194 35 47 5 0 0 25 52 .268 32 1

BARKER, CALEB

.232 54-51 164 23 38 8 2 1 23 53 .323 27 4

HOLLIS, CONNOR

.328

19-18 64

Player

ERA

W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV

29 FORD, TYLER

1.11 7-0 22-0 0 0/2 3 56.2 36 8 7 3 38

26 LEMOINE, JAKE

2.29 6-5 14-14 1 0/2 0 90.1 77 29 23 21 80

21 GARZA, AARON

2.41 7-4 14-14 2 0/2 0 93.1 80 32 25 8 52

9

63 13

21

3

0

1

0

0

27

6 IP

79

24 H

.376 11

.375 R

7

4

5

ER BB SO

15 WELLBROCK, CHASE 0.50 4-0 19-0 0 0/1 11 36.0 29 4 2 5 32 3-0

12-0

0

0/0

1

19.0

13

L, 2-3 L, 2-1

Dodgertown Classic (Los Angeles, Calif.)

.325

55-55 210 27

W, 9-0

5 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 10-0

GRAYSON, CASEY

3

W, 3-0 W, 4-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 2-1 W, 1-0 (10) W, 4-3 W, 5-2

Houston College Classic (Minute Maid Park)

Statistical Leaders Player

Nicholls State Nicholls State Nicholls State No. 15/15 Rice Michigan Michigan Michigan McNeese State

28 MAXWELL, BUBBA

0.95

2

2

2

16

13 LANTRIP, ANDREW

1.64 5-0 11-3 0 0/2 0 33.0 22 8 6 3 25

12 ROBINSON, JARED

1.74

4-1

19-0

0

0/3

0

31.0

23

10

6

12

26

32 WEST, JARED

2.64

2-2

12-10

0

0/1

0

47.2

36

19

14

18

39

7 at USC 8 at No. 13/11 UCLA 9 at Pepperdine 11 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 23 25 28 29 30

vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

W, 6-1 W, 4-3 L, 0-3

Baylor Towson Towson Towson Lamar Texas Southern College of Charleston College of Charleston College of Charleston No. 10/11 Rice Memphis* Memphis* Memphis*

W, 7-2 W, 6-3 W, 20-3 W, 7-6 L, 2-4 W, 1-0 W, 8-3 W, 3-2 W, 7-1 W, 6-2 L, 1-2 W, 6-3 W, 6-2

1 at 5 at 5 at 6 at 8 vs.

11 vs.

12 vs.

13 vs.

15 at 17 vs.

18 vs.

19 vs.

22 vs.

25 at 26 at 27 at 29 at

Texas A&M Rutgers* Rutgers* Rutgers* Texas State Louisville* Louisville* Louisville* Sam Houston State USF* USF* USF* Sam Houston State Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati* McNeese State

W, 10-8 L, 3-7 W, 9-1 W, 2-1 W, 7-1 L, 2-4 L, 2-3 L, 3-10 W, 5-2 W, 3-2 L, 3-4 W, 5-3 L, 4-5 W, 11-4 L, 0-3 W, 15-1 W, 8-2

2 vs.

3 vs.

4 vs.

6 vs.

10 at 11 at 11 at 13 vs.

15 at 17 at

UCF* L, 3-4 UCF* W, 4-3 UCF* W, 5-2 Prairie View A&M W, 6-0 UConn* W, 3-1 UConn* W, 7-2 UConn* W, 8-4 No. 14/15 Rice (Constellation Field)W, 7-3 Temple* L, 1-4 Temple* W, 7-5

APRIL

MAY

American Athletic Conference Championship

21 vs. No. 6 Temple 22 vs. No. 7 UConn 23 vs. No. 2 UCF

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

RHP Aaron Garza 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

baseball

Championship

3 p.m.

11 a.m.

7 p.m.

11

Front Row (L-R): Tyler Ford, Cole Coakley, Landon Appling, Chase Wellbrock, Josh Vidales, Frankie Ratcliff, Michael Pyeatt Second Row (L-R): Connor Hollis, Bubba Maxwell, Gino Marucci, Nathan Jackson, Matt Locus, Student Manager Mason Lucas, Jacob Campbell, Daniel Smith, Student Trainer Kim Ngyuen Third Row (L-R) Student Trainer Estefany Velasquez, Head Coach Todd Whitting, Assistant Coach Frank Anderson, Aaron Stewart, Jared Robinson, Ashford Fulmer, Jacob Lueneburg, Kirby Peek, Kyle Dowdy, Director of Player Development Ryan Shotzberger, Assistant Coach Mike Taylor, Trainer Hajime Takashima Top Row (L-R): Casey Grayson, Andrew Lantrip, Caleb Barker, Justin Montemayor, Taylor Cobb, Jake Lemoine, Jared West, Cade Killingsworth, David Longville, Ryan Vruggink, Aaron Garza, Jordan Stading, Kyle Survance.

Not pictured: Assistant Coach Trip Couch No. 1 27 31 4 43 5 33 29 23 21 18 44 41 36 13 26 14 38 42 40 28 20 25 2 7 12 17 35 30 34 8 19 32 15

Name Pos. Landon Appling OF Caleb Barker C Jacob Campbell C Cole Coakley INF Taylor Cobb RHP Garrett Domingue INF Kyle Dowdy RHP Tyler Ford LHP Ashford Fulmer OF Aaron Garza RHP Casey Grayson INF Connor Hollis INF Nathan Jackson LHP Cade Killingsworth RHP Andrew Lantrip RHP Jake Lemoine RHP Matt Locus LHP David Longville RHP Jacob Lueneburg INF/OF Gino Marucci OF Bubba Maxwell RHP Justin Montemayor INF Kirby Peek RHP Michael Pyeatt OF Frankie Ratcliff INF Jared Robinson RHP Daniel Smith RHP Jordan Stading INF Aaron Stewart LHP Kyle Survance OF Josh Vidales INF Ryan Vruggink RHP Jared West LHP Chase Wellbrock RHP

12

Cl. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. So. Sr.

B/T R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-R R-R R-L R-R R-R L-L R-R L-L R-R R-R R-R L-L R-R L-L R-R R-R L-R R-R L-R S-R R-R R-R L-R L-L L-R S-R R-R R-L L-R

Ht. 5-10 6-3 5-10 5-9 6-3 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-1 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-5 5-11 6-3 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-3 6-0 5-9 5-9 6-0 5-10 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-8 6-2 6-6 5-10

HOUSTON COUGARS

Wt. Hometown/Previous School 185 El Campo, Texas/El Campo 210 Keller, Texas/Keller/Grayson County College 200 Alvin, Texas/Alvin 170 Houston, Texas- Lamar Consolidated/Alvin CC 220 Houston, Texas/FB Austin/Blinn JC 170 Spring, Texas/Klein 205 San Diego, Calif.-Francis Parker/Orange Coast College 185 Richmond, Texas/Travis/Alvin CC 190 Cypress, Texas/Cy-Ranch 200 Galveston, Texas/Ball 220 Cypress, Texas/Cy-Woods/Navarro JC 175 Arlington, Texas/Lamar 175 Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire 195 Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point 170 Livingston, Texas/Livingston 220 Bridge City, Texas/Bridge City 180 Katy, Texas-Katy/San Jacinto JC 210 Mission Viejo, Calif./Capstrano Valley/Orange Coast College 210 Caledonia, Wisc.-Shoreland Lutheran/Kishwaukee Coll.

175 Baton Rouge, La./University 185 Vidor, Texas/Vidor/Panola College 225 Austin, Texas/Anderson 220 Jersey Village, Texas/Jersey Village 190 Lake Jackson, Texas/Brazoswood 185 Key West, Fla.-Key West/Pensacola JC 175 Lubbock, Texas- Monterey/Midland JC 190 Cypress, Texas-Cy-Woods/Santa Rosa JC 205 Katy, Texas/Second Baptist 190 Alvin, Texa/Alvin/Blinn JC 190 Jersey Village, Texas/Jersey Village 160 La Porte, Texas/La Porte 205 Houston, Texas/Clear Brook 215 Frierson, La./North DeSoto 200 Brenham, Texas/Brenham 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

baseball

Championship

LOU I S V I L L E C A RD IN A LS NO. 1 SEED 43-13 OVERALL 19-5 AMERICAN

FEBRUARY Homewood Suites Tournament (Charleston, S.C.)

14 vs. West Virginia 15 at The Citadel 16 vs. Delaware

Location:.............................................................Louisville, Ky. Nickname:.................................................................Cardinals Colors:....................................................................Red & Black Enrollment:..................................................................... 21,016 Founded:............................................................................1798 Athletic Director:................................................... Tom Jurich Head Coach.....................................................Dan McDonnell Assistant Coaches:............... Chris Lemonis, Roger Williams

AVG GP-GS AB

R

54-54 200 33

H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

JEFF GARDNER

.340

DANNY ROSENBAUM

.321 46-32 112 20 36 8 0 2 22 50 .446 16 4 56-56 226 49

68 19

2

72 15

6

8 2

61 29

115 105

.575 18 .465 22

11

COLE STURGEON

.319

ALEX CHITTENDEN

.308 56-53 169 37 52 9 1 1 22 66 .391 21 13

11

GRANT KAY

.284 55-53 183 47 52 9 0 5 35 76 .415 25 15

ZACH LUCAS

.259 56-54 201 30 52 8 2 4 41 76 .378 16 4

SUTTON WHITING

.214

50-49 182 42

39

3

2

1

13

49

.269 39

10

KYLE GIBSON

.323

33-24 93

30

4

0

1

17

37

.398

2

Player

10

ERA W-L APP-GS

IP

H

R ER BB SO

KYLE FUNKHOUSER

1.74

11-2 14-14

0

0/3

0

93.0

66

23

18

51 92

JARED RUXER

2.27

7-1 13-13

0

0/1

0

75.1

62

23

19

16 68

NICK BURDI

0.58

3-1

0

0/3

14

31.0

15

4

2

8 54

25-0

CG SHO SV

4

KYLE MCGRATH

1.16

1-1

17-0

0

0/1

0

31.0

18

4

4

8 34

COLE STURGEON

1.67

3-0

22-0

0

0/1

1

32.1

16

6

6

12 31

JAKE SPARGER

3.14

2-1

15-5

0

0/1

0

43.0

44

19

15

13 25

ANTHONY KIDSTON

3.70

6-0 10-10

1

1/1

0

48.2

32

20

20

27 44

W, 7-6 (10) L, 3-5 W, 6-1

19 21 22 23 25 28

vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

Eastern Kentucky Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Illinois Toledo

W, 13-1 W, 21-8 W, 8-0 L, 2-4 W, 6-0 W, 6-2

1 2 7 8 9 11 11 14 15 16 19 21 22 23 25 28 29 30

vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. at vs. vs. vs. at vs. vs. vs.

No. 17/11 Indiana Toledo Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) Miami (Ohio) Western Illinois Western Illinois Samford Samford Samford Indiana Rutgers* Rutgers * Rutgers * Western Kentucky Xavier Butler Xavier

L, 2-6 W, 8-2 L, 4-6 W, 10-1 W, 9-0 W, 8-0 W, 5-2 W, 20-10 W, 18-2 W, 4-2 W, 9-3 W, 6-1 W, 9-8 L, 2-11 W, 5-3 W, 8-1 W, 15-1 W, 12-3

1 4 5 6 8 11 12 13 15 17 17 19 22 23 25 26 27 30

at vs. vs. vs. at at at at vs. at at at vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs.

No. 22/19 Kentucky Memphis* Memphis* Memphis* Purdue Houston* Houston* Houston* No. 22/19 Kentucky UCF* UCF* UCF* Western Kentucky Morehead State UConn* UConn* UConn* Ohio State

L, 3-8 W, 5-4 L, 2-3 W, 8-7 W, 3-1 (10) W, 4-2 W, 3-2 W, 10-3 L, 2-5 L, 2-8 L, 3-4 (11) W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 7-3 W, 2-0 W, 6-1 W, 8-2 W, 6-3

3 3 4 6 9 10 11 13 15 16 17

at at at at at at at vs. vs. vs. vs.

USF * USF * USF * No. 18/10 Vanderbilt Temple* Temple* Temple* No. 9/18 Indiana Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati*

W, 3-1 W, 3-2 (11) W, 9-5 W, 11-7 W, 2-0 L, 2-4 W, 6-4 L, 2-7 6 p.m.

6 p.m.

1 p.m.

MARCH

Statistical Leaders Player

Louisville Cardinals (43-13 Overall/19-5 American)

APRIL

MAY

American Athletic Conference Championship

22 vs. No. 8 Memphis 23 vs. No. 5 USF 24 vs. No. 4 Rutgers

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

RHP Nick Burdi 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

baseball

3 p.m.

3 p.m.

3 p.m.

Championship

13

Front Row (L to R): Ian Crossett, Brandon Scherling, Chad Deely, Kyle McGrath, Corey Ray, Sutton Whiting, Nick Solak, Colin Lyman, Michael Allman, Austin Blake, Zach Farrel, Pat Hassell Second Row (L to R): Kyle Gibson, Aaron Gershenfeld, Will Smith, Mike White, Shane Crain, Danny Rosenbaum, Cole Sturgeon, Jeff Gardner, Joe Filomeno, Zach Lucas, Jordan Striegel Third Row (L to R): Chris Lemonis, Kyle Cheesebrough, Dan McDonnell, Jeremy Litzinger, Jonah Philley, Ryan Lauria, Mason Richardson, Grant Kay, Alex Chittenden, Brandon Alphin, Drew Harrington, Jared Ruxer, Ryan Summers, Blake Tiberi, Michael Bollmer, Anthony Kidston, Logan Taylor, Roger Williams Back Row (L to R): Zack Burdi, Josh Rogers, Robert Strader, Nick Burdi, Jake Sparger, Kyle Funkhouser No. 28 34 43 19 4 41 37 31 16 42 38 14 20 27 7 5 6 11 35 45 36 2 10 13 8 29 40 39 32 30 17 44 9 15 25 33 24 26 18 1

Name Brandon Alphin Michael Bollmer Zack Burdi Nick Burdi Alex Chittenden Shane Crain Jakson Deyer Joe Filomeno Kyle Funkhouser Jeff Gardner Aaron Gershenfeld Kyle Gibson Drew Harrington Brad Hedden Grant Kay Anthony Kidston Ryan Lauria Zach Lucas Colin Lyman Kyle McGrath Jonah Philley Corey Ray Mason Richardson Josh Rogers Danny Rosenbaum Matt Rowland Jared Ruxer Alex Sears Jordan Simons Will Smith Nick Solak Jake Sparger Jordan Striegel Cole Sturgeon Robert Strader Ryan Summers Logan Taylor Blake Tiberi Mike White Sutton Whiting

14

Pos. RHP RHP/1B RHP RHP INF C LHP LHP RHP OF/C C C LHP LHP INF 1B/RHP RHP INF OF LHP INF/RHP OF RHP LHP 3B INF/OF RHP RHP RHP UTL INF RHP INF OF/LHP LHP C/OF OF INF OF INF

Cl. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr.

B/T R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L L/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/L R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R

Ht. 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-2 5-9 5-11 6-1 5-10

LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

Wt. Hometown/Previous School 220 Mt. Washington, Ky./Bullitt East HS 203 Lexington, Ky./Bryan Station HS 195 Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South HS 215 Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South HS 195 Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central HS 213 Lexington, Ky./Wabash Valley CC/Lexington Christian 202 Wilmore, Ky./West Jessamine HS 226 Cicero, Ill./St. Rita HS 218 Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest HS 220 Louisville, Ky./Whitefield Academy 210 Champaign, Ill./Butler University/Cushing Academy 200 Henderson, Ky./Henderson County HS 221 Elizabethtown, Ky./Central Hardin HS 195 Succasunna, N.J./Roxbury HS 182 Omaha, Neb./Iowa Western CC/Ralston HS 195 Defiance, Ohio/Defiance HS 183 Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley HS 185 Louisville, Ky./Butler HS 160 Algonquin, Ill./Huntley HS 185 Louisville, Ky./Eastern Kentucky/Butler HS 198 Louisville, Ky./Eastern HS 182 Chicago, Ill./Simeon Career Academy 225 Owensboro, Ky./Owensboro Catholic HS 191 Floyds Knobs, Ind./New Albany HS 200 Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh HS 194 Blue Bell, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy 194 Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence Central HS 198 London, Ky./South Laurel HS 192 Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham HS 178 Louisville, Ky./Kentucky Country Day 163 Woodridge, Ill./Naperville North HS 178 Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire Memorial HS 185 New Albany, Ind./New Albany HS 180 Owensboro, Ky./Owensboro Catholic HS 205 Louisville, Ky./Eastern HS 188 Westfield, Mass./Berkshire HS 161 Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic HS 200 Taylor Mill, Ky./Holy Cross HS 205 East Orange, N.J./Salisbury HS 165 New Wilmington, Pa./Louisville Ballard HS 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

baseball

Championship

ME M P H I S T I G ERS

Memphis Tigers (28-28 Overall/8-16 American)

NO. 8 SEED 28-28 OVERALL 8-16 AMERICAN

FEBRUARY

Location:......................................................... Memphis, Tenn.

Nickname:...................................................................... Tigers Colors:..................................................................Blue & White Enrollment:.....................................................................22,139 Founded:............................................................................ 1912 Athletic Director:..................................................Tom Bowen Head Coach................................................Daron Schoenrock Assistant Coaches:.Russ McNickle, Clay Greene, Zach Clark

AVG GP-GS AB

R

H

2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

BARROW, KANE

.330

LITTLE, JAKE

.307 56-56 225 39 69 9 0 5 33 93 .413 13 7

WHITE, CARTER

.294 49-46 160 30 47 7 0 2 35 60 .375 23 6

GROSS, ETHAN

.269 56-56 212 24 57 6 0 0 21 63 .297 24 4

WILLIS, ZACH

.267 54-51 187 40 50 8 1 1 25 63 .337 33 14

TUBBS, TUCKER

.247

49-49 170

24

42

12

0

3

33

63

.371

28

5

TUBBS, DARIEN

.217

56-50 189 34

41

4

2

0

13

49

.259 25

1

Player

52-51 182 34

60 10

ERA W-L APP-GS

0

3

27

.434 15

5

IP

H

R ER BB SO

WALLINGFORD, CALE

1.87

6-4 15-13

0

0/0

0

86.2

72

28

18

21 7 0

REED, JON

3.45

7-3 14-14

1

0/0

0

91.1

83

46

35

28 57

LEE, COLIN

4.41

2-4 15-12

0

0/0

1

63.1

74

35

31

16 30

BLACKWOOD, NOLAN

2.41

2-4

0

0/1

3

41.0

38

19

11

10 27

SUTTON, TREVOR

3.97 3-0 16-0 0 0/0 1 34.0 32 16 15 17 22

BEELER, BRYCE

4.61

2-2

31-0 22-1

CG SHO SV

79

0

0/0

8

27.1

Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan No. 7/4 Mississippi State Samford Samford Samford Belmont Southeast Missouri

1 vs.

1 vs.

5 at 7 vs.

8 vs.

9 vs.

11 at 14 at 15 at 15 at 18 vs.

21 vs.

22 vs.

23 vs.

25 at 28 at 29 at 30 at

Southeast Missouri Southeast Missouri No. 25/15 Ole Miss Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Belmont Saint Louis Saint Louis Saint Louis Murray State Temple* Temple* Temple* Arkansas State Houston* Houston* Houston*

1 at 2 at 4 at 5 at 6 at 8 vs.

9 vs.

11 vs.

12 vs.

13 vs.

15 vs.

18 vs.

19 vs.

20 vs.

22 vs.

25 at 26 at 27 at 29 vs.

Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee Louisville* Louisville* Louisville* No. 19/13 Ole Miss Austin Peay UCF* UCF* UCF* Arkansas State Alcorn State Alcorn State Alcorn State Vanderbilt USF* USF* USF* Mississippi Valley St.

L, 5-6 W, 8-4 L, 4-5 W, 3-2 L, 7-8 L, 1-9 L, 3-5 W, 2-1 L, 8-9 L, 0-10 L, 4-6 W, 8-1 W, 6-4 W, 13-3 L, 1-2 L, 1-3 L, 3-5 W, 7-5 W, 17-1

2 vs.

3 vs.

4 vs.

9 at 10 at 11 at 13 vs.

15 vs.

16 vs.

17 vs.

UConn* UConn* UConn* Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati* UT-Martin Rutgers* Rutgers* Rutgers*

L, 5-8 W, 6-1 L, 2-13 L, 1-5 W, 11-5 L, 5-8 W, 11-0 W, 8-3 L, 0-7 L, 5-7

MARCH

Statistical Leaders Player

14 vs.

15 vs.

16 vs.

19 at 21 at 22 at 23 at 25 vs.

28 vs.

27

16

14

9 34

APRIL

MAY

W, 5-2 W, 3-2 W, 4-2 W, 6-4 W, 11-5 L, 2-3 W, 8-0 W, 2-1 W, 8-4 W, 9-5 W, 3-2 W, 4-1 L, 2-4 (17) W, 2-1 (14) L, 4-8 L, 5-12 L, 4-6 W, 9-7 L, 5-7 W, 12-8 L, 1-3 W, 13-7 L, 3-4 L, 7-10 W, 2-1 L, 3-6 L, 2-6

American Athletic Conference Championship

22 vs. No. 1 Louisville 23 vs. No. 4 Rutgers 24 vs. No. 5 USF

3 p.m.

11 a.m.

7 p.m.

SS Ethan Gross 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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Front Row (L to R) - 2 Ethan Gross, 24 Darien Tubbs, 17 Ryan Garner, 12 Zach Schritenthal, 42 Austin Hatfield, 18 Blake Myers, 7 Drew Griffin, 39 Nate Rupiper, 1 Zach Willis, 10 Jacob Moody Second Row (L to R) - Bat Boy Stan Bronson, Manager Brandon Porter, Manager Jake Edwards, 26 Carter White, Assistant Coach Zach Clark, Assistant Coach Clay Greene, Head Coach Daron Schoenrock, Associate Head Coach Russ McNickle, Strength Coach Bret Huth, Director of Operations Al Woods, Certified Athletic Trainer Jonny Diercks, Manager Sam Wiedman Third Row (L to R) - 4 Ford Wilson, 6 Bryce Beeler, 22 Corey Chafin, 27 Zac Carter, 15 Craig Caufield, 11 Colin Lee, 23 Keaton Aldridge, 34 Kane Barrow, 36 Damo DeMatteo, 41 K.C. Abney Back Row (L to R) - 9 Jake Little, 14 Trevor Sutton, 8 Tucker Tubbs, 20 Connor Mahoney, 29 Nolan Blackwood, 25 Michael Sillyman, 44 Conner Porter, 16 Alex Gunn, 19 Caleb Wallingford, 28 Dylan Toscano, 33 Jon Reed, 13 Chris Carrier, 5 Tyler Dixon

MEMPHIS TIGERS

No. 41 23 34 6 29 13 27 15 22 36 5 17 7 2 16 42 11 9 20 10 18 30 44 33 39 12 25 14 28 24 8 19 26 1 4

Name Pos. Cl. K.C. Abney RHP R-So. Keaton Aldridge C Jr Kane Barrow OF/INF R-Jr. Bryce Beeler UT/RHP Jr. Nolan Blackwood RHP Fr. Chris Carrier OF Fr. Zac Carter OF Jr. Craig Caufield RHP R-So. Corey Chafin C So. Damo DeMatteo C Jr. Tyler Dixon OF R-So. Ryan Garner LHP Fr. Drew Griffin INF/RHP R-Sr. Ethan Gross INF R-Sr. Alex Gunn LHP Sr. Austin Hatfield OF Jr. Colin Lee LHP So. Jake Little OF/INF So. Connor Mahoney RHP R-Fr. Jacob Moody LHP Jr. Blake Myers LHP R-Jr. Jake Overbey INF Jr. Conner Porter RHP Sr. Jon Reed RHP Sr. Nate Rupiper C/INF Jr. Zach Schritenthal INF Fr. Michael Sillyman 1B So. Trevor Sutton RHP Fr. Dylan Toscano RHP Jr. Darien Tubbs OF Fr. Tucker Tubbs INF Jr. Caleb Wallingford LHP Jr. Carter White C/1B Jr. Zach Willis INF Sr. Ford Wilson OF Sr.

16

B/T R/R L/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/L R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/L R/R R/L L/R L/R R/R

Ht. 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-2 6-2 6-6 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-8 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-6 6-2 6-5 5-7 6-4 6-4 5-11 5-10 5-10

Wt. 175 179 200 176 160 204 220 209 205 210 220 175 173 189 205 170 205 180 200 185 180 195 208 195 185 180 245 230 205 175 205 200 185 190 190

Hometown/Previous School Bartlett, Tenn./East Mississippi CC Birmingham, Mich./Glennwood HS (Ala.) Paris, Tenn./Jackson State CC Knoxville, Tenn./Halls HS Southaven, Miss./Southaven HS Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS Memphis, Tenn./Houston HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Hixson, Tenn./Cleveland State CC Eads, Tenn./Meridian CC Dyer, Tenn./University School of Jackson Bolivar, Tenn./Northwest Miss. CC Mt. Juliet, Tenn./Mt. Juliet HS Clinton, Miss./Hinds CC Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Franklin, Tenn./Columbia CC Germantown, Tenn./Germantown HS Bartlett, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS Memphis, Tenn./St. Benedict of Auburndale Jackson, Tenn./University School of Jackson Newburgh, Ind./Olney Central College Tulsa, Okla./Walters State CC Collierville, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS Southaven, Miss./Desoto Central HS Cordova, Tenn./Briarcrest Christian HS Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale HS Franklin, Tenn./Independence HS Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville HS Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS Elkhorn, Neb./McLennan CC Hoover, Ala./Spain Park HS Bartlett, Tenn./Bartlett HS Thompson’s Station, Tenn./Independence HS 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS NO. 4 SEED 29-23 OVERALL 14-9 AMERICAN Location:........................................................ Piscataway, N.J. Nickname:....................................................... Scarlet Knights Color:.....................................................................Red & Black Enrollment:......................................................................37,364 Founded:............................................................................ 1766 Athletic Director:............................................. Julie Hermann Head Coach:............................................................ Joe Litterio Assistant Coaches:............................... Casey Gaynor, Tim Reilly

Statistical Leaders Player

AVG GP-GS AB

R

H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

SWEENEY, PAT

.342

49-49 155 34

53

11

4

1

25

75

.484 14

14

O’GRADY, BRIAN

.333

51-51 192 38

64

11

5

4

28

97

.505 26

1

CARTER, MIKE

.323

51-49 198 32

64 10

3

0

33

80

.404 20

2

ZARRILLO, VINNY

.306

52-51 186 30

57

11

0

1

38

71

.382 32

0

FAVATELLA, NICK

.298

52-52 198 41

59 15

3

4

32

92

.465 26

3

CLEMENTE, LOU

.264 48-37 121 16 32 3 1 2 20 43 .355 19 2

D’ANNUNZIO, JOE

.261 46-27 134 20 35 4 4 0 20 47 .351 6 2

Player

IP

H

ROSA, GABY

ERA W-L APP-GS 2.28

6-2 14-10

0

0/1

0

71.0

57

28

18

18 2 9

BREY, HOWIE

2.60

5-3 12-10

2

0/0

1

69.1

53

22

20

26 36

HERRMANN, MAX

2.29

3-0

21-0

0

0/0

4

39.1

35

15

10

16 30

DRISCOLL, KYLE

3.31

3-2 12-10

0

0/1

1

51.2

32

24

19

32 58

YOUNG, JON

4.72

2-4

0

0/0

9

34.1

52

28

18

10 20

21-1

CG SHO SV

R ER BB SO

Rutgers Scarlet Knights (29-23 Overall/14-9 American) FEBRUARY

14 15 15 16 22 22 28

at at at at at at at

MARCH 1 at 2 at 7 at 7 at 9 at 11 vs.

14 vs.

15 vs.

16 at 19 at 21 at 22 at 23 at 28 at 29 at APRIL 1 vs 2 at 4 vs.

5 vs.

6 vs.

8 vs.

9 vs.

11 vs.

12 vs.

13 vs.

16 vs.

17 vs.

18 vs.

19 vs.

22 vs.

23 at 25 at 26 at 27 at MAY 1 vs.

2 vs.

3 vs.

4 vs.

6 vs.

9 vs.

10 vs.

11 vs.

15 at 16 at 17 at

FIU FIU FIU FIU Jacksonville Jacksonville Old Dominion

L, 6-7 L, 1-13 L, 0-5 L, 4-5 W, 6-2 W, 10-2 W, 4-2

Old Dominion Old Dominion Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Hofstra Buffalo (Richmond, Va) Lafayette (Richmond, Va) VCU Virginia Tech Louisville* Louisville* Louisville* UConn* UConn*

L, 3-12 L, 6-12 L, 11-16 L, 5-7 W, 8-6 W, 13-5 W, 6-3 W, 5-1 L, 6-7 L, 3-6 L, 1-6 L, 8-9 W, 11-2 W, 7-5 L, 4-11

Iona Iona Houston* Houston* Houston* Fordham Columbia Hartford Hartford Hartford Lafayette Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Rider Wagner UCF* UCF* UCF*

W, 7-5 L, 4-6 W, 7-3 L, 1-9 L, 1-2 W, 13-3 L, 2-13 W, 4-3 W, 4-1 L, 8-11 W, 7-1 W, 5-4 W, 3-1 W, 4-1 W, 6-4 L, 7-10 L, 1-3 L, 3-4 L, 3-10

Iona Temple* Temple* Temple* St. Peter’s USF* USF* USF* Memphis* Memphis* Memphis*

W, 10-5 W, 5-4 (14) W, 4-3 W, 9-6 W, 7-5 W, 3-1 W, 5-4 W, 12-2 L, 3-8 W, 7-0 W, 7-5

American Athletic Conference Championship

21 vs. No. 5 USF 23 vs. No. 8 Memphis 24 vs. No. 1 Louisville

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

7 p.m.

11 a.m.

3 p.m.

LHP Howie Brey 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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Sitting row one (L-R): Sean Kelly, Sam Mines, Sean Feeney, Colin Bohnert, Christian Campbell, Mike Carter, R.J. Devish, Ian Riddell Sitting row two (L-R): Brian O’Grady, Slater McCue, Pat Sweeney, assistant coach Tim Reilly, head coach Joe Litterio, assistant coach Casey Gaynor, Nick Favatella, Charlie Lasky, Lou Clemente Standing row three (L-R): equipment manager John Reardon, Michael Zavala, director of operations Glen Gardner, Reed Shuttle, Kevin Baxter, Jeff Anderson, David Yakopec, Kyle Driscoll, Max Herrmann, Chris Folinusz, Jon Young, Donovan Waller, athletic trainer Rob Piacentini, assistant athletic trainer Ryan Ross Standing row four (L-R): TJ Perkowski, Tom Marcinczyk, Troy Sutton, Ryan Fleming, John Jennings, Howie Brey, Gaby Rosa, Vinny Zarrillo, Kevin Delaney, Joe D’Annunzio

RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS

No. 28 13 12 22 8 4 38 7 23 16 30 5 35 18 17 44 2 26 45 31 27 32 21 3 15 25 14 41 43 11 40 37 33 20 6

Name Jeff Anderson Kevin Baxter Colin Bohnert Howie Brey Christian Campbell Mike Carter Lou Clemente Joe D’Annunzio Kevin Delaney R.J. Devish Kyle Driscoll Nick Favatella Sean Feeney Ryan Fleming Chris Folinusz Max Herrmann John Jennings Sean Kelly Charlie Lasky Tom Marcinczyk Slater McCue Sam Mines Brian O’Grady TJ Perkowski Ian Riddell Gaby Rosa Reed Shuttle Chris Suseck Troy Sutton Pat Sweeney Donovan Waller David Yakopec Jon Young Vinny Zarrillo Michael Zavala

18

Pos. 1B RHP RHP LHP SS/RHP OF OF OF/INF C/OF C/3B RHP 2B/SS INF LHP C/INF LHP INF RHP RHP OF/LHP RHP RHP OF/INF OF/RHP RHP P/2B RHP INF C SS LHP LHP RHP OF C

Cl. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. R-Jr. Fr. So. R-Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. R-So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. R-So. Jr. Jr. R-Jr.

B/T R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L L/L R/R L/L R/R

Ht. 6-4 6-4 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-11 6-7 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-3 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-3 5-8 6-2

Wt. Hometown/Previous School 228 Randolph, N.J./Delbarton 240 Waterford, N.J./St. Augustine Prep 180 West Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell 180 Middletown, N.J./Middletown South 185 Sayreville, N.J./Sayreville War Memorial 175 Bloomfield, N.J./Bloomfield 195 Union, N.J./Roselle Catholic/Brookdale CC 190 Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood 185 Randolph, N.J./Delbarton 170 Beachwood, N.J./Toms River South 220 Toms River, N.J./Toms River South 175 Washington Township, N.J./Washington Township 175 Cranford, N.J./Cranford 190 Churchville, Pa./Council Rock South 215 Cranford, N.J./Cranford 210 Rutherford, N.J./Montclair Kimberley Acad./Rhode Island 190 Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston 190 Marlton, N.J./Cherokee 230 Freehold, N.J./Colts Neck 185 Middlesex, N.J./Middlesex 200 Radnor, Pa./Conestoga 190 Goldens Bridge, N.Y./John Jay 200 Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood 170 South Brunswick, N.J./South Brunswick 198 Millburn, N.J./Millburn 160 Perth Amboy, N.J./Perth Amboy 210 Lansdale, Pa./North Penn 205 Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central/Coastal Carolina 200 Montville, N.J./Newark Academy 180 Sparta, N.J./Blair Academy 220 Forked River, N.J./Lacey 195 Pittsburgh, Pa./Burrell/Univ. of Pittsburgh 180 Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge 175 Forked River, N.J./Lacey 205 Randolph, N.J./Randolph 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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USF BULLS

USF Bulls (26-29 Overall/10-14 American)

NO. 4 SEED 26-29 OVERALL 10-14 AMERICAN

FEBRUARY

Location:................................................................ Tampa, Fla. Nickname:........................................................................ Bulls Colors:................................................................ Green & Gold Enrollment:.....................................................................46,167 Founded:............................................................................ 1956 Director of Athletics:............................................ Mark Harlan Head Coach: ..........................................................Lelo Prado Assistant Head Coach: .............. Chris Heintz, Lance Carter, Frank Moldanado

TEAF, KYLE

AVG GP-GS AB

R

H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

.347 55-55 199 41 69 7 3 0 20 82 .412 41 9

LEAL, ANDRES

.301

BORDERS, LUKE

.284 44-39 141 22 40 6 0 1 21 49 .348 12 5

LUECK, AUSTIN

.278

PUTNAM, BUDDY

.255 44-38 141 18 36 5 2 2 22 51 .362 8 1

PORTALES, DANIEL

.253 50-46 174 18 44 4 0 0 20 48 .276 21 6

BORDERS, LEVI

.249

Player

28-15 73

9

45-32 126 19

52-51 177 25

22 35

44

2

0

11

11

ERA W-L APP-GS

0

1

0

0

1

8 11

20

CG SHO SV

24 48

58

.329

Liberty Richmond North Florida FGCU Penn State Penn State Penn State Columbia

W, 2-1 W, 11-4 W, 12-1 W, 5-1 W, 19-1 W, 11-7 W, 6-5 L, 4-6

1 vs.

1 vs.

2 vs.

4 vs.

5 vs.

7 vs.

8 vs.

9 vs.

12 vs.

14 vs.

15 vs.

16 vs.

21 vs.

22 vs.

23 vs.

25 vs.

28 at 30 at 30 at

Columbia Columbia Columbia Florida State University Florida State University Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Florida International Rhode Island Rhode Island Rhode Island UConn* UConn* UConn* FIU Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati*

W, 13-5 W, 7-2 L, 0-1 L, 1-5 L, 1-4 W, 7-0 W, 4-2 L, 4-6 L, 2-8 W, 5-1 W, 4-3 L, 13-16 W, 2-1 W, 6-2 L, 2-4 L, 0-9 W, 2-1 L, 2-3 W, 7-6

1 at 2 at 4 vs.

5 vs.

6 vs.

11 at 12 at 13 at 15 vs.

17 at 18 at 19 at 22 vs.

25 vs.

26 vs.

27 vs.

Stetson Stetson UCF* UCF* UCF* Temple* Temple* Temple* Stetson Houston* Houston* Houston* FGCU Memphis* Memphis* Memphis*

L, 3-6 L, 1-2 L, 0-2 W, 4-2 L, 3-6 W, 13-6 L, 5-6 W, 6-3 W, 10-3 L, 2-3 W, 4-3 L, 3-5 L, 3-5 W, 3-1 W, 5-3 L, 5-7

3 vs.

3 vs.

4 vs.

7 at 9 at 10 at 11 at 13 at 15 at 16 at 17 at

Louisville* Louisville* Louisville* FIU Rutgers* Rutgers* Rutgers* No. 8/13 Florida Georgia Tech (ESPN3) Georgia Tech (ESPN3) Georgia Tech (ESPN3)

MARCH

Statistical Leaders Player

15 vs.

15 vs.

16 vs.

18 at 21 vs.

22 vs.

23 vs.

28 vs.

8

0

.381 14

.328 17

5

12

IP

H

R ER BB SO

HERGET, JIMMY

1.28

7-6 14-14

1

0/1

0

98.1

85

24

14

25 84

MULHOLLAND, CASEY

3.13

4-2

17-14

2

0//1

1

86.1

76

32

30

35 5 8

HERNANDEZ, CODY

1.66

1-1

14-1

0

0/0

0

21.2

27

9

4

6 7

STRITTMATTER, JOR

1.98

1-2

30-0

0

0/2

4

27.1

15

7

6

14 2 2

SERRALLONGA, JANI

2.25

2-3

25-3

0

0/1

2

48.0

43

17

12

18 26

FARLEY, MICHAEL

3.58

1-3

11-3

0

0/0

1

27.2

23

13

11

8 24

LAWSON, BRANDON

4.11

3-1

14-8

0

0/0

0

46.0

55

28

21

17 2 2

PARDO, LAWRENCE

4.18

0-2

22-2

0

0/0

2

32.1

28

19

15

25 31

APRIL

MAY

L, 1-3 L, 2-3 (11) L, 5-9 W, 6-4 L, 1-3 L, 4-5 L, 2-12 L, 2-8 W, 8-0 L, 0-3 L, 5-12

American Athletic Conference Championship

21 vs. No. 4 Rutgers 23 vs. No. 1 Louisville 24 vs. No. 8 Memphis

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

7 p.m.

3 p.m.

7 p.m.

RHP Jimmy Herget 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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Top Row L to R – Blake Sydeski, Jimmy Herget, Jordan Strittmatter, Luke Maglich, Levi Borders, Josh Walker, Brandon Murray, Justin Patrick, Joe Adel, Michael Farley, Casey Mulholland, Luke Borders Middle Row L to R – Brandon Lawson, Clay Simmons, Hayden Kelley, Austin Lueck, Michael Arencibia, Michael Clarkson, Nolan Thomas, Lawrence Pardo, Joe Altieri, Vincent Miniet, Budd Putnam Bottom Row L to R – Kyle Teaf, Tommy Peterson, Janick Serrallonga, Vincent Leto, Andres Leal, Daniel Portales, Cody Hernandez, Zac Gilcrease, Nik Alfonso Not Pictured: Diego Rapalino No. 51 8 38 6 12 4 24 16 20 19 15 13 9 14 7 18 33 47 44 42 34 37 29 5 27 17 2 10 21 3 25 40

Name Pos. Cl. Joe Adel RHP R-So. Nik Alfonso SS/2B R-So. Joe Altieri C So. Jonathan Bennett INF Fr. Levi Borders C/3B So. Luke Borders INF/OF Fr. Michael Clarkson RHP Fr. Zac Gilcrease 3B Jr. Jimmy Herget RHP So. Cody Hernandez RHP So. Hayden Kelley OF So. Brandon Lawson RHP Fr. Andres Leal UT Fr. Vincent Leto OF So. Austin Lueck OF Jr. Luke Maglich INF So. Vincent Miniet 3B Fr. Casey Mulholland RHP Jr. Brandon Murray RHP Fr. Lawrence Pardo LHP Sr. Justin Patrick RHP So. Tommy Peterson RHP So. Daniel Portales RHP/OF Fr. Buddy Putnam UT Jr. Diego Rapalino RHP R-So. Janick Serrallonga LHP Sr. Clay Simmons INF/OF Fr. Jordan Strittmatter OF Jr. Blake Sydeski C Jr. Kyle Teaf INF Jr. Nolan Thomas LHP Sr. Josh Walker LHP Fr.

20

B/T R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R L/R R/R S/R R/R R/R L/R L/R L/R R/L R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L L/L

Ht. 6-7 5-9 6-0 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-0 6-5 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-4 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-3 5-9 6-0 6-6

USF BULLS

Wt. Hometown/Previous School 215 Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz 180 Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic HS 200 Tampa, Fla./Jesuit 165 Escambia, Fla./Pensacola High School 185 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven HS 198 Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven 205 Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin HS 175 Tampa, Fla./Cambridge Christian 165 Tampa, Fla./Jefferson 180 Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic 200 Tampa, Fla./Miami Dade 200 Hernando, Fla./Hernando High School 185 Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic 170 Tampa, Fla./Jesuit 215 Daytona, Fla./Lake Brantley HS 190 Sarasota, Fla./Riverview HS 200 Tampa, Fla./Jesuit High School 190 Bradenton, Fla./State College of Florida 230 Orlando, Fla./West Orange High School 190 Miami, Fla./Santa Fe College 205 Cumberland, RI/Cumberland HS 205 New Port Richy, Fla./River Ridge HS 205 Tampa, Fla./Jesuit High School 185 Bartow, Fla./Bartow HS 180 Barranquilla, Columbia/British International College 160 Hialeah, Fla./Champagnat Catholic 195 Ocala, Fla./Lake Sumter High School 200 Daytona, Fla./Lake Brantley HS 215 Daytona Beach, Fla./New Smyrna HS 170 Tallahassee, Fla./Trinity Catholic HS 180 Big Pine Key, Fla./Tallahassee CC/Key West HS 200 Otisville, N.Y./Minisink Valley

2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e

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TEMPLE OWLS

Temple Owls (14-30 Overall/9-14 American)

NO. 6 SEED 14-30 OVERALL 9-14 AMERICAN

FEBRUARY

22 vs. Rider (Wilson, N.C.) W, 15-8 23 vs. UMass-Lowell (Wilson, N.C.) L, 2-7 23 vs. Rider (Wilson, N.C.) L, 3-14 MARCH

Location:.........................................................Philadelpha, Pa. Nickname:........................................................................ Owls Colors:.............................................................. Cherry & White Enrollment:.....................................................................39,000 Founded:............................................................................1884 Athletic Director:...................................................Kevin Clark Head Coach....................................................... Ryan Wheeler Assistant Coaches:..........................Brian Pugh, Kevin Small

Statistical Leaders Player

AVG GP-GS AB

R

H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP

AMARO, ROBERT

.327 44-44 168 24 55 9 2 3 38 77 .458 15 8 26

KERRIGAN, JIMMY

.298

PETERSON, DEREK

.278 44-44 169 31 47 23 1 2 21 78 .462 23 6 31

D’ACUNTI MICHAEL

.273

36-34 121 13

33

1

1

2

15

42

.347

4

7

18

DRAGOS, DANIEL

.250

42-38 136 17

34

2

1

0

9

38

.279 17

4

22

Player

44-44 161 14

48

ERA W-L APP-GS 3-2

14-9

8

0

1

15

CG SHO SV 0

0/0

0

59

.366 18

3

26

VCU VCU VCU Radford Radford Niagara Villanova Saint Joseph’s Hartford Saint Peter’s Saint Peter’s Memphis* Memphis* Memphis* UCF* UCF* UCF*

1 vs.

4 vs.

5 vs.

6 vs.

9 vs.

11 vs.

12 vs.

13 vs.

17 at 18 at 19 at 22 vs.

23 at 25 vs.

26 vs.

27 vs.

Delaware^ Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Cincinnati* Lehigh^ USF* USF* USF* UConn* UConn* UConn* Villanova Delaware Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth

L, 4-12 W, 7-5 L, 5-11 W, 7-2 L, 2-3 L, 6-13 W, 6-5 L, 3-6 L, 1-4 W, 7-4 W, 6-2 L, 8-16 L, 3-9 L, 2-4 L, 3-4 L, 4-7

2 at 3 at 4 at 9 vs.

10 vs.

11 vs.

15 vs.

17 vs.

Rutgers* Rutgers* Rutgers* Louisville* Louisville* Louisville * Houston* Houston*

L, 4-5 (14) L, 3-4 L, 6-9 L, 0-2 W, 4-2 L, 4-6 W, 4-1 L, 5-7

APRIL

IP

H

R ER BB SO

48.1

47

25

20

1 at 1 at 2 at 5 at 5 at 7 vs.

8 vs.

9 at 15 vs.

16 vs.

16 vs.

21 at 22 at 23 at 28 at 29 at 30 at

KUEHN, RYAN

3.72

HOCKENBERRY, MATT

3.80 5-5 14-13 1 0/0 0 85.1 97 51 36 21 65

18 22

KRALL, PATRICK

0.36 1-0 15-0 0 0/0 2 25.1 15 2 1 5 10

BATCHELOR, ZACH

2.57

1-0

19-0

0

0/0

4

28.0

33

10

8

7 20

MCCARTHY, TIM

3.38

3-3

20-0

0

0/0

0

24.0

22

13

9

7 11

STASKEY, CONNOR

3.38 0-1 6-2 0 0/0 0 13.1 7

9 5 10 11

MAY

L, 2-5 L, 0-10 L, 5-14 L, 3-6 L, 1-3 W, 10-4 W, 7-3 L, 3-11 W, 5-4 W, 2-1 L, 3-5 W, 3-1 L, 7-13 W, 4-3 L, 4-6 L, 2-8 L, 5-12

American Athletic Conference Championship

21 vs. No. 3 Houston 22 vs. No. 2 UCF 24 vs. No. 7 UConn

* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern

3 p.m.

7 p.m.

11 a.m.

^ - Liberty Bell Classic

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Front Row (L to R): Jimmy Kerrigan, Nick West, Daniel Dragos, Michael D’Acunti, Bobby Heitzman, Frank D’Agostino, Phil Gianakos, Connor Staskey, Reyn Sugai, Simon Mathews Back Row (L to R): Assistant Coach Kevin Small, Assistant Coach Sean Saverio, Joshua Mason, Zach Batchelor, Derek Peterson, David Hall, Patrick Vanderslice, Tim McCarthy, Ryan Kuehn, Matt Hockenberry, Andrew Nist, Patrick Krall, Zach White, Dan Wasson, Preston Hill, Robert Amaro, Head Coach Ryan Wheeler, Assistant Coach Brian Pugh, Athletic Trainer Nathan Quebedeaux

TEMPLE OWLS No. 20 45 27 16 7 41 33 21 19 32 8 15 23 13 18 44 26 22 40 5 12 36 4 42

Name Robert Amaro Zach Batchelor Michael D’Acunti Frank D’Agostino Daniel Dragos Phil Gianakos David Hall Bobby Heitzman Preston Hill Matt Hockenberry Jimmy Kerrigan Ryan Kuehn Patrick Krall Josh Mason Simon Mathews Tim McCarthy Andrew Nist Derek Peterson Connor Stasky Reyn Sugai Patrick Vanderslice Daniel Wasson Nick West Zach White

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Pos. 1B/3B RHP C OF/1B OF RHP OF OF RHP RHP OF RHP LHP IF/C RHP RHP C INF LHP IF RHP RHP C/OF RHP

Cl. RSr. RJr. So. So. RSr. RJr. RSr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. RSr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. RJr. Fr. RJr.

B/T R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R

Ht. 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-7 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-10 6-5 6-2 5-11 6-1

Wt. 205 180 205 210 190 185 220 175 188 210 185 210 195 195 170 225 210 195 165 175 250 225 165 180

Hometown/Previous School Bensalem, Pa. (University of Virginia) Monroe Township, N.J. (Monroe Township HS) Dix Hills, N.Y. (Saint Anthony’s HS) Monroe Township, N.J. (Monroe Township HS) Beltsville, Md. (Dematha Catholic HS) Lebanon, N.J. (St. Joseph HS) Commack, N.Y. (Commack HS) Landenburg, Pa. (Kennett HS) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chandler Gilbert CC) Hanover, Pa. (South Western HS) Philadelphia, Pa. (Neumann-Goretti HS) Lehighton, Pa. (Lehighton HS) Downingtown, Pa. (Downingtown West HS) Chesapeake, Va. (Rappahannock CC) West Haven, Conn. (Hopkins School) New Rochelle, N.Y. (Iona Prep) Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler Gilbert CC) Wall, N.J. (Olney Central College) Virginia Beach, Va. (Salem HS) Honolulu, Hawaii (Fort Scott CC) Lansdowne, Pa. (Monsignor Bonner HS) Chalfont, Pa. (Central Bucks South HS) New Holland, Pa. (Garden Spot HS) Parkesburg, Pa. (Coatesville HS)

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2 0 14 N CAA DIVISIO N I BASEBALL CHAM PIO N SHIP The winner of the the American Athletic Conference championship title will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

The College World Series features the top eight teams in the nation squaring off in a double-elimination tournament format, all vying for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Sixty-four teams will enter the qualifying bracket, with 30 teams receiving automatic bids and the remaining 34 atlarge selections by the Division I Baseball Committee. Regional competition will be held May 30-June 2 on campus sites, with the Super Regionals following the next weekend on eight campus sites. June 14-25, 2014 will mark the 67th annual NCAA College World Series, the premier event for college baseball held annually at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.

American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances School.............................................NCAA Appearances UCF............................................................... 11 (11-22, Last in 2012) Cincinnati........................................................... 5 (4-9, Last in 1974) UConn...................17 (29-35, Last in 2011, 5 College World Series) Houston............18 (34-39-1, Last in 2008, 2 College World Series) Louisville................ 7 (19-17, Last in 2013, 2 College World Series) Memphis.......................................................... 5 (8-10, Last in 2007) Rutgers................ 15 (18-30, Last in 2007, 1 College World Series) USF................................................................ 10 (9-20, Last in 2012) Temple................. 14 (19-25, Last in 2001, 2 College World Series) Total...... 102 (151-207-1 Overall, 12 College World Series)

2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Schedule Regionals

Campus Sites

Super Regionals Campus Sites

College World Series TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Neb.

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