1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games in College Park. The team was coached by Chal Port, in his 26th season at The Citadel.

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
1990 Atlantic Regional Champions SoCon Baseball Tournament Champions Southern Conference Regular Season Champions
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
1990 record	46–14 (13–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Chal Port (26th season)
Home stadium	College Park

1990 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 6 The Citadel  ‍†‍‡‍^y	13	–	1	–	0		.929			46	–	14	–	0		.767
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	10	–	7	–	0		.588			37	–	25	–	0		.597
Marshall  ‍‍‍	10	–	7	–	0		.588			20	–	19	–	0		.513
VMI  ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0		.429			12	–	26	–	0		.316
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0		.400			19	–	22	–	1		.464
Furman  ‍‍‍	6	–	11	–	0		.353			20	–	24	–	0		.455
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	4	–	12	–	0		.250			10	–	31	–	0		.244
† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1990[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball[2]

The Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference Baseball Tournament, hosted in their home park. They then went on to win the Atlantic Regional of the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, earning a berth in the 1990 College World Series. During the regular season, The Citadel won 26 consecutive games, the longest of any team in the 1990 season.[3] The Bulldogs were ranked #6 in the final Collegiate Baseball poll.

Three players from the team would go on to serve as head coaches at the Division I level. Dan McDonnell became head coach at Louisville in 2007, Chris Lemonis became head coach at Indiana in 2015, and Tony Skole served as head coach at East Tennessee State from 2000 to 2017 before taking over at The Citadel in 2018.

Roster

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs roster[4]
	Pitchers 21 Steve Basch 24 Ken Britt Hal Hayden 15 Hank Kraft 16 Kevin McGarvey 14 Richard Shirer 22 Brad Stowell		Infielders 11 Chris Coker 12 Scott Elvington Chris Lemonis 20 Bart Mays 3 Dan McDonnell 6 Tony Skole 1 Phillip Tobin		Outfielders 23 Billy Baker 13 Mike Black 7 Mike Branham 18 Cornell Caldwell 19 Vic Correll 10 Anthony Jenkins 4 Jason Rychlick Catchers 9 Gettys Glaze 2 Larry Hutto 8 Derrick Rogers

Schedule

Legend
	The Citadel win
	The Citadel loss
*	Non-Conference game

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SoCon Record February 9 Armstrong State* Savannah, GA W 5-4 1–0 February 17 NC State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 1–1 February 18 NC State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 12–1 2–1 February 21 Augusta* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–4 3–1 February 24 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–3 4–1 February 24 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 5–1 February 25 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 15–4 6–1 February 26 Gannon* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 7–1 February 27 Gannon* College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–6 8–1
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SoCon Record March 3 at Campbell* Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC W 4–0 9–1 March 5 Norfolk State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 10–1 March 7 Coastal Carolina* Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–3 11–1 March 8 Liberty* College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 12–1 March 10 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 13–1 1–0 March 10 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 14–1 2–0 March 11 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 15–1 3–0 March 13 George Mason* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–8 16–1 March 14 Mount Olive* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 17–1 March 15 Belmont Abbey* College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 18–1 March 18 at Appalachian State Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 10–5 19–1 4–0 March 18 at Appalachian State Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 5–2 20–1 5–0 March 19 Howard* College Park • Charleston, SC W 14–4 21–1 March 20 Le Moyne* College Park • Charleston, SC W 16–11 22–1 March 21 Le Moyne* College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 23–1 March 24 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–1 24–1 6–0 March 24 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–0 25–1 7–0 March 25 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–2 26–1 8–0 March 26 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 13–3 27–1 March 27 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 1–2 27–2 March 28 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 7–9 27–3
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SoCon Record April 1 at Davidson* Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC W 2–1 28–3 April 1 at Davidson* Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC L 7–8 28–4 April 3 at South Carolina* Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC L 12–13 28–5 April 4 Charleston Rainbows* (exh) College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–5 April 7 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–1 29–5 9–0 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–6 29–6 9–1 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–0 30–6 10–1 April 10 South Carolina* College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 30–7 April 11 at Armstrong State* Savannah, GA L 5–21 30–8 April 13 VMI College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–3 31–8 11–1 April 16 USC Spartanburg* College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–8 31–9 April 17 at Baptist* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC L 5–7 31–10 April 18 at Augusta* Augusta, GA L 4–12 31–11 April 19 Armstrong State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–0 32–11 April 22 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 4–2 33–11 12–1 April 22 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 18–4 34–11 13–1 April 24 Baptist* College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–4 35–11
Post-Season
SoCon Tournament Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SoConT Record April 27 Appalachian State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–2 36–11 1–0 April 28 Marshall College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 37–11 2–0 April 28 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–0 38–11 3–0 April 29 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–5 39–11 4–0
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 15 at Armstrong State Savannah, GA L 2–4 39–12 May 16 Armstrong State College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–4 40–12 May 21 #23 Clemson College Park • Charleston, SC W 11–2 41–12
NCAA Tournament Atlantic Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record NCAAT Record May 25 NC State Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL W 11–3 42–12 1–0 May 27 East Carolina Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 43–12 2–0 May 28 at Miami (FL) Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL W 6–2 44–12 3–0 May 29 at Miami (FL) Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL W 4–1 45–12 4–0
1990 College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record June 2 (2) LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–8 45–13 0–1 June 3 (6) Cal State Fullerton Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–7 ^12 46–13 1–1 June 4 (2) LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–6 46–14 1–2

References

1. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
2. "1990 Final Collegiate Baseball Poll". Retrieved April 22, 2012.
3. Gary Klein (May 30, 1990). "The Citadel Sends Storm Warning". LA Times. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
4. "Bulldogs celebrate with victory over Buccaneers". Citadel Sports. April 24, 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
5. 2012 Baseball Record Book (PDF). citadelsports.com. p. 57. Retrieved March 25, 2013.