2013 VCU Rams baseball team

The 2013 VCU Rams baseball team will be the 43rd season of the university fielding a varsity baseball program, and will represent Virginia Commonwealth University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams will be playing their inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

2013 VCU Rams baseball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2013 record	16–16 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach	Shawn Stiffler (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Palumbo (2nd season) TBA
Hitting coach	C.J. Rhodes (3rd season)
Home stadium	The Diamond

2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Saint Louis  ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			41	–	21	–	0		.661
Charlotte  ‍†‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Rhode Island  ‍†‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			35	–	24	–	0		.593
Xavier  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			32	–	26	–	0		.552
George Washington  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			26	–	32	–	0		.448
La Salle  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Richmond  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			31	–	24	–	0		.564
VCU  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			28	–	26	–	0		.519
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			26	–	26	–	0		.500
Butler  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			25	–	26	–	0		.490
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			20	–	28	–	0		.417
Fordham  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			22	–	33	–	0		.400
Temple  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			18	–	28	–	0		.391
Massachusetts  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			14	–	31	–	0		.311
Dayton  ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0		.125			11	–	39	–	1		.225
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

It will be the first season of Shawn Stiffler as manager for the program. It was previously led by Paul Keyes for the past 18 season. Keyes died of cancer in the summer of 2012.[2]

Personnel

2013 roster

2013 VCU Rams Roster[3]
	Pitchers 13 Matt Lees - Sophomore 14 Logan Kanuik - Junior 16 Michael Carpenter - Freshman 17 Ryan Farrar - Senior 20 Seth Greene - Redshirt Junior 23 Ryan Morrison - Junior 30 Hunter Absher - Freshman 31 Tyler Buckley- Junior 33 Dan Black - Freshman 35 Heath Dwyer- Sophomore 38 Jordan Storey - Redshirt Junior		Infielders 4 Joey Cujas - Junior 6 Jordan Weymouth - Senior 10 Tom Crimi - Junior 12 Robert Malan - Redshirt Junior 25 Vimael Machin - Sophomore 26 Trevor Marino - Junior 27 Brent Mikionis - Redshirt Sophomore Utility 18 Bryce Lee - Junior		Catchers 7 Chris Ayers - Junior 11 Walker Haymaker - Freshman 21 Nick Octavi - Junior Outfielders 1 James Bunn - Freshman 2 Bill Cullen - Junior 3 Landon Prentiss - Junior 9 Cody Acker - Freshman 19 Michael Thomas - Freshman 24 Taylor Buran - Redshirt Senior 34 Cody Yount - Redshirt Senior

Schedule

2013 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A10 Record 1 02/15/13 vs. Boston College (Elon Invitational) Latham Park 4–1 M. Lees (1–0) J. Burke (0–1) none 200 1–0 — — 02/16/13 vs. Marist (Elon Invitational) Latham Park Postponed 1–0 — 2 02/17/13 @ Elon (Elon Invitational) Latham Park 6–2 R. Ferrar (1–0) D. Whitehead (0-1) J. Weymouth (1) 256 2–0 — 3 02/22/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 1–0 H. Dwyer (2–0) K. Mullen (1–1) M. Lees (2) 222 3–0 1–0 4 02/23/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 3–2 L. Kanuik (1-0) K. Burum (1-1) M. Lees (3) 210 4-0 0-0 5 02/24/13 Saint Joseph's The Diamond 2–0 R. Farrar (2-0) D. Thorpe (0-1) S. Greene (1) 310 5-0 0-0 — 02/26/13 @ East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium Postponed 5–0 —
March # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A10 Record 6 03/01/13 vs. UNC Asheville (Charleston Crab House Shootout) Riley, Jr. Park 12-1 H. Dwyer (3-0) D. Roland (0-3) none 125 6-0 0-0 7 03/02/13 @ The Citadel (Charleston Crab House Shootout) Riley, Jr. Park 11-6 T. Buckley (1-0) J. Reeves (1-1) none 240 7-0 0-0 8 03/03/13 vs. Pittsburgh (Charleston Crab House Shootout) Riley, Jr. Park 6-4 R. Farrar (3-0) A. Belfiglio (0-1) M. Lees (5) 150 8-0 0-0 9 03/05/13 George Mason The Diamond 4-2 T. Marino (1-0) T. Love (0-1) M. Lees(6) 176 9-0 0-0 10 03/08/13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 3-9 M. Batts (2-0) H. Dwyer (3-1) None 713 9-1 0-0 11 03/09/13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 2-7 J. Ramsey (1-2) T. Buckley (1-1) None 976 9-2 0-0 12 03/10/13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field 2-3 MacDonald (2-0) R. Farrar (3-1) Livengood (1) 1,037 9-3 0-0 13 03/11/13 Wagner The Diamond 11-8 S. Greene (1-0) C. Smith (0-2) None 210 10-3 0-0 14 03/15/13 Monmouth The Diamond 1-3 McGee (2-0) H. Dwyer (3-2) None 255 10-4 0-0 15 03/16/13 Monmouth The Diamond 8-3 T. Buckley (2-1) Smith (0-3) S. Greene(2) 250 11-4 0-0 16 03/17/13 Monmouth The Diamond 1-7 Yunginger (2-0) R. Farrar (3-2) Hunt(1) 199 11-5 0-0 17 03/19/13 Rutgers The Diamond 4-3 M. Lees (1-0) Brey (1-1) None 237 12-5 0-0 18 03/20/13 Rutgers The Diamond 6-9 Corsi (2-3) L. Kanuik (1-1) None 227 12-6 0-0 19 03/22/13 Butler* The Diamond 4-6 Stout (4-2) H. Dwyer (3-3) BYERLY(2) 214 12-7 0-1 20 03/23/13 Butler* The Diamond 3-4 Kramp (5-0) R. Farrar (3-3) Byerly(3) 222 12-8 0-2 21 03/23/13 Butler* The Diamond 4-7 Laing (1-1) S. Greene (1-1) Byerly(4) 299 12-9 0-3 22 03/26/13 at #1 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium 2-3 C. McCue (5-0) M. Lees (1-1) None 365 12-10 0-3 23 03/29/13 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 5-2 H. Dwyer (4-3) T. Barnette (1-2) None 1,089 13-10 1-3 24 03/30/13 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 8-9 J. Hudson (2-0) M. Lees (1-2) None 1,141 13-11 1-4 25 03/30/13 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium 4-3 L. Kanuik (2-1) S. Geohegan (1-1) None 1,148 14-11 2-4
April # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A10 Record 26 04/02/13 at Virginia Tech English Field 5-11 J. Joyce (4-1) D. Black (0-1) None 1,042 14-12 2-4 27 04/05/13 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 2-6 C. Bach (2-2) H. Dwyer (4-4) None 187 14-13 2-4 28 04/06/13 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 4-5 J. Garrett (2-2) M. Lees (1-3) None 234 14-14 2-4 29 04/07/13 at VMI Gray–Minor Stadium 8-4 L. Kanuik (3-1) J. Brown (3-1) None 222 15-14 2-4 30 04/09/13 at Maryland Shipley Field 5-6 B. Casas (2-0) A. Absher (0-1) None 357 15-15 2-4 31 04/12/13 Temple* The Diamond 2-1 M. Lees (2-3) P. Peterson (1-4) None 335 16-15 3-4 32 04/13/13 Temple* The Diamond 1-5 E. Peterson (5-0) R. Farrar (4-4) None 340 16-16 3-5 33 04/14/13 Temple* The Diamond 34 04/16/13 Maryland The Diamond 35 04/17/13 VMI The Diamond 36 04/19/13 at Dayton* Woerner Field 37 04/20/13 at Dayton* Woerner Field 38 04/21/13 at Dayton* Woerner Field 39 04/23/13 at Old Dominion (Hampton Classic) War Memorial Stadium 40 04/26/13 at La Salle* DeVincent Field 41 04/27/13 at La Salle* DeVincent Field 42 04/28/13 at La Salle* DeVincent Field 43 04/30/13 #7 Virginia The Diamond
May # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CAA Record 44 05/04/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond 45 05/05/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond 46 05/05/13 Saint Louis* The Diamond 47 05/08/13 at Maryland Shipley Field 48 05/10/13 at George Washington* Barcroft Park 49 05/11/13 at George Washington* Barcroft Park 50 05/12/13 at George Washington* Barcroft Park 51 05/14/13 at Virginia Davenport Field 52 05/16/13 Richmond* The Diamond 53 05/17/13 Richmond* The Diamond 54 05/18/13 Richmond* The Diamond
A10 Tournament # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CAA Record 55 05/22/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – – 56 05/23/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – – 57 05/24/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – – 58 05/25/13 TBD Hayes Stadium – –

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* A-10 conference games.

Rankings

Main article: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'[5]	NR	NR*	NR*
Baseball America[6]	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^[7]	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†[8]	NR	NR	RV
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

See also

• VCU Rams
• VCU Rams baseball
• 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season

References

1. "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
2. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2012/11/vcu-coach-paul-keyes-dies-at-age-50/
3. http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/bsb/2012-13/roster
4. "2013 VCU Baseball Schedule". VCU Athletics. VCUAthletics.com. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
5. "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll". USA Today. January 25, 2012.
6. "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
7. "NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
8. "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.