2017 VCU Rams baseball team

The 2017 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 47th baseball season. It was their 5th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Rams began their season on February 17, 2017 with a 3–0 victory over Florida State.

2017 VCU Rams baseball
Atlantic 10 regular season champions
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2017 record16–12 (5–1 A-10)
Head coachShawn Stiffler (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (5th season)
  • Steve Hay (3rd season)
  • ML Morgan (3rd season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
2017 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
VCU   195 .792  3522 .614
Rhode Island   176 .739  3122 .585
St. Bonaventure   158 .652  2622 .542
George Washington   1410 .583  3127 .534
Saint Louis   1210 .545  3522 .614
No. 16 Davidson  y 1311 .542  3526 .574
George Mason   1311 .542  2633 .441
Saint Joseph's   1212 .500  2125 .457
Fordham   1112 .478  2724 .529
Dayton   915 .375  2035 .364
UMass   816 .333  1532 .319
Richmond   617 .261  1736 .321
La Salle   420 .167  1041 .196
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

2017 roster

2017 VCU Rams Roster[1]
 

Pitchers

  • 9 – Hayden Moore – Freshman
  • 10 – Connor Gillispie – Freshman
  • 18 – Tanner Winters – Junior
  • 20 – Sean Thompson – Junior
  • 23 – Matt Jamer – Senior
  • 24 – Eric Neiman – R-Freshman
  • 25 – Benjamin Dum – Sophomore
  • 28 – Jonathan Ebersole – Senior
  • 30 – Michael Dailey – Sophomore
  • 31 – Brooks Vial – Senior
  • 32 – Sam Donko – Senior
  • 33 – Sam Ryan – Freshman
  • 34 – Ryan Fox – Junior
  • 35 – Luke Crabb – Senior
  • 37 – David Mervis – R-Freshman
  • 38 – Garrett Pearson – Sophomore
  • 40 – Jack Alkire – Sophomore
  • 41 – Ben Nelson – Junior
 

Infielders

  • 1 – Steven Carpenter – Freshman
  • 2 – Paul Witt – Freshman
  • 4 – Daane Berezo – Senior
  • 7 – Brody Cook – Sophomore
  • 13 – Zach Ching – Freshman
  • 15 – Darian Carpenter – Senior
  • 26 – Mitchel Lacey – Junior

Utility

  • 3 – Brett Willett – Freshman
  • 11 – J.P. Vail – Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 16 – Nick Rabat – Senior
  • 17 – Josh Simon – Freshman
  • 27 – Dylan Isquirdo – Senior
  • 36 – Matt Stallings – Freshman

Outfielders

  • 8 – Logan Farrar – Senior
  • 14 – Haiden Lamb – Junior
  • 12 – Alex Gransback – Senior
  • 21 – Austin Gregory – Freshman
 

Schedule

Legend
 VCU win
 VCU loss
 Postponement/cancellation
2017 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Postseason

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'[2] * *  
Baseball America[3]  
Collegiate Baseball^[4]  
NCBWA[5]  
D1Baseball

^ 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.

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