2013 UCF Knights baseball team

The 2013 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2013 college baseball season. The Knights competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Conference USA (C-USA). The team played their home games at Jay Bergman Field (also known as the UCF Baseball Complex), located on UCF's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach Terry Rooney, who was in his fifth season with the team.

2013 UCF Knights baseball
ConferenceConference USA
2013 record29–27 (13–11 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumJay Bergman Field
2013 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 14 Rice  ‍†‍‡‍y 15–9 .625  44–20 .688
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .625  30–27 .526
East Carolina  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  31–26 .544
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  35–24 .593
UCF  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  29–30 .492
Houston  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .542  36–22 .621
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  30–28 .517
UAB  ‍‍‍ 7–17 .292  23–36 .390
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  20–34 .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 8, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

In the 2013 season, the Knights looked to build upon their appearance in the 2012 tournament, in which they came within one game of advancing to the programs first super regional. UCF had advanced to the NCAA tournament in each of the two previous seasons.[2] The 2013 season also marked UCF's last as a member of Conference USA, as the Knights became members of the American Athletic Conference (The American) in July 2013.

Personnel

Coaching Staff
2013 UCF Knights coaching staff
  • 26 Terry Rooney – Head Coach - 5th season
  • 7 Ryan Klosterman - Assistant Coach – 2nd season
  • 22 Kevin Schnall - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 2 Alex Guerra - Assistant Coach – 2nd season

Roster
2013 UCF Knights roster
 

Pitchers

  • 16 Brian Adkins - Senior
  • 19 Ben Lively - Junior
  • 23 Tyler Martin - Freshman
  • 25 Eric Skoglund - Sophomore
  • 28 Shawn McDorman - Senior
  • 31 Zach Favre - Freshman
  • 32 Daniel Davis - Redshirt Sophomor
  • 33 Harrison Hukari - Sophomore
  • 34 Jimmy Reed - Senior
  • 35 Spencer Davis - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 37 Gregg Cooke - Redshirt Junior
  • 40 Alex Milne - Freshman
  • 41 Chris Matulis - Redshirt Senior
  • 44 Ryan Meyer - Redshirt Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 1 Travis Shreve - Senior
  • 3 Spencer Haynes - Sophomore
  • 5 Austin Johnston - Senior
  • 13 James Vasquez - Sophomore
  • 14 Tommy Williams - Sophomore
  • 21 Jarrod Petree - Freshman

Utility

  • 17 Parker Webster - Junior
  • 30 Nick Carrillo - Senior
  

Catchers

  • 9 Ryan Breen - Senior
  • 15 Dale Irving - Sophomore
  • 20 Chris Taladay - Senior
  • 29 Ethan Smith - Junior

Outfielders

  • 4 Ryan Reilly - Freshman
  • 6 JoMarcos Woods - Sophomore
  • 8 Lorenzo Butler - Freshman
  • 10 Erik Barber - Sophomore
  • 12 Erik Hempe - Redshirt Senior
  • 18 Bo Decker - Freshman
  • 24 Hunter Wildes - Freshman
  • 27 Jeramy Matos - Senior
  

Schedule
2013 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Conf. Record
May 1Bethune-Cookman30Jay Bergman Field8–1T. Martin (1–1)L. Martinez (0–2)None1,04526–1911–7
May 3at #9 Florida State30Mike Martin Field2–4R. Coles (3–1)S. Davis (4–2)None3,93326–2011–7
May 4at #9 Florida State30Mike Martin Field1–6Leibrandt (7–4)C. Matulis (5–3)None4,21526–2111–7
May 5at #9 Florida State30Mike Martin Field4–5R. Coles (4–1)Z. Favre (2–2)None4,26826–2211–7
May 8Bethune-Cookman–Jay Bergman Field4–0Z. Favre (3–2)S. Garner (5–5)None1,19927–2211–7
May 10Tulane*–Jay Bergman Field1–8Byo (4–4)B. Lively (6–4)None1,27927–2311–8
May 11Tulane*–Jay Bergman Field9–15McKenzie (3–2)C. Matulis (5–4)None1,16327–2411–9
May 12Tulane*–Jay Bergman Field7–3 B. Adkins (4–6)R. LeBlanc (4–4)None1,03228–2412–9
May 14at Florida Atlantic–FAU Baseball Stadium3–4Logan (5–1)E. Skoglund (1–4)Adams (14)39628–2512–9
May 16at East Carolina*–Clark–LeClair Stadium2–0B. Lively (7–4)Hoffman (6–6)None2,31329–2513–9
May 17at East Carolina*–Clark–LeClair Stadium8–10Mabry (4–3)D. Davis (4–3)Reynolds (13)2,57829–2613–10
May 18at East Carolina*–Clark–LeClair Stadium5–6J. Harris (3–3)B. Adkins (4–7)None2,41829–2713–11
Post Season
C-USA Tournament
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Tournament Record
May 22Memphis–Cougar Field1–6Moll (9–3)B. Lively (7–5)None–0–1
May 23Rice–Cougar Field1–5Stephens (7–4)C. Matulis (5–5)None3,7410–2
May 24UAB–Cougar Field1–5A. Luna (2–4)B. Adkins (4–8)None3,2500–3
  • Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
  • *Conference game

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 Final 
Coaches'[3] RV RV* RV* NR NR NR  
Baseball America[4] NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[5] RV NR NR NR NR NR  
NCBWA†[6] RV NR NR NR NR NR  
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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.

See also

References
  1. "2013 Baseball Extended Standings" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. "UCF baseball hopes to advance to super regional for first time in school history". Orlando Sentinel. 2012-06-01. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  3. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  4. Baseball America College: Top 25
  5. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  6. NCBWA Division I poll
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