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 159 .625  4420 .688
Southern Miss   159 .625  3027 .526
East Carolina   1410 .583  3126 .544
Memphis   1410 .583  3524 .593
UCF   1311 .542  2930 .492
Houston   1311 .542  3622 .621
Tulane   1113 .458  3028 .517
UAB   717 .292  2336 .390
Marshall   618 .250  2034 .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
Post Season
  • Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
  • *Conference game

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

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