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
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2013 record16–16 (3–5 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Palumbo (2nd season)
  • TBA
Hitting coachC.J. Rhodes (3rd season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
2013 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Saint Louis  y 1770 .708  41210 .661
Charlotte   1770 .708  37230 .617
Rhode Island   1770 .708  35240 .593
Xavier   1680 .667  32260 .552
George Washington   1590 .625  26320 .448
La Salle   1590 .625  24290 .453
Richmond   13110 .542  31240 .564
VCU   12120 .500  28260 .519
Saint Joseph's   12120 .500  26260 .500
Butler   12120 .500  25260 .490
St. Bonaventure   9150 .375  20280 .417
Fordham   8160 .333  22330 .400
Temple   7170 .292  18280 .391
Massachusetts   7170 .292  14310 .311
Dayton   3210 .125  11391 .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

[4]

* A-10 conference games.

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  
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.

See also

References

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