2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team

The 2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represented the University of Mississippi, familiarly known as Ole Miss, in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels were led by 14th-year head coach Mike Bianco, and played their home games in Oxford at Swayze Field, adjacent to campus. They compete in the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, and won their division in 2014.

2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
CBNo. 4
2014 record46–19 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachStephen Head (1st season)
Hitting coachCliff Godwin (4th season)
Pitching coachCarl Lafferty (8th season)
Home stadiumSwayze Field
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  40–23–0 .635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  44–18–0 .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .567  51–21–0 .708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .467  37–25–0 .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .400  31–23–0 .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–18–1 .383  26–29–1 .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .200  20–33–0 .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .633  48–21–0 .696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17–11–1 .603  46–16–1 .738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  39–24–0 .619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  40–25–0 .615
Alabama ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .517  37–24–0 .607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .467  36–26–0 .581
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  28–28–0 .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Rebels hosted an NCAA regional and defeated the #13 Washington Huskies twice in one-run games to finish undefeated. In the Super Regional at Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Miss won in three games to advance to the College World Series, their first since 1972. The Rebels reached the semifinals and lost twice to Virginia. Ole Miss lost their opener by a run, then eliminated Texas Tech and TCU to reach the semifinals, but fell again to Virginia.

Personnel

Roster
2014 Ole Miss Rebels roster[1]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 – Jacob Waguespack – Sophomore
  • 10 – Chris Ellis – Junior
  • 16 – Matt Denny – Sophomore
  • 20 – Josh Laxer – Junior
  • 21 – Hawtin Buchanan – Junior
  • 29 – Sam Smith – Junior
  • 31 – Cheyne Bickel – Freshman
  • 32 – Austin Blunt – Senior
  • 35 – Jeremy Massie – Senior
  • 38 – Wyatt Short – Freshman
  • 40 – Scott Weathersby – Junior
  • 41 – Preston Tarkington – Sophomore
  • 44 – Aaron Greenwood – Senior
  • 45 – Scott Ashford – Senior
  • 47 – Christian Trent – Sophomore
  • 55 – Evan Anderson – Freshman
  • 65 – Gary Henry- Freshman

Catchers

  • 13 – Austin Knight – Junior
  • 22 – Henri Lartigue – Freshman
  • 30 – Will Allen – Senior
  • 42 – Holt Perdzock – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Preston Overbey – Senior
  • 6 – Errol Robinson – Freshman
  • 7 – Dalton Dulin – Freshman
  • 8 – Austin Anderson – Senior
  • 17 – Kyle Toth – Junior
  • 24 – Sikes Orvis – Junior
  • 25 – Colby Bortles – Freshman
  • 28 – Brantley Bell – Freshman
  • 36 – John Gatlin – Senior
  

Outfielders

  • 4 – Will Jamison – Junior
  • 9 – Auston Bousfield – Junior
  • 11 – Braxton Lee – Junior
  • 12 – J. B. Woodman – Freshman
  • 14 – Cameron Dishon – Sophomore
  • 19 – Peyton Attaway – Freshman

Coaches
2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball coaching staff[2]
  • 5 – Mike Bianco – Head Coach
  • 23 – Cliff Godwin – Assistant Coach
  • 15 – Carl Lafferty – Assistant Coach
  • 18 – Stephen Head – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule
2014 Ole Miss Rebels Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Post-Season
SEC Tournament
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
May 21(7) #23 ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALL 1–2Oliver (8–4)Ellis (9–1)Stone (2)5,94140–170–1
May 22(6) #18 VanderbiltHoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALW 7–2Greenwood (2–1)Beede (7–7)None41–171–1
May 20(7) #23 ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALL 7–8Gunn (4–2)Short (3–3)Stone (3)41–181–2
NCAA Tournament: Oxford Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
May 30(4) Jacksonville StateSwayze Field • Oxford, MSW 12–2Ellis (10–1)Fowler (7–8)None10,39442–181–0
May 31(2) #13 WashingtonSwayze Field • Oxford, MSW 2–1Trent (9–0)Brigham (7–4)Greenwood (4)9,59943–182–0
June 1(2) #13 WashingtonSwayze Field • Oxford, MSW 3–2Weathersby (2–1)Nesbitt (0–1)None9,39644–183–0
NCAA Tournament: Lafayette Super Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 6(6) #1 Louisiana–LafayetteM. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LAL 5–9Robichaux (8–3)Ellis (10–2)None4,27844–193–1
June 7(6) #1 Louisiana–LafayetteM. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LAW 5–2Greenwood (3–1)Baranik (11–2)None4,29445–194–1
June 8#(6) #1 Louisiana–LafayetteM. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LAW 10–4Weathersby (3–1)Boutte (9–1)Laxer (6)4,29546–195–1
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 15#1 VirginiaTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 1–2Lewicki (7–1)Greenwood (3–2)None23,39346–200–1
June 17#7 Texas TechTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 2–1Weathersby (4–1)Smith (8–3)None18,82847–201–1
June 19#2 TCUTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 6–4Laxer (3–2)Kipper (8–3)Greenwood (5)25,78348–202–1
June 21#1 VirginiaTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 1–4Sborz (6–4)Ellis (10–3)Howard (20)22,92448–212–2

Ranking Movements
See also: 2014 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' NR NR* NR* 15 12 14 9 16 13 10 13 16 14 14 14 17  
Baseball America NR NR NR 25 21 20 13 23 19 13 16 11 11 11 10 12  
Collegiate Baseball^ 30 27 25 18 16 16 12 20 17 13 12 10 13 13 13 14 6 4  
NCBWA† NR 26 24 17 14 15 12 18 14 12 18 15 16 16 16 17 8  
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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.

References
  1. "Official Baseball Roster". Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  2. "Baseball Coaching Staff". Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  3. "2013–2014 Schedule". Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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