2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

The 2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represents the University of Virginia in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Brian O'Connor is in his 11th year coaching the Cavaliers, who play their home games at Davenport Field. They compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.

2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2014 record53–16 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kevin McMullan (11th season)
  • Karl Kuhn (11th season)
  • Matt Kirby (3rd season)
Home stadiumDavenport Field
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Atlantic
No. 21 Florida State x‍‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  43–17–0 .717
No. 16 Maryland  ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .517  40–23–0 .635
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .517  36–25–0 .590
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  30–26–0 .536
NC State  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  32–23–0 .582
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  22–33–0 .400
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  22–31–0 .415
Coastal
No. 22 Miami (FL) x‍‍‍y 24–6–0 .800  44–19–0 .698
No. 2 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 22–8–0 .733  47–14–0 .770
Duke  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  33–25–0 .569
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 15–15–0 .500  35–27–0 .565
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‡‍y 14–16–0 .467  37–27–0 .578
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  22–30–0 .423
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  21–31–1 .406
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of January 16, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2014 was a very good year for Virginia baseball. The Cavaliers made their first trip to a College World Series Finals, where they were defeated in a best-of-three game series by Vanderbilt.[2] UVA posted a 53-16 record - its fourth 50-win season in the last five years - winning the Charlottesville Regional and Super Regional en route to its third trip to Omaha in the last six seasons. As the tournament's No. 3 national seed, UVA won four games at the CWS in reaching the CWS championship game. Nathan Kirby earned First-Team All-America honors and was tabbed the Co-ACC Pitcher of the Year; he also was one of a record eight Cavaliers named to the All-ACC Team.

Pitching and defense propelled the Cavaliers, as UVA recorded the second-lowest ERA in program history (2.23) and the best fielding percentage in the school annals (.981). UVA ranked second nationally in ERA and fourth in fielding. Nick Howard set an ACC record with 20 saves and then was selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, one of eight Cavaliers to be drafted in 2014. Howard and Mike Papi joined Kirby as 2014 All-Americans.[3]

Personnel

Roster
2014 Virginia Cavaliers roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 - Cameron Tekker - Sophomore
  • 13 - Alec Bettinger - Freshman
  • 17 - Jack Roberts - Freshman
  • 19 - Nathan Kirby - Sophomore
  • 20 - Brandon Waddell - Sophomore
  • 25 - Adam Bleday - Freshman
  • 27 - Josh Sborz - Sophomore
  • 28 - Kevin Doherty - Sophomore
  • 30 - Connor Jones - Freshman
  • 34 - Artie Lewicki - Senior
  • 35 - David Rosenberger - Sophomore
  • 39 - Austin Young - Senior
  • 42 - Brett Lisle - Sophomore
  • 43 - Ben Carraway - Freshman
  • 47 - Whit Mayberry - Senior
  

Catchers

  • 8 - Robbie Coman - Sophomore
  • 10 - Brandon Downes - Junior
  • 18 - Nate Irving - Junior
  • 21 - Matt Thaiss - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - John La Prise - Sophomore
  • 5 - Tony Butler - Freshman
  • 7 - Branden Cogswell - Junior
  • 9 - Kenny Towns - Junior
  • 22 - Daniel Pinero - Freshman
  • 33 - Nick Howard - Junior
  • 37 - Thomas Woodruff - Junior
  

Outfielders

  

Coaches
2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball coaching staff[5]
  • 26 - Brian O'Connor - Head Coach
  • 44 - Kevin McMullan - Associate Head Coach
  • 36 - Karl Kuhn - Assistant Coach
  • 1 - Matt Kirby - Assistant Coach

Schedule
2014 Virginia Cavaliers Baseball Game Log[6]
Regular Season
Post-Season
ACC Tournament
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACCT Record
May 22(6) MarylandNewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, NCL 6–7Stinnett (7–6)Rosenberger (1–1)Mooney (10)3,40843–120–1
May 23(7) North CarolinaNewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, NCW 3–2Mayberry (6–1)Rice (2–3)Howard (18)5,78344–121–1
May 25(2) #6 Florida StateNewBridge Bank Park • Greensboro, NCL 4–6Smith (5–2)Sborz (4–4)Winston (7)5,29844–131–2
Charlottesville Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
May 30(4) BucknellDavenport Field • Charlottesville, VAW 10–1Lewicki (6–1)Hough (8–4) None3,56945–131–0
May 31(2) #23 ArkansasDavenport Field • Charlottesville, VAW 3–0Kirby (9–1)Killian (4–9)Howard (19)4,57946–132–0
June 1(2) #23 ArkansasDavenport Field • Charlottesville, VAW 9–2Waddell (8–3)Jackson (2–3)None4,00547–133–0
Charlottesville Super Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 7#13 MarylandDavenport Field • Charlottesville, VAL 4–5Stinnett (8–6)Kirby (9–2)Mooney (13)5,00147–143–1
June 8#13 MarylandDavenport Field • Charlottesville, VAW 7–3Waddell (9–3)Shawaryn (11–4)Lewicki (1)5,00148–144–1
June 9#13 MarylandDavenport Field • Charlottesville, VAW 11–2Sborz (5–4)Ruse (7–3)None5,00149–145–1
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 15#4 Ole MissTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 2–1Lewicki (7–1)Greenwood (3–2)None23,39350–141–0
June 17(7) #2 TCUTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 3-2Lewicki (8-1)Teakell (6-1)None24,28551-142-0
June 21#4 Ole MissTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 4–1Sborz (6–4)Ellis (10–3)Howard (20)22,92452–143–0
June 23#5 VanderbiltTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 8–9Miller (7–2)Kirby (9–3)Ravenelle (2)20,75552–153–1
June 24#5 VanderbiltTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 7–2Waddell (10–3)Beede (8–8)None24,30853-154-1
June 25#5 VanderbiltTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 2–3Stone (4–0)Howard (2–2)Ravenelle (3)18,34453-164–2

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' 6 6* 6* 3 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4  
Baseball America 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 8  
Collegiate Baseball^ 12 9 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 2 1  
NCBWA† 2 4 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2  
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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. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. Giannotto, Mark (June 26, 2014). "College World Series: Virginia falls short against Vanderbilt in Game 3 of final series". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  3. "Brian O'Connor Bio - VirginiaSports.com - University of Virginia Official Athletics Website - UVA Cavaliers Baseball". virginiasports.com. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. "2014 Baseball Roster". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  5. "Baseball Coaching Staff". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  6. "2013–14 Schedule". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
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