2016 VCU Rams baseball team

The 2016 VCU Rams baseball team is the program's 46th season fielding a varsity baseball program, and their fourth season the Atlantic 10 Conference.

2016 VCU Rams baseball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2016 record38–19 (15–7 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (4th season)
  • Steve Hay (2nd season)
  • ML Morgan (2nd season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Rhode Island  y 1860 .750  31250 .554
VCU   1570 .682  38190 .667
Saint Joseph's   1590 .625  31230 .574
Saint Louis   1590 .625  25310 .446
Fordham   14100 .583  29290 .500
Davidson   11110 .500  28260 .519
George Washington   12120 .500  24330 .421
UMass   11130 .458  18270 .400
St. Bonaventure   11130 .458  26221 .541
Richmond   11130 .458  28240 .538
Dayton   8160 .333  19360 .345
George Mason   7170 .292  19350 .352
La Salle   6180 .250  15390 .278
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Led by Shawn Stiffler for his third season, the Rams had their most successful baseball season in program history. The Rams advanced to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time ever, and won their first ever Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament. It was the program's return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010.

Personnel

2016 roster

2016 VCU Rams Roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 18 - Tanner Winters - Sophomore
  • 20 - Sean Thompson - Sophomore
  • 23 - Matt Jamer - Junior
  • 24 - Eric Neiman - Freshman
  • 25 - Benjamin Dum - Freshman
  • 28 - Jonathan Ebersole - Junior
  • 30 - Michael Dailey - Freshman
  • 31 - Brooks Vial - Junior
  • 32 - Sam Donko - Junior
  • 34 - Matt Oxner - Junior
  • 35 - Luke Crabb - Junior
  • 36 - Travis Reapsome - Sophomore
  • 37 - David Mervis - Freshman
  • 38 - Garrett Pearson - Sophomore
  • 40 - Jack Alkire - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 2 - Cooper Mickelson - Junior
  • 4 - Daane Berezo - Sophomore
  • 7 - Brody Cook - Freshman
  • 10 - Jeff Welch - Sophomore
  • 13 - Zach Ching - Freshman
  • 15 - Darian Carpenter - Junior
  • 17 - Matt Davis - Junior
  • 26 - Mitchel Lacey - Sophomore

Utility

  • 8 - Logan Farrar - Junior
  • 14 - Haiden Lamb - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 11 - Walker Haymaker - Senior
  • 16 - Nick Rabat - Junior
  • 19 - Brett Hileman - RS Sophomore
  • 27 - Dylan Isquirdo - Junior

Outfielders

  • 1 - James Bunn - Senior
  • 3 - Jimmy Kerrigan - Senior
  • 9 - Cody Acker - Senior
  • 12 - Alex Gransback - Junior
  • 21 - Nick Atkinson - Freshman
 

Schedule

Legend
 VCU win
 VCU loss
 Postponement/cancellation
2016 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Postseason

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'[4] NR NR* NR* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Baseball America[5] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
NCBWA[7] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
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.

References

  1. "Atlantic 10 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "2016 VCU Baseball Roster". VCU Athletics.
  3. "2016 VCU Rams baseball schedule". VCU Rams. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll".
  5. "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
  6. "2016 NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
  7. "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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