2016 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

The 2016 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers played their home games at Davenport Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Brian O'Connor, in his 13th season at Virginia. The 2015 team won the National Championship, their first in school history.

2016 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2016 record38–22 (19-11 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kevin McMullan (13th season)
  • Karl Kuhn (13th season)
  • Matt Kirby (5th season)
Home stadiumDavenport Field
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 11 Louisville  x‍‍‍y 22–8 .733  48–12 .800
No. 14 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 16–10 .615  38–20 .655
No. 20 NC State  ‍‍‍y 15–13 .536  36–20 .643
No. 18 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y 16–14 .533  43–18 .705
No. 16 Boston College  ‍‍‍y 13–15 .464  35–22 .614
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .433  35–25 .583
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .393  27–27 .500
Coastal
No. 8 Miami (FL)  x‍‍‍y 21–7 .750  46–11 .807
No. 17 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 19–11 .633  38–20 .655
Duke  ‍‍‍y 14–15 .483  33–23 .589
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 13–16 .448  36–24 .600
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  34–21 .618
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .357  25–26 .490
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .200  19–36 .345
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous Season

In 2015, the Cavaliers finished the season 2nd in the ACC's Coastal Division with a record of 33–19, 15–15 in conference play. They qualified for the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament by winning a play in game against Georgia Tech, and were eliminated in pool play, losing all three . They qualified for the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament unseeded and were placed in the Lake Elsinore Regional, hosted by UC Santa Barbara. Also in the regional were UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, and USC. The Cavaliers defeated USC, 6–1, in the opening game, and USC, 3–1, to advance to the regional final. There, they again defeated USC, this time by a score of 14-10 in 11 innings. the Super Regional was hosted by the Cavaliers in Charlottesville. There Cavaliers defeated Maryland, 5-3 and 5-4, defeating Maryland in a super regional for the second year in a row, to advance to the College World Series.

In the College World Series, Virginia's first game was against Arkansas, whom the Cavaliers defeated, 5–3. In the second round, Virginia defeated #4 national seed Florida, 1–0. In the semifinals, the Cavaliers lost to Florida, 10-5, but bounced back in the second game, winning 5-4. The Cavaliers advanced to the College World Series finals to play Vanderbilt, a rematch of the 2014 world series. In the first game of the finals, the Commodores won by a score of 5–1. Virginia then rebounded to defeat Vanderbilt, 3–0, in game two. In a winner-take-all game three, Virginia prevailed, 4–2, to be crowned national champions. Josh Sborz was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player recording three wins and a save in four games; pitching 13 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts, four walks and seven hits allowed.[2]

Personnel

Roster
2016 Virginia Cavaliers roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 7 – Adam Haseley – Sophomore
  • 9 – Daniel Lynch – Freshman
  • 11 – Bennett Sousa – Sophomore
  • 13 – Alec Bettinger – Junior
  • 14 – Derek Casey – Sophomore
  • 15 – Riley Wilson – Freshman
  • 16 – Tommy Doyle – Sophomore
  • 17 – Jack Roberts – Sophomore
  • 23 – Grant Donahue – Freshman
  • 27 – Chesdin Harrington – Freshman
  • 28 – Kevin Doherty – Senior
  • 29 – Connor Eason – Freshman
  • 30 – Holden Grounds – Junior
  • 33 – Connor Jones - Junior
  • 34 – Evan Sperling – Freshman
  • 35 – David Rosenberger – Senior
  • 45 – Grant Sloan - Freshman
  • 53 – Tyler Shambora - Junior
  

Catchers

  • 8 – Robbie Coman – Senior
  • 21 – Matt Thaiss – Junior
  • 55 – Cameron Comer - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 – Jon Meola – Freshman
  • 3 – Jack Weiller – Freshman
  • 4 – Ernie Clement – Sophomore
  • 5 – Ryan Karstetter – Freshman
  • 10 – Pavin Smith – Sophomore
  • 12 – Charlie Cody – Sophomore
  • 18 – Justin Novak – Sophomore
  • 19 – Andy Weber – Freshman
  • 22 – Daniel Pinero – Junior
  • 25 – Jack Gerstenmaier – Sophomore
  • 32 – Nate Eikhoff - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 20 – Cameron Simmons - Freshman
  • 31 – Jake McCarthy – Freshman
  • 37 – Doak Dozier - Freshman
  

Coaching Staff
NamePositionSeasons at
Virginia		Alma Mater
Brian O'ConnorHead Coach13Creighton University (1993)
Kevin McMullanAssociate Head Coach13Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1990)
Karl KuhnAssistant Coach13University of Florida (1992)
Matt KirbyAssistant Coach5College of William & Mary (2003)

Schedule
Legend
 Virginia win
 Virginia loss
 Postponement
BoldVirginia team member
2016 Virginia Cavaliers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings
See also: 2016 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' 7 7* 7* 18 17 12 16 22 25 22 18 16 14 13 12  
Baseball America 4 4 8 10 10 9 14 - - - 22 16 15 9 8  
Collegiate Baseball^ 9 9 14 15 14 16 21 26 - 20 16 11 11 9 8 8  
NCBWA† 8 8 14 14 12 11 14 20 25 22 20 16 14 12 11  
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.

Awards and honors
Connor Jones
Pavin Smith
Matt Thaiss
  • All-ACC second team[5]
  • ACC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team[6]
Ernie Clement
  • All-ACC third team[5]
Daniel Pinero
  • ACC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team[6]

References
  1. "Atlantic Coast Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. "Virginia reliever Josh Sborz headlines the 2015 CWS All-Tournament team". NCAA. June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. "Official Baseball Roster". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. "2016 College Preseason All-America Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. "ACC Announces 2016 Baseball Season Honors". www.theacc.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  6. "Clemson Claims ACC Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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