2017 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2017 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represents the University of Louisville during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his eleventh year at Louisville.

2017 Louisville Cardinals baseball
ACC Regular Season Champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
CBNo. 5
2017 record52–9 (23–6 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Roger Williams (11th season)
  • Eric Snider (3rd season)
  • Adam Vrable (3rd season)
Captains
  • Jake Sparger (Senior year)
  • Ryan Summers (Senior year)
  • Logan Taylor (Senior year)
Home stadiumJim Patterson Stadium
2017 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 5 Louisville  xy 236 .793  5312 .815
No. 12 Wake Forest  y 1911 .633  4320 .683
No. 25 Clemson  y 1713 .567  4221 .667
No. 30 NC State  y 1614 .533  3625 .590
No. 6 Florida State  y 1414 .500  4623 .667
Boston College   1119 .367  2528 .472
Notre Dame   1020 .333  2632 .448
Coastal
No. 17 North Carolina  xy 237 .767  4914 .778
No. 21 Virginia  y 1812 .600  4316 .729
Miami (FL)   1613 .552  3127 .534
Duke   1218 .400  3028 .517
Georgia Tech   1119 .367  2728 .491
Pittsburgh   921 .300  2330 .434
Virginia Tech   921 .300  2332 .418
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Cardinals were selected to host their fifth consecutive NCAA Regional.[1] The Cardinals would win both the Louisville Regional and Louisville Super Regional and receive an invitation to the 2017 College World Series before eventually losing to TCU by a score of 3–4.[2] Five players from the team, including Brendan McKay, were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft.[3]

Previous season

In 2016, the Cardinals finished as champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference with a record of 46–10, 22–8 in conference play, in their second season in the conference. They qualified for the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, where they played in Division B of inter-conference tournament play. The Cardinals would finish 1–2 in the tournament, not advancing to the conference tournament finals.

With the Cardinals finishing the season as regular season champs of the Atlantic Division of the ACC, they would qualify for the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were selected as hosts of the Louisville regional and Louisville Super Regional, if they advanced to that round. The Cardinals would wins three straight matches in the Louisville Regional and would advance to the Super Regional (of which they were hosts) by defeating Western Michigan 6–1, Ohio State 15–3, and Wright State 3–1. In the Super Regional, Louisville hosted UC Santa Barbara in a best-of-three matchup. Louisville would lose the first two games to UC Santa Barbara, ending their playoff run.

Roster

2017 Louisville Cardinals roster[4]
 
Pitchers
  • 4 – Adam Elliott – Freshman
  • 5 – Shay Smiddy – Freshman
  • 6 – Chandler Dale – Junior
  • 8 – Nick Bennett – Freshman
  • 13 – Sam Bordner – Sophomore
  • 15 – Lincoln HenzmanJunior
  • 19 – Kade McClure – Junior
  • 22 – Noah Burkholder – Sophomore
  • 27 – Bryan Hoeing – Sophomore
  • 30 – Austin Dickey – Freshman
  • 31 – Adam Wolf – Sophomore
  • 32 – Riley Thompson – Sophomore
  • 38 – Brendan McKayJunior
  • 39 – Shane Hummel – Senior
  • 40 – Rabon Martin – Junior
  • 41 – Michael McAvene – Freshman
  • 44 – Jake Sparger – Senior
 
Catchers
  • 11 – Zeke Pinkham – Sophomore
  • 18 – Pat Rumoro – Sophomore
  • 42 – Colby Fitch – Junior
Infielders
  • 2 – Tyler Fitzgerald – Freshman
  • 7 – Devin Mann – Sophomore
  • 10 – Drew EllisJunior
  • 16 – Justin Lavey – Freshman
  • 20 – Jake Snider – Freshman
  • 29 – Devin Hairston – Junior
  • 34 – Michael Bollmer – Sophomore
  • 38 – Brendan McKay – Junior
  • 43 – Logan WyattFreshman
 
Outfielders
  • 4 – Adam Elliott – Freshman
  • 9 – Danny Oriente – Freshman
  • 17 – Ethan Stringer – Freshman
  • 24 – Logan Taylor – Senior
  • 25 – Josh Stowers – Sophomore
  • 33 – Ryan Summers – Sophomore
  • 35 – Colin Lyman – senior
 

Schedule

Legend
 Louisville win
 Louisville loss
 Postponement
BoldLouisville team member
2017 Louisville Cardinals Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

Awards and honors

National / Conference Players of the Week

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