2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team are representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox is in his 20th year coaching the Tar Heels. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
ACC Regular Season Champion
Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Chapel Hill Super Regional Champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2018 record44–18 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  xy 228 .733  4716 .746
No. 22 NC State y 1911 .633  4218 .700
No. 23 Louisville y 1812 .600  4519 .703
Florida State y 1613 .552  4319 .694
Wake Forest   1317 .433  2532 .439
Notre Dame   1218 .400  2430 .444
Boston College   722 .241  1732 .347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina xy 228 .733  4418 .710
No. 11 Duke y 1811 .621  4518 .714
Miami (FL)   1613 .552  2826 .519
Georgia Tech   1416 .467  3127 .534
Virginia   1217 .414  2925 .537
Pittsburgh   1119 .367  2926 .527
Virginia Tech   822 .267  2133 .389
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 17, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division, and matched Clemson for the best record in the conference. They reached the 2018 College World Series, their eleventh time advancing to Omaha and first since 2013.

Roster

North Carolina Tar Heels 2018 baseball roster[2]
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • 19 - Brett Daniels - Senior
  • 23 - Tyler Baum - Sophomore
  • 24 - Hansen Butler - Junior
  • 25 - Taylor Sugg - Junior
  • 27 - Jason Morgan - Junior
  • 31 - Josh Hiatt - Sophomore
  • 34 - Caden O'Brien - Freshman
  • 36 - Joey Lancellotti - Freshman
  • 37 - Bo Weiss - Sophomore
  • 39 - Kyle Blendinger - Freshman
  • 41 - Cooper Criswell - Junior
  • 42 - Gianluca Dalatri - Sophomore
  • 44 - Austin Love - Freshman
  • 45 - Austin Bergner - Sophomore
  • 48 - Rodney Hutchison Jr. - Junior

Catchers

  • 4 - Brandon Martorano - Sophomore
  • 11 - Cody Roberts - Junior
  • 43 - Brendan Illies - Junior
Infielders
  • 2 - Satchel Jerzembeck - Freshman
  • 3 - Kyle Datres - Junior
  • 7 - Dallas Tessar - Sophomore
  • 8 - Ike Freeman - Sophomore
  • 10 - Zack Gahagan - Senior
  • 15 - Michael Busch - Sophomore
  • 18 - Clemente Inclan - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 1 - Brandon Riley - Junior
  • 5 - Ashton McGee - Sophomore
  • 6 - Dylan Enwiller - Junior
  • 12 - Josh Ladowski - Junior
  • 16 - Earl Semper - Freshman
  • 26 - Jackson Hesterlee - Junior
  • 38 - Kip Brandenburg - Sophomore
  • 40 - Angel Zarate - Freshman
  • 46 - Ben Casparius - Freshman
Coaches
  • #30 - Mike Fox (Head Coach)
  • #21 - Scott Forbes (Associate Head Coach)
  • Robert Woodard (Assistant Coach/ Pitching Coach)
  • Jesse Wierzbicki

Schedule

Legend
 North Carolina win
 North Carolina loss
BoldNorth Carolina team member
*Non-Conference game
2018 North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Postseason

Rankings are from the Collegiate Baseball poll for that week. Numbers in parentheses indicate tournament seeds.

Ranking movements

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* 21 NR NR NR NR 22 17 12 6 4 8 6 8  
Baseball America 6 6 13 13 NR NR NR NR 20 19 10 5 3 6 5 6  
Collegiate Baseball^ 7 7 NR NR NR NR NR 30 12 8 6 4 3 6 5 5  
NCBWA 7 8 19 21 26 27 29 27 23 18 11 5 4 8 6 7  
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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. "Conference Standings". TheACC. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. "2018 Baseball Roster". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. "2018 Baseball Schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
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