2019 Indiana State Sycamores baseball team

The 2019 Indiana State Sycamores baseball team represented Indiana State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sycamores played their home games at Sycamore Stadium as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They were led by head coach Mitch Hannahs, in his 6th season at Indiana State.

2019 Indiana State Sycamores baseball
MVC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Nashville Regional
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2019 record43–18 (13–8 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Smiley (10th season)
  • Brad Vanderglas (3rd season)
  • Pascal Paul (1st season)
Home stadiumSycamore Stadium
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  y 147 .667  4320 .683
Illinois State  y 147 .667  3626 .581
No. 23 Indiana State  y 138 .619  4318 .705
Bradley   1110 .524  3119 .620
Evansville   1110 .524  2429 .453
Missouri State   1011 .476  2036 .357
Valparaiso   615 .286  1436 .280
Southern Illinois   516 .238  2629 .473
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous Season

The 2018 Indiana State Sycamores baseball team notched a 29–22 (11–10) regular season record and finished tied for third in the MVC Conference standings. The Sycamores reached the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, where they were defeated by Missouri State in the semifinals. Indiana State did not receive an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Indiana State
Alma Mater
Mitch HannahsHead Coach6Indiana State University (1989)
Brian SmileyAssociate Head Coach10University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2007)
Brad VanderglasAssistant Coach3Northern Kentucky University (2013)
Pascal PaulVolunteer Assistant Coach1West Virginia University (2014)

Roster

2019 Indiana State Sycamores Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 7 - Zach Frey - Junior
  • 9 - Tyler Ward - Senior
  • 10 - Evan Giles - RS Junior
  • 15 - Austin Moralis - Junior
  • 22 - Tristan Weaver - Junior
  • 26 - Tyler Whitbread - Senior
  • 27 - Ross Kramer - Junior
  • 28 - Triston Polley - Senior
  • 30 - Geremy Guerrero - Junior
  • 32 - Collin Liberatore - RS Junior
  • 35 - Jake Ridgway - Sophomore
  • 36 - Austin Cross - Junior
  • 37 - Tyler Grauer - Junior
  • 38 - Max Klein - Freshman
  • 40 - Will Buraconak - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 12 - Max Wright - Junior
  • 13 - Spencer Wiskus - Junior

Infielders

  • 1 - Jordan Schaffer - RS Sophomore
  • 2 - Jarrod Watkins - Senior
  • 5 - Jake Means - Senior
  • 6 - Clay Dungan - Senior
  • 8 - Dominic Cusumano - Freshman
  • 11 - Nolan Brimbury - RS Junior
  • 18 - Joe Boyle - RS Senior
  • 19 - Mitch Barrow - Junior
  • 20 - Hunter Lewis - Senior
  • 23 - Dane Tofteland - RS Senior
  • 25 - Romero Harris - RS Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 3 - Luke Fegen - Senior
  • 16 - Brandt Nowaskie - RS Junior
  • 17 - Roby Enriquez - Senior
  • 21 - CJ Huntley - Senior
  • 24 - Ellison Hanna II - Junior
  • 29 - Nick Barrett - RS Freshman
  • 34 - Chris Ayers - Senior
 

Schedule & Results

2019 Indiana State Sycamores Baseball Game Log[4]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = Indiana State team member
Regular Season (36–15)
Postseason (7–3)

"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the MVC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

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'[5] NR NR* NR* RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR RV RV* RV* RV 
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 25* 25* NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[7] RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 30 NR NR NR 
NCBWA[8] NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 28 28* 28* 30 
D1Baseball[9] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 23* 23* 23

^ 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. "Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. "2019 Baseball Roster". Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. "2020 Baseball Schedule". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
  9. D1Baseball poll
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