VIRGINIA BASEBALL www.virginiasports.com @UVABaseball facebook.com/uvabaseball Baseball Contact: Scott Fitzgerald s.fitzgerald@virginia.edu O: (434) 924-9878 C: (908) 246-6818 FEB 15-17 GAMES 1-3 SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. SALT RIVER FIELDS GAME INFORMATION Date/Time... Feb. 15-7 p.m. Feb. 16-7 p.m. Feb. 18-5 p.m. Television... MLB Network (Friday Only) Radio...VirginiaSports.com Live Audio/Stat Links... VirginiaSports.com/coverage.aspx NATIONAL RANKINGS As of 2/14 UVA VANDY TCU CSF RPI -- -- -- -- Baseball America -- 1 -- -- D1Baseball -- 1 19 25 NCBWA -- 1 21 24 USA Today/Coaches -- 2 17 24 Collegiate Baseball -- 2 19 18 PROBABLE STARTERS BY POSITION (Lineup Subject to Change) Head Coach... Brian O Connor Year at School... 16th Season Career Record...668-264-2 (.716) Record at School...Same 2019 Record...0-0 (0-0 ACC) 2018 Record... 29-25 (12-18 ACC) All-Time vs. Vandy/TCU/CSF...3-5/1-1/1-1 Last Win vs. Vanderbilt... 6/24/15 (4-2) Last Win vs. TCU...6/17/14 (3-2, 15 inn) Last Win vs. Cal State Fullerton... 6/15/09 (7-5) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Day Teams Pitcher 2018 Stats (W-L, ERA, IP, BB, SO) Friday Vanderbilt RHP Drake Fellows 7-4, 3.92 ERA, 96.1 IP, 35 BB, 107 SO Virginia RHP Griff McGarry 0-2, 8.15 ERA, 17.2 IP, 16 BB, 22 SO Saturday Virginia RHP Mike Vasil n/a TCU RHP Jared Janczak 1-1, 3.00 ERA, 42 IP, 12 BB, 41 SO Sunday Cal State Fullerton RHP Michael Knorr n/a Virginia RHP Noah Murdock 2-2, 5.40 ERA, 13.1 IP, 4 BB, 13 SO LEADING OFF Friday night s matchup against Vanderbilt will commence the 131st season of baseball at Virginia. The program has accumulated 2,326 wins and an overall winning percentage of.569. Virginia is 37-9-1 in opening weekends during Brian O Connor s 15 years as head coach. Virginia has picked up opening day wins in all but four seasons (11-4) under O Connor s direction. The Cavaliers have opened up away from Charlottesville every year since 2010 and will play in the state of Arizona for the first time in program history. Virginia will play a ranked opponent on opening day for the first time since 2010 when it played three games at No. 11 East Carolina. Vanderbilt, at No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches Poll is the highest ranked opponent on opening weekend in program history Virginia has played all three opponents this weekend in Omaha. Cal State Fullerton in 2009, TCU in 2014 and Vanderbilt in 2014 & 2015. In 2015, all three programs were in the College World Series with Virginia finishing first, Vanderbilt the runner-up and TCU finishing tied for third place with Florida. The Cavaliers are 5-3 against this weekend s team in the College World Series. -For the first time since 2009, Virginia comes into the season unranked in all of the five major polls. The Cavaliers made it to their first College World Series in 2009 and won 49 games. THE REMATCH Virginia and Vanderbilt will square off for the first time since meeting in back-to-back College World Series finals in 2014 & 2015. Both series went to a decisive game three, with Vanderbilt prevailing 3-2 in 2014 and Virginia outlasting the Commodores 4-2 the following year. Virginia reliever Riley Wilson is the only remaining player from either team to have been a part of the 2015 National Championship team. Wilson was a redshirt freshman that season and was in the dugout for the championship series. Head coaches Brian O Connor (UVA) and Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt) are two of eight active coaches in DI college baseball to win a national championship Since 2009 Virginia has accumulated 452 wins, the fourth most in the country in the span. Vanderbilt has racked up 442 wins, seventh most in the NCAA. Only two other times in CWS history did two teams face each other in back-to-back CWS history (Oregon State/UNC - 2006-07; USC/ Arizona State 1972-73). The UVA/Vanderbilt back-to-back was the only matchup to each claim a national championship Pos. No. Name, Class AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA Notes C 55 Cameron Comer, Sr..261 45-41 138 28 36 8 0 4 15 1-2 Started the final 31 games of 18 season at C 1B 32 Nate Eikhoff, Sr..290 54-54 193 28 56 9 1 3 36 4-7 One of 3 players to start all 54 games in 2018 2B 22 Cayman Richardson, So..256 47-41 156 24 40 7 0 0 18 7-7 Played 4 different positions in 18 - CF, LF, SS, 3B SS 10 Tanner Morris, So..298 51-50 198 39 59 9 0 2 20 1-2 Cape Cod league all-star, ACC All-Freshman Team 3B 18 Zack Gelof, Fr. 2018 Delaware Gatorade Player of the Year LF 8 Brendan Rivoli, So..247 33-18 85 11 21 5 1 2 15 0-1 Converted catcher, appeared in 18 games at DH in 18 CF 20 Cameron Simmons, Sr. Missed entire 2018 season; drafted in 15th Rd of 18 Draft by the Rangers RF 13 Alex Tappen, So..262 54-54 210 24 55 13 1 4 36 3-5 Only player to start all 54 games at same pos in 18 DH/3B 7 Devin Ortiz, So..167 20-16 60 6 10 2 1 0 5 0-0 Only two-way player last year, 3 multi-hit gms in 16 starts DH/1B 3 Jack Weiller, Sr..233 17-6 30 7 7 2 0 3 7 0-0 Hit 2 HRs in one inning & in 3-straight ABs in WF series 14-CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 04-17 SUPER REGIONALS (6) - 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES (4) - 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Overall: 0-0 ACC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Streak: -- FEBRUARY (0-0) MLB4 Collegiate Baseball Tournament Fri. 2/15 vs. #2 Vanderbilt 1 MLB Network 7 p.m. Sat. 2/16 vs. #17 TCU 1 7 p.m. Sun. 2/17 vs. #24 Cal State Fullerton 1 5 p.m. Wed. 2/20 VMI ACCNE 3 p.m. Fri. 2/22 VILLANOVA ACCNE 3 p.m. Sat. 2/23 VILLANOVA ACCNE 1 p.m. Sun. 2/24 VILLANOVA ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 2/26 WILLIAM & MARY ACCNE 3 p.m. MARCH (0-0) Fri. 3/1 SETON HALL ACCNE 3 p.m. Sat. 3/2 SETON HALL ACCNE 1 p.m. Sun. 3/3 SETON HALL ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 3/5 WAGNER ACCNE 3 p.m. Wed. 3/6 WAGNER ACCNE 3 p.m. Fri. 3/8 DUKE* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sat. 3/9 DUKE* ACCNE 1 p.m. Sun. 3/10 DUKE* ACCNE 1 p.m. Wed. 3/13 at Liberty ESPN+ 3 p.m. Fri. 3/15 at Georgia Tech* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 3/16 at Georgia Tech* ACCNE 2 p.m. Sun. 3/17 at Georgia Tech* ACCNE 1 p.m. Wed. 3/20 UCONN ACCNE 4 p.m. Fri. 3/22 PITTSBURGH* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sat. 3/23 PITTSBURGH* ACCNE 1 p.m. Sun. 3/24 PITTSBURGH* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 3/26 LONGWOOD ACCNE 4 p.m. Wed. 3/27 RICHMOND ACCNE 4 p.m. Fri. 3/29 at NC State* ACCNE 6:30 p.m. Sat. 3/30 at NC State* ACCNE 6:30 p.m. Sun. 3/31 at NC State* ACCNE 1 p.m. APRIL (0-0) Tue. 4/2 OLD DOMINION ACCNE 5 p.m. Fri. 4/5 at Notre Dame* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 4/6 at Notre Dame* ACCNE 2 p.m. Sun. 4/7 at Notre Dame ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 4/9 at James Madison 6 p.m. Wed. 4/10 NORFOLK STATE ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 4/12 MIAMI* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 4/13 MIAMI* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sun. 4/14 MIAMI* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 4/16 RADFORD ACCNE 6 p.m. Thu. 4/18 FLORIDA STATE* ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 4/19 FLORIDA STATE* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 4/20 FLORIDA STATE* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 4/23 LIBERTY ACCNE 6 p.m. Wed. 4/24 JAMES MADISON ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 4/26 at North Carolina* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 4/27 at North Carolina* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sun. 4/28 at North Carolina* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 4/30 at VCU 7 p.m. MAY (0-0) Fri. 5/10 LOUISVILLE* ACCNE 6 p.m. Sat. 5/11 LOUISVILLE* ACCNE 4 p.m. Sun. 5/12 LOUISVILLE* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue. 5/14 VCU ACCNE 6 p.m. Thu. 5/16 at Virginia Tech* ACCNE 6 p.m. Fri. 5/17 at Virginia Tech* ACCNE 3 p.m. Sat. 5/18 at Virginia Tech* ACCNE 1 p.m. Tue.-Sun 5/21-26 ACC Tournament 2 ACCNE/RSN TBA Home games in BOLD ; *denotes ACC games; all times Eastern: 1 Scottsdale, Ariz.., 2 Durham, N.C.
2019 VIRGINIA BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 2 Drew Blakely C R/R 6-2 205 Jr. Galesburg, Mich./Gull Lake 3 Jack Weiller INF L/R 6-0 185 Sr. Katonah, N.Y./John Jay-Cross River 4 Nic Kent INF R/R 6-2 175 Fr. Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne s-belfield 5 Drew Hamrock C/INF R/R 5-11 175 Fr. Roswell, Ga./Milton 6 Christian Hlinka OF L/R 6-2 210 So. Frenchtown, N.J./Delaware Valley 7 Devin Ortiz INF/RHP R/R 6-2 195 So. Irvington, N.J./St. Joseph Regional 8 Brendan Rivoli C/OF L/R 6-1 195 So. Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone 9 Jack Dragum INF/RHP R/R 6-1 180 Fr. Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover 10 Tanner Morris INF L/R 6-2 190 So. Crozet, Va./The Miller School 11 Ben Harris OF/LHP L/L 6-1 190 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Milton 12 Logan Michaels C R/R 5-10 195 Jr. DeForest, Wis./Madison College 13 Alex Tappen OF R/R 6-2 210 So. Lower Gwynedd, Pa. /Wissahickon 14 Brandon Neeck LHP R/L 6-0 180 Fr. Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley 15 Riley Wilson LHP L/L 6-0 185 Gr. Midlothian, Va./Cosby 16 Andrew Abbott LHP L/L 6-0 175 So. Halifax, Va./Halifax County 18 Zack Gelof INF R/R 6-3 205 Fr. Rehoboth Beach, Del./Cape Henlopen 19 Bryce Greenly OF R/R 6-2 200 Fr. Milford, Del./Milford 20 Cameron Simmons OF R/R 6-4 200 Sr. Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford 21 Cristian Sanchez RHP R/R 6-3 175 Fr. Centreville, Va./Centreville 22 Cayman Richardson INF/OF R/R 6-2 185 Jr. Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover 23 Grant Donahue RHP R/R 6-1 205 Sr. Berlin, Md./Decatur 25 Griff McGarry RHP R/R 6-2 175 So. Portola Valley, Calif./Menlo 27 Chesdin Harrington RHP R/R 6-1 190 Sr. Montpelier, Va./Patrick Henry 28 Noah Murdock RHP R/R 6-8 190 Jr. Colonial Heights, Va./Colonial Heights 29 Zach Messinger RHP R/R 6-6 205 Fr. Chandler, Ind./Castle 30 Jalen Harrison OF R/R 6-3 210 Jr. Palmyra, Va./St. Anne s-belfield 31 Jimmy Sullivan OF L/L 6-5 205 Fr. Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield 32 Nate Eikhoff INF L/R 5-11 190 Sr. Bristow, Va./Patriot 33 Paul Kosanovich RHP R/R 6-4 210 Jr. Temple City, Calif./East LA College 34 Evan Sperling RHP R/R 6-6 225 Sr. Poquoson, Va./Grafton 35 Blake Bales RHP R/R 6-4 225 So. Schoolcraft, Mich./Kellogg CC 38 Kyle Whitten RHP R/R 6-3 190 So. Manassas, Va./Osborn Park 40 Billy Price LHP L/L 6-6 215 Fr. Morristown, N.J./Delbarton 45 Will Allocca C/INF R/R 6-0 200 Jr. Richmond, Va./Collegiate 47 Sen Kenneally RHP R/R 6-8 200 Fr. Morehead City, N.C./Phillips Exeter 48 Mike Vasil RHP L/R 6-4 205 Fr. Wellesley, Mass./Boston College 55 Cameron Comer C L/R 6-0 195 Sr. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty Head Coach: 26 Brian O Connor (Creighton 93), 16th season Associate Head Coach: 44 Kevin McMullan (Indiana-Pa. 90), 16th season Assistant Coaches: 36 Karl Kuhn (Florida 92), 16th season 1 Matt Kirby (William & Mary 03), eighth season Student Assistant Coach: 37 Nate Irving (Virginia 19), first season Director of Player Personnel: Branden Cogswell (Virginia 18), first season (second overall) Asst. AD for Baseball Admin: Justin Armistead (Virginia 08), fourth season Baseball Operations Assistant: Joe Bialkoski (North Florida 17), second season Coordinator of Video & Scouting: Michael Garza (Georgetown 12), first season Athletic Trainer: Brian McGuire (Slippery Rock 93), 16th season Strength & Conditioning: Ed Nordenschild (UT-Arlington 93) Student Managers: Evan Duhon, Cameron Brummitt, Reese McQuaid ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME POS. 16 Abbott, Andrew...LHP 45 Allocca, Will...C/INF 35 Bales, Blake... RHP 2 Blakely, Drew...C 55 Comer, Cameron...C/INF 23 Donahue, Grant... RHP 9 Dragum, Jack... INF 32 Eikhoff, Nate... INF 18 Gelof, Zack... INF 19 Greenly, Bryce...OF 5 Hamrock, Drew...C/INF 27 Harrington, Chesdin... RHP 11 Harris, Ben...OF/LHP 30 Harrison, Jalen...OF 6 Hlinka, Christian...OF 47 Kenneally, Sen... RHP 4 Kent, Nic... INF 33 Kosanovich, Paul... RHP 25 McGarry, Griff... RHP 29 Messinger, Zach... RHP 12 Michaels, Logan...C 10 Morris, Tanner... INF 28 Murdock, Noah... RHP 14 Neeck, Brandon...LHP 7 Ortiz, Devin... INF/RHP 40 Price, Billy...LHP 22 Richardson, Cayman... INF 8 Rivoli, Brendan...C 21 Sanchez, Cristian... RHP 20 Simmons, Cameron...OF 34 Sperling, Evan... RHP 31 Sullivan, Jimmy...OF 13 Tappen, Alex... INF 48 Vasil, Mike... RHP 3 Weiller, Jack... INF 38 Whitten, Kyle... RHP 15 Wilson, Riley...LHP PRONUNCIATIONS Allocca... uh-lock-uh Comer... COE-mer Dragum...Dra-GUM Eikhoff...IKE-hoff Gelof... GEL-off (Hard G) Hlinka...Ha-Linka Kenneally, Sen... (rhymes w/den...ken-kneel-ee Kosanovich...Coh-SAN-oh-vitch Kuhn... Kyoon Messinger...MESS-Singer Neeck...NEEK (rymes w/ seek) Vasil... VAH-syl Weiller...WHY-ler BREAKDOWN BY STATE/ PROVINCE/COUNTRY California... 2 Connecticut... 1 Delaware... 2 Georgia... 2 Massachusetts... 1 Michigan... 2 Maryland... 1 New York... 2 New Jersey... 3 North Carolina... 1 Ohio... 1 Pennsylvania... 3 Virginia... 15 Wisconsin... 1 BREAKDOWN BY CLASS True Freshman... 13 Sophomore... 9 Junior... 7 Senior... 7 Graduate... 1
QUICK FACTS THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Name...The University of Virginia Founded...by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 Nicknames... Cavaliers, Wahoos, Hoos Location... Charlottesville, Va. Enrollment...21,800 President...Teresa A. Sullivan Athletics Director... Carla Williams Conference...Atlantic Coast Colors... Orange and Blue STADIUM INFORMATION Facility (Capacity)...Davenport Field...at Disharoon Park (5,365) Dimensions...332-370-404-370-332 Surface...Natural Grass First Year of Operation...2002 Largest Attendance Figure...5,074...vs. North Carolina (April 14, 2012) UVA s Overall Record in Facility...456-136 (.770) First Game... Feb. 16, 2002 vs. Bucknell Hosted Regionals... 9 (2004, 06, 07, 10-14, 16) Hosted Super Regionals... 5 (2010, 11, 13, 14, 15) COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Brian O Connor (Creighton, 93)...16th season Career/School Record...668-264-2, 274-163-1 ACC Associate Head Coach.Kevin McMullan (Indiana-Pa., 90) Assistant Coach... Karl Kuhn (Florida, 92) Assistant Coach... Matt Kirby (William and Mary, 03) Student Assistant... Nate Irving TEAM INFORMATION 2018 Record...29-25 ACC Record/Finish... 12-18/5th, Coastal Division ACC Tournament...1-1 NCAA Tournament... n/a Position Starters Returning/Lost...5/4 Pitchers Returning/Lost...8/6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...21/13 Newcomers...16 (13 freshmen, 3 transfers) ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant AD for Media Relations...Jim Daves Asst. Director/Baseball Contact...Scott Fitzgerald Office... (434) 982-5131 Cell... (434) 906-0075 Email...s.fitzgerald@virginia.edu UVA Media Relations Phone... (434) 982-5500 Disharoon Park Press Box... (434) 244-4071 Official UVA Athletics Website...VirginiaSports.com 2019 ACC COACHES PRESEASON POLL (first-place votes in parentheses) Coastal Division Atlantic Division 1. North Carolina (13) - 97 1. Louisville (7) - 90 2. Virginia (1) - 64 2. Florida State (6) - 86 Duke - 64 3. Clemson (1) - 71 4. Miami - 61 4. NC State - 53 5. Georgia Tech - 59 5. Wake Forest - 49 6. Pitt - 24 6. Notre Dame - 24 7. Virginia Tech 23 7. Boston College - 19 Overall Champion: Louisville FRESH START 2018 marked the first time in Brian O Connor s tenure that Virginia failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The streak of 14-straight regionals was the fourth-longest in college baseball going into last season. Only two programs, Florida State (41-straight) and Cal State Fullerton (27-straight) hold active streaks more than 14. In the history of college baseball only 15 programs have qualified for the NCAA Tournament 14-straight seasons. Head Coach Brian O Connor is one of five coaches ever to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in each of the first 14 seasons at the helm. Mike Martin, Florida State - 1980-present (39 seasons) Jim Morris, Miami - 1994-2016 (23 seasons) Brian O Connor, Virginia - 2004-17 (14 seasons) Dave Van Horn, Arkansas - 2002-15 (14 seasons) Jack Leggett, Clemson - 1994-2007 (14 seasons) Counting his time as an assistant at Notre Dame under Paul Mainieri, O Connor went to 19-straight NCAA Regionals, five with the Irish from 1999-03. COMEBACK KIDS After an injury-riddled 2018 season the Cavaliers return a number of key pieces to the lineup that missed significant action last year: OF Cameron Simmons - Missed entire 2018 season with shoulder injury, batted.352 in 2017 and was an 2nd Team All-ACC honoree (only one ACC player batted over.352 in 2018, Joey Bart-GT the 2nd overall pick in the 2018 draft) RHP Noah Murdock - Had Tommy John surgery after 2017 season, pitched in five games at end of 2018 season. RHP Evan Sperling - Sunday starter in 2018, season cut short due to injury, had a 1.96 ERA over first four starts RHP Chesdin Harrington - Missed 2018 season due to injury, figures to big part of UVA bullpen in 2019, one of three pitchers with NCAA Regional experience STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST - Virgina reliever Andrew Abbott, a freshman All-American last season was on the initial NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch list, annually giving to the country s top relief pitcher. -Abbott pitched almost exclusively out of the bullpen with 23 relief appearances -His 74 strikeouts as a reliever were the third most in the ACC and sixth most in the ACC COMING IN HOT Nate Eikhoff enters the 2018 season having reached base in his last five games. Last season he had the team s longest hit streak at 16 games and reached base in the first 21 games of the season. He is one of nine players since 2001 to have put together hit streaks of 16 or more. Eikhoff reached base in his first 21 games of the season PRESEASON RANKINGS -SS Tanner Morris, a draft eligible sophomore is the No. 49 overall prospect on Baseball America s Top. 50 College Prospect list. -According to D1Baseball.com Nate Eikhoff ranked No. 49 on its top 100 senior list -Cam Simmons (#19), Tanner Morris (#24), and Noah Murdock( #27) were included on the D1Baseball s Top ACC prospects for the 2019 Draft. UVA WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE POLLS BA CB Coaches D1 NCBWA PG PRE THE NEW GUYS -The Cavaliers added 16 newcomers to its roster for 2013, 13 freshmen and three transfers. -According to Perfect Game, Virginia s 2019 recruiting class was ranked No. 14 in the country with two top 100 players (Mike Vasil - No. 23 & Brandon Neeck - No. 63) -Virginia had six players on D1Baseball s ACC Impact Freshman list, tied for the most with North Carolina in the league. Mike Vasil - #6 Zack Gelof - #19 Nic Kent - #29 Zach Messinger - #32 Drew Hamrock - #41 Ben Harris - #46 O CONNOR S TENURE WITH TEAM USA Virginia head coach Brian O Connor served as the pitching coach for U.S. Collegiate National team this past summer. Current LSU head coach Paul Maineri, served as the manager for Team USA this summer. O Connor spent nine seasons working as an assistant on Mainieri s staff at Notre Dame from 1995-2003. While working together, the Irish posted an overall record of 399-160-1, won six conference championships and made six trips to the NCAA Tournament. O Connor s college coach at Creighton, Jim Hendry, will also be on staff as the bench coach. Hendry now works for the New York Yankees as a special assignment scout. O Connor will face six former Team USA members this season Will Wilson (NC State), Patrick Bailey (NC State), Mason Feole (UConn), Graeme Stinson (Duke), CJ Van Eyk (Florida St.),and Drew Parrish (Florida St.) CACTUS LEAGUE HOOS Big League Camp (6) Mark Reynolds Rockies Scottsdale Chris Taylor Dodgers Glendale Josh Sborz Dodgers Glendale Kyle Crockett Athletics Mesa Mike Papi Indians Goodyear Matt Thaiss Angels Tempe Minor League Camp (15) Artie Lewicki Diamondbacks Scottsdale Jake McCarthy Diamondbacks Scottsdale Pavin Smith Diamondbacks Scottsdale Tommy Doyle Rockies Scottsdale Alec Bettinger Brewers Phoenix Nathan Kirby Brewers Phoenix Derek Casey Cubs Mesa Danny Hultzen Cubs Mesa Caleb Knight Cubs Mesa Andy Weber Cubs Mesa Ernie Clement Indians Goodyear Nick Howard Reds Goodyear
Daniel Lynch Royals Surprise Mack Meyer Giants Scottsdale Bennett Sousa White Sox Peoria PITCHING STAFF FIT FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT UVA Baseball UVA Basketball Noah Murdock 6-8 De Andre Hunter 6-7 Sen Kenneally 6-8 Ty Jerome 6-5 Zach Messinger 6-6 Kyle Guy 6-2 Evan Sperling 6-6 Mamadi Diakite 6-9 Billy Price 6-6 Jack Salt 6-10 As a collective unit, the five UVA pitchers above are taller than the starting five on the UVA basketball team. CURRENT HOOS SELECTED IN MLB DRAFTS Name Draft Year Team Round (Pick) Andrew Abbott 2017 Yankees 36th (1,082) Zack Gelof 2018 Indians 38th (1,153) Griff McGarry 2017 Rangers 31st (944) Noah Murdock 2017 Nationals 38th (1,144) Cameron Simmons 2018 Rangers 15th (449) MLB DRAFT SUCCESS Six Cavaliers were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft for the second-straight season. Two of this year s picks fell in the Top 40, including Daniel Lynch at No. 34 overall to the Royals. Virginia is the only program in country to have first round pick in each of last five seasons. Five of the six selections came in first 10 rounds, tied for the second most in the country. Virginia is one of four schools (Florida, Oregon, Stanford) with multiple selections in the top-40 in 2018 20 Cavaliers have been selected in the top three rounds under in the past 15 years and the only school in the country with multiple selections in the top-40 in back-to-back seasons. 81 players have been drafted in the Brian O Connor era (since 2004) and a total of 136 since the start of the program. Including this year s class, Virginia has had 14 First Round draft picks, 12 have played for head coach Brian O Connor. Adam Haseley (7th overall) and Pavin Smith (8th overall) are one of two sets of position players teammates to be selected in the top-10 since 1988 (OSU Monty Fariss & Robin Ventura) HOOS IN THE WORLD SERIES Chris Taylor became the first Cavalier to play in back-to-back World Series as a member of the Dodgers in 2017 and 2018. He was named co-mvp of the 2017 NLCS after batting.316 with two home runs, five runs scored and three RBIs. Virginia has been represented in the last three World Series (Brandon Guyer - CLE -2016). Derek Fisher became the second Cavalier to win a World Series as a member of the Houston Astros. He scored the game-winning run in game five on a walk-off single by Alex Bregman. PROGRAM SUPERLATIVES 81 Cavaliers have been selected in the MLB Draft in the last 15 years. Virginia is the only program in the country to boast a first round draft pick in each of the last five seasons UVA has won 42 NCAA tournament games since 2009 tied for the fourth most in the nation in that span. WINNINGEST PROGRAMS OF THE 2010s CWS National School Record Pct. Apps Titles 1. Oregon State 395-135-2.731 3 1 2. Louisville 419-159.725 3 0 3. VIRGINIA 403-160-1.715 3 1 4. LSU 417-167-1.714 3 0 5. Florida State 408-175-0.700 3 0 ACC Batting Since 2009 1. Virginia.....302 2. Georgia Tech...298 3. Louisville....292 ACC Fielding Since 2004 1. Virginia....973 2. Louisville....970 3. North Carolina...970 Virginia Pitching Virginia ranked in the top 20 in the country in ERA in nine of his 15 seasons. (only 6 teams nationally have appeared in nine or more in that span UVA posted the lowest ERA in the nation in 2011 (2.24) and second lowest in 2014 (2.23) and ranked third nationally in ERA in 2005, 06, 07 and 09. NCAA Tournament Streaks All-Time Miami...44 (1973-2016) Florida State...41 (1978-present) Cal State Fullerton...27 (1992-present) Rice...23 (1995-2017) Clemson...21 (1987-2007) Oklahoma State...19 (1981-1999) Texas...18 (1979-1996) LSU...17 (1989-2005) Northern Colorado... 15 (1952-66) Oral Roberts...15 (1998-2012) South Carolina... 15 (2000-14) Virginia...14 (2004-2017) Arkansas... 14 (2002-15) Georgia Tech... 14 (1985-98) Wichita State...14 (1987-2000) Stanford... 13 (1994-06) Texas...13 (1999-2011)
GRIFF MCGARRY RHP So. 6-2 175 R-R Portola Valley, Calif. Menlo School STARTING PITCHING SUMMARY 25 BIO 2018 Made 11 appearances, including two starts (home opener vs VMI on 2/20 & at VCU on 5/1) Struck out 22 batters in 17.2 innings pitched Worked four-straight innings of scoreless relief in outings against EKU (2/25), Yale-1 (3/3) and Davidson (3/6) Credited with the save after pitching the final three innings in a 14-3 win over Liberty on April 18. Did not allow a run and struck out a season-high, five batters. MENLO SCHOOL Drafted by Texas Rangers in 31st round of 2017 MLB Draft Named 2017 MaxPreps California Small Schools Player of the Year Was 2017 MaxPreps Small Schools First-Team All-American and Small Schools First-Team All-State Named 2017 Honorable Mention All-American and Perfect Game First-Team All-Region by Perfect Game Named 2017 Prep2Prep Central Coast Section Senior of the Year Was 2017 Peninsula/South Bay Player of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle Tabbed 2017 Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division Player of the Year Member of 2016 and 2017 Central Coast Section championship teams at Menlo Was team captain his senior year Competed in 2016 Area Code Games Coached by Sean Riley and also played shortstop in high school PERSONAL Son of Brian McGarry and Lorraine McDonough Has one brother, Matt, who played for two years at Vanderbilt before transferring to Santa Clara Last Start: L, 3-11 at VCU L, 1.2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 1 SO, 55 pitches -Walked three batters and hit a batter in the first inning, allowing three-first inning runs... Victim of a two-out Virginia error in the second inning that ultimately led to a four-run frame CAREER-HIGHS IP 7.0 at Virginia Tech (4/14/17) IP 3.0 2x, last: Georgia Tech (5/12/18) H 3 3x last: Georgia Tech (5/12/18) R 6 at VCU (3/28/18) ER 5 VMI (2/20/18) BB 4 2x, last at VCU (3/28/18) K 5 Liberty (4/18/18) CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2/16 at UCF 3-6 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 25 2/20 VMI 4-9 * 0.2 2 5 5 3 0 38 L t2/25 Eastern Ky. 13-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3/3 Yale-1 5-4 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 20 3/6 Davidson 12-1 2.0 1 0 0 4 3 56 3/28 at VCU 3-11 * 1.2 3 6 4 4 1 55 L 4/18 Liberty 14-3 3.0 3 0 0 2 5 70 S 5/1 VCU 2-0 2.2 0 0 0 1 4 39 5/12 Georgia Tech 1-5 3.0 3 2 2 0 4 52 5/17 at Wake Forest 3-7 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 29 5/19 at Wake Forest 12-18 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 17 Career Stats YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2018 8.15 0-2 11 2 0 0 1 17.2 19 18 16 16 22 6 1 2 91.264 6 2 0 0 1
MIKE VASIL RHP Fr. 6-4 205 L-R Wellesley, Mass. Boston College HS BIO Boston College High School The 2017 Massachusetts Player of the Year First Team All-State pick by USA Today Went 22-4 with a 1.06 ERA in 191 innings pitched while striking out 217 in his prep career Rated as the No. 1 overall player in the state of Massachusetts and 7th best pitcher in the country by Perfect Game Three-time Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic Team Earned All-Conference accolades in basketball as a senior Earned BC High s 2018 Scholar Athlete Award Rated the No. 2 Freshman in the ACC by Perfect Game prior to the 2019 season Personal Born in Boston, Mass. Son of Gregory and Katherine Vasil Has an older sister, Kristina STARTING PITCHING SUMMARY 48 Last Start: n/a - CAREER-HIGHS IP -- -- IP -- -- H -- -- R -- -- ER -- -- BB -- -- K -- -- CAREER GAME-BY-GAME Career Stats YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA
BIO NOAH MURDOCK RHP Jr. 6-8 190 R-R Colonial Heights, Va. Colonial Heights STARTING PITCHING SUMMARY 28 2018 Appeared in five games, making four starts Returned midway through the season after Tommy John surgery the previous May Totaled 13.1 innings pitched, 13 strikeouts and a 2-2 record In his final two starts against Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, combined for eight innings pitched, two earned runs and nine strikeouts Earned victories against Radford on April 11 and Louisville (first start) on April 22 Last Start: W, 15-3 at Wake Forest W, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 55 pitches -Struck out a career-high five batters in four innings pitched. He retired eight-straight batters after surrendering the lead-off single to start his night. Aided by a double play in the first, Murdock faced the minimum over the first three innings. He struck out four-straight batters, including the side in the bottom half of the third. The right-hander was credited with his second win of the year. CAREER-HIGHS IP 7.0 at Virginia Tech (4/14/17) H 6 Clemson (4/29/18) R 5 Clemson (4/29/18) ER 5 Clemson (4/29/18) BB 4 3x, last at Florida State (4/29/17) K 5 at Wake Forest (5/18/18) 2017 Named to 2017 ACC All-Freshman Team Appeared in 11 games, making seven starts Batters hit just.219 against him Earned wins over VMI (2/21), Notre Dame (4/22) and Florida State (4/29) Fired 19 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings in April during starts against Virginia Tech, Notre Dame and Florida State Started and worked seven scoreless innings in UVA s extra-inning win at Virginia Tech (4/14); did not walk a batter Pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings against Notre Dame (4/22) Allowed two hits and four walks in shutout frames in 8-0 win at Florida State (4/29) Scattered four hits across 3 2/3 innings of relief, allowing only one run against Duke (3/24) Made UVA debut in season opener against Liberty, working 1 2/3 innings Did not pitch after May 13 because of injury COLONIAL HEIGHTS HS Selected by Washington Nationals in 38th round of 2016 MLB Draft Played three sports in high school (baseball, volleyball, basketball) Named 2016 Rawlings and Perfect Game Third-Team All-American Was All-Atlantic Region First-Team honoree in 2016 Named Conference 25 Player of the Year and All-Region Player of the Year in 2016 Twice named Underclass All-American by Perfect Game Went 9-0 with 1.53 ERA as junior and 6-2 with 1.83 ERA as sophomore Was 2016 Virginia State Player of the Year in volleyball; led CHHS to its first volleyball state championship Two-time First-Team All-State and three-time All-Region honoree in volleyball Was three-time First-Team All-Conference 25, All-Region and All-Metro honoree in volleyball Was three-time All-Academic honoree in both baseball and volleyball Coached by Gerald Carsley in baseball Played travel baseball with Virginia Cardinals Earned Presidential Education Award for maintaining GPA over 3.5 for all four years of high school Earned Richmond Times-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete Scholarship in 2016 CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2018 Date Opponent Score GS IP H R ER BB SO DEC 4/11 Radford 12-4 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 W 4/22 Louisville 2-1 * 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 4/29 Clemson 8-9 * 2.1 6 5 5 1 3 L 5/12 Georgia Tech 1-5 * 4.0 2 2 1 1 4 L 5/18 at Wake Forest 15-3 * 4.0 4 1 1 1 5 W 2017 Date Opponent Score GS IP H R ER BB SO DEC 2/17 vs. Liberty 10-2 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 2/21 vs. VMI 9-7 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 W 3/4 Niagara 5-8 * 0.1 3 4 4 2 0 L 3/11 at North Carolina-2 2-12 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3/24 Duke 3-19 3.2 4 1 1 1 2 3/31 Louisville 2-5 * 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 4/8 Pitt 5-2 * 3.0 2 1 1 2 2 4/14 at Virginia Tech 3-2 * 7.0 3 0 0 0 3 4/22 Notre Dame 9-0 * 6.1 4 0 0 4 3 W 4/29 at Florida State 8-0 * 6.0 2 0 0 4 4 W 5/13 Miami-2 13-6 * 2.0 5 4 4 2 0 PERSONAL Parents are Jim and Sharon Murdock Has two brothers, Zachary and Jacob Career Stats YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2017 3.32 3-1 11 7 0 0/2 0 38.0 30 14 14 20 21 6 2 2 166.219 1 6 0 2 1 2018 5.40 2-2 5 4 0 0 0 13.1 16 9 8 4 13 3 0 1 50.320 1 2 0 1 0 TOTAL 3.86 5-3 16 11 0 0 0 51.1 46 23 22 24 34 9 2 3 187.246 2 8 0 3 1
SERIES HISTORY vs vs vs All-Time Record... 3-5 Home... 0-1 Away... 0-0 Neutral... 3-3 1-Run Games... 0-3 2-Run Games... 1-0 Shutouts... 1-0 Extra Innings... 0-0 Most Runs, Virginia...8, 2014 Most Runs, Vanderbilt...9, 2014 Margin, Virginia...5, 2014 Margin, Vanderbilt... 4, 2004 and 2015 Longest Win Streak, Virginia...2, 2015 Longest Win Streak, Vanderbilt...3, 1892-2014 VS. VANDERBILT (SINCE 2004) Home: 0-1 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 3-3 6/6/2004 H L 3-7 6/23/2014 N 1 L 8-9 6/24/2014 N 1 W 7-2 6/25/2014 N 1 L 2-3 6/22/2015 N 1 L 1-5 6/23/2015 N 1 W 3-0 6/24/2015 N 1 W 4-2 1 Omaha, Neb. All-Time Record... 1-1 Home... 0-0 Away... 0-0 Neutral... 1-1 1-Run Games... 0-0 2-Run Games... 1-0 Shutouts... 0-0 Extra Innings... 0-0 Most Runs, Virginia...7, 2009 Most Runs, Cal State Fullerton...5, 2009 Margin, Virginia...2, 2009 Margin, Cal State Fullerton...3, 2008 Longest Win Streak, Virginia...1, 2009 Longest Win Streak, Cal State Fullerton...1, 2008 VS. CAL STATE FULLERTON (SINCE 2004) Home: 0-0 ACC: n/a Away: 0-0 ACCT: n/a Neutral: 1-1 6/1/2008 N 1 L 1-4 6/15/2009 N 2 W 7-5 1 - Fullerton, Cal. 2 - Omaha, Neb. All-Time Record... 1-1 Home... 0-0 Away... 0-1 Neutral... 1-0 1-Run Games... 1-0 2-Run Games... 0-0 Shutouts... 0-0 Extra Innings... 1-0 Most Runs, Virginia...3, 2014 Most Runs, TCU...5, 2017 Margin, Virginia...1, 2014 Margin, TCU...4, 2017 Longest Win Streak, Virginia...1, 2014 Longest Win Streak, TCU...1, 2017 VS. TCU (SINCE 2004) Home: 0-0 ACC: n/a Away: 0-1 ACCT: n/a Neutral: 1-0 6/17/2014 N 1 W 3-2 (15) 6/4/2017 A L 1-5 1 -Omaha, Neb.
HEAD COACH BRIAN O CONNOR PERSONAL INFORMATION Born: April 21, 1971, in Omaha, Neb. High School: Saint Albert H.S., Council Bluffs, Iowa (1989) College: Creighton (1993), bachelor s in marketing Coaching Career: Creighton, Assistant Coach (1993-94) Notre Dame, Assistant Coach (1994-2001) Notre Dame, Assoc. Head Coach (2001-03) Virginia, Head Coach (2004-present) Family: Married to former Cindy Petratis; three children - daughters, Ellie and Maggie and son, Dillon VIRGINIA NOTES 16th season at Virginia (668-264-2 (.716); 274-163-1 ACC) All-time winningest coach at Virginia Third winningest active head coach and 18th-winningest all-time in Division I baseball entering season (.716) Won 2015 NCAA National Championship (one of 8 active coaches to own a national title) Three-time National Coach of the Year (2006, 09, 15) Four-time ACBA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2004, 09, 11, 14, 15) Five-time ACC Coach of the Year (2004, 10, 11, 13, 14) NCAA tournament appearances in 14-straight seasons (UVA had been to three NCAA tournaments prior to his arrival) Guided UVA to 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 College World Series as well as 2014 and 2015 CWS Finals 2009 trip to CWS was first in school history (Irvine Regional and Oxford Super Regional champions) Competed in 14 NCAA regionals and six super regionals (hosted nine NCAA regionals and five super regionals) Has won six regionals, four super regionals Led UVA to 2010 and 2011 ACC Coastal Division titles Second fastest in ACC history to reach 600 wins (825 games); only FSU s Mike Martin did so faster (802) Led teams to ACC Championship games in 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011 (won 09 and 11 titles) Four 50-win seasons (51 in 2010, 56 in 2011, 50 in 2013, 53 in 2014) Guided UVA to school-record win total each year from 2009-11 (49 in 2009, 51 in 2010, 56 in 2011) Program has had 75 players picked in Major League Baseball Draft over the last 14 years UVA has had 26 All-America and 68 all-conference selections in his tenure CAREER NOTES Associate head coach of Notre Dame s 2002 College World Series team (head coach was current LSU coach Paul Mainieri) Assistant coach at Notre Dame from 1994-2003 Played college baseball at Creighton and pitched on the Bluejays 1991 College World Series team Played in the minor leagues in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system before assistant coaching stints at Creighton and Notre Dame COACHING RECORD AT VIRGINIA Year Overall ACC Postseason 2004 44-15 18-6 NCAA C ville Regional 2005 41-20 14-14 NCAA Corvallis Regional 2006 47-15 21-9 NCAA C Ville Regional 2007 43-14 19-9 NCAA C Ville Regional 2008 39-23 15-15 NCAA Fullerton Regional 2009 49-15-1 16-11-1 NCAA College World Series 2010 51-14 23-7 NCAA Super Regional 2011 56-12 22-8 NCAA College World Series 2012 39-19-1 18-12 NCAA C Ville Regional 2013 50-12 22-8 NCAA Super Regional 2014 53-16 22-8 NCAA CWS Finals 2015 44-24 15-15 NCAA National Champions 2016 38-22 19-11 NCAA C ville Regional 2017 43-16 18-12 NCAA Fort Worth Regional 2018 29-25 12-18 - - Career 668-264-2 274-163-1 THE LAST TIME VIRGINIA... Won 10 or more consecutive games...feb. 17-March 4, 2017 (10 games) Won 19 consecutive games (school record)...feb. 20-March 20, 2009 Won 10 or more consecutive home games... March 1-April 11, 2014 (16 games) Won 18 consecutive home games (school record)...feb. 22-March 25, 2008 Lost five or more consecutive games...april 29-May 12, 2003 (5 games) Scored 20 or more runs in a game...20 vs. Wagner (March 9, 2016) Had 20 or more hits in a game...20 vs. Duke (March 25, 2017) Gave up 20 or more hits in a game...26 vs. Duke (March 24, 2017) Scored 10 or more runs in an inning...11 in 3rd inning vs. VMI (Feb. 23, 2016) Gave up 10 or more runs in an inning...10 in 5th inning at Louisville (March 27, 2016) Turned a triple play... at North Carolina A&T (Feb. 13, 2004) Shut out an opponent (9 innings)...vs. VCU (2-0) (May 1, 2018) Shut out an opponent (7 innings)...georgia Tech (11-0) (May 19, 2015 - ACC Tournament) Shut out consecutive opponents... Old Dominion (4-0) and Virginia Tech-1 (9-0) (April 3/6 2018) Was shut out... at Miami (0-1) (March 24, 2018) Was shut out in two consecutive games...nc State (6-0 and 1-0) (April 9-10, 2005) Had zero RBIs and won... vs. William & Mary (Feb. 28, 2018) Hit consecutive triples...jarrett Parker and Tyler Cannon at UC Irvine (May 31, 2009 - NCAA Regional) Hit consecutive home runs...jake McCarthy and Adam Haseley at Georgia Tech (May 18, 2017) Hit three consecutive home runs... Jon Benick, Mark Rueffert... and Dan Street at Virginia Tech (April 18, 2001) Had four different players homer in one game... Andy Weber, Alex Tappen, Jack Weiller (2) at Wake Forest (May 18, 2018) Swept a home ACC doubleheader... North Carolina (April 14, 2018) Swept a road ACC doubleheader... at Pitt (April 30, 2016) Was swept in an ACC doubleheader...at NC State (April 26, 2015) Swept a three-game ACC series at home... Pitt (April 7-9, 2017) Swept a three-game ACC series on the road...at Pitt (April 30-May 1, 2016) Was swept in a three-game ACC series at home... Clemson (April 27-29, 2018) Was swept in a three-game ACC series on the road...at Miami (March 23-25, 2018) Was no-hit...bob Thomson, North Carolina (April 17, 1976) THE LAST TIME A CAVALIER... Hit two home runs in a game...jack Weiller at Wake Forest (May 18, 2018) Hit two home runs in the same inning...jack Weiller (9th) at Wake Forest (May 18, 2018) Had two players hit two home runs in same game... Robbie Coman & Adam Haseley vs. Rutgers (Feb. 24, 2017) Hit three home runs in a game...dan Street vs. Old Dominion in Charleston, S.C. (Feb. 22, 2002) Hit a walk-off home run...kenny Towns vs. Florida State (May 25, 2013 - ACC Tournament) Hit a grand slam...alex Tappen vs. Radford (April 11, 2018) Hit a home run to lead off a game...adam Haseley vs. George Washington (April 6, 2016) Hit a home run over UVA s Blue Monster... Joe Koshansky vs. Central Connecticut (March 7, 2004) Hit an inside-the-park home run...danny Hultzen vs. Richmond (April 20, 2011) Hit a pinch-hit home run...jack Weiller at Wake Forest (May 19, 2018) Hit for the cycle... Hunter Wyant at High Point (March 12, 2001) Hit three doubles in a game...andy Weber vs. George Washington (April 6, 2017) Hit two triples in a game... Adam Haseley vs. Wake Forest (May 27, 2016) Had four hits in a game... Jake McCarthy at Wake Forest (May 19, 2018) Had five hits in a game...nick Howard vs. Richmond (April 24, 2013) Scored five or more runs in a game... Tyler Cannon (5) at Wake Forest (March 6, 2009) Had five RBI in a game...alex Tappen vs. Radford (April 11, 2018) Had six RBI in a game...cameron Simmons vs. Miami (May 13, 2017) Had seven RBI in a game... Pavin Smith vs. Old Dominion (April 4, 2017) Had eight RBI in a game...kenny Towns at East Carolina (Feb. 15, 2013) Had nine or more RBI in a game...brandon Guyer (9) vs. Niagara (March 13, 2007) Stole three bases in a game... Adam Haseley at VCU (March 29, 2017) Stole four or more bases in a game...greg Miclat (4) at Clemson (April 20, 2007) Stole home... Andy Weber vs. Boston College (March 18, 2018) Walked five times in a game...phil Gosselin at James Madison (March 17, 2010) Had 10 or more strikeouts in a game... Daniel Lynch (13) vs Georgia Tech (May 14, 2018 Pitched a nine-inning complete game...derek Casey vs. Virginia Tech-1 (April 6, 2018) Pitched back-to-back complete games...connor Jones at Pitt (April 30, 2016) and Ga. Tech (May 13, 2016) Pitched a seven-inning shutout...josh Sborz vs. Georgia Tech (May 19, 2015 - ACC Tournament) Pitched a nine-inning shutout...derek Casey vs. Virginia Tech-1 (April 6, 2018) Saved both ends of a doubleheader...branden Kline vs. Maryland (March 26, 2011) Pitched a no-hitter...nicholson, Rohm, Donahue, Wilson, Meyer & Sousa (11 innings)... vs. W&M (Feb. 28, 2018) Pitched a perfect game...will Roberts vs. George Washington (March 29, 2011)
2018 Virginia Baseball Overall Statistics for Virginia (FINAL) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 29-25 Home: 21-12 Away: 5-12 Neutral: 3-1 ACC: 12-18 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 19 Andy Weber.344 54-54 209 42 72 19 3 5 49 112.536 22 8 32 3.415 7 2 4-4 103 126 13.946 10 Tanner Morris.298 51-50 198 39 59 9 0 2 20 74.374 31 3 29 1.397 2 7 1-2 52 97 8.949 32 Nate Eikhoff.290 54-54 193 28 56 9 1 3 36 76.394 30 5 24 3.386 8 7 4-7 301 51 4.989 18 Justin Novak.275 45-44 153 24 42 4 0 0 14 46.301 14 2 16 3.339 2 5 3-6 37 71 6.947 13 Alex Tappen.262 54-54 210 24 55 13 1 4 36 82.390 14 6 37 6.321 4 2 3-5 97 3 4.962 55 Cameron Comer.261 45-41 138 28 36 8 0 4 15 56.406 25 4 33 2.389 0 5 1-2 433 33 3.994 22 Cayman Richardson.256 47-41 156 24 40 7 0 0 18 47.301 16 5 21 1.343 1 6 7-7 67 20 2.978 5 Caleb Knight.226 42-37 133 25 30 7 0 3 18 46.346 21 13 26 3.383 0 3 0-1 175 25 2.990 12 Charlie Cody.221 45-42 140 19 31 8 0 0 14 39.279 22 8 31 4.353 3 3 1-2 59 2 0 1.000 -------------------- 30 Jalen Harrison.333 10-1 6 3 2 0 1 0 2 4.667 3 0 2 0.556 0 0 1-1 0 0 0.000 31 Jake McCarthy.329 20-20 82 17 27 7 0 0 12 34.415 10 4 9 0.414 3 1 9-9 54 0 3.947 6 Christian Hlinka.250 16-2 20 3 5 0 0 0 3 5.250 0 0 5 1.250 0 0 0-0 6 1 0 1.000 4 Andrew Papantonis.250 12-5 16 1 4 1 0 1 4 8.500 4 2 7 0.455 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 8 Brendan Rivoli.247 33-18 85 11 21 5 1 2 15 34.400 4 2 17 1.297 0 0 0-1 8 0 0 1.000 3 Jack Weiller.233 17-6 30 7 7 2 0 3 7 18.600 1 0 1 1.258 0 1 0-0 25 1 0 1.000 7 Devin Ortiz.167 20-16 60 6 10 2 1 0 5 14.233 2 3 15 1.231 0 0 0-0 19 1 1.952 45 Will Allocca.100 7-1 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.100 1 0 3 1.182 0 0 0-0 3 1 0 1.000 40 Jack Gerstenmaier.000 4-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2 0.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.000 16 Andrew Abbott.000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 3 10 2.867 Totals.270 54 1843 302 498 101 8 27 268 696.378 220 65 310 31.363 30 42 34-47 1459 495 56.972 Opponents.244 54 1830 259 447 82 7 44 236 675.369 205 57 569 29.337 10 35 36-55 1434 551 75.964 LOB - Team (464), Opp (419). DPs turned - Team (35), Opp (42). (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 14 Derek Casey 3.48 7-4 14 14 1 1/1 0 95.2 98 43 37 25 106 19 0 12.268 8 6 1 2 7 9 Daniel Lynch 3.96 4-4 13 13 0 0/1 0 88.2 86 45 39 24 105 16 1 11.251 9 4 0 0 3 -------------------- 21 Bobby Nicholson 2.70 2-2 12 8 0 0/2 0 40.0 26 17 12 17 34 7 0 3.188 3 8 0 1 4 16 Andrew Abbott 3.18 3-4 24 1 0 0/4 6 51.0 42 21 18 16 78 6 0 3.223 8 1 0 1 5 15 Riley Wilson 3.26 0-0 21 0 0 0/3 0 19.1 19 10 7 18 27 5 0 1.268 4 5 0 0 3 29 Blake Rohm 3.57 0-0 13 0 0 0/0 0 17.2 16 7 7 8 13 5 0 1.242 2 3 0 0 0 34 Evan Sperling 3.64 2-0 7 5 0 0/1 0 29.2 19 12 12 13 43 5 0 0.179 1 4 0 1 0 47 Mack Meyer 3.70 0-0 23 0 0 0/2 0 24.1 25 13 10 6 22 2 0 4.263 4 9 0 1 0 23 Grant Donahue 4.96 1-2 10 4 0 0/1 0 16.1 14 12 9 9 13 0 0 2.230 4 3 0 1 2 11 Bennett Sousa 5.23 5-4 23 0 0 0/3 6 43.0 36 27 25 22 61 5 2 2.220 9 4 1 1 5 28 Noah Murdock 5.40 2-2 5 4 0 0/0 0 13.1 16 9 8 4 13 3 0 1.320 1 2 0 1 0 38 Kyle Whitten 5.81 2-1 18 3 0 0/1 0 26.1 26 18 17 22 27 2 2 0.271 2 5 0 1 5 25 Griff McGarry 8.15 0-2 11 2 0 0/1 1 17.2 19 18 16 16 22 6 1 2.264 6 2 0 0 1 7 Devin Ortiz 18.90 1-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 3.1 5 7 7 5 5 1 1 2.333 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 4.15 29-25 54 54 1 7/6 13 486.1 447 259 224 205 569 82 7 44.244 62 57 2 10 35 Opponents 4.84 25-29 54 54 1 1/1 12 478.0 498 302 257 220 310 101 8 27.270 59 65 3 30 42 PB - Team (13), Comer, C. 11, Knight, C. 2, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (5), Comer, C. 1, Abbott, A. 1, Nicholson, B 1, Murdock, N. 1, Lynch, D. 1, Opp (5).
2018 Virginia Baseball Conference statistics for Virginia (FINAL) (ACC games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 12-18 Home: 7-8 Away: 5-10 ACC: 12-18 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 19 Andy Weber.336 30-30 116 22 39 12 3 2 30 63.543 13 5 21 1.407 6 1 2-2 68 81 6.961 32 Nate Eikhoff.298 30-30 114 16 34 4 1 2 17 46.404 15 4 16 1.390 3 1 3-4 153 36 3.984 10 Tanner Morris.290 30-30 124 24 36 7 0 0 9 43.347 17 1 20 1.380 0 5 1-1 32 65 5.951 22 Cayman Richardson.289 24-22 83 12 24 1 0 0 10 25.301 10 1 13 1.372 0 4 3-3 40 5 1.978 55 Cameron Comer.286 27-26 91 18 26 6 0 2 8 38.418 13 3 19 1.393 0 2 1-1 267 22 1.997 13 Alex Tappen.258 30-30 124 12 32 6 1 3 20 49.395 6 1 21 4.291 3 0 1-2 53 2 2.965 18 Justin Novak.214 26-25 84 13 18 2 0 0 5 20.238 9 0 11 2.284 2 4 0-2 13 40 2.964 5 Caleb Knight.162 23-20 74 9 12 4 0 0 4 16.216 9 6 20 1.303 0 1 0-1 79 12 1.989 12 Charlie Cody.160 24-23 75 5 12 4 0 0 6 16.213 14 4 19 1.316 2 1 1-1 31 2 0 1.000 -------------------- 31 Jake McCarthy.474 4-4 19 3 9 2 0 0 4 11.579 1 0 2 0.476 1 1 0-0 7 0 0 1.000 30 Jalen Harrison.333 4-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.333 1 0 1 0.500 0 0 1-1 0 0 0.000 3 Jack Weiller.278 10-3 18 5 5 2 0 3 7 16.889 0 0 0 0.278 0 0 0-0 24 1 0 1.000 8 Brendan Rivoli.228 21-11 57 8 13 4 1 2 11 25.439 1 2 12 0.267 0 0 0-1 2 0 0 1.000 6 Christian Hlinka.200 7-1 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 2.200 0 0 3 1.200 0 0 0-0 3 1 0 1.000 4 Andrew Papantonis.200 4-2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.200 2 0 2 0.429 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.000 7 Devin Ortiz.195 12-12 41 5 8 2 1 0 4 12.293 2 2 8 0.267 0 0 0-0 16 0 1.941 45 Will Allocca.000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.000 16 Andrew Abbott.000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 2 7 2.818 Totals.262 30 1040 153 272 56 7 14 136 384.369 113 29 188 15.345 17 20 13-19 797 301 28.975 Opponents.273 30 1015 157 277 51 5 30 149 428.422 109 29 314 19.358 6 21 27-41 807 302 47.959 LOB - Team (259), Opp (226). DPs turned - Team (24), Opp (19). (ACC games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 16 Andrew Abbott 2.70 1-3 15 0 0 0/2 4 30.0 28 12 9 13 50 2 0 2.250 6 0 0 0 5 9 Daniel Lynch 3.39 4-2 9 9 0 0/1 0 63.2 59 27 24 15 81 11 1 6.248 7 3 0 0 3 14 Derek Casey 3.89 4-4 10 10 1 1/1 0 69.1 75 33 30 17 66 14 0 8.284 8 3 1 2 5 -------------------- 29 Blake Rohm 2.57 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.0 5 2 2 4 3 1 0 0.200 0 3 0 0 0 47 Mack Meyer 3.21 0-0 14 0 0 0/0 0 14.0 13 7 5 4 11 1 0 3.250 2 4 0 1 0 15 Riley Wilson 3.24 0-0 10 0 0 0/0 0 8.1 8 5 3 8 10 3 0 1.267 1 3 0 0 2 28 Noah Murdock 5.11 1-2 4 4 0 0/0 0 12.1 14 8 7 4 12 2 0 1.311 1 2 0 1 0 34 Evan Sperling 5.25 0-0 3 2 0 0/0 0 12.0 10 7 7 5 19 4 0 0.227 0 3 0 1 0 11 Bennett Sousa 6.75 2-3 13 0 0 0/0 3 26.2 25 20 20 18 39 4 1 2.245 6 2 0 0 3 23 Grant Donahue 8.44 0-2 4 3 0 0/0 0 5.1 6 7 5 7 5 0 0 2.273 1 2 0 0 1 38 Kyle Whitten 10.80 0-0 8 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 11 8 8 8 9 2 2 0.379 0 2 0 1 1 25 Griff McGarry 11.57 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 7 6 6 1 6 3 0 2.333 2 0 0 0 0 21 Bobby Nicholson 15.43 0-2 4 2 0 0/0 0 4.2 14 11 8 3 1 4 0 3.538 0 1 0 0 1 7 Devin Ortiz 36.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 2 4 4 2 2 0 1 0.400 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 4.68 12-18 30 30 1 3/2 7 265.2 277 157 138 109 314 51 5 30.273 34 29 1 6 21 Opponents 4.28 18-12 30 30 1 1/1 9 269.0 272 153 128 113 188 56 7 14.262 36 29 1 17 20 PB - Team (10), Comer, C. 10, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (4), Comer, C. 1, Nicholson, B 1, Murdock, N. 1, Lynch, D. 1, Opp (1).
2018 Virginia Baseball Miscellaneous Stats for Virginia (FINAL) (All games) Multiple Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ Total 19 Andy Weber 10 8 - - 18 10 Tanner Morris 7 6 2-15 13 Alex Tappen 13 2 - - 15 32 Nate Eikhoff 12 2 - - 14 18 Justin Novak 11 1 - - 12 31 Jake McCarthy 6 2 1-9 55 Cameron Comer 8-1 - 9 12 Charlie Cody 7 1 - - 8 22 Cayman Richardson 4 3 1-8 8 Brendan Rivoli 6 - - - 6 5 Caleb Knight 5 1 - - 6 7 Devin Ortiz 3 - - - 3 3 Jack Weiller 2 - - - 2 4 Andrew Papantonis 1 - - - 1 TEAM 95 26 5 0 126 Multiple RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ Total 19 Andy Weber 7 5-1 13 32 Nate Eikhoff 7 2 - - 9 13 Alex Tappen 6 2-1 9 10 Tanner Morris 5 1 - - 6 55 Cameron Comer 3 1 - - 4 31 Jake McCarthy 3 1 - - 4 5 Caleb Knight 3-1 - 4 22 Cayman Richardson 3 1 - - 4 8 Brendan Rivoli 3 - - - 3 12 Charlie Cody 3 - - - 3 3 Jack Weiller - 1 1-2 18 Justin Novak 2 - - - 2 4 Andrew Papantonis - 1 - - 1 30 Jalen Harrison 1 - - - 1 TEAM 46 15 2 2 65 Hitting Streaks Longest Current 32 Nate Eikhoff 16 1 22 Cayman Richardson 15 2 19 Andy Weber 13 7 18 Justin Novak 11-13 Alex Tappen 10-55 Cameron Comer 7-31 Jake McCarthy 6 4 10 Tanner Morris 5 1 8 Brendan Rivoli 5-5 Caleb Knight 4-12 Charlie Cody 4 2 3 Jack Weiller 3-7 Devin Ortiz 3-6 Christian Hlinka 2-30 Jalen Harrison 1-4 Andrew Papantonis 1-45 Will Allocca 1 - Reached Base Streaks Longest Current 19 Andy Weber 32 7 32 Nate Eikhoff 21 5 10 Tanner Morris 16 3 22 Cayman Richardson 15 3 5 Caleb Knight 14 3 18 Justin Novak 11 3 31 Jake McCarthy 10 5 13 Alex Tappen 10-55 Cameron Comer 8 5 12 Charlie Cody 7 2 8 Brendan Rivoli 5-4 Andrew Papantonis 5-30 Jalen Harrison 3-7 Devin Ortiz 3-3 Jack Weiller 3-45 Will Allocca 2-6 Christian Hlinka 2 -
2018 Virginia Baseball Games Summary for Virginia (FINAL) (All games) Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total Virginia 35 33 32 39 28 30 42 34 23 6 302 Opponents 37 22 32 31 28 22 21 39 21 6 259 Record when... Overall 29-25 Conference 12-18 Non-Conference 17-7 Home games 21-12 Away games 5-12 Neutral site 3-1 Day games 21-14 Night games 8-11 vs Left starter 6-10 vs Right starter 23-15 1-Run games 10-10 2-Run games 3-2 5+Run games 9-7 Extra innings 3-3 Shutouts 7-1 Scoring 0-2 runs 2-9... 3-5 runs 10-11... 6-9 runs 7-4... 10+ runs 10-1 Opponent 0-2 runs 13-1... 3-5 runs 11-9... 6-9 runs 5-10... 10+ runs 0-5 Scored in 1st inning 14-6 Opp. scored in 1st 6-14 Scores first 20-4 Opp. scores first 9-21 After 6 leading 22-3... trailing 5-18... tied 2-4 After 7 leading 24-2... trailing 2-19... tied 3-4 After 8 leading 23-1... trailing 2-19... tied 4-5 Hit 0 home runs 15-20... 1 home run 10-3... 2+ home runs 4-2 Opponent 0 home runs 19-9... 1 home run 7-8... 2+ HRs 3-8 Made 0 errors 9-11... 1 error 12-7... 2+ errors 8-7 Opp. made 0 errors 4-8... 1 error 9-8... 2+ errors 16-9 Out-hit opponent 25-4 Out-hit by opponent 3-21 Hits are tied 1-0 Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-1 0-3 2-5 4-5 4-5 2-1 2-3 2-0 2-1 1-0 10-1 Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 7-0 3-1 3-0 5-4 5-1 1-4 2-3 1-3 0-2 2-2 0-5 Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 13-4 18-4 19-3 20-3 21-3 22-3 24-2 23-1 Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 4-13 4-13 5-17 6-17 6-19 5-18 2-19 2-19 Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 12-8 7-8 5-5 3-5 2-3 2-4 3-4 4-5 Current winning streak: 1 Longest winning streak: 5 Longest losing streak: 3 Home attendance : 112476 ( 33 dates avg = 3408 ) Away attendance : 34763 ( 20 dates avg = 1738 ) Total attendance: 147239 ( 53 dates avg = 2778 )