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2016 VCU Rams baseball team

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2016 VCU Rams baseball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record38–19 (15–7 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (4th season)
  • Steve Hay (2nd season)
  • ML Morgan (2nd season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Rhode Island  ‍y 18 6 0   .750 31 25 0   .554
VCU  ‍‍‍ 15 7 0   .682 38 19 0   .667
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 31 23 0   .574
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 25 31 0   .446
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 14 10 0   .583 29 29 0   .500
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 11 11 0   .500 28 26 0   .519
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 24 33 0   .421
UMass  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 18 27 0   .400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 26 22 1   .541
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 28 24 0   .538
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 19 36 0   .345
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 19 35 0   .352
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 15 39 0   .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2016 VCU Rams baseball team is the program's 46th season fielding a varsity baseball program, and their fourth season the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Led by Shawn Stiffler for his third season, the Rams had their most successful baseball season in program history. The Rams advanced to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time ever, and won their first ever Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. It was the program's return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2010.

Personnel

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2016 roster

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2016 VCU Rams Roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 18 - Tanner Winters - Sophomore
  • 20 - Sean Thompson - Sophomore
  • 23 - Matt Jamer - Junior
  • 24 - Eric Neiman - Freshman
  • 25 - Benjamin Dum - Freshman
  • 28 - Jonathan Ebersole - Junior
  • 30 - Michael Dailey - Freshman
  • 31 - Brooks Vial - Junior
  • 32 - Sam Donko - Junior
  • 34 - Matt Oxner - Junior
  • 35 - Luke Crabb - Junior
  • 36 - Travis Reapsome - Sophomore
  • 37 - David Mervis - Freshman
  • 38 - Garrett Pearson - Sophomore
  • 40 - Jack Alkire - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 2 - Cooper Mickelson - Junior
  • 4 - Daane Berezo - Sophomore
  • 7 - Brody Cook - Freshman
  • 10 - Jeff Welch - Sophomore
  • 13 - Zach Ching - Freshman
  • 15 - Darian Carpenter - Junior
  • 17 - Matt Davis - Junior
  • 26 - Mitchel Lacey - Sophomore

Utility

  • 8 - Logan Farrar - Junior
  • 14 - Haiden Lamb - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 11 - Walker Haymaker - Senior
  • 16 - Nick Rabat - Junior
  • 19 - Brett Hileman - RS Sophomore
  • 27 - Dylan Isquirdo - Junior

Outfielders

  • 1 - James Bunn - Senior
  • 3 - Jimmy Kerrigan - Senior
  • 9 - Cody Acker - Senior
  • 12 - Alex Gransback - Junior
  • 21 - Nick Atkinson - Freshman
 

Schedule

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Legend
  VCU win
  VCU loss
  Postponement/cancellation
2016 VCU Rams Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Postseason

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[4]—*
Baseball America[5]
Collegiate Baseball^[6]
NCBWA[7]

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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

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  1. ^ "Atlantic 10 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 VCU Baseball Roster". VCU Athletics.
  3. ^ "2016 VCU Rams baseball schedule". VCU Rams. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll".
  5. ^ "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
  6. ^ "2016 NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
  7. ^ "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.