1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
1990 Atlantic Regional champions; SoCon Baseball Tournament champions; Southern Conference Regular season Champions
Conference	Southern Conference
CB	No. 6
Record	46–14 (13–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Chal Port (26th season);
Home stadium	College Park

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games in College Park. The team was coached by Chal Port, in his 26th season at The Citadel.

1990 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 6 The Citadel ‍†‍‡‍^y	13	–	1	–	0	.929	46	–	14	–	0	.767
Western Carolina ‍‍‍	10	–	7	–	0	.588	37	–	25	–	0	.597
Marshall ‍‍‍	10	–	7	–	0	.588	20	–	19	–	0	.513
VMI ‍‍‍	6	–	8	–	0	.429	12	–	26	–	0	.316
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	6	–	9	–	0	.400	19	–	22	–	1	.464
Furman ‍‍‍	6	–	11	–	0	.353	20	–	24	–	0	.455
East Tennessee State ‍‍‍	4	–	12	–	0	.250	10	–	31	–	0	.244

† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 30, 1990[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball[2]

The Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference baseball tournament, hosted in their home park. They then went on to win the Atlantic Regional of the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, earning a berth in the 1990 College World Series. During the regular season, The Citadel won 26 consecutive games, the longest of any team in the 1990 season.[3] The Bulldogs were ranked #6 in the final Collegiate Baseball poll.

Three players from the team would go on to serve as head coaches at the Division I level. Dan McDonnell became head coach at Louisville in 2007, Chris Lemonis became head coach at Indiana in 2015, and Tony Skole served as head coach at East Tennessee State from 2000 to 2017 before taking over at The Citadel in 2018.

Roster

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs roster[4]

Pitchers

21 Steve Basch
24 Ken Britt
Hal Hayden
15 Hank Kraft
16 Kevin McGarvey
14 Richard Shirer
22 Brad Stowell

Infielders

11 Chris Coker
12 Scott Elvington
Chris Lemonis
20 Bart Mays
3 Dan McDonnell
6 Tony Skole
1 Phillip Tobin

Outfielders

23 Billy Baker
13 Mike Black
7 Mike Branham
18 Cornell Caldwell
19 Vic Correll
10 Anthony Jenkins
4 Jason Rychlick

Catchers

9 Gettys Glaze
2 Larry Hutto
8 Derrick Rogers

Schedule

Legend
	The Citadel win
	The Citadel loss
*	Non-Conference game

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball game log[5]

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SoCon Record
February 9	Armstrong State*	Savannah, GA	W 5–4	1–0
February 17	NC State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 3–5	1–1
February 18	NC State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 12–1	2–1
February 21	Augusta*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–4	3–1
February 24	Davidson*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 4–3	4–1
February 24	Davidson*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–7	5–1
February 25	Davidson*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 15–4	6–1
February 26	Gannon*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–2	7–1
February 27	Gannon*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 10–6	8–1

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SoCon Record
March 3	at Campbell*	Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC	W 4–0	9–1
March 5	Norfolk State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 5–2	10–1
March 7	Coastal Carolina*	Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC	W 7–3	11–1
March 8	Liberty*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 10–3	12–1
March 10	Western Carolina	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 6–3	13–1	1–0
March 10	Western Carolina	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 7–3	14–1	2–0
March 11	Western Carolina	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 10–3	15–1	3–0
March 13	George Mason*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–8	16–1
March 14	Mount Olive*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–7	17–1
March 15	Belmont Abbey*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 7–3	18–1
March 18	at Appalachian State	Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC	W 10–5	19–1	4–0
March 18	at Appalachian State	Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC	W 5–2	20–1	5–0
March 19	Howard*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 14–4	21–1
March 20	Le Moyne*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 16–11	22–1
March 21	Le Moyne*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 5–2	23–1
March 24	Furman	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 3–1	24–1	6–0
March 24	Furman	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 3–0	25–1	7–0
March 25	Furman	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 3–2	26–1	8–0
March 26	Kent State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 13–3	27–1
March 27	Kent State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 1–2	27–2
March 28	Kent State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 7–9	27–3

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SoCon Record
April 1	at Davidson*	Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC	W 2–1	28–3
April 1	at Davidson*	Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC	L 7–8	28–4
April 3	at South Carolina*	Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC	L 12–13	28–5
April 4	Charleston Rainbows* (exh)	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 6–5
April 7	East Tennessee State	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 8–1	29–5	9–0
April 8	East Tennessee State	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 4–6	29–6	9–1
April 8	East Tennessee State	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 7–0	30–6	10–1
April 10	South Carolina*	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 3–5	30–7
April 11	at Armstrong State*	Savannah, GA	L 5–21	30–8
April 13	VMI	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 8–3	31–8	11–1
April 16	USC Spartanburg*	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 4–8	31–9
April 17	at Baptist*	Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC	L 5–7	31–10
April 18	at Augusta*	Augusta, GA	L 4–12	31–11
April 19	Armstrong State*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 4–0	32–11
April 22	at Marshall	Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV	W 4–2	33–11	12–1
April 22	at Marshall	Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV	W 18–4	34–11	13–1
April 24	Baptist*	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 8–4	35–11

Post-season

SoCon Tournament
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SoConT Record
April 27	Appalachian State	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 7–2	36–11	1–0
April 28	Marshall	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–2	37–11	2–0
April 28	East Tennessee State	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 6–0	38–11	3–0
April 29	Western Carolina	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–5	39–11	4–0

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
May 15	at Armstrong State	Savannah, GA	L 2–4	39–12
May 16	Armstrong State	College Park • Charleston, SC	L 3–4	40–12
May 21	#23 Clemson	College Park • Charleston, SC	W 11–2	41–12

NCAA tournament Atlantic Regional
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 25	NC State	Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL	W 11–3	42–12	1–0
May 27	East Carolina	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 8–5	43–12	2–0
May 28	at Miami (FL)	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 6–2	44–12	3–0
May 29	at Miami (FL)	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL	W 4–1	45–12	4–0

1990 College World Series
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 2	(2) LSU	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 2–8	45–13	0–1
June 3	(6) Cal State Fullerton	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	W 8–7 ¹²	46–13	1–1
June 4	(2) LSU	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	L 1–6	46–14	1–2

References

2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
"1990 Final Collegiate Baseball Poll". Retrieved April 22, 2012.
Gary Klein (May 30, 1990). "The Citadel Sends Storm Warning". LA Times. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
"Bulldogs celebrate with victory over Buccaneers". Citadel Sports. April 24, 2005. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
2012 Baseball Record Book (PDF). citadelsports.com. p. 57. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

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[1] 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[2] "1990 Final Collegiate Baseball Poll". Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[3] Gary Klein (May 30, 1990). "The Citadel Sends Storm Warning". LA Times. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[4] "Bulldogs celebrate with victory over Buccaneers". Citadel Sports. April 24, 2005. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

[5] 2012 Baseball Record Book (PDF). citadelsports.com. p. 57. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
Venues	WLI Field (?–1966) College Park (1967–1996) Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park (1997–present)
Rivalries	Furman VMI Wofford
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932–1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
College World Series appearances in italics

Southern Conference baseball champions
Pre-SEC	Mississippi A&M & North Carolina (1922) Georgia Tech (1923) Alabama & Mississippi A&M (1924) Alabama (1925) Georgia Tech (1926) Unknown (1927) Auburn (1928) Duke & Ole Miss (1929) Alabama (1930) Auburn & North Carolina (1931) Alabama (1932)
Pre-ACC	North Carolina (1933) North Carolina (1934) Unknown (1935) Maryland (1936) Duke (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Unknown (1940–1946) Clemson (1947) North Carolina (1948) Wake Forest (1949) Wake Forest (1950) Duke (1951) Duke (1952) Duke (1953)
Post-ACC	Virginia Tech (1954) West Virginia (1955) George Washington (1956) George Washington (1957) George Washington & Richmond (1958) George Washington (1959) The Citadel & Richmond (1960) West Virginia (1961) West Virginia (1962) West Virginia (1963) West Virginia (1964) Furman (1965) East Carolina (1966) West Virginia (1967) East Carolina (1968) Furman (1969) East Carolina (1970) The Citadel & Furman (1971) Richmond (1972) Appalachian State (1973) East Carolina (1974) The Citadel (1975) Furman (1976) East Carolina (1977) Marshall (1978) The Citadel (1979) ETSU (1980) ETSU & Marshall & Western Carolina (1981) The Citadel (1982)
I-AA/FCS	The Citadel (1983) Appalachian State (1984) Western Carolina (1985) Western Carolina (1986) Western Carolina (1987) Western Carolina (1988) Western Carolina (1989) The Citadel (1990) Furman (1991) Western Carolina (1992) Western Carolina (1993) The Citadel (1994) The Citadel (1995) The Citadel (1998) The Citadel (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) The Citadel (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Western Carolina (2003) The Citadel (2004) Furman (2005) College of Charleston (2006) Wofford (2007) Elon (2008) Georgia Southern (2009) The Citadel (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Samford (2012) Elon (2013) Georgia Southern (2014) Mercer (2015) Western Carolina (2016) UNC Greensboro (2017) Samford (2018) Mercer (2019) Samford (2021) UNC Greensboro (2022) Samford (2023)
National championships in bold