2012 UCF Knights baseball team

The 2012 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Knights played their home games at Jay Bergman Field in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach Terry Rooney, who was in his fourth season with the team.

2012 UCF Knights baseball
ConferenceConference USA
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
Record45–17 (16–8 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumJay Bergman Field
2012 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 9 Rice  ‍†‍‍y 17–7–0 .70840–17–0 .702
No. 18 UCF  ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .66743–15–0 .741
Tulane  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58338–20–0 .655
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58332–24–0 .571
Memphis  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58331–28–0 .525
East Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13–10–1 .56335–22–1 .612
UAB  ‍‍‡‍y 9–15–0 .37532–28–0 .533
Houston  ‍‍‍ 5–18–1 .22918–35–1 .343
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20817–37–0 .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of May 30 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 season marked the second consecutive season that the Knights made the NCAA tournament. Their 2011 tournament appearance was the program's first since 2004.

Personnel

Coaching Staff
2012 UCF Knights coaching staff
  • 26 Terry Rooney – Head Coach - 4th season
  • 7 Ryan Klosterman - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 17 Joe Mercadante - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 8 Brandon Romans - Assistant Coach – 3rd season

Roster
2012 UCF Knights roster
 

Pitchers

  • 11 Garrett Nuss - Freshman
  • 16 Brian Adkins - Junior
  • 19 Ben Lively - Sophomore
  • 24 Joe Rogers - Junior
  • 25 Eric Skoglund - Freshman
  • 28 Shawn McDorman - Junior
  • 32 Bryan Brown - Senior
  • 33 Harrison Hukari - Freshman
  • 34 Jimmy Reed - Junior
  • 35 Roman Madrid - Junior
  • 36 Ray Hanson - Senior
  • 37 Gregg Cooke - Sophomore
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
  • 41 Chris Matulis - Junior
  • 43 Matt Collins - Senior
  

Infielders

  • 1 Travis Shreve - Senior
  • 3 Spencer Haynes - Freshman
  • 5 Austin Johnston - Junior
  • 13 James Vasquez - Freshman
  • 14 Tommy Williams - Freshman
  • 21 Darnell Sweeney - Junior
  • 42 D.J. Hicks - Junior
  

Catchers

  • 9 Ryan Breen - Junior
  • 15 Dale Irving - Freshman
  • 20 Chris Taladay - Junior
  • 29 Ethan Smith - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 2 Ronnie Richardson - Junior
  • 6 JoMarcos Woods - Freshman
  • 10 Erik Barber - Freshman
  • 12 Erik Hempe - Senior
  • 27 Jeramy Matos - Junior
  • 30 Nick Carrillo - Junior
  • 39 Alex Friedrich - Senior
  

Schedule
2012 UCF Knights baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
February 17Long Island–Jay Bergman Field13–71–0–
February 18Long Island–Jay Bergman Field9–12–0–
February 18Long Island–Jay Bergman Field9–13–0–
February 22at #1 Florida–McKethan Stadium0–83–1–
February 24Boston College–Jay Bergman Field6–54–1–
February 25Boston College–Jay Bergman Field7–84–2–
February 26Boston College–Jay Bergman Field5–45–2–
February 28South Florida–Jay Bergman Field12–16–2–
February 29at Bethune-Cookman–Jackie Robinson Ballpark8–47–2–
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
March 2Siena–Jay Bergman Field12–48–2–
March 3Siena–Jay Bergman Field16–49–2–
March 4Siena–Jay Bergman Field15–210–2–
March 6#8 Florida State#24Jay Bergman Field6–710–3–
March 7#8 Florida State#24Jay Bergman Field0–110–4–
March 9UMass#24Jay Bergman Field16–411–4–
March 10UMass#24Jay Bergman Field5–412–4–
March 11UMass#24Jay Bergman Field2–113–4–
March 14#10 Miami (FL)#23Jay Bergman Field2–313–5–
March 16Harvard#23Jay Bergman Field4–314–5–
March 17Harvard#23Jay Bergman Field4–215–5–
March 18Harvard#23Jay Bergman Field6–516–5–
March 20at South Florida#21USF Baseball Stadium6–217–5–
March 23East Carolina#21Jay Bergman Field2–118–51–0
March 24East Carolina#21Jay Bergman Field10–619–52–0
March 25East Carolina#21Jay Bergman Field6–1519–62–1
March 27at Florida Atlantic#17FAU Baseball Stadium11–320–6–
March 30at Houston#17Cougar Field8–321–63–1
March 31at Houston#17Cougar Field9–122–64–1
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
April 1at Houston#17Cougar Field3–11023–65–1
April 4at #13 Miami (FL)#14Alex Rodriguez Park4–124–6–
April 6UAB#14Jay Bergman Field4–1124–75–2
April 7UAB#14Jay Bergman Field7–325–76–2
April 8UAB#14Jay Bergman Field8–726–77–2
April 10Florida A&M#15Jay Bergman Field16–427–7–
April 11Bethune-Cookman#15Jay Bergman Field6–228–7–
April 13at Southern Miss#15Pete Taylor Park0–11428–87–3
April 14at Southern Miss#15Pete Taylor Park11–629–88–3
April 15at Southern Miss#15Pete Taylor Park12–330–89–3
April 17Florida Atlantic#14Jay Bergman Field12–331–8–
April 20at Tulane#14Greer Field at Turchin Stadium1–032–810–3
April 21at Tulane#14Greer Field at Turchin Stadium8–71233–811–3
April 22at Tulane#14Greer Field at Turchin Stadium8–634–812–3
April 27at Memphis#7FedExPark4–335–813–3
April 28at Memphis#7FedExPark5–635–913–4
April 29at Memphis#7FedExPark0–135–1013–5
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordConf. Record
May 2at Stetson#15Melching Field5–41336–10–
May 5Presbyterian#15Jay Bergman Field8–137–10–
May 6Presbyterian#15Jay Bergman Field2–737–11–
May 7Presbyterian#15Jay Bergman Field7–238–11–
May 11at Marshall#16Appalachian Power Park8–639–1114–5
May 12at Marshall#16Appalachian Power Park6–939–1214–6
May 13at Marshall#16Appalachian Power Park13–640–1215–6
May 15Stetson#16Jay Bergman FieldCancelled (rain); no make-up.
May 18#7 Rice#16Jay Bergman Field8–641–1216–6
May 18#7 Rice#16Jay Bergman Field2–941–1316–7
May 19#7 Rice#16Jay Bergman Field2–541–1416–8
Post-season
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordC-USAT record
May 24vs. (7) UAB#17 (2)Trustmark Park1–15741–150–1
May 25vs. (6) East Carolina#17 (2)Trustmark Park11–1842–151–1
May 26vs. (3) Tulane#17 (2)Trustmark Park6–243–152–1
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordNCAAT record
June 1vs. (3) Missouri State#18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park2–144–151–0
June 2vs. (4) Stony Brook#18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park9–845–152–0
June 3vs. (4) Stony Brook#18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park5–1245–162–1
June 4vs. (4) Stony Brook#18 (2)Alex Rodriguez Park6–1045–172–2
Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. All times Eastern. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings
Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[2]RVRV*RV2423211714151471516161718——24
Baseball America[3]21191918192117151515141516161920———
Collegiate Baseball^[4]36——30292821171512111517191921262626
NCBWA†[5]2824262122191614131081313131615192121

^ 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.

See also

References
  1. "2012 Baseball Standings" (PDF). c-usa.org. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  2. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  3. Baseball America College: Top 25
  4. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  5. NCBWA Division I poll
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