2019 VCU Rams baseball team

The 2019 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 49th baseball season. It was their 7th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The regular season began on February 15, 2019, and concluded on May 18, 2019. The Rams finished as regular season champions.

2019 VCU Rams baseball
Atlantic 10 Regular season Champions
Spartanburg Classic Champions
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record39–19 (19–5 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike McRae (2nd season)
  • Rich Witten (2nd season)
  • Josh Tutwiler (4th season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
2019 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
VCU  ‍†‍‍ 19–5–0 .79239–19–0 .672
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 14–6–0 .70029–22–0 .569
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 16–8–0 .66732–26–1 .551
Fordham  ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .62538–24–0 .613
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .61928–25–1 .528
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 14–9–0 .60924–29–0 .453
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54225–30–0 .455
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54221–28–0 .429
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45830–24–0 .556
UMass  ‍‍‍ 8–14–0 .36418–27–0 .400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25013–32–0 .289
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 5–19–0 .20819–35–0 .352
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 4–20–0 .16725–31–0 .446
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

A10 media poll

The A10 media poll was released on February 7, 2019, with the Rams predicted to finish in second place in the Atlantic 10.

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Saint Louis(9)
2VCU(2)
3Davidson(1)
4Fordham(1)
5George Mason
6Richmond
7Rhode Island
8George Washington
9Dayton
10Saint Joseph's
11St. Bonaventure
12La Salle
13UMass

Roster
2019 VCU Rams Roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 9 – Hayden Moore – Junior
  • 10 – Connor Gillispie – Junior
  • 18 – Justin Sorokowski – RS Sophomore
  • 20 – Jaden Griffin – Freshman
  • 23 – David Dunn – Sophomore
  • 24 – Maddison Furman – Freshman
  • 25 – Benjamin Dum – Senior
  • 30 – Michael Dailey – Senior
  • 32 – Curtis Bafus – Senior
  • 33 – Sam Ryan – Junior
  • 34 – Brady Underwood – Sophomore
  • 38 – Danny Watson – Freshman
  • 39 – Evan Chenier – Freshman
  • 40 – Jack Alkire – Senior
  • 42 – Carter Knapek – RS Sophomore
  • 43 – Brooks Knapek – Sophomore
  

Infielders

  • 1 – Steven Carpenter – Junior
  • 2 – Paul Witt – Junior
  • 3 – Brett Willett – Junior
  • 4 – Noah Heisler – Freshman
  • 13 – Zach Ching – RS Senior
  • 14 – Brett Norwood – Junior
  • 16 – Liam Hibbits – Sophomore
  • 22 – Andrew Puglielli – Junior
  • 27 – Brett Young – Freshman

Utility

  • 8 – Hogan Brown – Sophomore
  • 19 – Jack Schroeder – Sophomore
  • 28 – Mac McCarty – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 15 – Hunter Vay – Sopohomore
  • 17 – Josh Simon – Junior
  • 21 – Logan Amiss – Freshman
  • 31 – Connor Hicks – Freshman
  • 36 – Matt Stallings – Sophomore
  • 37 – Andrew Schatz – Senior

Outfielders

  • 6 – Tomas Sanchez – Freshman
  • 12 – Brandon Henson – Junior
  • 26 – Cooper Benzin – Freshman
  • 41 – Alex Taylor – Freshman
  

Regular season

Results

Game log
Legend
 VCU win
 VCU loss
 Postponement/cancellation
(10)Extra innings
*Non-conference game
BoldVCU team member
†Make-Up Game
2019 VCU Rams baseball game log
Regular season (39–17)
Post-season (0–2)

Rankings
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[3]——*—————————————
Baseball America[4]———————————————
Collegiate Baseball^[5]RV—————RVRV———————
NCBWA†[6]———————————————
D1Baseball[7]———————————————

^ 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. "Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018 VCU Baseball Roster". VCU Athletics. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  4. "College Top 25". Baseball America. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  6. "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  7. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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