2012 UCF Knights baseball team

2012 UCF Knights baseball
2012 UCF Knights baseball
Coral Gables Regional, 2–2
Conference	Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
Record	45–17 (16–8 C-USA)
Head coach	Terry Rooney (4th year);
Assistant coaches	Ryan Klosterman (1st year); Joe Mercadante (1st year);
Home stadium	Jay Bergman Field
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Conference USA baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 9 Rice ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	7	–	0	.708	40	–	17	–	0	.702
No. 18 UCF ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	43	–	15	–	0	.741
Tulane ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0	.583	38	–	20	–	0	.655
Southern Miss ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0	.583	32	–	24	–	0	.571
Memphis ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0	.583	31	–	28	–	0	.525
East Carolina ‍‍‍^y	13	–	10	–	1	.563	35	–	22	–	1	.612
UAB ‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	15	–	0	.375	32	–	28	–	0	.533
Houston ‍‍‍	5	–	18	–	1	.229	18	–	35	–	1	.343
Marshall ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0	.208	17	–	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 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.

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Conf. Record
February 17	Long Island	–	Jay Bergman Field	13–7	1–0	–
February 18	Long Island	–	Jay Bergman Field	9–1	2–0	–
February 18	Long Island	–	Jay Bergman Field	9–1	3–0	–
February 22	at #1 Florida	–	McKethan Stadium	0–8	3–1	–
February 24	Boston College	–	Jay Bergman Field	6–5	4–1	–
February 25	Boston College	–	Jay Bergman Field	7–8	4–2	–
February 26	Boston College	–	Jay Bergman Field	5–4	5–2	–
February 28	South Florida	–	Jay Bergman Field	12–1	6–2	–
February 29	at Bethune-Cookman	–	Jackie Robinson Ballpark	8–4	7–2	–

March

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Conf. Record
March 2	Siena	–	Jay Bergman Field	12–4	8–2	–
March 3	Siena	–	Jay Bergman Field	16–4	9–2	–
March 4	Siena	–	Jay Bergman Field	15–2	10–2	–
March 6	#8 Florida State	#24	Jay Bergman Field	6–7	10–3	–
March 7	#8 Florida State	#24	Jay Bergman Field	0–1	10–4	–
March 9	UMass	#24	Jay Bergman Field	16–4	11–4	–
March 10	UMass	#24	Jay Bergman Field	5–4	12–4	–
March 11	UMass	#24	Jay Bergman Field	2–1	13–4	–
March 14	#10 Miami (FL)	#23	Jay Bergman Field	2–3	13–5	–
March 16	Harvard	#23	Jay Bergman Field	4–3	14–5	–
March 17	Harvard	#23	Jay Bergman Field	4–2	15–5	–
March 18	Harvard	#23	Jay Bergman Field	6–5	16–5	–
March 20	at South Florida	#21	USF Baseball Stadium	6–2	17–5	–
March 23	East Carolina	#21	Jay Bergman Field	2–1	18–5	1–0
March 24	East Carolina	#21	Jay Bergman Field	10–6	19–5	2–0
March 25	East Carolina	#21	Jay Bergman Field	6–15	19–6	2–1
March 27	at Florida Atlantic	#17	FAU Baseball Stadium	11–3	20–6	–
March 30	at Houston	#17	Cougar Field	8–3	21–6	3–1
March 31	at Houston	#17	Cougar Field	9–1	22–6	4–1

April

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Conf. Record
April 1	at Houston	#17	Cougar Field	3–1¹⁰	23–6	5–1
April 4	at #13 Miami (FL)	#14	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field	4–1	24–6	–
April 6	UAB	#14	Jay Bergman Field	4–11	24–7	5–2
April 7	UAB	#14	Jay Bergman Field	7–3	25–7	6–2
April 8	UAB	#14	Jay Bergman Field	8–7	26–7	7–2
April 10	Florida A&M	#15	Jay Bergman Field	16–4	27–7	–
April 11	Bethune-Cookman	#15	Jay Bergman Field	6–2	28–7	–
April 13	at Southern Miss	#15	Pete Taylor Park	0–1¹⁴	28–8	7–3
April 14	at Southern Miss	#15	Pete Taylor Park	11–6	29–8	8–3
April 15	at Southern Miss	#15	Pete Taylor Park	12–3	30–8	9–3
April 17	Florida Atlantic	#14	Jay Bergman Field	12–3	31–8	–
April 20	at Tulane	#14	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium	1–0	32–8	10–3
April 21	at Tulane	#14	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium	8–7¹²	33–8	11–3
April 22	at Tulane	#14	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium	8–6	34–8	12–3
April 27	at Memphis	#7	FedExPark	4–3	35–8	13–3
April 28	at Memphis	#7	FedExPark	5–6	35–9	13–4
April 29	at Memphis	#7	FedExPark	0–1	35–10	13–5

May

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	Conf. Record
May 2	at Stetson	#15	Melching Field	5–4¹³	36–10	–
May 5	Presbyterian	#15	Jay Bergman Field	8–1	37–10	–
May 6	Presbyterian	#15	Jay Bergman Field	2–7	37–11	–
May 7	Presbyterian	#15	Jay Bergman Field	7–2	38–11	–
May 11	at Marshall	#16	Appalachian Power Park	8–6	39–11	14–5
May 12	at Marshall	#16	Appalachian Power Park	6–9	39–12	14–6
May 13	at Marshall	#16	Appalachian Power Park	13–6	40–12	15–6
May 15	Stetson	#16	Jay Bergman Field	Cancelled (rain); no make-up.
May 18	#7 Rice	#16	Jay Bergman Field	8–6	41–12	16–6
May 18	#7 Rice	#16	Jay Bergman Field	2–9	41–13	16–7
May 19	#7 Rice	#16	Jay Bergman Field	2–5	41–14	16–8

Post-season

C-USA Tournament

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	C-USAT record
May 24	vs. (7) UAB	#17 (2)	Trustmark Park	1–15⁷	41–15	0–1
May 25	vs. (6) East Carolina	#17 (2)	Trustmark Park	11–1⁸	42–15	1–1
May 26	vs. (3) Tulane	#17 (2)	Trustmark Park	6–2	43–15	2–1

NCAA tournament: Coral Gables Regional

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 1	vs. (3) Missouri State	#18 (2)	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field	2–1	44–15	1–0
June 2	vs. (4) Stony Brook	#18 (2)	Alex Rodriguez Park	9–8	45–15	2–0
June 3	vs. (4) Stony Brook	#18 (2)	Alex Rodriguez Park	5–12	45–16	2–1
June 4	vs. (4) Stony Brook	#18 (2)	Alex Rodriguez Park	6–10	45–17	2–2

Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. All times Eastern. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[2]	RV	RV*	RV	24	23	21	17	14	15	14	7	15	16	16	17	18	—	—	24
Baseball America^[3]	21	19	19	18	19	21	17	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	19	20	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[4]	36	—	—	30	29	28	21	17	15	12	11	15	17	19	19	21	26	26	26
NCBWA†^[5]	28	24	26	21	22	19	16	14	13	10	8	13	13	13	16	15	19	21	21

^ 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.