2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball team

2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball
Raleigh Super Regional Champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record50–16 (19–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Holliday (7th season)
  • Chris Hart (9th season)
  • Brian Ward (6th season)
Home stadiumDoak Field
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Florida State x‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 47 17   .734
No. 8 NC State ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 50 16   .758
No. 14 Clemson ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 40 22   .645
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 25   .545
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 9 20   .310 28 27   .509
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 25   .138 12 40   .231
Coastal
No. 2 North Carolina x‍‍y 21 7   .750 59 12   .831
No. 7 Virginia ‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 50 12   .806
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍y 15 14   .517 40 22   .645
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 37 27   .578
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 37 25   .597
Duke  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 26 29   .473
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball team represented North Carolina State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolfpack was coached by Elliott Avent, in his seventeenth season, and played their home games at Doak Field.

The Wolfpack finished with 50 wins, the most in school history, against 16 losses overall, and 19–10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, good for second place in the Atlantic Division. They reached the College World Series for just the second time in their history, where they finished 1–2, eliminated by rival North Carolina 7–0.

Roster

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2013 NC State Wolfpack roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 42 Grant Sasser - Senior
  • 31 Ryan Wilkins - Senior
  • 10 Ethan Ogburn - "Senior"
  • 13 Andrew Woeck - Senior
  • 14 Logan Jernigan - Junior
  • 16 Carlos Rodon - Junior
  • 17 Jon Olczak - Sophomore
  • 25 Karl Keglovits - Sophomore
  • 26 Brad Stone - Sophomore
  • 27 Chris Williams - Junior
  • 33 Johnny Piedmonte - Sophomore
  • 34 Cody Beckman - Freshman
  • 35 Cory Wilder - Freshman
  • 38 D. J. Thomas - Senior
  • 39 Travis Orwig - Junior
  • 41 Joe O'Donnell - Freshman
  • 47 Brian Donovan - Sophomore
  • 51 Will Gilbert - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 18 Kyle Cavanaugh - Freshman
  • 28 John Mangum - Sophomore
  • 31 Luke Voiron - Junior
  • 32 CJ Davis - "Freshman"

Infielders

  • 1 Markel Jones - Freshman
  • 6 Logan Ratledge - Junior
  • 8 Trea Turner - Junior
  • 11 Andrew Knizner - Freshman
  • 12 Preston Palmeiro - Freshman
  • 23 Jake Armstrong - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 2 Bubby Riley - Junior
  • 11 Brett Austin - Junior
  • 15 Bryan Adametz - Senior
  • 19 Will Nance - Sophomore
  • 20 Brian Taylor - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 22 Nathan Hood - Freshman
  • 24 Chance Shepard - Sophomore
  • 30 Jake Fincher - Junior
  • 42 Will Raynor - Freshman
 

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Coaches

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2013 NC State Wolfpack coaching staff[2]
  • 9 Elliott Avent – Head coach
  • 50 Tom Holliday - Associate head coach
  • 21 Chris Hart - Assistant Coach
  • 5 Brian Ward - Assistant Coach

Schedule

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2013 NC State Wolfpack baseball game log[4]
Regular season
Postseason
ACC Tournament
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACCT Record
May 22 #14 (5) Clemson Durham Bulls Athletic ParkDurham, NC 6–3 Easley (5–2) Gossett (9–4) None 4,834 43–13 1–0
May 24 (8) Miami (FL) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 7–1 Woeck (6–1) Diaz (6–5) None 3,372 44–13 2–0
May 25 #3 (1) North Carolina Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 1–2 (18) Munnelly (6–0) Overman (1–1) None 11,392 44–14 2–1
NCAA tournament Raleigh Regional
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
May 31 (4) Binghamton Doak FieldRaleigh, NC 4–1 Easley (6–2) Rogalla (5–5) None 2,784 45–14 1–0
June 1 (3) William & Mary Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 1–0 Rodon (9–2) Farrell (11–3) None 3,051 46–14 2–0
June 2 (3) William & Mary Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 9–2 Stone (3–2) Wainman (4–4) Sasser (8) 2,752 47–14 3–0
NCAA tournament Raleigh Super Regional
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 8 #13 Rice Doak FieldRaleigh, NC 4–3 Easley (7–2) Lemond (7–2) None 3,051 48–14 4–0
June 9 #13 Rice Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 5–4 (17) Ogburn (5–3) Simms (8–4) None 3,051 49–14 5–0
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record
June 16 #2 (1) North Carolina TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE 8–1 Rodon (10–2) Emanuel (11–4) None 22,972 50–14 1–0
June 18 #6 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 1–2 Vander Tuig (13–4) Jernigan (1–1) Berg (23) 25,543 50–15 1–1
June 20 #2 (1) North Carolina TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 0–7 Johnson (5–1) Rodon (10–3) None 25,742 50–16 1–2

Ranking Movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'1111*18142118252116111099985
Baseball America810109181619156555976
Collegiate Baseball^111311817162927191597781010955
NCBWA916161218192725201713109910875

^ 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.

Notes

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  1. ^ Carlos Rodon and Karl Keglovits combined to pitch a no-hitter.

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball standings". TheACC.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Official Baseball Roster". NC State Wolfpack. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "2013 Baseball Roster".
  4. ^ "2012–13 Schedule". NC State Wolfpack. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.