2017 VCU Rams baseball team

2017 VCU Rams baseball
Atlantic 10 regular season champions
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record35–22 (19-5 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kurt Elbin (5th season)
  • Steve Hay (3rd season)
  • ML Morgan (3rd season)
Home stadiumThe Diamond
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
VCU  ‍‍‍ 19 5   .792 35 22   .614
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 17 6   .739 31 22   .585
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 15 8   .652 26 22   .542
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 31 27   .534
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 12 10   .545 35 22   .614
No. 16 Davidson  ‍‍y 13 11   .542 35 26   .574
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 26 33   .441
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 21 25   .457
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 27 24   .529
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 20 35   .364
UMass  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 15 32   .319
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 6 17   .261 17 36   .321
La Salle  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 10 41   .196
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 47th baseball season. It was their 5th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Rams began their season on February 17, 2017 with a 3–0 victory over Florida State.

Personnel

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2017 roster

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2017 VCU Rams Roster[1]
 

Pitchers

  • 9 – Hayden Moore – Freshman
  • 10 – Connor GillispieFreshman
  • 18 – Tanner Winters – Junior
  • 20 – Sean Thompson – Junior
  • 23 – Matt Jamer – Senior
  • 24 – Eric Neiman – R-Freshman
  • 25 – Benjamin Dum – Sophomore
  • 28 – Jonathan Ebersole – Senior
  • 30 – Michael Dailey – Sophomore
  • 31 – Brooks Vial – Senior
  • 32 – Sam Donko – Senior
  • 33 – Sam Ryan – Freshman
  • 34 – Ryan Fox – Junior
  • 35 – Luke Crabb – Senior
  • 37 – David Mervis – R-Freshman
  • 38 – Garrett Pearson – Sophomore
  • 40 – Jack Alkire – Sophomore
  • 41 – Ben Nelson – Junior
 

Infielders

  • 1 – Steven Carpenter – Freshman
  • 2 – Paul Witt – Freshman
  • 4 – Daane Berezo – Senior
  • 7 – Brody Cook – Sophomore
  • 13 – Zach Ching – Freshman
  • 15 – Darian Carpenter – Senior
  • 26 – Mitchel Lacey – Junior

Utility

  • 3 – Brett Willett – Freshman
  • 11 – J.P. Vail – Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 16 – Nick Rabat – Senior
  • 17 – Josh Simon – Freshman
  • 27 – Dylan Isquirdo – Senior
  • 36 – Matt Stallings – Freshman

Outfielders

  • 8 – Logan Farrar – Senior
  • 14 – Haiden Lamb – Junior
  • 12 – Alex Gransback – Senior
  • 21 – Austin Gregory – Freshman
 

Schedule

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Legend
  VCU win
  VCU loss
  Postponement/cancellation
2017 VCU Rams baseball game log
Regular season

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[2]*
Baseball America[3]
NCBWA[4]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "2016 VCU Baseball Roster". VCU Athletics.
  2. ^ "USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll".
  3. ^ "Baseball America College: Top 25". Baseball America.
  4. ^ "NCBWA Division I poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.