2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team

The 2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represents the University of California, Irvine in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team plays home games at Cicerone Field in Irvine, California. The team is coached by Mike Gillespie in his seventh season at Irvine.

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Big West Conference
2014 record	41–25 (15–9 Big West)
Head coach	Mike Gillespie (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Orloff (1st season) Bob Macaluso (4th season) Danny Bibona (1st season)
Home stadium	Cicerone Field

2014 Big West Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 19 Cal Poly  ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			47	–	12	–	0		.797
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			34	–	26	–	0		.567
No. 8 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			40	–	23	–	0		.635
#29 Cal State Fullerton ^y ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			24	–	24	–	0		.500
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			34	–	17	–	1		.663
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			26	–	28	–	0		.481
UC Davis  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Hawaii  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			22	–	31	–	0		.415
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			18	–	38	–	0		.321
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 9, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters roster[2]
	Pitchers 4 - Mitch Merten - Senior 9 - Sam Moore - Junior 13 - Andrew Morales - Senior 14 - Matt Fielding - Junior 16 - Jimmy Litchfield - Senior 17 - Michael Miller - Sophomore 18 - Jordan Scheftz - Freshman 21 - Evan Manarino - Junior 23 - Michael Martin - Freshman 32 - Elliot Surrey - Sophomore 34 - Evan Brock - Senior 38 - Kyle Davis - Sophomore 39 - Chris Vargas - Freshman 40 - Sean Sparling - Freshman 44 - Max Weinstein - Freshman		Catchers 5 - Alex Guenette - Freshman 11 - Jerry McClanahan - Junior 31 - Renae Martinez - Freshman 42 - Raul Silva-Martinez - Junior 55 - Edgar Ruvalcaba - Freshman Infielders 1 - Mikey Duarte - Sophomore 2 - Justin Castro - Junior 15 - Jonathan Munoz - Sophomore 20 - John Brontsema - Freshman 22 - Chris Rabago - Junior 25 - Taylor Sparks - Junior 26 - Andrew Martinez - Freshman 27 - Grant Palmer - Sophomore 33 - Connor Spencer - Junior		Outfielders 7 - Ryan Cooper - Junior 8 - Evan Cassolato - Freshman 24 - Kris Paulino - Junior 30 - Adam Alcantara - Freshman 36 - Jonathan Herkins - Sophomore

Coaches

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball coaching staff[3]
19 - Mike Gillespie - Head Coach - 7th year 6 - Ben Orloff - Assistant Coach - 1st year 10 - Bob Macaluso - Assistant Coach - 4th year 3 - Danny Bibona - Assistant Coach - 1st year

Schedule

2014 UC Irvine Anteaters Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big West Record Feb 14 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA L 0–2 Velazquez (1–0) Moore (0–1) Shull (1) 982 0–1 Feb 15 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 7–8 Munro (1–0) Martin (0–1) None 765 0–2 Feb 16 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 1–0 Brock (1–0) Lambert (0–1) Moore (1) 878 1–2 Feb 19 Cal State Bakersfield Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–2 Manarino (1–0) Aikenhead (1–1) Moore (2) 537 2–2 Feb 21 Wright State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–3 Hissong (1–1) Surrey (0–1) None 445 2–3 Feb 22 #21 Arizona State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 5–2 Morales (1–0) Kellogg (0–1) Moore (3) 761 3–3 Feb 23 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 7–2 Brock (2–0) Alexander (0–1) Litchfield (1) 742 4–3 Feb 25 Loyola Marymount Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–2 Litchfield (1–0) Cohen (0–2) None 441 5–3 Feb 28 @ Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 5–1 Morales (2–0) Radke (0–2) None 351 6–3 Feb 28 @ Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 6–2 Davis (1–0) Kelly (1–1) Moore (4) 351 7–3
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big West Record Mar 1 @ Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 5–3 Brock (3–0) Yinger (0–2) Moore (5) 251 8–3 Mar 4 Southern California Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 6–4 Davis (2–0) Paschke (1–2) Moore (6) 840 9–3 Mar 8 Gonzaga Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 1–0 Moreales (3–0) Jones (1–2) Moore (7) 391 10–3 Mar 9 Gonzaga Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 11–2 Surrey (1–1) Bailey (0–3) None 532 11–3 Mar 10 Gonzaga Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–1 Brock (4–0) Sopko (1–1) Moore (8) 429 12–3 Mar 11 @ #24 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 0–5 Dyer (2–2) Manarino (1–1) None 491 12–4 Mar 14 @ Nebraska Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE W 7–6 Litchfield (2–0) Kubat (0–1) Moore (9) 3,424 13–4 Mar 15 @ Nebraska Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE L 4–13 DeLeon (2–1) Surrey (1–2) None 13–5 Mar 15 @ Nebraska Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE L 4–7 Hirsch (2–0) Litchfield (2–1) Roeder (3) 5,001 13–6 Mar 18 Pepperdine Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 0–6 Maurer (2–1) Manarino (1–2) None 381 13–7 Mar 21 Grand Canyon Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 2–0 Morales (4–0) Perez (1–5) None 467 14–7 Mar 22 Grand Canyon Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 4–0 Surrey (2–2) Naderer (3–3) None 455 15–7 Mar 23 Grand Canyon Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–9 Bruns (4–0) Brock (4–1) None 522 15–8 Mar 25 Cal State Bakersfield Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 7–4 Litchfield (3–1) Carter (0–2) Moore (10) 417 16–8 Mar 28 UC Riverside Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 8–0 Morales (5–0) Smigelski (3–3) None 430 17–8 1–0 Mar 29 UC Riverside Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 4–2 Surrey (3–2) Varela (3–1) Moore (11) 432 18–8 2–0 Mar 30 UC Riverside Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–3 Doucette (2–2) Brock (4–2) Sprague (3) 624 18–9 2–1
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big West Record Apr 1 @ Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 3–4 Maurer (3–1) Manarino (1–3) Karch (9) 334 18–10 Apr 4 @ Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 7–1 Morales (6–0) Cooper (3–2) None 3,269 19–10 3–1 Apr 5 @ Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 3–2 Surrey (4–2) Kuzminksy (3–3) Moore (12) 3,931 20–10 4–1 Apr 6 @ Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 15–8 Brock (5–2) Arakawa (2–1) Moore (13) 2,925 21–10 5–1 Apr 8 San Diego Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA L 3–6 Burdick (2–1) Merten (0–1) None 474 21–11 Apr 11 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 7–5 Morales (7–0) Rutherford (2–3) Moore (14) 722 22–11 6–1 Apr 12 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 5–4 Surrey (5–2) Keel (0–7) Moore (15) 615 23–11 7–1 Apr 13 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 10–2 Brock (6–2) Salas (4–2) None 538 24–11 8–1 Apr 15 @ Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 2–7 Arriaga (3–2) Merten (0–2) None 223 24–12 Apr 17 San Diego State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–3 Robards (4–3) Moore (0–2) Cederoth (14) 582 24–13 Apr 18 San Diego State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–0 Surrey (6–2) Derby (5–2) Moore (16) 701 25–13 Apr 19 San Diego State Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 3–4 Seyler (6–3) Brock (6–3) Cederoth (15) 588 25–14 Apr 26 @ UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex • Davis, CA W 4–2 Fielding (1–0) Stone (2–3) Moore (17) 26–14 9–1 Apr 26 @ UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex • Davis, CA W 4–1 Merten (1–2) Jacobson (4–1) Moore (18) 387 27–14 10–1 Apr 27 @ UC Davis Dobbins Baseball Complex • Davis, CA W 3–1 Brock (7–3) Wolf (3–4) Moore (19) 375 28–14 11–1 Apr 29 @ Southern California Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, CA W 6–2 Fielding (2–0) Paschke (2–3) Litchfield (2) 303 29–14
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big West Record May 2 UC Santa Barbara Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, CA W 6–2 Morales (8–0) Jacome (5–2) Moore (20) 602 30–14 12–1 May 3 UC Santa Barbara Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 3–2 Manarino (2–3) Mahle (6–3) Moore (21) 538 31–14 13–1 May 4 UC Santa Barbara Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 8–0 Brock (8–3) Bieber (2–3) None 595 32–14 14–1 May 6 @ San Diego Fowler Park • San Diego, CA W 16–11 Manarino (3–3) Olson (0–2) Moore (22) 532 33–14 May 9 @ #11 Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA W 3–2 Morales (9–0) Imhof (8–4) Moore (23) 2,582 34–14 15–1 May 10 @ #11 Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L 0–1 Calomeni (8–2 Surrey (6–3) Reilly (9) 2,742 34–15 15–2 May 11 @ #11 Cal Poly Robin Baggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L 3–10 Bloomquist (11–1) Brock (8–4) None 2,466 34–16 15–3 May 13 UCLA Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA W 10–2 Merten (2–2) Dyer (6–5) None 1,013 35–16 May 16 Cal State Fullerton Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–9 Eshelman (7–3) Morales (9–1) None 1,839 35–17 15–4 May 17 Cal State Fullerton Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 1–2 Bickford (5–3) Litchfield (3–2) Davis (5) 844 35–18 15–5 May 18 Cal State Fullerton Anteater Ballpark • Irivine, CA L 3–4 Gauna (4–2) Moore (0–3) Davis (6) 802 35–19 15–6 May 22 @ Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 2–3 Provencher (4–5) Morales (9–2) None 1,133 35–20 15–7 May 23 @ Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–10 Frye (8–0) Surrey (6–4) None 1,824 35–21 15–8 May 24 @ Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–2 Rosetta (3–1) Brock (8–5) Provencher (4) 1,605 35–22 15–9
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament Corvallis Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record May 30 (2) UNLV Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 10–3 Morales (10–2) Richy (11–4) None 2,813 36–22 1–0 May 31 (1) Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 14–2 Surrey (7–4) Fry (11–2) None 3,422 37–22 2–0 June 1 (1) Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR L 0–4 Schultz (7–2) Brock (8–6) None 3,386 37–23 2–1 June 2 (1) Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 Manarino (4–3) Thompson (3–2) Surrey (1) 3,435 38–23 3–1
NCAA Tournament Stillwater Super Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record June 6 #4 Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 8–4 Surrey (8–4) Perrin (8–5) Manarino (1) 3,701 39–23 4–1 June 7 #4 Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 1–0 Morales (11–2) Wheeland (10–1) None 3,676 40–23 5–1
College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record June 14 #6 Texas TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 3–1 Brock (9–6) Thornhill (8–3) None 23,796 41–23 1–0 June 16 #5 Vanderbilt TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L (4–6) Buehler (12–2) Surrey (8–5) None 20,792 41–24 1–1 June 18 #6 Texas TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 0–1 Hollingsworth (4–0) Manarino (4–4) Duke (2) 24,337 41–24 1–2

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	NR	NR*	NR*	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	25	NR	NR
Baseball America	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	23	24	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	21	28	20	16	21	NR	NR	14	8
NCBWA†	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	27	NR	NR	15
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^ 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. "Baseball standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
2. "2014 Baseball Roster". UC Irvine Anteaters. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
3. "Baseball Coaching Staff". UC Irvine Anteaters. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
4. "2014 Baseball Schedule". UC Irvine Anteaters. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.