2012 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

The 2012 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Brian O'Connor is in his 9th year coaching the Cavaliers. They are coming off a 2011 season, in which they reached the College World Series.

2012 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
Charlottesville Regional 1–2
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2012 record	39–19–1 (18–12 ACC)
Head coach	Brian O'Connor (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Kevin McMullan (9th season) Karl Kuhn (9th season) Matt Kirby (1st season)
Home stadium	Davenport Field

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Florida State  ^x‍‍‍^y	24	–	6	–	0		.800			50	–	17	–	0		.746
No. 16 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			39	–	17	–	0		.696
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			34	–	26	–	0		.567
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			33	–	24	–	0		.579
Maryland  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Boston College  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			21	–	34	–	0		.382
Coastal
No. 5 North Carolina  ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			44	–	14	–	0		.759
No. 15 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			39	–	16	–	1		.705
No. 21 Miami  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			36	–	21	–	0		.632
No. 24 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	18	–	0		.400			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			34	–	21	–	0		.618
Duke  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			21	–	34	–	0		.382
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 1, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Personnel

2012 Virginia Cavaliers Roster[2]
	Pitchers 3 Kyle Crockett – Sophomore 16 Branden Kline – Junior 17 Shane Halley – Senior 19 Joel Effertz – Junior 20 Ryan Ashooh – Sophomore 21 Barrett O'Neill – Freshman 29 Scott Silverstein – Junior 31 Justin Thompson – Senior 33 Nick Howard – Junior 34 Artie Lewicki – Sophomore 39 Austin Young – Sophomore 46 Nathaniel Abel – Freshman 47 Whit Mayberry – Sophomore		Infielders 2 Keith Werman – Senior 7 Branden Cogswell – Freshman 9 Kenny Towns – Freshman 11 Stephen Bruno – Junior 13 Jared King- Junior 37 Thomas Woodruff – Freshman 30 Rob Amaro – Sophomore Utility 10 Brandon Downes – Freshman 25 Reed Gragnani – Junior 33 Nick Howard – Freshman		Catchers 18 Nate Irving – Freshman 8 Chance Mitchell – Junior Outfielders 5 Mitchell Shifflet – Sophomore 6 Chris Taylor – Junior 14 Colin Harrington – Sophomore 23 Derek Fisher – Freshman 38 Mike Papi – Freshman

Schedule

Legend
	Virginia win
	Virginia loss
	Tie
	Postponement/Cancelled
Bold	Virginia team member

2012 Virginia Cavaliers Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record February 17 vs Boston College Conway, S.C. 5–3 0–1 – February 18 vs Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. 9–3 1–1 – February 18 James Madison BB&T Coastal Field 4–4 1–1–1 – February 21 Willam & Mary Davenport Field 6–5^11 2–1–1 – February 24 Monmouth Davenport Field 18–4 3–1–1 – February 25 Monmouth Davenport Field 7–1 4–1–1 – February 26 Monmouth Davenport Field 13–1 5–1–1 – February 28 Liberty Davenport Field 8–0 5–2–1 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record March 2 Wright State Davenport Field Canceled March 3 Seton Hall Davenport Field 10–4 6–2–1 – March 3 Wright State Davenport Field 5–4 6–3–1 – March 4 Seton Hall Davenport Field 5–2 6–4–1 – March 6 James Madison Veterans Mem. Park 14–6 Young (1–0) Cody (1–1) 917 7–4–1 – March 9 Virginia Tech* Davenport Field 10–8^11 7–5–1 0–1 March 10 Virginia Tech* Davenport Field 4–3 8–5–1 1–1 March 11 Virginia Tech* Davenport Field 6–5 9–5–1 2–1 March 13 Marist Davenport Field 8–5 10–5–1 2–1 March 14 Marist Davenport Field 10–2 11–5–1 2–1 March 17 Florida State* Mike Martin Field 12–3 11–6–1 2–2 March 18 Florida State* Mike Martin Field 4–3 11–7–1 2–3 March 19 Florida State* Mike Martin Field 7–5 11–8–1 2–4 March 21 VMI Davenport Field 12–3     12–8–1 March 23 Clemson* Davenport Field 6–3   13–8–1 3–4 March 24 Clemson* Davenport Field 5–1 14–8–1 4–4 March 25 Clemson* Davenport Field 5–3   15–8–1 5–4 March 27 Towson Davenport Field 8–0   16–8–1 March 28 Towson Davenport Field 19–5   17–8–1 March 30 NC State* Doak Field 5–1 Ogburn (3–1) Silverstein (2–3) 1,942 17–9–1 5–5 March 31 NC State* Doak Field 5–2 18–9–1 6–5
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record April 1 NC State* Doak Field 7–6 18–10–1 6–6 April 4 James Madison Davenport Field 15–5   19–10–1 April 7 Wake Forest* Davenport Field 9–4     20–10–1 7–6 April 8 Wake Forest* Davenport Field 4–1     21–10–1 8–6 April 9 Wake Forest* Davenport Field 11–2     22–10–1 9–6 April 11 George Washington Davenport Field 16–4     23–10–1 April 13 North Carolina* Davenport Field 2–1^10 23–11–1 9–7 April 14 North Carolina* Davenport Field 6–2 23–12–1 9–8 April 15 North Carolina* Davenport Field 5–3 23–13–1 9–9 April 17 Richmond Davenport Field 7–5 24–13–1 April 20 Duke* Duke 6–3 24–14–1 9–10 April 21 Duke* Duke 12–3 25–14–1 10–10 April 21 Duke* Duke 10–3 26–14–1 11–10 April 24 Radford Davenport Field 3–2^11 27–14–1 April 25 at VCU The Diamond 7–5 28–14–1 April 28 Miami (FL)* Mark Light Field 7–3 Kline (6–3) Erickson (6–5) 2,750 29–14–1 12–10 April 29 Miami (FL)* Mark Light Field 7–4 30–14–1 13–10 April 30 Miami (FL)* Mark Light Field 3–4 31–14–1 14–10
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record May 1 Mount St. Mary's Davenport Field Canceled May 9 High Point Davenport Field 12–3 32–14–1 May 11 Georgia Tech* Davenport Field 6–5 33–14–1 15–10 May 12 Georgia Tech* Davenport Field 4–2 34–14–1 16–10 May 13 Georgia Tech* Davenport Field 5–1^10 34–15–1 16–11 May 15 VCU Davenport Field Canceled May 17 Maryland* Shipley Field 7–6 K. Crockett (4–2) Harman (6–4) Thompson (11) 639 35–15–1 17–11 May 18 Maryland* Shipley Field 10–3 36–15–1 18–11 May 19 Maryland* Shipley Field 6–5 36–16–1 18–12
Postseason
ACC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Tournament Record May 24 Clemson 17 NewBridge Bank Park 3–2 1–0 May 25 Georgia Tech 17 NewBridge Bank Park 17–5 1–1 May 26 #1 Florida State 17 NewBridge Bank Park 7–0 Lewicki (4–2) Compton (10–2) 3,642 2–1
Charlottesville Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Tournament Record June 2 (4) Army Davenport Field 6–2 1–0 June 3 (3) Appalachian State Davenport Field 6–5 1–1 June 3 (2) Oklahoma Davenport Field 5–4 1–2
Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. *ACC Conference games

References

1. "Baseball standings". TheACC.com. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
2. http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/va-m-basebl-mtt.html
3. http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/va-m-basebl-sched.html