2014 UMass Minutemen baseball team

The 2014 UMass Minutemen baseball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Stone is in his 27th season as head coach. The Minutemen play their home games at Earl Lorden Field.

2014 UMass Minutemen baseball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2014 record	13–29 (10–14 A-10)
Head coach	Mike Stone (27th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Sweeney Dennis Accomando
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field

2014 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Saint Louis  ‍†‍‍	18	–	7	–	1		.712			34	–	21	–	1		.616
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	18	–	8	–	0		.692			35	–	16	–	0		.686
George Mason  ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	9	–	0		.640			34	–	22	–	0		.607
VCU  ‍‍‍	15	–	10	–	0		.600			37	–	20	–	0		.649
Richmond  ‍‍‍	13	–	12	–	0		.520			24	–	28	–	1		.462
Dayton  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			24	–	30	–	0		.444
Fordham  ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0		.481			24	–	30	–	0		.444
George Washington  ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0		.444			20	–	30	–	0		.400
UMass  ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0		.444			15	–	31	–	0		.326
La Salle  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	1		.380			14	–	34	–	1		.296
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	7	–	18	–	0		.280			13	–	40	–	0		.245
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0		.261			12	–	30	–	0		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 7, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2014 Roster

2014 UMass Minutemen Roster[2]
	Pitchers 24 Aaron Plunkett - Senior 28 DJ Jauss - Senior 17 Conor LeBlanc - Junior 18 Andrew Grant - Junior 23 Adam Picard - Redshirt Junior 15 Evan Mackintosh - Sophomore 29 Rob O'Neil - Sophomore 19 Tim Cassidy - Redshirt Sophomore 25 Mason Trubey - Sophomore 16 Ben Panunzio - Sophomore xx Ryan Venditti - Freshman xx Ryan Moloney - Freshman xx Tommy McDonald - Freshman xx Mike Geannelis - Freshman xx Aidan Connolly- Freshman		Infielders 39 Dylan Begin - Senior 7 Rob McLam - Senior 44 Nik Campero - Senior 5 Nick Sanford - Senior 14 John Jennings - Sophomore 4 Mark Brodd - Sophomore 10 Zach Littman - Sophomore 11 Vinny Scifo - Sophomore xx Bryce Maher - Freshman xx John Mione - Freshman xx Jon Avallone - Freshman		Catchers xx Mike Hart - Freshman xx Zack Leone - Freshman xx Matt Bare - Freshman Outfielders 30 Kellen Pagel - Senior 6 Kyle Adie - Redshirt Junior 8 Jeff Cavanaro - Junior 9 Paul Yanakopulos - Junior 34 Dan Jonah - Sophomore xx Dylan Morris - Freshman

Schedule

2014 UMass Minutemen Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A-10 Record February 22 Army – USA Baseball National Training Complex 0-14 Dignacco(2-0) B. Walsh(0-1) None 250 0-1 – February 22 Army – USA Baseball National Training Complex 3-4 Larimer(1-0) R. Moloney(0-1) Griffith(1) 274 0-2 – February 23 Army – USA Baseball National Training Complex 4-7 Meadows(1-0) LeBlanc, C(0-1) None 173 0-3 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A-10 Record March 1 at Maryland – Shipley Field 0-4 Stinnett, J.(2-1) LeBlanc, C(0-2) None - 0-4 – March 1 at Maryland – Shipley Field 1-10 Shawaryn, M.(3-0) Moloney, R(0-2) None 397 0-5 – March 2 at Maryland – Shipley Field 2-3 A. Robinson(1-0) A. Plunkett(0-1) None 263 0-6 – March 7 at Davidson – T. Henry Wilson, Jr. Field 3-13 Mooney(2-1) R. Maloney(0-3) None 111 0-7 – March 8 North Carolina A&T – T. Henry Wilson, Jr. Field 15-0 C. LeBlanc(1-2) T. Boone(0-2) None 104 1-7 – March 9 at Davidson – T. Henry Wilson, Jr. Field 8-9 Neitzel(2-0) A. Plunkett(0-2) Saeta(3) 132 1-8 – March 15 Army – Tampa, FL 3-4 J. Griffith(3-0) B. Walsh(0-2) None 214 1-9 – March 15 Army – Tampa, FL 4-9 A. Robinett(1-2) R. Maloney(0-4) J. Larimer(1) 214 1-10 – March 16 Army – Tampa, FL 4-7 G. Carroll(3-0) M. Geannelis(0-1) None 201 1-11 – March 19 at Hartford – Fiondella Field 0-3 Murphy A. Grant(0-1) Gouin(2) 204 1-12 – March 21 La Salle* – Earl Lorden Field 7-6 D. Jauss(1-0) O'Neill(0-5) None 217 2-12 1–0 March 22 La Salle* – Earl Lorden Field 8-6 B. Walsh(1-2) Craig(0-1) D. Jauss(1) 157 3-12 2–0 March 23 La Salle* – Earl Lorden Field 0-3 O'Neill(1-5) A. Plunkett(0-3) Cherry(3) 164 3-13 2–1 March 28 at Richmond* – Malcolm U. Pitt Field 4-6 de Marte(2-4) C. LeBlanc(1-3) Cook(4) 121 3-14 2–2 March 28 at Richmond* – Malcolm U. Pitt Field 1-10 Sterling(3-1) R. Moloney(0-5) None 117 3-15 2–3 March 29 at Richmond* – Malcolm U. Pitt Field 5-8 Harron(2-0) M. Geannelis(0-2) Martinson(2) 212 3-16 2–4
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A-10 Record April 2 at Boston College – John Shea Field 6-7 Skogsbergh(3-0) D. Jauss(1-1) Nicklas(2) 264 3-17 2–4 April 4 Dayton* – Earl Lorden Field 5-6 LAHRMAN(2-1) B. Walsh(1-3) Harris(3) 110 3-18 2–5 April 5 Dayton* – Earl Lorden Field 2-6 BUETTGEN(4-3) A. Plunkett(0-4) None 150 3-19 2–6 April 6 Dayton* – Earl Lorden Field 5-4 D. Jauss(2-1) WEYBRIGHT(1-3) None 210 4-19 3–6 April 9 Northeastern – Earl Lorden Field 5-3 A. Grant(1-1) Lippert(1-3) T. McDonald(1) 131 5-19 3–6 April 11 Saint Louis* – Earl Lorden Field 7-1 C. LeBlanc(2-3) Bates(4-1) None 117 6-19 4–6 April 12 Saint Louis* – Earl Lorden Field 3-2 M. Geannelis(1-2) Norwood(4-1) None 253 7-19 5–6 April 13 Saint Louis* – Earl Lorden Field 1-2 Eckelman(4-1) R. Moloney(0-6) None 257 7-20 5–7 April 18 at George Washington* – Barcroft Park 6-4 M. Geannelis(2-2) Milon(1-3) B. Walsh(1) 127 8-20 6–7 April 19 at George Washington* – Barcroft Park 2-3 Williams(4-3) A. Plunkett(0-5) Milon(6) 224 8-21 6–8 April 20 at George Washington* – Barcroft Park 4-5 Muhl(2-0) B. Walsh(2-3) None 247 8-22 6–9 April 21 at Harvard – Parsons Field 0-3 Coman(1-1) R. Maloney(0-7) Laurisch(1) 190 8-23 6–9 April 22 Connecticut – Earl Lorden Field 5-8 Brown(1-0) T. Cassidy(0-1) Mahoney(4) 123 8-24 6–9 April 25 at Fordham* – Houlihan Park 5-10 Porter(3-4) M. Geannelis(2-3) None 177 8-25 6–10 April 26 at Fordhman* – Houlihan Park 3-5 Kennedy(4-6) A. Plunkett(0-6) Porter(2) 186 8-26 6–11 April 27 at Fordham* – Houlihan Park 4-1 A. Grant(2-1) Swatek(4-3) None 333 9-26 7–11 April 29 Connecticut - Earl Lorden Field 5-4 E. Mackintosh(1-0) A. Zapata(3-2) B. Walsh(2) 110 10-26 7-11
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record A-10 Record May 2 George Mason* - Earl Lorden Field 7-12 Montefusco(7-2) C. LeBlanc(2-4) Kalish(1) 127 10-27 7-12 May 3 George Mason* - Earl Lorden Field 0-7 Gaynor(7-3) A. Grant(2-2) None 156 10-28 7-13 May 4 George Mason* - Earl Lorden Field 9-1 B. Walsh(2-4) Williams(3-2) None 111 11-28 8-13 May 9 VCU* - Earl Lorden Field 5-4 M. Geannelis(3-3) Gill(3-4) None 93 12-28 9-13 May 10 VCU* - Earl Lorden Field 6-10 Dwyer(6-1) T. McDonald(0-1) None 275 12-29 9-14 May 11 VCU* - Earl Lorden Field 5-4 M. Geannelis(4-3) Lees(5-4) None 210 13-29 10-14 May 1 at Saint Joseph's* - Campbell's Field - - - - - - - May 1 at Saint Joseph's* - Campbell's Field - - - - - - - May 1 at Saint Joseph's* - Campbell's Field - - - - - - - Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. *Atlantic 10 Conference games **Beanpot Challenge

References

1. "Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Standings". Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
2. http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/umas-m-basebl-mtt.html
3. http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/umas-m-basebl-sched.html