2023 season for the Davidson Wildcats baseball program
The 2023 Davidson Wildcats baseball team represented Davidson College during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Wildcats played their home games at T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference . They were led by head coach Rucker Taylor , in his fifth season with the program.
Davidson finished the season with a 30–24 and went 1–2 in the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Previous season [ edit ] The 2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball team notched a 43–13 (20–4) regular season record, winning the Atlantic 10 regular season championship, and earning the top overall seed and hosting rights in the 2022 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament . Davidson opened their tournament series with a victory over George Mason , before losing two consecutive games to VCU and Richmond to eliminate them in the tournament. Despite their 40-plus win season, Davidson did not earn an at-large berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament .
At the end of the season, assistant coach Ryan Munger left Davidson to join former VCU head coach, Shawn Stiffler , to be an assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame .[2] Pitching coach, Parker Bangs, left Davidson in the offseason to become the new pitching coach for Rice University .[3]
In September 2022, Davidson hired Todd Miller from Tennessee Tech as an assistant coach.[4]
Preseason [ edit ] Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors [ edit ] Michael Carico was named the Atlantic 10 Preseason Player of the Year and Ryan Feczko was named the Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Carico, Feczko, Ryan Wilson, and Bennett Flynn were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.[5]
A-10 Preseason Player of the Year Player No. Position Class Michael Carico 5 C Junior
A-10 Preseason Pitcher of the Year Player No. Position Class Ryan Feczko 36 1B RS Sophomore
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team Player No. Position Class Michael Carico 5 C Junior Ryan Wilson 19 1B Junior Ryan Feczko 36 RHP RS Sophomore Bennett Flynn 42 RHP Senior
Coaches poll [ edit ] The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 7, 2023. Davidson was picked to win the Atlantic 10.[6]
Coaches' Poll Predicted finish Team Points 1 Davidson 130 (5) 2 VCU 125 (4) 3 Richmond 103 (1) 4 Saint Louis 103 5 Dayton 92 (1) 6 Rhode Island 85 7 Saint Joseph's 81 8 George Mason 70 (1) 9 Fordham 52 10 George Washington 51 11 UMass 27 12 St. Bonaventure 17
Preseason All-Americans [ edit ] Second Team All-Americans Player No. Position Class Selector(s) Michael Carico 5 Junior Baseball America D1Baseball
Sources:[7] [8] [9] [10]
Personnel [ edit ] Starters [ edit ] Lineup Pos. No. Player. Year C 5 Michael Carico Junior 1B 19 Ryan Wilson Junior 2B 9 Jake Wilhoit Junior 3B 8 Nick Calero Junior SS 7 Jacob Hinderleider Senior LF 4 Tyler Douglas Junior CF 13 Jacob Friend Sophomore RF 29 Henry Koehler Senior DH 22 Anthony Torreso Freshman
Weekend Pitching Rotation Day No. Player. Year Friday 17 Will Schomberg Senior Saturday 36 Ryan Feczko RS Sophomore Sunday 26 Ryan Kutz Senior
2023 Davidson Wildcats baseball team Players Coaches # Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 Anthony Mase R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Los Angeles, CA 2 Troy Johnson R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Corpus Christi, TX 4 OF Tyler Douglas L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr The Woodlands, TX 5 C Michael Carico L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Kernersville, NC 6 Aidan Rice R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Durham, NC 7 INF Jacob Hinderleider R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Kaneohe, HI 8 INF Nick Calero R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Miami, FL 9 INF Jake Wilhoit R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Knoxville, TN 10 INF Michael O'Shaughnessy L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Delmar, NY 11 INF Eli Putnam R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Cabin John, MD 12 INF Joe Haney L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Denver, NC 13 OF Jacob Friend L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Arlington, VA 14 RHP Brycen Champey R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr New Bern, NC 15 LHP Isaac Fix R/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Vinton, VA 16 OF Landon Reeves L/L 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Overland Park, KS 17 RHP Will Schomberg R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Clemmons, NC 18 INF Jake Dunagan L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Cypress, TX 19 OF Ryan Wilson / 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr 20 RHP Will Banks / 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr 21 RHP Ed Hall / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr 22 C Anthony Torreso / 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr 23 RHP Nick Shedleski / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr 25 INF Jack Cotrone / 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So 26 RHP Ryan Kutz R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Hummelstown, PA 27 RHP Miles Jamieson / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr 28 LHP Matt Weber / 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So 29 OF Henry Koehler / 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Sr 30 INF JD Woodall / 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So 31 LHP Danny Rosenfield / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr 32 RHP Micah Baermann / 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr 33 RHP Henry Hultquist / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr 35 RHP Jacob Peaden / 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr 36 LHP Ryan Feczko / 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So 38 RHP Toren Herrick / 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr 39 AJ Pabst / 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr 40 RHP Maddux Smith / 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So 41 LHP Hunter Anderson / 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr 42 RHP Bennett Flynn / 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr
Head coach Rucker Taylor
Assistant coach(es) Todd Miller Josiah Hissong Bobby Hearn
Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 12, 2023
Coaching Staff [ edit ] Source[11]
Game log [ edit ] 2023 Davidson Wildcats Baseball Game Log (30–24) Regular Season (29–22) February (5–3) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources February 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ NJIT * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field Davidson, NC W 4–3 Will Schomberg (1–0) Ryan Fischer (0–1) Bennett Flynn (1) 365 1–0 — Box Score February 18 2:30 p.m. NJIT* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–12 Aidan Kidd (1–0) Ryan Feczko (0–1) — 367 1–1 — Box Score February 19 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ NJIT* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 6–14 Joe Georgini (1–0) Ryan Kutz (0–1) — 267 1–2 — Box Score February 21 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ North Carolina A&T * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 15–1 Isaac Fix (1–0) Coley Kilpatrick (0–1) — 247 2–2 — Box Score February 24 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Lafayette * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 3–7 Alex Walsh (1–1) Will Schomberg (1–1) — 526 2–3 — Box Score February 25 2:00 p.m. Lafayette* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 13–11 Ryan Feczko (1–1) Luke Craytor (0–2) — 244 3–3 — Box Score February 26 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Lafayette* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 19–3 Brycen Champey (1–0) Trace Florio (0–1) — 364 4–3 — Box Score February 28 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ Queens * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 16–6 Miles Jamieson (1–0) Joseph Rodriguez (0–1) — 212 5–3 — Box Score
March (8–7) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources March 3 4:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Coastal Carolina * Springs Brooks Stadium Conway, SC L 6–7 Teddy Sharkey (1–0) Brycen Champey (1–1) — 1,397 5–4 — Box Score March 4 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium L 5–26 Levi Huesman (1–0) Ryan Feczko (1–2) — 1,542 5–5 — Box Score March 5 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium L 5–12 Darin Horn (1–0) Miles Jamieson (1–1) Teddy Sharkey (2) 1,738 5–6 — Box Score March 7 4:00 p.m. at High Point * Coy O. Williard Stadium High Point, NC W 10–7 AJ Pabst (1–0) Sean Duffy (0–1) 301 6–6 — Box Score March 10 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Bryant * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 5–611 Austin Wainer (1–1) Miles Jamieson (1–2) — 244 6–7 — Box Score March 11 2:00 p.m. Bryant* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 5–15 Coleman Picard (2–1) Ryan Feczko (1–3) — 344 6–8 — Box Score March 12 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Bryant* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 1–117 Ken Turner (1–1) Brycen Champey (1–2) — 312 6–9 — Box Score Kannapolis Series March 14 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ vs. Western Carolina * Atrium Health Ballpark Kannapolis, NC W 6–5 Bennett Flynn (1–0) Dante Visconti (2–1) Nick Shedleski (1) 773 7–9 — Box Score March 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Marist * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 5–1 Will Schomberg (2–1) Brian Yetter (1–3) — 345 8–9 — Box Score March 18 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Marist* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 8–14 Jack Bowery (1–2) Will Banks (0–1) Zane Kmietek (1) 355 8–10 Box Score March 19 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Marist* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 12–2 Brycen Champey (2–2) John Hacker (0–3) — 267 9–10 — Box Score March 21 6:00 p.m. at Presbyterian * The Plex Clinton, SC W 7–4 Ed Hall (1–0) Colbey Klepper (1–1) Nick Shedleski (2) 177 10–10 — Box Score March 24 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Tennessee Tech * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 9–5 Will Schomberg (3–1) Peyton Calitri (2–2) — 249 11–10 — Box Score March 25 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Tennessee Tech* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 12–10 Danny Rosenfield (1–0) Reece McDuffie (1–2) — 333 12–10 — Box Score March 26 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Tennessee Tech* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 6–5 Bennett Flynn (2–0) Brody Lanham (0–3) — 207 13–10 — Box Socre March 28 6:00 p.m. at North Carolina A&T* World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC Cancelled (inclement weather) 13–10 — Report
April (11–7) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources April 1 2:00 p.m. Fordham T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 7–5 Will Schomberg (4–1) Declan Lavelle (0–2) Bennett Flynn (2) 134 14–10 1–0 Box Score April 1 5:00 p.m. Fordham T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 23–7 Ryan Feczko (2–3) Gabe Karslo (2–3) — 233 15–10 2–0 Box Score April 2 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Fordham T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–6 Connor Haywood (1–1) Nick Shedleski (0–1) Ben Kovel (4) 307 15–11 2–1 Box Score April 4 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ Presbyterian* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 5–4 Bennett Flynn (3–0) Tanner Smith (1–2) — 187 16–11 — Box Score April 7 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ at UMass Earl Lorden Field Amherst, MA W 9–2 Will Schomberg (5–1) Max LeBlanc (0–2) — 90 17–11 3–1 Box Score April 8 1:00 p.m. at UMass Earl Lorden Field W 4–3 Ryan Feczko (3–3) Taylor Perrett (1–4) AJ Pabst (1) 95 18–11 4–1 Box Score April 9 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ at UMass Earl Lorden Field W 14–6 Isaac Fix (2–0) Jack Pawloski (1–2) — 90 19–11 5–1 Box Score April 11 5:00 p.m. ACCNX at Duke * Jack Coombs Field Durham, NC L 0–19 Andrew Healy (2–1) Miles Jamieson (1–3) — 823 19–12 — Box Score April 14 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Dayton T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–8 Mark Manfredi (2–4) Will Schomberg (5–2) Andrew Zapka (2) 247 19–13 5–2 Box Score April 15 2:00 p.m. ESPN3 Dayton T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 5–4 Ryan Feczko (4–3) Eli Majick (2–3) Bennett Flynn (3) 566 20–13 6–2 Box Score April 16 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Dayton T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 8–3 Jacob Peaden (1–0) Ryan Steinhauer (1–4) — 347 21–13 7–2 Box Score Knights Series April 18 7:00 p.m. ESPN+ vs. No. 23 NC State * Truist Field Charlotte, NC L 7–22 Rio Britton (2–1) Brycen Champey (2–3) — 2,624 21–14 — Box Score April 21 3:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Bill Beck Field Kingston, RI W 7–2 Will Schomberg (6–2) Sean Sposato (2–4) — 213 22–14 8–2 Box Score April 22 1:00 p.m. ESPN3 at Rhode Island Bill Beck Field L 6–8 Trystan Levesque (5–2) Ryan Feczko (4–4) Ryan Andrade (6) 108 22–15 8–3 Box Score April 23 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Bill Beck Field W 15–9 AJ Pabst (2–0) Braeden Perry (3–4) — 87 23–15 9–3 Box Score April 26 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ Wofford * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 6–167 Charlie Weber (1–0) Brycen Champey (2–4) — 123 23–16 — Box Score April 29 12:00 p.m. at George Washington Barcroft Park Arlington, VA W 7–3 Ryan Feczko (5–4) Logan Koester (4-3) — 201 24–16 10–3 Box Score April 29 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 at George Washington Barcroft Park L 1–2 Chris Kahler (4-3) Isaac Fix (2–1) — 255 24–17 10–4 Box Score April 30 1:00 p.m. at George Washington Barcroft Park Canceled (inclement weather) 24–17 10–4 Report
May (5–5) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources May 2 6:00 p.m. at Queens* Tuckaseegee Dream Fields Charlotte, NC L 5–6 Offschanka (2–5) Banks (0–2) None 109 24–18 — Box Score May 4 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ VCU T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 13–5 Feczko (6–4) Erka (1–3) None 232 25–18 11–4 Box Score May 5 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ VCU T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–9 Gladden (5–2) Fix (2–2) Ellis (3) 335 25–19 11–5 Box Score May 6 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ VCU T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 14–10 Flynn (4–0) Peters (2–5) None 431 26–19 12–5 Box Score May 12 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Saint Louis T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 11–2 Schomberg (7–2) Litman (4–3) Flynn (4) 447 27–19 13–5 Box Score May 13 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Saint Louis T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 12–11 Shedleski (1–1) Bell (3–3) None 449 28–19 14–5 Box Score May 14 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Saint Louis T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 14–11 Fix (3–2) Holmes (2–1) None 505 29–19 15–5 Box Score May 16 6:00 p.m. at Winthrop * Winthrop Ballpark Rock Hill, SC Canceled (inclement weather) 29–19 — May 18 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field Richmond, VA L 10–11 Hentschel (1–0) Flynn (4–1) None 302 29–20 15–6 Box Score May 19 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field L 3–7 Rodriguez (4–2) Feczko (6–5) None 333 29–21 15–7 Box Score May 20 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field L 2–18 Reinke (1–1) Peaden (1–1) None 352 29–22 15–8 Box Score
Post-Season (1–2) Atlantic 10 Tournament (1–2) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A10T Record Sources Winner's bracket May 23 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ vs. (7) Rhode Island (2) The Diamond Richmond, VA W 8–4 Flynn (5–1) Andrade (1–2) None 877 30–22 1–0 Box Score May 24 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ vs. (6) George Mason (2) The Diamond L 11–15 Shields (7–3) Feczko (6–6) None 835 30–23 1–1 Box Score Consolation bracket May 25 11:00 a.m. ESPN+ vs. (3) Dayton (2) The Diamond L 4–15 Majick (5–4) Peaden (1–2) None 703 30–24 1–2 Box Score
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold =Davidson team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. [12]
Tournaments [ edit ] Atlantic 10 tournament [ edit ] Atlantic 10 Tournament Teams (1) Saint Joseph's Hawks (2) Davidson Wildcats (3) Dayton Flyers (4) Saint Louis Billikens (5) Richmond Spiders (6) George Mason Patriots (7) Rhode Island Rams
Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper final Final 1 Saint Joseph's 8 4 Saint Louis 23 4 Saint Louis 6 5 Richmond 3 4 Saint Louis 6 6 George Mason 5 3 Dayton 4 6 George Mason 5 6 George Mason 15 2 Davidson 11 2 Davidson 8 7 Rhode Island 4 4 Saint Louis 1 2 6 George Mason 4 6 Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final 1 Saint Joseph's 4 7 Rhode Island 3 5 Richmond 0 6 George Mason 3 5 Richmond 13 1 Saint Joseph's 10 3 Dayton 2 3 Dayton 15 3 Dayton 15 2 Davidson 4
Statistics [ edit ] Team batting [ edit ] Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Davidson 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Opponents 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team pitching [ edit ] Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA Davidson 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Opponents 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rankings [ edit ] ^ 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.
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