2009 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team


The 2009 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2009. The team played their home games at Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, California. The team was coached by Mike Gillespie in his second season at Irvine.

2009 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
Irvine Regional, L to Virginia (eliminated)
ConferenceBig West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record45–15 (22–2 Big West)
Head coach
Hitting coachPat Shine
Pitching coachTed Silva
Home stadiumAnteater Ballpark
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍y 22 2   .917 45 15   .750
No. 7 Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍y 17 7   .708 47 16   .746
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍y 14 10   .583 37 21   .638
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 33 20   .623
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 29 23   .558
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 25 29   .463
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 21 32   .396
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 24 32   .429
UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 13 42   .236
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 3, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Pre-season

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The Anteaters concluded the 2008 season with a 42-18 mark and made their second consecutive trip to the Super Regionals. They are a veteran-filled team, with 17 upperclassmen returning for the 2009 season. On January 20, 2009, the coaches in the Big West picked UC Irvine to finish second in the Big West behind Cal State Fullerton.[2][3]

Roster

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Coaches

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Name Title First Season at UCI Alma Mater
Mike Gillespie[4] Head coach 2007 University of Southern California (1962)
Pat Shine[5] Assistant coach 2002 Gonzaga (1995)
Ted Silva[6] Assistant coach 2007 Cal State Fullerton (1995)
Bob Macaluso[7] Assistant coach 2007 Springfield College (1987)

Players

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Players Number Position Bats/Throws Hometown (Prev School)
Jordan Fox 1 UTL L/L Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Bishop Amat)
Sean Madigan 2 OF/LHP L/L Yorba Linda, Calif. (Servite)
Daniel Bibona 3 LHP L/L Lake Forest, Calif. (Santa Margarita)
Tyler Hoechlin 4 INF L/R Corona, Calif. (Arizona State)
Brian Hernandez 5 INF R/R Sylmar, Calif. (Cal State LA)
Ben Orloff 6 INF R/R Simi Valley, Calif. (Simi Valley)
Sammy Donabedian 7 C R/R West Hills, Calif. (El Camino Real)
Cory Olson 8 OF R/R Anaheim, Calif. (Orange Coast College)
Tommy Reyes 11 INF R/R Rancho Cucomonga, Calif. (Bishop Amat)
Crosby Slaught 13 RHP R/R Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara)
Jeff Cusick 14 INF R/R Mission Viejo, Calif. (Santa Margarita)
Dillon Bell 15 OF L/L Bakersfield (Bakersfield)
Brock Bardeen 16 RHP/DH L/R Fallbrook, Calif. (Fallbrook)
Kyle Necke 17 RHP R/R Walnut, Calif. (Walnut)
Nick Hoover 18 RHP R/R Alta Loma (Riverside CC)
Francis Larson 20 C R/R Yorba Linda, Calif. (Esperanza)
Christian Bergman 21 RHP R/R Altadena, Calif. (St. Francis)
Matt Summers 22 RHP/OF L/R Phoenix, Ariz. (Chaparral)
Brian Murphy 23 RHP R/R San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente)
Ronnie Shaeffer 24 C R/R Garden Grove, Calif. (Pacifica)
Cory Hamilton 25 RHP R/R Elk Grove, Calif. (Sheldon)
Casey Stevenson 27 INF R/R Saugus, Calif. (College of the Canyons)
Andy Lines 28 LHP L/L Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS)
Eric Deragisch 29 INF R/R Granite Bay, Calif. (Sierra College)
Stephen Malcolm 31 UTL R/R Stockton, Calif. (Tokay)
DJ Crumlich 32 UTL R/R Irvine, Calif. (Irvine)
Jordan Leyland 33 INF R/R San Dimas, Calif. (San Dimas)
Ryan Fisher 36 INF L/R Manteca, Calif. (East Union)
Noel Avison 40 LHP L/L Bakersfield, Calif. (San Diego Mesa College)
Scott Gottschling 41 OF R/R Orange, Calif. (Villa Park)
Matt Dufour 44 RHP R/R Placentia, Calif. (Santa Ana CC)
Maverick Olivares 47 OF L/L Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Bishop Amat)
Tony Asaro 53 OF R/R Torrance, Calif. (Pepperdine)
Eric Pettis 55 RHP R/R West Hills, Calif. (El Camino Real)

Schedule and results

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2009 Game Log
Regular season
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Att Record Big West
[1] 2/20/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 5-1 Bibona (1-0) Kramer (0-1) - 3844 1-0
[2] 2/21/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 5-4 Bergman (1-0) Klein (0-1) Pettis (1) 2643 2-0
[3] 2/21/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 5-4 Bardeen (1-0) Capaul (0-1) Pettis (2) 2643 3-0
[4] 2/22/09 Hawai'i Les Murakami Stadium 4-7 Sisto (1-0) Hoover (0-1) - 2347 3-1
[5] 2/27/09 Texas A&M Minute Maid Park 2-9 Raley (2-0) Bibona (1-1) Thebeau (1) 6979 3-2
[6] 2/28/09 Houston Minute Maid Park 13-7 Bergman (2-0) Stuckey (0-1) - - 4-2
[7] 3/1/09 UCLA Minute Maid Park 7-4 Slaught (1-0) Brewer (0-1) Pettis (3) 5356 5-2
[8] 3/3/09 Loyola Marymount Anteater Ballpark 3-11 Carreon (1-0) Hoover (0-2) - 846 5-3
[9] 3/6/09 UAH Baylor Ballpark 13-5 Bibona (2-1) Roberson (0-2) - - 6-3
[10] 3/7/09 Baylor Baylor Ballpark 3-4 Verrett (4-0) Hamilton (0-1) - 3077 6-4
[11] 3/8/09 South Alabama Baylor Ballpark 6-5 Pettis (1-0) Johnson (1-2) - - 7-4
[12] 3/10/09 Southern California Dedeaux Field 6-5 (12) Bardeen (2-0) Vasquez (0-2) - 395 8-4
[13] 3/13/09 Tulane Anteater Ballpark 7-5 Bardeen (3-0) Claiborne (1-1) Pettis (4) 653 9-4
[14] 3/14/09 Tulane Anteater Ballpark 3-6 Petiton (3-0) Bergman (2-1) Pepitone (3) 563 9-5
[15] 3/15/09 Tulane Anteater Ballpark 5-4 Pettis (2-0) Pepitone (0-3) - 948 10-5
[16] 3/20/09 Nevada Anteater Ballpark 1-0 Bibona (3-1) Stassi (2-3) Pettis (5) 363 11-5
[17] 3/21/09 Nevada Anteater Ballpark 4-5 Miller (3-0) Necke (0-1) - 483 11-6
[18] 3/22/09 Nevada Anteater Ballpark 10-2 Slaught (2-0) Achelpohl (1-2) - 356 12-6
[19] 3/24/09 Washington Anteater Ballpark 17-13 Avison (1-0) Kittredge (1-2) - 248 13-6
[20] 3/25/09 Washington Anteater Ballpark 12-13 Haehl (1-0) Necke (0-2) Kittredge (1) 178 13-7
[21] 3/27/09 Cal Poly Anteater Ballpark 5-2 Bibona (4-1) Mauldin (3-2) Pettis (6) 563 14-7 1-0
[22] 3/28/09 Cal Poly Anteater Ballpark 11-3 Bergman (3-1) Leonard (3-1) - 615 15-7 2-0
[23] 3/29/09 Cal Poly Anteater Ballpark 7-6 Bardeen (4-0) Radeke (1-1) Pettis (7) 668 16-7 3-0
[24] 3/31/09 Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 19-8 Avison (2-0) Lally (0-2) - 213 17-7 3-0
[25] 4/3/09 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 2-1 Bibona (5-1) Renken (4-2) Pettis (8) 2711 18-7 4-0
[26] 4/4/09 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 6-1 Bergman (4-1) Ramirez (3-1) Bardeen (1) 3056 19-7 5-0
[27] 4/5/09 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 4-5 Ackland (2-0) Pettis (2-1) - 3216 19-8 5-1
[28] 4/7/09 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 3-8 Rasmussen (2-2) Hamilton (0-2) - 535 19-9 5-1
[29] 4/9/09 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark 3-2 (12) Pettis (3-1) Corrales (0-1) - 745 20-9 6-1
[30] 4/10/09 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark 6-3 Bergman (5-1) Thompson (2-5) Pettis (9) 764 21-9 7-1
[31] 4/11/09 Long Beach State Anteater Ballpark 9-5 Slaught (3-0) Gagnon (2-4) Necke (1) 923 22-9 8-1
[32] 4/13/09 Loyola Marymount Anteater Ballpark 6-4 Necke (1-2) Eusebio (3-3) Pettis (10) 523 23-9 8-1
[33] 4/14/09 San Diego John Cunningham Stadium 4-7 Hauser (2-1) Avison (2-1) Campbell (2) 187 23-10 8-1
[34] 4/17/09 UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 16-1 Bilbona (6-1) Bargas (4-3) - 431 24-10 9-1
[35] 4/18/09 UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 9-6 Bergman (6-1) Andriese (3-2) Pettis (11) 538 25-10 10-1
[36] 4/19/09 UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex 12-9 Dufour (1-0) Larkins (1-1) Pettis (12) 257 26-10 11-1
[37] 4/20/09 Oregon Anteater Ballpark 9-6 Dufour (2-0) Thornton (0-1) - 818 27-10 11-1
[38] 4/21/09 Oregon Anteater Ballpark 7-4 Avison (3-1) Whitmore (0-6) Pettis (13) 467 28-10 11-1
[39] 4/23/09 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 8-3 Bibona (7-1) Budrow (4-3) - 190 29-10 11-1
[40] 4/24/09 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 10-1 Bergman (7-1) Wilding (1-5) - 330 30-10 11-1
[41] 4/25/09 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 3-7 Whatcott (3-1) Necke (1-3) - 186 30-11 11-1
[8] 4/28/09 Southern California Anteater Ballpark 6-5 Pettis (4-1) Vasquez (2-4) - 1152 31-11 11-1
[42] 5/1/09 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark 7-1 Bibona (8-1) Juarez (4-5) - 793 32-11 12-1
[43] 5/2/09 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark 12-7 Bergman (8-1) Gorski (1-3) - 657 33-11 13-1
[44] 5/3/09 Cal State Northridge Anteater Ballpark 5-2 Slaught (4-0) Ott (1-4) Pettis (14) 1215 34-11 14-1
[45] 5/8/09 Pacific Klein Family Field 11-6 Bilbona (9-1) Centanni (4-5) - 882 35-11 15-1
[46] 5/9/09 Pacific Klein Family Field 5-4 Bardeen (5-0) McCain (2-2) Pettis (15) 789 36-11 16-1
[47] 5/10/09 Pacific Klein Family Field 6-4 Slaught (5-0) Niley (1-4) Pettis (16) 600 37-11 17-1
[48] 5/12/09 San Diego Anteater Ballpark 2-9 Hauser (5-2) Pettis (4-2) - 587 37-12 14-1
[49] 5/15/09 UC Davis Anteater Ballpark 9-3 Bilbona (10-1) Chew (1-7) - 1597 38-12 18-1
[50] 5/16/09 UC Davis Anteater Ballpark 19-6 Bergman (9-1) Lyman (0-4) - 608 39-12 19-1
[51] 5/17/09 UC Davis Anteater Ballpark 8-1 Slaught (6-0) Quist (2-6) - 1102 40-12 20-1
[52] 5/19/09 UCLA Anteater Ballpark 5-4 (10) Pettis (5-2) Cole (4-7) - 2762 41-12 20-1
[53] 5/22/09 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 11-7 Bibona (11-1) Ford (4-5) Dufour (1) 598 42-12 21-1
[54] 5/23/09 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 2-8 Hollands (6-6) Bergman (9-2) - 590 42-13 21-2
[55] 5/24/09 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 15-3 Slaught (7-0) Samuels (3-3) - 786 43-13 22-2
# Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Att Record NCAAT Record
[9] 5/29/09 Fresno State Anteater Ballpark 4-2 Bibona (12-1) Benny (4-4) Pettis (17) 3002 44-13 1-0
[56] 5/30/09 Virginia Anteater Ballpark 0-5 Hultzen (10-2) Bergman (8-2) - 2282 44-14 1-1
[57] 5/31/09 San Diego State Anteater Ballpark 14-3 Slaught (8-0) Rasmussen (1-2) - 1856 45-14 2-1
[58] 5/31/09 Virginia Anteater Ballpark 1-4 Carraway (7-1) Necke (1-4) Arico (11) 1500 45-15 2-2

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches'1818*10764216
Baseball America95510101085311111191010
Collegiate Baseball^20151516171312741111111199
NCBWA15141115131212107642111111313

^ 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.


Several weeks of the Coaches' poll are unavailable.

Awards and honors

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Major League Baseball Draft

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Player Year Round Pick Team
Ben Orloff Sr. 9 281 Houston Astros
Daniel Bibona Jr. 16 489 St. Louis Cardinals
Casey Stevenson Jr. 38 1156 Milwaukee Brewers
Brian Hernandez Jr. 39 1175 Cleveland Indians

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball standings". bigwest.org. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Big West Preseason Poll
  3. ^ "Cal State Fullerton Top Pick In Big West Preseason Poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "Player Bio: Mike Gillespie". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "Player Bio: Pat Shine". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Player Bio: Ted Silva". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  7. ^ "Player Bio: Bob Macaluso". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  8. ^ "The Official Athletic Site of UC Irvine". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  9. ^ "The Official Athletic Site of UC Irvine". Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
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