2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals were coached by Dan McDonnell, in his seventh season, and played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium.

2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Nashville Super Regional champions
Louisville Regional champions
Big East regular season champions
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record51–14 (20–4 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Lemonis (7th season)
  • Roger Williams (7th season)
  • Kyle Cheesebrough (2nd season)
Home stadiumJim Patterson Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 20 4   .833 51 14   .785
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 18 6   .750 42 17   .712
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 18 6   .750 37 19   .661
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 17 7   .708 36 22   .621
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 28 30   .483
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 23 35   .397
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 34 24   .586
Connecticut  ‍‍y 9 15   .375 35 28   .556
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 24 32   .429
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 25 28   .472
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 14 39   .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 18, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinals finished with 51 wins, the most in school history, against 14 losses overall, and 20–4 in the Big East Conference, earning the conference championship. They reached the College World Series for the second time in their history, where they finished 0–2, eliminated by Oregon State 11–4.

Roster edit

2013 Louisville Cardinals roster[2]
 
Pitchers
  • 11 Joe Ceja - Sophomore
  • 13 Cody Ege - Junior
  • 16 Kyle Funkhouser - Freshman
  • 19 Nick Burdi - Sophomore
  • 24 Chad Green - Junior
  • 25 Robert Strader - Freshman
  • 28 Brandon Alphin - Sophomore
  • 31 Joe Filomeno - Sophomore
  • 32 Jordan Simons - Freshman
  • 33 Adam Schemenauer - Freshman
  • 34 Michael Bollmer - Freshman
  • 35 Dace Kime - Junior
  • 40 Jared Ruxer - Sophomore
  • 44 Jeff Thompson - Junior
  • 45 Kyle McGrath - Sophomore
 
Catchers
  • 14 Kyle Gibson - Junior
  • 38 Aaron Gershenfeld - Junior
  • 41 Shane Crain - Junior
Infielders
  • 1 Nick Ratajczak - Senior
  • 2 Zach Lucas - Sophomore
  • 4 Alex Chittenden - Junior
  • 5 Anthony Kidston - Freshman
  • 7 Zack Soria - Freshman
  • 8 Danny Rosenbaum - Freshman
  • 9 Jordan Striegel - Freshman
  • 17 Sutton Whiting - Sophomore
  • 26 Zak Wasserman - Senior
  • 30 Ty Young - Junior
  • 36 Jonah Philley - Freshman
 
Outfielders
  • 10 Adam Engel - Junior
  • 15 Cole Sturgeon - Junior
  • 18 Mike White - Sophomore
  • 20 Coco Johnson - Junior
  • 42 Jeff Gardner - Junior
  • 43 Matt Helms - Senior
 

Coaches edit

2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball coaching staff[3]
  • 9 Dan McDonnell - Head Coach
  • 22 Chris Lemonis - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
  • 23 Roger Williams - Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach
  • 21 Kyle Cheesebrough - Assistant Coach

Schedule edit

Legend
  Louisville win
  Louisville loss
  Postponement
Bold Louisville team member
2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball game log[4]
Regular season (46–10)
Post-season (5–4)

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the Baseball America poll

Ranking movements edit

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'2525*2220151417141291312111110128
Baseball America444544109881213121210158
Collegiate Baseball^22262319141318121181211101088848
NCBWA192119201513151412912111010913118

^ 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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "2013 Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Coaching Staff". Louisville Cardinals. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "2012–13 Schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved November 27, 2013.