2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	36–22 (12–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Randy Mazey (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Derek Matlock (4th season); Steve Sabins (1st season); Robert Moorer (1st season);
Home stadium	Monongalia County Ballpark
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represents West Virginia University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers play their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 4th season at West Virginia.

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0	.792	47	–	20	–	0	.701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	–	0	.667	43	–	22	–	0	.662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9	–	0	.625	49	–	18	–	0	.731
West Virginia ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0	.522	36	–	22	–	0	.621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0	.458	30	–	27	–	1	.526
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0	.417	24	–	29	–	0	.453
Texas ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0	.417	25	–	32	–	0	.439
Kansas State ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0	.333	26	–	31	–	0	.456
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0	.261	20	–	35	–	1	.366

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball ^[1]

Previous season edit

In 2015, the Mountaineers finished the season 7th in the Big 12 with a record of 27–27 (9–13 Big 12). WVU qualified for the 2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament and were eliminated in the second round. They failed to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel edit

Roster edit

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers roster^[2]

Pitchers

2 - Chad Donato - Junior
4 - Cody Wood - Freshman
5 - Brandon Boone - Junior
7 - Jake Danner - Freshman
11 - Nick Wernke - Sophomore
15 - Conner Dotson - Sophomore
18 - Ross Vance - Senior
19 - Braden Zarbnisky - Freshman
21 - Jacob Brewer - Freshman
22 - Tanner Campbell - Freshman
26 - Shane Ennis - Sophomore
27 - Jeff Hardy - Junior
29 - Michael Grove - Freshman
33 - BJ Myers - Sophomore
34 - Seth Jordan - Sophomore
36 - Blake Smith - Senior
47 - Endy Morales - Freshman
55 - Jacob Potock - Freshman
55 - Jackson Sigman - Junior

Catchers

0 - Chase Illig - Freshman
32 - Ivan Vera - Freshman
42 - Ray Guerrini - Junior

Infielders

8 - Shaun Corso - Sophomore
9 - Kyle Gray - Freshman
13 - Jackson Cramer - Junior
25 - Marques Inman - Freshman
28 - Cole Austin - Freshman
31 - Tucker Cascadden - Freshman
40 - Kyle Davis - Sophomore
45 - Andrew Zitel - Freshman
46 - Jimmy Galusky - Freshman

Outfielders

7 - KC Huth - Senior
12 - TJ Lake - Freshman
19 - Kyle Casserly - Sophomore
19 - Braden Zarbnisky - Freshman
23 - Caleb Potter - Sophomore
31 - Darius Hill - Freshman
40 - Tate Brock - Freshman
44 - Shaun Wood - Junior

Coaching staff edit

Name	Position	Seasons at West Virginia	Alma Mater
Randy Mazey	Head coach	4	Clemson University (1988)
Derek Matlock	Assistant coach	4	University of Texas at Arlington (1990)
Steve Sabins	Assistant coach	1	Embry–Riddle (2011)

Schedule and results edit

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
February 19	4:00 pm	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC	L 3–4	Raynor (1–0)	Donato (0–1)	Hubbard (1)	240	0–1	–
February 20	2:00 pm	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC	W 5–0	Vance (1–0)	Johnson (0–1)	–	346	1–1	–
February 21	1:00 pm	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC	W 3–0	Myers (1–0)	Piriz (0–1)	Smith (1)	350	2–1	–
February 26	9:00 pm	at UNLV*	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 9–6	Dotson (1–0)	Bohall (1–1)	–	1,666	3–1	–
February 27	5:00 pm	at UNLV*	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 13–1	Vance (2–0)	Kremer (0–1)	–	906	4–1	–
February 28	4:00 pm	at UNLV*	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	W 9–4	Myers (2–0)	Oakley (0–2)	–	1,076	5–1	–

March

Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
March 3	11:35 pm		at Hawaii*	Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI	L 1–4	Hornung (2–2)	Donato (0–2)	Culp (2)	2,392	5–2	–
March 4	11:35 pm		at Hawaii*	Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 4–1	Vance (3–0)	Von Ruden (1–1)	Grove (1)	2,911	6–2	–
March 5	11:35 pm		at Hawaii*	Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI	L 2–6	Hatch (1–1)	Myers (2–1)	–	3,585	6–3	–
March 6	6:05 pm		at Hawaii*	Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 9–2	Dotson (2–0)	Pigg (0–2)	–	2,775	7–3	–
March 11	3:00 pm		Old Dominion*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 4–3	Dotson (3–0)	Lamb (1–1)	Smith (1)	1,135	8–3	–
March 12	3:00 pm		Old Dominion*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	L 4–5¹⁰	Hartman (2–0)	Grove (0–1)	Maguire (1)	1,319	8–4	–
March 12	7:15 pm		Old Dominion*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 5–4¹²	Zarbnisky (1–0)	Hartman (1–1)	–	1,319	9–4	–
March 15	3:00 pm		Radford*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 6–2	Campbell (1–0)	Swarmer (0–2)	–	808	10–4	–
March 18	7:30 pm		at #11 TCU	Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 6–10	Wymer (1–0)	Grove (0–2)	–	4,379	10–5	0–1
March 19	4:00 pm		at #11 TCU	Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 1–7	Howard (4–0)	Vance (3–1)	–	4,364	10–6	0–2
March 20	2:00 pm		at #11 TCU	Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 2–14⁷	Hill (2–1)	Myers (2–2)	–	4,190	10–7	0–3
March 22	6:30 pm		at Penn State*	Lubrano Park • University Park, PA	L 4–5	Forsyth (1–1)	Dotson (3–1)	Anderson (5)	682	10–8	–
March 25	7:00 pm	ESPN3	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 1–0	Donato (1–2)	Krauth (1–4)	Smith (3)	900	11–8	1–3
March 26	3:00 pm	ESPN3	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS	W 11–6	Dotson (4–1)	Goldsberry (0–3)	Hardy (1)	826	12–8	2–3
March 29	6:30 pm		Canisius*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	L 5–7¹⁰	Smith (2–1)	Dotson (4–2)	Remillard (5)	1,212	12–9	–
March 30	3:00 pm		Canisius*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	L 0–9	Hunt (1–0)	Campbell (1–1)	–	892	12–10	–

April

Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12
April 1	6:30 pm	Oklahoma State	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 5–4¹⁰	Smith (1–0)	Battenfield (1–1)	–	1,818	13–10	3–3
April 2	4:00 pm	Oklahoma State	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 4–3	Vance (4–1)	Cobb (3–4)	Dotson (1)	1,467	14–10	4–3
April 3	1:00 pm	Oklahoma State	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	L 1–8	Elliott (3–1)	Myers (2–3)	–	951	14–11	4–4
April 5	6:00 pm	at Marshall*	Appalachian Power Park • Charleston, WV	W 5–4¹⁰	Smith (2–0)	Murphy (3–2)	–	1,678	15–11	–
April 6	6:30 pm	Eastern Michigan*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 5–1	Campbell (2–1)	Wilson (1–2)	Hardy (2)	830	16–11	–
April 8	6:30 pm	Furman*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	L 3–7	Gaddis (5–2)	Donato (1–3)	–	753	16–12	–
April 10	11:00 am	Furman*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	L 6–8	Fondu (2–1)	Smith (2–1)	Mullen (4)	675	16–13	–
April 10	3:15 pm	Furman*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV	W 8–5	Myers (3–3)	Quarles (3–3)	Brewer (1)	675	17–13	–
April 12	6:30 pm	Pittsburgh*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 15	6:30 pm	Kansas State	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 16	4:00 pm	Kansas State	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 17	1:00 pm	Kansas State	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 19	6:30 pm	Youngstown State*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 22	7:00 pm	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK
April 23	3:00 pm	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK
April 24	2:00 pm	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK
April 26	6:30 pm	Marshall*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 29	6:30 pm	Baylor	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 30	4:00 pm	Baylor	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV

May

Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Site/stadium
May 1	1:00 pm	Baylor	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 3	6:30 pm	Virginia Tech*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 6	6:30 pm	Texas	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 7	4:00 pm	Texas	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 8	1:00 pm	Texas	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 10	6:30 pm	Maryland*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 13	7:00 pm	William & Mary*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 14	4:00 pm	William & Mary*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 15	1:00 pm	William & Mary*	Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 17	6:30 pm	at Pittsburgh*	Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, PA
May 19	7:30 pm	at Texas Tech	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX
May 20	3:00 pm	at Texas Tech	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX
May 21	2:00 pm	at Texas Tech	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX

Post-season

Big 12 Tournament

Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Big 12 Tourn.
May 25	TBD		TBD		Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
May 26	TBD		TBD		Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK

Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = West Virginia team member

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

References edit

^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

[1] "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[2] "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

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