2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team

The 2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at J. L. Johnson Stadium as a member of the Summit League. They were led by head coach Ryan Folmar, in his eleventh season at Oral Roberts.

2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball
Summit League Regular season champions
Summit League tournament champions
Stillwater Regional champions
Eugene Super Regional champions
ConferenceSummit League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
CBNo. 5
Record52–14 (23–1 Summit)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ryan Neill (14th season)
  • Wes Davis (3rd season)
  • Jimmy Turk (1st season)
Home stadiumJ. L. Johnson Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Summit League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oral Roberts  ‍y 23 1   .958 52 14   .788
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 16 7   .696 23 30   .434
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 24 28   .462
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 21 28   .429
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 11 34   .244
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 12 40   .231
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 10 34   .227
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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The 2022 team finished the season with a 38–20 record and a 17–7 record in the Summit League. In the 2022 Summit League baseball tournament, the second-seeded Golden Eagles beat in the final Omaha 21–2 and earned a bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were fourth seed in the College Station Regional.[2] There, the Golden Eagles lost against top-seed Texas A&M and next day against the second-seeded TCU and eliminated.

Preseason

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Summit League Coaches'poll

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Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oral Roberts 42 (6)
2 North Dakota State 36 (1)
3 Omaha 30
4 South Dakota State 24
5 St. Thomas 17
6 Northern Colorado 12
7 Western Illinois 7

Source: 2023 Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll

Award watch lists

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First Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Cade Denton 36 RP Junior NCBWA
Stopper of the Year Award
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Cade Denton 36 RP Junior NCBWA

Sources:[3][4][5][6][7]

Offseason

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Signing Day Recruits

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The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Oral Roberts in 2023.

Player Hometown High School
Pitchers
Hudson Hart Gretna, Nebraska Gretna HS
Hitters

2022 MLB Draft

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Two Oral Roberts players were drafted in the 2022 MLB draft.

Round Pick Player Position MLB Team
10 309 Isaac Coffey RHP Boston Red Sox
13 403 Jackson Loftin SS Houston Astros

Schedule and results

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2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball game log
Regular season (43–11)
Postseason (9–1)
Eugene Super Regional (2–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes
June 9
7:00 pm
at No. 29 Oregon PK Park
Eugene, OR
L 8–9 Josh Mollerus (3–2) Dalton Patten (4–2) ESPN 4,476 49–12 3–1 Stats
Story
June 10
8:00 pm
at No. 29 Oregon PK Park W 8–7 Cade Denton (2–1) Josh Mollerus (3–3) ESPNU 4,476 50–12 4–1 Stats
Story
June 11
5:00 pm
at No. 29 Oregon PK Park W 11–6 Caleb Isaacs (8–0) Jackson Pace (2–4) Dalton Patten (5) ESPNU 4,476 51–12 5–1 Stats
Story
College World Series (1–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes
June 16
1:00 pm
vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Omaha, NE
W 6–5 Cade Denton (3–1) Luke Savage (5–4) ESPN 24,134 52–12 6–1 Stats
Story
June 18
6:00 pm
vs (2) No. 2 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 4–5 Hurston Waldrep (10–3) Harley Gollert (10–2) Cade Fisher (2) ESPN2 24,841 52–13 6–2 Stats
Story
June 20
1:00 pm
vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 1–6 Luke Savage (6–4) Brooks Fowler (9–2) ESPN 23,496 52–14 6–3 Stats
Story
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Oral Roberts team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Summit League Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
All times are in Central Time.
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Statistics

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Team batting

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Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Oral Roberts 2340 .321 750 132 19 98 489 332 496 99
Opponents 2153 .241 519 80 8 81 269 229 615 40

Team pitching

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Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Oral Roberts 582.1 519 279 261 229 615 23 4.03
Opponents 565.1 750 544 480 332 496 6 7.64

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[11]—*—*—*8
Baseball America[12]—*—*7
Collegiate Baseball^[13]RV30302416121010765
NCBWA[14]RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV29RV1414*6
D1Baseball[15]—*—*8

^ 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.

Awards and honors

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Summit League honors
Honors Player Year Position
Summit League Player of the Year Jonah Cox Junior INF/OF
Summit League Pitcher of the Year Cade Denton Junior RHP
Summit League Newcomer of the Year Jonah Cox Junior INF/OF
Summit League Defensive Player of the Year Mac McCroskey Redshirt Senior INF
Summit League Coach of the Year Ryan Folmar 11th season Manager
All-Summit League First Team Jake McMurray Senior 1B
Jonah Cox Junior OF
Matt Hogan Redshirt Senior OF
Drew Stahl Junior DH
Jakob Hall Sophomore SP
Cade Denton Junior RP
All-Summit League Second Team Jacob Godman Senior C
Holden Breeze Redshirt Junior 3B
Mac McCroskey Redshirt Senior SS
Justin Quinn Senior OF
Brooks Fowler Sophomore SP
Harley Gollert Redshirt Senior SP
All-Summit League Honorable Mention Blaze Brothers Senior UT

Source:[16]

Regional honors
Honors Player Year Position Performance
Stillwater Regional Most Outstanding Player Cade Denton Junior RHP 3 SV, 4.0 IP, 7 SO, 2.25 ERA

Source:[17]

National honors
Honors Player Year Position Selector(s)
Stopper of the Year Cade Denton Junior RHP NCBWA
All-American First Team Cade Denton Junior RP ABCA
BA
NCBWA
Jonah Cox Junior OF ABCA
CB
All-American Second Team Jonah Cox Junior OF NCBWA
Cade Denton Junior RP CB
All-American Third Team Jonah Cox Junior OF BA
Matt Hogan Redshirt Senior OF NCBWA
Coach of the Year Ryan Folmar 11th Manager NCBWA

Source:[18][19][20][21][22]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Part of a doubleheader.
  2. ^ Series Relocated - Field Conditions.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "#ORUBase Captures 20th Summit League Championship with 21-2 Rout of Four-Seed Omaha". Oral Roberts University Athletics. May 29, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Collegiate Baseball announces 2023 Preseason All-American teams". NCAA.com. December 19, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Carter, Bo. "NCBWA unveils 2023 Preseason All-America Team". sportswriters.net. NCBWA. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". d1baseball.com. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Collazo, Carlos (January 30, 2023). "2023 Preseason College All-American Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Denton Named to NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List". oruathletics.com. February 16, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "NDSU Baseball Series Against Oral Roberts Adjusted". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. April 19, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "Baseball Game vs. Oral Roberts Canceled". soonersports.com. April 25, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". oruathletics.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  11. ^ USA Today Coaches Poll
  12. ^ Baseball America Poll
  13. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  14. ^ NCBWA Poll
  15. ^ D1 Baseball Rankings
  16. ^ "Golden Eagles sweep #SummitBSB individual awards". Summit League. May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  17. ^ "#SummitBSB Weekly Notebook: Super Regional Edition". Summit League. June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  18. ^ "Oral Roberts' Denton wins 2023 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award". June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  19. ^ "2023 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams Announced". abca.org. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  20. ^ "Collegiate Baseball 2023 All-Americans" (PDF). baseballnews.com. June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  21. ^ "NCBWA announces 2023 Division I All-America Teams". sportswriters.net. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  22. ^ "Oral Roberts' Folmar wins 2023 NCBWA Mike Martin National Coach of the Year Award". sportswriters.net. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
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