2024 UCF Knights baseball team

2024 UCF Knights baseball
2024 UCF Knights baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	29–15 (11–12 Big 12)
Head coach	Rich Wallace;
Assistant coaches	Norberto Lopez; Drew Thomas; Ted Tom;
Home stadium	John Euliano Park
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 UCF Knights baseball team represents the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the sport of baseball during the 2024 college baseball season. This is the Knights' first season as members of the Big 12 Conference. Home games are played at John Euliano Park on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The team is coached by Rich Wallace in his first season as UCF's head coach.

2024 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Oklahoma ‍‍‍	18	–	6	.750	29	–	17	.630
No. 19 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	32	–	16	.667
Texas ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	30	–	19	.612
West Virginia ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	28	–	18	.609
Kansas ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	27	–	17	.614
Cincinnati ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	27	–	21	.563
Kansas State ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	28	–	19	.596
TCU ‍‍‍	13	–	14	.481	29	–	16	.644
UCF ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	29	–	15	.659
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	30	–	20	.600
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	20	–	26	.435
Houston ‍‍‍	6	–	17	.261	23	–	24	.489
BYU ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	18	–	26	.409

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 6, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1baseball

Preseason edit

Big 12 coaches poll edit

The Big 12 Conference preseason poll was released on January 25, 2024, with the Knights predicted to finish in tenth place.^[2]

Rank	School (1st Place Votes)	Total
Coaches Poll
1	TCU (11)	143
2	Texas (2)	131
3	Oklahoma State	119
4	Texas Tech	107
5	Kansas State	98
T6	Oklahoma	85
T6	West Virginia	85
8	Kansas	67
9	Houston	56
10	UCF	45
11	Baylor	36
T12	BYU	21
T12	Cincinnati	21

Schedule edit

Legend
	UCF win
	UCF loss
	Postponement
Bold	UCF team member

2024 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February (6–0)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record
February 16	Bryant	John Euliano Park Orlando, FL	W 12–11	A. Galvan (1–0)	J. Burrows (0–1)	C. Centala (1)	2,602	1–0
February 17	Bryant	John Euliano Park		No Contest				1–0
February 18	Bryant	John Euliano Park		Cancelled				1–0
February 21	at Miami	Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL	W 4–3	K. Kramer (1–0)	B. Chestnutt (0–1)	C. Centala (2)	2,400	2–0
February 23	Samford	John Euliano Park	W 18–3⁷	B. Vespi (1–0)	B. Rice (1–1)	None	1,812	3–0
February 24	Samford	John Euliano Park	W 9–6	A. Galvan (2–0)	J. Holifield (1–1)	C. Centala (3)	2,487	4–0
February 25	Samford	John Euliano Park	W 12–2⁷	D. Stagliano (1–0)	W. Lynch (0–1)	None	2,154	5–0
February 27	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL	W 11–6	C. Boxrucker (1–0)	B. Ostrander (0–2)	None	522	6–0

March (12–7)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
March 1	South Florida	John Euliano Park	W 3–2¹⁰	C. Centala (1–0)	B. Archie (0–1)	None	2,150	7–0	–
March 2	South Florida	John Euliano Park	L 5–7	J. Volini (1–0)	N. Victor (0–1)	C. Dorsey (1)	2,812	7–1	–
March 3	South Florida	John Euliano Park	W 1–0	K. Kramer (2–0)	M. Brown (1–1)	C. Centala (4)	2,400	8–1	–
March 6	at Florida	Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL	W 9–6	D. Castellano (2–0)	L. McNeillie (1–2)	K. Kramer (1)	5,330	9–1	–
March 8	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park Norman, OK	L 3–4	M. Witherspoon (1–1)	W. Hartley (0–1)	K. Witherspoon (1)	1,569	9–2	0–1
March 9	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park	L 3–11	G. Stevens (2–0)	T. Nesbitt (0–1)	None	1,673	9–3	0–2
March 10	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park	L 2–14⁷	J. Hitt (1–1)	D. Stagliano (0–1)	None	1,621	9–4	0–3
March 13	Stetson	John Euliano Park	W 7–1	W. Hartley (1–1)	J. Modugno (0–1)	None	1,569	10–4	–
March 15	Oklahoma State	John Euliano Park	W 13–2	B. Vespi (2–0)	S. Garcia (2–2)	None	2,256	11–4	1–3
March 16	Oklahoma State	John Euliano Park	W 4–3	C. Centala (2–0)	G. Davis (1–1)	None	2,189	12–4	2–3
March 17	Oklahoma State	John Euliano Park	L 10–16	T. Molsky (2–0)	C. Boxrucker (1–1)	None	1,746	12–5	2–4
March 19	Florida Atlantic	John Euliano Park	W 3–2	C. Centala (3–0)	D. Trehey (1–1)	None	1,811	13–5	–
March 22	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS	L 3–13	R. Dutton (5–1)	B. Vespi (2–1)	None	654	13–6	2–5
March 23	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark	W 6–2	K. Kramer (3–0)	T. Cain (0–2)	C. Centala (5)	323	14–6	3–5
March 23	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark	W 4–1	W. Hartley (2–1)	G. Brasosky (1–1)	D. Castellano (1)	705	15–6	4–5
March 26	at Jacksonville	John Sessions Stadium Jacksonville, FL	W 4–1	C. Boxrucker (2–1)	B. Barquin (0–2)	None	244	16–6	–
March 28	Texas Tech	John Euliano Park	W 5–4	K. Kramer (4–0)	J. Sanders (1–1)	None	1,908	17–6	5–5
March 29	Texas Tech	John Euliano Park	W 2–1	D. Stagliano (1–1)	K. Robinson (3–3)	C. Centala (6)	2,106	18–6	6–5
March 30	Texas Tech	John Euliano Park	L 2–3	M. Heuer (3–2)	W. Hartley (2–2)	C. Kaase (1)	2,024	18–7	6–6

April (9–8)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
April 2	at Bethune–Cookman	No. 20	Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	W 14–1	C. Boxrucker (3–1)	C. Lipovsky (0–1)	None	263	19–7	–
April 5	Kansas State	No. 20	John Euliano Park	W 7–4	K. Kramer (5–0)	J. Frost (2–1)	C. Centala (7)	2,109	20–7	7–6
April 6	Kansas State	No. 20	John Euliano Park	L 3–4	O. Boerema (3–2)	D. Stagliano (1–2)	T. Neighbors (2)	2,185	20–8	7–7
April 7	Kansas State	No. 20	John Euliano Park	W 6–1	D. Castellano (3–0)	B. Dean (2–3)	None	1,847	21–8	8–7
April 10	at Stetson	No. 17	Melching Field at Conrad Park DeLand, FL	L 3–5	D. Jacobs (1–1)	K. Kramer (5–1)	B. Walker (1)	1,473	21–9	–
April 12	at West Virginia	No. 17	Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV	L 6–7	C. Estridge (1–1)	K. Kramer (5–2)	D. Hagaman (2)	2,259	21–10	8–8
April 13	at West Virginia	No. 17	Monongalia County Ballpark	L 5–7	D. Clark (4–0)	D. Stagliano (1–3)	None	3,913	21–11	8–9
April 14	at West Virginia	No. 17	Monongalia County Ballpark	L 10–11¹¹	V. Kempen (6–1)	S. Bauer (0–1)	None	3,451	21–12	8–10
April 16	North Florida		John Euliano Park	W 10–3	T. Nesbitt (1–1)	J. Wimpelberg (1–3)	None	1,622	22–12	–
April 19	Central Michigan		John Euliano Park	L 0–2	B. Vitas (2–4)	B. Vespi (2–2)	None	1,759	22–13	–
April 20	Central Michigan		John Euliano Park	W 17–2	D. Stagliano (2–3)	T. Miller (1–4)	None	1,725	23–13	–
April 21	Central Michigan		John Euliano Park	W 23–3⁷	D. Castellano (4–0)	E. Waters (2–3)	None	2,017	24–13	–
April 23	Florida Gulf Coast		John Euliano Park	W 10–3	S. Bauer (1–1)	J. Bunz (1–2)	None	1,542	25–13	–
April 26	Cincinnati		John Euliano Park	L 4–9	C. Marsh (3–2)	K. Kramer (5–3)	None	1,661	25–14	8–11
April 27	Cincinnati		John Euliano Park	W 23–3	D. Castellano (5–0)	C. Mitchelle (0–3)	None	2,120	26–14	9–11
April 28	Cincinnati		John Euliano Park	L 2–8	C. Horst (3–0)	C. Boxrucker (3–2)	G. Hugus (2)	1,763	26–15	9–12
April 30	at North Florida		Harmon Stadium Jacksonville, FL	W 6–2	T. Kozera (4–2)	C. Boroski (0–3)	K. Sosnowski (1)	525	27–15	–

May (2–0)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
May 3	at Houston	Schroeder Park Houston, TX	W 4–1	B. Vespi (3–2)	C. Citelli (3–2)	D. Castellano (2)	2,094	28–15	10–12
May 4	at Houston	Schroeder Park	W 6–4	K. Kramer (6–3)	J. Torrealba (0–1)	K. Sosnowski (2)	1,958	29–15	11–12
May 5	at Houston	Schroeder Park	Canceled (rain)^[3]
May 8	at North Florida	Harmon Stadium		Time: 6:00 p.m.				–	–
May 10	Texas	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 11	Texas	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 12	Texas	John Euliano Park		Time: 1:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 14	Bethune–Cookman	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:00 p.m.				–	–
May 16	at Baylor	Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX		Time: 7:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 17	at Baylor	Baylor Ballpark		Time: 7:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 18	at Baylor	Baylor Ballpark		Time: 2:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–

Post-Season

Big 12 Tournament
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament Record
May 21–25	TBD		Globe Life Field Arlington, TX	Time: TBA				ESPN+		-	-

Schedule Source:^[4]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[5]	—	—*	—	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	19	RV	RV	—	—
Baseball America^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[7]	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	16	RV	RV	—
D1Baseball^[8]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	17	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game^[9]	—	—	—	RV	—	—	RV	20	17	RV	—	—	—

† 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

^ "2024 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
^ "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll".
^ Warnick, James (May 5, 2024). "Sunday's Series Finale at Houston Washed Out". UCFKnights.com.
^ Baseball Schedule
^ Baseball Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America College: Top 25
^ NCBWA Division I poll
^ D1 Baseball
^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings

[1] "2024 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

[2] "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll".

[3] Warnick, James (May 5, 2024). "Sunday's Series Finale at Houston Washed Out". UCFKnights.com.

[4] Baseball Schedule

[5] Baseball Coaches Poll

[6] Baseball America College: Top 25

[7] NCBWA Division I poll

[8] D1 Baseball

[9] Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings

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