2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball team

2022 season for the Davidson Wildcats baseball program

2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball
Atlantic 10 regular season champion
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record43–13 (20–4 A-10)
Head coach
  • Rucker Taylor (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ryan Munger (9th season)
  • Parker Bangs (4th season)
  • Jake Welch (1st season)
Captains
  • Trevor Candelaria
  • Blake Hely
Home stadiumWilson Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Davidson ‍†‍‍ 20 – 4 – 0   .833 43 – 13 – 0   .768
VCU ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 5 – 0   .792 42 – 20 – 0   .677
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9 – 0   .609 29 – 24 – 0   .547
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 20 – 35 – 0   .364
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 23 – 33 – 0   .411
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 29 – 25 – 0   .537
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 30 – 26 – 0   .536
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 23 – 27 – 0   .460
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 22 – 30 – 0   .423
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 16 – 36 – 0   .308
UMass  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 22 – 26 – 1   .459
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21 – 0   .125 6 – 39 – 0   .133
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 2, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball team represented Davidson College during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. It was the program's 121st baseball season, and their 7th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The regular season began on February 18 and concluded on May 21, 2022.

The season was the program's first ever season winning the Atlantic 10 regular season championship, and the program's first ever season where they won 40 or more games. Additionally, Davidson was one of only two Division I baseball programs (the other being UC Santa Barbara) to win every weekend series during the season. The entered the Atlantic 10 tournament as the top seed, where they won their opening game against George Mason, however, the program lost consecutively to VCU and Richmond, causing them to finish third place in the tournament.

Davidson did not earn an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.

Preseason

Coaches Poll

The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 15, 2022. Davidson was picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10.[2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish Team Points
1 VCU 143 (11)
2 Dayton 122 (1)
3 Rhode Island 101
4 Saint Louis 94
5 Davidson 91
6 Fordham 83
7 George Washington 80
8 Richmond 76
9 Saint Joseph's 73
10 George Mason 33
11 UMass 26
12 St. Bonaventure 14

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Trevor Candelaria and Blake Hely were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.[3]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team
Player No. Position Class
Trevor Candelaria 33 OF Senior
Blake Hely 14 RHP Senior

Personnel

Roster

2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball team
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Coaching Staff

2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball coaching staff
Name Position Seasons at
Davidson		 Alma Mater
Chris Clunie Athletic Director 4 Davidson College (2006)
Rucker Taylor Head Coach 4 Vanderbilt University (2006)
Ryan Munger Assistant Coach 7 Duke University (2013)
Parker Bangs Assistant Coach 2 University of South Carolina (2010)
Jake Welch Volunteer Assistant Coach 1 Bethune-Cookman University (2015)
Dylan Elber Director of Player Development 2 Rutgers University (2013)
Evan Simon Director of Sports Performance 4 Frostburg State University (2002)
Elizabeth Allred Sports Dietitian 11 University of Virginia (1999)
Alex Northrup Assistant Athletic Trainer 1 The Citadel (2021)
Justin Parker Assistant Director 4 Wingate University (2002)
Cameron Krakowiak Student Manager 1 Davidson College (2024)
Ben Laumakis Student Manager 1 Davidson College (2024)

Source[4]

Schedule and results

2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball game log (43–13)
Regular season (42–11)
February (6–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record
February 18 Lehigh* Wilson Field
Davidson, NC		 L 0–5 Luke Rettig (1–0) Nolan Devos (0–1) Will Grisack (1) 333 0–1 —
February 19 Lehigh* Wilson Field W 10–6 Ryan Kutz (1–0) Matt Stamford (0–1) Bennett Flynn (1) 267 1–1 —
February 20 Lehigh* Wilson Field W 9–6 Ryan Feczko (1–0) Nick Pave (0–1) Bennett Flynn (2) 389 2–1 —
February 22 Radford* Wilson Field W 6–4 Will Schomberg (1–0) Gene McGough (0–1) Gabe Levy (1) ESPN+ 208 3–1 —
February 26 No. 22 Bryant* Wilson Field W 3–0 Nolan Devos (1–1) Collin Lowe (1–1) Gabe Levy (2) ESPN+ 313 4–1 —
February 27 No. 22 Bryant* Wilson Field W 11–0 Blake Hely (1–0) Jared Burrows (0–1) — 311 5–1 —
February 28 No. 22 Bryant* Wilson Field W 9–2 Ryan Feczko (2–0) Logan Frasier (0–1) — 259 6–1 —
March (13–4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record
March 2 North Carolina A&T* Wilson Field W 3–0 Alex Fenton (1–0) Jackson Hull (0–1) Gabe Levy (3) 137 7–1 —
March 4 Columbia* Wilson Field W 5–2 Nolan Devos (2–1) Sean Higgins (1–1) Gabe Levy (4) ESPN+ 276 8–1 —
March 5 Columbia* Wilson Field L 6–77[a] Justin Tucker (1–0) Bennett Flynn (0–1) — ESPN+ 343 8–2 —
March 5DH Columbia* Wilson Field L 2–57[b] Andy Leon (1–0) Ryan Kutz (1–1) J.D. Ogden (1) ESPN+ 257 8–3 —
March 6 Columbia* Wilson Field W 6–4 Ryan Feczko (3–0) Billy Black (0–2) Gabe Levy (5) ESPN+ 217 9–3 —
March 8 Appalachian State* Wilson Field Canceled (inclement weather).[c]
March 11 Norfolk State* Wilson Field W 16–0 Nolan Devos (3–1) James Deloatch (1–1) — ESPN+ 227 10–3 —
March 12 Norfolk State* Wilson Field W 12–3 Blake Hely (2–0) Justin Walton (0–3) — ESPN+ 123 11–3 —
March 13 Norfolk State* Wilson Field W 12–1 Ryan Feczko (4–0) Dalton Barham (0–4) — ESPN+ 124 12–3 —
March 15 William & Mary* Wilson Field W 11–47[d] Alex Fenton (2–0) Rojo Prarie (0–1) — ESPN+ 219 13–3 —
March 15DH William & Mary* Wilson Field W 3–17[e] Gabe Levy (1–0) Nate Knowles (1–1) — ESPN+ 268 14–3 —
March 18 Lafayette* Wilson Field W 10–1 Nolan Devos (4–1) Luke Benneche (1–4) — ESPN+ 157 15–3 —
March 19 Lafayette* Wilson Field W 13–2 Blake Hely (3–0) Kyle Subers (0–5) — ESPN+ 344 16–3 —
March 20 Lafayette* Wilson Field W 14–9 Alex Fenton (3–0) Jordan Yoder (1–1) — ESPN+ 277 17–3 —
March 23 at Charlotte* Hayes Stadium
Charlotte, NC		 Canceled (inclement weather).[f]
March 25 UNC Greensboro* Wilson Field L 4–511 Alex Hoppe (4–1) Alex Fenton (3–1) Kross Robinson (3) 231 17–4 —
March 26 at UNC Greensboro* UNCG Baseball Stadium
Greensboro, NC		 W 9–2 Will Schomberg (2–0) Jared Mathewson (2–2) — ESPN+ 256 18–4 —
March 27 vs. UNC Greensboro* Truist Point
High Point, NC		 W 7–3 Ryan Feczko (5–0) Hunter Shuey (0–2) Gabe Levy (6) 272 19–4 —
March 29 at North Carolina A&T* World War Memorial Stadium
Greensboro, NC		 L 2–313 Jeremiah Foster (1–0) Danny Rosenfield (0–1) — ESPN+ 125 19–5 —
April (13–4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record
April 1 Richmond Wilson Field W 8–5 Nolan Devos (5–1) Jeremy Neff (1–3) — ESPN+ 446 20–5 1–0
April 2 Richmond Wilson Field W 8–711 Will Schomberg (3–0) Rob Ready (1–1) — ESPN+ 447 21–5 2–0
April 3 Richmond Wilson Field W 4–3 Ryan Feczko (6–0) Alden Mathes (2–2) Bennett Flynn (3) ESPN+ 423 22–5 3–0
April 5 at Duke* Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Durham, NC		 Postponed (inclement weather). Make-up date May 17.
April 8 at VCU The Diamond
Richmond, VA		 L 6–7 Nolan Wilson (3–0) Alex Fenton (3–2) — ESPN+ 394 22–6 3–1
April 9 at VCU The Diamond W 7–2 Blake Hely (4–0) Cade Dressler (0–1) — ESPN+ 634 23–6 4–1
April 10 at VCU The Diamond W 7–2 Ryan Feczko (7–0) Chase Hungate (3–3) — ESPN+ 557 24–6 5–1
April 12 at Radford* Radford Baseball Stadium
Radford, VA		 W 13–9 Will Schomberg (4–0) William Flanagan (0–4) — ESPN+ 100 25–6 —
April 15 at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park
Olean, NY		 W 5–3 Bennett Flynn (1–1) Branden Myers (0–1) Gabe Levy (7) 150 26–6 6–1
April 16 at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park W 10–3 Blake Hely (5–0) Bryce Hediger (0–5) Will Schomberg (1) ESPN+ 135 27–6 7–1
April 16DH at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park W 11–4 Ryan Feczko (8–0) Tripp Breen (1–3) — ESPN+ 202 28–6 8–1
April 19 at Winthrop* Winthrop Ballpark
Rock Hill, SC		 W 15–5 Bennett Flynn (2–1) Parker Kruglewicz (0–1) — ESPN+ 311 29–6 —
April 22 Rhode Island Wilson Field L 5–7 Ryan Twitchell (1–4) Will Schomberg (4–1) Bryan Kraus (2) ESPN+ 343 29–7 8–2
April 23 Rhode Island Wilson Field W 23–12 Blake Hely (6–0) Domenic Picone (3–4) — ESPN+ 444 30–7 9–2
April 24 Rhode Island Wilson Field W 9–5 Bennett Flynn (3–1) Bo Brutti (1–1) — ESPN+ 456 31–7 10–2
April 26 at Appalachian State* Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium
Boone, NC		 L 9–10 Shane Roberts (1–0) Isaac Fix (0–1) — 204 31–8 —
April 29 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center
St. Louis, MO		 L 5–6 Logan Schmitt (7–1) Nolan Devos (5–2) Cameron Pferrer (7) ESPN+ 198 31–9 10–3
April 30 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center W 9–2 Blake Hely (7–0) Trevor Harris (4–6) Gabe Levy (8) ESPN+ 133 32–9 11–3
May (9–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record
May 1 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center W 13–7 Ryan Kutz (2–1) Jack Weber (0–3) — ESPN+ 193 33–9 12–3
May 4 Winthrop* Wilson Field W 12–28[g] Isaac Fix (1–1) Tyler Jones (1–6) — ESPN+ 253 34–9 —
May 6 UMass Wilson Field W 5–3 Nolan Devos (6–2) Kevin Dow (6–3) Bennett Flynn (4) ESPN+ 176 35–9 13–3
May 7 UMass Wilson Field W 28–0 Blake Hely (8–0) Tyler Dalton (1–4) — ESPN+ 333 36–9 14–3
May 8 UMass Wilson Field W 12–3 Ryan Feczko (9–0) Zach Clevenger (1–2) — ESPN+ 307 37–9 15–3
May 12 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field
Philadelphia, PA		 W 6–2 Nolan Devos (7–2) Ian McCole (2–5) Bennett Flynn (5) ESPN+ 225 38–9 16–3
May 13 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field W 6–0 Blake Hely (9–0) Luke Smith (4–5) — ESPN+ 210 39–9 17–3
May 14 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field W 8–7 Gabe Levy (2–0) Ryan Devine (2–4) Will Schomberg (2) ESPN+ 200 40–9 18–3
May 17 at Duke*
Rescheduled from April 5		 Jack Coombs Field[h]
Durham, NC		 L 2–11 Aaron Beasley (1–0) Nick Shedleski (0–1) — ACCNX 768 40–10 —
May 19 George Mason Wilson Field W 17–4 Nolan Devos (8–2) Ben Shields (2–3) — 234 41–10 19–3
May 20 George Mason Wilson Field L 4–9 Ryan Peterson (4–2) Blake Hely (9–1) Chad Gartland (3) 268 41–11 19–4
May 21 George Mason Wilson Field W 12–4 Ryan Feczko (10–0) Danny Hosley (3–4) — ESPN+ 245 42–11 20–4
Postseason (1–2)
A10 Tournament (1–2)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10T Record
May 25 (5) George Mason
Game 4		 (1) Wilson Field W 6–2 Nolan Devos (9–2) Ryan Peterson (4–3) Bennett Flynn (6) ESPN+ 394 43–11 1–0
May 26 (2) VCU
Semifinal		 (1) Wilson Field L 6–14 Evan Chenier (2–0) Blake Hely (9–2) — ESPN+ 825 43–12 1–1
May 26 (7) Richmond
Third place game		 (1) Wilson Field L 9–12 Winston Allen (1–1) Will Schomberg (4–2) — ESPN+ 677 43–13 1–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Davidson team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Schedule Notes

  1. ^ Game 1 of doubleheader vs. Columbia was reduced to seven innings.
  2. ^ Game 2 of doubleheader vs. Columbia was reduced to seven innings.
  3. ^ Home game of home-and-home series vs. Appalachian State was never rescheduled.
  4. ^ Game 1 of doubleheader vs. William & Mary was reduced to seven innings.
  5. ^ Game 2 of doubleheader vs. William & Mary was reduced to seven innings.
  6. ^ Single-game series vs. Charlotte was never rescheduled.
  7. ^ Game ended after 8 innings due to run rule
  8. ^ Duke plays home matches at Jack Coombs Field during weekday games and Durham Bulls Athletic Park during weekend games.

Tournaments

Atlantic 10 Tournament

Atlantic 10 Tournament Teams
(1) Davidson Wildcats (2) VCU Rams (3) Saint Louis Billikens (4) Rhode Island Rams (5) George Mason Patriots (6) Saint Joseph's Hawks (7) Richmond Spiders
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Davidson6
5George Mason2
4Rhode Island3
5George Mason7
1Davidson6
2VCU14
3Saint Louis1
6Saint Joseph's2
2VCU8
6Saint Joseph's4
2VCU4
7Richmond3
2VCU10—
7Richmond7—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5George Mason3
4Rhode Island17Richmond71Davidson9
7Richmond47Richmond167Richmond12
3Saint Louis4
3Saint Louis10
6Saint Joseph's6

Statistics

Statistics current through May 20, 2022.[5]

Team batting

Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO
Davidson 1814 .304 552 133 14 78 417 .522 305 463
Opponents 1710 .217 371 79 5 39 186 .337 194 509

Team pitching

Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Davidson 463.2 371 215 186 194 509 15 3.61
Opponents 441.0 552 450 411 305 463 6 8.39

Individual batting

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played

Player GP AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB

Individual pitching

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G

Player GP GS W L IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  AB  At-bats
  H  Hits  Avg.  Batting average  2B  Doubles
 3B  Triples  HR  Home runs  RBI  Runs batted in
  IP  Innings pitched   W Wins  L  Losses
 ERA  Earned run average  SO  Strikeouts  BB  Base on balls
 SV  Saves  SB  Stolen bases  High  Team high

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[6]——*RV————RVRVRV—RVRVRV
Baseball America[7]——————————————
Collegiate Baseball^[8]——————————————
NCBWA†[9]————RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
D1Baseball[10]——————————————

^ 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

  1. ^ "2022 Baseball Standings". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Defending Champion VCU Selected to Repeat for A-10 Baseball Title". atlantic10.com. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Denny, A.J. (February 4, 2022). "Conference Preview: Atlantic 10". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Baseball Coaches". Davidson College Athletics. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 Baseball Cumulative Statistics". Davidson College Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  9. ^ "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  10. ^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

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