1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	1990
Team:	The Citadel Bulldogs
Conference:	Southern Conference
Short Conf:	SoCon
Cbrank:	6
Record:	46–14
Conf Record:	13–1
Head Coach:	Chal Port
Hc Year:	26th
Stadium:	College Park
Champion:	1990 Atlantic Regional champions SoCon Baseball Tournament champions Southern Conference Regular season Champions

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games in College Park. The team was coached by Chal Port, in his 26th season at The Citadel.

The Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference baseball tournament, hosted in their home park. They then went on to win the Atlantic Regional of the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, earning a berth in the 1990 College World Series. During the regular season, The Citadel won 26 consecutive games, the longest of any team in the 1990 season.^[1] The Bulldogs were ranked #6 in the final Collegiate Baseball poll.

Three players from the team would go on to serve as head coaches at the Division I level. Dan McDonnell became head coach at Louisville in 2007, Chris Lemonis became head coach at Indiana in 2015, and Tony Skole served as head coach at East Tennessee State from 2000 to 2017 before taking over at The Citadel in 2018.

Schedule

Legend
	The Citadel win
	The Citadel loss
	Non-Conference game

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball game log^[3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record February 9 W 5–4 1–0 February 17 L 3–5 1–1 February 18 NC State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 12–1 2–1 February 21 College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–4 3–1 February 24 College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–3 4–1 February 24 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 5–1 February 25 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 15–4 6–1 February 26 College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 7–1 February 27 Gannon* College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–6 8–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record March 3 at * W 4–0 9–1 March 5 College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 10–1 March 7 W 7–3 11–1 March 8 College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 12–1 March 10 College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 13–1 1–0 March 10 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 14–1 2–0 March 11 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 15–1 3–0 March 13 College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–8 16–1 March 14 College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 17–1 March 15 College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 18–1 March 18 at W 10–5 19–1 4–0 March 18 at Appalachian State Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 5–2 20–1 5–0 March 19 College Park • Charleston, SC W 14–4 21–1 March 20 College Park • Charleston, SC W 16–11 22–1 March 21 Le Moyne* College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 23–1 March 24 College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–1 24–1 6–0 March 24 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–0 25–1 7–0 March 25 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–2 26–1 8–0 March 26 College Park • Charleston, SC W 13–3 27–1 March 27 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 1–2 27–2 March 28 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 7–9 27–3
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record April 1 at * W 2–1 28–3 April 1 at Davidson* Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC L 7–8 28–4 April 3 at * L 12–13 28–5 April 4 Charleston Rainbows (exh) College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–5 April 7 College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–1 29–5 9–0 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–6 29–6 9–1 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–0 30–6 10–1 April 10 South Carolina* College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 30–7 April 11 at Armstrong State* Savannah, GA L 5–21 30–8 April 13 College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–3 31–8 11–1 April 16 College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–8 31–9 April 17 at * L 5–7 31–10 April 18 at * L 4–12 31–11 April 19 Armstrong State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–0 32–11 April 22 at W 4–2 33–11 12–1 April 22 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 18–4 34–11 13–1 April 24 Baptist* College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–4 35–11
Post-season
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoConT Record April 27 Appalachian State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–2 36–11 1–0 April 28 Marshall College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 37–11 2–0 April 28 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–0 38–11 3–0 April 29 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–5 39–11 4–0
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 15 at Savannah, GA L 2–4 39–12 May 16 Armstrong State College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–4 40–12 May 21 College Park • Charleston, SC W 11–2 41–12
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 25 W 11–3 42–12 1–0 May 27 Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 43–12 2–0 May 28 at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–2 44–12 3–0 May 29 at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–1 45–12 4–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 2 (2) L 2–8 45–13 0–1 June 3 Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–7 ^12 46–13 1–1 June 4 (2) LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–6 46–14 1–2

Notes and References

1. News: The Citadel Sends Storm Warning. LA Times. April 22, 2012. May 30, 1990. Gary Klein.
2. Web site: Bulldogs celebrate with victory over Buccaneers. April 24, 2005. March 25, 2013. Citadel Sports. https://archive.today/20130410171028/http://www.citadelsports.com/sports/bsb/2004-05/releases/666864. 2013-04-10. dead.
3. Book: 2012 Baseball Record Book. citadelsports.com. 57. March 25, 2013.