| Year: | 2014 |
| Division: | Division I |
| Teams: | 64 |
| Collegeworldseriesballpark: | TD Ameritrade Park |
| City: | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Champions: | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Runner-Up: | Virginia Cavaliers |
| Cwscount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Tim Corbin |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mop: | Dansby Swanson |
| Mopteam: | Vanderbilt |
| Television: | ESPN Networks |
| Tournament Link: | NCAA Division I Baseball Championship |
The 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014, as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014, with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.[1] [2]
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams.[3] A total of 31 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-3-game series that determined the 8 participants of the College World Series.
| School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Berth | Last NCAA appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25–25 (11–12) | 2013 (Raleigh Regional) | ||||
| 44–15 (14–9) | 2008 (College Station Regional) | ||||
| 36–25 (14–16) | 2013 (Nashville Regional) | ||||
| 37–21 (17–9) | First appearance | ||||
| 34–20 (16–9) | 2009 (Greenville Regional) | ||||
| 42–15 (17–7) | 2012 (College Station Regional) | ||||
| 29–27 (8–10) | 2009 (Houston Regional) | ||||
| 40–19 (18–8) | 1990 (West I Regional) | ||||
| 42–13 (21–3) | 2013 (Bloomington Regional) | ||||
| 45–10 (19–5) | Regular season | 2013 (Los Angeles Regional) | |||
| 41–17 (15–6) | 2012 (Gainesville Regional) | ||||
| 41–18 (23–7) | 2013 (Eugene Regional) | ||||
| 16–36 (6–17) | 2004 (Austin Regional) | ||||
| 29–18 (15–5) | 2013 (Fullerton Regional) | ||||
| 26–31 (17–7) | 1999 (Winston-Salem Regional) | ||||
| 36–21 (16–11) | 2012 (Gary Regional) | ||||
| 26–31 (14–10) | 2012 (Gainesville Regional) | ||||
| 40–19 (14–7) | 2012 (Waco Regional) | ||||
| 42–19 (17–13) | 2013 (Los Angeles Regional) | ||||
| 42–14 (19–5) | 2013 (Manhattan Regional) | ||||
| 36–25 (18–12) | 2010 (Auburn Regional) | ||||
| 42–12 (23–7) | Regular season | 2013 (Corvallis Regional) | |||
| 30–19–1 (15–5) | 2010 (Columbia Regional) | ||||
| 44–14–1 (17–11–1) | 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional) | ||||
| 39–21 (15–12) | 2011 (Columbia Regional) | ||||
| 37–23 (14–10) | 1994 (South Regional) | ||||
| 31–23 (9–15) | 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional) | ||||
| 25–24 (9–12) | 1956 (District 5) | ||||
| 53–7 (26–4) | 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional) | ||||
| 39–16 (18–9) | 2012 (Palo Alto Regional) | ||||
| 39–22 (21–6) | First appearance |
| Conference | Total | Schools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC | 10 | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt | |
| ACC | 7 | Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia | |
| Big 12 | 5 | Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech | |
| Pac-12 | 5 | Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington | |
| Big West | 4 | Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Irvine | |
| American | 2 | Houston, Louisville | |
| Big South | 2 | Campbell, Liberty | |
| Big Ten | 2 | Indiana, Nebraska | |
| Conference USA | 2 | Old Dominion, Rice | |
| Missouri Valley | 2 | Dallas Baptist, Indiana State | |
| Mountain West | 2 | San Diego State, UNLV | |
| Southland | 2 | Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana | |
| America East | 1 | Binghamton | |
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | George Mason | |
| Atlantic Sun | 1 | Kennesaw State | |
| Big East | 1 | Xavier | |
| Colonial | 1 | College of Charleston | |
| Horizon | 1 | Youngstown State | |
| Ivy | 1 | Columbia | |
| MAAC | 1 | Siena | |
| Mid-American | 1 | Kent State | |
| MEAC | 1 | Bethune-Cookman | |
| NEC | 1 | Bryant | |
| Ohio Valley | 1 | Jacksonville State | |
| Patriot | 1 | Bucknell | |
| Southern | 1 | Georgia Southern | |
| SWAC | 1 | Jackson State | |
| Summit | 1 | North Dakota State | |
| Sun Belt | 1 | Louisiana–Lafayette | |
| WAC | 1 | Sacramento State | |
| West Coast | 1 | Pepperdine |
The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:
Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament
Bold indicates winner.
Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
The 2014 College World Series began on June 14, 2014, and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. It concluded on June 25, 2014, with Vanderbilt winning the national championship by defeating Virginia 2 games to 1 in the final round.[2]
| School | Conference | Record (conference) | Head coach | Previous CWS Appearances | Best CWS Finish | CWS record Not including this year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50–15 (19–5) | 2 | 5th | 1–4 | ||||
| 46–19 (19–11) | 4 | 4th | 3–8 | ||||
| 47–16 (17–7) | 1 | 3rd | 3–2 | ||||
| 43–19 (13–11) | 34 | 1st | 82–57 | ||||
| 45–19 (14–10) | none | none | 0–0 | ||||
| 40–23 (15–9) | 1 | 3rd | 2–2 | ||||
| 46–19 (17–13) | 1 | 3rd | 2–2 | ||||
| 49–14 (22–8) | 2 | 3rd | 3–4 |
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.
| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Saving Pitcher | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 14 | Game 1 | 3–1 | Evan Brock | Nathan Thornhill | — | ||||
| Game 2 | 5–3 | Adam Ravenelle | |||||||
| June 15 | Game 3 | 3–2 | Riley Ferrell | Jonny Drozd | — | ||||
| Game 4 | 2–1 | Artie Lewicki | Aaron Greenwood | — | |||||
| June 16 | Game 5 | 4–1 | Parker French | Anthony Kidston | Travis Duke | Louisville eliminated | |||
| Game 6 | 6–4 | Elliot Surrey | — | ||||||
| June 17 | Game 7 | 2–1 | Scott Weathersby | Cameron Smith | — | Texas Tech eliminated | |||
| Game 8 | 3–2 (15) | Artie Lewicki | Trey Teakell | — | Longest game in College World Series history | ||||
| June 18 | Game 9 | 1–0 | Chad Hollingsworth | Evan Manarino | Travis Duke | UC Irvine eliminated | |||
| June 19 | Game 10 | 6–4 | Josh Laxer | Jordan Kipper | Aaron Greenwood | TCU eliminated | |||
| June 20 | Game 11 | 4–0 | Nathan Thornhill | Tyler Ferguson | — | ||||
| June 20/21 | Game 12 | 4–1 | Chris Ellis | Ole Miss eliminated | |||||
| June 21 | Game 13 | 4–3 (10) | Hayden Stone | John Curtiss | — | Texas eliminated | |||
| June 23 | Final Game 1 | 9–8 | Jared Miller | Adam Ravenelle | |||||
| June 24 | Final Game 2 | 7–2 | — | ||||||
| June 25 | Final Game 3 | 3–2 | Hayden Stone | Adam Ravenelle | Vanderbilt wins College World Series |
Game began Friday night at 7:00 pm CT. A rain delay occurred at 7:32 pm. The game was suspended at 9:05 pm and resumed Saturday at 2:02 pm.[4]
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.[5]
| Position | Player | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Artie Lewicki | style= | Virginia | |
| style= | Virginia | |||
| C | Nate Irving | style= | Virginia | |
| 1B | style= | TCU | ||
| 2B | Branden Cogswell | style= | Virginia | |
| 3B | Tyler Campbell | style= | Vanderbilt | |
| SS | C. J. Hinojosa | style= | Texas | |
| OF | Brandon Downes | style= | Virginia | |
| John Norwood | style= | Vanderbilt | ||
| style= | Vanderbilt | |||
| DH | Dansby Swanson (MOP) | style= | Vanderbilt |
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
| Place | School | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vanderbilt | 10–3 | |
| 2nd |
| 9–3 | |
| 3rd | Ole Miss | 7–3 | |
| Texas | 8–3 | ||
| 5th |
| 6–3 | |
| UC Irvine | 6–3 | ||
| 7th | Louisville | 5–2 | |
| Texas Tech | 5–3 | ||
| 9th < | -- All of these teams lost in the same round, so therefore they have the same placing even if they played and won an extra game by going through the loser's bracket --> | College of Charleston | 3–2 |
| Houston | 4–3 | ||
| Kennesaw State | 3–3 | ||
| 5–3 | ||
| Maryland | 4–2 | ||
| Oklahoma State | 3–2 | ||
| Pepperdine | 4–2 | ||
| Stanford | 5–3 | ||
| 17th < | -- All of these teams lost in the same round, so therefore they have the same placing even if they played and won an extra game by going through the loser's bracket --> | Alabama | 3–2 |
| Arkansas | 2–2 | ||
| Cal Poly | 2–2 | ||
| Cal State Fullerton | 2–2 | ||
| 2–2 | ||
| Kentucky | 2–2 | ||
| Long Beach State | 2–2 | ||
| 2–2 | ||
| Miami (FL) | 3–2 | ||
| Mississippi State | 2–2 | ||
| Oregon | 2–2 | ||
| 3–2 | ||
| Sam Houston State | 2–2 | ||
| South Carolina | 2–2 | ||
| Texas A&M | 3–2 | ||
| Washington | 2–2 | ||
| 33rd | Bethune-Cookman | 1–2 | |
| Bucknell | 1–2 | ||
| Campbell | 1–2 | ||
| Georgia Southern | 1–2 | ||
| Georgia Tech | 1–2 | ||
| Jackson State | 1–2 | ||
| Kansas | 1–2 | ||
| Nebraska | 1–2 | ||
| North Carolina | 1–2 | ||
| Rice | 1–2 | ||
| Sacramento State | 1–2 | ||
| Siena | 1–2 | ||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1–2 | ||
| UNLV | 1–2 | ||
| Xavier | 1–2 | ||
| Youngstown State | 1–2 | ||
| 49th | Arizona State | 0–2 | |
| Binghamton | 0–2 | ||
| Bryant | 0–2 | ||
| Clemson | 0–2 | ||
| Columbia | 0–2 | ||
| Dallas Baptist | 0–2 | ||
| 0–2 | ||
| 0–2 | ||
| George Mason | 0–2 | ||
| Indiana State | 0–2 | ||
| Jacksonville State | 0–2 | ||
| Kent State | 0–2 | ||
| Liberty | 0–2 | ||
| North Dakota State | 0–2 | ||
| Old Dominion | 0–2 | ||
| San Diego State | 0–2 |
| Conference |
| Record | Win % | RF | SR | WS | NS | CS | NC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern | 10 | 33–22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Atlantic Coast | 7 | 18–15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Big 12 | 5 | 23–13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| American | 2 | 9–5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Big West | 4 | 12–9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pac-12 | 5 | 12–11 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| West Coast | 1 | 4–2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sun Belt | 1 | 5–3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Colonial | 1 | 3–2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Atl Sun | 1 | 3–3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Big Ten | 2 | 3–4 | 1 | |||||||
| Southland | 2 | 3–4 | 1 | |||||||
| Big South | 2 | 1–4 | ||||||||
| Conference USA | 2 | 1–4 | ||||||||
| Mountain West | 2 | 1–4 | ||||||||
| Missouri Valley | 2 | 0–4 | ||||||||
| 8–30 |
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
NRG Media, in conjunction with Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at westwoodonesports.com. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.[6]
ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Mike Rooney providing analysis. Bases Loaded aired Friday and Saturday from 2:00 pm–midnight ET, Sunday from 2:00 pm–1:00 am ET, and Monday from 6:00 pm–1:00 am ET on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired Bases Loaded in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.[7]
Regionals[8]
Super Regionals[9]
College World Series[10]
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