2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | The American |
| Record: | 26-29-1 |
| Conf Record: | 13-10-1 |
| Head Coach: | Ty Neal |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach1: | John Lackaff |
| Ac1 Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach2: | Ted Tom |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Dustin Coffman |
| Ac3 Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Marge Schott Stadium |
The 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats play their home games at Marge Schott Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Ty Neal, in his third season at Cincinnati. the 2015 UC Baseball team was the youngest team in the nation last season and will be competing for that title again in 2016. The team features 29 underclassmen (14 freshmen, two redshirt freshmen, 12 sophomores and one redshirt sophomore) to just six upperclassmen (two juniors, one redshirt junior and three seniors).
On March 21, 2016 Cincinnati defeated Northwestern 10–3 for the 8th straight win, also the 200th win at Marge Schott Stadium. The 8–0 record at home is the best start for any UC team at home since going a perfect 10–0 at home in 1961. Cincinnati finished the home schedule with an 18–7 record, the best winning percentage in the history of Marge Schott Stadium
Previous season
In 2015, the Bearcats finished 8th in the American with a record of 15-41, 6–18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Ian Happ was drafted ninth overall by the Chicago Cubs. Happ was named first team American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), he was previously named First Team All-America by D1Baseball.com and was added to the second team by Baseball America, the NCBWA, Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball and College Sports Madness. He also was named a First Team Capital One Academic All-American by CoSIDA, along with AAC Player of the year[1]
Schedule
| 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball Game Log[2] |
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| Regular Season |
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| February |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | AAC record |
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| February 19 | at #7 * | | L 5–6 (12) | Cartwright (1–0) | Orndorff (0–1) | None | | 11,906 | 0–1 | — | | February 20 | at #7 LSU* | Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA | L 0–4 | Lange (1–0) | Patishall (0–1) | None | SECN+ | 11,573 | 0–2 | — | | February 21 | at #7 LSU* | Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA | L 4–12 | Valek III (1–0) | Olasz (0–1) | None | SECN+ | 10,334 | 0–3 | — | | February 26 | vs * | Foley Field • Athens, GA Georgia Foley Field Tournament | L 2–5 | King (1–0) | Zellner (0–1) | Elder (2) | | | 0–4 | — | | February 27 | at * | Foley Field • Athens, GA Georgia Foley Field Tournament | L 6–7 (10) | Gist (1–0) | Kullman (0–1) | None | SECN+ | 2,522 | 0–5 | — | | February 28 | vs * | Foley Field • Athens, GA Georgia Foley Field Tournament | L 2–3 | — | — | — | | | 0–6 | — | |
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| March |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | AAC record |
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| March 2 | at Tennessee* | | L 1–7 | Vasquez (1–0) | Alldred (0–1) | None | | 1,096 | 0–7 | — | | March 4 | at Coastal Carolina* | | W 10–7 | Zellner (1–1) | Bilous (0–1) | None | Big South Network | 1,417 | 1–7 | — | | March 5 | vs. * | Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Chanticleer Classic | L 3–4 | Brockhouse (1–1) | Perez (0–1) | None | | 114 | 1–8 | — | | March 5 | vs. Ball State* | Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Chanticleer Classic | L 4–6 | Burns (2–0) | Olasz (0–2) | Butler (2) | | 107 | 1–9 | — | | March 6 | vs. #7 Ole Miss* | Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC Chanticleer Classic | L 1–7 | Johnson (3–0) | Lowe II (0–1) | None | | 123 | 1–10 | — | | March 8 | at * | | L 4–8 | Strecker (2–0) | Yoakam (0–1) | None | SECN+ | 2,062 | 1–11 | — | | March 11 | | | W 8–7 (10) | Kullman (1–1) | Remillard (0–1) | None | | | 2–11 | — | | March 11 | Canisius* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 6–1 | Perez (1–1) | Shepley (1–2) | None | | 723 | 3–11 | — | | March 12 | Canisius* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 7–6 | Clearly (1–0) | Stevenson (0–4) | Orndorff (1) | | | 4–11 | — | | March 12 | Canisius* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 5–1 | Colvin (1–0) | Smith (0–1) | None | | 742 | 5–11 | — | | March 15 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 7–2 | Orndorff (1–1) | Graham (1–2) | Yoakam (1) | | 1,081 | 6–11 | — | | March 19 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 1–0 | Zellner (2–1) | Reed (2–1) | None | | 431 | 7–11 | — | | March 20 | Northwestern* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 6–5 | Kullman (2–1) | Bordignon (1–2) | None | | 388 | 8–11 | — | | March 21 | Northwestern* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 10–3 | Orndorff (2–1) | Kubiuk (0–1) | None | | 292 | 9–11 | — | | March 25 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 4–0 | Zellner (3–1) | Lowther (2–3) | None | | — | 10–11 | — | | March 25 | Xavier* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 9–2 | Perez (2–1) | Jacknewitz (0–4) | None | | 607 | 11–11 | — | | March 26 | at Xavier* | J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH | L 3–6 | Kirschner (2–1) | Kullman (2–2) | Schilling (4) | | 478 | 11–12 | — | | March 29 | at Indiana* | | W 5–0 | Olasz (1–2) | Milto (1–1) | None | | 2,279 | 12–12 | — | |
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| April |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | AAC record |
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| April 1 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 3–5 | Sanders (3–1) | Zellner (3–2) | Evald (6) | | 503 | 12–13 | 0–1 | | April 2 | South Florida | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 3–2 | Perez (3–1) | Lawson (3–2) | Yoakam (1) | | 492 | 13–13 | 1–1 | | April 3 | South Florida | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 4–3 (14) | Yoakam (1–1) | Perez (0–3) | None | | 471 | 14–13 | 2–1 | | April 5 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 5–7 | Milto (3–1) | Lehnen (0–1) | | | 332 | 14–14 | — | | April 6 | Indiana* | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 3–7 | Swaney (4–1) | Hammans (0–1) | None | | 366 | 14–15 | — | | April 8 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 3–2 (13) | Kullman (3–2) | Nepiarsky (1–1) | None | | 241 | 15–15 | 3–1 | | April 9 | Connecticut | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 3–2 | Perez (4–1) | Over (0–3) | Orndorff (2) | | 558 | 16–15 | 4–1 | | April 10 | Connecticut | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 2–4 | Montgomerie (2–1) | Orndorff (2–2) | Polonia (4) | | 412 | 16–16 | 4–2 | | April 12 | vs. Wright State* | Hayden Park • Oxford, OH Joe Nuxhall Classic | L 1–6 | Sexton (3–2) | Olasz (1–3) | None | | 102 | 16–17 | — | | April 13 | vs. Xavier* | Hayden Park • Oxford, OH Joe Nuxhall Classic | L 5–8 | Jacknewitz (1–6) | Cleary (1–1) | None | | 55 | 16–18 | — | | April 15 | at | | W 2–1 | Zellner (4–2) | Gibbs (3–2) | Kullman (1) | | 2,256 | 17–18 | 5–2 | | April 16 | at Tulane | Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA | L 0–1 | Massey (5–2) | Perez (4–2) | None | | 2,249 | 17–19 | 5–3 | | April 17 | at Tulane | Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 7–4 | Yoakam (2–1) | Massey (3–4) | None | | 2,244 | 18–19 | 6–3 | | April 19 | at * | | L 0–9 | Woodby (5–1) | Olasz (1–4) | None | | 1,006 | 18–20 | — | | April 22 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 1–0 | Zellner (5–2) | Hathcock (4–5) | None | | 962 | 19–20 | 7–3 | | April 23 | Memphis | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 16–4 | Ferguson (5–2) | Alexander (2–5) | None | | 947 | 20–20 | 8–3 | | April 24 | Memphis | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 2–6 | Massey (4–4) | Orndorff (2–3) | None | | 668 | 20–21 | 8–4 | | April 29 | at | | W 3–0 | Zellner (6–2) | Kruczynski (5–1) | Kullman (2) | | 2,648 | 21–21 | 9–4 | | April 30 | at East Carolina | Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC | L 4–6 | Boyd (6–3) | Perez (5–3) | Ingle (9) | | 2,915 | 21–22 | 9–5 | |
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| May |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | AAC record |
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| May 1 | at East Carolina | Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC | T 3–3 (8) | — | — | None | | 2,258 | 21-22-1 | 9-5-1 | | May 3 | at #7 Louisville* | | L 1–7 | McClure (9–0) | Olasz (1–5) | None | | 1,463 | 21–23–1 | — | | May 6 | at | | L 7–8 | Hukari (2–2) | Zellner (6–3) | Thompson (3) | | 1,025 | 21–24–1 | 9–6–1 | | May 7 | at UCF | Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL | L 1–12 | Pimentel (3–6) | Perez (5–4) | None | | 1,121 | 21–25–1 | 9–7–1 | | May 8 | at UCF | Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL | W 4–2 | Orndorff (3–3) | Finfrock (4–5) | None | | 932 | 22–25–1 | 10–7–1 | | May 13 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 1–3 | Romero (5–4) | Zellner (6–4) | None | | 713 | 22–26–1 | 11–8–1 | | May 14 | Houston | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 1–0 | Perez (6–4) | Ullom (6–3) | None | | 581 | 23–26–1 | 11–8–1 | | May 15 | Houston | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | L 0–4 | Cumbie (4–2) | Orndorff (3–4) | Maxwell (3) | | 617 | 23–27–1 | 11–9–1 | | May 13 | | Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH | W 3–1 | Olasz (2–5) | Bray (1–4) | Yoakam (3) | | 322 | 24–27–1 | — | | May 19 | at Memphis | | W 4–2 (10) | Zellner (7–4) | Crosby (0–2) | Kullman (3) | | 520 | 25–27–1 | 12–9–1 | | May 20 | at Memphis | FedExPark • Memphis, TN | L 3–5 | Blackwood (2–3) | Perez (6–5) | None | | 412 | 25–28–1 | 12–10–1 | | May 21 | at Memphis | FedExPark • Memphis, TN | W 4–3 | Kullman (4–2) | Blackwood (2–4) | None | | 864 | 26–28–1 | 13–10–1 | |
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| Postseason |
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| AAC Tournament |
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| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | AACT Record |
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| May 24 | vs. (5) Houston | | L 1–9 | Cumbie (5–2) | Olasz (2–6) | Hernandez (9) | | — | 26–29–1 | 0–1 | | May 25 | vs. (8) UCF | Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL | L 6–7 (10) | Hukari (3–3) | Kullman (4–3) | None | AACDN | 843 | 26–30–1 | 0–2 | |
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Cincinnati team member | |
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Rankings from Collegiate Baseball; parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
Notes and References
- Web site: First Team ABCA All-America for Happ. GoBearcats.com. CBSi. 17 February 2016. 5 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905103314/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/061315aaa.html. dead.
- Web site: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball Schedule. GoBearcats.com. CBSi. 17 February 2016. 15 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215081824/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/cinn-m-basebl-sched.html. dead.
