2022 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | Florida Atlantic Owls |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 35-23 |
| Conf Record: | 19-11 |
| Head Coach: | John McCormack |
| Asst Coach1: | Greg Mamula
Brady Kirkpatrick
Michael Cleary |
| Stadium: | FAU Baseball Stadium |
The 2022 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2022 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his fourteenth season at Florida Atlantic.
Previous season
The 2021 Owls finished 35–25 overall, and 18–14 in the conference. They lost to Old Dominion during the 2021 Conference USA baseball tournament.
Preseason
C-USA media poll
The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 16, 2022, with the Owls predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]
| Media poll |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 6 |
| 2 | LA Tech | 2 |
| 3 | Old Dominion | 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 2 |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | - |
| 6 | UTSA | - |
| 7 | FIU | 1 |
| 8 | Rice | - |
| 9 | WKU | - |
| 10 | Middle Tennessee | - |
| 11 | UAB | - |
| 12 | Marshall | - | |
Preseason All-CUSA teams
- Hunter Cooley – Starting Pitcher
Schedule and results
| 2022 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log |
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| Regular season (34–21) |
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| February (5–3) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| Feb. 18 | | | | L
1–9 | Ireland
(1–0) | Josey
(0–1) | None | | 634 | 0–1 | | | Feb. 19 | Minnesota | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
8–2 | Cooley
(1–0) | Maldonado
(0–1) | None | | 541 | 1–1 | | | Fe. 20 | Minnesota | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
13–4 | Waterbor
(1–0) | Holetz
(0–1) | None | | 534 | 2–1 | | | Feb. 21 | Minnesota | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
17–9 | Drumheller
(1–0) | Liffrig
(0–1) | None | | 498 | 3–1 | | | Feb. 23 | | | | L
1–9 | Ligon
(1–0) | DeGusipe
(0–1) | None | | 759 | 3–2 | | | Feb. 25 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
5–8 | Ludman
(1–0) | Josey
(0–2) | None | | 442 | 3–3 | | | Feb. 26 | Delaware | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
8–3 | Cooley
(2–0) | Ledesma
(0–1) | None | | 491 | 4–3 | | | Feb. 27 | Delaware | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
5–1 | Rivero
(1–0) | Silan
(0–1) | None | | 393 | 5–3 | | |
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| March (11–7) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| Mar. 1 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
5–1 | Wegielnik
(1–0) | Wood
(0–1) | None | | 698 | 6–3 | | | Mar. 2 | Michigan | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
13–20 | Smith
(1–0) | Martzolf
(0–1) | None | | 557 | 6–4 | | | Mar. 4 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
9–5 | Visconti
(1–0) | Quintal
(0–2) | None | | 447 | 7–4 | | | Mar. 5 | Fordham | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
15–10 | Rivero
(2–0) | Ey
(0–3) | Martzolf
(1) | | 528 | 8–4 | | | Mar. 6 | Fordham | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
10–3 | Josey
(1–2) | Hughes
(0–1) | None | | 447 | 9–4 | | | Mar. 8 | vs. | | | W
19–6 | Del Prado
(1–0) | Shine
(0–1) | None | | 217 | 10–4 | | | Mar. 11 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
6–3 | Cooley
(3–0) | C. Jeter
(0–3) | Wegielnik
(1) | | 414 | 11–4 | | | Mar. 12 | Sacred Heart | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
15–10 | Rivero
(3–0) | LaMay
(0–2) | None | | 336 | 12–4 | | | Mar. 13 | Sacred Heart | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
11–1 | Burnham
(1–0) | Babuschak
(0–3) | None | | 375 | 13–4 | | | Mar. 15 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
3–12 | Roehrich
(2–0) | Del Prado
(1–1) | None | | 334 | 13–5 | | | Mar. 18 | | | | L
7–9 | G. Ramsey
(2–0) | Visconti
(1–1) | None | | 4,543 | 13–6 | 0–1 | | Mar. 19 | at Southern Miss | | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | L
4–6 | L. Harper
(1–1) | Waterbor
(1–1) | G. Ramsey
(2) | ESPN+ | 4,663 | 13–7 | 0–2 | | Mar. 20 | at Southern Miss | | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | W
7–3 | Josey
(2–2) | Ethridge
(1–3) | None | ESPN+ | 4,304 | 14–7 | 1–2 | | Mar. 23 | Miami | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
1–7 | Garland
(3–1) | Waterbor
(1–2) | Walters
(5) | | 1,742 | 14–8 | | | Mar. 25 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
4–5 | Malone
(3–0) | Cooley
(3–1) | Shafer
(2) | | 364 | 14–9 | 1–3 | | Mar. 26 | UTSA | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
12–9 | Waterbor
(2–2) | Quiroga
(1–3) | Wegielnik
(2) | | 417 | 15–9 | 2–3 | | Mar. 27 | UTSA | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
8–4 | Josey
(3–2) | S. Miller
(1–3) | None | | 355 | 16–9 | 3–3 | | Mar. 29 | | | John Euliano Park • Orlando, FL | L
1–13 | W. Saxton
(2–0) | B. Helverson
(0–1) | None | | 1,541 | 16–10 | | |
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| April (11–7) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| Apr. 1 | | | Reckling Park • Houston, TX | W
9–4 | Cooley
(4–1) | Chandler
(1–5) | None | | 1,702 | 17–10 | 4–3 | | Apr. 2 | at Rice | | Reckling Park • Houston, TX | W
6–5 | Drumheller
(2–0) | R. Garcia
(1–1) | Wegielnik
(3) | | 2,206 | 18–10 | 5–3 | | Apr. 3 | at Rice | | Reckling Park • Houston, TX | W
7–1 | Josey
(4–2) | Wood
(0–1) | None | | 2,129 | 19–10 | 6–3 | | Apr. 5 | UCF | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
5–3 | Wegielnik
(2–0) | Centala
(1–3) | None | | 548 | 20–10 | | | Apr. 8 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
3–4 | Reynolds
(2–2) | Cooley
(4–2) | Taylor
(7) | | 385 | 20–11 | 6–4 | | Apr. 9 | UAB | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
6–8 | Ballard
(5–1) | Waterbor
(2–3) | Taylor
(8) | | 399 | 20–12 | 6–5 | | Apr. 10 | UAB | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
13–6 | Burnham
(2–0) | Walton
(4–2) | None | | 495 | 21–12 | 7–5 | | Apr. 12 | at No. 2 Miami | | Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL | L
6–7 | Gates
(1–0) | Wegielnik
(2–1) | Walters
(11) | | 3,004 | 21–13 | | | Apr. 14 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
5–3 | Cooley
(5–2) | Terbrak
(5–2) | None | | 385 | 22–13 | 8–5 | | Apr. 15 | Western Kentucky | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
8–7 | Martzolf
(1–1) | Kates
(3–4) | Wegielnik
(4) | | 393 | 23–13 | 9–5 | | Apr. 16 | Western Kentucky | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
9–3 | Burnham
(3–0) | Sinnard
(0–2) | None | | 389 | 24–13 | 10–5 | | Apr. 19 | | | | L
1–5 | D. Batcher
(1–0) | Visconti
(1–2) | N. Love
(1) | | 259 | 24–14 | | | Apr. 22 | | | | L
0–14 | Morgan
(4–0) | Cooley
(5–3) | None | | 338 | 24–15 | 10–6 | | Apr. 23 | at Old Dominion | | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex • Norfolk, VA | L
7–11 | Pantos
(6–0) | Josey
(4–3) | None | | 455 | 24–16 | 10–7 | | Apr. 24 | at Old Dominion | | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex • Norfolk, VA | W
5–4 | Burnham
(4–0) | Gomez
(2–1) | Wegielnik
(5) | | 299 | 25–16 | 11–7 | | Apr. 26 | Florida Gulf Coast | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
8–7 | Martzolf
(2–1) | Batcher
(1–1) | None | | 443 | 26–16 | | | Apr. 29 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
7–1 | Cooley
(6–3) | P. Pridgen
(2–6) | None | | 639 | 27–16 | 12–7 | | Apr. 30 | FIU | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
4–6 | C. Lequerica
(2–3) | Josey
(4–4) | None | | 621 | 27–17 | 12–8 | |
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| May (7–4) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| May 1 | FIU | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
11–5 | Burnham
(5–0) | C. Santana
(0–2) | None | | 492 | 28–17 | 13–8 | | May 6 | | | | W
10–2 | Cooley
(7–3) | Gibson
(4–3) | None | | 2,290 | 29–17 | 14–8 | | May 7 | at Louisiana Tech | | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA | L
6–11 | Jennings
(4–1) | DeGusipe
(0–2) | None | | 2,360 | 29–18 | 14–9 | | May 8 | at Louisiana Tech | | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA | W
5–2 | Burnham
(6–0) | Fincher
(6–2) | Wegielnik
(6) | | 2,221 | 30–18 | 15–9 | | May 10 | at Florida Gulf Coast | | Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL | L
2–7 | N. Love
(2–0) | Waterbor
(2–4) | M. Miller
(1) | | 118 | 30–19 | | | May 13 | | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
3–10 | Giesting
(6–4) | Cooley
(7–4) | None | | 382 | 30–20 | 15–10 | | May 14 | Charlotte | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | W
10–915 | Del Prado
(2–1) | Brooks
(3–2) | None | | 430 | 31–20 | 16–10 | | May 15 | Charlotte | | FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL | L
4–147 | Martinez
(1–3) | Burnham
(6–1) | None | | 370 | 31–21 | 16–11 | | May 19 | | | | W
8–6 | Cooley
(8–4) | Purnell
(5–6) | Wegielnik
(7) | | 89 | 32–21 | 17–11 | | May 20 | at Marshall | | Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV | W
14–12 | Drumheller
(3–0) | Davenport
(2–3) | Josey
(1) | | 99 | 33–21 | 18–11 | | May 21 | at Marshall | | Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV | W
11–1 | Del Prado
(3–1) | Addkison
(1–3) | None | | 99 | 34–21 | 19–11 | |
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| Post-season (1–2) |
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| (1–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Seed | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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| May 26 | vs. (5) UTSA | (4) | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | L
4–5 | Malone
(9–3) | Martzolf
(2–2) | None | ESPN+ | 0 | 34–22 | 0–1 | | May 26 | vs. (8) UAB | (4) | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | W
11–17 | Burnham
(7–1) | Harris
(3–2) | None | ESPN+ | 0 | 35–22 | 1–1 | | May 27 | vs. (1)/No. 14 Southern Miss | (4) | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | L
0–5 | Riggins
(8–4) | Josey
(4–5) | Rogers
(6) | ESPN+ | 3,172 | 35–23 | 1–2 | |
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled
Bold = Florida Atlantic team member | |
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Schedule Source:[2]
Rankings
See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.
Awards
Weekly/End of Year awards| Jalen DeBose | C-USA Hitter of the Week | February 21, 2022 | [3] |
| Gabriel Rincones Jr. | April 11, 2022 | [4] |
| Nolan Schanuel | C-USA All-Academic Team | May 23, 2022 | [5] |
| Hunter Cooley |
| Nicholas Del Prado | C-USA Pitcher of the Week | [6] |
| Gabriel Rincones Jr. | C-USA Newcomer of the Year | May 24, 2022 | [7] |
| Gabriel Rincones Jr. | All-Conference First Team |
| Nolan Schanuel |
| Hunter Cooley | All-Conference Second Team |
| Dylan Goldstein | |
External links
• FAU Baseball
Notes and References
- Web site: 2022 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards.
- Baseball Unveils 2022 Schedule. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. December 2, 2021.
- Web site: DeBose Named C-USA Hitter of the Week. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 21, 2022.
- Web site: Rincones, Jr. Earns C-USA Hitter of the Week. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. April 11, 2022.
- Web site: Cooley, Schanuel Earn C-USA Academic Honors. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 23, 2022.
- Web site: Del Prado Earns C-USA Pitcher of the Week. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 23, 2022.
- Web site: Owls Land Four on C-USA All-Conference List. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 24, 2022.
