2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2022
Team:	Incarnate Word Cardinals
Conference:	Southland Conference
Short Conf:	Southland
Record:	21–31
Conf Record:	9–15
Head Coach:	Ryan Shotzberger
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Kyle Simonds
Asst Coach2:	Greg Evans
Stadium:	Sullivan Field

The 2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Sullivan Field and were led by third–year head coach Ryan Shotzberger.^[1] They were members of the Southland Conference.

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll is to be released in the winter of 2022.^[2]

Coaches poll
1	Southeastern Louisiana	93 (10)
2	McNeese State	80 (3)
3	New Orleans	73
4	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	63 (1)
5	Northwestern State	55 (2)
6	Incarnate Word	36
T-7	Houston Baptist	24
T-7	Nicholls	24

Preseason All-Southland Team & Honors

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Second Team

• Grant Smith – Shortstop
• Nixon Brannan – Utility

Schedule and results

Legend
	Incarnate Word win
	Incarnate Word loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Incarnate Word team member

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball game log
Regular season (19–29)
February (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Feb. 18 Game cancelled Feb. 19 Bradley Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX Game cancelled Feb. 20 Bradley Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX Game cancelled Feb. 22 at L 0–1 Campa (1-0) Stacey (0-1) Hickey (1) 106 0–1 Feb. 24 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 10–7 Celestino (1-0) McCay (0-1) David (1) 32 1–1 Feb. 25 South Dakota State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 4–6 Carlson (1-1) Cassidy (0-1) Bourassa (1) 90 1–2 Feb. 26 South Dakota State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 1–0 Garza (1-0) Bishop (0-2) David (2) 112 2–2
March (9–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Mar. 2 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 12–5 Higdon (1-0) Cervantes (0-1) None 167 3–2 Mar. 4 at L 2–5 Prayer (1-0) Garza (1-1) Torrealba (1) 1,007 3–3 Mar. 5 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 13–8 Celestino (2-0) Clayton (0-2) None 1,083 4–3 Mar. 6 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 4–10 Medrano (1-0) Zavala (0-1) None 1,064 4–4 Mar. 8 Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 0–6 Malone (2-0) Stacey (0-2) None 488 4–5 Mar. 11 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 7–1 Garza (2-1) Wong (1-1) None 214 5–5 Mar. 12 UT Arlington Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 9–3 Celestino (3-0) Bailey (2-1) None 225 6–5 Mar. 13 UT Arlington Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 15–2 Zavala (1-1) Citelli (0-1) None 185 7–5 Mar. 15 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 13–8 Westall (1-0) Escobedo (0-1) None 252 8–5 Mar. 16 at Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 5–3 Stacey (1-2) Tucker (1-1) David (3) 272 9–5 Mar. 18 L 2–19 Hansen (4-0) Garza (2-2) None 6,516 9–6 Mar. 19 at No. 2 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–10 Stevens (4-1) Celestino (3-1) None 7,458 9–7 Mar. 20 at No. 2 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 0–12 Gordon (1-1) Zavala (1-2) None 6,786 9–8 Mar. 22 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 4–2 Rollins (1-0) Sundgren (2-2) David (4) 275 10–8 Mar. 25 L 2–12^7 Miller (1-0) Garza (2-3) None 10–9 0–1 Mar. 26 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 1–4 Thomas (4-1) Zavala (1-3) Moeller (1) 401 10–10 0–2 Mar. 27 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 7–4 David (1-0) Perez (2-1) None 309 11–10 1–2 Mar. 29 UTSA Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 4–6^10 Shafer (1-1) Hayward (0-1) Malone (1) 267 11–11
April (5–12) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Apr. 1 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 8–6 Hayward (1-1) Landry (1-3) David (5) 322 12–11 2–2 Apr. 2 Southeastern Louisiana Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 5–10 Dugas (2-1) Stacey (1-3) None 318 12–12 2–3 Apr. 3 Southeastern Louisiana Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 5–6 Robb (1-3) Hayward (1-2) Trahan (3) 167 12–13 2–4 Apr. 8 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 8–2 Rollins (2-0) Carver (3-3) None 195 13–13 3–4 Apr. 9 Northwestern State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 6–2 Garza (3-3) Harmon (4-3) Hayward (1) 190 14–13 4–4 Apr. 10 Northwestern State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 11–4 David (2-0) Brown (3-3) None 233 15–13 5–4 Apr. 12 Tarleton State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 6–14 Boyd (1-3) Minter (0-1) None 134 15–14 Apr. 14 L 3–9 Rogers (4-3) Rollins (2-1) None 620 15–15 5–5 Apr. 15 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 3–4^11 Foster (2-1) Hayward (1-3) None 680 15–16 5–6 Apr. 16 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 1–11^7 Jones (2-0) David (2-1) None 750 15–17 5–7 Apr. 19 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley L 3–9 Garza (1-0) Celestino (3-2) None 1,127 15–18 Apr. 22 Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 11–4 Garza (4-3) Desandro (2-3) None 227 16–18 6–7 Apr. 23 Nicholls Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 3–5 Theriot (6-2) Cassidy (0-2) Gearing (2) 253 16–19 6–8 Apr. 24 Nicholls Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 7–8 Saltaformaggio (3-1) Celestino (3-3) Gearing (3) 247 16–20 6–9 Apr. 26 at L 7–8 Voelker (3-5) Hayward (1-4) None 1,435 16–21 Apr. 29 Husky Field • Houston, TX L 6–13 Spinney (3-3) Garza (4-4) None 205 16–22 6–10 Apr. 30 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 9–10 Reitmeyer (3-2) Mikulik (0-1) None 237 16–23 6–11
May (3–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record May 1 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 7–8 Smitherman (2-1) Celestino (3-4) Zarella (1) 389 16–24 6–12 May 3 at No. 17 Texas State L 1–3 Smith (1-0) David (2-2) Stivors (10) 1,088 16–25 May 6 L 3–11 Williams (5-1) Hayward (1-5) None 643 16–26 6–13 May 7 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 9–8^10 David (3-2) Mead (0-1) None 304 17–26 7–13 May 8 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 8–9^11 Cunningham (1-1) Hayward (1-6) None 406 17–27 7–14 May 10 L 7–11^11 Hill (1-0) Hayward (1-7) None 3,386 17–28 May 12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 13–3^8 Garza (5-4) Thomas (4-4) None 215 18–28 8–14 May 13 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 8–6 May (1-0) Bird (1-2) Hayward (2) 409 19–28 9–14 May 14 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 2–6 Perez (3-3) Zavala (1-4) Mejia (1) 212 19–29 9–15 May 17 Game cancelled
Post-season (2–2)
(2–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 19 vs. (1) McNeese State (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 6–12 Rogers (7-4) Garza (5-5) None ESPN+ 611 19–30 0–1 May 20 vs. (5) Northwestern State (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 14–10 Mikulik (1-1) Harmon (5-6) None ESPN+ 346 20–30 1–1 May 21 vs. (4) Nicholls (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 9–8 Hayward (2-7) Vial Jr. (1-1) None ESPN+ 336 21–30 2–1 May 21 vs. (1) McNeese State (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 2–7 Zeppuhar (2-0) Cassidy (0-3) Stone (1) ESPN+ 611 21–31 2–2 Schedule Source:^[4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.|} References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ryan Shotzberger - Baseball Coach . University of the Incarnate Word Athletics . 30 March 2022 . en.
2. Web site: SOUTHEASTERN TOPS SOUTHLAND BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL . February 10, 2022 . Southland Conference . www.southland.org . February 16, 2022.
3. Web site: Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams . www.southland.org . 22 March 2022 . en.
4. Web site: 2022 Baseball Schedule . University of the Incarnate Word Athletics . 30 March 2022 . en.