2022 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2022
Team:	Vanderbilt Commodores
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	Eastern Division
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	39–23
Conf Record:	14–16
Head Coach:	Tim Corbin
Hc Year:	20th
Asst Coach1:	Scott Brown
Asst Coach2:	Mike Baxter
Stadium:	Hawkins Field
Bowl:	NCAA Corvallis Regional
Bowl Result:	3–2

The 2022 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores played their home games at Hawkins Field.

Previous season

The Commodores finished 49–18, 19–10 in the SEC to finish in second place in the East division. They hosted the 2021 Nashville Regional and finished 3–0. The Commodores then hosted East Carolina in the Nashville Super Regional, winning the first two games to advance to the College World Series. The Commodores advanced to the Championship Series of the CWS, finishing as Runner-up to Mississippi State.

Schedule and results

2022 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log
Regular season (35–19)
February (5–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 18 No. 7 Oklahoma State* No. 3 Hawkins Field Nashville, TN W 3–0 McElvain (1–0) Campbell (0–1) Schultz (1) SECN+ 3,802 1–0 — February 19 No. 7 Oklahoma State* No. 3 Hawkins Field L 3–4 Phansalkar (1–0) Maldonado (0–1) Martin (1) SECN+ 3,802 1–1 — February 20 No. 7 Oklahoma State* No. 3 Hawkins Field L 5–7 Martin (1–0) Schultz (0–1) None 3,802 1–2 — February 22 No. 5 Hawkins Field Canceled (inclement weather) 1–2 — February 23 No. 5 Hawkins Field W 9–0 Futrell (1–0) Denu (0–1) None SECN+ 854 2–2 — February 25 No. 5 Hawkins Field W 7–2 Reilly (1–0) Gresham (0–1) None SECN+ 3,609 3–2 — February 26 Army* No. 5 Hawkins Field W 10–7 Holton (1–0) Loricco (0–1) None SECN+ 3,671 4–2 — February 27 Army* No. 5 Hawkins Field W 6–0 Maldonado (1–1) Ruggieri (0–2) None SECN+ 3,727 5–2 —
March (15–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 1 No. 5 Hawkins Field W 5–2 Futrell (2–0) Shoultz (0–1) Schultz (2) SECN+ 3,569 6–2 — March 4 at * No. 5 Les Murakami Stadium Honolulu, HI W 9–2 McElvain (2–0) Atkins (0–1) None 3,681 7–2 — March 5 at Hawaii* No. 5 Les Murakami Stadium W 12–1^7 Holton (2–0) Archer (0–2) None OC16 1,214 8–2 — March 5 at Hawaii* No. 5 Les Murakami Stadium W 13–1 Owen (1–0) Gustin (0–2) None OC16 3,160 9–2 — March 6 at Hawaii* No. 5 Les Murakami Stadium W 2–1 Futrell (3–0) Gustin (0–2) Schultz (3) OC16 2,741 10–2 — March 11 No. 4 Hawkins Field W 12–7 Reilly (1–0) Duquette (0–1) None SECN+ 3,416 11–2 — March 12 Wagner* No. 4 Hawkins Field W 13–0 Holton (3–0) Merkel (0–2) None SECN+ 3,481 12–2 — March 13 Wagner* No. 4 Hawkins Field W 15–5 Owen (2–0) Crouse (0–1) None SECN+ 3,674 13–2 — March 15 Michigan No. 4 Hawkins Field W 5–4 Schultz (1–1) Weiss (0–2) None SECN+ 3,802 14–2 — March 18 No. 4 Hawkins Field W 15–2 McElvain (3–0) Miles (2–1) None SECN+ 3,802 15–2 1–0 March 19 Missouri No. 4 Hawkins Field W 6–0 Holton (4–0) Wall (0–1) None SECN+ 3,802 16–2 2–0 March 20 Missouri No. 4 Hawkins Field W 7–4 Berkwich (1–0) Landry (1–1) Schultz (4) 3,802 17–2 3–0 March 22 vs. * No. 4 First Horizon Park Nashville, TN W 13–4 Futrell (4–0) C. Schultz (0–1) None 8,283 18–2 — March 24 No. 4 Founders Park Columbia, SC W 10–0 McElvain (4–0) Hall (0–4) None SECN+ 6,608 19–2 4–0 March 25 at South Carolina No. 4 Founders Park L 2–8 Sanders (4–1) Holton (4–1) None SECN 7,647 19–3 4–1 March 26 at South Carolina No. 4 Founders Park L 6–8 Hunter (4–2) Owen (2–1) Austin (1) SECN+ 8,032 19–4 4–2 March 29 vs. * No. 9 First Horizon Park W 7–1 Futrell (5–0) Witzke (0–1) None WZTV 2,344 20–4 —
April (9–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 No. 9 Hawkins Field L 2–6 Burns (6–0) McElvain (4–1) None 3,802 20–5 4–3 April 2 No. 1 Tennessee No. 9 Hawkins Field L 2–5 Dollander (5–0) Holton (4–2) Walsh (4) SECN 3,802 20–6 4–4 April 3 No. 1 Tennessee No. 9 Hawkins Field L 0–5 Beam (6–0) Reilly (2–1) None SECN+ 3,802 20–7 4–5 April 5 No. 16 Hawkins Field W 12–2 Futrell (6–0) Loose (0–2) None SECN+ 3,314 21–7 — April 8 No. 16 Plainsman Park Auburn, AL L 1–5 Skipper (3–0) McElvain (4–2) Burkhalter (7) SECN+ 3,925 21–8 4–6 April 9 at No. 22 Auburn No. 16 Plainsman Park W 19–4 Cunningham (1-0) Bright (2-3) None SECN+ 4,096 22–8 5–6 April 10 at No. 22 Auburn No. 16 Plainsman Park L 2–8 Gonzalez (4-0) Reilly (2-2) None SECN+ 3,796 22–9 5–7 April 12 Western Kentucky No. 17 Hawkins Field W 7–4 Futrell (7-0) Stofel (0-4) Little (1) SECN+ 3,777 23–9 — April 15 No. 17 Hawkins Field W 5–4 Schultz (2–1) Purnell (3-3) None 3,802 24–9 6–7 April 16 No. 18 Florida No. 17 Hawkins Field W 8–6 Maldonado (2-1) Nesbitt (0-2) None 3,802 25–9 7–7 April 17 No. 18 Florida No. 17 Hawkins Field L 3–4^10 Nesbitt (1-2) Little (0-1) 'None 3,802 25–10 7–8 April 19 No. 19 Hawkins Field W 7–0 Futrell (8-0) Bro. Smith (0-2) None SECN+ 3,788 26–10 — April 22 No. 19 Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY W 10–0 McElvain (5-2) Hazelwood (1-1) None 2,506 27–10 8–8 April 23 at Kentucky No. 19 Kentucky Proud Park L 2–3 Lee (1-0) Holton (4-3) None 2,394 27–11 8–9 April 24 at Kentucky No. 19 Kentucky Proud Park W 5–3 Cunningham (2-0) Logue (1-4) Schultz (6) 2,833 28–11 9–9 April 28 No. 22 Hawkins Field L 1–5 Dettmer (5-2) McElvain (5-3) Palisch (4) 3,802 28–12 9–10 April 29 No. 21 Texas A&M No. 22 Hawkins Field W 11–1 Holton (5-3) Dallas (4-3) Little (2) 3,802 29–12 10–10 April 30 No. 21 Texas A&M No. 22 Hawkins Field L 4–12 Menefee (2-2) Cunningham (2-1) None 3,802 29–13 10–11
May (6–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 3 No. 10 * No. 23 Hawkins Field L 0–1 Phillips (4-1) Futrell (8-1) Prosecky (9) 3,802 29–14 — May 6 No. 23 Foley Field Athens, GA W 11–9 Little (1–1) Crisp (1–3) Schultz (7) 3,217 30–14 11–11 May 7 at No. 16 Georgia No. 23 Foley Field L 7–13 Cannon (9–1) Reilly (2–3) None 3,405 30–15 11–12 May 8 at No. 16 Georgia No. 23 Foley Field W 4–0 Holton (6–3) Sullivan (3–3) None 3,115 31–15 12–12 May 10 No. 21 Hawkins Field W 8–7^11 Schultz (3–1) Spencer (1–3) None SECN+ 3,696 32–15 — May 13 No. 21 Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR W 9–6^10 Schultz (4–1) Tygart (2–3) None 11,772 33–15 13–12 May 15 at No. 4 Arkansas No. 21 Baum–Walker Stadium L 6–11 Morris (5–0) McElvain (5–4) McEntire (1) 11,761 33–16 13–13 May 15 at No. 4 Arkansas No. 21 Baum–Walker Stadium W 5–0^7 Holton (7–3) Wiggins (6–2) None 10,806 34–16 14–13 May 17 Middle Tennessee No. 24 Hawkins Field W 7–2 Moore (1–0) Sells (4–2) None SECN+ 3,802 35–16 — May 19 No. 24 Hawkins Field L 2–13 Hilliard (6–1) Futrell (8–2) Reyzelman (3) 3,802 35–17 14–14 May 20 No. 20 LSU No. 24 Hawkins Field L 3–8 Floyd (5–3) Little (1–2) None 3,802 35–18 14–15 May 21 No. 20 LSU No. 24 Hawkins Field L 10–21 Collins (3–1) Schultz (4–2) None 3,802 35–19 14–16
Postseason (4–4)
(1–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 24 (8) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL W 3–1 Holton (8–3) DeLucia (5–2) Little (3) SECN 5,506 36–19 1–0 May 26 vs. (1) No. 1 Tennessee (8) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 1–10 Sewell (6–1) Futrell (8–3) None SECN 9,697 36–20 1–1 May 27 vs. (10) Kentucky (8) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 2–10 Harper (4–1) McElvain (5–5) Guilfoil (6) SECN 5,743 36–21 1–2
(3–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 3 vs. (3) (2) No. 24 Goss Stadium Corvallis, OR L 2–3 Mautz (10–2) Holton (8–4) Churchill (4) ESPN+ 3,424 36–22 0–1 June 4 vs. (4) (2) No. 24 Goss Stadium W 21–1 McElvain (6–5) Cortes (4–5) None ESPN+ 3,388 37–22 1–1 June 5 vs. (3) San Diego (2) No. 24 Goss Stadium W 14–4 Maldonado (3–1) Romero (4–4) None ESPN+ 3,411 38–22 2–1 June 5 (2) No. 24 Goss Stadium W 8–1 Futrell (9–3) Kmatz (8–2) Schultz (8) ESPN+ 4,025 39–22 3–1 June 6 at (1) No. 3 Oregon State (2) No. 24 Goss Stadium L 6–7 Sebby (2–2) Moore (1–1) Hjerpe (1) ESPN+ 3,828 39–23 3–2
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled Bold = Vanderbilt team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[1]

Notes and References

1. News: 2022 Schedule Unveiled. Vanderbilt University Department of Athletics. September 23, 2021.