2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	Florida Atlantic Owls
Conference:	Conference USA
Short Conf:	C-USA
Record:	34–25
Conf Record:	16–14
Head Coach:	John McCormack
Asst Coach1:	Jordan Tabakman Michael Cleary Ricky Santiago
Stadium:	FAU Baseball Stadium

The 2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2023 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in 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 fifteenth season at Florida Atlantic.

On October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and will become a full member on July 1, 2023.^[1] The 2023 season was the program's last as a member of C-USA.^[2]

Previous season

The 2022 Owls finished 35-23 overall, and 19-11 in the conference. They lost to Southern Miss during the 2022 Conference USA baseball tournament.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 2, 2023, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place.^[3]

Media poll
1	LA Tech (5)	91
2	DBU (4)	90
3	Florida Atlantic	74
4	Charlotte (1)	70
5	UTSA	66
T6	Middle Tennessee	39
T6	UAB	39
8	Rice	32
9	FIU	28
10	WKU	21

Preseason All-CUSA teams

• Nolan Schanuel - Outfielder
• Hunter Cooley – Starting Pitcher

Schedule and results

Legend
	Florida Atlantic win
	Florida Atlantic loss
	Postponement
Bold	Florida Atlantic team member

2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log
Regular season
February (7–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Feb. 17 FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 6–2 H. Cooley (1–0) A. Barker (0–1) None 611 1–0 Feb. 18 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–8 J. Josey (1–0) J. Ventresca (0–1) None 687 2–0 Feb. 19 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 17–2 N. Del Prado (1-0) J. Sisco (0–1) None 579 3–0 Feb. 21 John Euliano Park Orlando, FL W 13–3 E. Waterbor (1–0) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 1,650 4–0 Feb. 24 FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 H. Mink (2–0) H. Cooley (1–1) None 638 4–1 Feb. 25 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–7^11 M. DeGusipe (1-0) J. Cothren (0-1) None 646 5–1 Feb. 26 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–6 S. Drumheller (1-0) L. Gailey (0-1) C.J. Williams (1) 559 6–1 Feb. 28 FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5 M. DeGusipe (2-0) R. Gallo (0-1) R. Wegielnik (1) 1,180 7–1
March (9–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Mar. 3 FAU Baseball Stadium L 4–6 I. Cooke (1-1) H. Cooley (1-2) J. Willis (1) 659 7–2 – Mar. 4 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 S. Quigley (1-0) J. Jacob (1-1) None 520 7–3 – Mar. 5 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–8 T. Ellisen (1-0) N. Del Prado (1-1) None 543 7–4 – Mar. 7 Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 11–18 T. Nesbitt (1-0) M. Martzolf (0-1) None 4,737 7–5 – Mar. 8 at No. 6 Florida Condron Ballpark L 0–11^8 R. Slater (3-0) C.J. Williams (0-1) P. Abner (1) 4,760 7–6 – Mar. 10 FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–3 H. Cooley (2-2) J. Driver (0-1) None 445 8–6 – Mar. 11 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 11–3 J. Josey (2-1) C. Clark (0-1) None 491 9–6 – Mar. 12 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 9–6 R. Wegielnik (1-0) C. Fang (0-1) None 449 10–6 – Mar. 13 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–11^10 B. Smith (2-0) J. Smith (0-1) None 477 11–6 – Mar. 15 FAU Baseball Stadium W 15–2^7 M. Martzolf (1-1) E. Harris (0-1) None 351 12–6 – Mar. 17 Roadrunner Field San Antonio, TX L 2–8 L. Malone (2-2) H. Cooley (2-3) None 362 12–7 0–1 Mar. 19 (1) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 2–7^7 U. Quiroga (4-0) J. Josey (2-2) None 412 12–8 0–2 Mar. 19 (2) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 3–5^7 S. Miller (5–0) E. Waterbor (1–1) D. Shafer (3) 412 12–9 0–3 Mar. 22 at No. 17 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL L 5–10 R. Schlesinger (1-0) M. Martzolf (1-2) None 2,801 12–10 0–3 Mar. 24 FAU Baseball Stadium W 13–5 H. Cooley (3-3) P. Johnson (1-1) None 458 13–10 1–3 Mar. 25 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–2 J. Josey (3-2) J. Hamm (3-2) C.J. Williams (2) 435 14–10 2–3 Mar. 26 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–5 N. Del Prado (2-1) J. Lee (2-1) R. Wegielnik (2) 426 15–10 3–3 Mar. 28 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium W 4–2 B. Smith (3-0) D. Castellan (0-1) C.J. Williams (3) 515 16–10 3–3 Mar. 31 FAU Baseball Stadium L 0–1 P. Smith (2-1) H. Cooley (3-4) M. Linskey (2) 547 16–11 3–4
April (10–8) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Apr. 1 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 10–7 E. Waterbor (2–1) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 410 17–11 4–4 Apr. 2 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–4^8 D. Oborne (1–0) B. Brogdon (1-3) None 390 18–11 5–4 Apr. 4 FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (2-0) N. Love (2-1) None 467 19–11 5–4 Apr. 6 Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL W 8–4 N. Del Prado (3-1) R. Cabarcas (0-4) None 630 20–11 6–4 Apr. 7 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 7–3 J. Josey (4-2) O. Hernandez (1-3) E. Waterbor (1) 595 21–11 7–4 Apr. 8 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 2–16^7 A. Tiburcio (3-2) D. Oborne (1–1) None 671 21–12 7–5 Apr. 11 at No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL W 5–4 T. Murphy (1-0) W. Haberstock (4-1) R. Wegielnik (3) 362 22–12 7–5 Apr. 14 FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–10 R. Johnson (4-2) H. Cooley (3-5) None 389 22–13 7–6 Apr. 15 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 3–11 B. Bragg (4-1) J. Josey (4-3) None 446 22–14 7–7 Apr. 16 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–3 Z. Russell (1-1) E. Waterbor (2–2) K. Amendt (8) 286 22–15 7–8 Apr. 19 No. 17 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–6^11 N. Del Prado (4-1) G. Braendel (0-1) None 779 23–15 7–8 Apr. 21 Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY L 4–6 D. Mesaris (2-1) H. Cooley (3-6) CJ Weins (6) 267 23–16 7–9 Apr. 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 8–9^14 M. Burns (4-1) R. Wegielnik (2-1) None 327 23–17 7–10 Apr. 23 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 2–4 D. Hall (5-3) N. Del Prado (4-2) CJ Weins (7) 215 23–18 7–11 Apr. 25 at No. 16 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park L 9–12 R. Gallo (1-3) D. Oborne (1–2) A. Walters (6) 2,948 23–19 7–11 Apr. 28 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 13-3 C.J. Williams (1-1) A. Tiburcio (3-5) None 389 24–19 8–11 Apr. 29 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 8-4 H. Cooley (4-6) D. Eckaus (0-1) None 585 25–19 9–11 Apr. 30 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-1 N. Del Prado (5-2) R. Cabarcas (1-5) R. Wegielnik (4) 429 26–19 10–11
May (7-4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 5 Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (3-1) E. Michelson (1-3) None 660 27–19 11–11 May 6 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium W 10–9 R. Wegielnik (4-1) M. Langhorne (1-2) None 718 28–19 12–11 May 7 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 4–12 C. Kramer (4-4) N. Del Prado (5-3) None 680 28–20 12–12 May 9 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium L 3–11 N. Love (4-2) J. Josey (4-4) LJ McDonough (6) 218 28–21 12–12 May 12 FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-5 C.J. Williams (2-1) J. Fincher (8-4) R. Wegielnik (5) 428 29–21 13–12 May 13 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium L 12–6^16 R. Smith (3-3) J. Josey (4-5) None 646 29–22 13–13 May 14 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–11^10 B. Ostrander (1-0) G. Martinez (0-5) None 324 30–22 14–13 May 16 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 15-5^8 H. Cooley (5-6) M. Rippl (2-2) None 267 31–22 14–13 May 18 Jerry D. Young Memorial Field Birmingham, AL W 16-5 H. Cooley (6-6) B. Walton (3-7) J. Josey (1) 137 32–22 15–13 May 19 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 8–6 S. Drumheller (2-0) L. Harris (1-1) R. Wegielnik (6) 142 33–22 16–13 May 20 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field L 5-10 J. Smith (1-1) B. Smith (1-1) None 153 33–23 16–14
Post-season
(1-2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Tournament record May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park Houston, TX L 9–10 M. Burns (6-2) R. Wegielnik (4-2) None 927 0-1 May 25 vs. (8) Rice 5 Reckling Park W 6-1 H. Cooley (7-6) JD McCracken (1-5) None ESPN+ 1-1 May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park L 7–9 CJ Weins (1-2) R. Wegielnik (4-3) None 589 1-2
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Cancelled Bold = Florida Atlantic team member

Schedule Source:^[4]

Awards

End of Year awards

Nolan Schanuel

Conference USA Player of the Year

May 23, 2023

^[5]

External links

• FAU Baseball

Notes and References

1. Web site: FAU Accepts Invite to The American. FAUSports.com. October 21, 2021.
2. Web site: FAU's American Move Officially Set for 2023 . FAUSports.com . June 10, 2022.
3. Web site: BSB: C-USA Announces 2023 Preseason Poll and Awards.
4. FAU Baseball Announces 2023 Regular season Schedule. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. December 1, 2022.
5. Web site: Schanuel Named Conference USA Player of the Year. Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 23, 2023.