2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team explained

Mode:baseball
Year:2024
Team:Saint Louis Billikens
Conference:Atlantic 10 Conference
Short Conf:A-10
Record:37–16
Conf Record:16–8
Head Coach:Darin Hendrickson
Hc Year:17th
Asst Coach1:Logan Moon
Ac1 Year:4th
Asst Coach2:Miles Miller
Ac2 Year:1st
Asst Coach3:Jason Eary
Ac3 Year:2nd
Stadium:Billiken Sports Center
Champion:Atlantic 10 regular season champion

The 2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team represents Saint Louis University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Billikens play home games at Billiken Sports Center as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They are led by head coach Darin Hendrickson, in his 17th season with the program.

Previous season

The 2023 Saint Louis team finished the season with a 33–23 (15–9) record. They reached the finals of the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament where they lost to George Mason.

Preseason

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Ethan Bell, Hayden Moore, and Cole Smith were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.[1]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team
Player No.PositionClass
Ethan Bell 26 RHP Senior
Hayden Moore 1 INF Junior
Cole Smith 11 DH Senior

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 14, 2024. Saint Louis was picked to win the conference and received three first-place votes.[2]

Coaches' Poll
1 Saint Louis 125 (3)
2 George Mason 121 (2)
3 Saint Joseph's 114 (1)
4 Davidson 113 (2)
5 VCU 97 (2)
6 Dayton 96 (1)
7 Rhode Island 77 (1)
8 Richmond 63
9 George Washington 51
10 Fordham 38
11 UMass 22
12 St. Bonaventure 19

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos. No.Player. Year
C 6 Knox Preston Senior
1B 11 Cole Smith Senior
2B 2 Ethan Sitzman Junior
3B 25 Graham Mastros Freshman
SS 7 Austin Neuweg Sophomore
LF 15 Tyler Fogarty Senior
CF 1 Hayden Moore Junior
RF 9 Patrick Clohisy Junior
DH 8 Drew Winters Senior
Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day No.Player. Year
Friday 88 Jackson Holmes Junior
Saturday 13 Tommy Ray Senior
Sunday 19 Charlie Weber Sophomore

Game log

2024 Saint Louis Billikens Baseball Game Log (37–16)
Regular Season (37–14)
Postseason (0–2)
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled
Bold = Saint Louis team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"" represents postseason seeding in the Atlantic 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional.
[3]

Tournaments

Atlantic 10 tournament

See also: 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament.

Rankings

See main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sutherland . Troy . Conference Preview: Atlantic 10 . Perfect Game USA . February 19, 2024 . February 14, 2024.
  2. Web site: Saint Louis Picked to as Atlantic 10 Baseball Preseason Favorites . Atlantic 10 . February 18, 2024 . February 14, 2024.
  3. Web site: 2024 Baseball Schedule . slubillikens.com . February 18, 2024.