2024 UCF Knights baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2024
Team:	UCF Knights
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	37–21
Conf Record:	14–15
Head Coach:	Rich Wallace
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Norberto Lopez
Asst Coach2:	Drew Thomas
Asst Coach3:	Ted Tom
Stadium:	John Euliano Park
Bowl:	Tallahassee Regional
Bowl Result:	2–2

The 2024 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the sport of baseball during the 2024 college baseball season. This was the Knights' first season as members of the Big 12 Conference. Home games were played at John Euliano Park on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The team was coached by Rich Wallace in his first season as UCF's head coach.

Preseason

Big 12 coaches poll

The Big 12 Conference preseason poll was released on January 25, 2024, with the Knights predicted to finish in tenth place.^[1]

Coaches Poll
1	TCU (11)	143
2	Texas (2)	131
3	Oklahoma State	119
4	Texas Tech	107
5	Kansas State	98
T6	Oklahoma	85
T6	West Virginia	85
8	Kansas	67
9	Houston	56
10	UCF	45
11	Baylor	36
T12	BYU	21
T12	Cincinnati	21

Schedule

Legend
	UCF win
	UCF loss
	Postponement
Bold	UCF team member

2024 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February (6–0)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record
February 16		John Euliano Park Orlando, FL	W 12–11	A. Galvan (1–0)	J. Burrows (0–1)	C. Centala (1)	2,602	1–0
February 17	Bryant	John Euliano Park		No Contest				1–0
February 18	Bryant	John Euliano Park		Cancelled				1–0
February 21		Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL	W 4–3	K. Kramer (1–0)	B. Chestnutt (0–1)	C. Centala (2)	2,400	2–0
February 23		John Euliano Park	W 18–3⁷	B. Vespi (1–0)	B. Rice (1–1)	None	1,812	3–0
February 24	Samford	John Euliano Park	W 9–6	A. Galvan (2–0)	J. Holifield (1–1)	C. Centala (3)	2,487	4–0
February 25	Samford	John Euliano Park	W 12–2⁷	D. Stagliano (1–0)	W. Lynch (0–1)	None	2,154	5–0
February 27		FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL	W 11–6	C. Boxrucker (1–0)	B. Ostrander (0–2)	None	522	6–0

March (12–7)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
		John Euliano Park		C. Centala (1–0)	B. Archie (0–1)	None	2,150	7–0	–
March 2	South Florida	John Euliano Park	L 5–7	J. Volini (1–0)	N. Victor (0–1)		2,812	7–1	–
March 3	South Florida	John Euliano Park	W 1–0	K. Kramer (2–0)	M. Brown (1–1)		2,400	8–1	–
March 6		Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL	W 9–6			K. Kramer (1)	5,330	9–1	–
March 8		Norman, OK	L 3–4		W. Hartley (0–1)		1,569	9–2	0–1
March 9	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park	L 3–11	G. Stevens (2–0)	T. Nesbitt (0–1)	None	1,673	9–3	0–2
	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park	L 2–14⁷	J. Hitt (1–1)		None	1,621	9–4	0–3
March 13		John Euliano Park	W 7–1	W. Hartley (1–1)	J. Modugno (0–1)	None	1,569	10–4	–
March 15		John Euliano Park	W 13–2	B. Vespi (2–0)	S. Garcia (2–2)	None	2,256	11–4	1–3
March 16	Oklahoma State	John Euliano Park	W 4–3	C. Centala (2–0)	G. Davis (1–1)	None	2,189	12–4	2–3
March 17	Oklahoma State	John Euliano Park	L 10–16	T. Molsky (2–0)		None	1,746	12–5	2–4
March 19	Florida Atlantic	John Euliano Park	W 3–2	C. Centala (3–0)	D. Trehey (1–1)	None	1,811	13–5	–
March 22		Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS	L 3–13	R. Dutton (5–1)	B. Vespi (2–1)	None	654	13–6	2–5
March 23	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark	W 6–2	K. Kramer (3–0)	T. Cain (0–2)	C. Centala (5)	323	14–6	3–5
March 23	at Kansas	Hoglund Ballpark	W 4–1	W. Hartley (2–1)	G. Brasosky (1–1)	D. Castellano (1)	705	15–6	4–5
March 26	at		W 4–1	C. Boxrucker (2–1)	B. Barquin (0–2)	None	244	16–6	–
March 28		John Euliano Park	W 5–4	K. Kramer (4–0)	J. Sanders (1–1)	None	1,908	17–6	5–5
March 29	Texas Tech	John Euliano Park	W 2–1	D. Stagliano (1–1)	K. Robinson (3–3)	C. Centala (6)	2,106	18–6	6–5
March 30	Texas Tech	John Euliano Park	L 2–3	M. Heuer (3–2)	W. Hartley (2–2)	C. Kaase (1)	2,024	18–7	6–6

April (9–8)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
April 2			Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL				None	263	19–7	–
April 5		No. 20	John Euliano Park					2,109	20–7	7–6
April 6	Kansas State	No. 20	John Euliano Park					2,185	20–8	7–7
April 7	Kansas State	No. 20	John Euliano Park				None	1,847	21–8	8–7
	at Stetson	No. 17						1,473	21–9	–
April 12		No. 17	Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV					2,259	21–10	8–8
April 13	at West Virginia	No. 17	Monongalia County Ballpark				None	3,913	21–11	8–9
April 14	at West Virginia	No. 17	Monongalia County Ballpark		V. Kempen (6–1)	S. Bauer (0–1)	None	3,451	21–12	8–10
April 16			John Euliano Park	W 10–3	T. Nesbitt (1–1)		None	1,622	22–12	–
April 19			John Euliano Park	L 0–2	B. Vitas (2–4)	B. Vespi (2–2)	None	1,759	22–13	–
April 20	Central Michigan		John Euliano Park				None	1,725	23–13	–
April 21	Central Michigan		John Euliano Park				None	2,017	24–13	–
April 23			John Euliano Park	W 10–3	S. Bauer (1–1)	J. Bunz (1–2)	None	1,542	25–13	–
April 26			John Euliano Park	L 4–9	C. Marsh (3–2)	K. Kramer (5–3)	None	1,661	25–14	8–11
April 27	Cincinnati		John Euliano Park	W 23–3	D. Castellano (5–0)	C. Mitchelle (0–3)	None	2,120	26–14	9–11
April 28	Cincinnati		John Euliano Park	L 2–8	C. Horst (3–0)	C. Boxrucker (3–2)	G. Hugus (2)	1,763	26–15	9–12
April 30	at North Florida		Harmon Stadium Jacksonville, FL	W 6–2	T. Kozera (4–2)	C. Boroski (0–3)		525	27–15	–

May (6–3)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
May 3		Schroeder Park Houston, TX	W 4–1	B. Vespi (3–2)	C. Citelli (3–2)	D. Castellano (2)	2,094	28–15	10–12
May 4	at Houston	Schroeder Park	W 6–4	K. Kramer (6–3)	J. Torrealba (0–1)	K. Sosnowski (2)	1,958	29–15	11–12
May 5	at Houston	Schroeder Park	Canceled (rain)^[2]
May 7	North Florida	John Euliano Park	W 7–4	K. Kramer (7–3)	L. Bolton (0–4)	K. Sosnowski (3)	1,486	30–15	–
May 10		John Euliano Park	L 3–6	M. Grubbs (5–4)	B. Vespi (3–3)	G. Boehm (6)	1,989	30–16	11–13
May 11	Texas	John Euliano Park	W 5–4	D. Stagliano (3–3)	A. Whitehead (4–1)	D. Castellano (3)	2,141	31–16	12–13
May 12	Texas	John Euliano Park	L 7–10	C. Hurley (5–0)	N. Victor (0–2)	G. Boehm (7)	1,605	31–17	12–14
May 14	Bethune–Cookman	John Euliano Park	Canceled (rain)^[3]
May 17¹		Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX	W 6–4	B. Vespi (4–3)	M. Marriott (3–7)	K. Sosnowski (4)		32–17	13–14
May 17²	at Baylor	Baylor Ballpark	L 2–4	E. Calder (5–3)	D. Stagliano (3–4)	A. Petrowski (1)	1,676	32–18	13–15
May 18	at Baylor	Baylor Ballpark	W 10–8	W. Hartley (3–2)	C. McKinney (3–6)	K. Sosnowski (5)	1,613	33–18	14–15

Post-Season

(2–1)
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament Record
		8								34–18	1–0
May 23		8	Globe Life Field				None		6,791	35–18	2–0
May 24	vs. (2) Oklahoma State	8	Globe Life Field	L 1–10	B. Holiday (6–3)		None		8,540	35–19	2–1

NCAA tournament: Tallahassee Regional (2–2)
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament Record
	First round	(3)	Tallahassee, FL			A. Davis II (4–2)	None	ESPN+	4,152	36–19	1–0
	Second round	(3)	Dick Howser Stadium	L 2–5	J. Arnold (11–3)		B. Oxford (1)	ESPN+	5,246	36–20	1–1
	Consolation	(3)	Dick Howser Stadium		Schedule Source:^[4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. Rankings See main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. References

Notes and References

Web site: TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll.
Web site: Sunday's Series Finale at Houston Washed Out . Warnick . James . May 5, 2024 . UCFKnights.com.
Web site: Tuesday's Home Finale at Bethune–Cookman Canceled . Warnick . James . May 14, 2024 . UCFKnights.com.
https://ucfknights.com/sports/baseball/schedule Baseball Schedule

2024 UCF Knights baseball team explained

Preseason

Big 12 coaches poll

Schedule

Rankings

References

Notes and References