1962 Ithaca Bombers baseball team

The 1962 Ithaca Bombers baseball team represented Ithaca College in the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season. The head coach was Bucky Freeman, serving his 31st year. The Bombers completed an undefeated regular season, and got 5th place in the 1962 College World Series.

1962 Ithaca Bombers baseball
College World Series, T-5th
Conference	Independent
Record	18–2
Head coach	Bucky Freeman (31st season)
Captains	Bob Christina Bob Valesente (Senior year)
Home stadium	South Hill Diamond

Roster

1962 Ithaca Bombers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town INF Jim Baker / — — P Bieron / — — P Bob Bleadow / — — Sr M Castagnola / — — Bob Christina / — — B Croal / — — C Croll / — — LHP Bill Darling /L — — Sr RHP Tom DePatto /R — — So D Donlick / — — OF Ed Farquhar / — — So INF Don Fazio R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Watertown, New York RHP Roger Freize /R — — Jr Binghamton, New York P Kelly / — — R Lembo / — — P Dick Lindamer / — — So Skip Lyne / — — G Monje / — — Billy Odell / — — Sr T Olvert / — — C Dick Rockwell / — — Jr Waverly, New York J Thomas / — — INF Tom Terranova / — — OF Bob Valesente (C) R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Seneca Falls, New York LHP Frank Vandeweghe /L — — T Vogt / — —	Head coach Bucky Freeman Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

1962 Ithaca Bombers baseball game log
Regular season
April (7–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 1 April 10 at Penn State Unknown • University Park, Pennsylvania 14–5 1–0 2 April 12 at C. W. Post Unknown • Brookville, New York 5–2 2–0 3 April 14 at Fairleigh Dickinson Unknown • Teaneck, New Jersey 7–2 3–0 4 April 21 RIT South Hill Diamond • Ithaca, New York 28–4 4–0 5 Colgate Unknown • Unknown 11–5 5–0 6 April 27 at Hartford Unknown • West Hartford, Connecticut 20–8 6–0 7 April 28 at Holy Cross Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 7–6 7–0
May (8–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 8 May 5 Hartwick South Hill Diamond • Ithaca, New York 16–1 8–0 9 May 10 at Hartwick Unknown • Oneonta, New York 21–0 9–0 10 May 13 Canisius Unknown • Unknown 11–5 10–0 11 May 13 Canisius Unknown • Unknown 8–0 11–0 12 St. Lawrence Unknown • Unknown 3–0 12–0 13 C. W. Post Unknown • Unknown 14–3 13–0 14 Buffalo Unknown • Unknown 8–3 14–0 15 Army Unknown • Unknown 4–0 15–0
Postseason
District 2 Tournament (2–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 16 vs Penn State Unknown • University Park, Pennsylvania 7–6 16–0 17 Gettysburg Unknown • University Park, Pennsylvania 7–4 17–0
1962 College World Series (1–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record 18 June 11 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–1 18–0 19 June 12 vs Florida State Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–5 18–1 20 June 13 vs Texas Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–3 18–2