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2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 4th season at West Virginia.

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record36–22 (12–11 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Derek Matlock (4th season)
  • Steve Sabins (1st season)
  • Robert Moorer (1st season)
Home stadiumMonongalia County Ballpark
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍y 19 – 5 – 0   .792 47 – 20 – 0   .701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 16 – 8 – 0   .667 43 – 22 – 0   .662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 9 – 0   .625 49 – 18 – 0   .731
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 36 – 22 – 0   .621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 30 – 27 – 1   .526
Baylor ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 24 – 29 – 0   .453
Texas ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 25 – 32 – 0   .439
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 8 – 16 – 0   .333 26 – 31 – 0   .456
Kansas ‍‍‍ 6 – 17 – 0   .261 20 – 35 – 1   .366
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Previous season

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In 2015, the Mountaineers finished the season 7th in the Big 12 with a record of 27–27 (9–13 Big 12). WVU qualified for the 2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament and were eliminated in the second round. They failed to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

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Roster

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2016 West Virginia Mountaineers roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Chad Donato - Junior
  • 4 - Cody Wood - Freshman
  • 5 - Brandon Boone - Junior
  • 7 - Jake Danner - Freshman
  • 11 - Nick Wernke - Sophomore
  • 15 - Conner Dotson - Sophomore
  • 18 - Ross Vance - Senior
  • 19 - Braden Zarbnisky - Freshman
  • 21 - Jacob Brewer - Freshman
  • 22 - Tanner Campbell - Freshman
  • 26 - Shane Ennis - Sophomore
  • 27 - Jeff Hardy - Junior
  • 29 - Michael Grove - Freshman
  • 33 - BJ Myers - Sophomore
  • 34 - Seth Jordan - Sophomore
  • 36 - Blake Smith - Senior
  • 47 - Endy Morales - Freshman
  • 55 - Jacob Potock - Freshman
  • 55 - Jackson Sigman - Junior
  

Catchers

  • 0 - Chase Illig - Freshman
  • 32 - Ivan Vera - Freshman
  • 42 - Ray Guerrini - Junior

Infielders

  • 8 - Shaun Corso - Sophomore
  • 9 - Kyle Gray - Freshman
  • 13 - Jackson Cramer - Junior
  • 25 - Marques Inman - Freshman
  • 28 - Cole Austin - Freshman
  • 31 - Tucker Cascadden - Freshman
  • 40 - Kyle Davis - Sophomore
  • 45 - Andrew Zitel - Freshman
  • 46 - Jimmy Galusky -   Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 7 - KC Huth - Senior
  • 12 - TJ Lake - Freshman
  • 19 - Kyle Casserly - Sophomore
  • 19 - Braden Zarbnisky - Freshman
  • 23 - Caleb Potter - Sophomore
  • 31 - Darius Hill - Freshman
  • 40 - Tate Brock - Freshman
  • 44 - Shaun Wood - Junior
  

Coaching staff

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Name Position Seasons at
West Virginia		 Alma Mater
Randy Mazey Head coach 4 Clemson University (1988)
Derek Matlock Assistant coach 4 University of Texas at Arlington (1990)
Steve Sabins Assistant coach 1 Embry–Riddle (2011)

Schedule and results

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2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
February 19 4:00 pm at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC L
3–4		 Raynor
(1–0)		 Donato
(0–1)		 Hubbard
(1)		 240 0–1 –
February 20 2:00 pm at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC W
5–0		 Vance
(1–0)		 Johnson
(0–1)		 – 346 1–1 –
February 21 1:00 pm at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC W
3–0		 Myers
(1–0)		 Piriz
(0–1)		 Smith
(1)		 350 2–1 –
February 26 9:00 pm at UNLV* Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W
9–6		 Dotson
(1–0)		 Bohall
(1–1)		 – 1,666 3–1 –
February 27 5:00 pm at UNLV* Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W
13–1		 Vance
(2–0)		 Kremer
(0–1)		 – 906 4–1 –
February 28 4:00 pm at UNLV* Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W
9–4		 Myers
(2–0)		 Oakley
(0–2)		 – 1,076 5–1 –
March
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
March 3 11:35 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI L
1–4		 Hornung
(2–2)		 Donato
(0–2)		 Culp
(2)		 2,392 5–2 –
March 4 11:35 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W
4–1		 Vance
(3–0)		 Von Ruden
(1–1)		 Grove
(1)		 2,911 6–2 –
March 5 11:35 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI L
2–6		 Hatch
(1–1)		 Myers
(2–1)		 – 3,585 6–3 –
March 6 6:05 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W
9–2		 Dotson
(2–0)		 Pigg
(0–2)		 – 2,775 7–3 –
March 11 3:00 pm Old Dominion* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
4–3		 Dotson
(3–0)		 Lamb
(1–1)		 Smith
(1)		 1,135 8–3 –
March 12 3:00 pm Old Dominion* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L
4–510		 Hartman
(2–0)		 Grove
(0–1)		 Maguire
(1)		 1,319 8–4 –
March 12 7:15 pm Old Dominion* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
5–412		 Zarbnisky
(1–0)		 Hartman
(1–1)		 – 1,319 9–4 –
March 15 3:00 pm Radford* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
6–2		 Campbell
(1–0)		 Swarmer
(0–2)		 – 808 10–4 –
March 18 7:30 pm at #11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L
6–10		 Wymer
(1–0)		 Grove
(0–2)		 – 4,379 10–5 0–1
March 19 4:00 pm at #11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L
1–7		 Howard
(4–0)		 Vance
(3–1)		 – 4,364 10–6 0–2
March 20 2:00 pm at #11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L
2–147		 Hill
(2–1)		 Myers
(2–2)		 – 4,190 10–7 0–3
March 22 6:30 pm at Penn State* Lubrano Park • University Park, PA L
4–5		 Forsyth
(1–1)		 Dotson
(3–1)		 Anderson
(5)		 682 10–8 –
March 25 7:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W
1–0		 Donato
(1–2)		 Krauth
(1–4)		 Smith
(3)		 900 11–8 1–3
March 26 3:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W
11–6		 Dotson
(4–1)		 Goldsberry
(0–3)		 Hardy
(1)		 826 12–8 2–3
March 29 6:30 pm Canisius* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L
5–710		 Smith
(2–1)		 Dotson
(4–2)		 Remillard
(5)		 1,212 12–9 –
March 30 3:00 pm Canisius* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L
0–9		 Hunt
(1–0)		 Campbell
(1–1)		 – 892 12–10 –
April
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
April 1 6:30 pm Oklahoma State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
5–410		 Smith
(1–0)		 Battenfield
(1–1)		 – 1,818 13–10 3–3
April 2 4:00 pm Oklahoma State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
4–3		 Vance
(4–1)		 Cobb
(3–4)		 Dotson
(1)		 1,467 14–10 4–3
April 3 1:00 pm Oklahoma State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L
1–8		 Elliott
(3–1)		 Myers
(2–3)		 – 951 14–11 4–4
April 5 6:00 pm at Marshall* Appalachian Power Park • Charleston, WV W
5–410		 Smith
(2–0)		 Murphy
(3–2)		 – 1,678 15–11 –
April 6 6:30 pm Eastern Michigan* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
5–1		 Campbell
(2–1)		 Wilson
(1–2)		 Hardy
(2)		 830 16–11 –
April 8 6:30 pm Furman* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L
3–7		 Gaddis
(5–2)		 Donato
(1–3)		 – 753 16–12 –
April 10 11:00 am Furman* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L
6–8		 Fondu
(2–1)		 Smith
(2–1)		 Mullen
(4)		 675 16–13 –
April 10 3:15 pm Furman* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W
8–5		 Myers
(3–3)		 Quarles
(3–3)		 Brewer
(1)		 675 17–13 –
April 12 6:30 pm Pittsburgh* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 15 6:30 pm Kansas State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 16 4:00 pm Kansas State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 17 1:00 pm Kansas State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 19 6:30 pm Youngstown State* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 22 7:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK
April 23 3:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK
April 24 2:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK
April 26 6:30 pm Marshall* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 29 6:30 pm Baylor Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
April 30 4:00 pm Baylor Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12
May 1 1:00 pm Baylor Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 3 6:30 pm Virginia Tech* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 6 6:30 pm Texas Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 7 4:00 pm Texas Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 8 1:00 pm Texas Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 10 6:30 pm Maryland* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 13 7:00 pm William & Mary* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 14 4:00 pm William & Mary* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 15 1:00 pm William & Mary* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May 17 6:30 pm at Pittsburgh* Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, PA
May 19 7:30 pm at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX
May 20 3:00 pm at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX
May 21 2:00 pm at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX
Post-season
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Tourn.
May 25 TBD TBD Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
May 26 TBD TBD Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = West Virginia team member
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
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