2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	† – Conference champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of July 1, 2016 (final)[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2016 record	36–22 (12–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Randy Mazey (4th season)
Assistant coach	Derek Matlock (4th season)
Assistant coach	Steve Sabins (1st season)
Assistant coach	Robert Moorer (1st season)
Home stadium	Monongalia County Ballpark

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

Previous Season

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

Roster

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

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 & Results

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers Baseball Game Log

Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = West Virginia team member

Regular Season

February

Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	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	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)	Opponent	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)	Opponent	Site/Stadium
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

Big 12 Tournament

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

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

References

↑ "Big 12 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
↑ "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

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[1] "Big 12 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.

[2] "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
Venues	Hawley Field (1971–2014) Appalachian Power Park (Alt. 2012–2014) Linda K. Epling Stadium (Alt. 2012–2014) Monongalia County Ballpark (2015–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0	.792	47	–	20	–	0	.701
#4 Oklahoma State ^y ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0	.667	43	–	22	–	0	.662
#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 As of July 1, 2016 (final)^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball