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2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
ACC Regular season Champion
Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Chapel Hill Super Regional Champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record44–18 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  x‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 47 16   .746
No. 22 NC State ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 42 18   .700
No. 23 Louisville ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 45 19   .703
Florida State ‍‍y 16 13   .552 43 19   .694
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 25 32   .439
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 24 30   .444
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 7 22   .241 17 32   .347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina x‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 44 18   .710
No. 11 Duke ‍‍‍y 18 11   .621 45 18   .714
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 16 13   .552 28 26   .519
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 31 27   .534
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 12 17   .414 29 25   .537
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 29 26   .527
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 21 33   .389
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 17, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team are representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox is in his 20th year coaching the Tar Heels. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division, and matched Clemson for the best record in the conference. They reached the 2018 College World Series, their eleventh time advancing to Omaha and first since 2013.

Roster

North Carolina Tar Heels 2018 baseball roster[2]
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • 19 - Brett Daniels - Senior
  • 23 - Tyler Baum - Sophomore
  • 24 - Hansen Butler - Redshirt Junior
  • 25 - Taylor Sugg - Junior
  • 27 - Jason Morgan - Redshirt Junior
  • 31 - Josh Hiatt - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 34 - Caden O'Brien - Freshman
  • 36 - Joey Lancellotti - Freshman
  • 37 - Bo Weiss - Sophomore
  • 39 - Kyle Blendinger - Freshman
  • 41 - Cooper Criswell - Junior
  • 42 - Gianluca Dalatri - Sophomore
  • 44 - Austin Love - Freshman
  • 45 - Austin Bergner - Sophomore
  • 48 - Rodney Hutchison Jr. - Junior

Catchers

  • 4 - Brandon Martorano - Sophomore
  • 11 - Cody Roberts - Junior
  • 43 - Brendan Illies - Junior
Infielders
  • 2 - Satchel Jerzembeck - Freshman
  • 3 - Kyle Datres - Junior
  • 7 - Dallas Tessar - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 8 - Ike Freeman - Sophomore
  • 10 - Zack Gahagan - Senior
  • 15 - Michael Busch - Sophomore
  • 18 - Clemente Inclan - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 1 - Brandon Riley - Junior
  • 5 - Ashton McGee - Sophomore
  • 6 - Dylan Enwiller - Junior
  • 12 - Josh Ladowski - Junior
  • 16 - Earl Semper - Freshman
  • 26 - Jackson Hesterlee - Junior
  • 38 - Kip Brandenburg - Sophomore
  • 40 - Angel Zarate - Freshman
  • 46 - Ben Casparius - Freshman
Coaches
  • #30 - Mike Fox (Head Coach)
  • #21 - Scott Forbes (Associate Head Coach)
  • Robert Woodard (Assistant Coach/ Pitching Coach)
  • Jesse Wierzbicki

Schedule

Legend
  North Carolina win
  North Carolina loss
Bold North Carolina team member
* Non-Conference game
2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball game log[3]
Regular season
Postseason

Rankings are from the Collegiate Baseball poll for that week. Numbers in parentheses indicate tournament seeds.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'77*7*2122171264868
Baseball America66131320191053656
Collegiate Baseball^7730128643655
NCBWA7819212627292723181154867

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ^ "Conference Standings". TheACC. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Baseball Roster". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Baseball Schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved June 10, 2018.