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2022 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
CBNo. 15
Record40–24 (19–11 Pac-12)
Head coach
Hitting coachBryant Ward (8th season)
Home stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍y 21 9 0   .700 47 16 0   .746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 48 18 0   .727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 40 24 0   .625
Oregon ‍‍‍y 18 12 0   .600 36 25 0   .590
Arizona ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 39 25 0   .609
Washington ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 30 26 0   .536
California ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 29 27 0   .518
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 26 31 0   .456
Washington State ‍‍‍ 12 18 0   .400 27 26 0   .509
Utah ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 26 27 1   .491
USC ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 25 28 0   .472
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2022 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach John Savage, in his 18th season at UCLA.

Previous season

The Bruins finished with a record of 37–20, and 18–12 in conference play.[2] In the postseason, the Bruins were invited and participated in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to North Carolina and the #8 national seed Texas Tech in the Lubbock Regional in Lubbock, Texas.[3]

Preseason

Long time assistant coach Rex Peters has retired after 29 years of coaching baseball, with the last 10 years at UCLA. To fill the vacancy on John Savage's staff, Niko Gallego was promoted from volunteer assistant coach to assistant and former UCLA pitcher David Berg took over as volunteer assistant coach. Berg played an important part as a member of the Bruins' 2013 College World Series championship team.

Personnel

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 – Max RajcicSophomore
  • 10 – Nate Leibold – Freshman
  • 12 – Gage Jump – Freshman
  • 14 – Charles Harrison – Junior
  • 19 – Jared KarrosJunior
  • 20 – Josh Alger – Freshman
  • 25 – Thatcher HurdFreshman
  • 27 – Jack Filby – Senior
  • 28 – James Hepp – Freshman
  • 30 – Alonzo TredwellFreshman
  • 31 – Chris Aldrich – Redshirt Freshman
  • 32 – Josh Hahn – Junior
  • 33 – Jake Saum – Junior
  • 34 – Jake Brooks – Sophomore
  • 35 – Luke Jewett – Freshman
  • 40 – Ethan Flanagan – Freshman
  • 43 – Daniel Colwell – Senior
  • 51 – Caedon Kottinger – Sophomore
  • 55 – Kelly Austin – Redshirt Sophomore

Catchers

  • 9 – Darius Perry – Junior
  • 17 – Jack Holman – Freshman
  • 36 – Tommy Beres – Redshirt Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Cody Schrier – Freshman
  • 3 – Ethan Gourson – Freshman
  • 5 – Daylen Reyes – Sophomore
  • 6 – Michael Curialle – Junior
  • 7 – Bryce Grudzielanek – Freshman
  • 11 – Jake Moberg – Senior
  • 27 – Jack Filby – Senior
  • 37 – Eli Paton – Redshirt Freshman
  • 44 – Kyle Karros – Sophomore
  • 45 – Alex Fernandes – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Nick McLain – Freshman
  • 6 – Michael Curialle – Junior
  • 15 – Kenny Oyama – Grad. student
  • 16 – Emanuel Dean – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 18 – Carson Yates – Sophomore
  • 21 – JonJon Vaughns – Sophomore
  • 24 – Malakhi Knight – Freshman
  • 32 – Josh Hahn – Junior
  • 38 – Jake Palmer – Grad. student

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff[4]
  • John Savage – Head coach – 18th season
  • Bryant Ward – Assistant coach – 7th season
  • Niko Gallego – Assistant coach – 8th season
  • David Berg – Volunteer assistant coach – 4th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2022 UCLA Bruins game log (38–22)
Regular season: 35–20 (Home: 22–9; Away: 11–10; Neutral: 2–1)
Postseason: 5–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 5–4)
NCAA Auburn Regional: 2–2
Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT
61 June 3 (2) No. 19 vs. (3) Florida State Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
3–5 Messick (7–5) Rajcic (8–5) Hare (4) 3,714 38–23 0–1
62 June 4 (2) No. 19 vs. (4) Southeastern Louisiana Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
16–2 Saum (4–0) Landry (3–6) 3,218 39–23 1–1
63 June 5 (2) No. 19 vs. (3) Florida State Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
2–1 Tredwell (4–1) Hare (1–4) 1,000 40–23 2–1
64 June 5 (2) No. 19 vs. (1) No. 25 Auburn Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
4–11 Barnett (3–2) Hepp (1–2) 3,346 40–24 2–2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Bruins team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Source:[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[6]2424*RV25RVRV17131414824232225
Baseball America[7]2221231518131614922221819
Collegiate Baseball^[8]18212724251291212615141313
NCBWA[9]21232522RVRVRV19131512820252116
D1Baseball[10]15121313823232019

^ 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.

2022 MLB draft

UCLA had an NCAA-High ten players selected in the 2022 MLB draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Max Rajcic RHP 6 187 St. Louis Cardinals
Michael Curialle UT 12 367 St. Louis Cardinals
Jared Karros RHP 16 495 Los Angeles Dodgers

References

  1. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 NCAA tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "2022 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  6. ^ USA Today Coaches Poll
  7. ^ Baseball America Poll
  8. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  9. ^ NCBWA Poll
  10. ^ D1Baseball Poll