2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

2014 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season	2014
Teams	64
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park; Omaha, Nebraska;
Champions	Vanderbilt Commodores (1st title)
Runner-up	Virginia Cavaliers (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Tim Corbin (1st title)
MOP	Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt)
Television	ESPN Networks
	← 2013 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 2015 →;

The 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014, as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014, with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.^[1]^[2]

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams.^[3] A total of 31 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-3-game series that determined the 8 participants of the College World Series.^[1]

Bids

Automatic bids

School	Conference	Record (Conf)	Berth	Last NCAA appearance
Binghamton	America East	25–25 (11–12)	Tournament	2013 (Raleigh Regional)
Houston	American	44–15 (14–9)	Tournament	2008 (College Station Regional)
Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	36–25 (14–16)	Tournament	2013 (Nashville Regional)
Kennesaw State	Atlantic Sun	37–21 (17–9)	Tournament	First appearance
George Mason	Atlantic 10	34–20 (16–9)	Tournament	2009 (Greenville Regional)
TCU	Big 12	42–15 (17–7)	Tournament	2012 (College Station Regional)
Xavier	Big East	29–27 (8–10)	Tournament	2009 (Houston Regional)
Campbell	Big South	40–19 (18–8)	Tournament	1990 (West I Regional)
Indiana	Big Ten	42–13 (21–3)	Tournament	2013 (Bloomington Regional)
Cal Poly	Big West	45–10 (19–5)	Regular season	2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
College of Charleston	Colonial	41–17 (15–6)	Tournament	2012 (Gainesville Regional)
Rice	Conference USA	41–18 (23–7)	Tournament	2013 (Eugene Regional)
Youngstown State	Horizon	16–36 (6–17)	Tournament	2004 (Austin Regional)
Columbia	Ivy League	29–18 (15–5)	Championship series	2013 (Fullerton Regional)
Siena	Metro Atlantic	26–31 (17–7)	Tournament	1999 (Winston-Salem Regional)
Kent State	Mid-American	36–21 (16–11)	Tournament	2012 (Gary Regional)
Bethune-Cookman	Mid-Eastern	26–31 (14–10)	Tournament	2012 (Gainesville Regional)
Dallas Baptist	Missouri Valley	40–19 (14–7)	Tournament	2012 (Waco Regional)
San Diego State	Mountain West	42–19 (17–13)	Tournament	2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
Bryant	Northeast	42–14 (19–5)	Tournament	2013 (Manhattan Regional)
Jacksonville State	Ohio Valley	36–25 (18–12)	Tournament	2010 (Auburn Regional)
Oregon State	Pac-12	42–12 (23–7)	Regular season	2013 (Corvallis Regional)
Bucknell	Patriot	30–19–1 (15–5)	Tournament	2010 (Columbia Regional)
LSU	Southeastern	44–14–1 (17–11–1)	Tournament	2013 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Georgia Southern	Southern	39–21 (15–12)	Tournament	2011 (Columbia Regional)
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	37–23 (14–10)	Tournament	1994 (South Regional)
Jackson State	Southwestern Athletic	31–23 (9–15)	Tournament	2013 (Baton Rouge Regional)
North Dakota State	Summit	25–24 (9–12)	Tournament	1956 (District 5)
Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt	53–7 (26–4)	Tournament	2013 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Pepperdine	West Coast	39–16 (18–9)	Tournament	2012 (Palo Alto Regional)
Sacramento State	Western Athletic	39–22 (21–6)	Tournament	First appearance

By conference

Conference	Total	Schools
SEC	10	Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC	7	Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia
Big 12	5	Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Pac-12	5	Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington
Big West	4	Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Irvine
American	2	Houston, Louisville
Big South	2	Campbell, Liberty
Big Ten	2	Indiana, Nebraska
Conference USA	2	Old Dominion, Rice
Missouri Valley	2	Dallas Baptist, Indiana State
Mountain West	2	San Diego State, UNLV
Southland	2	Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana
America East	1	Binghamton
Atlantic 10	1	George Mason
Atlantic Sun	1	Kennesaw State
Big East	1	Xavier
Colonial	1	College of Charleston
Horizon	1	Youngstown State
Ivy	1	Columbia
MAAC	1	Siena
Mid-American	1	Kent State
MEAC	1	Bethune-Cookman
NEC	1	Bryant
Ohio Valley	1	Jacksonville State
Patriot	1	Bucknell
Southern	1	Georgia Southern
SWAC	1	Jackson State
Summit	1	North Dakota State
Sun Belt	1	Louisiana–Lafayette
WAC	1	Sacramento State
West Coast	1	Pepperdine

National seeds

The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:

Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner.

Stillwater Super Regional

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Oregon State	2

4	North Dakota State	1
			1	Oregon State	2

			3	UC Irvine	14
3	UC Irvine	10

2	UNLV	3
						3	UC Irvine	0	4
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
						1	Oregon State	4	2
4	North Dakota State	1

2	UNLV	2
			2	UNLV	1

			1	Oregon State	6



											UC Irvine	8	1	–

											Oklahoma State	4	0	–
1	Oklahoma State	8

4	Binghamton	0
			1	Oklahoma State	13

			3	Cal State Fullerton	7
3	Cal State Fullerton	5

2	Nebraska	1
						1	Oklahoma State	6	–
Stillwater Regional – Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
						3	Cal State Fullerton	4	–
4	Binghamton	6

2	Nebraska	8
			2	Nebraska	3

			3	Cal State Fullerton	4

Austin Super Regional

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Rice	7

4	George Mason	2
			1	Rice	2

			2	Texas	3¹¹
3	Texas A&M	1

2	Texas	8
						2	Texas	2	4
Houston Regional – Reckling Park
						3	Texas A&M	3	1
4	George Mason	3

3	Texas A&M	7
			1	Rice	8

			3	Texas A&M	9¹⁰



											Texas	4	4	–

											Houston	2	0	–
1	LSU	8

4	Southeastern Louisiana	4
			1	LSU	5

			2	Houston	1
3	Bryant	2

2	Houston	3¹⁰
						1	LSU	4	2
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
						2	Houston	5¹¹	12
4	Southeastern Louisiana	2

3	Bryant	1¹⁰
			4	Southeastern Louisiana	5

			2	Houston	9

Louisville Super Regional

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Florida State	0

4	Georgia Southern	7
			4	Georgia Southern	5

			3	Kennesaw State	13¹¹
3	Kennesaw State	1

2	Alabama	0
						3	Kennesaw State	1	4
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
						2	Alabama	4	2
1	Florida State	5

2	Alabama	6
			2	Alabama	6

			4	Georgia Southern	0



											Kennesaw State	3	4	–

											Louisville	5	7	–
1	Louisville	5

4	Kent State	0
			1	Louisville	6

			3	Kansas	3
3	Kansas	10

2	Kentucky	6
						1	Louisville	4	–
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
						2	Kentucky	1	–
4	Kent State	2

2	Kentucky	4
			2	Kentucky	8

			3	Kansas	6

Nashville Super Regional

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Vanderbilt	11

4	Xavier	0
			1	Vanderbilt	7

			2	Oregon	2
3	Clemson	1

2	Oregon	18
						1	Vanderbilt	3	–
Nashville Regional – Hawkins Field
						2	Oregon	2	–
4	Xavier	6

3	Clemson	4
			4	Xavier	8

			2	Oregon	11¹⁰



											Vanderbilt	11	4	12

											Stanford	6	5	5
1	Indiana	10

4	Youngstown State	2
			1	Indiana	4

			3	Stanford	2
3	Stanford	8

2	Indiana State	1
						1	Indiana	7	4
Bloomington Regional – Bart Kaufman Field
						3	Stanford	10	5
4	Youngstown State	5

2	Indiana State	2
			4	Youngstown State	4

			3	Stanford	12

Lubbock Super Regional

Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Florida	2

4	College of Charleston	3
			4	College of Charleston	6

			2	Long Beach State	3
3	North Carolina	1

2	Long Beach State	6
						4	College of Charleston	4	–
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
						2	Long Beach State	2	–
1	Florida	2

3	North Carolina	5
			3	North Carolina	5

			2	Long Beach State	12



											College of Charleston	0	0	–

											Texas Tech	1	1	–
1	Miami (FL)	1

4	Bethune-Cookman	0
			1	Miami (FL)	0

			2	Texas Tech	3
3	Columbia	2

2	Texas Tech	3
						2	Texas Tech	1	4
Coral Gables Regional – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field
						1	Miami (FL)	2¹⁰	0
4	Bethune-Cookman	6

3	Columbia	5
			4	Bethune-Cookman	0

			1	Miami (FL)	10

Fort Worth Super Regional

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Cal Poly	4

4	Sacramento State	2
			1	Cal Poly	1

			3	Pepperdine	2
3	Pepperdine	3

2	Arizona State	2
						3	Pepperdine	10	–
San Luis Obispo Regional – Baggett Stadium
						1	Cal Poly	6	–
4	Sacramento State	5

2	Arizona State	4
			4	Sacramento State	5

			1	Cal Poly	6



											Pepperdine	2	3	5

										7	TCU	3	2	6
1	TCU	2

4	Siena	1¹¹
			1	TCU	3

			3	Sam Houston State	2²²
3	Sam Houston State	2

2	Dallas Baptist	1
						1	TCU	6	–
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
						3	Sam Houston State	1	–
4	Siena	9

2	Dallas Baptist	8¹⁰
			4	Siena	2

			3	Sam Houston State	9

Lafayette Super Regional

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Louisiana–Lafayette	0

4	Jackson State	1
			4	Jackson State	1

			2	Mississippi State	3
3	San Diego State	2

2	Mississippi State	5
						2	Mississippi State	8	3
Lafayette Regional – M.L. Tigue Moore Field
						1	Louisiana–Lafayette	14	5
1	Louisiana–Lafayette	9

3	San Diego State	2
			1	Louisiana–Lafayette	11

			4	Jackson State	1



										6	Louisiana–Lafayette	9	2	4

											Ole Miss	5	5	10
1	Ole Miss	12

4	Jacksonville State	2
			1	Ole Miss	2

			2	Washington	1
3	Georgia Tech	0

2	Washington	8
						1	Ole Miss	3	–
Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
						2	Washington	2¹⁰	–
4	Jacksonville State	2

3	Georgia Tech	4
			3	Georgia Tech	2

			2	Washington	4

Charlottesville Super Regional

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	South Carolina	5

4	Campbell	2
			1	South Carolina	3

			2	Maryland	4
3	Old Dominion	3

2	Maryland	4
						2	Maryland	10	–
Columbia Regional – Carolina Stadium
						1	South Carolina	1	–
4	Campbell	4

3	Old Dominion	1¹²
			4	Campbell	0

			1	South Carolina	9



											Maryland	5	3	2

										3	Virginia	4	7	11
1	Virginia	10

4	Bucknell	1
			1	Virginia	3

			2	Arkansas	0
3	Liberty	2

2	Arkansas	3
						1	Virginia	9	–
Charlottesville Regional – Davenport Field
						2	Arkansas	2	–
4	Bucknell	5

3	Liberty	2
			4	Bucknell	0

			2	Arkansas	10

College World Series

The 2014 College World Series began on June 14, 2014, and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. It concluded on June 25, 2014, with Vanderbilt winning the national championship by defeating Virginia 2 games to 1 in the final round.^[2]

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	Previous CWS Appearances	Best CWS Finish	CWS record Not including this year
Louisville	American	50–15 (19–5)	Dan McDonnell	2 (last: 2013)	5th (2007)	1–4
Ole Miss	SEC	46–19 (19–11)	Mike Bianco	4 (last: 1972)	4th (1956)	3–8
TCU	Big 12	47–16 (17–7)	Jim Schlossnagle	1 (2010)	3rd (2010)	3–2
Texas	Big 12	43–19 (13–11)	Augie Garrido	34 (last: 2011)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005)	82–57
Texas Tech	Big 12	45–19 (14–10)	Tim Tadlock	none	none	0–0
UC Irvine	Big West	40–23 (15–9)	Mike Gillespie	1 (2007)	3rd (2007)	2–2
Vanderbilt	SEC	46–19 (17–13)	Tim Corbin	1 (2011)	3rd (2011)	2–2
Virginia	ACC	49–14 (22–8)	Brian O'Connor	2 (last: 2011)	3rd (2011)	3–4

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Final

	UC Irvine	3

	Texas	1
				UC Irvine	4

				Vanderbilt	6
	Louisville	3

	Vanderbilt	5
							Vanderbilt	0	4

							Texas	4	3¹⁰
	Texas	4

	Louisville	1
				Texas	1

				UC Irvine	0



											Vanderbilt	9	2	3

										3	Virginia	8	7	2
	Texas Tech	2

7	TCU	3
			7	TCU	2

			3	Virginia	3¹⁵
	Ole Miss	1

3	Virginia	2
						3	Virginia	4	–

							Ole Miss	1	–
	Texas Tech	1

	Ole Miss	2
				Ole Miss	6

			7	TCU	4

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Saving Pitcher	Notes
June 14	Game 1	UC Irvine	3–1	Texas	Evan Brock	Nathan Thornhill	—
June 14	Game 2	Vanderbilt	5–3	Louisville	Carson Fulmer	Kyle Funkhouser	Adam Ravenelle
June 15	Game 3	TCU	3–2	Texas Tech	Riley Ferrell	Jonny Drozd	—
June 15	Game 4	Virginia	2–1	Ole Miss	Artie Lewicki	Aaron Greenwood	—
June 16	Game 5	Texas	4–1	Louisville	Parker French	Anthony Kidston	Travis Duke	Louisville eliminated
June 16	Game 6	Vanderbilt	6–4	UC Irvine	Walker Buehler	Elliot Surrey	—
June 17	Game 7	Ole Miss	2–1	Texas Tech	Scott Weathersby	Cameron Smith	—	Texas Tech eliminated
June 17	Game 8	Virginia	3–2 (15)	TCU	Artie Lewicki	Trey Teakell	—	Longest game in College World Series history
June 18	Game 9	Texas	1–0	UC Irvine	Chad Hollingsworth	Evan Manarino	Travis Duke	UC Irvine eliminated
June 19	Game 10	Ole Miss	6–4	TCU	Josh Laxer	Jordan Kipper	Aaron Greenwood	TCU eliminated
June 20	Game 11	Texas	4–0	Vanderbilt	Nathan Thornhill	Tyler Ferguson	—
June 20/21^[a]	Game 12	Virginia	4–1	Ole Miss	Josh Sborz	Chris Ellis	Nick Howard	Ole Miss eliminated
June 21	Game 13	Vanderbilt	4–3 (10)	Texas	Hayden Stone	John Curtiss	—	Texas eliminated
June 23	Final Game 1	Vanderbilt	9–8	Virginia	Jared Miller	Nathan Kirby	Adam Ravenelle
June 24	Final Game 2	Virginia	7–2	Vanderbilt	Brandon Waddell	Tyler Beede	—
June 25	Final Game 3	Vanderbilt	3–2	Virginia	Hayden Stone	Nick Howard	Adam Ravenelle	Vanderbilt wins College World Series

^{^[a]}Game began Friday night at 7:00 pm CT. A rain delay occurred at 7:32 pm. The game was suspended at 9:05 pm and resumed Saturday at 2:02 pm.^[4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.^[5]

Position	Player	School
P	Artie Lewicki	Virginia
P	Brandon Waddell	Virginia
C	Nate Irving	Virginia
1B	Kevin Cron	TCU
2B	Branden Cogswell	Virginia
3B	Tyler Campbell	Vanderbilt
SS	C. J. Hinojosa	Texas
OF	Brandon Downes	Virginia
	John Norwood	Vanderbilt
	Rhett Wiseman	Vanderbilt
DH	Dansby Swanson (MOP)	Vanderbilt

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Place	School	Record
1st	Vanderbilt	10–3
2nd	#3 Virginia	9–3
3rd	Ole Miss	7–3
3rd	Texas	8–3
5th	#7 TCU	6–3
5th	UC Irvine	6–3
7th	Louisville	5–2
7th	Texas Tech	5–3
9th	College of Charleston	3–2
	Houston	4–3
	Kennesaw State	3–3
	#6 Louisiana–Lafayette	5–3
	Maryland	4–2
	Oklahoma State	3–2
	Pepperdine	4–2
	Stanford	5–3
17th	Alabama	3–2
	Arkansas	2–2
	Cal Poly	2–2
	Cal State Fullerton	2–2
	#4 Indiana	2–2
	Kentucky	2–2
	Long Beach State	2–2
	#8 LSU	2–2
	Miami (FL)	3–2
	Mississippi State	2–2
	Oregon	2–2
	#1 Oregon State	3–2
	Sam Houston State	2–2
	South Carolina	2–2
	Texas A&M	3–2
	Washington	2–2
33rd	Bethune-Cookman	1–2
	Bucknell	1–2
	Campbell	1–2
	Georgia Southern	1–2
	Georgia Tech	1–2
	Jackson State	1–2
	Kansas	1–2
	Nebraska	1–2
	North Carolina	1–2
	Rice	1–2
	Sacramento State	1–2
	Siena	1–2
	Southeastern Louisiana	1–2
	UNLV	1–2
	Xavier	1–2
	Youngstown State	1–2
49th	Arizona State	0–2
	Binghamton	0–2
	Bryant	0–2
	Clemson	0–2
	Columbia	0–2
	Dallas Baptist	0–2
	#2 Florida	0–2
	#5 Florida State	0–2
	George Mason	0–2
	Indiana State	0–2
	Jacksonville State	0–2
	Kent State	0–2
	Liberty	0–2
	North Dakota State	0–2
	Old Dominion	0–2
	San Diego State	0–2

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	RF	SR	WS	NS	CS	NC
Southeastern	10	33–22	.600	9	2	2	2	1	1
Atlantic Coast	7	18–15	.545	3	2	1	1	1	–
Big 12	5	23–13	.639	4	4	3	1	–	–
American	2	9–5	.643	2	2	1	–	–	–
Big West	4	12–9	.571	4	1	1	–	–	–
Pac-12	5	12–11	.522	4	1	–	–	–	–
West Coast	1	4–2	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	5–3	.625	1	1	–	–	–	–
Colonial	1	3–2	.600	1	1	–	–	–	–
Atl Sun	1	3–3	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big Ten	2	3–4	.429	1	–	–	–	–	–
Southland	2	3–4	.429	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	2	1–4	.200	–	–	–	–	–	–
Conference USA	2	1–4	.200	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	2	1–4	.200	–	–	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	2	0–4	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	15	8–30	.211	–	–	–	–	–	–

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media, in conjunction with Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at westwoodonesports.com. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.^[6]

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Mike Rooney providing analysis. Bases Loaded aired Friday and Saturday from 2:00 pm–midnight ET, Sunday from 2:00 pm–1:00 am ET, and Monday from 6:00 pm–1:00 am ET on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired Bases Loaded in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.^[7]

Broadcast assignments

Regionals^[8]

Adam Amin & Danny Kanell – Corvallis, Oregon
Mark Neely & Randy Flores – Stillwater, Oklahoma
Tom Hart & Ben McDonald – Houston, Texas
Brett Dolan & Nick Belmonte – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Joe Davis & Greg Swindell – Tallahassee, Florida
Clay Matvick & Gabe Gross – Louisville, Kentucky
Dave Neal & Chris Burke – Nashville, Tennessee
Jim Barbar & John Gregory – Bloomington, Indiana

Super Regionals^[9]

Dave Neal, Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke, & Jaymee Sire – Nashville, Tennessee
Dari Nowkhah, Danny Kanell, & Kaylee Hartung – Austin, Texas
Carter Blackburn & Alex Cora – Louisville, Kentucky
Clay Matvick & Eduardo Perez – Stillwater, Oklahoma

College World Series^[10]

Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone, & Jaymee Sire - Afternoons
Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, & Jessica Mendoza – Evenings