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2024 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball Conference Big West Conference Coaches No. 14 CB No. 12 Record 25–6 (11–3 Big West) Head coach Assistant coaches
Ryan Johnston (2nd season)
Erich Pfohl (1st season)
CJ Yogi (1st season)
Hitting coach J.T. Bloodworth (5th season) Pitching coach Daniel Bibona (11th season) Home stadium Cicerone Field Seasons
The 2024 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represents the University of California, Irvine during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Anteaters play their home games at Cicerone Field as a member of the Big West Conference . They are led by head coach Ben Orloff , in his sixth season as manager.
Previous season [ edit ]
UC Irvine is coming off a 38–17 (19–11) season. The Anteaters finished fourth in the Big West Conference, but did not receive an at-large berth to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament .
Preseason [ edit ]
Preseason Big West awards and honors [ edit ]
Preseason All-Big West Team
Player
No.
Position
Class
Coaches poll [ edit ]
The coaches poll was released on February 9, 2024. UC Irvine was picked to finish second in the conference and received two first-place votes.[2]
Coaches' Poll
Pos.
Team
Points
1
UCSB
99 (9)
2
UC Irvine
89 (2)
3
UC San Diego
78
4
Hawaii
70
5
CSUN
65
6
Cal State Fullerton
59
7
Cal Poly
46
8
Long Beach State
42
9
UC Davis
25
10
Cal State Bakersfield
21
11
UC Riverside
11
Game log [ edit ]
2024 UC Irvine Anteaters Baseball Game Log (15–3)
Regular Season (15–3)
February (6–0)
Date
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
BWC
February 16
ESPN+
North Dakota State *
No. 25
Cicerone Field Irvine, California
W 14–2
Pinto (1–0)
Puetz (0–1)
None
826
1–0
—
February 17
ESPN+
North Dakota State*
No. 25
Cicerone Field
W 7–2
Luu (1–0)
Knight (0–1)
None
745
2–0
—
February 18
ESPN+
North Dakota State*
No. 25
Cicerone Field
W 10–4
Brooks (1–0)
Koenig (0–1)
None
718
3–0
—
February 20
KUCI
San Diego *
No. 25
Cicerone Field
Canceled (inclement weather)
3–0
—
February 23
ESPN+
at Tulane *
No. 25
Turchin Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana
W 5–4
Pinto (2–0)
Saum (0–2)
Tibbett (1)
1,692
4–0
—
February 24
ESPN+
at Tulane*
No. 25
Turchin Stadium
W 11–4
Luu (2–0)
Cehajić (0–1)
Ojeda (1)
2,005
5–0
—
February 25
ESPN+
at Tulane*
No. 25
Turchin Stadium
W 10–7
Hansen (1–0)
Lombardi (0–1)
None
1,692
6–0
—
March (16–3)
Date
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
BWC
Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic
March 1
ESPN+
San Diego*
No. 23
Cicerone Field
W 3–1
Pinto (3–0)
Randall (0–1)
Tibbett (2)
856
7–0
—
March 2
ESPN+
Michigan *
No. 23
Cicerone Field
W 12–4
Wheeler (1–0)
Denner (1–2)
Martin (1)
896
8–0
—
March 3
MLBN
vs. UCLA *
No. 23
Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, California
W 5–2
Ojeda (1–0)
Rodriguez (0–1)
Tibbett (3)
4,617
9–0
—
March 5
ESPN+
Cal Baptist *
No. 22
Cicerone Field
W 13–4
Luu (3–0)
Wilson (0–2)
Tibbett (4)
738
10–0
—
March 7
MWN
at Fresno State *
No. 22
Pete Beiden Field Fresno, California
W 13–4
Brooks (2–0)
Dixon (2–1)
None
1,658
11–0
—
March 8
KUCI
vs. Columbia *
No. 22
Pete Beiden Field
W 32–2
Pierrello (1–0)
Sheets (0–2)
None
1,239
12–0
—
March 8
MWN
at Fresno State *
No. 22
Pete Beiden Field
L 1–13
Beal (1–2)
Pinto (3–1)
None
1,239
12–1
—
March 9
KUCI
vs. Columbia*
No. 22
Pete Beiden Field
W 25–7
Hansen (2–0)
Edwards (0–1)
None
1,438
13–1
—
March 13
ESPN+
UConn *
No. 19
Cicerone Field
L 0–5
Schild (2–0)
Vizcaino (0–1)
None
622
13–2
—
March 15
ESPN+
UC Davis
No. 19
Cicerone Field
W 1–0
Tibbett (1–0)
Delaney (1–1)
None
831
14–2
1–0
March 16
ESPN+
UC Davis
No. 19
Cicerone Field
W 6–1
Ojeda (2–0)
Valdez (1–1)
None
700
15–2
2–0
March 17
ESPN+
UC Davis
No. 19
Cicerone Field
L 10–1211
Woolridge (1–0)
Wheeler (1–1)
None
956
15–3
2–1
March 22
ESPN+
Cal State Bakersfield
No. 24
Cicerone Field
W 10–3
Pinto (4–1)
Verdugo (0–3)
None
846
16–3
3–1
March 23
ESPN+
Cal State Bakersfield
No. 24
Cicerone Field
W 12–4
Hansen (3–0)
Gutierrez (0–2)
None
586
17–3
4–1
March 24
ESPN+
Cal State Bakersfield
No. 24
Cicerone Field
W 3–212
Utagawa (1–0)
Grosjean (1–3)
None
591
18–3
5–1
March 26
ESPN+
at Loyola Marymount *
No. 20
George C. Page Stadium Los Angeles, California
W 10–911
Pierrello (2–0)
Kershaw (1–1)
Zamudio (1)
307
19–3
—
March 28
ESPN+
at Hawaii
No. 20
Les Murakami Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii
W 6–3
Pinto (5–1)
Giroux (3–1)
Tibbett (5)
3,291
20–3
6–1
March 29
ESPN+
at Hawaii
No. 20
Les Murakami Stadium
W 12–8
Rincover (1–0)
Abshier (1–2)
Tibbett (6)
4,159
21–3
7–1
March 30
ESPN+
at Hawaii
No. 20
Les Murakami Stadium
W 12–5
Ojeda (3–0)
Magdaleno (1–2)
None
3,324
22–3
8–1
April (3–3)
Date
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
BWC
April 5
ESPN+
No. 23 UCSB
No. 16
Cicerone Field
W 9–3
Pinto (6–1)
Gallagher (2–1)
None
772
23–3
9–1
April 6
ESPN+
No. 23 UCSB
No. 16
Cicerone Field
L 4–5
Gutierrez (5–0)
Hansen (3–1)
Flora (4)
1,327
23–4
9–2
April 7
ESPN+
No. 23 UCSB
No. 16
Cicerone Field
W 11–4
Luu (4–0)
Ager (2–3)
None
1,036
24–4
10–2
April 9
P12N
at USC *
No. 12
George C. Page Stadium[b]
L 5–12
Johnson (3–0)
Grack (0–1)
None
374
24–5
—
April 12
ESPN+
at UC San Diego
No. 12
Triton Ballpark La Jolla, California
L 4–15
Eyanson (5–1)
Pinto (6–2)
None
500
24–6
10–3
April 13
ESPN+
at UC San Diego
No. 12
Triton Ballpark
W 16–3
Hansen (4–1)
Ernisse (1–2)
Martin (2)
426
25–6
11–3
April 14
ESPN+
at UC San Diego
No. 12
Triton Ballpark
April 17
ESPN+
USC*
Cicerone Field
—
April 19
ESPN+
San Diego State *
Cicerone Field
—
April 20
MWN
at San Diego State*
Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, California
—
April 21
ESPN+
San Diego State
Cicerone Field
—
April 23
P12N
at UCLA*
Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California
—
April 26
KUCI
at UC Riverside
Ballpark at RSC Riverside, California
April 27
KUCI
at UC Riverside
Ballpark at RSC
April 28
KUCI
at UC Riverside
Ballpark at RSC
April 30
ESPN+
at San Diego*
Fowler Park San Diego, California
—
May (0–0)
Date
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
BWC
May 3
ESPN+
Cal Poly
Cicerone Field
May 4
ESPN+
Cal Poly
Cicerone Field
May 5
ESPN+
Cal Poly
Cicerone Field
May 7
ESPN+
UCLA*
Cicerone Field
—
May 10
ESPN+
at Long Beach State
Blair Field Long Beach, California
May 11
ESPN+
at Long Beach State
Blair Field
May 12
ESPN+
at Long Beach State
Blair Field
May 14
ESPN+
Loyola Marymount*
Cicerone Field
—
May 17
at Cal State Fullerton
Goodwin Field Fullerton, California
May 18
at Cal State Fullerton
Goodwin Field
May 19
at Cal State Fullerton
Goodwin Field
May 23
ESPN+
CSUN
Cicerone Field
May 24
ESPN+
CSUN
Cicerone Field
May 25
ESPN+
CSUN
Cicerone Field
Postseason (0–0)
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold =UC Irvine team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
[3]
Schedule Notes
^ Game will be played at George C. Page Stadium instead of USC's main field, Dedeaux Field , due to a scheduling conflict. USC will still be the designated home team.
Rankings [ edit ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final Coaches' [4] RV RV* 25 23 20 21 19 17 14 Baseball America [5] 25 21 20 19 19 19 16 14 11 NCBWA †[6] — RV 25 22 22 20 19 17 14 D1Baseball[7] — — — 23 22 24 20 16 12 Perfect Game[8] — — — 22 22 23 20 19 14
† 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 [ edit ]
^ "Big West Conference" . D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024 .
^ "UC Santa Barbara Picked to Win The Big West in 2024 Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll" . bigwest.org . February 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024 .
^ "2024 Baseball Schedule" . vcuathletics.com . Retrieved January 8, 2024 .
^ "Baseball Coaches Poll" . USA Today . Gannett . Retrieved March 2, 2024 .
^ Flaherty, Peter; Cahill, Teddy (February 26, 2024). "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings" . Baseball America . Retrieved March 2, 2024 .
^ "NCBWA Division I Poll" . National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association . Dallas . Retrieved March 2, 2024 .
^ "D1Baseball.com Top 25" . d1baseball.com . Retrieved March 2, 2024 .
^ "NCAA Division I - Top 25 Rankings" . Perfect Game USA . February 26, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024 .
External links [ edit ]
Venues People Seasons College World Series appearances in italics