2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

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2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
USC baseball logo.svg
SEC Eastern Division champion
Columbia Regional Champion
Columbia Super Regional, 0–2
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
CBNo. 12
2016 record46–18 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (6th/14th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (9th season)
  • Brian Buscher (5th/6th season)
Home stadiumFounders Park
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 20 – 9 – 0   .690 46 – 18 – 0   .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 19 – 10 – 0   .655 52 – 16 – 0   .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 43 – 19 – 0   .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 32 – 25 – 0   .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 27 – 30 – 0   .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 29 – 28 – 0   .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 26 – 30 – 0   .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 44 – 18 – 1   .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 49 – 16 – 0   .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 45 – 21 – 0   .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 43 – 19 – 0   .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 32 – 26 – 0   .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 23 – 33 – 0   .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23 – 0   .233 26 – 29 – 0   .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks play their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team is coached by Chad Holbrook, who is in his fourth season as head coach at Carolina.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 – Clarke Schmidt – Sophomore
  • 9 – Brandon Murray – Sophomore
  • 13 – Colton Provey – Junior
  • 15 – Adam Hill – Freshman
  • 16 – Harrison Smith – Freshman
  • 17 – Taylor Widener – Junior
  • 18 – Tyler Haswell – Sophomore
  • 21 – Tyler Johnson – Sophomore
  • 23 – Vince Fiori – Senior
  • 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore
  • 26 – Matthew Vogel – Junior
  • 27 – Hayden Hefline – Junior
  • 28 – John Parke – Junior
  • 30 – Braden Webb – Freshman
  • 32 – Canaan Cropper – Sophomore
  • 35 – Kyle Anderson – Freshman
  • 37 – Wil Crowe – Junior
  • 39 – Reed Scott – Junior
  • 40 – Colie Bowers – Junior
  • 46 – Dillon Hodge – Junior"
  • 47 – Josh Reagan – Junior
  • 49 – Hank Nichols – Freshman

Catchers

  • 22 – John Jones – Sophomore
  • 33 – Chris Cullen – Freshman
  • 38 – Hunter Taylor – Sophomore
  

Infielders

  • 7 – DC Arendas – Senior
  • 8 – Marcus Mooney – Senior
  • 11 – LT Tolbert – Freshman
  • 14 – Madison Stokes – Sophomore
  • 20 – Jonah Bride – Sophomore
  • 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore
  • 25 – Ross Grosvenor – Junior
  • 34 – Collin Steagall – Senior
  • 45 – Caleb Whitenton – Freshman
  • 48 – Matt Williams – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 – Jared Williams – Freshman
  • 4 – Danny Blair – Freshman
  • 5 – TJ Hopkins – Freshman
  • 10 – Clark Scolamiero – Sophomore
  • 19 – Gene Cone – Junior
  • 31 – Weber Pike – Junior
  • 42 – Dom Thompson-Williams – Junior
  • 44 – Brandon McIlwain – Freshman
  

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios

Coaching staff[]

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook – Head Coach – 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers – Associate Head Coach – 6 years / 14 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito – Assistant Coach – 9 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 5 years / 6 years

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios

Schedule[]

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log[1]
Regular Season
February
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
February 19 Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 10–1 Schmidt (1–0) Woods (0–1) None 7,434 1–0
February 20 Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 6–2 Webb (1–0) Failing (0–1) Reagan (1) 7,825 2–0
February 21 Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 8–1 Bowers (1–0) Romero (0–1) None 7,221 3–0
February 23 Appalachian State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–0 Hill (1–0) Gorham (0–1) None 6,423 4–0
February 24 Winthrop Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 16–4 Haswell (1–0) Sultan (0–1) None 6,523 5–0
February 26 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 7–1 Schmidt (2–0) Lehman (0–2) None 7,014 6–0
February 27 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 16–5 Webb (2–0) Biasi (1–1) None 7,668 7–0
February 28 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 4–2 Scott (1–0) Hagenman (1–1) Reagan (2) 7,804 8–0
March
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
March 1 at The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 Hill (2–0) Watcher (1–1) Reagan (3) 6,298 9–0
March 4 Clemson Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 8–1 Schmidt (3–0) Barnes (1–1) None 8,242 10–0
March 5 Clemson Fluor Field • Greenville, SC L 5–0 Schmidt (3–0) Webb (2–1) Krall (1) 7,216 10–1
March 6 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 4–1 Eubanks (2–1) Widener (0–1) Bostic (1) 6,524 10–2
March 8 Wofford Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 7–1 Hill (3–0) Higginbotham (0–2) None 6,432 11–2
March 9 Furman Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–4 Haswell (2–0) Dvorak (0–1) Reagan (4) 6,325 12–2
March 11 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 9–0 Schmidt (4–0) Raynor (3–1) None 6,670 13–2
March 12 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–4 Webb (3–1) Johnson (2–2) Reagan (5) 7,412 14–2
March 13 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 2–0 Hill (4–0) Piriz (0–2) Reagan (6) 6,643 15–2
March 15 USC Upstate Fluor Field • Greenville, SC W 12–6 Murray (1–0) Jackson (2–2) None 2,005 16–2
March 16 Davidson Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 15–2 Vogel (1–0) Roberts (0–2) None 6,525 17–2
March 18 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 10–6 Schmidt (5–0) Taccolini (3–1) None 7,511 18–2 1–0
March 19 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 6–2 Webb (4–1) Teague (2–2) Johnson (1) 7,258 19–2 2–0
March 20 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 8–6 Reagan (1–0) Jackson (1–2) None 6,867 20–2 3–0
March 24 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, Mississippi #18 W 5–1 Schmidt (6–0) Bramlett (4–1) Reagan (7) 8,167 21–2 4–0
March 25 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS #18 W 9–5 Webb (5–1) Smith (2–2) None 9,064 22–2 5–0
March 26 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS #18 W 4–0 Hill (5–0) Pagnozzi (4–1) Johnson (2) 10,184 23–2 6–0
March 26 College of Charleston Founders Park • Columbia, SC #18 L 5–613 Love (1–1) Scott (1–1) Hunt (1) 8,242 23–3
March 26 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN #18 L 3–6 Sheffield (4–1) Schmidt (6–1) Bowden (3) 3,384 23–4 6–1
April
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
April 1 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN #7
April 2 #7
April 5 #8
April 8 #8
April 9 #8
April 10 #8
April 13 #5
April 15 #5
April 16 #5
April 17 #5
April 20 #12
April 22 #12
April 23 #12
April 24 #12
April 29 #6
April 30 #6
May
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
Post-Season
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record

Rankings[]

See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[2]2323*1612106758578810913131314
Baseball America[3]—————187851266810914141414
Collegiate Baseball^——20212013262422364661212
NCBWA†[4]2420151817126971188101081291414

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

Gamecocks in the 2016 MLB Draft[]

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Baseball Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. ^ "Rankings – USA Today's Coaches Poll". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. ^ "Baseball America Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rankings – NCBWA". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

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