2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team

2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	‡ – Tournament champion; As of May 27, 2018; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2018 record	33–20 (15–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dan Hartleb (13th season);
Hitting coach	Adam Christ (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Drew Dickinson (7th season)
Home stadium	Illinois Field
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Illini played their home games at Illinois Field as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by head coach Dan Hartleb, in his 13th season at Illinois.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini roster

Pitchers

2 – Jimmy Burnette – Freshman
7 – Ty Weber – Sophomore
13 – Ryan Schmitt – Sophomore
16 – Luke Shilling – Junior
19 – Ryan Kutt – Freshman
21 – – Junior
22 – Cyrillo Watson – Sophomore
29 – Jackson Douglas – Senior
33 – Quinn Snarskis – Junior
34 – Zack Jones – Sophomore
35 – Joey Gerber – Junior
38 – Andy Fisher – RS-Junior
43 – Sean Leland – RS-Junior
44 – Quinten Sefcik – RS-Junior
45 – Ryan Thompson – Sophomore

Catchers

15 – David Craan – Junior
18 – Kellen Sarver – Freshman
25 – Mark Skonieczny – Senior
32 – Jeff Korte – Junior

Infielders

4 – Ben Troike – Sophomore
6 – Michael Massey – Sophomore
8 – Ryan Haff – RS-Junior
9 – Bren Spillane – Junior
12 – Michael Michalak – Junior
23 – Tyler Engel – Junior
27 – Grant Van Scoy – Junior
31 – Casey Dodge – RS-Sophomore

Outfielders

3 – Jack Yalowitz – Junior
17 – Jeremiah Lebron – Freshman
20 – Doran Turchin – Junior
28 – Andrew Dyke – RS-Freshman
38 – Zac Taylor – RS-Junior

Reference:^[2]

Coaching staff[]

Name	Position	Seasons at Illinois	Alma Mater
Dan Hartleb	Head Coach	13	Southern Illinois University (1989)
Drew Dickinson	Pitching Coach	7	University of Illinois (2009)
Adam Christ	Hitting Coach	3	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2003)
Casey Fletcher	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2	University of Illinois (2015)

Reference:^[3]

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[4]	NR	NR*	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America^[5]	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	24	22
Collegiate Baseball^^[6]	NR	NR	NR	25	25	22	12	15
NCBWA†^[7]	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
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^ 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.

References[]

^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^ "2018 Baseball Roster". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
^ "Baseball Coaching Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
^ Baseball Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America College: Top 25
^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
^ NCBWA Division I poll

[1] "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] "2018 Baseball Roster". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[3] "Baseball Coaching Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[4] Baseball Coaches Poll

[5] Baseball America College: Top 25

[6] NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

[7] NCBWA Division I poll

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Venues	Illinois Field (original) (1884–1987) Illinois Field (1988–present)
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2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Minnesota ‍†‍‡‍	18	–	4	.818	41	–	13	.759
No. 27 Purdue ‍‍‍	17	–	6	.739	37	–	19	.661
Michigan ‍‍‍	15	–	8	.652	33	–	21	.611
Illinois ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	33	–	20	.623
Indiana ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	38	–	17	.691
Iowa ‍‍‍	13	–	9	.591	33	–	20	.623
Ohio State ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	36	–	22	.621
Michigan State ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	20	–	32	.385
Maryland ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	24	–	30	.444
Nebraska ‍‍‍	8	–	14	.364	24	–	28	.462
Rutgers ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	25	–	25	.500
Northwestern ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	17	–	32	.347
Penn State ‍‍‍	3	–	21	.125	15	–	34	.306

‡ – Tournament champion As of May 27, 2018^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball