2022 Florida Gators baseball team

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2022 Florida Gators baseball
Florida Gators alternate logo.svg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
CBNo. 13
2022 record13–4 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Craig Bell
  • Chuck Jeroloman
Home stadiumFlorida Ballpark
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 10 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 16 – 1   .941
No. 4 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 2   .875
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 2   .857
No. 20 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 3   .824
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 4   .778
No. 11 Florida ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 4   .765
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 10 – 6   .625
Western
No. 12 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 3   .824
No. 2 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 3   .813
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 3   .800
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 4   .765
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 5   .706
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 10 – 6   .625
No. 23 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 11 – 7   .611
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 16, 2022[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2022 college baseball season. Florida competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Home games were played at Florida Ballpark on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, in the second season at the ballpark. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his fifteenth season as Florida's head coach. The Gators entered the season looking to return to the College World Series after an early regional exit from the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

Previous season[]

The 2021 Gators entered the season as the unanimous No. 1 team, but stumbled to a 17–13 SEC record to enter the SEC Tournament as the sixth seed, where they made the semifinals before being eliminated by eventual tournament runner-up Tennessee. The Gators were then selected to host a regional in the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament in the Austin Super Regional, but were eliminated in only two games, suffering a 19–1 loss to South Alabama, who scored 10 runs with two outs in the sixth inning.

Preseason[]

SEC media poll[]

Personnel[]

By player[]

Coaching Staff[]

2021 Florida Gators coaching staff[2]
Name Position Seasons at
Florida		 Alma Mater
Kevin O'Sullivan Head Coach 15 Virginia (1991)
Craig Bell Assistant Coach 15 North Florida (1989)
Chuck Jeroloman Assistant Coach 3 Auburn (2005)
Lars Davis Volunteer Assistant Coach 8 Illinois (2007)

Schedule[]

Legend
  Florida win
  Florida loss
  Postponement
Bold Florida team member
2022 Florida Gators Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
March (7–2)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site 		Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		SEC
Record
March 1 at North Florida No. 14 Harmon Stadium
Jacksonville, FL		 W 11–2 C. Finnvold (1–0) R. Jean (0–1) None 1,328 7–2 —
March 2 Florida A&M No. 14 Florida Ballpark W 17–0 G. Milchin (1–0) S. Host (0–2) None 4,424 8–2 —
March 4 at No. 22 Miami No. 14 Alex Rodriguez Park
Coral Gables, FL		 L 2–5 C. Palmquist (3–0) H. Barco (2–1) A. Walters (3) 3,482 8–3 —
March 5 at No. 22 Miami No. 14 Alex Rodriguez Park W 8–1 B. Sproat (2–1) K. Ligon (1–1) N. Ficarrotta (2) 3,419 9–3 —
March 6 at No. 22 Miami No. 14 Alex Rodriguez Park W 11–3 B. Purnell (2–0) J. Garland (2–1) None 3,356 10–3 —
March 8 Jacksonville No. 11 Florida Ballpark W 1–0 R. Slater (1–0) M. Darrell-Hick (0–1) N. Ficarrotta (3) 4,054 11–3 —
March 9 Jacksonville No. 11 Florida Ballpark Postponed (rain) Makeup: TBA[3]
March 11 Seton Hall No. 11 Florida Ballpark Postponed (rain) Makeup: March 12 as a split doubleheader[4]
March 12 (1) Seton Hall No. 11 Florida Ballpark W 16–4 H. Barco (3–1) H. Waldis (0–3) None 4,113 12–3 —
March 12 (2) Seton Hall No. 11 Florida Ballpark W 11–9 B. Sproat (3–1) D. Conover (0–1) B. Neely (1) 4,528 13–3 —
March 13 Seton Hall No. 11 Florida Ballpark L 4–6 B. O'Neill (1–2) N. Pogue (0–1) J. Cinnella (1) 4,743 13–4 —
March 15 No. 8 Florida State No. 9 Florida Ballpark Postponed (rain) Makeup: May 17[5]
March 18 at Alabama No. 9 Sewell–Thomas Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL		 Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: SECN+ – —
March 19 at Alabama No. 9 Sewell–Thomas Stadium Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: SECN+ – —
March 20 at Alabama No. 9 Sewell–Thomas Stadium Time: 1:00 p.m. TV: SECN+ – —
March 22 Bethune–Cookman Florida Ballpark Time: 6:00 p.m. TV: SECN+ – —
March 25 LSU Florida Ballpark Time: 7:00 p.m. TV: SECN – —
March 26 LSU Florida Ballpark Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: SECN+ – —
March 27 LSU Florida Ballpark Time: 12:00 p.m. TV: SECN+ – —
March 29 vs. Florida State 121 Financial Park
Jacksonville, FL		 Time: 7:00 p.m. TV: SECN – —
March 31 at Georgia Foley Field
Athens, GA		 Time: 8:00 p.m. TV: ESPNU – —
Schedule Source:[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings[]

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[7]1010*16109
Baseball America[8]619181313
Collegiate Baseball^[9]613161313
NCBWA†[10]717161010
D1Baseball[11]91514119

^ 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[]

  1. ^ "2022 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Official Baseball Roster". Florida Gators. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Bortner, Sullivan (March 9, 2022). "Wednesday's Game Against Jacksonville Postponed". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Bortner, Sullivan (March 11, 2022). "Florida Baseball Announces Schedule Change for Seton Hall Series". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Bortner, Sullivan (March 15, 2022). "Tuesday Matchup Between Florida and Florida State Postponed". floridagators.com. University Athletic Assoc., Inc., Fox Sports Sun, IMG College. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  6. ^ floridagators.com
  7. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  8. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  9. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  10. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  11. ^ D1 Baseball
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