2023 UMass Minutemen baseball team

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2023 UMass Minutemen baseball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2023 record	14–35 (6–18 A-10)
Head coach	Matt Reynolds (7th season)
Assistant coach	Mark Royer (7th season)
Assistant coach	Max Weir (1st season)
Pitching coach	Brandon Shileikis (1st season)
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field

2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Saint Joseph's ‍†‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			28	–	24	–	1		.538
Davidson  ‍‍‍	15	–	8	–	0		.652			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Dayton  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			26	–	34	–	0		.433
Richmond  ‍‍‍	14	–	9	–	0		.609			27	–	28	–	0		.491
George Mason ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	10	–	0		.565			36	–	27	–	0		.571
[[{{{school}}}|Rhode Island]]  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			23	–	29	–	0		.442
[[{{{school}}}|George Washington]]  ‍‍‍	11	–	12	–	0		.478			21	–	34	–	0		.382
VCU  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			25	–	30	–	0		.455
[[{{{school}}}|Fordham]]  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			19	–	36	–	0		.345
UMass  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			14	–	35	–	0		.286
[[{{{school}}}|St. Bonaventure]]  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			8	–	40	–	0		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 UMass Minutemen baseball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Minutemen played their home games at Earl Lorden Field as a members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Matt Reynolds, in his 7th season at UMass.

Preseason

Coaches poll

The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 7, 2023. UMass was picked to finish eleventh the Atlantic 10.

Coaches' Poll

Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	Davidson	130 (5)
2	VCU	125 (4)
3	Richmond	103 (1)
4	Saint Louis	103
5	Dayton	92 (1)
6	Rhode Island	85
7	Saint Joseph's	81
8	George Mason	70 (1)
9	Fordham	52
10	George Washington	51
11	UMass	27
12	St. Bonaventure	17

Game log

2023 UMass Minutemen Hawks Baseball Game Log (14–35)
Regular Season (14–35)
February (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 record February 24 at [[{{{school}}}|Central Connecticut]]* CCSU Baseball Field New Britain, CT Canceled (inclement weather) 0–0 — February 25 at Central Connecticut* CCSU Baseball Field 0–0 — February 26 at Central Connecticut* CCSU Baseball Field 0–0 —
March (4–13) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 record March 3 at [[{{{school}}}|Navy]]* Terwilliger Field Annapolis, MD W 4–2 Terwilliger (1–0) Jorgenson (0–1) Harrigan (1) 432 1–0 — March 4 at Navy* Terwilliger Field W 14–3 Perrett (1–0) Shirah (1–2) None 432 2–0 — March 5 at Navy* Terwilliger Field L 4–6 Russell (1–1) Dalton (0–1) Kruer (1) ESPN+ 653 2–1 — March 10 at [[{{{school}}}|UNC Asheville]]* Greenwood Baseball Field Asheville, NC L 2–13 Edmondson (4–0) Terwilliger (1–1) None ESPN+ 175 2–2 — March 11 at UNC Asheville* Greenwood Baseball Field L 3–10 Douglas (3–0) Perrett (1–1) Little (3) ESPN+ 174 2–3 — March 12 at UNC Asheville* Greenwood Baseball Field L 3–7 Honeycutt (3–0) Dalton (0–2) None ESPN+ 117 2–4 — March 15 at [[{{{school}}}|Gardner–Webb]]* John Henry Moss Stadium Boiling Springs, NC L 3–4 McCaskey (1–1) Given (0–1) None ESPN+ 76 2–5 — March 17 at [[{{{school}}}|Penn]]* Meiklejohn Stadium Philadelphia, PA W 1–0 Pawloski (1–0) Coady (1–2) Harrigan (2) ESPN+ 234 3–5 — March 18 at Penn* Meiklejohn Stadium L 3–9 Zaffiro (1–1) Perrett (1–2) None ESPN+ 384 3–6 — March 19 at Penn* Meiklejohn Stadium L 4–19 Dromboski (2–1) Terwilliger (1–2) None ESPN+ 381 3–7 — March 21 at [[{{{school}}}|Holy Cross]]* Fitton Field Worcester, MA L 3–4 Talbot (1–0) Jensen (0–1) Brown (1) 154 3–8 — UConn–UMass Series March 22 at UConn* Elliot Ballpark Storrs, CT L 3–7 Coe (2–0) Harrigan (0–1) None BEDN 526 3–9 — March 24 at [[{{{school}}}|Wichita State]]* Eck Stadium Wichita, KS L 2–12 Candiotti (2–2) LeBlanc (0–1) None ESPN+ 5,496 3–10 — March 25 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium L 2–12 Tolle (5–0) Perrett (1–3) None ESPN+ 1,515 3–11 — March 26 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium L 2–14 Miner (1–0) Terwilliger (1–3) None ESPN+ 1,323 3–12 — March 28 [[{{{school}}}|Albany]]* Earl Lorden Field Amherst, MA W 8–2 Koeppel (1–0) Manetta (0–2) None ESPN+ 75 4–12 — March 31 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, MO L 4–9 Litman (2–1) Pawloski (1–1) None ESPN+ 113 4–13 0–1
April (6–13) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 record April 1 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center L 6–7 Cherico (2–1) Harrigan (0–2) None ESPN+ 142 4–14 0–2 April 2 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center L 1–11 Chaffin (3–1) Steele (0–1) None ESPN+ 122 4–15 0–3 The Baseball Beanpot – First round April 4 No. 9 [[{{{school}}}|Boston College]]* Earl Lorden Field L 12–13 Moore (1–0) Harrigan (0–3) Roman (7) ESPN+ 85 4–16 — April 7 Davidson Earl Lorden Field L 2–9 Schomberg (5–1) LeBlanc (0–2) None ESPN+ 90 4–17 0–4 April 8 Davidson Earl Lorden Field L 3–4 Feczko (3–3) Perrett (1–4) Pabst (1) ESPN+ 95 4–18 0–5 April 9 Davidson Earl Lorden Field L 6–14 Fix (2–0) Pawloski (1–2) None ESPN+ 90 4–19 0–6 The Baseball Beanpot – Consolation second round April 11 [[{{{school}}}|Northeastern]]* Earl Lorden Field L 11–18 Gigliotti (5–0) Koeppel (1–1) None FloSports 85 4–20 — April 14 Richmond Earl Lorden Field L 2–6 Weirather (3–2) Lints (0–1) None ESPN+ 90 4–21 0–7 April 15 Richmond Earl Lorden Field W 9–5 LeBlanc (1–2) Rodriguez (2–1) None ESPN+ 95 5–21 1–7 April 16 Richmond Earl Lorden Field L 7–15 Neff (1–0) Steele (0–2) None ESPN+ 95 5–22 1–8 April 19 at [[{{{school}}}|Sacred Heart]]* Veterans Memorial Park Bridgeport, CT W 10–8 Lints (1–1) Briggs (1–2) LeBlanc (1) 136 6–22 — April 21 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field Merion, PA L 3–5 McCausland (4–2) Belliveau (0–1) Stetzar (2) ESPN+ 201 6–23 1–9 April 22 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field L 3–12 Owsik (1–2) Perrett (1–5) None ESPN+ 400 6–24 1–10 April 23 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field L 3–7 Picone (2–5) Steele (0–3) McShane (2) ESPN+ 323 6–25 1–11 April 25 [[{{{school}}}|Hartford]]* Earl Lorden Field W 9–2 Dalton (1–2) Benzinger (0–3) None ESPN+ 90 7–25 — April 26 [[{{{school}}}|Siena]]* Earl Lorden Field W 10–5 LeSieur (1–0) Paltridge (1–2) None ESPN+ 90 8–25 — April 28 at [[{{{school}}}|St. Bonaventure]] Fred Handler Park Olean, NY W 7–5 Belliveau (1–1) Klodowski (0–3) Jensen (1) ESPN+ 99 9–25 2–11 April 29 at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park W 7–6 Given (1–1) Roggenburk (0–3) Devin (1) ESPN3 392 10–25 3–11 April 29 at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park L 5–7 Watts (3–5) Steele (0–4) O'Connell (2) ESPN+ 258 10–26 3–12
May (4–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 record May 3 at [[{{{school}}}|Quinnipiac]]* Quinnipiac Baseball Field Hamden, CT L 7–10 Alduino (2–0) Devin (0–1) Favieri (1) 113 10–27 — May 5 [[{{{school}}}|Rhode Island]] Earl Lorden Field L 5–11 Spostao (3–5) Pawloski (1–3) None ESPN+ 95 10–28 3–13 May 6 Rhode Island Earl Lorden Field W 8–7 Jensen (1–1) Andrade (1–1) None ESPN+ 95 11–28 4–13 May 7 Rhode Island Earl Lorden Field L 9–10 Fernandez (2–1) Harrigan (0–4) None ESPN+ 95 11–29 4–14 May 9 at [[{{{school}}}|UMass Lowell]]* Edward A. LeLacheur Park Lowell, MA L 8–9 Simes (2–2) Devin (0–2) None AmericaEast.TV 241 11–30 — May 10 Stonehill* Earl Lorden Field W 10–6 LeSieur (2–0) Brulport (2–2) None ESPN+ 90 12–30 — May 12 at [[{{{school}}}|Fordham]] Houlihan Park The Bronx, NY W 9–3 Belliveau (2–1) Lavelle (1–5) Lints (1) ESPN+ 106 13–30 5–14 May 13 at Fordham Houlihan Park L 2–5 Scott (2–2) Perrett (1–6) Kovel (8) ESPN+ 222 13–31 5–15 May 14 at Fordham Houlihan Park L 5–12 Hughes (2–3) Steele (0–5) None ESPN+ 244 13–32 5–16 May 16 [[{{{school}}}|Fairfield]]* Earl Lorden Field L 9–10 Berta (2–0) LeSieur (2–1) Erbeck (3) ESPN+ 90 13–33 — May 18 Dayton Earl Lorden Field L 14–32 Bard (2–0) Belliveau (2–2) None ESPN+ 90 13–34 5–17 May 19 Dayton Earl Lorden Field L 5–8 Wissman (4–1) Perrett (1–7) Hattrup (2) ESPN+ 100 13–35 5–18 May 19 Dayton Earl Lorden Field W 13–6 Steele (1–5) Wilson (0–1) None ESPN+ 100 14–35 6–18
*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll  W  UMass win •  L  UMass loss •  Postponement or cancellation  • Bold denotes UMass player

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'	NR	NR*	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
D1Baseball	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^ 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

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