2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	36–22 (12–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Randy Mazey (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Derek Matlock (4th season) Steve Sabins (1st season) Robert Moorer (1st season)
Home stadium	Monongalia County Ballpark

2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			47	–	20	–	0		.701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			43	–	22	–	0		.662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			49	–	18	–	0		.731
West Virginia ‍‍‍	12	–	11	–	0		.522			36	–	22	–	0		.621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			30	–	27	–	1		.526
Baylor ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Texas ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Kansas State ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			26	–	31	–	0		.456
Kansas ‍‍‍	6	–	17	–	0		.261			20	–	35	–	1		.366
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 4th season at West Virginia.

Previous season

In 2015, the Mountaineers finished the season 7th in the Big 12 with a record of 27–27 (9–13 Big 12). WVU qualified for the 2015 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament and were eliminated in the second round. They failed to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers roster
	Pitchers 2 - Chad Donato - Junior 4 - Cody Wood - Freshman 5 - Brandon Boone - Junior 7 - Jake Danner - Freshman 11 - Nick Wernke - Sophomore 15 - Conner Dotson - Sophomore 18 - Ross Vance - Senior 19 - Braden Zarbnisky - Freshman 21 - Jacob Brewer - Freshman 22 - Tanner Campbell - Freshman 26 - Shane Ennis - Sophomore 27 - Jeff Hardy - Junior 29 - Michael Grove - Freshman 33 - BJ Myers - Sophomore 34 - Seth Jordan - Sophomore 36 - Blake Smith - Senior 47 - Endy Morales - Freshman 55 - Jacob Potock - Freshman 55 - Jackson Sigman - Junior		Catchers 0 - Chase Illig - Freshman 32 - Ivan Vera - Freshman 42 - Ray Guerrini - Junior Infielders 8 - Shaun Corso - Sophomore 9 - Kyle Gray - Freshman 13 - Jackson Cramer - Junior 25 - Marques Inman - Freshman 28 - Cole Austin - Freshman 31 - Tucker Cascadden - Freshman 40 - Kyle Davis - Sophomore 45 - Andrew Zitel - Freshman 46 - Jimmy Galusky - Freshman		Outfielders 7 - KC Huth - Senior 12 - TJ Lake - Freshman 19 - Kyle Casserly - Sophomore 19 - Braden Zarbnisky - Freshman 23 - Caleb Potter - Sophomore 31 - Darius Hill - Freshman 40 - Tate Brock - Freshman 44 - Shaun Wood - Junior

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at West Virginia	Alma Mater
Randy Mazey	Head coach	4	Clemson University (1988)
Derek Matlock	Assistant coach	4	University of Texas at Arlington (1990)
Steve Sabins	Assistant coach	1	Embry–Riddle (2011)

Schedule and results

2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 February 19 4:00 pm at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC L 3–4 Raynor (1–0) Donato (0–1) Hubbard (1) 240 0–1 – February 20 2:00 pm at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC W 5–0 Vance (1–0) Johnson (0–1) – 346 1–1 – February 21 1:00 pm at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC W 3–0 Myers (1–0) Piriz (0–1) Smith (1) 350 2–1 – February 26 9:00 pm at UNLV* Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 9–6 Dotson (1–0) Bohall (1–1) – 1,666 3–1 – February 27 5:00 pm at UNLV* Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 13–1 Vance (2–0) Kremer (0–1) – 906 4–1 – February 28 4:00 pm at UNLV* Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV W 9–4 Myers (2–0) Oakley (0–2) – 1,076 5–1 –
March Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 March 3 11:35 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 1–4 Hornung (2–2) Donato (0–2) Culp (2) 2,392 5–2 – March 4 11:35 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 4–1 Vance (3–0) Von Ruden (1–1) Grove (1) 2,911 6–2 – March 5 11:35 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI L 2–6 Hatch (1–1) Myers (2–1) – 3,585 6–3 – March 6 6:05 pm at Hawaii* Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 9–2 Dotson (2–0) Pigg (0–2) – 2,775 7–3 – March 11 3:00 pm Old Dominion* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 4–3 Dotson (3–0) Lamb (1–1) Smith (1) 1,135 8–3 – March 12 3:00 pm Old Dominion* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 4–510 Hartman (2–0) Grove (0–1) Maguire (1) 1,319 8–4 – March 12 7:15 pm Old Dominion* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 5–412 Zarbnisky (1–0) Hartman (1–1) – 1,319 9–4 – March 15 3:00 pm Radford* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 6–2 Campbell (1–0) Swarmer (0–2) – 808 10–4 – March 18 7:30 pm at #11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 6–10 Wymer (1–0) Grove (0–2) – 4,379 10–5 0–1 March 19 4:00 pm at #11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 1–7 Howard (4–0) Vance (3–1) – 4,364 10–6 0–2 March 20 2:00 pm at #11 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2–147 Hill (2–1) Myers (2–2) – 4,190 10–7 0–3 March 22 6:30 pm at Penn State* Lubrano Park • University Park, PA L 4–5 Forsyth (1–1) Dotson (3–1) Anderson (5) 682 10–8 – March 25 7:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 1–0 Donato (1–2) Krauth (1–4) Smith (3) 900 11–8 1–3 March 26 3:00 pm ESPN3 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 11–6 Dotson (4–1) Goldsberry (0–3) Hardy (1) 826 12–8 2–3 March 29 6:30 pm Canisius* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 5–710 Smith (2–1) Dotson (4–2) Remillard (5) 1,212 12–9 – March 30 3:00 pm Canisius* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 0–9 Hunt (1–0) Campbell (1–1) – 892 12–10 –
April Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 April 1 6:30 pm Oklahoma State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 5–410 Smith (1–0) Battenfield (1–1) – 1,818 13–10 3–3 April 2 4:00 pm Oklahoma State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 4–3 Vance (4–1) Cobb (3–4) Dotson (1) 1,467 14–10 4–3 April 3 1:00 pm Oklahoma State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 1–8 Elliott (3–1) Myers (2–3) – 951 14–11 4–4 April 5 6:00 pm at Marshall* Appalachian Power Park • Charleston, WV W 5–410 Smith (2–0) Murphy (3–2) – 1,678 15–11 – April 6 6:30 pm Eastern Michigan* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 5–1 Campbell (2–1) Wilson (1–2) Hardy (2) 830 16–11 – April 8 6:30 pm Furman* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 3–7 Gaddis (5–2) Donato (1–3) – 753 16–12 – April 10 11:00 am Furman* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 6–8 Fondu (2–1) Smith (2–1) Mullen (4) 675 16–13 – April 10 3:15 pm Furman* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 8–5 Myers (3–3) Quarles (3–3) Brewer (1) 675 17–13 – April 12 6:30 pm Pittsburgh* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 15 6:30 pm Kansas State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 16 4:00 pm Kansas State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 17 1:00 pm Kansas State Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 19 6:30 pm Youngstown State* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 22 7:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK April 23 3:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK April 24 2:00 pm at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK April 26 6:30 pm Marshall* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 29 6:30 pm Baylor Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV April 30 4:00 pm Baylor Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV
May Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 May 1 1:00 pm Baylor Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 3 6:30 pm Virginia Tech* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 6 6:30 pm Texas Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 7 4:00 pm Texas Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 8 1:00 pm Texas Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 10 6:30 pm Maryland* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 13 7:00 pm William & Mary* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 14 4:00 pm William & Mary* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 15 1:00 pm William & Mary* Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV May 17 6:30 pm at Pittsburgh* Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, PA May 19 7:30 pm at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX May 20 3:00 pm at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX May 21 2:00 pm at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX
Post-season
Big 12 Tournament Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Tourn. May 25 TBD TBD Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK May 26 TBD TBD Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = West Virginia team member
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.