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2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team

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2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball
Atlantic 10 regular season champion
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record37–16 (16–8 A-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Logan Moon (4th season)
  • Miles Miller (1st season)
  • Jason Eary (2nd season)
Home stadiumBilliken Sports Center
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Saint Louis ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 37 16   .698
VCU  ‍‍y 15 8   .652 37 21   .638
Dayton  ‍‍‍ 14 9   .609 33 22   .600
George Washington  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 31 26   .544
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 29 26   .527
Richmond  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 27 32   .458
UMass  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 24 29   .453
Rhode Island ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 19 28   .404
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 24 28   .462
Fordham  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 19 33   .365
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 18 31   .367
George Mason  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 21 32   .396
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team represented Saint Louis University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Billikens played home games at Billiken Sports Center as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Darin Hendrickson, in his 17th season with the program.

Previous season

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The 2023 Saint Louis team finished the season with a 33–23 (15–9) record. They reached the finals of the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament where they lost to George Mason.

Preseason

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Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

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Ethan Bell, Hayden Moore, and Cole Smith were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.[2]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team
Player No. Position Class
Ethan Bell 26 RHP Senior
Hayden Moore 1 INF Junior
Cole Smith 11 DH Senior

Coaches poll

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The coaches poll was released on February 14, 2024. Saint Louis was picked to win the conference and received three first-place votes.[3]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted
finish
Team Points
1 Saint Louis 125 (3)
2 George Mason 121 (2)
3 Saint Joseph's 114 (1)
4 Davidson 113 (2)
5 VCU 97 (2)
6 Dayton 96 (1)
7 Rhode Island 77 (1)
8 Richmond 63
9 George Washington 51
10 Fordham 38
11 UMass 22
12 St. Bonaventure 19

Personnel

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Starters

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Lineup
Pos. No. Player. Year
C 6 Knox Preston Senior
1B 11 Cole Smith Senior
2B 2 Ethan Sitzman Junior
3B 25 Graham Mastros Freshman
SS 7 Austin Neuweg Sophomore
LF 15 Tyler Fogarty Senior
CF 1 Hayden Moore Junior
RF 9 Patrick Clohisy Junior
DH 8 Drew Winters Senior
Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day No. Player. Year
Friday 88 Jackson Holmes Junior
Saturday 13 Tommy Ray Senior
Sunday 19 Charlie Weber Sophomore

Game log

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2024 Saint Louis Billikens baseball game log (37–16)
Regular season (37–14)
Postseason (0–2)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Saint Louis team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Atlantic 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional.
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Tournaments

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Atlantic 10 tournament

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Atlantic 10 tournament teams
(1) Saint Louis Billikens (2) VCU Rams (3) Dayton Flyers (4) Richmond Spiders (5) George Washington Revolutionaries (6) UMass Minutemen (7) Saint Joseph's Hawks
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
May 22 – 11:00 a.m.
1Saint Louis10
May 21 – 11:00 a.m.
4Richmond13
4Richmond12
May 24 – 11:00 a.m.
5George Washington4
4Richmond7
May 21 – 3:00 p.m.
2VCU13
3Dayton4
May 22 – 3:00 p.m.
6UMass1
3Dayton3
May 21 – 7:00 p.m.
2VCU11
2VCU4
May 25 – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
7Saint Joseph's2
2VCU16
4Richmond1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
May 23 – 11:00 a.m.
May 22 – 7:00 p.m.1Saint Louis0May 24 – 3:00 p.m.
6UMass27St. Joseph's14May 23 – 7:00 p.m.4Richmond14
7St. Joseph's127St. Joseph's137St. Joseph's6
May 23 – 3:00 p.m.5George Washington12
5George Washington9
3Dayton1
Second round (Game 4)
(4) Richmond Spiders vs. (1) Saint Louis Billikens
May 22, 2024 10:00 am (CDT) at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(4) Richmond 3 0 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 13 11 1
(1) Saint Louis 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 10 13 2
WP: Esteban Rodriguez (5–2)   LP: Jackson Holmes (9–3)
Home runs:
UR: Jack Arcamone (2), Jordan Jaffe, Connor Larson
SLU: Tyler Fogarty (2), Easton Richter (2)
Attendance: 301
Lower round 2 (Game 6)
(1) Saint Louis Billikens vs. (7) Saint Joseph's Hawks
May 23, 2024 10:00 pm (CDT) at Capital One Park in Tysons, Virginia
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(1) Saint Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
(7) Saint Joseph's 1 0 4 5 3 0 1 0 X 14 16 0
WP: Ryan DeSanto (4–2)   LP: Charlie Weber (3–3)
Home runs:
SLU: None
STJ: Ryan Cesarini (2), Tim Dickinson, Owen Petrich
Attendance: 464

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[5]—*RVRVRVRV
Baseball America[6]
Collegiate Baseball^[7]
NCBWA[8]RVRVRVRVRVRV
D1Baseball[9]

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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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  1. ^ "2024 Baseball Standings". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, Troy (February 14, 2024). "Conference Preview: Atlantic 10". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Saint Louis Picked to as Atlantic 10 Baseball Preseason Favorites". Atlantic 10. February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". slubillikens.com. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "2024 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  8. ^ "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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