2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	50–17 (19–5 The American)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Lemonis (8th season) Roger Williams (8th season) Kyle Cheesebrough (3rd season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium

2014 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Louisville  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	5		.792			48	–	15		.762
UCF  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			36	–	23		.610
No. 16 Houston  ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	9		.609			48	–	16		.750
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	14	–	9		.609			30	–	25		.545
South Florida  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	31		.466
Temple  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			15	–	32		.319
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			27	–	31		.466
Memphis  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			30	–	29		.508
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			22	–	31		.415
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2014 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals were coached by Dan McDonnell, in his eighth season, and played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium.

Personnel

Roster

2014 Louisville Cardinals roster
	Pitchers 6 – Ryan Lauria – Freshman 10 – Mason Richardson – Freshman 13 – Josh Rogers – Freshman 16 – Kyle Funkhouser – Sophomore 19 – Nick Burdi – Junior 20 – Drew Harrington – Freshman 25 – Robert Strader – Freshman 28 – Brandon Alphin – Junior 31 – Joe Filomeno – Junior 34 – Michael Bollmer – Freshman 36 – Jonah Philley – Sophomore 40 – Jared Ruxer – Junior 43 – Zack Burdi – Freshman 44 – Jake Sparger – Freshman 45 – Kyle McGrath – Junior		Catchers 14 – Kyle Gibson – Senior 33 – Ryan Summers – Freshman 38 – Aaron Gershenfeld – Junior 41 – Shane Crain – Senior Infielders 1 – Sutton Whiting – Junior 4 – Alex Chittenden – Senior 5 – Anthony Kidston – Sophomore 7 – Grant Kay – Junior 8 – Danny Rosenbaum – Sophomore 9 – Jordan Striegel – Freshman 11 – Zach Lucas – Junior 17 – Nick Solak – Freshman 26 – Blake Tiberi – Freshman		Outfielders 2 – Corey Ray – Freshman 15 – Cole Sturgeon – Senior 18 – Mike White – Junior 24 – Logan Taylor – Freshman 30 – Will Smith – Freshman 35 – Colin Lyman – Freshman 42 – Jeff Gardner – Senior

Coaches

2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball coaching staff
9 Dan McDonnell – Head Coach 22 Chris Lemonis – Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 23 Roger Williams – Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach 21 Kyle Cheesebrough – Assistant Coach

Ranking movements

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	13	13*		13	11	9	13	8	11	9	17	8	7	6	7	9
Baseball America	20	20	20	19	17	14	14	11	13	10	13	13	10	10	12	13
Collegiate Baseball^	8	7	9	10	11	9	11	8	11	9	23	19	12	11	10	12	5	3
NCBWA†	14	13	12	10	10	7	10	8	10	9	13	8	5	5	5	8	4

^ 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.