2019 VCU Rams baseball team

2019 VCU Rams baseball
Atlantic 10 Regular season Champions
Spartanburg Classic Champions
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	39–19 (19–5 A-10)
Head coach	Shawn Stiffler (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike McRae (2nd season) Rich Witten (2nd season) Josh Tutwiler (4th season)
Home stadium	The Diamond

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
VCU  ‍†‍‍	19	–	5	–	0		.792			39	–	19	–	0		.672
Davidson  ‍‍‍	14	–	6	–	0		.700			29	–	22	–	0		.569
Dayton  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			32	–	26	–	1		.551
Fordham  ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			38	–	24	–	0		.613
Richmond  ‍‍‍	13	–	8	–	0		.619			28	–	25	–	1		.528
Rhode Island  ‍‍‍	14	–	9	–	0		.609			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Saint Louis  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			25	–	30	–	0		.455
Saint Joseph's  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			21	–	28	–	0		.429
George Washington  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			30	–	24	–	0		.556
UMass  ‍‍‍	8	–	14	–	0		.364			18	–	27	–	0		.400
St. Bonaventure  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			13	–	32	–	0		.289
George Mason  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			19	–	35	–	0		.352
La Salle  ‍‍‍	4	–	20	–	0		.167			25	–	31	–	0		.446
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 4, 2019 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 49th baseball season. It was their 7th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The regular season began on February 15, 2019, and concluded on May 18, 2019. The Rams finished as regular season champions.

Preseason

A10 media poll

The A10 media poll was released on February 7, 2019, with the Rams predicted to finish in second place in the Atlantic 10.

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Saint Louis	(9)
2	VCU	(2)
3	Davidson	(1)
4	Fordham	(1)
5	George Mason
6	Richmond
7	Rhode Island
8	George Washington
9	Dayton
10	Saint Joseph's
11	St. Bonaventure
12	La Salle
13	UMass

Roster

2019 VCU Rams Roster
	Pitchers 9 – Hayden Moore – Junior 10 – Connor Gillispie – Junior 18 – Justin Sorokowski – RS Sophomore 20 – Jaden Griffin – Freshman 23 – David Dunn – Sophomore 24 – Maddison Furman – Freshman 25 – Benjamin Dum – Senior 30 – Michael Dailey – Senior 32 – Curtis Bafus – Senior 33 – Sam Ryan – Junior 34 – Brady Underwood – Sophomore 38 – Danny Watson – Freshman 39 – Evan Chenier – Freshman 40 – Jack Alkire – Senior 42 – Carter Knapek – RS Sophomore 43 – Brooks Knapek – Sophomore		Infielders 1 – Steven Carpenter – Junior 2 – Paul Witt – Junior 3 – Brett Willett – Junior 4 – Noah Heisler – Freshman 13 – Zach Ching – RS Senior 14 – Brett Norwood – Junior 16 – Liam Hibbits – Sophomore 22 – Andrew Puglielli – Junior 27 – Brett Young – Freshman Utility 8 – Hogan Brown – Sophomore 19 – Jack Schroeder – Sophomore 28 – Mac McCarty – Senior		Catchers 15 – Hunter Vay – Sopohomore 17 – Josh Simon – Junior 21 – Logan Amiss – Freshman 31 – Connor Hicks – Freshman 36 – Matt Stallings – Sophomore 37 – Andrew Schatz – Senior Outfielders 6 – Tomas Sanchez – Freshman 12 – Brandon Henson – Junior 26 – Cooper Benzin – Freshman 41 – Alex Taylor – Freshman

Game log

Legend
	VCU win
	VCU loss
	Postponement/cancellation
(10)	Extra innings
*	Non-conference game
Bold	VCU team member
†	Make-Up Game

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

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

^ 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.