UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
UC Irvine Anteaters | |
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Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark (Capacity: 2,900) | |
Nickname | Anteaters |
Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
NCAA Tournament champions | |
1973*, 1974* | |
College World Series appearances | |
1973*, 1974*, 2007, 2014 | |
NCAA regional champions | |
1973*, 1974*, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1970*, 1971*, 1972*, 1973*, 1974*, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2021 *at Division II level | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2009, 2021 |
The UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team is the varsity
which was the Anteaters' first season of play following the university's decision to revive its baseball program after the sport had been dropped following the 1992 season.The Anteaters won the College Division national championship in 1973 and the Division II national championship in 1974. Since moving to Division I play they have appeared in the
History
College Division/Division II
The program was founded prior to the 1970 season and initially played as an independent school in the
In August 1973, the
In the first season of Division II, the team again won its regional tournament to advance to the Division II Championship. There, the program defeated New Orleans to win its second consecutive national championship.[3] Following the 1974 season, Gary Adams left UC Irvine to become the head coach at UCLA.[4]
UC Irvine continued to play in Division II until following the 1977 season, though it did not qualify for another NCAA tournament.[3]
Transition to Division I
Prior to the 1978 season, the program joined the newly formed Division I Southern California Baseball Association (SCBA).[5] Former Gonzaga head coach Steve Hertz became the program's head coach prior to the 1979 season, in which the team finished 7th in the SCBA. In 1980, UC Irvine finished second behind Cal State Fullerton, its best season in the SCBA.[6][7][8]
When Steve Hertz returned to Gonzaga following the 1980 season, Mike Gerakos became the program's head coach.
Following the 1992 season, state budget cuts caused the university to cut several sports programs, including baseball. At the time it was discontinued, the program had a 643-565-17 record.[10][11][12]
Program revival
In 2000, the university announced plans to revive the varsity baseball program and build a multimillion-dollar on-campus venue for the program.
In
Following the 2004 season, John Savage left the program to become the head coach at
Following the 2007 season, Dave Serrano returned to Cal State Fullerton to become the team's head coach.
Following the 2009 season, Anteater Ballpark was renamed
In 2010, the team qualified for the NCAA tournament but was eliminated in the regional round.[22] In 2011, the team won the Los Angeles Regional to advance to its second super regional under Gillespie. In the super regional, the Anteaters lost to Virginia 2 games to 1.[23]
Conference affiliations
- Independent (College Division) (1970–1973)
- Independent (Division II) (1974–1977)
- Southern California Baseball Association (1978–1984)
- Big West Conference (1985–1992, 2002–present)
- Known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from 1985–1986
Venues
Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark
Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark has been the program's home venue since it opened in 2002, also the year in which UC Irvine sponsored varsity baseball for the first season since 1992. The venue was known as Anteater Ballpark from 2002-2009, before it was renamed for former university chancellor
Head coaches
Mike Gerakos, who coached for 12 seasons, is the program's longest tenured coach.[3]
Year(s) | Coach | Seasons | W-L-T | Pct |
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1970–1974 | Gary Adams | 5 | 185–68–5 | .731 |
1975–1976 | Tom Spence | 2 | 39–47–1 | .453 |
1977–1978 | Eddie Allen | 2 | 47–51–1 | .480 |
1979–1980 | Steve Hertz | 2 | 60–51–2 | .541 |
1981–1992 | Mike Gerakos | 12 | 312–338–8 | .480 |
2002–2004 | John Savage | 3 | 88–84–1 | .512 |
2005–2007 | Dave Serrano | 3 | 114–66–1 | .633 |
2008–2018 | Mike Gillespie
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11 | 393–249 | .612 |
2019–present | Ben Orloff | 4 | 120–66 | .645 |
Totals | 9 | 44 | 1358–1020–19 | .571 |
Yearly records
Below is a table of the program's yearly records.[3][7][8][20][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Independent (College Division) (1970–1973) | |||||||||
1970 | Gary Adams | 33-12-3 | NCAA Regional | ||||||
1971 | Gary Adams | 27-17-1 | NCAA Regional | ||||||
1972 | Gary Adams | 33-19-1 | NCAA Regional | ||||||
1973 | Gary Adams | 44-12 | College World Series | ||||||
College Division Ind.: | 137-60-5 | ||||||||
Independent (Division II) (1974–1977) | |||||||||
1974 | Gary Adams | 48-8 | College World Series | ||||||
1975 | Tom Spence | 15-27 | |||||||
1976 | Tom Spence | 24-20-1 | |||||||
1977 | Eddie Allen | 30-23 | |||||||
Division II Ind.: | 117-78-1 | ||||||||
Southern California Baseball Association (Division I) (1978–1984) | |||||||||
1978 | Eddie Allen | 17-28-1 | 9-15-1 | 5th | |||||
1979 | Steve Hertz | 23-26-1 | 8-18-1 | 7th | |||||
1980 | Steve Hertz | 37-25-1 | 18-9 | 2nd | |||||
1981 | Mike Gerakos | 31-23 | 13-15 | 6th | |||||
1982 | Mike Gerakos | 28-29-1 | 11-17 | 6th | |||||
1983 | Mike Gerakos | 25-25 | 16-12 | 3rd | |||||
1984 | Mike Gerakos | 23-34-1 | 11-16 | 6th | |||||
SCBA: | 184-190-5 | 86-102 | |||||||
Pacific Coast Athletic Association/Big West Conference (1985–1992) | |||||||||
1985 | Mike Gerakos | 27-28-1 | 14-13 | 3rd (South) | |||||
1986 | Mike Gerakos | 20-26-2 | 9-12 | 5th | |||||
1987 | Mike Gerakos | 27-26-1 | 13-8 | 2nd | |||||
1988 | Mike Gerakos | 30-28-1 | 9-12 | t-5th | |||||
1989 | Mike Gerakos | 20-35-1 | 6-15 | 7th | |||||
1990 | Mike Gerakos | 34-25 | 10-11 | t-5th | |||||
1991 | Mike Gerakos | 24-32 | 6-15 | 8th | |||||
1992 | Mike Gerakos | 23-27 | 10-14 | 6th | |||||
No program (1993–2001) | |||||||||
Big West Conference (2002–present) | |||||||||
2002 | John Savage | 33-26 | 14-10 | t-4th | |||||
2003 | John Savage | 21-35 | 8-14 | t-5th | |||||
2004 | John Savage | 34-23-1 | 10-11 | 6th | NCAA Regional | ||||
2005 | Dave Serrano | 31-25 | 10-11 | 5th | |||||
2006 | Dave Serrano | 36-24 | 11-10 | 3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2007 | Dave Serrano | 47-17-1 | 15-6 | t-2nd | College World Series
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2008 | Mike Gillespie
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42-18 | 14-10 | t-3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2009 | Mike Gillespie | 45-15 | 22-2 | 1st | NCAA Regional (#6 National Seed) | ||||
2010 | Mike Gillespie | 39-21 | 17-7 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
2011 | Mike Gillespie | 43-18 | 16-8 | 2nd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
2012 | Mike Gillespie | 31-25 | 13-11 | 4th | |||||
2013 | Mike Gillespie | 33-22 | 15-12 | t-4th | |||||
2014 | Mike Gillespie | 41-25 | 15-9 | 3rd | College World Series
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2015 | Mike Gillespie | 33-23 | 15-9 | 3rd | |||||
2016 | Mike Gillespie | 31-25 | 11-13 | 8th | |||||
2017 | Mike Gillespie | 23-33 | 9-15 | 7th | |||||
2018 | Mike Gillespie | 32-24 | 13-11 | 3rd | |||||
2019 | Ben Orloff | 37-17 | 17-7 | 2nd | |||||
2020 | Ben Orloff | 8-7 | 8-7 | 7th | |||||
2021 | Ben Orloff | 43-18 | 32-8 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
2022 | Ben Orloff | 32-24 | 16-14 | 6th | |||||
PCAA/Big West: | 920-692-8 | 378-305 | |||||||
Total: | 1358-1020-19 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Notable former players
Below is a list of notable former Anteaters and the seasons in which they played for the program.[33][34][35][36]
- Brady Anderson (1983-1985)
- Garrett Atkins
- Dylan Axelrod (2006-2007)
- Justin Cassel (2004-2006)
- Keston Hiura (2015-2017)
- David Huff (2004)
- Doug Linton (1984-1986)
- Ben Orloff (2006-2009)
- Andre Pallante
- Bryan Petersen (2005-2007)
- Sean Tracey (2002)
- Gary Wheelock (1972-1974)
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