2014 SCHEDULE (3-2) Day Date. Opponent Location Time/Results OLD DOMINION Fri. Feb. 14 at Georgia Tech# Atlanta, GA L, 5-6 Sat. Feb. 15 VCU at Georgia Tech Trn.# Atlanta, GA L, 3-6 Sun Feb. 16 Radford at Georgia Tech Trn.# Atlanta, GA W, 8-7 (10) Tues. Feb. 18 at Liberty Lynchburg, VA W, 7-4 Wed. Feb. 19 at VCU Richmond, VA W, 6-4 ODU BASEBALL INVITATIONAL (At Bud Metheny Complex) 2014 Fri. Feb. 21 Kentucky vs. St. Joseph’s 12:00 PM St. John’s vs. ODU 4:00 PM GAME NOTES Sat. Feb. 22 St. Joseph’s vs. St. John’s 12:00 PM Kentucky vs. ODU 4:00 PM ODU Invitational Sun. Feb. 23 St. John’s vs. Kentucky 11:00 AM St. Joseph’s vs. ODU 3:00 PM GENERAL INFORMATION Tues. Feb. 25 at Richmond Richmond, VA 2:30 PM Fri. Feb. 28 Rutgers ODU 3:00 PM LOCATION: Norfolk, VA 23529 Sat. Mar. 1 Rutgers ODU 2:00 PM ENROLLMENT: 24,753 NICKNAME: Monarchs Sun. Mar. 2 Rutgers ODU 1:00 PM FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) Wed. Mar. 5 at Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3:00 PM NICKNAME: Monarchs Fri. Mar. 7 at Rice* Houston, TX 7:30 PM SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), Sat. Mar. 8 at Rice* Houston, TX 3:00 PM & Light Blue (PMS 283) Sun. Mar. 9 at Rice* Houston, TX 12:00 PM STADIUM: Bud Metheny Baseball Complex (2,500) Tues. Mar. 11 VMI ODU 6:00 PM DIMENSIONS: Lf & Rf (325); Cf(395); Alleys(375) Wed. Mar. 12 VMI ODU 6:00 PM Fri. Mar. 14 UAB* ODU 6:00 PM SURFACE: Natural Grass Sat. Mar. 15 UAB* ODU 3:00 PM PRESS BOX PHONES: 757-683-5036/4142 Sun. Mar. 16 UAB* ODU 11:00 AM CONFERENCE: Conference USA Wed. Mar. 19 Liberty ODU 6:00 PM UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL Fri. Mar. 21 at Louisiana Tech Rustin, LA 7:00 PM PRESIDENT: John R. Broderick Sat. Mar. 22 at Louisiana Tech Rustin, LA 4:00 PM FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Tim Seibles Sun. Mar. 23 at Louisiana Tech Rustin, LA 12 Noon ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Wood Selig (Washington & Lee) Wed. Mar. 26 VCU (Key Dog Classic)** Hampton, VA 7:00 PM Fri. Mar. 28 Charlotte* ODU 6:00 PM ASSOC. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR (BASEBALL): Deb Polca Sat. Mar. 29 Charlotte* ODU 3:00 PM ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 Sun. Mar. 30 Charlotte* ODU 1:00 PM ATHLETIC TICKET OFFICE: 757-683-4444 Wed. Apr. 2 William & Mary ODU 6:00 PM Fri. April 4 at Florida International* Miami, FL 6:00 PM COACHING STAFF Sat. April 5 at Florida International* Miami, FL 6:00 PM Sun. April 6 at Florida international* Miami, FL 1:00 PM HEAD COACH: Chris Finwood (VMI ’88) Tues. April 8 Wofford ODU 6:00 PM RECORD AT ODU: 49-58 (3rd season) Wed. April 9 Wofford ODU 4:00 PM CAREER RECORD: 291-309 (12th year) Fri. April 11 East Carolina* ODU 6:00 PM ASSISTANT COACHES: Karl Nonemaker (Vanderbilt ’02) Sat. April 12 East Carolina* ODU 4:00 PM Tim LaVigne (Virginia ’00), Sun. April 13 East Carolina* ODU 1:00 PM Paul Bottigliero (Monmouth ’09)-volunteer Tues. April 15 at William & Mary Williamsburg, Va. 7:00 PM DIRECTOR OF OPERATION: B.J. Burton Thurs. April 17 UTSA* ODU 6:00 PM Fri. April 18 UTSA* ODU 6:00 PM OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-4230 Sat. April 19 UTSA* ODU 12 Noon Fri. April 25 at Middle Tennessee State* Murfreesboro, TN 7:00 PM TEAM INFORMATION Sat. April 26 at Middle Tennessee State* Murfreesboro, TN 5:00 PM 2013 RECORD: 30-24 Sun. April 27 at Middle Tennessee State Murfreesboro, TN 2:00 PM 2013 CAA RECORD: 15-12 (Tied for 3RD) Tues. April 29 Virginia% Harbor Park 7:00 PM SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS: 50-11 in 1985 Fri. May 2 Florida Atlantic* ODU 6:00 PM Sat. May 3 Florida Atlantic* ODU 3:00 PM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1985(Sun Belt), 1994, 1995, & 1996 Sun. May 4 Florida Atlantic* ODU 1:00 PM (CAA) Fri. May 9 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 1:00 PM NCAA APPEARANCES: 1982, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, & 2000 Sat. May10 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 7:00 PM STARTING POS. PLAYERS RETURNING/LOST: 7/1 Sun. May 11 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 1:00 PM STARTING RETURNING/LOST: 4/0 Tues. May 13 at VMI Lexington, VA 6:00 PM LETTERMAN RETURNING/LOST: 20/9 Fri. May 16 Long Island ODU 6:00 PM Sat. May 17 Long Island ODU 3:00 PM (DH)

ODU SPORTS INFORMATION (All times are EST) BASEBALL CONTACT: Carol Hudson, Jr. May 21-25: C-USA Tournament – at Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. *C-USA Games OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3395 # Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, GA. E-MAIL: [email protected] +ODU Baseball Tournament at ODU’s Bud Metheny Baseball Complex ** Key Dog Classic at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton, VA. % Harbor Park in Norfolk, VA. 2014 ROSTER No. Name HT/WT Pos. Year B/T Hometown/Previous School OLD DOMINION 1 Brian Bashara 5’9/175 INF SR. R/R Norfolk, VA/Maury HS 2 Tyler Urps 5-11/185 SS SR. B/R Wilton, CA./Yavapai JC BASEBALL 4 Nick Walker 6-0/180 INF FR. R/R Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS 6 Greyson Finwood 6-2/180 INF FR. R/R Norfolk, VA./Maury HS 7 P.J. Higgins 5-11/170 INF SO. R/R Wallingford, CT/ The Gunnery 2014 8 Joseph Guaragna 6-1/170 OF FR L/R Mississauga, Ontario/ St. Martin GAME NOTES 9 Connor Myers 5-11/166 OF SO. R/R Middletown, MD/Middletown HS ODU Invitational 10 Brian Beard 5-11/195 OF SO R/R Chesapeake, VA/Great Bridge HS 11 Josiah Burney 6-3/210 1B SR. L/R Gloucester, VA/Gloucester HS ODU POSSIBLE STARTERS 13 Brad Gero 5-11/190 RHP SR. L/R Lake Worth, FL/ Daytona State CC C 29 Mike Perez (.278/4 RBI) 14 Kurt Sinnen 5-10/190 C/1B FR. L/R Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS 1b 11 Josiah Burney(.250/4 RBI)/ 15 Andy Roberts 6-2/190 LHP SR. L/L Prescott, AZ./Iowa Western CC 17 Taylor Ostrich (.250/3 RBI) 16 Brett Harris 6-3/205 RHP/OF R-SR R/R Chesapeake, VA/Hickory HS 2b 7 PJ Higgins (.286) 17 Taylor Ostrich 6-3/220 1B/OF JR L/R Carroll, IA./Indian Hills CC SS 2 Tyler Urps (.190) 18 Robby Lathrop 6-1/165 UTL FR. R/R Chesapeake,VA./Greenbrier HS 3b 22 Jordan Negrini (.333) LF 24 Josh Eldridge (.176/2 RBI) 20 Tommy Alexander 6-3/180 RHP SO R/R Forty Fort, PA./Wyoming Valley W. HS CF 9 Connor Myers (.333/7 hits) 22 Jordan Negrini 6-3/215 3b/INF SR R/R Kihei, HI./ Yavapai JC. RF 17 Taylor Ostrich(.250/3 RBI) 23 Ben Slaton 6-0/220 OF SR L/R Magnolia, MS/ Mississippi Gulf Coast CC 10 Brian Beard (.167/2 RBI) 24 Josh Eldridge 6-3/205 OF JR. L/L Lorton, VA./ Hayfield HS DH 23 Ben Slaton (.263/1 HR) 25 Ryan Yarbrough 6-6/205 LHP SR L/L Lakeland, FL./ Santé Fe College Fri: Ryan Yarbrough – LHP (0-0/6.75) 26 Chris Livers 5-9/165 C SO R/R Virginia Beach, VA./First Colonial HS Sat: Tommy Alexander –RHP (0-0/0.00) 27 Dean Ali 6-3/190 RHP SR R/R Chesapeake, VA/Indian River HS Sun. Andy Roberts- LHP (0-0/2.25) 28 Jake Josephs 5-11/195 LHP SO L/L Fairfax Station, VA./South County HS MONARCH NOTES 29 Mike Perez 5-11/200 C JR R/R Fairfax Station, VA./South County HS 30 Zach Sligh 6-3/170 RHP FR R/R Brookneal, VA./William Campbell HS ODU enters the weekend with a three-game winning streak…Connor Myers and Jordan Negrini lead the Monarchs in hitting at .333…Mike Perez and 31 Mitch Moynihan 6-1/170 LHP SO L/L Virginia Beach, VA./Kellam HS Josiah Burney have four RBI each…Tommy Alexander has a 0.00 ERA and 32 Victor Diaz 6-0/195 RHP R-Jr R/R Perth Amboy, NJ./St. Joseph’s reliever Brad Gero leads the team with two saves. Myers knocked in three 33 Turner Bishop 6’0/190 LHP FR L/L Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS runs in the 6-4 win over VCU. 34 Sam Sinnen 6-0/190 RHP FR R/R Virginia Beach, VA./Kellam HS HEAD COACH CHRIS FINWOOD 36 Conner Overton 6-0/180 RHP RSO R/R Mechanicsville, VA./Atlee HS 37 Greg Tomchick 6-4/210 RHP JR R/R Virginia Beach, VA/Princess Anne HS 2009 Sun Belt Coach Of the Year 38 Dylan Hill 6-2/195 OF FR R/R Poquoson, VA./ Poquoson HS 2009-10 17 percent of his players recorded a GPA of at-east 3.0 or higher Current Monarchs have a 3.0 GPA as a team 40 Adam Bainbridge 6-3/190 LHP FR. L/L Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson HS Served as head coach at VMI, Western Kentucky and ODU 42 Joey Benitez 6-0/185 LHP FR L/L Crofton, MD./Archbishop Spalding HS Assistant Coach at Auburn and VCU Coaches: THE BUD METHENY BASEBALL COMPLEX 5 Chris Finwood Head Coach (3rd Season) Opened: 1983 12 Karl Nonemaker Assistant Coach (3rd Season) ODU’s Record at The Bud: 700-291 44 Tim LaVigne Assistant Coach (4th Season) Name sake: Arthur “Bud” Metheny was ODU’s head coach from 1948-1980. 21 Paul Bottigliero Volunteer Asst. Coach (3rd Season) He is a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame and is the last New York B.J. Burton Director of Operations Yankee to wear Babe Ruth’s Jersey No. 3 (1943-46) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ODU IN HOME OPENERS Players Since moving up to Division I in 1976-77 ODU is 31-5 6 Greyson Finwood (gray-son) 26 Chris Livers (lie vers) 8 Joseph Guaragna (gah ran ya) 27 Dean Ali (Al – eye) HONORED RETURNING MONARCHS 13 Brad Gero (Jer- Oh) 30 Zach Sligh (Sly) 22 Jordan Negrini (Nah Gree nee) 37 Greg Thomchick (tom chick) Josh Eldridge is a pre-season All-C-USA selection Both Ryan Yarbrough and Jordan Negrini are ranked by PerfectGame.org as top 100 col- 25 Ryan Yarbrough (Yar – bro) lege seniors. Negrini and Brian Beard were selected to All-Star Teams in their respective Coaches summer leagues. PJ Higgins, Connor Myers & Tommy Alexander were chosen to the Tim LaVigne (Lah Veen) Paul Bottigliero (Ba tig lee air Oh) CAA’s All-Rookie Team in 2013. 2014 CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL TEAMS OLD DOMINION EAST CAROLINA CHARLOTTE (3-1) (0-1)

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ST. JOHN’S RED STORM (1-2) MIDDLE TENN. OLD DOMINION HEAD COACH: Ed Blankmeyer (19th year 612-385-3) (1-3) (3-2) CONFERENCE: BIG EAST PLAYERS TO WATCH:James Lomangino (RHP)and Zach Lauricella (3b/OF) PROBABLES: RICE SOUTHERN MISS. Friday - RHP James Lomangino (0-0/0.00) (3-2) (2-2) Saturday - LHP Alex Katz (0-1/4.91) Sunday - RHP Ryan McCormick (0-0/4.15) Series vs ODU: ODU leads, 7-5 UAB UTSA (5-0) (3-1) KENTUCKY WILDCATS (2-2) HEAD COACH: Gary Henderson (6th year 159-124) CONFERENCE: SEC TULANE PLAYERS TO WATCH: AJ Reed (LHP/1b);Austin Cousino (OF);Chandler Shepherd (RHP) (4-0) PROBABLES: Friday: Jr., LHP A.J. Reed (1-0, 1.80) Saturday: Jr., RHP Chandler Shepherd (1-0, 3.18) C-USA PRE-SEASON ALL CONFERENCE Sunday: So., RHP Kyle Cody (0-0, 5.40) ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Series vs. ODU: 1-1 P Austin Gomber Jr. Florida Atlantic Drew Reynolds, East Carolina (Senior, DH/RHP) P Jeff Hoffman Jr. East Carolina Aramis Garcia, FIU (Junior, Catcher) SAINT JOSEPH’S (0-0) P Jordan Stephens Jr. Rice HEAD COACH:Fritz Hamburg (6th year -106-148-1) RP Zech Lemond Jr. Rice OF THE YEAR CONFERENCE: Atlantic 10 C Aramis Garcia Jr. FIU Zech Lemond, Rice (Junior, Right-Hander) PLAYERS TO WATCH: Jordan Carter(RHP);Chris Hueth (OF) IF Brad Elwood Jr. Charlotte PROBABLES: IF Shane Hoelscher Sr. Rice Friday: Jordan Carter- RHP (0-0) IF R.J. Perucki Sr. UTSA Saturday: Daniel Thorpe- RHP (0-0) IF Edwin Rios So. FIU Sunday: Braedon Lawson- LHP (0-0) OF Michael Aquino Sr. Rice Series vs. ODU: ODU leads, 12-2 OF Josh Eldridge Jr. Old Dominion OF Ryan Stephens Sr. Middle Tennessee MONARCHS IN THE MAJORS OF Mason Robbins Jr. Southern Miss 11 former Monarchs have made it to the major leagues including 2011 Cy Young and DH/UT Drew Reynolds Sr. East Carolina AL MVP Justin Verlander (’04). Dan Hudson (’08) of the Arizona Diamondbacks is on the injured list. New-Look Conference USA Seven new baseball-playing members (Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana­ FIRST ROUND DRAFTED MONARCHS Tech, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion and UTSA) joined Conference USA for the 2014 season. Those seven members join returning schools East Carolina, Mar- Terry Bell- catcher 1983 by shall, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and Rice to create a 13 team baseball league Wayne Gomes – RHP 1993 by the Philadelphia Phillies (4th overall pick) that will play a 30-game conference schedule this season. Here’s how the incom- Paul Mitchell – RHP 1971 by the ing members did a year ago: Jeff Ware – RHP 1991 (Sandwich pick) by the Toronto Blue Jays Justin Verlander – RHP 2004 by the Detroit Tigers (2nd overall pick) Team From... Record League Charlotte Atlantic 10 37-23 17-7 Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 42-22 19-11 Florida International Sun Belt 26-32 13-17 Louisiana Tech WAC 19-37 6-21 Mid Tennessee Sun Belt 28-28 11-19 Old Dominion Colonial 30-24 15-12 UTSA WAC 35-25 15-11

Florida Atlantic and UTSA each won their conference championships and partici- pated in NCAA Regionals. Florida Atlantic advanced to the Chapel Hill Regional final before losing to No. 1 national seed North Carolina in extra innings.