2014 SCHEDULE (20-14/8-7) 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 BASEBALL 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 KY, 16-2 St. John’s vs. ODU W, 3-0 GAME NOTES Sat. Feb. 22 St. Joseph’s vs. St. John’s St. Joe’s, 4-3 Kentucky vs. ODU L, 5-7 ECU Sun. Feb. 23 St. John’s vs. Kentucky KY, 13-0 St. Joseph’s vs. ODU W, 16-1 GENERAL INFORMATION Tues. Feb. 25 at Richmond Richmond, VA W, 3-0 Sat. Mar. 1 Rutgers ODU L, 2-4 LOCATION: Norfolk, VA 23529 Sat. Mar. 1 Rutgers ODU W, 12-3 ENROLLMENT: 24,753 NICKNAME: Monarchs Sun. Mar. 2 Rutgers ODU W, 12-6 FOUNDED: 1930 (as the Norfolk Division of The College of William & Mary) Fri. Mar. 7 at Rice* Houston, TX L, 1-4 NICKNAME: Monarchs Sat. Mar. 8 at Rice* Houston, TX L, 2-3 (17) SCHOOL COLORS: Slate Blue (PMS 540), Silver (PMS 877), Sat. Mar. 8 at Rice* Houston, TX W, 2-1 (10) & Light Blue (PMS 283) Tues. Mar. 11 VMI ODU W, 5-4 STADIUM: Bud Metheny Baseball Complex (2,500) Wed. Mar. 12 VMI ODU W, 15-5 DIMENSIONS: Lf & Rf (325); Cf(395); Alleys(375) Fri. Mar. 14 UAB* ODU L, 2-4 Sat. Mar. 15 UAB* ODU L, 6-8 SURFACE: Natural Grass Sun. Mar. 16 UAB* ODU W, 4-1 PRESS BOX PHONES: 757-683-5036/4142 Wed. Mar. 19 Liberty ODU L, 0-1 (16) CONFERENCE: Conference USA Fri. Mar. 21 at Louisiana Tech Rustin, LA W, 8-6 UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL Sat. Mar. 22 at Louisiana Tech Rustin, LA L, 6-9 (12) PRESIDENT: John R. Broderick Sat. Mar. 22 at Louisiana Tech Rustin, LA W, 7-2 FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Tim Seibles Fri. Mar. 28 Charlotte* ODU W, 7-2 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Wood Selig (Washington & Lee) Sat. Mar. 29 Charlotte* ODU W, 6-2 Sun. Mar. 30 Charlotte* ODU L, 4-11 ASSOC. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR (BASEBALL): Deb Polca Tues. Apr. 1 at Virginia Charlottesville, VA L, 1-7 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE: 757-683-3375 Wed. Apr. 2 William & Mary ODU W, 20-5 ATHLETIC TICKET OFFICE: 757-683-4444 Fri. April 4 at Florida International* Miami, FL W, 2-1 Sat. April 5 at Florida International* Miami, FL W, 4-2 COACHING STAFF Sun. April 6 at Florida international* Miami, FL L, 0-1 Tues. April 8 Wofford ODU L, 1-4 HEAD COACH: Chris Finwood (VMI ’88) Wed. April 9 Wofford ODU W, 15-2 RECORD AT ODU: 69-72 (3rd season) Fri. April 11 East Carolina* ODU 6:00 PM CAREER RECORD: 311-323 (12th year) Sat. April 12 East Carolina* ODU 4:00 PM ASSISTANT COACHES: Karl Nonemaker (Vanderbilt ’02) Sun. April 13 East Carolina* ODU 1:00 PM Tim LaVigne (Virginia ’00), Tues. April 15 at William & Mary Williamsburg, Va. 7:00 PM Paul Bottigliero (Monmouth ’09)-volunteer Thurs. April 17 UTSA* ODU 6:00 PM DIRECTOR OF OPERATION: B.J. Burton Fri. April 18 UTSA* ODU 6:00 PM Sat. April 19 UTSA* ODU 12 Noon OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-4230 Fri. April 25 at Middle Tennessee State* Murfreesboro, TN 7:00 PM Sat. April 26 at Middle Tennessee State* Murfreesboro, TN 5:00 PM TEAM INFORMATION Sun. April 27 at Middle Tennessee State Murfreesboro, TN 2:00 PM 2013 RECORD: 30-24 Tues. April 29 Virginia% Harbor Park 7:00 PM 2013 CAA RECORD: 15-12 (Tied for 3RD) Fri. May 2 Florida Atlantic* ODU 6:00 PM SCHOOL RECORD FOR WINS: 50-11 in 1985 Sat. May 3 Florida Atlantic* ODU 3:00 PM Sun. May 4 Florida Atlantic* ODU 1:00 PM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1985(Sun Belt), 1994, 1995, & 1996 Fri. May 9 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 1:00 PM (CAA) Sat. May10 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 7:00 PM NCAA APPEARANCES: 1982, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, & 2000 Sun. May 11 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 1:00 PM STARTING POS. PLAYERS RETURNING/LOST: 7/1 Tues. May 13 at VMI Lexington, VA 6:00 PM STARTING PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST: 4/0 Fri. May 16 Long Island ODU 6:00 PM LETTERMAN RETURNING/LOST: 20/9 Sat. May 17 Long Island ODU 3:00 PM (DH) (All times are EST) ODU SPORTS INFORMATION May 21-25: C-USA Tournament – at Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. BASEBALL CONTACT: Carol Hudson, Jr. *C-USA Games # Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, GA. OFFICE PHONE: 757-683-3395 +ODU Baseball Tournament at ODU’s Bud Metheny Baseball Complex E-MAIL: [email protected] ** 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 ECU 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 14 Kurt Sinnen (.208) 14 Kurt Sinnen 5-10/190 C/1B FR. L/R Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS 26 Chris Livers (.429) 15 Andy Roberts 6-2/190 LHP SR. L/L Prescott, AZ./Iowa Western CC 1b 11 Josiah Burney (.263/5 HR/27 RBI) 16 Brett Harris 6-3/205 RHP/OF R-SR R/R Chesapeake, VA/Hickory HS 2b 7 PJ Higgins (.342/25 Runs) 17 Taylor Ostrich 6-3/220 1B/OF JR L/R Carroll, IA./Indian Hills CC SS 2 Tyler Urps (.231/12 RBI) 18 Robby Lathrop 6-1/165 UTL FR. R/R Chesapeake,VA./Greenbrier HS 3b 22 Jordan Negrini (.286/13 RBI) RF/1b 17 Taylor Ostrich (.318/13 RBI) 20 Tommy Alexander 6-3/180 RHP SO R/R Forty Fort, PA./Wyoming Valley W. HS LF 24 Josh Eldridge (.258/22 RBI) 22 Jordan Negrini 6-3/215 3b/INF SR R/R Kihei, HI./ Yavapai JC. CF 9 Nick Walker (.302/22 runs) 23 Ben Slaton 6-0/220 OF SR L/R Magnolia, MS/ Mississippi Gulf Coast CC 9 Connor Myers (.250/14 Runs) 24 Josh Eldridge 6-3/205 OF JR. L/L Lorton, VA./ Hayfield HS DH 23 Ben Slaton (.295/3 HR/23 RBI) 25 Ryan Yarbrough 6-6/205 LHP SR L/L Lakeland, FL./ Santé Fe College Pitchers: Friday: Andy Roberts (3-0/2.72), Saturday: Ryan Yarbrough (3-4/2.96) 26 Chris Livers 5-9/165 C SO R/R Virginia Beach, VA./First Colonial HS Sunday: Victor Diaz (1-2/2.45) 27 Dean Ali 6-3/190 RHP SR R/R Chesapeake, VA/Indian River HS MONARCH NOTES 28 Jake Josephs 5-11/195 LHP SO L/L Fairfax Station, VA./South County HS Josiah Burney was C-USA Player of the Week on March 24. 29 Mike Perez 5-11/200 C JR R/R Fairfax Station, VA./South County HS ODU has won three straight C-USA Series. 30 Zach Sligh 6-3/170 RHP FR R/R Brookneal, VA./William Campbell HS ODU ranked 12th nationally in fielding 31 Mitch Moynihan 6-1/170 LHP SO L/L Virginia Beach, VA./Kellam HS Tyler Urps from California & Jordan Negrini from Hawaii were teammates at 32 Victor Diaz 6-0/195 RHP R-Jr R/R Perth Amboy, NJ./St. Joseph’s Yavapi CC in Arizona. 33 Turner Bishop 6’0/190 LHP FR L/L Virginia Beach, VA/Kellam HS Reliver Brad Gero leads C-USA in appearances with 20. 20 runs and 21 hits vs. W&M is a season high 34 Sam Sinnen 6-0/190 RHP FR R/R Virginia Beach, VA./Kellam HS 36 Conner Overton 6-0/180 RHP RSO R/R Mechanicsville, VA./Atlee HS HEAD COACH CHRIS FINWOOD 37 Greg Tomchick 6-4/210 RHP JR R/R Virginia Beach, VA/Princess Anne HS Won his 300th collegiate game against Rice 38 Dylan Hill 6-2/195 OF FR R/R Poquoson, VA./ Poquoson HS 2009 Sun Belt Coach Of the Year 40 Adam Bainbridge 6-3/190 LHP FR. L/L Sinking Spring, PA/Wilson HS 2009-10 17 percent of his players recorded a GPA of at-east 3.0 or higher 42 Joey Benitez 6-0/185 LHP FR L/L Crofton, MD./Archbishop Spalding HS Current Monarchs have a 3.0 GPA as a team Served as head coach at VMI, Western Kentucky and ODU Coaches: Assistant Coach at Auburn and VCU 5 Chris Finwood Head Coach (3rd Season) THE BUD METHENY BASEBALL COMPLEX 12 Karl Nonemaker Assistant Coach (3rd Season) Opened: 1983 44 Tim LaVigne Assistant Coach (4th Season) ODU’s Record at The Bud: 700-291 21 Paul Bottigliero Volunteer Asst.