1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games in College Park. The team was coached by Chal Port, in his 26th season at The Citadel.

The Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference baseball tournament, hosted in their home park. They then went on to win the Atlantic Regional of the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, earning a berth in the 1990 College World Series. During the regular season, The Citadel won 26 consecutive games, the longest of any team in the 1990 season. The Bulldogs were ranked #6 in the final Collegiate Baseball poll.

Three players from the team would go on to serve as head coaches at the Division I level. Dan McDonnell became head coach at Louisville in 2007, Chris Lemonis became head coach at Indiana in 2015, and Tony Skole served as head coach at East Tennessee State from 2000 to 2017 before taking over at The Citadel in 2018.

Roster 1990 The Citadel Bulldogs roster Pitchers 21 Steve Basch 24 Ken Britt Hal Hayden 15 Hank Kraft 16 Kevin McGarvey 14 Richard Shirer 22 Brad Stowell Infielders 11 Chris Coker 12 Scott Elvington Chris Lemonis 20 Bart Mays 3 Dan McDonnell 6 Tony Skole 1 Phillip Tobin Outfielders 23 Billy Baker 13 Mike Black 7 Mike Branham 18 Cornell Caldwell 19 Vic Correll 10 Anthony Jenkins 4 Jason Rychlick

Catchers 9 Gettys Glaze 2 Larry Hutto 8 Derrick Rogers 

Schedule Legend The Citadel win The Citadel loss * Non-Conference game

1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball game logRegular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record February 9 * Savannah, GA W 5–4 1–0 February 17 * College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 1–1 February 18 NC State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 12–1 2–1 February 21 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–4 3–1 February 24 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–3 4–1 February 24 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 5–1 February 25 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 15–4 6–1 February 26 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 7–1 February 27 Gannon* College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–6 8–1 March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record March 3 at * Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC W 4–0 9–1 March 5 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 10–1 March 7 * Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–3 11–1 March 8 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 12–1 March 10 College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 13–1 1–0 March 10 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 14–1 2–0 March 11 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 15–1 3–0 March 13 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–8 16–1 March 14 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 17–1 March 15 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 18–1 March 18 at Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 10–5 19–1 4–0 March 18 at Appalachian State Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 5–2 20–1 5–0 March 19 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 14–4 21–1 March 20 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 16–11 22–1 March 21 Le Moyne* College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 23–1 March 24 College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–1 24–1 6–0 March 24 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–0 25–1 7–0 March 25 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–2 26–1 8–0 March 26 * College Park • Charleston, SC W 13–3 27–1 March 27 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 1–2 27–2 March 28 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 7–9 27–3 April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record April 1 at * Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC W 2–1 28–3 April 1 at Davidson* Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC L 7–8 28–4 April 3 at * Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC L 12–13 28–5 April 4 Charleston Rainbows* (exh) College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–5 April 7 College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–1 29–5 9–0 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–6 29–6 9–1 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–0 30–6 10–1 April 10 South Carolina* College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 30–7 April 11 at Armstrong State* Savannah, GA L 5–21 30–8 April 13 College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–3 31–8 11–1 April 16 * College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–8 31–9 April 17 at * Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC L 5–7 31–10 April 18 at * Augusta, GA L 4–12 31–11 April 19 Armstrong State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–0 32–11 April 22 at Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 4–2 33–11 12–1 April 22 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 18–4 34–11 13–1 April 24 Baptist* College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–4 35–11 Postseason Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoConT Record April 27 Appalachian State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–2 36–11 1–0 April 28 Marshall College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 37–11 2–0 April 28 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–0 38–11 3–0 April 29 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–5 39–11 4–0May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 15 at Savannah, GA L 2–4 39–12 May 16 Armstrong State College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–4 40–12 May 21 #23 Clemson College Park • Charleston, SC W 11–2 41–12 Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 25 Mark Light Stadium • Coral Gables, FL W 11–3 42–12 1–0 May 27 Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 8–5 43–12 2–0 May 28 at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 6–2 44–12 3–0 May 29 at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL W 4–1 45–12 4–0 Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record June 2 (2) LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 2–8 45–13 0–1 June 3 (6) Cal State Fullerton Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–7 12 46–13 1–1 June 4 (2) LSU Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 1–6 46–14 1–2

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