The 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014, as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014, with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. A total of 31 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-3-game series that determined the 8 participants of the College World Series.
Bids
Automatic bids School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance America East 25–25 (11–12) Tournament 2013 (Raleigh Regional) Houston American 44–15 (14–9) Tournament 2008 (College Station Regional) Atlantic Coast 36–25 (14–16) Tournament 2013 (Nashville Regional) Atlantic Sun 37–21 (17–9) Tournament First appearance Atlantic 10 34–20 (16–9) Tournament 2009 (Greenville Regional) TCU Big 12 42–15 (17–7) Tournament 2012 (College Station Regional) Big East 29–27 (8–10) Tournament 2009 (Houston Regional) Big South 40–19 (18–8) Tournament 1990 (West I Regional) Indiana Big Ten 42–13 (21–3) Tournament 2013 (Bloomington Regional) Big West 45–10 (19–5) Regular season 2013 (Los Angeles Regional) Colonial 41–17 (15–6) Tournament 2012 (Gainesville Regional) Conference USA 41–18 (23–7) Tournament 2013 (Eugene Regional) Horizon 16–36 (6–17) Tournament 2004 (Austin Regional) Ivy League 29–18 (15–5) Championship series 2013 (Fullerton Regional) Metro Atlantic 26–31 (17–7) Tournament 1999 (Winston-Salem Regional) Mid-American 36–21 (16–11) Tournament 2012 (Gary Regional) Mid-Eastern 26–31 (14–10) Tournament 2012 (Gainesville Regional) Missouri Valley 40–19 (14–7) Tournament 2012 (Waco Regional) Mountain West 42–19 (17–13) Tournament 2013 (Los Angeles Regional) Northeast 42–14 (19–5) Tournament 2013 (Manhattan Regional) Ohio Valley 36–25 (18–12) Tournament 2010 (Auburn Regional) Oregon State Pac-12 42–12 (23–7) Regular season 2013 (Corvallis Regional) Patriot 30–19–1 (15–5) Tournament 2010 (Columbia Regional) Southeastern 44–14–1 (17–11–1) Tournament 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional) Southern 39–21 (15–12) Tournament 2011 (Columbia Regional) Southland 37–23 (14–10) Tournament 1994 (South Regional) Southwestern Athletic 31–23 (9–15) Tournament 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional) Summit 25–24 (9–12) Tournament 1956 (District 5) Louisiana–Lafayette Sun Belt 53–7 (26–4) Tournament 2013 (Baton Rouge Regional) West Coast 39–16 (18–9) Tournament 2012 (Palo Alto Regional) Western Athletic 39–22 (21–6) Tournament First appearance
By conference Conference Total Schools SEC10 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt ACC7 Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Virginia Big 125 Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech Pac-125 Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington Big West4 Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Irvine American2 Houston, Louisville Big South2 Campbell, Liberty Big Ten2 Indiana, Nebraska Conference USA2 Old Dominion, Rice Missouri Valley2 Dallas Baptist, Indiana State Mountain West2 San Diego State, UNLV Southland2 Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana America East1 Binghamton Atlantic 101 George Mason Atlantic Sun1 Kennesaw State Big East1 Xavier Colonial1 College of Charleston Horizon1 Youngstown State Ivy1 Columbia MAAC1 Siena Mid-American1 Kent State MEAC1 Bethune-Cookman NEC1 Bryant Ohio Valley1 Jacksonville State Patriot1 Bucknell Southern1 Georgia Southern SWAC1 Jackson State Summit1 North Dakota State Sun Belt 1 Louisiana–Lafayette WAC1 Sacramento State West Coast1 Pepperdine
National seeds The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round: Oregon State † Florida † Virginia Indiana † Florida State † Louisiana–Lafayette ‡ TCU †
Bold indicates College World Series participant † indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament ‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament
Regionals and Super Regionals Bold indicates winner.
Stillwater Super Regional
Austin Super Regional Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Louisville Super Regional
Nashville Super Regional
Lubbock Super Regional Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
Fort Worth Super Regional
Lafayette Super Regional
Charlottesville Super Regional
College World Series The 2014 College World Series began on June 14, 2014, and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. It concluded on June 25, 2014, with Vanderbilt winning the national championship by defeating Virginia 2 games to 1 in the final round.
Participants School Conference Record (conference) Head coach Previous CWS Appearances Best CWS Finish CWS recordNot including this year Louisville American 50–15 (19–5) Dan McDonnell 2 5th 1–4 Ole Miss SEC 46–19 (19–11) Mike Bianco 4 4th 3–8 TCU Big 12 47–16 (17–7) Jim Schlossnagle 1 3rd 3–2 Texas Big 12 43–19 (13–11) Augie Garrido 34 1st 82–57 Texas Tech Big 12 45–19 (14–10) Tim Tadlock none none 0–0 UC Irvine Big West 40–23 (15–9) Mike Gillespie 1 3rd 2–2 Vanderbilt SEC 46–19 (17–13) Tim Corbin 1 3rd 2–2 Virginia ACC 49–14 (22–8) Brian O'Connor 2 3rd 3–4
Bracket Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Saving pitcher Notes June 14 Game 1 UC Irvine 3–1 Texas Evan Brock Nathan Thornhill — Game 2 Vanderbilt 5–3 Louisville Carson Fulmer Kyle Funkhouser Adam Ravenelle June 15 Game 3 TCU 3–2 Texas Tech Riley Ferrell Jonny Drozd — Game 4 Virginia 2–1 Ole Miss Artie Lewicki Aaron Greenwood — June 16 Game 5 Texas 4–1 Louisville Parker French Anthony Kidston Travis Duke Louisville eliminated Game 6 Vanderbilt 6–4 UC Irvine Walker Buehler Elliot Surrey — June 17 Game 7 Ole Miss 2–1 Texas Tech Scott Weathersby Cameron Smith — Texas Tech eliminated Game 8 Virginia 3–2 (15) TCU Artie Lewicki Trey Teakell — Longest game in College World Series history June 18 Game 9 Texas 1–0 UC Irvine Chad Hollingsworth Evan Manarino Travis Duke UC Irvine eliminated June 19 Game 10 Ole Miss 6–4 TCU Josh Laxer Jordan Kipper Aaron Greenwood TCU eliminated June 20 Game 11 Texas 4–0 Vanderbilt Nathan Thornhill Tyler Ferguson — June 20/21 Game 12 Virginia 4–1 Ole Miss Josh Sborz Chris Ellis Nick Howard Ole Miss eliminated June 21 Game 13 Vanderbilt 4–3 (10) Texas Hayden Stone John Curtiss — Texas eliminated June 23 Final Game 1 Vanderbilt 9–8 Virginia Jared Miller Nathan Kirby Adam Ravenelle June 24 Final Game 2 Virginia 7–2 Vanderbilt Brandon Waddell Tyler Beede — June 25 Final Game 3 Vanderbilt 3–2 Virginia Hayden Stone Nick Howard Adam Ravenelle Vanderbilt wins College World Series Game began Friday night at 7:00 pm CT. A rain delay occurred at 7:32 pm. The game was suspended at 9:05 pm and resumed Saturday at 2:02 pm.
All-Tournament Team The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. Position Player School P Artie Lewicki Virginia Brandon Waddell Virginia C Nate Irving Virginia 1B Kevin Cron TCU 2B Branden Cogswell Virginia 3B Tyler Campbell Vanderbilt SS C. J. Hinojosa Texas OF Brandon Downes Virginia John Norwood Vanderbilt Rhett Wiseman Vanderbilt DH Dansby Swanson (MOP) Vanderbilt
Final standings Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only Place School Record 1st Vanderbilt 10–3 2nd #3 Virginia 9–3 3rd Ole Miss 7–3 Texas 8–3 5th #7 TCU 6–3 UC Irvine 6–3 7th Louisville 5–2 Texas Tech 5–3 9th College of Charleston 3–2 Houston 4–3 Kennesaw State 3–3 #6 Louisiana–Lafayette 5–3 Maryland 4–2 Oklahoma State 3–2 Pepperdine 4–2 Stanford 5–3 17th Alabama 3–2 Arkansas 2–2 Cal Poly 2–2 Cal State Fullerton 2–2 #4 Indiana 2–2 Kentucky 2–2 Long Beach State 2–2 #8 LSU 2–2 Miami (FL) 3–2 Mississippi State 2–2 Oregon 2–2 #1 Oregon State 3–2 Sam Houston State 2–2 South Carolina 2–2 Texas A&M 3–2 Washington 2–2 33rd Bethune-Cookman 1–2 Bucknell 1–2 Campbell 1–2 Georgia Southern 1–2 Georgia Tech 1–2 Jackson State 1–2 Kansas 1–2 Nebraska 1–2 North Carolina 1–2 Rice 1–2 Sacramento State 1–2 Siena 1–2 Southeastern Louisiana 1–2 UNLV 1–2 Xavier 1–2 Youngstown State 1–2 49th Arizona State 0–2 Binghamton 0–2 Bryant 0–2 Clemson 0–2 Columbia 0–2 Dallas Baptist 0–2 #2 Florida 0–2 #5 Florida State 0–2 George Mason 0–2 Indiana State 0–2 Jacksonville State 0–2 Kent State 0–2 Liberty 0–2 North Dakota State 0–2 Old Dominion 0–2 San Diego State 0–2
Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %RFSRWSNSCSNC Southeastern 10 33–22 9 2 2 2 1 1 Atlantic Coast 7 18–15 3 2 1 1 1 Big 12 5 23–13 4 4 3 1 American 2 9–5 2 2 1 Big West 4 12–9 4 1 1 Pac-12 5 12–11 4 1 West Coast 1 4–2 1 1 Sun Belt 1 5–3 1 1 Colonial 1 3–2 1 1 Atl Sun 1 3–3 1 1 Big Ten 2 3–4 1 Southland 2 3–4 1 Big South 2 1–4 Conference USA 2 1–4 Mountain West 2 1–4 Missouri Valley 2 0–4 8–30
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
Media coverage
Radio NRG Media, in conjunction with Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at westwoodonesports.com. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.
Television ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Mike Rooney providing analysis. Bases Loaded aired Friday and Saturday from 2:00 pm–midnight ET, Sunday from 2:00 pm–1:00 am ET, and Monday from 6:00 pm–1:00 am ET on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired Bases Loaded in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.
Broadcast assignments
Regionals Adam Amin & Danny Kanell – Corvallis, Oregon Mark Neely & Randy Flores – Stillwater, Oklahoma Tom Hart & Ben McDonald – Houston, Texas Brett Dolan & Nick Belmonte – Baton Rouge, Louisiana Joe Davis & Greg Swindell – Tallahassee, Florida Clay Matvick & Gabe Gross – Louisville, Kentucky Dave Neal & Chris Burke – Nashville, Tennessee Jim Barbar & John Gregory – Bloomington, Indiana Super Regionals Dave Neal, Kyle Peterson, Chris Burke, & Jaymee Sire – Nashville, Tennessee Dari Nowkhah, Danny Kanell, & Kaylee Hartung – Austin, Texas Carter Blackburn & Alex Cora – Louisville, Kentucky Clay Matvick & Eduardo Perez – Stillwater, Oklahoma College World Series Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone, & Jaymee Sire - Afternoons Karl Ravech, Kyle Peterson, & Jessica Mendoza – Evenings
Regionals Trey Bender & Rusty Ensor – Gainesville, Florida Doug Sherman & Leland Maddox – Coral Gables, Florida Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements – San Luis Obispo, California Wayne Hagan & Jerry Kendall – Ft. Worth, Texas Kevin Dunn & Keith Moreland – Lafayette, Louisiana Mike Morgan & Dave Perno – Oxford, Mississippi Dave Weekley & Chip Fridrich – Columbia, South Carolina Paul Loeffler & Jay Walker – Charlottesville, Virginia Super Regionals Mike Patrick & Doug Glanville – Charlottesville, Virginia Joe Davis & Jay Walker – Lubbock, Texas Adam Amin & Keith Moreland – Ft. Worth, Texas Tom Hart & Ben McDonald – Lafayette, Louisiana College World Series Championship Series