The 2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball team represented Davidson College during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. It was the program's 121st baseball season, and their 7th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The regular season began on February 18 and concluded on May 21, 2022.
The season was the program's first ever season winning the Atlantic 10 regular season championship, and the program's first ever season where they won 40 or more games. Additionally, Davidson was one of only two Division I baseball programs (the other being UC Santa Barbara) to win every weekend series during the season. The entered the Atlantic 10 tournament as the top seed, where they won their opening game against George Mason, however, the program lost consecutively to VCU and Richmond, causing them to finish third place in the tournament.
Davidson did not earn an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.
Preseason
Coaches Poll The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 15, 2022. Davidson was picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10.
Coaches' Poll 1 VCU 143 (11) 2 Dayton 122 (1) 3 Rhode Island 101 4 Saint Louis 94 5 Davidson 91 6 Fordham 83 7 George Washington 80 8 Richmond 76 9 Saint Joseph's 73 10 George Mason 33 11 UMass 26 12 St. Bonaventure 14
Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors Trevor Candelaria and Blake Hely were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.
Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team Player No. Position Class Trevor Candelaria 33 OF Senior Blake Hely 14 RHP Senior
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball coaching staff Name Position Seasons atDavidson Alma mater Chris Clunie Athletic Director 4 Davidson College (2006) Rucker Taylor Head coach 4 Vanderbilt University (2006) Ryan Munger Assistant Coach 7 Duke University (2013) Parker Bangs Assistant Coach 2 University of South Carolina (2010) Jake Welch Volunteer Assistant Coach 1 Bethune-Cookman University (2015) Dylan Elber Director of Player Development 2 Rutgers University (2013) Evan Simon Director of Sports Performance 4 Frostburg State University (2002) Elizabeth Allred Sports Dietitian 11 University of Virginia (1999) Alex Northrup Assistant Athletic Trainer 1 The Citadel (2021) Justin Parker Assistant Director 4 Wingate University (2002) Cameron Krakowiak Student Manager 1 Davidson College (2024) Ben Laumakis Student Manager 1 Davidson College (2024) Source
Schedule and results
2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball game log (43–13) Regular season (42–11) February (6–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record February 18 * Wilson FieldDavidson, NC L 0–5 Luke Rettig (1–0) Nolan Devos (0–1) Will Grisack (1) 333 0–1 — February 19 Lehigh* Wilson Field W 10–6 Ryan Kutz (1–0) Matt Stamford (0–1) Bennett Flynn (1) 267 1–1 — February 20 Lehigh* Wilson Field W 9–6 Ryan Feczko (1–0) Nick Pave (0–1) Bennett Flynn (2) 389 2–1 — February 22 * Wilson Field W 6–4 Will Schomberg (1–0) Gene McGough (0–1) Gabe Levy (1) ESPN+ 208 3–1 — February 26 No. 22 * Wilson Field W 3–0 Nolan Devos (1–1) Collin Lowe (1–1) Gabe Levy (2) ESPN+ 313 4–1 — February 27 No. 22 Bryant* Wilson Field W 11–0 Blake Hely (1–0) Jared Burrows (0–1) — 311 5–1 — February 28 No. 22 Bryant* Wilson Field W 9–2 Ryan Feczko (2–0) Logan Frasier (0–1) — 259 6–1 — March (13–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record March 2 * No. 25 Wilson Field W 3–0 Alex Fenton (1–0) Jackson Hull (0–1) Gabe Levy (3) 137 7–1 — March 4 * No. 25 Wilson Field W 5–2 Nolan Devos (2–1) Sean Higgins (1–1) Gabe Levy (4) ESPN+ 276 8–1 — March 5 Columbia* No. 25 Wilson Field L 6–7 Justin Tucker (1–0) Bennett Flynn (0–1) — ESPN+ 343 8–2 — March 5DH Columbia* No. 25 Wilson Field L 2–5 Andy Leon (1–0) Ryan Kutz (1–1) J.D. Ogden (1) ESPN+ 257 8–3 — March 6 Columbia* No. 25 Wilson Field W 6–4 Ryan Feczko (3–0) Billy Black (0–2) Gabe Levy (5) ESPN+ 217 9–3 — March 8 Appalachian State* Wilson Field Canceled (inclement weather). March 11 * Wilson Field W 16–0 Nolan Devos (3–1) James Deloatch (1–1) — ESPN+ 227 10–3 — March 12 Norfolk State* Wilson Field W 12–3 Blake Hely (2–0) Justin Walton (0–3) — ESPN+ 123 11–3 — March 13 Norfolk State* Wilson Field W 12–1 Ryan Feczko (4–0) Dalton Barham (0–4) — ESPN+ 124 12–3 — March 15 * Wilson Field W 11–4 Alex Fenton (2–0) Rojo Prarie (0–1) — ESPN+ 219 13–3 — March 15DH William & Mary* Wilson Field W 3–1 Gabe Levy (1–0) Nate Knowles (1–1) — ESPN+ 268 14–3 — March 18 * Wilson Field W 10–1 Nolan Devos (4–1) Luke Benneche (1–4) — ESPN+ 157 15–3 — March 19 Lafayette* Wilson Field W 13–2 Blake Hely (3–0) Kyle Subers (0–5) — ESPN+ 344 16–3 — March 20 Lafayette* Wilson Field W 14–9 Alex Fenton (3–0) Jordan Yoder (1–1) — ESPN+ 277 17–3 — March 23 at Charlotte* Hayes StadiumCharlotte, NC Canceled (inclement weather). March 25 UNC Greensboro* Wilson Field L 4–5 Alex Hoppe (4–1) Alex Fenton (3–1) Kross Robinson (3) 231 17–4 — March 26 at UNC Greensboro* UNCG Baseball StadiumGreensboro, NC W 9–2 Will Schomberg (2–0) Jared Mathewson (2–2) — ESPN+ 256 18–4 — March 27 vs. UNC Greensboro* Truist PointHigh Point, NC W 7–3 Ryan Feczko (5–0) Hunter Shuey (0–2) Gabe Levy (6) 272 19–4 — March 29 at North Carolina A&T* World War Memorial StadiumGreensboro, NC L 2–3 Jeremiah Foster (1–0) Danny Rosenfield (0–1) — ESPN+ 125 19–5 — April (13–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record April 1 Wilson Field W 8–5 Nolan Devos (5–1) Jeremy Neff (1–3) — ESPN+ 446 20–5 1–0 April 2 Richmond Wilson Field W 8–7 Will Schomberg (3–0) Rob Ready (1–1) — ESPN+ 447 21–5 2–0 April 3 Richmond Wilson Field W 4–3 Ryan Feczko (6–0) Alden Mathes (2–2) Bennett Flynn (3) ESPN+ 423 22–5 3–0 April 5 at * Durham Bulls Athletic ParkDurham, NC Postponed (inclement weather). Make-up date May 17. April 8 at VCU The DiamondRichmond, VA L 6–7 Nolan Wilson (3–0) Alex Fenton (3–2) — ESPN+ 394 22–6 3–1 April 9 at VCU The Diamond W 7–2 Blake Hely (4–0) Cade Dressler (0–1) — ESPN+ 634 23–6 4–1 April 10 at VCU The Diamond W 7–2 Ryan Feczko (7–0) Chase Hungate (3–3) — ESPN+ 557 24–6 5–1 April 12 at * Radford Baseball StadiumRadford, VA W 13–9 Will Schomberg (4–0) William Flanagan (0–4) — ESPN+ 100 25–6 — April 15 at Fred Handler ParkOlean, NY W 5–3 Bennett Flynn (1–1) Branden Myers (0–1) Gabe Levy (7) 150 26–6 6–1 April 16 at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park W 10–3 Blake Hely (5–0) Bryce Hediger (0–5) Will Schomberg (1) ESPN+ 135 27–6 7–1 April 16DH at St. Bonaventure Fred Handler Park W 11–4 Ryan Feczko (8–0) Tripp Breen (1–3) — ESPN+ 202 28–6 8–1 April 19 at * Winthrop BallparkRock Hill, SC W 15–5 Bennett Flynn (2–1) Parker Kruglewicz (0–1) — ESPN+ 311 29–6 — April 22 Rhode Island Wilson Field L 5–7 Ryan Twitchell (1–4) Will Schomberg (4–1) Bryan Kraus (2) ESPN+ 343 29–7 8–2 April 23 Rhode Island Wilson Field W 23–12 Blake Hely (6–0) Domenic Picone (3–4) — ESPN+ 444 30–7 9–2 April 24 Rhode Island Wilson Field W 9–5 Bennett Flynn (3–1) Bo Brutti (1–1) — ESPN+ 456 31–7 10–2 April 26 at Appalachian State* Jim and Bettie Smith StadiumBoone, NC L 9–10 Shane Roberts (1–0) Isaac Fix (0–1) — 204 31–8 — April 29 at Billiken Sports CenterSt. Louis, MO L 5–6 Logan Schmitt (7–1) Nolan Devos (5–2) Cameron Pferrer (7) ESPN+ 198 31–9 10–3 April 30 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center W 9–2 Blake Hely (7–0) Trevor Harris (4–6) Gabe Levy (8) ESPN+ 133 32–9 11–3 May (9–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10 Record May 1 at Saint Louis Billiken Sports Center W 13–7 Ryan Kutz (2–1) Jack Weber (0–3) — ESPN+ 193 33–9 12–3 May 4 Winthrop* Wilson Field W 12–2 Isaac Fix (1–1) Tyler Jones (1–6) — ESPN+ 253 34–9 — May 6 Wilson Field W 5–3 Nolan Devos (6–2) Kevin Dow (6–3) Bennett Flynn (4) ESPN+ 176 35–9 13–3 May 7 UMass Wilson Field W 28–0 Blake Hely (8–0) Tyler Dalton (1–4) — ESPN+ 333 36–9 14–3 May 8 UMass Wilson Field W 12–3 Ryan Feczko (9–0) Zach Clevenger (1–2) — ESPN+ 307 37–9 15–3 May 12 at Smithson FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 6–2 Nolan Devos (7–2) Ian McCole (2–5) Bennett Flynn (5) ESPN+ 225 38–9 16–3 May 13 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field W 6–0 Blake Hely (9–0) Luke Smith (4–5) — ESPN+ 210 39–9 17–3 May 14 at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field W 8–7 Gabe Levy (2–0) Ryan Devine (2–4) Will Schomberg (2) ESPN+ 200 40–9 18–3 May 17 at Duke*Rescheduled from April 5 Jack Coombs FieldDurham, NC L 2–11 Aaron Beasley (1–0) Nick Shedleski (0–1) — ACCNX 768 40–10 — May 19 George Mason Wilson Field W 17–4 Nolan Devos (8–2) Ben Shields (2–3) — 234 41–10 19–3 May 20 George Mason Wilson Field L 4–9 Ryan Peterson (4–2) Blake Hely (9–1) Chad Gartland (3) 268 41–11 19–4 May 21 George Mason Wilson Field W 12–4 Ryan Feczko (10–0) Danny Hosley (3–4) — ESPN+ 245 42–11 20–4 Postseason (1–2) (1–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record A10T Record May 25 (5) George MasonGame 4 (1) Wilson Field W 6–2 Nolan Devos (9–2) Ryan Peterson (4–3) Bennett Flynn (6) ESPN+ 394 43–11 1–0 May 26 (2) VCUSemifinal (1) Wilson Field L 6–14 Evan Chenier (2–0) Blake Hely (9–2) — ESPN+ 825 43–12 1–1 May 26 (7) RichmondThird place game (1) Wilson Field L 9–12 Winston Allen (1–1) Will Schomberg (4–2) — ESPN+ 677 43–13 1–2 Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold = Davidson team memberRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Schedule Notes
Tournaments
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Atlantic 10 Tournament Teams(1) Davidson Wildcats(2) VCU Rams(3) Saint Louis Billikens(4) Rhode Island Rams(5) George Mason Patriots(6) Saint Joseph's Hawks(7) Richmond Spiders
Statistics Statistics current through May 20, 2022.
Team batting Team Davidson 1814 .304 552 133 14 78 417 .522 305 463 Opponents 1710 .217 371 79 5 39 186 .337 194 509
Team pitching Team Davidson 463.2 371 215 186 194 509 15 3.61 Opponents 441.0 552 450 411 305 463 6 8.39
Individual batting Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played Player GP AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Individual pitching Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G Player GP GS W L IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Legend GP Games played GS Games started AB At-bats H Hits Avg. Batting average 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts BB Base on balls SV Saves SB Stolen bases High Team high
Rankings
References
External links Davidson College Baseball