The 2023 Davidson Wildcats baseball team represented Davidson College during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Rucker Taylor, in his fifth season with the program.

Davidson finished the season with a 30–24 and went 1–2 in the Atlantic 10 tournament.

Previous season

The 2022 Davidson Wildcats baseball team notched a 43–13 (20–4) regular season record, winning the Atlantic 10 regular season championship, and earning the top overall seed and hosting rights in the 2022 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. Davidson opened their tournament series with a victory over George Mason, before losing two consecutive games to VCU and Richmond to eliminate them in the tournament. Despite their 40-plus win season, Davidson did not earn an at-large berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

At the end of the season, assistant coach Ryan Munger left Davidson to join former VCU head coach, Shawn Stiffler, to be an assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame. Pitching coach, Parker Bangs, left Davidson in the offseason to become the new pitching coach for Rice University.

In September 2022, Davidson hired Todd Miller from Tennessee Tech as an assistant coach.

Preseason Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors Michael Carico was named the Atlantic 10 Preseason Player of the Year and Ryan Feczko was named the Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Carico, Feczko, Ryan Wilson, and Bennett Flynn were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.

A-10 Preseason Player of the Year Player No. Position Class Michael Carico 5 C Junior

A-10 Preseason Pitcher of the Year Player No. Position Class Ryan Feczko 36 1B RS Sophomore

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Team Player No. Position Class Michael Carico 5 C Junior Ryan Wilson 19 1B Junior Ryan Feczko 36 RHP RS Sophomore Bennett Flynn 42 RHP Senior

Coaches poll The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 7, 2023. Davidson was picked to win the Atlantic 10.

Coaches' Poll 1 Davidson 130 (5) 2 VCU 125 (4) 3 Richmond 103 (1) 4 Saint Louis 103 5 Dayton 92 (1) 6 Rhode Island 85 7 Saint Joseph's 81 8 George Mason 70 (1) 9 Fordham 52 10 George Washington 51 11 UMass 27 12 St. Bonaventure 17

Preseason All-Americans

First Team All-Americans Player No. Position Class Selector(s) Michael Carico 5 Junior Collegiate BaseballNCBWA

Second Team All-Americans Player No. Position Class Selector(s) Michael Carico 5 Junior Baseball AmericaD1Baseball

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Personnel

Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 5 Michael Carico Junior 1B 19 Ryan Wilson Junior 2B 9 Jake Wilhoit Junior 3B 8 Nick Calero Junior SS 7 Jacob Hinderleider Senior LF 4 Tyler Douglas Junior CF 13 Jacob Friend Sophomore RF 29 Henry Koehler Senior DH 22 Anthony Torreso Freshman

Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 17 Will Schomberg Senior Saturday 36 Ryan Feczko RS Sophomore Sunday 26 Ryan Kutz Senior

Roster

Coaching staff

2023 Davidson Wildcats baseball coaching staff Name Position Seasons atDavidson Alma mater Chris Clunie Athletic Director 5 Davidson College (2006) Rucker Taylor Head coach 5 Vanderbilt University (2006) Todd Miller Assistant Coach 1 Bluffton University (2006) Bobby Hearn Pitching Coach 1 Wake Forest University (2019) Josiah Hissong Volunteer Assistant Coach 1 Alderson Broaddus University (2019) Evan Simon Director of Sports Performance 5 Frostburg State University (2002) Elizabeth Allred Sports Dietitian 12 University of Virginia (1999) Alex Northrup Assistant Athletic Trainer 2 The Citadel (2021) Justin Parker Assistant Director 5 Wingate University (2002) Source

Game log 2023 Davidson Wildcats baseball game log (30–24) Regular season (29–22) February (5–3) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources February 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. FieldDavidson, NC W 4–3 Will Schomberg (1–0) Ryan Fischer (0–1) Bennett Flynn (1) 365 1–0 — Box Score February 18 2:30 p.m. NJIT* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–12 Aidan Kidd (1–0) Ryan Feczko (0–1) — 367 1–1 — Box Score February 19 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ NJIT* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 6–14 Joe Georgini (1–0) Ryan Kutz (0–1) — 267 1–2 — Box Score February 21 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 15–1 Isaac Fix (1–0) Coley Kilpatrick (0–1) — 247 2–2 — Box Score February 24 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 3–7 Alex Walsh (1–1) Will Schomberg (1–1) — 526 2–3 — Box Score February 25 2:00 p.m. Lafayette* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 13–11 Ryan Feczko (1–1) Luke Craytor (0–2) — 244 3–3 — Box Score February 26 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Lafayette* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 19–3 Brycen Champey (1–0) Trace Florio (0–1) — 364 4–3 — Box Score February 28 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 16–6 Miles Jamieson (1–0) Joseph Rodriguez (0–1) — 212 5–3 — Box Score March (8–7) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources March 3 4:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks StadiumConway, SC L 6–7 Teddy Sharkey (1–0) Brycen Champey (1–1) — 1,397 5–4 — Box Score March 4 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium L 5–26 Levi Huesman (1–0) Ryan Feczko (1–2) — 1,542 5–5 — Box Score March 5 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks Stadium L 5–12 Darin Horn (1–0) Miles Jamieson (1–1) Teddy Sharkey (2) 1,738 5–6 — Box Score March 7 4:00 p.m. at * Coy O. Williard StadiumHigh Point, NC W 10–7 AJ Pabst (1–0) Sean Duffy (0–1) 301 6–6 — Box Score March 10 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 5–611 Austin Wainer (1–1) Miles Jamieson (1–2) — 244 6–7 — Box Score March 11 2:00 p.m. Bryant* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 5–15 Coleman Picard (2–1) Ryan Feczko (1–3) — 344 6–8 — Box Score March 12 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Bryant* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 1–117 Ken Turner (1–1) Brycen Champey (1–2) — 312 6–9 — Box Score Kannapolis Series March 14 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ vs. * Atrium Health BallparkKannapolis, NC W 6–5 Bennett Flynn (1–0) Dante Visconti (2–1) Nick Shedleski (1) 773 7–9 — Box Score March 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 5–1 Will Schomberg (2–1) Brian Yetter (1–3) — 345 8–9 — Box Score March 18 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Marist* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 8–14 Jack Bowery (1–2) Will Banks (0–1) Zane Kmietek (1) 355 8–10 Box Score March 19 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Marist* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 12–2 Brycen Champey (2–2) John Hacker (0–3) — 267 9–10 — Box Score March 21 6:00 p.m. at * The PlexClinton, SC W 7–4 Ed Hall (1–0) Colbey Klepper (1–1) Nick Shedleski (2) 177 10–10 — Box Score March 24 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 9–5 Will Schomberg (3–1) Peyton Calitri (2–2) — 249 11–10 — Box Score March 25 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Tennessee Tech* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 12–10 Danny Rosenfield (1–0) Reece McDuffie (1–2) — 333 12–10 — Box Score March 26 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Tennessee Tech* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 6–5 Bennett Flynn (2–0) Brody Lanham (0–3) — 207 13–10 — Box Socre March 28 6:00 p.m. at North Carolina A&T* World War Memorial StadiumGreensboro, NC Cancelled (inclement weather) 13–10 — Report April (11–7) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources April 1 2:00 p.m. T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 7–5 Will Schomberg (4–1) Declan Lavelle (0–2) Bennett Flynn (2) 134 14–10 1–0 Box Score April 1 5:00 p.m. Fordham T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 23–7 Ryan Feczko (2–3) Gabe Karslo (2–3) — 233 15–10 2–0 Box Score April 2 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Fordham T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–6 Connor Haywood (1–1) Nick Shedleski (0–1) Ben Kovel (4) 307 15–11 2–1 Box Score April 4 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ Presbyterian* T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 5–4 Bennett Flynn (3–0) Tanner Smith (1–2) — 187 16–11 — Box Score April 7 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ at UMass Earl Lorden FieldAmherst, MA W 9–2 Will Schomberg (5–1) Max LeBlanc (0–2) — 90 17–11 3–1 Box Score April 8 1:00 p.m. at UMass Earl Lorden Field W 4–3 Ryan Feczko (3–3) Taylor Perrett (1–4) AJ Pabst (1) 95 18–11 4–1 Box Score April 9 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ at UMass Earl Lorden Field W 14–6 Isaac Fix (2–0) Jack Pawloski (1–2) — 90 19–11 5–1 Box Score April 11 5:00 p.m. ACCNX at Duke* Jack Coombs FieldDurham, NC L 0–19 Andrew Healy (2–1) Miles Jamieson (1–3) — 823 19–12 — Box Score April 14 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Dayton T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–8 Mark Manfredi (2–4) Will Schomberg (5–2) Andrew Zapka (2) 247 19–13 5–2 Box Score April 15 2:00 p.m. ESPN3 Dayton T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 5–4 Ryan Feczko (4–3) Eli Majick (2–3) Bennett Flynn (3) 566 20–13 6–2 Box Score April 16 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Dayton T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 8–3 Jacob Peaden (1–0) Ryan Steinhauer (1–4) — 347 21–13 7–2 Box Score Knights Series April 18 7:00 p.m. ESPN+ vs. No. 23 NC State* Truist FieldCharlotte, NC L 7–22 Rio Britton (2–1) Brycen Champey (2–3) — 2,624 21–14 — Box Score April 21 3:00 p.m. at Bill Beck FieldKingston, RI W 7–2 Will Schomberg (6–2) Sean Sposato (2–4) — 213 22–14 8–2 Box Score April 22 1:00 p.m. ESPN3 at Rhode Island Bill Beck Field L 6–8 Trystan Levesque (5–2) Ryan Feczko (4–4) Ryan Andrade (6) 108 22–15 8–3 Box Score April 23 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Bill Beck Field W 15–9 AJ Pabst (2–0) Braeden Perry (3–4) — 87 23–15 9–3 Box Score April 26 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ * T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 6–167 Charlie Weber (1–0) Brycen Champey (2–4) — 123 23–16 — Box Score April 29 12:00 p.m. at Barcroft ParkArlington, VA W 7–3 Ryan Feczko (5–4) Logan Koester (4–3) — 201 24–16 10–3 Box Score April 29 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 at George Washington Barcroft Park L 1–2 Chris Kahler (4–3) Isaac Fix (2–1) — 255 24–17 10–4 Box Score April 30 1:00 p.m. at George Washington Barcroft Park Canceled (inclement weather) 24–17 10–4 Report May (5–5) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources May 2 6:00 p.m. at Queens* Tuckaseegee Dream FieldsCharlotte, NC L 5–6 Offschanka (2–5) Banks (0–2) None 109 24–18 — Box Score May 4 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ VCU T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 13–5 Feczko (6–4) Erka (1–3) None 232 25–18 11–4 Box Score May 5 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ VCU T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field L 4–9 Gladden (5–2) Fix (2–2) Ellis (3) 335 25–19 11–5 Box Score May 6 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ VCU T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 14–10 Flynn (4–0) Peters (2–5) None 431 26–19 12–5 Box Score May 12 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Saint Louis T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 11–2 Schomberg (7–2) Litman (4–3) Flynn (4) 447 27–19 13–5 Box Score May 13 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Saint Louis T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 12–11 Shedleski (1–1) Bell (3–3) None 449 28–19 14–5 Box Score May 14 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ Saint Louis T. Henry Wilson Jr. Field W 14–11 Fix (3–2) Holmes (2–1) None 505 29–19 15–5 Box Score May 16 6:00 p.m. at * Winthrop BallparkRock Hill, SC Canceled (inclement weather) 29–19 — May 18 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt FieldRichmond, VA L 10–11 Hentschel (1–0) Flynn (4–1) None 302 29–20 15–6 Box Score May 19 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field L 3–7 Rodriguez (4–2) Feczko (6–5) None 333 29–21 15–7 Box Score May 20 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field L 2–18 Reinke (1–1) Peaden (1–1) None 352 29–22 15–8 Box Score Post-Season (1–2) (1–2) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A10T Record Sources Winner's bracket May 23 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ vs. (7) Rhode Island (2) The DiamondRichmond, VA W 8–4 Flynn (5–1) Andrade (1–2) None 877 30–22 1–0 Box Score May 24 3:30 p.m. ESPN+ vs. (6) George Mason (2) The Diamond L 11–15 Shields (7–3) Feczko (6–6) None 835 30–23 1–1 Box Score Consolation bracket May 25 11:00 a.m. ESPN+ vs. (3) Dayton (2) The Diamond L 4–15 Majick (5–4) Peaden (1–2) None 703 30–24 1–2 Box Score Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold =Davidson team memberRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Tournaments Atlantic 10 tournament