The 2024 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the sport of baseball during the 2024 college baseball season. This was the Knights' first season as members of the Big 12 Conference. Home games were played at John Euliano Park on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The team was coached by Rich Wallace in his first season as UCF's head coach.

Preseason Big 12 coaches poll The Big 12 Conference preseason poll was released on January 25, 2024, with the Knights predicted to finish in tenth place.

Coaches Poll 1 TCU (11) 143 2 Texas (2) 131 3 Oklahoma State 119 4 Texas Tech 107 5 Kansas State 98 T6 Oklahoma 85 T6 West Virginia 85 8 Kansas 67 9 Houston 56 10 UCF 45 11 Baylor 36 T12 BYU 21 T12 Cincinnati 21

Schedule Legend UCF win UCF loss PostponementBoldUCF team member

2024 UCF Knights baseball game log Regular season February (6–0) Date Opponent StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecordFebruary 16 John Euliano ParkOrlando, FL W 12–11 A. Galvan (1–0) J. Burrows (0–1) C. Centala (1) 2,602 1–0February 17 Bryant John Euliano Park No Contest 1–0February 18 Bryant John Euliano Park Cancelled 1–0February 21 at Miami Alex Rodriguez ParkCoral Gables, FL W 4–3 K. Kramer (1–0) B. Chestnutt (0–1) C. Centala (2) 2,400 2–0February 23 John Euliano Park W 18–37 B. Vespi (1–0) B. Rice (1–1) None 1,812 3–0February 24 Samford John Euliano Park W 9–6 A. Galvan (2–0) J. Holifield (1–1) C. Centala (3) 2,487 4–0February 25 Samford John Euliano Park W 12–27 D. Stagliano (1–0) W. Lynch (0–1) None 2,154 5–0February 27 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball StadiumBoca Raton, FL W 11–6 C. Boxrucker (1–0) B. Ostrander (0–2) None 522 6–0 March (12–7) Date Opponent StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12Record John Euliano Park C. Centala (1–0) B. Archie (0–1) None 2,150 7–0 –March 2 South Florida John Euliano Park L 5–7 J. Volini (1–0) N. Victor (0–1) 2,812 7–1 –March 3 South Florida John Euliano Park W 1–0 K. Kramer (2–0) M. Brown (1–1) 2,400 8–1 –March 6 at Florida Condron BallparkGainesville, FL W 9–6 K. Kramer (1) 5,330 9–1 –March 8 at Oklahoma Norman, OK L 3–4 W. Hartley (0–1) 1,569 9–2 0–1March 9 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Park L 3–11 G. Stevens (2–0) T. Nesbitt (0–1) None 1,673 9–3 0–2 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Park L 2–147 J. Hitt (1–1) None 1,621 9–4 0–3March 13 John Euliano Park W 7–1 W. Hartley (1–1) J. Modugno (0–1) None 1,569 10–4 –March 15 John Euliano Park W 13–2 B. Vespi (2–0) S. Garcia (2–2) None 2,256 11–4 1–3March 16 Oklahoma State John Euliano Park W 4–3 C. Centala (2–0) G. Davis (1–1) None 2,189 12–4 2–3March 17 Oklahoma State John Euliano Park L 10–16 T. Molsky (2–0) None 1,746 12–5 2–4March 19 Florida Atlantic John Euliano Park W 3–2 C. Centala (3–0) D. Trehey (1–1) None 1,811 13–5 –March 22 at Kansas Hoglund BallparkLawrence, KS L 3–13 R. Dutton (5–1) B. Vespi (2–1) None 654 13–6 2–5March 23 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark W 6–2 K. Kramer (3–0) T. Cain (0–2) C. Centala (5) 323 14–6 3–5 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark W 4–1 W. Hartley (2–1) G. Brasosky (1–1) D. Castellano (1) 705 15–6 4–5March 26 at W 4–1 C. Boxrucker (2–1) B. Barquin (0–2) None 244 16–6 –March 28 Texas Tech John Euliano Park W 5–4 K. Kramer (4–0) J. Sanders (1–1) None 1,908 17–6 5–5March 29 Texas Tech John Euliano Park W 2–1 D. Stagliano (1–1) K. Robinson (3–3) C. Centala (6) 2,106 18–6 6–5March 30 Texas Tech John Euliano Park L 2–3 M. Heuer (3–2) W. Hartley (2–2) C. Kaase (1) 2,024 18–7 6–6 April (9–8) Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12RecordApril 2 Jackie Robinson BallparkDaytona Beach, FL None 263 19–7 –April 5 Kansas State No. 20 John Euliano Park 2,109 20–7 7–6April 6 Kansas State No. 20 John Euliano Park 2,185 20–8 7–7April 7 Kansas State No. 20 John Euliano Park None 1,847 21–8 8–7 at Stetson No. 17 1,473 21–9 –April 12 at West Virginia No. 17 Monongalia County BallparkGranville, WV 2,259 21–10 8–8April 13 at West Virginia No. 17 Monongalia County Ballpark None 3,913 21–11 8–9April 14 at West Virginia No. 17 Monongalia County Ballpark V. Kempen (6–1) S. Bauer (0–1) None 3,451 21–12 8–10April 16 John Euliano Park W 10–3 T. Nesbitt (1–1) None 1,622 22–12 –April 19 Central Michigan John Euliano Park L 0–2 B. Vitas (2–4) B. Vespi (2–2) None 1,759 22–13 –April 20 Central Michigan John Euliano Park None 1,725 23–13 –April 21 Central Michigan John Euliano Park None 2,017 24–13 –April 23 Florida Gulf Coast John Euliano Park W 10–3 S. Bauer (1–1) J. Bunz (1–2) None 1,542 25–13 –April 26 Cincinnati John Euliano Park L 4–9 C. Marsh (3–2) K. Kramer (5–3) None 1,661 25–14 8–11April 27 Cincinnati John Euliano Park W 23–3 D. Castellano (5–0) C. Mitchelle (0–3) None 2,120 26–14 9–11April 28 Cincinnati John Euliano Park L 2–8 C. Horst (3–0) C. Boxrucker (3–2) G. Hugus (2) 1,763 26–15 9–12April 30 at North Florida Harmon StadiumJacksonville, FL W 6–2 T. Kozera (4–2) C. Boroski (0–3) 525 27–15 – May (6–3) Date Opponent StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12RecordMay 3 at Houston Schroeder ParkHouston, TX W 4–1 B. Vespi (3–2) C. Citelli (3–2) D. Castellano (2) 2,094 28–15 10–12May 4 at Houston Schroeder Park W 6–4 K. Kramer (6–3) J. Torrealba (0–1) K. Sosnowski (2) 1,958 29–15 11–12May 5 at Houston Schroeder Park Canceled (rain)May 7 North Florida John Euliano Park W 7–4 K. Kramer (7–3) L. Bolton (0–4) K. Sosnowski (3) 1,486 30–15 –May 10 Texas John Euliano Park L 3–6 M. Grubbs (5–4) B. Vespi (3–3) G. Boehm (6) 1,989 30–16 11–13May 11 Texas John Euliano Park W 5–4 D. Stagliano (3–3) A. Whitehead (4–1) D. Castellano (3) 2,141 31–16 12–13May 12 Texas John Euliano Park L 7–10 C. Hurley (5–0) N. Victor (0–2) G. Boehm (7) 1,605 31–17 12–14May 14 Bethune–Cookman John Euliano Park Canceled (rain)May 171 at Baylor Baylor BallparkWaco, TX W 6–4 B. Vespi (4–3) M. Marriott (3–7) K. Sosnowski (4) 32–17 13–14May 172 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark L 2–4 E. Calder (5–3) D. Stagliano (3–4) A. Petrowski (1) 1,676 32–18 13–15May 18 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark W 10–8 W. Hartley (3–2) C. McKinney (3–6) K. Sosnowski (5) 1,613 33–18 14–15 Post-Season (2–1) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament Record 8 ESPN+ 34–18 1–0May 23 8 Globe Life Field None ESPNU 6,791 35–18 2–0May 24 vs. (2) Oklahoma State 8 Globe Life Field L 1–10 B. Holiday (6–3) None ESPN+ 8,540 35–19 2–1 NCAA tournament: Tallahassee Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament Record First round (3) Tallahassee, FL A. Davis II (4–2) None ESPN+ 4,152 36–19 1–0 Second round (3) Dick Howser Stadium L 2–5 J. Arnold (11–3) B. Oxford (1) ESPN+ 5,246 36–20 1–1 Consolation (3) Dick Howser Stadium C. Stallings (3–1) ESPN+ 4,003 37–20 2–1 Regional Final (3) Dick Howser Stadium L 4–12 C. Hults (2–1) None ESPN+ 4,772 37–21 2–2 Schedule source:Baseball Schedule *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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