2023 Army Black Knights baseball team

2023 Army Black Knights baseball
2023 Army Black Knights baseball
Patriot League regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Patriot League
Record	38–16 (21–4 Patriot)
Head coach	Chris Tracz (1st season);
Associate head coach	Mike Cole (1st season)
Hitting coach	Franklin Jennings (1st season)
Pitching coach	Jeremy Hileman (1st season)
Home stadium	Doubleday Field

2023 Patriot League baseball standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Army ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	4	–	0	.840	37	–	16	–	0	.698
Navy ‍‍‍	14	–	11	–	0	.560	23	–	27	–	0	.460
Bucknell ‍‍‍	14	–	11	–	0	.560	23	–	22	–	1	.511
Lafayette ‍‍‍	10	–	15	–	0	.400	15	–	37	–	0	.288
Lehigh ‍‍‍	10	–	15	–	0	.400	24	–	36	–	0	.400
Holy Cross ‍‍‍	6	–	19	–	0	.240	16	–	35	–	0	.314

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 21, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Army Black Knights baseball team represented the United States Military Academy during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Black Knights played their home games at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field as a member of the Patriot League. They were led by first-year head coach Chris Tracz.

Army won their fifth consecutive Patriot League tournament title and second consecutive regular season title, amassing a conference record of 21–4 in the regular season and going 4–1 in the tournament.

Game log

2023 Army Black Knights Hawks baseball game log (38–16)

Regular season (38–16)

February (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
February 17	at Duke*		Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC	L 0–16	Santucci (1–0)	Picone (0–1)	None	ACCNX	364	0–1	—
February 18	at Duke*		Durham Bulls Athletic Park	L 1–2	Higgins (1–0)	Stetzar (0–1)	Tallon (1)	ACCNX	638	0–2	—
February 19	at Duke*		Durham Bulls Athletic Park	W 5–4¹⁰	Gabrysh (1–0)	Beilenson (0–1)	Stetzar (1)	ACCNX	717	1–2	—

March (8–10)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
March 1	at Rutgers*		Bainton Field Piscataway, NJ	L 3–6	Parliament (1–0)	Gabrysh (1–1)	Gorski (1)	BTN+	322	1–3	—
March 3	at Old Dominion*		Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA	L 4–15	Morgan (2–0)	Picone (0–2)	None	ESPN+	779	1–4	—
March 4	at Old Dominion*		Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	L 0–11	Armstrong (2–0)	McCausland (0–1)	None	ESPN+	779	1–5	—
March 5	at Old Dominion*		Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	L 11–13	Cook (2–0)	Owsik (0–1)	Bashara (1)	ESPN+	362	1–6	—
March 10	UMass Lowell*		Smithson Field Merion, PA	W 4–3	McCausland (1–1)	Keevan (0–4)	Gallo (1)	ESPN+	110	2–6	—
March 11	UMass Lowell*		Smithson Field	W 7–1	McShane (1–0)	Draper (1–2)	None	ESPN+	212	3–6	—
March 12	UMass Lowell*		Smithson Field	W 9–3	Falco (1–0)	DiRito (1–1)	None	ESPN+	220	4–6	—
Ting Stadium Series
March 14	vs. Notre Dame*		Ting Stadium Holly Springs, NC	L 3–6	Hely (1–1)	Ciccone (0–1)	Bosch (2)	ESPN+	163	4–7	—
March 15	vs. Notre Dame*		Ting Stadium	L 9–10	Cooper (1–0)	Rodriguez (0–1)	None	ESPN+	147	4–8	—

March 17	Iona*		Smithson Field	W 15–5	Gallo (1–0)	Torrado (0–3)	Ciccone (1)	ESPN+	171	5–8	—
March 18	Iona*		Smithson Field	W 16–6⁸	McShane (2–0)	Chiaia (0–3)	None	ESPN+	318	6–8	—
March 19	Iona*		Smithson Field	W 13–0⁷	Picone (1–2)	Untracht (0–3)	None	ESPN+	308	7–8	—
March 21	Monmouth*		Smithson Field	L 8–9	Horvath (1–0)	Stetzar (0–2)	Kent (1)	ESPN+	221	7–9	—
March 24	Maine*		Smithson Field	W 3–2	Stetzar (1–2)	Baeyens (0–1)	None	ESPN+	180	8–9	—
March 25	Maine*		Smithson Field	L 12–17	Scott (1–2)	Ciccone (0–2)	None	ESPN+	155	8–10	—
March 26	Maine*		Smithson Field	L 13–15	Lewis (2–1)	Picone (1–3)	None	ESPN+	325	8–11	—
Liberty Bell Classic
March 28	at Delaware*		Bob Hannah Stadium Newark, DE	L 3–9	Grome (2–0)	Owsik (0–2)	Margolis (1)	FloSports	4,228	8–12	—

March 31	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field Richmond, VA	W 19–13	McCausland (2–1)	Argomaniz (2–3)	None	ESPN+	313	9–12	1–0

April (10–7–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
April 1	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field	W 15–0	DeSanto (1–0)	Weirather (2–2)	None	ESPN+	303	10–12	2–0
April 2	at Richmond		Malcolm U. Pitt Field	L 2–7	Subers (2–0)	Picone (1–4)	None	ESPN+	413	10–13	2–1
Liberty Bell Classic
April 5	Penn*		Smithson Field	L 6–18	Cerwinski (2–0)	Picollo (0–1)	None	ESPN+	182	10–14	—

April 7	VCU		Smithson Field	W 5–3	McCausland (3–1)	Gordon (2–2)	McShane (1)	ESPN+	274	11–14	3–1
April 8	VCU		Smithson Field	W 12–3	Stetzar (2–2)	Peters (1–3)	None	ESPN+	308	12–14	4–1
April 9	VCU		Smithson Field	L 7–11	Ellis (4–2)	Shearer (0–1)	None	ESPN+	302	12–15	4–2
April 11	at Delaware*		Bob Hannah Stadium	L 10–13	Margolis (3–0)	Ciccone (0–3)	None	FloSports	165	12–16	—
April 14	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, MO	L 2–4	Litman (4–1)	McCausland (3–2)	Bell (1)	ESPN+	180	12–17	4–3
April 15	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	L 6–10	Chaffin (4–1)	DeSanto (1–1)	Weber (1)	ESPN+	201	12–18	4–4
April 16	at Saint Louis		Billiken Sports Center	L 8–14	Holmes (2–0)	Picone (1–5)	None	ESPN+	121	12–19	4–5
April 21	UMass		Smithson Field	W 5–3	McCausland (4–2)	Belliveau (0–1)	Stetzar (2)	ESPN+	201	13–19	5–5
April 22	UMass		Smithson Field	W 12–3	Owsik (1–2)	Perrett (1–5)	None	ESPN+	400	14–19	6–5
April 23	UMass		Smithson Field	W 7–3	Picone (2–5)	Steele (0–3)	McShane (2)	ESPN+	323	15–19	7–5
April 25	Delaware*		Smithson Field	W 5–2	Gallo (2–0)	Grome (2–2)	Stetzar (3)	ESPN+	152	16–19	—
April 26	Bucknell*		Smithson Field	T 7–7⁷	None	None	None	ESPN+	126	16–19–1	—
April 28	Fordham		Smithson Field	W 2–1	McShane (3–0)	Hughes (1–3)	Stetzar (4)	ESPN+	122	17–19–1	8–5
April 29	Fordham		Smithson Field	W 23–10	Falco (2–0)	Sachen (0–3)	None	ESPN+	129	18–19–1	9–5
April 30	Fordham		Smithson Field	W 7–1	Picone (3–5)	Egan (0–1)	None	ESPN+	153	19–19–1	10–5

May (8–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	A10 record
May 3	Villanova*		Smithson Field	W 13–6	Gallo (3–0)	Povey (0–1)	None	ESPN+	220	20–19–1	—
May 5	at Dayton		Woerner Field Dayton, OH	L 9–16	Zapka (2–0)	Falco (2–1)	None	ESPN+	163	20–20–1	10–6
May 6	at Dayton		Woerner Field	W 7–5	DeSanto (2–1)	Majick (3–4)	Stetzar (5)	ESPN+	163	21–20–1	11–6
May 7	at Dayton		Woerner Field	W 15–2	Picone (4–5)	Steinhauer (1–5)	None	ESPN+	138	22–20–1	12–6
May 12	Rhode Island		Smithson Field	W 15–3	McCausland (5–2)	Sposato (3–6)	None	ESPN+	374	23–20–1	13–6
May 13	Rhode Island		Smithson Field	W 12–6	DeSanto (3–1)	Levesque (5–4)	None	ESPN+	413	24–20–1	14–6
May 14	Rhode Island		Smithson Field	W 6–5	Gabrysh (2–1)	Hsu (0–1)	None	ESPN+	425	25–20–1	15–6
May 16	at Villanova*		Villanova Ballpark Plymouth Meeting, PA	L 4–8	Udell (1–6)	Rodriguez (0–2)	None	SECN+	197	25–21–1	—
May 18	at George Mason		Spuhler Field Fairfax, VA	W 9–4	Falco (3–1)	Stewart (1–2)	None	ESPN+	65	26–21–1	16–6
May 19	at George Mason		Spuhler Field	L 3–4	Mracna (3–1)	Stetzar (2–3)	None	ESPN+	143	26–22–1	16–7
May 20	at George Mason		Spuhler Field	W 13–6	Picone (5–5)	Grant (0–1)	None	ESPN+	266	27–22–1	17–7

Post-Season (0–0)

Patriot League tournament (0–0)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	A10T Record	Sources
Winner's bracket
May 24	11:00 a.m.	ESPN+	vs. (4) Saint Louis or (5) Richmond	(1)	The Diamond Richmond, VA

NCAA TBD Regional (0–0)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	A10T Record	Sources
Winner's bracket
May 24	11:00 a.m.	ESPN+	vs. (4) Saint Louis or (5) Richmond	(1)	The Diamond Richmond, VA

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
W Saint Joseph's win • L Saint Joseph's loss • T Saint Joseph's tie • Postponement or cancellation • Bold denotes Saint Joseph's player

Postseason

Patriot League tournament

Patriot League Tournament Teams
(1) Army Black Knights	(2) Bucknell Bison	(3) Navy Midshipmen	(4) Lafayette Leopards

Semifinals					Finals

1	Army	5	15	5
4	Lafayette	7	6	1	1	Army	20	21	—
2	Bucknell	2	7	—	2	Bucknell	5	6	—
3	Navy	0	6	—

NCAA tournament

Tournament field to be announced.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[2]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[3]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

↑ "Patriot League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
↑ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
↑ "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
↑ "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
↑ "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
↑ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

External links

Army Baseball

[1] "Patriot League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

[coaches_poll-2] "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[3] "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[4] "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.

[5] "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[6] "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

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