2014 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team

The 2014 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team is a college baseball team that represented Indiana University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hoosiers are members of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and played their home games at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. They were led by ninth-year head coach Tracy Smith.

2014 Indiana Hoosiers baseball
Big Ten regular season champions Big Ten Conference tournament champions
Bloomington Regional, L 4-5 vs. Stanford
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	44-15 (21-3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tracy Smith (9th season)
Home stadium	Bart Kaufman Field (Capacity: 2,500)
Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 8 Indiana  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	3	–	0		.875			44	–	15	–	0		.746
No. 26 Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	18	–	6	–	0		.750			41	–	21	–	0		.661
Illinois  ‍‍‍	17	–	7	–	0		.708			32	–	21	–	0		.604
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			27	–	24	–	0		.529
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			30	–	29	–	1		.508
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			31	–	26	–	0		.544
Iowa  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			30	–	28	–	0		.517
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			19	–	33	–	0		.365
Purdue  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			13	–	37	–	0		.260
Penn State  ‍‍‍	5	–	18	–	0		.217			18	–	32	–	0		.360
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Hoosiers were selected to play in the 2014 NCAA tournament, they would host the Bloomington Regional for the second consecutive year. Indiana would win the first two games to advance to the regional final where they would meet the Stanford Cardinal, the Hoosiers would lose back to back games and be eliminated from the Bloomington Regional by Stanford by a score of 4–5 in the final game.^[1]

Previous season

The Hoosiers finished the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season 49–16 overall (17-7 conference) and first place in conference standings. The Hoosiers were selected to play in the 2013 NCAA tournament, beginning by hosting the Bloomington Regional. The Hoosiers swept the Bloomington Regional with three straight wins to advance to their first-ever Super Regional. The Hoosiers would travel to Tallahassee to play Florida State in the Tallahassee Super Regional. Indiana would win the first two games to clinch their first-ever birth to the College World Series in Omaha. They would win the first game 2–0 over the Louisville Cardinals after a brilliant performance from starting pitcher Joey DeNato before losing their next two games and being eliminated.^[2]

Roster

2014 Indiana Hoosiers roster[3]
	Pitchers 8 Bell, Evan - Sophomore 17 Eldred, CJ - Freshman 21 Williams, Kent - Freshman 14 Hart, Kyle - Sophomore 21 Morris, Christian - Sophomore 23 DeNato, Joey - Senior 24 Stadler, Walker - Sophomore 26 Moody, Nick - Freshman 27 Korte, Brian - Senior 28 Harrison, Luke - Junior 31 Slegers, Aaron - RS Sophomore 34 Halstead, Ryan - Senior 35 Coursen-Carr, Will - Sophomore 37 Effross, Scott - Sophomore 43 Belcher, Thomas - Freshman 44 Kelzer, Jacob - Freshman 31 Foote, Austin - Freshman		Catchers 10 Schwarber, Kyle - Sophomore 12 Gibbs, Brent - Freshman 7 Webb, Demetrius - Freshman Infielders 1 Ramos, Nick - Sophomore 3 Donley, Scott - RS Junior 6 Travis, Sam - Junior 40 Flood, Brendan - Freshman 9 Rodrigue, Casey - Freshman 16 DeMuth, Dustin - Senior 29 Goldaris, Eli - Junior 18 Cangelosi, Austin - Freshman 20 Smith, Casey - RS Junior 13 Clark, Chad - Junior 40 Wilhite, Brian - Sophomore		Outfielders 4 Sujka, Chris - Junior 11 Nolden, Will - Junior 32 Cureton, Luke - Freshman 24 Stadler, Sullivan - Sophomore 36 O'Conner, Tim - Junior 19 Alfonso, Ricky - Sophomore 39 Dedelow, Craig - Sophomore

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Bloomington Regional

Bloomington Regional Teams
(1) Indiana Hoosiers	(2) Indiana State Sycamores	(3) Stanford Cardinal	(4) Youngstown State Penguins

	First round					Regional semifinals					Regional final
	1	Indiana	10
	4	Youngstown State	2
						1	Indiana	4
						3	Stanford	2
	3	Stanford	8
	2	Indiana State	1
											1	Indiana
											3	Stanford
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						4	Youngstown State	4
	4	Youngstown State	5			3	Stanford	12
	2	Indiana State	2

• Bloomington Regional Scores Source^[5]