2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his twelfth season at Vanderbilt.

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
National Champions
College World Series Final, W, 2–1
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
Record	51–21 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin
Home stadium	Hawkins Field
Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			40	–	23	–	0		.635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			44	–	18	–	0		.710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			51	–	21	–	0		.708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			37	–	25	–	0		.597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	1		.383			26	–	29	–	1		.473
Missouri  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			48	–	21	–	0		.696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	11	–	1		.603			46	–	16	–	1		.738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			39	–	24	–	0		.619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			40	–	25	–	0		.615
Alabama ‍‍‍y	15	–	14	–	0		.517			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			36	–	26	–	0		.581
Auburn ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			28	–	28	–	0		.500
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Commodores won the 2014 College World Series, defeating the Virginia Cavaliers 2 games to 1 in the championship series.^[1] It was the first NCAA men's championship in school history.

Personnel

Roster

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores roster[2]
	Pitchers 11 – Tyler Beede – Junior 12 – Adam Ravenelle – Junior 13 – Walker Buehler – Sophomore 15 – Carson Fulmer – Sophomore 19 – Steven Rice – Senior 21 – John Kilichowski – Freshman 24 – Jordan Sheffield – Freshman 28 – Jared Miller – Junior 31 – Ryan Johnson – Freshman 32 – Hayden Stone – Freshman 33 – Brian Miller – Junior 34 – Luke Stephenson – Freshman 35 – Ben Bowden – Freshman 40 – T.J. Pecoraro – Senior 45 – Tyler Ferguson – Sophomore		Catchers 5 – Jason Delay – Freshman 25 – Karl Ellison – Freshman 44 – Chris Harvey – Junior Infielders 2 – Tyler Campbell – Sophomore 3 – Vince Conde – Junior 7 – Dansby Swanson – Sophomore 9 – Xavier Turner – Sophomore 16 – Penn Murfee – Freshman 36 – Aubrey McCarty – Freshman 43 – Zander Wiel – Sophomore 55 – Tyler Green – Freshman		Outfielders 1 – Ro Coleman – Freshman 6 – Drake Parker – Freshman 8 – Rhett Wiseman – Sophomore 10 – John Norwood – Junior 18 – Nolan Rogers – Freshman 20 – Bryan Reynolds – Freshman 23 – Will Cooper – Junior 39 – Kyle Smith – Sophomore

Coaches

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff[2]
4 – Tim Corbin – Head Coach 26 – Scott Brown – Pitching Coach 50 – Travis Jewett – Assistant Coach 17 – Drew Hedman – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule

2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log: 51–21[3]
Regular season (40–16)
February (8–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb 14 @ Long Beach State No. 9 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 5–2 Beede (1–0) Sabo (0–1) None 1,418 1–0 Feb 15 @ Long Beach State No. 9 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 6–0 Miller (1–0) Rohrbach (0–1) Fulmer (1) 1,572 2–0 Feb 16 @ Long Beach State No. 9 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 6–2 Ferguson (1–0) Provencher (0–1) None 1,463 3–0 Feb 19 Lipscomb No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 5–1 Buehler (1–0) Martinez-McGraw (0–1) None 2,451 4–0 Feb 21 UIC No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 14–1 Beede (2–0) Michelson (1–1) None 2,321 5–0 Feb 22 UIC No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 2–0 Miller (2–0) Lewandowski (1–1) Fulmer (2) 2,660 6–0 Feb 23 UIC No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 12–1 Ferguson (2–0) Anderson (0–1) None 2,423 7–0 Feb 25 Western Kentucky No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–3 Bartley (1–1) Buehler (1–1) Tompkins (4) 2,234 7–1 Feb 26 Evansville No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 3–8 Rodgers (2–0) Pecoraro (0–1) None 2,207 7–2 Feb 28 Stanford No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 4–1 Beede (3–0) Hanewich (0–1) Fulmer (3) 2,329 8–2
March (15–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar 1 Stanford No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 5–1 Miller (3–0) Viall (1–1) None 2,515 9–2 Mar 2 Stanford No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 4–2 Ravenelle (1–0) Brakeman (0–2) Miller (1) 2,649 10–2 Mar 4 Tennessee Tech No. 6 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 4–0 Buehler (2–1) Honea (1–1) Stone (1) 2,253 11–2 Mar 5 @ Middle Tennessee No. 6 Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN W 4–3 Pecoraro (1–0) Foriest (0–1) Fulmer (4) 793 12–2 Mar 7 Winthrop No. 6 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–1 Beede (4–0) Kmiec (1–1) None 2,288 13–2 Mar 8 Winthrop No. 6 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 5–0 Miller (4–0) Strain (2–2) None 2,540 14–2 Mar 9 Winthrop No. 6 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 4–1 Ferguson (3–0) Strong (0–3) Fulmer (5) 2,418 15–2 Mar 11 Eastern Illinois No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–2 Buehler (3–1) Thurston (0–2) None 2,336 16–2 Mar 14 No. 3 LSU No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–4 Person (1–0) Beede (4–1) Broussard (4) 3,626 16–3 0–1 Mar 15 No. 3 LSU No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 5–3 Miller (5–0) Bouman (3–1) Fulmer (6) 17–3 1–1 Mar 15 No. 3 LSU No. 4 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–3 Stone (1–0) Poche (4–1) None 3,626 18–3 2–1 Mar 18 @ Belmont No. 3 E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TN W 8–4 Buehler (4–1) Buckelew (1–3) None 517 19–3 Mar 21 @ No. 24 Mississippi State No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–17 Brown (3–0) Beede (4–2) None 9,064 19–4 2–2 Mar 22 @ No. 24 Mississippi State No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–6 Mitchell (4–1) Miller (5–1) Holder (3) 10,064 19–5 2–3 Mar 23 @ No. 24 Mississippi State No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–1 Ferguson (4–0) Fitts (2–1) Fulmer (7) 7,252 20–5 3–3 Mar 25 Belmont No. 5 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 2–1 Ravenelle (2–0) Carroll (2–2) Miller (2) 2,313 21–5 Mar 28 No. 17 Kentucky No. 5 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–4 Reed (5–1) Beede (4–3) Cody (1) 2,545 21–6 3–4 Mar 29 No. 17 Kentucky No. 5 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–3 Miller (6–1) Shepherd (5–1) None 2,885 22–6 4–4 Mar 30 No. 17 Kentucky No. 5 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–2 Ferguson (5–0) Nelson (1–2) Fulmer (8) 2,869 23–6 5–4
April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr 1 Tennessee–Martin No. 5 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 5–0 Buehler (5–1) Ross (0–3) None 2,473 24–6 Apr 4 @ Tennessee No. 5 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 6–4 Beede (5–3) Williams (3–3) Fulmer (9) 2,580 25–6 6–4 Apr 5 @ Tennessee No. 5 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 9–10 Marks (2–0) Fulmer (0–1) None 2,457 25–7 6–5 Apr 6 @ Tennessee No. 5 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 0–7 Serrano (3–1) Ferguson (5–1) None 3,306 25–8 6–6 Apr 8 Indiana State No. 10 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–2 Buehler (6–1) Lunsford (0–2) None 2,251 26–8 Apr 11 Texas A&M No. 10 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 4–10 Ray (4–2) Beede (5–4) None 3,019 26–9 6–7 Apr 12 Texas A&M No. 10 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 8–5 Miller (1–0) Mengden (2–5) None 3,362 27–9 7–7 Apr 13 Texas A&M No. 10 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 2–8 Long (4–1) Ferguson (5–2) None 3,015 27–10 7–8 Apr 15 Middle Tennessee No. 16 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 19–1 Buehler (7–1) Kessler (2–1) None 2,364 28–10 Apr 18 @ Arkansas No. 16 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 2–6 Killian (2–6) Beede (5–5) None 9,044 28–11 7–9 Apr 19 @ Arkansas No. 16 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 2–1 Fulmer (1–1) Beeks (5–3) Miller (3) 9,578 29–11 8–9 Apr 20 @ Arkansas No. 16 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 1–3 Oliver (5–3) Ferguson (5–3) Gunn (6) 8,126 29–12 8–10 Apr 22 vs. Memphis No. 26 The Ballpark at Jackson • Jackson, TN W 2–1 Buehler (8–1) Toscano (3–3) None 1,234 30–12 Apr 26 Georgia No. 26 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 12–9 Beede (6–5) Lawlor (3–4) Miller (4) 3,397 31–12 9–10 Apr 26 Georgia No. 26 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–0 Fulmer (2–1) Tyler (4–4) None 2,952 32–12 10–10 Apr 27 Georgia No. 26 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 6–1 Ferguson (6–3) Sosebee (0–3) None 3,353 33–12 11–10
May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 2 @ Missouri No. 25 Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 8–3 Beede (7–5) Graves (3–4) None 1,057 34–12 12–10 May 3 @ Missouri No. 25 Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 5–1 Fulmer (3–1) Miles (2–6) Stone (2) 1,846 35–12 13–10 May 4 @ Missouri No. 25 Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 3–1 Ravenelle (3–0) Steele (0–7) Miller (5) 1,427 36–12 14–10 May 6 No. 12 Louisville No. 17 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 7–11 Alphin (1–0) Buehler (8–2) None 3,068 36–13 May 8 @ No. 4 Florida No. 17 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 0–1 Shore (7–2) Beede (7–6) Poyner (4) 2,803 36–14 14–11 May 9 @ No. 4 Florida No. 17 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 3–0 Fulmer (4–0) Dunning (1–1) None 4,112 37–14 15–11 May 10 @ No. 4 Florida No. 17 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 16–2 Ferguson (7–3) Whitson (1–1) None 3,289 38–14 16–11 May 13 Southeast Missouri State No. 14 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 10–4 Buehler (9–2) Stockton (0–1) None 2,537 39–14 May 15 No. 17 South Carolina No. 14 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 3–410 Seddon (3–1) Miller (1–1) None 2,819 39–15 16–12 May 16 No. 17 South Carolina No. 14 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 9–3 Fulmer (5–1) Wynkoop (7–4) Stone (3) 3,429 40–19 17–12 May 17 No. 17 South Carolina No. 14 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 3–6 Crowe (7–3) Ravenelle (3–1) None 3,626 40–16 17–13
Post-season (11–5)
SEC Tournament (1–2) Date Opponent Seed Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 20 (11) Tennessee (6) No. 18 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 3–2 Buehler (10–2) Martin (4–4) Fulmer (10) 41–16 1–0 May 21 (3) No. 14 LSU (6) No. 18 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 1–117 Posche (9–3) Miller (6–2) None 41–17 1–1 May 22 (2) No. 13 Ole Miss (6) No. 18 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 2–7 Greenwood (2–1) Beede (7–7) None 41–18 1–2
NCAA tournament: Nashville Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Seed Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 30 (4) Xavier (1) No. 19 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–0 Beede (8–7) Nittoli (6–4) None 2,915 42–18 1–0 May 31 (2) No. 20 Oregon (1) No. 19 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 7–2 Fulmer (6–1) Gold (10–3) None 2,841 43–18 2–0 June 1 (2) No. 20 Oregon (1) No. 19 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 3–2 Buehler (11–2) Cleavinger (3–2) None 2,639 44–18 3–0
NCAA tournament: Nashville Super Regional (2–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 6 No. 15 Stanford No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 11–6 Ferguson (8–3) Hochstatter (10–3) None 3,626 45–18 4–0 June 7 No. 15 Stanford No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 4–5 Vanegas (4–3) Ravenelle (3–2) None 3,626 45–19 4–1 June 8 No. 15 Stanford No. 8 Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 12–5 Stone (2–0) James (3–4) None 3,626 46–19 5–1
College World Series (5–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 14 No. 3 Louisville No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 3–5 Fulmer (7–1) Funkhouser (13–3) Ravenelle (1) 23,625 47–19 1–0 June 16 No. 8 UC Irvine No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 6–4 Buehler (12–2) Surrey (8–5) None 20,792 48–19 2–0 June 20 No. 6 Texas No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 0–4 Thornhill (9–3) Ferguson (8–4) None 18,287 48–20 2–1 June 21 No. 6 Texas No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 4–3 Stone (3–0) Curtiss (2–3) None 16,084 49–20 3–1 June 23 (3) No. 1 Virginia No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 9–8 Miller (7–2) Kirby (9–3) Ravenelle (2) 20,755 50–20 4–1 June 24 (3) No. 1 Virginia No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 2–7 Waddell (10–3) Beede (8–8) None 24,308 50–21 4–2 June 25 (3) No. 1 Virginia No. 5 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 3–2 Stone (4–0) Howard (2–2) Ravenelle (3) 18,344 51–21 5–2

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2014 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	15–14		1–2	2–1	0–3	.	2–1	1–1	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	ALA	W5	5–4	1–1
ARK	16–14	2–1		1–2	1–2	.	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	ARK	W4	5–5	1–0
AUB	10–20	1–2	2–1		.	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	AUB	W7	3–7	0–3
FLA	21–9	3–0	2–1	.		3–0	1–2	3–0	.	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	FLA	E1	7–3	4–0
UGA	11–18	.	.	.	0–3		1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	UGA	E6	4–6	0–2
KEN	14–16	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1		.	.	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	KEN	E4	5–5	0–1
LSU	17–11	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	.		3–0	.	2–1	.	2–1	1–2	1–2	LSU	W2	6–3	2–1
MSU	18–12	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	.	0–3		3–0	1–2	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	MSU	W3	7–3	2–1
MIZZ	6–24	.	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	.	0–3		0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	2–8	0–6
MISS	19–11	0–3	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0		1–2	.	2–1	.	MISS	W1	7–3	3–1
SCAR	18–12	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	.	3–0	2–1		3–0	.	2–1	SCAR	E2	6–4	2–0
TENN	12–18	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	0–3		.	2–1	TENN	E5	3–7	0–1
TAMU	14–16	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	.		2–1	TAMU	W6	4–6	0–0
VAN	17–13	.	1–2	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	1–2		VAN	E3	5–5	2–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

Ranking Movements

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	8	8*		4	3	3	5	4	7	12	14	9	10	9	10	14			1
Baseball America	10	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	11	18	25	20	18	18	19	20			1
Collegiate Baseball^	9	8	4	6	5	3	5	5	10	16	26	25	17	14	18	19	8	5	1
NCBWA†	10	6	4	6	5	5	6	5	7	11	15	11	10	10	10	13	6	1	1

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 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.