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2009 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners baseball team

2009 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners baseball
Conference Independent
2009 record 14–36
Head coach Bill Kernen
Hitting coach Jody Robinson, Bill Gentry
Pitching coach Dennis Machado
Home stadium Hardt Field
Seasons
2010 →
2009 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Dallas Baptist 38 17   .691     0 0  
Bryant 32 22   .593     0 0  
Longwood 26 22   .542     0 0  
Le Moyne 24 23   .511     0 0  
Savannah State 25 26   .490     0 0  
NYIT 19 29   .396     0 0  
Northern Colorado 18 35   .340     0 0  
Utah Valley 18 35   .340     0 0  
North Dakota 14 29   .326     0 0  
SIU Edwardsville 15 39   .278     0 0  
Cal State Bakersfield 13 37   .260     0 0  
Texas–Pan American 14 41   .255     0 0  
Houston Baptist 11 40   .216     0 0  
North Carolina Central 6 35   .146     0 0  
NJIT 4 33   .108     0 0  
Chicago State 3 38   .073     0 0  
As of June 30, 2009; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 CSUB Roadrunners baseball team represented California State University, Bakersfield in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2009. The 2009 season was the inaugural season for the Roadrunners in baseball, with CSUB beginning the transition from Division II to Division I in 2006, launching baseball in 2009, and completing the transition and eligible for the post season in 2011. A new stadium, Hardt Field, was built on the CSUB campus during the off-season and opened on opening day of the 2009 season.

The team was managed by Bill Kernen.

In June 2006, CSUB president Horace Mitchell announced that CSUB would be moving to Division I, and entering a four-year reclassification process, which would require additional funds for the creation of a new baseball program.

In August, 2008, before the schedule for Cal State Bakersfield's inaugural baseball season was released, coach Bill Kernen confirmed that the Roadrunners would play six games against Fresno State, the defending College World Series champion. August 2008 also marked the groundbreaking of CSUB's Hardt Field, construction of which was completed in 28 weeks. The Roadrunners strength of schedule (SOS) was ranked an astounding 19th in the country.

CSUB entered the 2009 Baseball season with a competitive schedule, competing against multiple teams ranked in the top 30 in Collegiate Baseball poll, along with the 2008 National Champion Fresno State Bulldogs. CSUB opened the season at home against the St. Louis Billikens, in a three-game series which marked the first winning series for the Roadrunners, finishing 2–1 in the series. The second team faced by the Roadrunners was the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, ranked #30 in the Collegiate Baseball poll, which resulted in a 10–0 loss.


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