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2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
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Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2014 record 53–16 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach Brian O'Connor (11th year)
Assistant coach Kevin McMullan (11th year)
Assistant coach Karl Kuhn (11th year)
Assistant coach Matt Kirby (3rd year)
Home stadium Davenport Field
Seasons
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2015 →
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Atlantic
#21 Florida State xy 21 9 0   .700     43 17 0   .717
#16 Maryland y 15 14 0   .517     40 23 0   .635
Clemson y 15 14 0   .517     36 25 0   .590
Wake Forest 15 15 0   .500     30 26 0   .536
NC State 13 17 0   .433     32 23 0   .582
Boston College 10 20 0   .333     22 33 0   .400
Notre Dame 9 21 0   .300     22 31 0   .415
Coastal
#22 Miami (FL) xy 24 6 0   .800     44 19 0   .698
#2 Virginia y 22 8 0   .733     47 14 0   .770
Duke 16 14 0   .533     33 25 0   .569
North Carolina y 15 15 0   .500     35 27 0   .565
Georgia Tech y 14 16 0   .467     37 27 0   .578
Pittsburgh 11 19 0   .367     22 30 0   .423
Virginia Tech 9 21 0   .300     21 31 1   .406
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of January 16, 2015; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represents the University of Virginia in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Brian O'Connor is in his 11th year coaching the Cavaliers, who play their home games at Davenport Field. They compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.

2014 was a very good year for Virginia baseball. The Cavaliers made their first trip to a College World Series Finals, where they were defeated in a best-of-three game series by Vanderbilt. UVA posted a 53-16 record - its fourth 50-win season in the last five years - winning the Charlottesville Regional and Super Regional en route to its third trip to Omaha in the last six seasons. As the tournament's No. 3 national seed, UVA won four games at the CWS in reaching the CWS championship game. Nathan Kirby earned First-Team All-America honors and was tabbed the Co-ACC Pitcher of the Year; he also was one of a record eight Cavaliers named to the All-ACC Team.

Pitching and defense propelled the Cavaliers, as UVA recorded the second-lowest ERA in program history (2.23) and the best fielding percentage in the school annals (.981). UVA ranked second nationally in ERA and fourth in fielding. Nick Howard set an ACC record with 20 saves and then was selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, one of eight Cavaliers to be drafted in 2014. Howard and Mike Papi joined Kirby as 2014 All-Americans.

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


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