2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his fourth season as head coach at Carolina.

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
SEC Eastern Division champion Columbia Regional Champion
Columbia Super Regional, 0–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
CB	No. 12
Record	46–18 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach	Chad Holbrook (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Meyers (6th/14th season) Sammy Esposito (9th season) Brian Buscher (5th/6th season)
Home stadium	Founders Park
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	20	–	9	–	0		.690			46	–	18	–	0		.719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			52	–	16	–	0		.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			26	–	30	–	0		.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			44	–	18	–	1		.706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			49	–	16	–	0		.754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			45	–	21	–	0		.682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			23	–	33	–	0		.411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
	Pitchers 6 – Clarke Schmidt – Sophomore 9 – Brandon Murray – Sophomore 13 – Colton Provey – Junior 15 – Adam Hill – Freshman 16 – Harrison Smith – Freshman 17 – Taylor Widener – Junior 18 – Tyler Haswell – Sophomore 21 – Tyler Johnson – Sophomore 23 – Vince Fiori – Senior 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore 26 – Matthew Vogel – Junior 27 – Hayden Hefline – Junior 28 – John Parke – Junior 30 – Braden Webb – Freshman 32 – Canaan Cropper – Sophomore 35 – Kyle Anderson – Freshman 37 – Wil Crowe – Junior 39 – Reed Scott – Junior 40 – Colie Bowers – Junior 46 – Dillon Hodge – Junior" 47 – Josh Reagan – Junior 49 – Hank Nichols – Freshman Catchers 22 – John Jones – Sophomore 33 – Chris Cullen – Freshman 38 – Hunter Taylor – Sophomore		Infielders 7 – DC Arendas – Senior 8 – Marcus Mooney – Senior 11 – LT Tolbert – Freshman 14 – Madison Stokes – Sophomore 20 – Jonah Bride – Sophomore 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore 25 – Ross Grosvenor – Junior 34 – Collin Steagall – Senior 45 – Caleb Whitenton – Freshman 48 – Matt Williams – Sophomore Outfielders 3 – Jared Williams – Freshman 4 – Danny Blair – Freshman 5 – TJ Hopkins – Freshman 10 – Clark Scolamiero – Sophomore 19 – Gene Cone – Junior 31 – Weber Pike – Junior 42 – Dom Thompson-Williams – Junior 44 – Brandon McIlwain – Freshman

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios

Coaching staff

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 4 years 12 Jerry Meyers – Associate head coach – 6 years / 14 years 41 Sammy Esposito – Assistant coach – 9 years 55 Brian Buscher – Volunteer assistant coach – 5 years / 6 years

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios

Schedule

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log[1]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record February 19 Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 10–1 Schmidt (1–0) Woods (0–1) None 7,434 1–0 February 20 Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 6–2 Webb (1–0) Failing (0–1) Reagan (1) 7,825 2–0 February 21 Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 8–1 Bowers (1–0) Romero (0–1) None 7,221 3–0 February 23 Appalachian State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–0 Hill (1–0) Gorham (0–1) None 6,423 4–0 February 24 Winthrop Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 16–4 Haswell (1–0) Sultan (0–1) None 6,523 5–0 February 26 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 7–1 Schmidt (2–0) Lehman (0–2) None 7,014 6–0 February 27 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 16–5 Webb (2–0) Biasi (1–1) None 7,668 7–0 February 28 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 4–2 Scott (1–0) Hagenman (1–1) Reagan (2) 7,804 8–0
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 1 at The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 Hill (2–0) Watcher (1–1) Reagan (3) 6,298 9–0 March 4 Clemson Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 8–1 Schmidt (3–0) Barnes (1–1) None 8,242 10–0 March 5 Clemson Fluor Field • Greenville, SC L 5–0 Schmidt (3–0) Webb (2–1) Krall (1) 7,216 10–1 March 6 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 4–1 Eubanks (2–1) Widener (0–1) Bostic (1) 6,524 10–2 March 8 Wofford Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 7–1 Hill (3–0) Higginbotham (0–2) None 6,432 11–2 March 9 Furman Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–4 Haswell (2–0) Dvorak (0–1) Reagan (4) 6,325 12–2 March 11 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 9–0 Schmidt (4–0) Raynor (3–1) None 6,670 13–2 March 12 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–4 Webb (3–1) Johnson (2–2) Reagan (5) 7,412 14–2 March 13 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 2–0 Hill (4–0) Piriz (0–2) Reagan (6) 6,643 15–2 March 15 USC Upstate Fluor Field • Greenville, SC W 12–6 Murray (1–0) Jackson (2–2) None 2,005 16–2 March 16 Davidson Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 15–2 Vogel (1–0) Roberts (0–2) None 6,525 17–2 March 18 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 10–6 Schmidt (5–0) Taccolini (3–1) None 7,511 18–2 1–0 March 19 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 6–2 Webb (4–1) Teague (2–2) Johnson (1) 7,258 19–2 2–0 March 20 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 8–6 Reagan (1–0) Jackson (1–2) None 6,867 20–2 3–0 March 24 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, Mississippi #18 W 5–1 Schmidt (6–0) Bramlett (4–1) Reagan (7) 8,167 21–2 4–0 March 25 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS #18 W 9–5 Webb (5–1) Smith (2–2) None 9,064 22–2 5–0 March 26 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS #18 W 4–0 Hill (5–0) Pagnozzi (4–1) Johnson (2) 10,184 23–2 6–0 March 26 College of Charleston Founders Park • Columbia, SC #18 L 5–613 Love (1–1) Scott (1–1) Hunt (1) 8,242 23–3 March 26 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN #18 L 3–6 Sheffield (4–1) Schmidt (6–1) Bowden (3) 3,384 23–4 6–1
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 1 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN #7 April 2 #7 April 5 #8 April 8 #8 April 9 #8 April 10 #8 April 13 #5 April 15 #5 April 16 #5 April 17 #5 April 20 #12 April 22 #12 April 23 #12 April 24 #12 April 29 #6 April 30 #6
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
Post-season
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2016 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2016 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	15–15		3–0	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	W5	5–5	1–1
ARK	7–23	0–3		3–0	0–3	.	2–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	.	ARK	W7	2–8	1–6
AUB	8–22	1–2	0–3		.	.	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–3	.	2–1	1–2	0–3	AUB	W6	2–8	0–4
FLA	19–10	.	3–0	.		2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	.	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	FLA	E2	6–3	3–0
UGA	11–19	2–1	.	.	1–2		1–2	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	UGA	E5	3–7	0–2
KEN	15–15	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		.	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	KEN	E4	6–4	0–1
LSU	19–11	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	.		1–2	3–0	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	LSU	W3	6–4	3–0
MSU	21–9	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	2–1		3–0	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	MSU	W1	9–1	3–1
MIZZ	9–21	.	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3		.	0–3	3–0	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	2–8	1–4
MISS	18–12	1–2	3–0	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	.		0–3	2–1	1–2	.	MISS	W4	6–4	3–1
SCAR	20–9	3–0	3–0	.	1–1	1–2	1–2	.	.	3–0	3–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	SCAR	E1	5–4	5–0
TENN	9–21	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		.	2–1	TENN	E6	2–8	0–3
TAMU	20–10	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	TAMU	W2	9–1	2–1
VAN	18–12	.	.	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	.	2–1	1–2	1–2		VAN	E3	5–5	3–0
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.

Rankings

See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[2]	23	23*	16	12	10	6	7	5	8	5	7	8	8	10	9	13	13	13	14
Baseball America[3]	—	—	—	—	—	18	7	8	5	12	6	6	8	10	9	14	14	14	14
Collegiate Baseball^	—	—	20	21	20	13	2	6	2	4	2	2	3	6	4	6	6	12	12
NCBWA†[4]	24	20	15	18	17	12	6	9	7	11	8	8	10	10	8	12	9	14	14

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2016 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team

References

1. "2016 Baseball Schedule". Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
2. "Rankings – USA Today's Coaches Poll". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
3. "Baseball America Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
4. "Rankings – NCBWA". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

External links

• Gamecock Baseball official website