2013
Baseball
NCAA National
Tournament:
Mount Olive - (Regional Semi-Finals & Host)
Coker - Southeast Regional Champion (2nd round in NCAA
Tournament)
Conference
Carolinas Tournament Champion: Coker
Conference
Carolinas Regular Season Champions:
Mount Olive College
2013 Standings
Baseball Standings
|
Conference
|
|
Overall
|
|
GP
|
Record
|
Win %
|
PF
|
PA
|
|
GP
|
Record
|
Win %
|
PF
|
PA
|
Last 10
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Streak
|
Mount Olive
|
23
|
20-3
|
0.870
|
203
|
79
|
|
56
|
48-8
|
0.857
|
490
|
204
|
6-4
|
Lost 2
|
Coker
|
23
|
14-9
|
0.609
|
118
|
115
|
|
54
|
38-16
|
0.704
|
354
|
266
|
8-2
|
Lost 2
|
King (TN)
|
23
|
13-10
|
0.565
|
135
|
136
|
|
51
|
31-20
|
0.608
|
351
|
332
|
6-4
|
Lost 2
|
Belmont Abbey
|
22
|
11-11
|
0.500
|
141
|
111
|
|
45
|
27-17-1
|
0.611
|
325
|
258
|
2-8
|
Lost 2
|
Pfeiffer
|
22
|
11-11
|
0.500
|
107
|
116
|
|
50
|
18-32
|
0.360
|
236
|
330
|
2-8
|
Lost 8
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Erskine
|
21
|
9-12
|
0.429
|
125
|
114
|
|
51
|
27-24
|
0.529
|
285
|
277
|
4-6
|
Lost 1
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Barton
|
24
|
9-15
|
0.375
|
120
|
145
|
|
43
|
19-24
|
0.442
|
235
|
253
|
4-6
|
Lost 2
|
North Greenville
|
23
|
8-15
|
0.348
|
91
|
170
|
|
46
|
17-29
|
0.370
|
261
|
374
|
3-7
|
Lost 1
|
Limestone
|
23
|
7-16
|
0.304
|
107
|
161
|
|
47
|
21-26
|
0.447
|
273
|
320
|
2-8
|
Won 1
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All-Conference
Awards:
All-Conference First Team:
Fico Kondla, Coker – 1B
Allen Staton, North Greenville – 2B
Mike Mercurio, Mount Olive– SS
Jermaine Berry, Mount Olive – 3B
Geno Escalante, Mount Olive – C
Bradon Reitano, Mount Olive – DH
Chase Corn, Erskine – OF
Adam Taylor, North Greenville – OF
Jon Gray, Pfeiffer– OF
Chad Balderman, Limestone – OF
Andrew Goot, Coker– Relief Pitcher
Matt Dillon, Mount Olive – P
Alex Regan, Mount Olive– P
Nate Cudney, Belmont Abbey – P
Heath Gray, Erskine– P
Drew Willingham, Erskine – Utility
All-Conference Second Team:
Collins Cuthrell, Barton – 1B
KJ McAllister, Limestone – 2B
Ian Vazquez, Belmont Abbey– SS
Steven Todoschuk, King – 3B
Josh Huffman, King – C
Michael Falsetti, Belmont Abbey – DH
Garrett Cook, King – OF
Bryan Dunlavey, Mount Olive – OF
Tyler Gaby, King – OF
Anthony Dimino, Belmont Abbey – OF
Zach Loraine, Coker – Relief Pitcher
Dan Meyer, Coker – P
Corey Rhodes, King– P
Cody Stull, Belmont Abbey– P
Tyler Witzel, Coker – P
Matt Petrone, Mount Olive – Utility
Freshman of
the Year:
Zak Orrison, Mount Olive
Zak Orrison is batting .346 with nine doubles, two home runs and 43 runs batted in while batting in the No. nine spot for most of
the season. He has 19 stolen bases in 24 attempts to help Mount Olive
rank among the top five in the nation in stolen bases.
Orrison is the Trojans' first baseball Freshman
of the Year since current assistant coach Jesse Lancaster in 2006.
Coach of the
Year:
Carl Lancaster – Mount Olive College
Carl Lancaster becomes Conference Carolinas Baseball
Coach of the Year for the third year in a row and the 11th time in
his career. He guided the Trojans to a 43-4 regular season record
and a No. 1 ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30
Poll. Earlier this season, he recorded his 900th career
victory.
Pitcher of the
Year:
Matt Dillon – Mount Olive College
Matt Dillon has been selected as Conference Carolinas Baseball
Pitcher of the Year for the second straight year. He has a 9-1
record with a 1.81 earned run average and 84 strikeouts this
season.
Player of the
Year:
Mike Mercurio – Mount Olive
Mike Mercurio is batting .373 with 18 doubles and seven home
runs to go with 12 stolen bases in 13 attempts. Mercurio, who
missed playing time early in the season due to an injury, finished
the regular season on a tear, batting .524 with 21 rbi's in his
last 11 games. He homered in each game of Mount Olive's three-game
conference series at Pfeiffer to end the regular season.
2013
Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team:
MVP – Zach Loraine, Coker
T.J. Giczkowski ,Coker
Fico Kondla, Coker
Frank Suarez, Coker
Dan Meyer, Coker
Tyler Gaby, King
Alex Gonzalez, King
Josh Huffman, King
Matt Dillon, Mount Olive
Drew Willingham, Erskine
2013 Softball & Baseball Academic
All-Conference Teams Link
2013
Spring Tournament Championship (Archive) Link
Page
2013 Spring Scholar Athletes of the Year
Link
2013 Spring ‘Team Sportsmanship Award Winners’
Link