Conference Carolinas

 

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

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

Erskine

21

9-12

0.429

125

114

 

51

27-24

0.529

285

277

4-6

Lost 1

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

 

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