2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

American college baseball season

2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ACC Atlantic Division champions
NCAA Tallahassee Regional champions
NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional champions
College World Series, 0–2
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record54–14 (24–6 ACC)
Head coach
  • Mike Martin (29th year)
Home stadiumDick Howser Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 7 Florida State x‍‍‍y 24 – 6   .800 54 – 14   .794
No. 15 NC State ‍‍‍y 18 – 11   .621 42 – 22   .656
Wake Forest ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 25 – 31   .446
Clemson ‍‍‍ 11 – 18   .379 31 – 27   .534
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 30 – 26   .536
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 26 – 27   .491
Coastal
No. 5 Miami (FL) x‍‍‡‍y 23 – 5   .821 53 – 11   .828
No. 3 North Carolina ‍‍‍y 22 – 7   .759 54 – 14   .794
No. 24 Georgia Techy ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 41 – 21   .661
Virginia ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 39 – 23   .629
Duke  ‍‍‍ 10 – 18   .357 37 – 18   .673
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200 23 – 32   .418
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 27, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Dick Howser Stadium, and played as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his twenty-ninth season as head coach at Florida State.

The Seminoles reached the College World Series, their eighteenth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for seventh place after losing a game to Stanford and another to Miami (FL).[2]

Personnel

Roster

2008 Florida State Seminoles roster[3][2]
 

Pitchers

  • 10 - Luke Smierciak - Freshman
  • 14 - Ryan Strauss - Senior
  • 16 - Bo O'Dell - Junior
  • 17 - Mark Peterson - Freshman
  • 20 - Calvin Brutus - Junior
  • 21 - Geoff Parker - Freshman
  • 22 - John Gast - Freshman
  • 23 - Taiwan Easterling - Freshman
  • 25 - Mike McGee - Freshman
  • 26 - Jimmy Marshall - Junior
  • 27 - Elih Villanueva - Junior
  • 28 - Tyler Everett - Freshman
  • 30 - Ben Francis - Sophomore
  • 30 - Michael Martinez - Freshman
  • 32 - Matt Fairel - Sophomore
  • 33 - Trent Jarvis - Redshirt Senior
  • 35 - Ryan Vigue - Freshman
  • 51 - Scott Thorson - Redshirt Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 7 - Parker Brunelle - Freshman
  • 8 - Buster Posey - Junior
  • 19 - Matt Kane - Freshman
  • 31 - John Doolittle - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Stuart Tapley - Freshman
  • 3 - Tony Delmonico - Junior
  • 5 - Jack Posey - Freshman
  • 6 - Tommy Oravetz - Junior
  • 13 - Jason Stidham - Sophomore
  • 20 - Nick Vickerson - Freshman
  • 23 - Nick Polston - Junior
  • 24 - Dennis Guinn - Senior
  • 38 - Stephen Cardullo - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 2 - Ohmed Danesh - Sophomore
  • 9 - Ruairi O'Connor - Redshirt Junior
  • 15 - Tyler Holt - Freshman
  • 37 - Neil Malpass - Redshirt Senior
  • 46 - Jack Rye - Senior

Coaches

2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff

Schedule and results

Legend
  Florida State win
  Florida State loss
2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball game log[4][2]
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
Feb 23 Duquesne* No. 12 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 14–37 1–0
Feb 23 Duquesne* No. 12 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 15–37 2–0
Feb 24 Duquesne* No. 12 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 15–38 3–0
Feb 28 at Auburn* No. 12 Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 7–5 4–0
Feb 29 at Auburn* No. 12 Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 6–5 5–0
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
Mar 1 Auburn* No. 12 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 4–3 6–0
Mar 2 Auburn* No. 12 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10–1 7–0
Mar 4 UNC Asheville* No. 8 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–4 8–0
Mar 5 UNC Asheville* No. 8 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10–5 9–0
Mar 8 Maryland No. 8 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 5–4 10–0 1–0
Mar 8 Maryland No. 8 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 16–0 11–0 2–0
Mar 9 Maryland No. 8 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 9–8 12–0 3–0
Mar 12 Georgia* No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 10–13 12–1
Mar 12 Georgia* No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–3 13–1
Mar 14 No. 11 Georgia Tech No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–7 14–1 4–0
Mar 15 No. 11 Georgia Tech No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–2 15–1 5–0
Mar 16 No. 11 Georgia Tech No. 3 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 17–8 16–1 6–0
Mar 18 at No. 29 Florida* No. 3 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 1–6 16–2
Mar 21 at Virginia Tech No. 3 English Field • Blacksburg, VA W 9–4 17–2 7–0
Mar 22 at Virginia Tech No. 3 English Field • Blacksburg, VA W 12–11 18–2 8–0
Mar 23 at Virginia Tech No. 3 English Field • Blacksburg, VA W 18–12 19–2 9–0
Mar 25 Stetson* No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–2 20–2
Mar 26 Stetson* No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 19–3 21–2
Mar 28 at Wake Forest No. 2 Gene Hooks Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 21–2 22–2 10–0
Mar 29 at Wake Forest No. 2 Gene Hooks Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 2–4 22–3 10–1
Mar 30 at Wake Forest No. 2 Gene Hooks Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 3–211 23–3 11–1
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
Apr 1 vs No. 17 Florida* No. 2 Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville • Jacksonville, FL W 10–2 24–3
Apr 2 at Jacksonville* No. 2 John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, FL W 7–5 25–3
Apr 4 No. 16 Virginia No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10–3 26–3 12–1
Apr 6 No. 16 Virginia No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 3–210 27–3 13–1
Apr 6 No. 16 Virginia No. 2 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 3–210 28–3 14–1
Apr 11 at Boston College No. 1 Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA W 8–6 29–3 15–1
Apr 11 at Boston College No. 1 Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA W 4–3 30–3 16–1
Apr 12 at Boston College No. 1 Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA W 17–2 31–3 17–1
Apr 15 Florida* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 4–2 32–3
Apr 16 North Florida* No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10–2 33–3
Apr 18 No. 2 Miami (FL) No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 4–11 33–4 17–2
Apr 19 No. 2 Miami (FL) No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 9–5 34–4 18–2
Apr 20 No. 2 Miami (FL) No. 1 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 10–117 34–5 18–3
Apr 25 at No. 3 North Carolina No. 2 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 4–11 34–6 18–4
Apr 26 at No. 3 North Carolina No. 2 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 13–5 35–6 19–4
Apr 27 at No. 3 North Carolina No. 2 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 1–211 35–7 19–5
Apr 29 at Stetson* No. 4 Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL W 13–3 36–7
Apr 30 at Stetson* No. 4 Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FL W 6–3 37–7
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record
May 3 at Clemson No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 9–810 38–7 20–5
May 4 at Clemson No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 13–4 39–7 21–5
May 5 at Clemson No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 4–2 40–7 22–5
May 7 Jacksonville* No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 6–7 40–8
May 9 Savannah State* No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 23–47 41–8
May 10 Savannah State* No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 19–27 42–8
May 11 Savannah State* No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 24–47 43–8
May 12 Savannah State* No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 10–07 44–8
May 15 No. 21 NC State No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 2–12 44–9 22–6
May 16 No. 21 NC State No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 1–0 45–9 23–6
May 17 No. 21 NC State No. 4 Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 8–1 46–9 24–6
Postseason
ACC Tournament
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record ACCT Record
May 21 (7) Wake Forest No. 4 (2) Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville • Jacksonville, FL W 8–3 47–9 1–0
May 23 (6) Virginia No. 4 (2) Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville • Jacksonville, FL L 3–5 47–10 1–1
May 24 No. 1 (3) North Carolina No. 4 (2) Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville • Jacksonville, FL W 9–6 48–10 2–1
NCAA Tallahassee Regional
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Reg Record
May 30 (4) Bucknell No. 3 (1) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 0–8 48–11 0–1
May 31 No. 27 (2) Florida No. 3 (1) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 17–11 49–11 1–1
June 1 (4) Bucknell No. 3 (1) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 24–9 50–11 2–1
June 1 (3) Tulane No. 3 (1) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 17–8 51–11 3–1
June 2 (3) Tulane No. 3 (1) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 16–7 52–11 4–1
NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record SR Record
June 6 No. 11 Wichita State No. 3 (4) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 7–10 52–12 1–1
June 7 No. 11 Wichita State No. 3 (4) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 14–4 53–12 1–1
June 8 No. 11 Wichita State No. 3 (4) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–4 54–12 2–1
College World Series
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record CWS record
June 14 No. 7 Stanford No. 3 (4) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–16 54–13 0–1
June 16 No. 1 (1) Miami (FL) No. 3 (4) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–7 54–14 0–2

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches' Poll1212*84323222333333*3*8
Baseball America——2014108633354442227
Collegiate Baseball12128332211244443337
NCBWA13119654322233342338

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "2008 Baseball - Year in Review". Nole Fan. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. pp. 46–52. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Florida State Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Florida State Seminoles. p. 116. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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College World Series appearances in italics