2018 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team
{{Short description|Baseball team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
|mode = baseball
|year = 2018
|team = Ole Miss Rebels
|image = Ole Miss Rebels baseball logo.svg
|image_size = 200
|conference = Southeastern Conference
|division = Western Division
|short_conf = SEC
|CoachRank =
|CBRank =
|record = 48–17
|conf_record = 18–12
|head_coach = Mike Bianco
|hc_year = 18th
|asst_coach1 = Marc MacMillan
|ac1_year = 3rd
|hit_coach = Mike Clement
|htc_year = 4th
|pitch_coach = Carl Lafferty
|pc_year = 12th
|stadium = Swayze Field
|champion = SEC tournament champion
SEC Western Division co-champion
|bowl = Oxford Regional
|bowl_result = 2-2
}}
{{2018 Southeastern Conference baseball standings}}
The 2018 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels played their home games at Swayze Field.
Personnel
=Coaching staff=
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Schedule and results
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|Feb. 16 | {{CBSB link|year=2018|team=Winthrop Eagles|title=Winthrop}} | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 7-3 | Rolison (1-0) | Peek (0-1) | SECN+ | 8,797 | 1–0 | ||
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|Feb. 17 | Winthrop | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 8-1 | Feigl (1-0) | Rendon (0-1) | SECN+ | 8,185 | 2–0 | ||
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|Feb. 18 | Winthrop | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 3-1 | Fowler (1-0) | Harris (0-1) | Woolfolk (1) | SECN+ | 7,450 | 3–0 | |
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|Feb. 20 | Memphis | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 8-6 | Roth (1-0) | Denz (0-1) | Woolfolk (2) | SECN+ | 7,742 | 4–0 | |
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|Feb. 23 | {{CBSB link|year=2018|team=Tulane Green Wave|title=Tulane}} | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 5-4 | Rolison (2-0) | Roper (0-1) | Woolfolk (3) | SECN+ | 8,013 | 5–0 | |
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|Feb. 24 | Tulane | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 9-1 | Feigl (2-0) | Massey (1-1) | SECN+ | 9,310 | 6–0 | ||
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|Feb. 25 | Tulane | #9 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 6-3 | Fowler (2-0) | Gillies (0-1) | Woolfolk (4) | SECN+ | 7,708 | 7–0 | |
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|Feb. 27 | Murray State | #8 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 7-6 | Caracci (1-0) | Whaley (0-1) | SECN+ | 7,415 | 8–0 | ||
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! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! TV ! Attendance ! Overall record ! SEC record | |||||||||||
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|Mar. 3 (1) | at {{CBSB link|year=2018|team=Long Beach State Dirtbags|title=Long Beach State}} | #9 | Blair Field • Long Beach, CA | 3-4 | Andrews (1-2) | Rolison (2-1) | Rivera (3) | 1,862 | 8–1 | ||
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|Mar. 3 (2) | at Long Beach State | #9 | Blair Field • Long Beach, CA | 4-3 | Feigl (3-0) | Baayoun (2-1) | Woolfolk (5) | 1,971 | 9–1 | ||
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|Mar. 4 | at Long Beach State | #9 | Blair Field • Long Beach, CA | 12-1 | McArthur (1-0) | Radcliffe (0-1) | 2,348 | 10–1 | |||
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|Mar. 6 | Austin Peay | #8 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 11-4 | Stokes (1-0) | Wilson (0-1) | Ethridge (1) | SECN+ | 7,832 | 11–1 | |
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|Mar. 7 | {{CBSB link|year=2018|team=Little Rock Trojans|title=Little Rock}} | #8 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 10-2 | Caracci (2-0) | Garcia (1-1) | SECN+ | 6,749 | 12–1 | ||
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|Mar. 9 (1) | {{CBSB link|year=2018|team=Eastern Illinois Panthers|title=Eastern Illinois}} | #8 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 7-2 | Rolison (3-1) | Stevenson (1-2) | SECN+ | 8,301 | 13–1 | ||
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|Mar. 9 (2) | Eastern Illinois | #8 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 4-0 | Feigl (4-0) | Malatestinic (0-1) | Ethridge (2) | SECN+ | 8,301 | 14–1 | |
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|Mar. 11 | Eastern Illinois | #8 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 7-3 | McArthur (2-0) | Haws (1-2) | SECN+ | 7,173 | 15–1 | ||
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|Mar. 13 | at Georgia State | #6 | GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA | 5-3 | Roth (2-0) | White (0-2) | Woolfolk (6) | 435 | 16–1 | ||
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|Mar. 14 | at Georgia State | #6 | GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA | 16-2 | Fowler (3-0) | Baker (1-1) | 347 | 17–1 | |||
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|Mar. 16 | Tennessee | #6 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 6-8 | Crochet (2-2) | Rolison (3-2) | Linginfelter (2) | SECN+ | 7,277 | 17–2 | 0–1 |
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|Mar. 17 | Tennessee | #6 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 7-1 | Feigl (5-0) | Stallings (3-1) | SECN+ | 8,875 | 18–2 | 1–1 | |
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|Mar. 18 | Tennessee | #6 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 5-0 | McArthur (3-0) | Neely (2-1) | Caracci (1) | SECN+ | 7,560 | 19–2 | 2–1 |
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|Mar. 20 | New Orleans | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 9-4 | Roth (3-0) | Schindler (1-1) | SECN+ | 9,996 | 20–2 | ||
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|Mar. 22 | at #12 Texas A&M | #5 | Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX | 5-4 | Ethridge (1-0) | Hoffman (3-1) | Caracci (2) | SECN | 4,107 | 21–2 | 3–1 |
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|Mar. 23 | at #12 Texas A&M | #5 | Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX | 6-7 | Doxakis (4-0) | Feigl (5-1) | Chafin (2) | SECN+ | 6,261 | 21–3 | 3–2 |
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|Mar. 24 | at #12 Texas A&M | #5 | Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX | 7-6 | Woolfolk (1-0) | Lacy (0-1) | Caracci (3) | SECN+ | 6,427 | 22–3 | 4–2 |
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|Mar. 27 | #14 Southern Miss | #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 7-6 | Holston (1-0) | Carroll (0-1) | Caracci (4) | SECN+ | 9,124 | 23–3 | |
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|Mar. 29 | #5 Arkansas | #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 4-6 | Knight (5-0) | Rolison (3-3) | Cronin (5) | SECN | 9,619 | 23–4 | 4–3 |
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|Mar. 30 | #5 Arkansas | #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 5-4 | Feigl (6-1) | Lee (1-2) | Caracci (5) | SECN+ | 10,648 | 24–4 | 5–3 |
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|Mar. 31 | #5 Arkansas | #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 11-10 | McArthur (4-0) | Murphy (3-2) | Caracci (6) | SECN+ | 11,146 | 25–4 | 6–3 |
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|April 4 | at Memphis | #3 | AutoZone Park • Memphis, TN | 12-0 | Roth (4-0) | Denz (1-2) | 1,732 | 26–4 | |||
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|April 7 (1) | at Mississippi State | #3 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3-13 | Pilkington (2-4) | Feigl (6-2) | SECN+ | 6,168 | 26–5 | 6–4 | |
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|April 7 (2) | at Mississippi State | #3 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 6-1 | Rolison (4-3) | Small (2-3) | SECN+ | 6,168 | 27–5 | 7–4 | |
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|April 8 | at Mississippi State | #3 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5-7 | Smith (3-0) | Stokes (1-1) | SECN+ | 6,059 | 27–6 | 7–5 | |
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|April 10 | vs. #12 Southern Miss | #4 | Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS | 11-3 | Roth (5-0) | Keys (2-3) | 5,772 | 28–6 | |||
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|April 13 | at #15 Vanderbilt | #5 | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | 11-3 | Rolison (5-3) | Fellows (4-2) | SECN+ | 3,584 | 29–6 | 8–5 | |
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|April 15 (1) | at #15 Vanderbilt | #5 | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | 7-8 | Gillis (3-0) | Woolfolk (1-1) | SECN+ | 3,030 | 29–7 | 8–6 | |
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|April 15 (2) | at #15 Vanderbilt | #5 | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | 7-8 | Fisher (2-0) | Ethridge (1-1) | Gillis (1) | SECN+ | 3,056 | 29–8 | 8–7 |
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|April 18 | Arkansas State | #7 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 10-3 | Fowler (4-0) | Patterson (0-3) | SECN+ | 8,091 | 30–8 | ||
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|April 20 | #12 Georgia | #7 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 2-3 | Kristofak (2-1) | Caracci (2-1) | Schunk (6) | SECN+ | 10,399 | 30–9 | 8–8 |
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|April 21 (1) | #12 Georgia | #7 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 8-4 | Feigl (7-2) | Hancock (4-3) | Stokes (1) | SECN+ | 10,471 | 31–9 | 9–8 |
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|April 21 (2) | #12 Georgia | #7 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 5-2 | McArthur (5-0) | Webb (1-5) | Caracci (7) | SECN+ | 9,102 | 32–9 | 10–8 |
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|April 24 | vs. Mississippi State Governor's Cup | #5 | Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS | 6-7 | Gordon (3-2) | Caracci (2-2) | SECN | 8,515 | 32–10 | ||
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|April 26 | LSU | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 14-3 | Rolison (6-3) | Kodros (0-1) | SECN | 8,062 | 33–10 | 11–8 | |
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|April 27 | LSU | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 2-5 | Hilliard (8-3) | Feigl (7-3) | SECN+ | 11,861 | 33–11 | 11–9 | |
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|April 28 | LSU | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 9-8 | Ethridge (2-1) | Gilbert (3-4) | Caracci (8) | SECN+ | 12,152 | 34–11 | 12–9 |
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|May 2 | UAPB | #3 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 10-3 | Fowler (5-0) | Lopez (7-3) | SECN+ | 7,032 | 35–11 | ||
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|May 4 | at #14 South Carolina | #4 | Founders Park • Columbia, SC | 5-13 | Shook (3-0) | Rolison (6-4) | SECN+ | 7,559 | 35–12 | 12–10 | |
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|May 5 | at #14 South Carolina | #4 | Founders Park • Columbia, SC | 6-11 | Hill (5-5) | Feigl (7-4) | SECN+ | 7,692 | 35–13 | 12–11 | |
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|May 6 | at #14 South Carolina | #4 | Founders Park • Columbia, SC | 6-5 | Caracci (3-2) | Bridges (2-1) | SECN | 6,852 | 36–13 | 13–11 | |
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|May 10 | #16 Auburn | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 5-4 | Rolison (7-4) | Daniel (3-4) | Caracci (9) | SECN | 7,851 | 37–13 | 14–11 |
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|May 11 | #16 Auburn | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 8-3 | Feigl (8-4) | Mize (9-3) | SECN+ | 9,408 | 38–13 | 15–11 | |
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|May 12 | #16 Auburn | #5 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 10-3 | Ethridge (3-1) | Greenhill (3-2) | SECN+ | 8,655 | 39–13 | 16–11 | |
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|May 15 | at Arkansas State | #4 | Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR | 15-8 | Fowler (6-0) | Patterson (0-4) | 619 | 40–13 | |||
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|May 17 | at Alabama | #4 | Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 3-2 | Rolison (8-4) | Finnerty (4-4) | Caracci (10) | SECN+ | 3,305 | 41–13 | 17–11 |
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|May 18 | at Alabama | #4 | Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 0-3 | Walters (4-5) | Feigl (8-5) | SECN+ | 3,373 | 41–14 | 17–12 | |
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|May 19 | at Alabama | #4 | Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 10-8 | Holston (2-0) | Cameron (1-3) | SECN+ | 3,991 | 42–14 | 18–12 | |
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! colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ole Miss Rebels|color=white}}" | Postseason (6–3)
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ole Miss Rebels|color=white}}" | {{Font color|white|link=2018 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament|SEC Tournament}} (4–1) | |||||||||||
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|May 23 | vs. (7) Auburn | (2) #4 | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 3-9 | Burns (6-4) | Holston (2-1) | Coker (7) | SECN | 7,126 | 42–15 | 0–1 |
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|May 24 | vs. (3) Georgia | (2) #4 | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 5-4 | Caracci (4-2) | Schunk (2-2) | SECN | 43–15 | 1–1 | ||
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|May 25 | vs. (7) Auburn | (2) #4 | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 7-0 | McArthur (6-0) | Mitchell (2-2) | SECN | 44–15 | 2–1 | ||
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|May 26 | vs. (11) Texas A&M | (2) #4 | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 2-1 | Fowler (7-0) | Kilkenny (8-4) | Ethridge (3) | SECN | 45–15 | 3–1 | |
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|May 27 | vs. (8) LSU | (2) #4 | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 9-1 | Rolison (9-4) | Gilbert (3-5) | ESPN | 14,126 | 46–15 | 4–1 |
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ole Miss Rebels|color=white}}" | {{Font color|white|link=2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Division I Oxford Regional}} (2–2) | |||||||||||
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|June 2 | (4) Saint Louis | (1) #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 9-2 | Rolison (10-4) | Hogan (10-4) | ESPN3 | 11,304 | 47–15 | 1–0 | |
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|June 3 | (2) #20 Tennessee Tech | (1) #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 9-8 | Caracci (5-2) | Provey (5-1) | Roth (1) | ESPN3 | 10,891 | 48–15 | 2–0 |
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|June 4 (1) | (2) #20 Tennessee Tech | (1) #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 5-15 | Roberts (6-1) | McArthur (6-1) | ESPN3 | 10,180 | 48–16 | 2–1 | |
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|June 4 (2) | (2) #20 Tennessee Tech | (1) #4 | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | 2-3 | Osborne (2-0) | Roth (5-1) | ESPN3 | 10,062 | 48–17 | 2–2 |
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:Schedule Source:{{Cite web|url=https://olemisssports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=50|title=2018 Baseball Schedule}}
Record vs. conference opponents
{{2018 SEC baseball record vs. opponent|team=MISS}}