2013 Delaware State Hornets baseball team

2013 Delaware State Hornets baseball
2013 Delaware State Hornets baseball
MEAC Northern Division Champion
MEAC Tournament, 0-2
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	31-13 (20-3 MEAC)
Head coach	J. P. Blandin (13th Year);
Assistant coach	Russ Steinhorn (2nd Year)
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 Delaware State Hornets baseball team represented Delaware State University in the sport of baseball during the 2013 college baseball season. The Hornets competed in NCAA Division I and the Eastern Division of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The team was coached by J. P. Blandin, who finished his thirteenth season at Delaware State^[2] The Hornets looked to build upon their appearance in the 2012 MEAC Baseball Tournament Championship, where they were eliminated after losing in the final game against Bethune–Cookman.

2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern
Delaware State ^x‍‍‍	21	–	3	.875	32	–	16	.667
Norfolk State ‍‍‍	13	–	13	.500	20	–	31	.392
Coppin State ‍‍‍	12	–	14	.462	19	–	34	.358
Maryland Eastern Shore ‍‍‍	4	–	20	.167	8	–	45	.151
Southern
Savannah State ^x‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	7	.708	33	–	22	.600
Bethune–Cookman ^x‍‍‍	17	–	7	.708	34	–	25	.576
North Carolina Central ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	28	–	28	.500
North Carolina A&T ‍‍‍	8	–	16	.333	16	–	37	.302
Florida A&M ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	7	–	47	.130

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 16, 2013^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Departures

Delaware State lost 3 players due to graduation, and some players who decided to leave the team.

Name	Position	Reason for departure
Tommy Dill	RHP	Unknown
Scott Davis	INF	Graduation
Troy Drummond	INF/OF	Graduation
Kevin Guthrie	OF	Unknown
Tony Gatto	C	Graduation
Josh Patman	LHP	Unknown
Darien Percell	OF	Unknown

Roster

2013 Delaware State Hornets baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
26	LHP	Zach Adkins	L/L	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Laurel, Del.
19	OF	Justin Allen	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Laurel, Del.
10	OF	Nick Arrue	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Jersey City, N.J.
7	INF	Joey Babuca	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Camden, Del.
11	C	Peter Broehl	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Newark, Del.
20	OF	Bobby Brown	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	So	Dover, Del.
40	RHP	Zach Candeloro	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Dover, Del.
5	INF	Cameron Cecil	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Gloucester, Va
14	RHP	Tommy Dill	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Felton, Del.
6	INF	JP Frey	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Erie, Pa
21	OF	Elliott Gardner	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Middletown, Del.
24	OF	Kevin Gurthrie	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Georgetown, Del.
13	INF	Ryan Haas	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Bear, Del.
25	RHP	Derek Marshalsea	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Newark, Del.
23	RHP	Matt McClain	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Dover, Del.
8	INF	DJ Miller	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Wilmington, Del.
30	OF	Aaron Nardone	L/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Chesapeake, Va
22	C	Eddie Sorondo	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Jersey City, N.J.
27	C	Chad Sturgeon	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Seaford, Del.
35	C	Mike Alexander	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	New Castle, Del.
24	OF	Hassan Evans	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Brooklyn, New York
2	RHP	George Michael	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Milford, Delaware
34	RHP	Jordan Elliott	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Lincoln, Del.
28	INF	Mitchell Moore	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Dover, Delaware
14	INF	Cameron Onderko	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
12	INF	Chris Rivera	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Fr	Lincoln, Delaware

Head coach

J. P. Blandin

Assistant coach(es)

Russ Steinhorn

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 17, 2013

Schedule

2012 Delaware State Hornets baseball game log

Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	MEAC record
February 15^[3]	Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	7-13	May(1–0)	Haas(0–1)			0-1	0-0
February 16	Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Cancelled
February 16	Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Cancelled
February 17	Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Cancelled
February 21	Winthrop	Rock Hill, South Carolina	2-3	Pierpont(1–0)	Marshallsea (0–1)	Ruth(1)	227	0-2	0-0
February 22	Winthrop	Rock Hill, South Carolina	Cancelled
February 23	Winthrop	Rock Hill, South Carolina	5-0	McClain (1–0)	Klitsch (0–1)	none	407	1-2	0-0
February 24	Army	Rock Hill, South Carolina	6-5(10)	Marshallsea (1-1)	Flaherty (0–1)	none		2-2	0-0
February 25	Winthrop	Rock Hill, South Carolina	6-5	Michael (1–0)	Driver (0–2)	Haas (1)	581	3-2	0-0
February 27	North Carolina Central	Durham, North Carolina	9-6(7)	Candeloro (1–0)	Vernon (0–1)	none	110	4-2	0-0
February 27	North Carolina Central	Durham, NC	1-5	Quinn (2–0)	Brown (0–1)	none	134	4-3	0-0

March

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	MEAC record
March 1	Niagara	Dover, Del	8-1	Elliott (1–0)	Fittry (0–2)	none	48	5-3	0-0
March 2	Niagara	Dover, Del	11-16	Quinlan (1–0)	McClain (1-1)	none	53	5-4	0-0
March 3	Niagara	Dover, Del.	10-13	Lysiak (1–0)	Adkins (0–1)	Schwartz (1)	51	5-5	0-0
March 9	Saint Peter's	Dover, Del.	14-0	Elliott (2–0)	Hopf	None	117	6-5	0-0
March 9	Saint Peter's	Dover, Del.	5-1	McClain (2–1)	Yuhas	none	102	7-5	0-0
March 10	Saint Peter's	Dover, Del.	4-0	Adkins (1-1)	Mozeika	none	98	8-5	0-0
March 13	Delaware	Newark, Del.	6-4	Gardner (1–0)	Hinkle (0–2)	Michael (1)		9-5	0-0
March 13	Delaware	Newark, Del.	5-6	Richter (3–0)	Marshallsea (1–2)		200	9-6	0-0
March 16	Norfolk State	Norfolf, Virginia	9-7	Michael (2–0)	Bhatti (1–4)		152	10-6	1–0
March 16	Norfolk State	Norfolk, Virginia	8-3(11)	Marshallsea (2-2)	Morton (1-1)		152	11-6	2–0
March 17	Norfolk State	Norfolk, Virginia	6-5	Candeloro (2–0)	Jones (0–2)	Brown (1)	137	12-6	3–0
March 20	Navy	Annapolis, Maryland	10-12	Rinehart (2–1)	Michael (2–1)	Sorenson(3)	85	12-7	3–0
March 23	Coppin State	Baltimore, Maryland	3-1	Elliott (3–0)	Taylor (1–3)			13-7	4–0
March 23	Coppin State	Baltimore	7-0	McClain (3–1)	Davies (1–3)		38	14-7	5–0
March 24	Coppin State	Baltimore	8-4	Michael (3–1)	Burgess (0–2)		31	15-7	6–0
March 29	Maryland Eastern Shore	Dover, Del.	9-4	Elliott (4–0)	Lopez (1–3)	Michael (2)	97	16-7	7–0
March 30	Maryland Eastern Shore	Dover, Delaware	12-0(7)	Gardner (2–0)	Turley (1-1)		83	17-7	8–0
March 30	Maryland Eastern Shore	Dover, Delaware	17-5	McClain (4–1)	Bone (0–2)		81	18-7	9–0

April

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	MEAC record
April 2	Towson	Dover, Del.	10-7	Brown (1-1)	Garrett (0–1)	Marshallsea (1)	39	19-7	9–0
April 6	Norfolk State	Dover, Del.	3-5	Horne (2-2)	Elliott (4–1)	Bhatti (1)	108	19-8	9–1
April 6	Norfolk State	Dover, Del.	2-4	Salter (4–3)	McClain (4–2)	Morton (3)	80	19-9	9–2
April 7	Norfolk State	Dover, Del.	7-0	Gardner (3–0)	Jones (0–4)	Michael (3)	73	20-9	10–2
April 9	Saint Joseph's	Dover, Del.	1-8	Muha (1–0)	Haas (0–2)		41	20-10	10–2
April 10	Lehigh	Bethlehem, Pa.	10-8	Michael (4–1)	McNamara (0–2)		105	21-10	10–2
April 13	Coppin State	Dover, Del.	10-2	Elliott (5–1)	Taylor		57	22-10	11–2
April 14	Coppin State	Dover, Del.	12-0	Gardner (4–0)	Davies		79	23-10	12–2
April 14	Coppin State	Dover, Del.	6-0	McClain (5–2)	Burgess		81	24-10	13–2
April 17	La Salle	Philadelphia, Pa.	7-8	Christensen (5–1)	Marshallsea (2–3)		163	24-11	13–2
April 20	Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, Maryland	7-3	Elliott (6–1)	Smith (0–4)	Marshallsea (2)	79	25-11	14–2
April 20	Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, Maryland	7-4	McClain (6–2)	Turley (1–3)	Michael (4)	61	26-11	15–2
April 21	Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, Maryland	11-0	Gardner (5–0)	Bone (0–4)		68	27-11	16–2
April 24	Navy	Dover, Del.	2-7	Schoberl (3–5)	Brown (1–2)		62	27-12	16–2
April 27	Norfolk State	Norfolk, Virginia	6-1	Elliott (7–1)	Horne (4–3)	none	190	28-12	17–2
April 27	Norfolk State	Norfolk, Virginia	8-4	Michael (5–1)	Bhatti (2–6)	none		29-12	18–2
April 28	Norfolk State	Norfolk, Virginia	6-14	Applin (2–3)	Gardner (4–1)	none	154	29-13	18–3

May

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	MEAC record
May 4	Maryland Eastern Shore	Dover, Del.	5-1	Elliott (8–1)	Smith (1–5)	none	73	30-13	19–3
May 4	Maryland Eastern Shore	Dover, Del.	5-4	Michael (6–1)	Repine (1–2)	none	68	31-13	20–3
May 5	Maryland Eastern Shore	Dover, Del.	11-5	Marshallsea (3-3)	Bone (0–6)	none	89	32-13	21–3
May 8	Towson	Towson, Del.	Cancelled
May 10	Farleigh Dickinson	Dover, Del.	6-3	Elliott (9–1)	Borelli (0–7)	Gardner (1)	69	33-13	22–3
May 11	Farleigh Dickinson	Dover, Del.	Cancelled
May 11	Farleigh Dickinson	Dover, Del.	Cancelled

MEAC Tournament

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	MEAC record
May 15	North Carolina A&T		Norfolk, Virginia	11-16	Boone (4-4)	Marshallsea (3–4)	none		33-14	21–3
May 16	Bethune–Cookman		Norfolk, Virginia	1-5	Durapau (9–3)	Elliott (9–2)	Dailey (11)		33-15	21–3

References

↑ "Standings and Leaders". meacsports.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
↑ "Baseball – Coaches". dsuhornets.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
↑ "Delaware State vs. Charlotte(February 15, 2013)". dsuhornets.com. Retrieved February 17, 2013.

[1] "Standings and Leaders". meacsports.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.

[2] "Baseball – Coaches". dsuhornets.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013.

[3] "Delaware State vs. Charlotte(February 15, 2013)". dsuhornets.com. Retrieved February 17, 2013.

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