2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball
2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	21–31 (9–15 Southland)
Head coach	Ryan Shotzberger (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Kyle Simonds; Greg Evans;
Home stadium	Sullivan Field
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Sullivan Field and were led by third–year head coach Ryan Shotzberger.^[2] They were members of the Southland Conference.

2022 Southland Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
McNeese State ‍†‍‍	15	–	9	.625	34	–	23	.596
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	10	.583	30	–	29	.508
New Orleans ‍‍‍	13	–	11	.542	30	–	23	.566
Nicholls ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	26	–	25	.510
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	12	–	12	.500	25	–	29	.463
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	18	–	36	.333
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	10	–	14	.417	27	–	28	.491
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	9	–	15	.375	21	–	31	.404

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament^[1] champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll is to be released in the winter of 2022.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches poll
1	Southeastern Louisiana	93 (10)
2	McNeese State	80 (3)
3	New Orleans	73
4	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	63 (1)
5	Northwestern State	55 (2)
6	Incarnate Word	36
T-7	Houston Baptist	24
T-7	Nicholls	24

Preseason All-Southland Team & Honors

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Second Team

Grant Smith – Shortstop
Nixon Brannan – Utility

Personnel

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
0	OF	Braxton Gerek	L/L	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	League City, Texas
1	OF	Daniel Calabrese	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Colleyville, Texas
2	INF	Grant Smith	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Albuquerque, New Mexico
3	C	Joey Baran	L/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Fr	Austin, Texas
4	INF	Alec Carr	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Sugar Land, Texas
5	OF	Ridge Rogers	L/L	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Flower Mound, Texas
6	INF	Taylor Darden	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Las Vegas, Nevada
7	OF	Warren Laster	L/L	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Pearland, Texas
8	INF	Zach Limas	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Richmond, Texas
9	OF	Jamey Richey	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Lindale, Texas
11	RHP	Larry Westall	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Round Rock, Texas
12	LHP	Kayden Cassidy	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Burleson, Texas
13	INF	Roberto Gonzalez	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Houston, Texas
14	OF	Jack Jalufka	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Austin, Texas
15	RHP	Steve Hayward	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Jr	Flower Mound, Texas
16	RHP	Seth Higdon	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Odessa, Texas
17	RHP	Aaron Celestino	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas
18	RHP	Isaiah Zavala	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Jr	San Antonio, Texas
19	INF	Keaton Grady	R/R	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Elgin, Texas
20	RHP	AJ Sotelo	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Edinburg, Texas
21	RHP	Drew Minter	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	League City, Texas
22	INF	Til Nalle	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Elgin, Texas
23	INF	Kaddin Mikulik	L/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Flatonia, Texas
24	C	Hernan Yanez	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	San Luis, Arizona
25	RHP	Michael Garza	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Corpus Christi, Texas
26	C	Nixon Brannan	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	San Angelo, Texas
27	INF	Cole Gaddis	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Malakoff, Texas
28	RHP	Otto Stacey	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Spring, Texas
29	C	Reid Hensley	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Fr	Lufkin, Texas
30	RHP	Carson Babb	R/R	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Hutto, Texas
31	RHP	Zach May	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Gr	Bulverde, Texas
32	INF	Jimmy De Leon	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	El Paso, Texas
33	OF	Trey Triolo	L/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Lake Travis, Texas
34	LHP	Carson Rollins	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Katy, Texas
35	OF	Wilson Ehrhardt	L/L	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Katy, Texas
37	OF	Brandon Nations	R/R	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Malakoff, Texas
41	INF	Ron Brown	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Houston, Texas
42	RHP	JP O'Neal	R/R	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Normangee, Texas
45	RHP	Chandler David	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Van Alstyne, Texas
49	OF	Jacob Rosales	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Mission, Texas

Head coach

Ryan Shotzberger (McDaniel College)

Assistant coach(es)

Kyle Simonds (Texas A&M)
Greg Evans (Texas Tech)
Quintin Crandall (Kansas State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 13 April 2022

Schedule and results

Legend
	Incarnate Word win
	Incarnate Word loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Incarnate Word team member

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball game log

Regular season (19–29)

February (2–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Feb. 18	Bradley		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	Game cancelled
Feb. 19	Bradley		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	Game cancelled
Feb. 20	Bradley		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	Game cancelled
Feb. 22	at Tarleton State		Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex • Stephenville, TX	L 0–1	Campa (1-0)	Stacey (0-1)	Hickey (1)		106	0–1
Feb. 24	South Dakota State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 10–7	Celestino (1-0)	McCay (0-1)	David (1)		32	1–1
Feb. 25	South Dakota State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 4–6	Carlson (1-1)	Cassidy (0-1)	Bourassa (1)		90	1–2
Feb. 26	South Dakota State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 1–0	Garza (1-0)	Bishop (0-2)	David (2)		112	2–2

March (9–9)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Mar. 2	Abilene Christian		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 12–5	Higdon (1-0)	Cervantes (0-1)	None		167	3–2
Mar. 4	at Houston		Schroeder Park • Houston, TX	L 2–5	Prayer (1-0)	Garza (1-1)	Torrealba (1)		1,007	3–3
Mar. 5	at Houston		Schroeder Park • Houston, TX	W 13–8	Celestino (2-0)	Clayton (0-2)	None		1,083	4–3
Mar. 6	at Houston		Schroeder Park • Houston, TX	L 4–10	Medrano (1-0)	Zavala (0-1)	None		1,064	4–4
Mar. 8	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX	L 0–6	Malone (2-0)	Stacey (0-2)	None		488	4–5
Mar. 11	UT Arlington		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 7–1	Garza (2-1)	Wong (1-1)	None		214	5–5
Mar. 12	UT Arlington		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 9–3	Celestino (3-0)	Bailey (2-1)	None		225	6–5
Mar. 13	UT Arlington		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 15–2	Zavala (1-1)	Citelli (0-1)	None		185	7–5
Mar. 15	Texas–Rio Grande Valley		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 13–8	Westall (1-0)	Escobedo (0-1)	None		252	8–5
Mar. 16	at Columbia		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 5–3	Stacey (1-2)	Tucker (1-1)	David (3)		272	9–5
Mar. 18	at No. 2 Texas		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 2–19	Hansen (4-0)	Garza (2-2)	None		6,516	9–6
Mar. 19	at No. 2 Texas		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 2–10	Stevens (4-1)	Celestino (3-1)	None		7,458	9–7
Mar. 20	at No. 2 Texas		UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 0–12	Gordon (1-1)	Zavala (1-2)	None		6,786	9–8
Mar. 22	No. 20 Texas State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 4–2	Rollins (1-0)	Sundgren (2-2)	David (4)		275	10–8
Mar. 25	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX	L 2–12⁷	Miller (1-0)	Garza (2-3)	None			10–9	0–1
Mar. 26	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX	L 1–4	Thomas (4-1)	Zavala (1-3)	Moeller (1)		401	10–10	0–2
Mar. 27	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX	W 7–4	David (1-0)	Perez (2-1)	None		309	11–10	1–2
Mar. 29	UTSA		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 4–6¹⁰	Shafer (1-1)	Hayward (0-1)	Malone (1)		267	11–11

April (5–12)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Apr. 1	Southeastern Louisiana		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 8–6	Hayward (1-1)	Landry (1-3)	David (5)		322	12–11	2–2
Apr. 2	Southeastern Louisiana		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 5–10	Dugas (2-1)	Stacey (1-3)	None		318	12–12	2–3
Apr. 3	Southeastern Louisiana		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 5–6	Robb (1-3)	Hayward (1-2)	Trahan (3)		167	12–13	2–4
Apr. 8	Northwestern State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 8–2	Rollins (2-0)	Carver (3-3)	None		195	13–13	3–4
Apr. 9	Northwestern State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 6–2	Garza (3-3)	Harmon (4-3)	Hayward (1)		190	14–13	4–4
Apr. 10	Northwestern State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 11–4	David (2-0)	Brown (3-3)	None		233	15–13	5–4
Apr. 12	Tarleton State		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 6–14	Boyd (1-3)	Minter (0-1)	None		134	15–14
Apr. 14	at McNeese State		Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	L 3–9	Rogers (4-3)	Rollins (2-1)	None		620	15–15	5–5
Apr. 15	at McNeese State		Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	L 3–4¹¹	Foster (2-1)	Hayward (1-3)	None		680	15–16	5–6
Apr. 16	at McNeese State		Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	L 1–11⁷	Jones (2-0)	David (2-1)	None		750	15–17	5–7
Apr. 19	at Texas–Rio Grande Valley		UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX	L 3–9	Garza (1-0)	Celestino (3-2)	None		1,127	15–18
Apr. 22	Nicholls		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 11–4	Garza (4-3)	Desandro (2-3)	None		227	16–18	6–7
Apr. 23	Nicholls		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 3–5	Theriot (6-2)	Cassidy (0-2)	Gearing (2)		253	16–19	6–8
Apr. 24	Nicholls		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 7–8	Saltaformaggio (3-1)	Celestino (3-3)	Gearing (3)		247	16–20	6–9
Apr. 26	at Baylor		Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 7–8	Voelker (3-5)	Hayward (1-4)	None		1,435	16–21
Apr. 29	at Houston Baptist		Husky Field • Houston, TX	L 6–13	Spinney (3-3)	Garza (4-4)	None		205	16–22	6–10
Apr. 30	at Houston Baptist		Husky Field • Houston, TX	L 9–10	Reitmeyer (3-2)	Mikulik (0-1)	None		237	16–23	6–11

May (3–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
May 1	at Houston Baptist		Husky Field • Houston, TX	L 7–8	Smitherman (2-1)	Celestino (3-4)	Zarella (1)		389	16–24	6–12
May 3	at No. 17 Texas State		Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX	L 1–3	Smith (1-0)	David (2-2)	Stivors (10)		1,088	16–25
May 6	at New Orleans		Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	L 3–11	Williams (5-1)	Hayward (1-5)	None		643	16–26	6–13
May 7	at New Orleans		Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	W 9–8¹⁰	David (3-2)	Mead (0-1)	None		304	17–26	7–13
May 8	at New Orleans		Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA	L 8–9¹¹	Cunningham (1-1)	Hayward (1-6)	None		406	17–27	7–14
May 10	at TCU		Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 7–11¹¹	Hill (1-0)	Hayward (1-7)	None		3,386	17–28
May 12	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 13–3⁸	Garza (5-4)	Thomas (4-4)	None		215	18–28	8–14
May 13	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	W 8–6	May (1-0)	Bird (1-2)	Hayward (2)		409	19–28	9–14
May 14	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX	L 2–6	Perez (3-3)	Zavala (1-4)	Mejia (1)		212	19–29	9–15
May 17	at Texas A&M		Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX	Game cancelled

Postseason (2–2)

Southland Tournament (2–2)
Date	Opponent	(Seed)/Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record
May 19	vs. (1) McNeese State	(8)	Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	L 6–12	Rogers (7-4)	Garza (5-5)	None	ESPN+	611	19–30	0–1
May 20	vs. (5) Northwestern State	(8)	Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	W 14–10	Mikulik (1-1)	Harmon (5-6)	None	ESPN+	346	20–30	1–1
May 21	vs. (4) Nicholls	(8)	Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	W 9–8	Hayward (2-7)	Vial Jr. (1-1)	None	ESPN+	336	21–30	2–1
May 21	vs. (1) McNeese State	(8)	Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA	L 2–7	Zeppuhar (2-0)	Cassidy (0-3)	Stone (1)	ESPN+	611	21–31	2–2

Schedule source:^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

↑ "2022 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org.
↑ "Ryan Shotzberger - Baseball Coach". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
↑ "SOUTHEASTERN TOPS SOUTHLAND BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL". www.southland.org. Southland Conference. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
↑ "Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
↑ "2022 Baseball Schedule". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[1] "2022 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org.

[2] "Ryan Shotzberger - Baseball Coach". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

[3] "SOUTHEASTERN TOPS SOUTHLAND BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL". www.southland.org. Southland Conference. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[4] "Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[5] "2022 Baseball Schedule". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

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