2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball
MAC regular season champions
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	33–20 (25–6 MAC)
Head coach	Kyle Hallock (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Matt Rembielak (4th season); Joey Gamache (3rd season); Joey Cooper (1st season);
Home stadium	Steller Field

The 2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball team represents Bowling Green State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Falcons were led by head coach Kyle Hallock in his fourth season, are a members of the Mid-American Conference, and played their home games at Steller Field in Bowling Green, Ohio.

2024 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Bowling Green ‍†‍‍	25	–	6	–	0	.806	33	–	20	–	0	.623
Western Michigan ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	32	–	21	–	0	.604
Ball State ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0	.600	35	–	23	–	1	.602
Miami (OH) ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567	27	–	27	–	0	.500
Kent State ‍‍‍	16	–	13	–	0	.552	26	–	27	–	0	.491
Toledo ‍‍‍	16	–	15	–	0	.516	27	–	32	–	0	.458
Northern Illinois ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	21	–	33	–	0	.389
Ohio ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	18	–	32	–	0	.360
Akron ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0	.345	15	–	38	–	0	.283
Eastern Michigan ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	14	–	38	–	0	.269
Central Michigan ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	17	–	38	–	0	.309

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

On March 16, the Falcons set a program record with 33 runs batted in against Ball State in a 34–8 victory. The 34 runs scored were the most in a MAC game and second-most in program history.[2] On March 23, the Falcons defeated Akron 11–6 to advance to 8–0 in MAC play, the best conference start in program history.[3] The Falcons started MAC play 17–0 which was both a school and MAC record. They also started 10–0 at home which was also a program record.[4]

On May 12, Bowling Green defeated Eastern Michigan 8–6, which secured their first regular season championship since the 2009 season.[5]

Previous Season

The Falcons finished the 2023 season 20–30, including 13–17 in conference play, finishing in seventh place in their conference. The Falcons did not qualify for the conference tournament.[6]

Personnel

Roster

2024 Bowling Green Falcons roster[7]

Pitchers

11 – Nate Kress – Freshman
12 – Connar Penrod – Junior
14 – Carson Lumley – Freshman
17 – Rigo Ramos – Senior
19 – Perry Miller – Sophomore
20 – Kade Arn – Sophomore
22 – Owen Poole – Freshman
23 – Landon Willeman – Junior
24 – Peyton Wilson – Senior
25 – Nic Good – Junior
26 – Titus Lotz – Freshman
27 – Luke Krouse – Sophomore
29 – Logan Bell – Senior
30 – Jacob Turner – Sophomore
31 – Isaiah Seidel – Senior
32 – Levi Gazarek – Junior
33 – Calvin Mitchell – Sophomore
35 – Brock Amelung – Freshman

Catchers

3 – Garrett Wright – Freshman
34 – Zack Horky – Sophomore
37 – Austin Morman – Freshman
38 – Cooper McKenzie – Sophomore

Infielders

1 – Caden Bates – Freshman
4 – David Silva – Senior
10 – TJ Takats – Freshman
13 – Landon Roque – Senior
16 – Alex Laird – Freshman
18 – Tyler Ross – Senior
21 – Sam Seidel – Sophomore
43 – Brady Birchmeier – Freshman

Outfielders

7 – Jack Krause – Senior
8 – Nathan Archer – Junior
14 – Gavin Ganun – Junior
40 – Caden Parker – Junior

Utility

9 – Leighton Banjoff – Senior
28 – DJ Newman – Sophomore

Coaching Staff

2024 Bowling Green Falcons coaching staff[7]
Name	Position
Kyle Hallock	Head coach
Joey Cooper	Assistant Coach
Joey Gamache	Assistant Coach
Matt Rembielak	Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Schedule and results

2024 Bowling Green Falcons baseball game log (33–20)

Regular season (32–18)

February (2–4)
#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	MAC Record
1	February 16	at. Middle Tennessee		Reese Smith Jr. Field	8–12	Akens (1–0)	Newman (0–1)	None	983	0–1	–
2	February 17	at. Middle Tennessee		Reese Smith Jr. Field	4–5	Sells (1–0)	Penrod (0–1)	None	605	0–2	–
3	February 18	at. Middle Tennessee		Reese Smith Jr. Field	7–3	Mitchell (1–0)	Beranek (0–1)	None	796	1–2	–
4	February 23	at. Memphis		FedExPark	9–1	Newman (1–1)	Warren (0–1)	None	573	2–2	–
5	February 24	at. Memphis		FedExPark	13–14	Sanders (1–0)	Turner (0–1)	None	502	2–3	–
6	February 25	at. Memphis		FedExPark	7–13	Robinson (1–0)	Mitchell (1–1)	Durham (1)	435	2–4	–

March (10–6)
#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	MAC Record
7	March 1	at. #8 Tennessee		Lindsey Nelson Stadium	1–11	Causey (2–0)	Newman (1–2)	None	4,446	2–5	–
8	March 2	at. #8 Tennessee		Lindsey Nelson Stadium	1–12	Beam (2–0)	Good (0–1)	None	5,343	2–6	–
9	March 3	at. #8 Tennessee		Lindsey Nelson Stadium	6–16	Connell (1–0)	Mitchell (1–2)	None	5,385	2–7	–
10	March 8	at. Miami (OH)*		McKie Field at Hayden Park	17–16	Turner (1–1)	Galdoni (1–2)	None	N/A	3–7	1–0
11	March 9	at. Miami (OH)*		McKie Field at Hayden Park	12–1	Good (1–1)	Ross (0–1)	None	107	4–7	2–0
12	March 10	at. Miami (OH)*		McKie Field at Hayden Park	14–10¹²	Miller (1–0)	Byers (0–1)	None	124	5–7	3–0
13	March 13	at. Dayton		Woerner Field	4–14	Newell (1–0)	Arn (0–1)	None	243	5–8	–
14	March 15	at. Ball State*		Ball Diamond	5–4	Newman (2–2)	Blain (0–1)	Turner (1)	237	6–8	4–0
15	March 16	at. Ball State*		Ball Diamond	34–8	Miller (2–0)	Schulfer (1–3)	None	242	7–8	5–0
16	March 17	at. Ball State*		Ball Diamond	15–8	Penrod (1–1)	Hartlaub (1–1)	None	241	8–8	6–0
17	March 19	at. Youngstown State		Eastwood Field	Canceled, inclement weather[8]					8–8	–
18	March 22	Akron*		Steller Field	10–1	Newman (3–2)	Tourney (0–4)	None	260	9–8	7–0
19	March 23	Akron*		Steller Field	11–6	Miller (3–0)	Kahook (1–1)	None	250	10–8	8–0
20	March 24	Akron*		Steller Field	15–5	Mitchell (2–2)	Atkins (0–3)	None	250	11–8	9–0
21	March 26	at. Notre Dame		Frank Eck Stadium	Canceled, inclement weather[9]					11–8	–
22	March 28	at. Xavier		J. Page Hayden Field	10–11	Hughes (1–3)	Turner (1–2)	None	300	11–9	–
23	March 29	at. Xavier		J. Page Hayden Field	3–10	Schmidt (4–2)	Good (1–2)	None	300	11–10	–
24	March 30	at. Xavier		J. Page Hayden Field	8–4	Poole (1–0)	Boyle (3–2)	Penrod (1)	237	12–10	–

April (12–4)
#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	MAC Record
25	April 2	at. Oakland		Oakland University Baseball Field	17–18⁷		Postponed, inclement weather. To be resumed May 1[10]
26	April 5	at. Northern Illinois*		Ralph McKinzie Field	7–4	Penrod (2–1)	Stewart (0–2)	None	283	13–10	10–0
27	April 6	at. Northern Illinois*		Ralph McKinzie Field	9–3	Good (2–2)	Brouwer (3–4)	None	274	14–10	11–0
28	April 6	at. Northern Illinois*		Ralph McKinzie Field	11–1	Willeman (1–0)	Hann (0–1)	None	473	15–10	12–0
29	April 9	at. Ohio State		Bill Davis Stadium	4–6	Brown (3–0)	Turner (1–3)	Eckhardt (5)	1,199	15–11	–
30	April 10	Purdue Fort Wayne		Steller Field	8–7	Wilson (1–0)	Fee (4–1)	None	230	16–11	–
31	April 13	Central Michigan*		Steller Field	10–8	Newman (4–2)	Mrakitsch (2–5)	Wilson (1)	415	17–11	13–0
32	April 13	Central Michigan*		Steller Field	10–7	Seidel (1–0)	Vitas (1–4)	Turner (2)	415	18–11	14–0
33	April 14	Central Michigan*		Steller Field	18–17¹¹	Ramos (1–0)	Knorr (0–2)	None	455	19–11	15–0
34	April 16	Youngstown State		Steller Field	12–9	Miller (4–0)	Perez (0–1)	Seidel (1)	244	20–11	–
35	April 19	Ohio*		Steller Field	14–5	Ramos (2–0)	Masters (1–3)	None	332	21–11	16–0
36	April 20	Ohio*		Steller Field	26–5	Good (3–2)	Knapschaefer (3–3)	None	526	22–11	17–0
37	April 21	Ohio*		Steller Field	2–4	Weber (4–3)	Wilson (1–1)	None	245	22–12	17–1
38	April 23	Dayton		Steller Field	Canceled, inclement weather[11]					22–12	–
39	April 26	at. Kent State*		Schoonover Stadium	5–6	Cariaco (4–1)	Wilson (1–2)	None	711	22–13	17–2
40	April 27	at. Kent State*		Schoonover Stadium	10–0	Good (4–2)	Miceli (0–4)	None	657	23–13	18–2
41	April 28	at. Kent State*		Schoonover Stadium	2–12	Chalus (5–2)	Willeman (1–1)	None	662	23–14	18–3
42	April 30	Toledo*		Steller Field	17–9	Krouse (1–0)	Shunck (1–4)	None	317	24–14	19–3

May (8–4)
#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	MAC Record
25 (2)	May 1	Oakland		Steller Field	18–21	Fekete (4–3)	Wilson (1–3)	None	171	24–15	–
43	May 1	Oakland		Steller Field	19–8	Arn (1–1)	Smith (1–1)	None	181	25–15	–
44	May 3	Western Michigan*		Steller Field	8–3	Good (5–2)	Miller (3–5)	Seidel (2)	265	26–15	20–3
45	May 4	Western Michigan*		Steller Field	4–6	Vlcek (4–2)	Willeman (1–2)	Thelen (1)	313	26–16	20–4
46	May 5	Western Michigan*		Steller Field	0–11	Shapiro (1–1)	Miller (4–1)	None	315	26–17	20–5
47	May 7	at. Michigan State		Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field	Canceled, inclement weather[12]					26–17	–
48	May 8	at. Purdue Fort Wayne		Mastodon Field	5–2	Ramos (3–2)	Evans (0–1)	None	214	27–17	–
49	May 10	at. Eastern Michigan*		Oestrike Stadium	9–10	Sanfilipo (1–0)	Penrod (2–2)	None	449	27–18	20–6
50	May 11	at. Eastern Michigan*		Oestrike Stadium	7–1	Willeman (2–2)	Beckner (2–9)	Arn (1)	368	28–18	21–6
51	May 12	at. Eastern Michigan*		Oestrike Stadium	8–6	Miller (5–1)	Lindsey (0–5)	Turner (3)	350	29–18	22–6
51	May 16	Toledo*		Steller Field	3–1	Seidel (2–0)	Szynski (0–4)	Turner (4)	306	30–18	23–6
52	May 17	Toledo*		Fifth Third Field	8–6	Willeman (3–2)	Johnson (3–3)	Krouse (1)	2,942	31–18	24–6
53	May 18	Toledo*		Steller Field	3–2	Penrod (3–2)	Bergman (3–6)	Turner (5)	450	32–18	25–6

Postseason (1–2)

MAC Tournament (1–2)
#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	MACT Record
54	May 23	No. 4 Miami (OH)	1	Mercy Health Stadium	12–4	Good (6–2)	Mastrian IV (2–4)	None	N/A	33–18	1–0
55	May 24	No. 2 Western Michigan	1	Mercy Health Stadium	0–11	Vlcek (5–3)	Willeman (3–3)	None	1,248	33–19	1–1
56	May 25	No. 3 Ball State	1	Mercy Health Stadium	5–10	Klein (2–0)	Ramos (3–1)	None	N/A	33–20	1–2

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Falcons team member
Reference:[13]

References

"Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
"Falcons Score 34 Runs, Set Program Record With 33 RBI". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
"Falcons Achieve Best MAC Start In Program History With Saturday Win Over Akron". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
"Historic Start For BGSU Baseball Closes With Ninth-Inning Ohio Rally". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
"Falcons Tally First Outright MAC Title Since 2009, First Series Win In Ypsilanti Since 1999". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
"2023 Baseball Schedule". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
"2024 Baseball Roster". Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
"Tuesday Baseball Against Youngstown State Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
"Tuesday Baseball At Notre Dame Postponed". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
"The umpires of today's game have deemed the game unsafe to continue. The game has been suspended and will be concluded when Oakland visits Bowling Green on May 1 before the regularly scheduled second meeting between the teams.END 6 BGSU 17, Oakland 18 #AyZiggy". twitter.com. BGSU Baseball. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
"BGSU-Dayton Baseball Game Wednesday Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
"BGSU-Michigan State Tuesday Baseball Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
"2024 Baseball Schedule". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green State University. June 6, 2022.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.

[2] "Falcons Score 34 Runs, Set Program Record With 33 RBI". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

[3] "Falcons Achieve Best MAC Start In Program History With Saturday Win Over Akron". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

[4] "Historic Start For BGSU Baseball Closes With Ninth-Inning Ohio Rally". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-29.

[5] "Falcons Tally First Outright MAC Title Since 2009, First Series Win In Ypsilanti Since 1999". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

[6] "2023 Baseball Schedule". Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-19.

[roster-7] "2024 Baseball Roster". Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

[8] "Tuesday Baseball Against Youngstown State Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[9] "Tuesday Baseball At Notre Dame Postponed". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[10] "The umpires of today's game have deemed the game unsafe to continue. The game has been suspended and will be concluded when Oakland visits Bowling Green on May 1 before the regularly scheduled second meeting between the teams.END 6 BGSU 17, Oakland 18 #AyZiggy". twitter.com. BGSU Baseball. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

[11] "BGSU-Dayton Baseball Game Wednesday Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.

[12] "BGSU-Michigan State Tuesday Baseball Canceled". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green Atletics. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

[13] "2024 Baseball Schedule". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green State University. June 6, 2022.

Mid-American Conference baseball
Teams	Akron Zips Ball State Cardinals Bowling Green Falcons Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Northern Illinois Huskies Ohio Bobcats Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos
Championship	Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Regular Season Champions
Awards	Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year