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College Baseball Season

2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball
Summit League Regular season champions
Summit League tournament champions
Stillwater Regional champions
Eugene Super Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
ConferenceSummit League
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
CBNo. 5
Record52–14 (23–1 Summit)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ryan Neill (14th season)
  • Wes Davis (3rd season)
  • Jimmy Turk (1st season)
Home stadiumJ. L. Johnson Stadium
Seasons← 20222024 →
2023 Summit League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍ 23 – 1   .958 52 – 14   .788
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696 23 – 30   .434
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 24 – 28   .462
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 21 – 28   .429
Northern Colorado  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 11 – 34   .244
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 12 – 40   .231
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 10 – 34   .227
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2023
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at J. L. Johnson Stadium as a member of the Summit League. They were led by head coach Ryan Folmar, in his eleventh season at Oral Roberts.

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team

The 2022 team finished the season with a 38–20 record and a 17–7 record in the Summit League. In the 2022 Summit League baseball tournament, the second-seeded Golden Eagles beat in the final Omaha 21–2 and earned a bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were fourth seed in the College Station Regional. There, the Golden Eagles lost against top-seed Texas A&M and next day against the second-seeded TCU and eliminated.

Preseason

Summit League Coaches'poll

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oral Roberts 42 (6)
2 North Dakota State 36 (1)
3 Omaha 30
4 South Dakota State 24
5 St. Thomas 17
6 Northern Colorado 12
7 Western Illinois 7

Source: 2023 Summit League Baseball Preseason Poll

Award watch lists

First Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Cade Denton 36 RP Junior NCBWA
Stopper of the Year Award
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Cade Denton 36 RP Junior NCBWA

Sources:

Offseason

Signing Day Recruits

The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Oral Roberts in 2023.

Player Hometown High School
Pitchers
Hudson Hart Gretna, Nebraska Gretna HS
Hitters
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2022 MLB Draft

Main article: 2022 Major League Baseball draft

Two Oral Roberts players were drafted in the 2022 MLB draft.

Round Pick Player Position MLB Team
10 309 Isaac Coffey RHP Boston Red Sox
13 403 Jackson Loftin SS Houston Astros

Schedule and results

2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball game log
Regular season (43–11)
February (6–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record Notes
February 17
3:00 pm		 Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium
Tulsa, OK		 W 16–2 Jakob Hall (1–0) Dominic Hann (0–1) — ORUSN 1,213 1–0 — Stats
Story
February 18
2:00 pm		 Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 8–2 Harley Gollert (1–0) Jacob Wilde (0–1) Dalton Patten (1) ORUSN 620 2–0 — Stats
Story
February 18
5:30 pm		 Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 3–2 Conner Floyd (1–0) Reagan Klawiter (0–1) — ORUSN 212 3–0 — Stats
Story
February 19
12:00 pm		 Northern Illinois* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 6–1 Brooks Fowler (1–0) DJ Hess (0–1) — ORUSN 463 4–0 — Stats
Story
February 22
3:00 pm		 Missouri State* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 5–8 Tyler Tscherter (1–0) Joshua Caravalho (0–1) Scott Youngbrandt (1) ORUSN 302 4–1 — Stats
Story
February 24
6:00 pm		 at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark
San Marcos, TX		 L 2–3 Levi Wells (2–0) Jakob Hall (1–1) Triston Dixon (1) 1,623 4–2 — Stats
Story
February 25
2:30 pm		 at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark W 6–3 Harley Gollert (2–0) Zeke Wood (1–1) Cade Denton (1) ESPN+ 1,715 5–2 — Stats
Story
February 26
3:00 pm		 at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark W 8–4 Caleb Isaacs (1–0) Nathan Medrano (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,408 6–2 — Stats
Story
March (12–7)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record
March 1 Tarleton State* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 6–5 Joshua Caravalho (1–1) Cris Enriquez (1–1) Dalton Patten (2) ORUSN 764 7–2 —
March 3 Stephen F. Austin* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 9–16 Skyler Jaco (1–1) Jakob Hall (1–2) — ORUSN 613 7–3 —
March 4 Stephen F. Austin* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 2–4 Benny Emmons III (1–0) Jacob Widener (0–1) — ORUSN 813 7–4 —
March 5 Stephen F. Austin* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 9–1 Brooks Fowler (2–0) Conner Woods (0–1) Evan Kowalski (1) ORUSN 764 8–4 —
March 7 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium
Wichita, KS		 W 6–5 Joshua Caravalho (2–1) Caden Favors (1–1) Cade Denton (2) ESPN+ 1,147 9–4 —
March 10 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark
Dallas, TX		 L 1–2 Brady Rose (1–0) Jakob Hall (1–3) Kyle Amendt (2) PBN 851 9–5 —
March 11 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark L 5–15 Alec Baker (1–0) Dalton Patten (0–1) — PBN 892 9–6 —
March 12 at Dallas Baptist* Horner Ballpark L 0–3 Bryson Hammer (3–1) Brooks Fowler (2–1) Kyle Amendt (3) PBN 896 9–7 —
March 14 at Tarleton State* Tarleton Baseball Complex
Stephenville, TX		 W 9–6 Cade Denton (1–0) Grant Garza (2–1) — WAC International 120 10–7 —
March 15 at Abilene Christian* Crutcher Scott Field
Abilene, TX		 L 8–10 Zach Smith (1–0) Jacob Widener (0–2) Blake Anderson (2) WAC International 563 10–8 —
March 17 St. Thomas J. L. Johnson Stadium W 10–2 Jakob Hall (2–3) Evan Esch (1–2) — ORUSN 544 11–8 1–0
March 18 St. Thomas J. L. Johnson Stadium W 21–2 Harley Gollert (3–0) Jacob Mrosko (0–2) — ORUSN 585 12–8 2–0
March 19 St. Thomas J. L. Johnson Stadium W 8–2 Caleb Isaacs (2–0) Duke Coborn (0–1) Cade Denton (3) ORUSN 586 13–8 3–0
March 21 Wichita State* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 5–2 Evan Kowalski (1–0) Caden Favors (2–2) Cade Denton (4) ORUSN 713 14–8 —
March 24 at Memphis* FedExPark
Memphis, TN		 W 11–1 Jakob Hall (3–3) David Warren (2–1) Evan Kowalski (2) 177 15–8 —
March 25 at Memphis* FedExPark L 5–7 Dalton Fowler (2–3) Harley Gollert (3–1) — 528 15–9 —
March 26 at Memphis* FedExPark W 10–3 Joshua Caravalho (3–1) JT Durham (3–2) Cade Denton (5) 411 16–9 —
March 28 at Missouri State* Hammons Field
Springfield, MO		 W 4–0 Jacob Widener (1–2) Forrest Barnes (1–1) — 383 17–9 —
March 31 Western Illinois J. L. Johnson Stadium W 16–5 Caleb Isaacs (3–0) Eric Cunning (0–1) — ORUSN 734 18–9 4–0
April (14–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record
April 1 Western Illinois J. L. Johnson Stadium W 7–2 Harley Gollert (4–1) Jake Armstrong (2–3) Dalton Patten (3) ORUSN 801 19–9 5–0
April 2 Western Illinois J. L. Johnson Stadium W 13–3 Joshua Caravalho (4–1) Jack Bell (0–2) — ORUSN 607 20–9 6–0
April 4 Oklahoma* J. L. Johnson Stadium L 2–12 Braden Carmichael (1–0) Evan Kowalski (1–1) — ORUSN 1,941 20–10 —
April 6 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field
Omaha, NE		 W 5–4 Brooks Fowler (3–1) Caleb Riedel (1–4) Cade Denton (6) 378 21–10 7–0
April 7 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field W 16–9 Joshua Caravalho (5–1) Preston Tenney (3–3) — 505 22–10 8–0
April 8 at Omaha Tal Anderson Field W 8–5 Caleb Isaacs (4–0) Brennen Bales (0–1) Cade Denton (7) 506 23–10 9–0
April 11 at No. 18 Oklahoma State* O'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK		 W 8–5 Caleb Isaacs (5–0) Gabe Davis (0–2) Cade Denton (8) ESPN+ 4,781 24–10 —
April 14 Northern Colorado J. L. Johnson Stadium W 10–0 Jakob Hall (4–3) Dylan Smith (2–6) — ORUSN 1,347 25–10 10–0
April 15 Northern Colorado J. L. Johnson Stadium W 12–6 Harley Gollert (5–1) Trey Cruz (0–5) Cade Denton (9) ORUSN 813 26–10 11–0
April 16 Northern Colorado J. L. Johnson Stadium W 13–3 Brooks Fowler (4–1) Zack Herrick (0–4) — ORUSN 904 27–10 12–0
April 21 vs. North Dakota State Doc Ross Field
Council Bluffs, IA		 W 10–0 Jakob Hall (5–3) Cade Feeney (4–4) — 57 28–10 13–0
April 22 vs. North Dakota State Doc Ross Field L 2–4 Skyler Riedinger (1–3) Cade Denton (1–1) — 64 28–11 13–1
April 23 vs. North Dakota State Doc Ross Field W 8–4 Dalton Patten (1–1) Joey Danielson (1–3) — 54 29–11 14–1
April 25 at Oklahoma Mitchell Park
Norman, OK		 Canceled due to inclement weather
April 28 South Dakota State J. L. Johnson Stadium W 5–3 Jakob Hall (6–3) Brady Hawkins (0–4) Cade Denton (10) ORUSN 1,025 30–11 15–1
April 29 South Dakota State J. L. Johnson Stadium W 10–3 Harley Gollert (6–1) Blake Kunz (0–4) Jacob Widener (1) ORUSN 1,213 31–11 16–1
April 30 South Dakota State J. L. Johnson Stadium W 18–7 Brooks Fowler (5–1) Jake Goble (4–2) — ORUSN 1,026 32–11 17–1
May (11–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Summit Record Notes
May 2
6:00 pm		 Oklahoma State* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 9–7 Jacob Widener (2–2) Brian Hendry (2–1) — ORUSN 2,273 33–11 — Stats
Story
May 5
1:00 pm		 at St. Thomas Koch Diamond
St. Paul, MN		 W 8–3 Caleb Isaacs (6–0) Duke Coborn (2–4) — 229 34–11 18–1 Stats
Story
May 6
12:00 pm		 at St. Thomas Koch Diamond W 11–2 Harley Gollert (7–1) Nolan Kemp (0–3) Dalton Patten (4) 230 35–11 19–1 Stats
Story
May 7
1:00 pm		 at St. Thomas Koch Diamond W 8–1 Brooks Fowler (6–1) Evan Esch (2–3) — 413 36–11 20–1 Stats
Story
May 9
6:00 pm		 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium W 4–1 Dalton Patten (2–1) Robert Cranz (1–2) Cade Denton (11) ESPN+ 1,692 37–11 — Stats
Story
May 12
6:00 pm		 Southern Indiana* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 12–4 Jakob Hall (7–3) Trent Robinson (1–3) — ORUSN 1,084 38–11 — Stats
Story
May 13
2:00 pm		 Southern Indiana* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 9–2 Harley Gollert (8–1) Blake Ciuffetelli (2–1) — ORUSN 1,247 39–11 — Stats
Story
May 14
1:00 pm		 Southern Indiana* J. L. Johnson Stadium W 5–0 Brooks Fowler (7–1) Tyler Hutson (1–7) — ORUSN 1,170 40–11 — Stats
Story
May 18
3:00 pm		 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium
Macomb, IL		 W 7–4 Harley Gollert (9–1) Jack Bell (2–5) Cade Denton (12) 94 41–11 21–1 Stats
Story
May 19
2:00 pm		 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium W 12–2 Dalton Patten (3–1) Tyler Kapraun (3–7) — 67 42–11 22–1 Stats
Story
May 20
1:00 pm		 at Western Illinois Alfred D. Boyer Stadium W 12–0 Brooks Fowler (8–1) Jake Armstrong (4–6) — 150 43–11 23–1 Stats
Story
Postseason (9–1)
Summit League Tournament (3–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SummitT Record Notes
May 24
12:00 pm		 vs. (4) Omaha (1) Newman Outdoor Field
Fargo, ND		 W 9–2 Harley Gollert (10–1) Harrison Kreiling (0–4) — WDAY Xtra/WDAY Sports+ 89 44–11 1–0 Stats
Story
May 25
6:00 pm		 vs. (3) South Dakota State (1) Newman Outdoor Field W 15–2 Jakob Hall (8–3) Blake Kunz (1–7) — WDAY Xtra/WDAY Sports+ 283 45–11 2–0 Stats
Story
May 27
1:00 pm		 vs. (3) South Dakota State (1) Newman Outdoor Field W 12–4 Brooks Fowler (9–1) Ryan Bourassa (3–3) — WDAY Xtra/WDAY Sports+ 162 46–11 3–0 Stats
Story
Stillwater Regional (3–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes
June 2
6:00 pm		 at (1) No. 16 Oklahoma State (4) O'Brate Stadium W 6–4 Caleb Isaacs (7–0) Nolan McLean (1–2) Cade Denton (13) ESPN+ 5,423 47–11 1–0 Stats
Story
June 3
8:00 pm		 vs. (3) Washington (4) O'Brate Stadium W 15–12 Evan Kowalski (2–1) Grant Cunningham (1–3) Cade Denton (14) ESPN+ 4,716 48–11 2–0 Stats
Story
June 4
8:00 pm		 vs. (2) No. 18 Dallas Baptist (4) O'Brate Stadium W 6–5 Dalton Patten (4–1) Brady Rose (7–2) Cade Denton (15) ESPN+ 4,782 49–11 3–0 Stats
Story
Eugene Super Regional (2–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes
June 9
7:00 pm		 at No. 29 Oregon PK Park
Eugene, OR		 L 8–9 Josh Mollerus (3–2) Dalton Patten (4–2) — ESPN 4,476 49–12 3–1 Stats
Story
June 10
8:00 pm		 at No. 29 Oregon PK Park W 8–7 Cade Denton (2–1) Josh Mollerus (3–3) — ESPNU 4,476 50–12 4–1 Stats
Story
June 11
5:00 pm		 at No. 29 Oregon PK Park W 11–6 Caleb Isaacs (8–0) Jackson Pace (2–4) Dalton Patten (5) ESPNU 4,476 51–12 5–1 Stats
Story
College World Series (1–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Notes
June 16
1:00 pm		 vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Omaha, NE		 W 6–5 Cade Denton (3–1) Luke Savage (5–4) — ESPN 24,134 52–12 6–1 Stats
Story
June 18
6:00 pm		 vs (2) No. 2 Florida Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 4–5 Hurston Waldrep (10–3) Harley Gollert (10–2) Cade Fisher (2) ESPN2 24,841 52–13 6–2 Stats
Story
June 20
1:00 pm		 vs No. 17 TCU Charles Schwab Field Omaha L 1–6 Luke Savage (6–4) Brooks Fowler (9–2) — ESPN 23,496 52–14 6–3 Stats
Story
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Oral Roberts team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Summit League Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
All times are in Central Time.

Statistics

Team batting

Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Oral Roberts 2340 .321 750 132 19 98 489 332 496 99
Opponents 2153 .241 519 80 8 81 269 229 615 40

Team pitching

Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Oral Roberts 582.1 519 279 261 229 615 23 4.03
Opponents 565.1 750 544 480 332 496 6 7.64

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'——*———————————————*—*8
Baseball America—————————————————*—*7
Collegiate Baseball^RV————————30302416121010765
NCBWA†RVRVRV————RVRVRVRVRVRVRV29RV1414*6
D1Baseball—————————————————*—*8

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

Summit League honors
Honors Player Year Position
Summit League Player of the Year Jonah Cox Junior INF/OF
Summit League Pitcher of the Year Cade Denton Junior RHP
Summit League Newcomer of the Year Jonah Cox Junior INF/OF
Summit League Defensive Player of the Year Mac McCroskey Redshirt Senior INF
Summit League Coach of the Year Ryan Folmar 11th season Manager
All-Summit League First Team Jake McMurray Senior 1B
Jonah Cox Junior OF
Matt Hogan Redshirt Senior OF
Drew Stahl Junior DH
Jakob Hall Sophomore SP
Cade Denton Junior RP
All-Summit League Second Team Jacob Godman Senior C
Holden Breeze Redshirt Junior 3B
Mac McCroskey Redshirt Senior SS
Justin Quinn Senior OF
Brooks Fowler Sophomore SP
Harley Gollert Redshirt Senior SP
All-Summit League Honorable Mention Blaze Brothers Senior UT

Source:

Regional honors
Honors Player Year Position Performance
Stillwater Regional Most Outstanding Player Cade Denton Junior RHP 3 SV, 4.0 IP, 7 SO, 2.25 ERA

Source:

National honors
Honors Player Year Position Selector(s)
Stopper of the Year Cade Denton Junior RHP NCBWA
All-American First Team Cade Denton Junior RP ABCA
BA
NCBWA
Jonah Cox Junior OF ABCA
CB
All-American Second Team Jonah Cox Junior OF NCBWA
Cade Denton Junior RP CB
All-American Third Team Jonah Cox Junior OF BA
Matt Hogan Redshirt Senior OF NCBWA
Coach of the Year Ryan Folmar 11th Manager NCBWA

Source:

Notes

  1. ^ Part of a doubleheader.
  2. Series Relocated - Field Conditions.

References

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