American college baseball season
1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Bulldogs played their home games in College Park . The team was coached by Chal Port , in his 26th season at The Citadel.
The Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference baseball tournament , hosted in their home park. They then went on to win the Atlantic Regional of the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament , earning a berth in the 1990 College World Series . During the regular season, The Citadel won 26 consecutive games, the longest of any team in the 1990 season.[ 3] The Bulldogs were ranked #6 in the final Collegiate Baseball poll.
Three players from the team would go on to serve as head coaches at the Division I level. Dan McDonnell became head coach at Louisville in 2007, Chris Lemonis became head coach at Indiana in 2015, and Tony Skole served as head coach at East Tennessee State from 2000 to 2017 before taking over at The Citadel in 2018.
1990 The Citadel Bulldogs roster[ 4] Pitchers
21 Steve Basch 24 Ken Britt Hal Hayden 15 Hank Kraft 16 Kevin McGarvey 14 Richard Shirer 22 Brad Stowell Infielders
Outfielders
23 Billy Baker 13 Mike Black 7 Mike Branham 18 Cornell Caldwell 19 Vic Correll 10 Anthony Jenkins 4 Jason Rychlick Catchers
9 Gettys Glaze 2 Larry Hutto 8 Derrick Rogers
Legend The Citadel win The Citadel loss * Non-Conference game
1990 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball game log[ 5] Regular season February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record February 9 Armstrong State * Savannah, GA W 5–4 1–0 February 17 NC State * College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 1–1 February 18 NC State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 12–1 2–1 February 21 Augusta * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–4 3–1 February 24 Davidson * College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–3 4–1 February 24 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 5–1 February 25 Davidson* College Park • Charleston, SC W 15–4 6–1 February 26 Gannon * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 7–1 February 27 Gannon* College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–6 8–1
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record March 3 at Campbell * Taylor Field • Buies Creek, NC W 4–0 9–1 March 5 Norfolk State * College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 10–1 March 7 Coastal Carolina * Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–3 11–1 March 8 Liberty * College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 12–1 March 10 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3 13–1 1–0 March 10 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 14–1 2–0 March 11 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 10–3 15–1 3–0 March 13 George Mason * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–8 16–1 March 14 Mount Olive * College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–7 17–1 March 15 Belmont Abbey * College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 18–1 March 18 at Appalachian State Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 10–5 19–1 4–0 March 18 at Appalachian State Red Lackey Field • Boone, NC W 5–2 20–1 5–0 March 19 Howard * College Park • Charleston, SC W 14–4 21–1 March 20 Le Moyne * College Park • Charleston, SC W 16–11 22–1 March 21 Le Moyne* College Park • Charleston, SC W 5–2 23–1 March 24 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–1 24–1 6–0 March 24 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–0 25–1 7–0 March 25 Furman College Park • Charleston, SC W 3–2 26–1 8–0 March 26 Kent State * College Park • Charleston, SC W 13–3 27–1 March 27 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 1–2 27–2 March 28 Kent State* College Park • Charleston, SC L 7–9 27–3
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoCon Record April 1 at Davidson * Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC W 2–1 28–3 April 1 at Davidson* Wildcat Park • Davidson, NC L 7–8 28–4 April 3 at South Carolina * Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SC L 12–13 28–5 April 4 Charleston Rainbows * (exh) College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–5 April 7 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–1 29–5 9–0 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–6 29–6 9–1 April 8 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–0 30–6 10–1 April 10 South Carolina* College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–5 30–7 April 11 at Armstrong State* Savannah, GA L 5–21 30–8 April 13 VMI College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–3 31–8 11–1 April 16 USC Spartanburg * College Park • Charleston, SC L 4–8 31–9 April 17 at Baptist * Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC L 5–7 31–10 April 18 at Augusta * Augusta, GA L 4–12 31–11 April 19 Armstrong State* College Park • Charleston, SC W 4–0 32–11 April 22 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 4–2 33–11 12–1 April 22 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV W 18–4 34–11 13–1 April 24 Baptist* College Park • Charleston, SC W 8–4 35–11
Post-season SoCon Tournament Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record SoConT Record April 27 Appalachian State College Park • Charleston, SC W 7–2 36–11 1–0 April 28 Marshall College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–2 37–11 2–0 April 28 East Tennessee State College Park • Charleston, SC W 6–0 38–11 3–0 April 29 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, SC W 9–5 39–11 4–0
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 15 at Armstrong State Savannah, GA L 2–4 39–12 May 16 Armstrong State College Park • Charleston, SC L 3–4 40–12 May 21 #23 Clemson College Park • Charleston, SC W 11–2 41–12
Venues Rivalries People Seasons College World Series appearances in italics
Pre-SEC Pre-ACC North Carolina (1933) North Carolina (1934) Unknown (1935) Maryland (1936) Duke (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Unknown (1940–1946) Clemson (1947) North Carolina (1948) Wake Forest (1949) Wake Forest (1950) Duke (1951) Duke (1952) Duke (1953) Post-ACC Virginia Tech (1954) West Virginia (1955) George Washington (1956) George Washington (1957) George Washington & Richmond (1958) George Washington (1959) The Citadel & Richmond (1960) West Virginia (1961) West Virginia (1962) West Virginia (1963) West Virginia (1964) Furman (1965) East Carolina (1966) West Virginia (1967) East Carolina (1968) Furman (1969) East Carolina (1970) The Citadel & Furman (1971) Richmond (1972) Appalachian State (1973) East Carolina (1974) The Citadel (1975) Furman (1976) East Carolina (1977) Marshall (1978) The Citadel (1979) ETSU (1980) ETSU & Marshall & Western Carolina (1981) The Citadel (1982) I-AA/FCS The Citadel (1983) Appalachian State (1984) Western Carolina (1985) Western Carolina (1986) Western Carolina (1987) Western Carolina (1988) Western Carolina (1989) The Citadel (1990) Furman (1991) Western Carolina (1992) Western Carolina (1993) The Citadel (1994) The Citadel (1995) The Citadel (1998) The Citadel (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) The Citadel (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Western Carolina (2003) The Citadel (2004) Furman (2005) College of Charleston (2006) Wofford (2007) Elon (2008) Georgia Southern (2009) The Citadel (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Samford (2012) Elon (2013) Georgia Southern (2014) Mercer (2015) Western Carolina (2016) UNC Greensboro (2017) Samford (2018) Mercer (2019) Samford (2021) UNC Greensboro (2022) Samford (2023) National championships in bold