American college baseball season
The 2017 Little Rock Trojans baseball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Trojans played their home games at Gary Hogan Field and were coached by third year head coach Chris Curry. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference .
2017 Little Rock Trojans roster Pitchers
4 Ryan Lemoine - Junior 10 Cory Malcom - Senior 12 Zach Ours - Sophomore 13 Dylan Slayton - Senior 14 Justin Garcia - Junior 17 Corbin Osburn - Junior 24 Jacob Boggess - Redshirt Junior 27 Reed Willenborg - Senior 29 Chandler Fidel - Freshman 30 Cody McGill - Senior 32 Joe Corbett - Sophomore 33 Keenan Wingfield - Senior 34 Cole Townsend - Redshirt Junior 36 Jacob Rateliff - Senior 37 Carter Brown - Freshman 38 Preston Oberling - Junior 39 McKinley Moore - Freshman 40 Cody Daylor - Senior 44 Matt McDowell - Redshirt Senior Catchers
7 Cameron Knight - Senior 19 Kale Emshoff - Freshman 23 Dalton Thomas - Senior 31 Jonathan Davis - Sophomore Infielders
1 Christian Reyes - Sophomore 2 Ty Gunter - Senior 6 Zach Baker - Senior 16 Cale Ridling - Redshirt Freshman 18 Bryce Dimitroff - Junior 21 Riley Pittman - Sophomore 22 Nik Gifford - Senior 25 Paul Benitez - Freshman 41 Justin Cooper - Freshman Outfielders
5 Keegan Meyn - Sophomore 9 Hunter Owens - Senior 26 Danny Mitchell Jr. - Redshirt Freshman
2017 Little Rock Trojans coaching staff Chris Curry – Head Coach – 3rd year Russell Raley – Assistant Head Coach – 3rd year Mike Silva – Assistant Head Coach – 1st year Matt Farmer – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 2nd year
Schedule and results [ edit ] Little Rock Trojans announced its 2017 baseball schedule on October 24, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 28 home and 27 away games in the regular season. The Trojans hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State , Georgia State , Louisiana , Texas State , and Troy and traveled to Arkansas State , Georgia Southern , Louisiana–Monroe , South Alabama , and Texas-Arlington .[ 1]
The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia , and was hosted by Georgia Southern.[ 2]
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2017 Little Rock Trojans baseball game log Regular season (21–33) February (2–6) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 17 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 4–10 McGregor (1–0) McDowell (0–1) None 718 0–1 Feb. 18 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 3–413 inn Stout (1–0) Wingfield (0–1) None 781 0–2 Feb. 19 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK L 3–8 Ausua (1–0) Fidel (0–1) McCollough (1) 756 0–3 – Feb. 22 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field • Ruston, LA L 2–4 Harris (1–0) Wingfield (0–1) None 1,217 0–4 Feb. 24 Purdue Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 4–6 Andrews (2–0) McDowell (0–2) Parker (1) 324 0–5 Feb. 25 Purdue Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 2–0 Malcom (1–0) Stroh (0–1) None 389 1–5 Feb. 26 Purdue Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 13–0 Fidel (1–1) Schumacher (0–1) None 263 2–5 Feb. 28 at No. 18 Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 5–10 Wiles (2–0) McDowell (0–3) None FSSW 721 2–6
March (8–10) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 3 Fort Wayne Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 17–2 Brown (1–0) Weber (0–1) None 207 3–6 Mar. 4 Fort Wayne Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 17–2 Brown (1–0) Weber (0–1) None 207 4–6 Mar. 4 Fort Wayne Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 3–2 Corbett (1–0) Boyd (0–1) None 5–6 Mar. 5 Fort Wayne Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 5–1 Townsend (1–0) Ley (1–1) None 207 6–6 Mar. 8 Oral Roberts Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 1–8 Michaels (1–0) McDowell (0–4) None 205 6–7 Mar. 10 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 4–6 Vest (1–0) LeMoine (0–1) None 178 6–8 Mar. 11 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 8–3 Townsend (2–0) Hagy (0–3) None 162 7–8 Mar. 12 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 2–5 Ledet (1–2) Fidel (1–2) Starks (3) 176 7–9 Mar. 14 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR L 3–12 Brand (2–1) McDowell (0–5) None 145 7–10 Mar. 17 Troy Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6–7 Osby (4–1) Malcom (1–1) Skinner (4) 227 7–11 0–1 Mar. 18 Troy Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 3–6 Crook (3–0) LeMoine (0–2) Skinner (5) 275 7–12 0–2 Mar. 19 Troy Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 10–3 Fidel (2–2) Mabray (1–1) None 261 8–12 1–2 Mar. 21 at No. 5 Missouri Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO L 8–11 Montes (2–0) Brown (1–1) Sharp (1) SECN+ 672 8–13 Mar. 24 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 5–1 Malcom (2–1) Leone (1–2) None 746 9–13 2–2 Mar. 25 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 4–6 Beal (2–2) Townsend (2–1) Herrera (3) 824 9–14 2–3 Mar. 26 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 1–7 Curtis (1–3) Fidel (2–3) None 732 9–15 2–4 March 28 at No. 23 Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 4–5 10 inn Roth (1–0) Moore (0–1) None 6,709 9–16 Mar. 31 Appalachian State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 6–2 Slayton (2–0) Holden (1–4) None 280 10–16 3–4
April (6–12) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record April 1 Appalachian State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 2–3 Schmid (4–3) LeMoine (0–3) Howell (4) 10–17 3–5 April 2 Appalachian State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6–7 Brill (1–3) Slayton (2–1) None 253 10–18 3–6 April 4 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 1–2 Shindlebower (1–0) Ours (0–1) Waters (1) 236 10–19 April 7 Texas State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 3–7 Reich (2–2) Malcom (2–2) None 252 10–20 3–7 April 8 Texas State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 9–4 LeMoine (1–3) Engle (2–1) Garcia (1) 301 11–20 4–7 April 9 Texas State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 6–5 Slayton (3–1) Walden (5–1) None 239 12–20 5–7 April 11 Stephen F. Austin Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 10–4 Brown (2–1) Nouis (1–2) None 192 13–20 April 13 at RV UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 0–2 Simmons (5–2) Malcom (2–3) James (8) 313 13–21 5–8 April 14 at RV UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 9–4 Garcia (1–0) Patterson (3–3) None 472 14–21 6–8 April 15 at RV UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5–10 Gardner (1–1) Fidel (2–4) None 464 14–22 6–9 April 19 Louisiana Tech Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6–10 Griffen (2–1) Fidel (2–5) None 238 14–23 April 21 RV Louisiana–Lafayette Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 4–9 Leger (8–1) LeMoine (1–4) None 403 14–24 6–10 April 22 RV Louisiana–Lafayette Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 4–7 Lee (5–3) Malcom (2–4) Marks (5) 403 14–25 6–11 April 23 RV Louisiana–Lafayette Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 3–5 Moore (1–1) Slayton (3–2) None 243 14–26 6–12 April 25 vs. Central Arkansas Dickey-Stephens Park • North Little Rock, Arkansas W 11–6 Osburn (1–0) Tillery (0–1) Garcia (2) 1,026 15–26 April 28 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 11–4 LeMoine (2–4) Condra–Bogan (4–2) None 916 16–26 7–12 April 29 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 0–5 Challenger (2–4) Malcom (2–5) None 1,133 16–27 7–13 April 30 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 2–9 Cohen (3–3) Fidel (2–6) None 698 16–28 7–14
May (5–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 5 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 3–8 Bell (5–3) LeMoine (2–5) Peacock (7) 1,276 16–29 7–15 May 6 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 11–5 Malcom (3–5) Huston (5–3) None 1,492 17–29 8–15 May 7 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 3–5 Carr (4–1) Fidel (2–7) Peacock (8) 1,229 17–30 8–16 May 9 Northwestern State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 13–1 Brown (3–1) Winders (1–5) None 221 18–30 May 13 Georgia State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 8–3 Malcom (4–5) White (1–3) None 19–30 9–16 May 13 Georgia State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 6–4 Garcia (2–0) Harper (1–2) None 299 20–30 10–16 May 14 Georgia State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 16–1 7 inn Fidel (3–7) Conley (2–7) None 313 21–30 11–16 May 18 Central Arkansas Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 8–9 18 inn Welsh (4–2) Moore (0–2) None 337 21–31 11–17 May 19 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR L 2–19 Culbertson (5–7) LeMoine (2–6) None 306 21–32 11–18 May 20 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR Cancelled due to inclement weather
Post-season (0–1)