2025 UCF Knights baseball team

2025 UCF Knights baseball
2025 UCF Knights baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	23–19 (6–14 Big 12)
Head coach	Rich Wallace (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Norberto Lopez; Drew Thomas; Ted Tom;
Home stadium	John Euliano Park
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 West Virginia ‍‍‍	13	–	3	.813	34	–	4	.895
Kansas ‍‍‍	12	–	6	.667	31	–	10	.756
No. 16 Arizona ‍‍‍	12	–	6	.667	28	–	11	.718
TCU ‍‍‍	12	–	6	.667	29	–	12	.707
Arizona State ‍‍‍	11	–	7	.611	25	–	15	.625
Kansas State ‍‍‍	10	–	8	.556	23	–	17	.575
Baylor ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	25	–	14	.641
Cincinnati ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	21	–	18	.538
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	8	–	10	.444	12	–	23	.343
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍	6	–	9	.400	17	–	19	.472
Houston ‍‍‍	6	–	11	.353	21	–	18	.538
UCF ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	22	–	17	.564
BYU ‍‍‍	6	–	12	.333	19	–	18	.514
Utah ‍‍‍	5	–	13	.278	16	–	19	.457

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 21, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1baseball

The 2025 UCF Knights baseball team represents the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the sport of baseball during the 2025 college baseball season. The Knights compete as members of the Big 12 Conference. Home games are played at John Euliano Park on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida. The team is coached by Rich Wallace, who is in his second season as UCF's head coach.

Preseason

Big 12 coaches poll

The Big 12 Conference preseason poll was released on January 23, 2025, with the Knights predicted to finish in seventh place.^[2]

Rank	School (1st Place Votes)	Total
Coaches Poll
1	Oklahoma State (9)	163
2	Arizona (4)	152
3	TCU (1)	149
4	West Virginia	115
5	Texas Tech	111
6	Arizona State	96
7	UCF	93
8	Kansas State	88
9	Kansas	85
10	Cincinnati	73
11	Houston	45
12	Utah	44
13	Baylor	39
14	BYU	21

Schedule

Legend
	UCF win
	UCF loss
	Postponement
Bold	UCF team member

2025 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log (23–19)

Regular Season (23–19)

February (6–3)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record
February 14	Siena	John Euliano Park Orlando, FL	W 13–4	K. Schoneboom (1–0)	M. Rowe (0–1)	None	2,074	1–0
February 15	Siena	John Euliano Park	W 11–0	W. Hartley (1–0)	T. Sausville (0–1)	None	2,249	2–0
February 16	Siena	John Euliano Park	W 16–1	G. Siegel (1–0)	N. Rodriguez (0–1)	None	1,726	3–0
February 20	Missouri	John Euliano Park	W 7–1	M. Sauser (1–0)	W. Libbert (0–1)	None	1,622	4–0
February 21	Bryant	John Euliano Park	W 7–6	R. Sandefer (1–0)	J. Vanesko (0–1)	None	1,833	5–0
February 22	Bryant	John Euliano Park	W 4–2	K. Sosnowski (1–0)	A. Slotter (0–1)	None	1,917	6–0
February 23	Bryant	John Euliano Park	L 3–5	B. Ey (1–0)	G. Siegel (1–1)	L. Chamberlain (1)	1,754	6–1
February 25	Florida Atlantic	John Euliano Park	L 3–4	M. Martzolf (3–0)	C. Stanford (0–1)	MJ Bollinger (2)	1,946	6–2
February 28	at South Florida	USF Baseball Stadium Tampa, FL	L 3–13⁷	C. Braun (2–0)	D. Stagliano (0–1)	None	1,453	6–3

March (11–7)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
March 1	at South Florida	USF Baseball Stadium	W 12–1⁷	W. Hartley (2–0)	J. Hill (0–2)	None	1,381	7–3	–
March 2	at South Florida	USF Baseball Stadium	W 12–2⁷	D. Castellano (1–0)	J. Nedrow (2–1)	None	1,298	8–3	–
March 4	No. 7 Florida	John Euliano Park	W 13–3	D. Castellano (2–0)	M. Jenkins (0–1)	None	4,204	9–3	–
March 7	Monmouth	John Euliano Park	W 17–1	K. Sosnowski (2–0)	K. Opanel (0–1)	None	1,820	10–3	–
March 8	Monmouth	John Euliano Park	W 18–3	W. Hartley (3–0)	T. Kent (1–3)	None	2,211	11–3	–
March 9	Monmouth	John Euliano Park	W 8–0	D. Stagliano (1–1)	JD Greeley (0–3)	None	1,651	12–3	–
March 11	Miami	John Euliano Park	W 14–4	D. Castellano (3–0)	A. Giroux (2–1)	None	3,015	13–3	–
March 13	at BYU	Miller Park Provo, UT	W 9–8	D. Castellano (4–0)	N. Flickin (2–1)	A. Galvan (1)	1,359	14–3	1–0
March 14	at BYU	Miller Park	L 7–8¹⁰	A. Johnson (1–0)	R. Sandefer (1–1)	None	1,443	14–4	1–1
March 15	at BYU	Miller Park	W 9–8	D. Castellano (5–0)	G. Sumner (2–1)	A. Smith (1)	1,791	15–4	2–1
March 18	at Stetson	Melching Field at Conrad Park DeLand, FL	W 3–0	G. Siegel (2–1)	E. Phillips (0–1)	R. Sandefer (1)	2,150	16–4	–
March 21	Houston	John Euliano Park	L 5–7	C. Scinta (1–0)	D. Castellano (5–1)	A. Jean (1)	2,230	16–5	2–2
March 22	Houston	John Euliano Park	W 7–1	W. Hartley (4–0)	R. Roman (0–3)	None	2,285	17–5	3–2
March 23	Houston	John Euliano Park	L 4–7	C. Scinta (2–0)	I. Williams (0–1)	None	2,208	17–6	3–3
March 25	at Jacksonville	John Sessions Stadium Jacksonville, FL	L 2–3	A. Zenus (1–2)	G. Siegel (2–2)	N. Anello (7)	517	17–7	–
March 28	at Cincinnati	UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 4–6	N. Taylor (4–0)	R. Sandefer (1–2)	B. Scheurer (2)	1,324	17–8	3–4
March 29	at Cincinnati	UC Baseball Stadium	L 6–7¹⁰	C. Horst (1–0)	S. Bauer (0–1)	None	1,177	17–9	3–5
March 30	at Cincinnati	UC Baseball Stadium	L 7–10	H. Johnson (4–0)	K. Schoneboom (1–1)	B. Scheurer (3)	811	17–10	3–6

April (6–9)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
April 1	Stetson	John Euliano Park	W 2–0⁵	M. Sauser (2–0)	E. Phillips (0–2)	None	1,975	18–10	–
April 4	No. 23 Kansas	John Euliano Park	L 2–9	D. Voegele (5–2)	A. Smith (0–1)	None	2,327	18–11	3–7
April 5	No. 23 Kansas	John Euliano Park	L 9–10	E. Lin (2–2)	A. Galvan (0–1)	A. Breckheimer (2)	2,513	18–12	3–8
April 6	No. 23 Kansas	John Euliano Park	L 4–13	C. Moore (3–0)	D. Stagliano (1–2)	None	2,407	18–13	3–9
April 8	at North Florida	Harmon Stadium Jacksonville, FL	L 5–6	K. Humphrey (1–1)	K. Sosnowski (2–1)	None	502	18–14	–
April 11	at Kansas State	Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 15–3	A. Smith (1–1)	J. Frost (0–2)	None	2,344	19–14	4–9
April 12	at Kansas State	Tointon Family Stadium	L 1–3	J. Guyette (4–1)	K. Sosnowski (2–2)	None	2,344	19–15	4–10
April 13	at Kansas State	Tointon Family Stadium	L 6–8	L. Sheffield (5–3)	W. Hartley (4–1)	J. Guyette (2)	2,344	19–16	4–11
April 15	Florida A&M	John Euliano Park	W 5–1	G. Siegel (3–2)	T. Hanselman (0–5)	D. Stagliano (1)	1,682	20–16	–
April 17	No. 25 TCU	John Euliano Park	L 1–6	T. LaPour (6–2)	C. Walker (0–1)	None	2,115	20–17	4–12
April 18	No. 25 TCU	John Euliano Park	W 5–1	R. Sandefer (2–2)	B. Sloan (3–2)	D. Castellano (1)	2,202	21–17	5–12
April 19	No. 25 TCU	John Euliano Park	W 4–2	M. Sauser (3–0)	C. Parker (2–1)	A. Galvan (2)	1,981	22–17	6–12
April 22	at Florida Atlantic	FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL	W 17–2⁷	G. Siegel (4–2)	D. Oborne (0–1)	None	1,519	23–17	–
April 25	No. 17 West Virginia	John Euliano Park	L 1–4	Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				23–18	6–13
April 26	No. 17 West Virginia	John Euliano Park	L 10–15	Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				23–19	6–14
April 27	No. 17 West Virginia	John Euliano Park		Time: 1:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
April 29	North Florida	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Stadium Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
May 2	at Oklahoma State	O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK		Time: 7:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 3	at Oklahoma State	O'Brate Stadium		Time: 7:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 4	at Oklahoma State	O'Brate Stadium		Time: 1:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 6	at Missouri State	Hammons Field Springfield, MO		Time: 7:30 p.m.				–	–
May 9	at Texas Tech	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, TX		Time: 7:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 10	at Texas Tech	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park		Time: 3:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 11	at Texas Tech	Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park		Time: 2:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 13	Presbyterian	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 15	Baylor	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 16	Baylor	John Euliano Park		Time: 6:30 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–
May 17	Baylor	John Euliano Park		Time: 1:00 p.m. TV: ESPN+				–	–

Post-Season

Big 12 Tournament
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament Record
May 21–24	TBD		Globe Life Field Arlington, TX	Time: TBA				ESPN+		-	-

Schedule Source:^[3]

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

References

^ "2025 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
^ "OSU Tabbed as Favorite in Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll, Schubart Headlines Awards".
^ UCFKnights.com

[1] "2025 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved April 21, 2025.

[2] "OSU Tabbed as Favorite in Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll, Schubart Headlines Awards".

[3] UCFKnights.com

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