2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team

2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball
SEC Western Division champion Oxford Regional champion Lafayette Super Regional champion
College World Series, T-3rd Place
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
CB	No. 4
Record	48–21 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach	Mike Bianco (14th season)
Assistant coach	Stephen Head (1st season)
Hitting coach	Cliff Godwin (4th season)
Pitching coach	Carl Lafferty (8th season)
Home stadium	Swayze Field

2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			40	–	23	–	0		.635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			44	–	18	–	0		.710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			51	–	21	–	0		.708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			37	–	25	–	0		.597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	1		.383			26	–	29	–	1		.473
Missouri  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			48	–	21	–	0		.696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	11	–	1		.603			46	–	16	–	1		.738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			39	–	24	–	0		.619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			40	–	25	–	0		.615
Alabama ‍‍‍y	15	–	14	–	0		.517			37	–	24	–	0		.607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			36	–	26	–	0		.581
Auburn ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			28	–	28	–	0		.500
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represented the University of Mississippi, familiarly known as Ole Miss, in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels were led by 14th-year head coach Mike Bianco, and played their home games in Oxford at Swayze Field, adjacent to campus. They compete in the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, and won their division in 2014.

The Rebels hosted an NCAA regional and defeated the #13 Washington Huskies twice in one-run games to finish undefeated. In the Super Regional at Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Miss won in three games to advance to the College World Series, their first since 1972. The Rebels reached the semifinals and lost twice to Virginia. Ole Miss lost their opener by a run, then eliminated Texas Tech and TCU to reach the semifinals, but fell again to Virginia.

Personnel

Roster

2014 Ole Miss Rebels roster
	Pitchers 2 – Jacob Waguespack – Sophomore 10 – Chris Ellis – Junior 16 – Matt Denny – Sophomore 20 – Josh Laxer – Junior 21 – Hawtin Buchanan – Junior 29 – Sam Smith – Junior 31 – Cheyne Bickel – Freshman 32 – Austin Blunt – Senior 35 – Jeremy Massie – Senior 38 – Wyatt Short – Freshman 40 – Scott Weathersby – Junior 41 – Preston Tarkington – Sophomore 44 – Aaron Greenwood – Senior 45 – Scott Ashford – Senior 47 – Christian Trent – Sophomore 55 – Evan Anderson – Freshman 65 – Gary Henry- Freshman	Catchers 13 – Austin Knight – Junior 22 – Henri Lartigue – Freshman 30 – Will Allen – Senior 42 – Holt Perdzock – Sophomore Infielders 1 – Preston Overbey – Senior 6 – Errol Robinson – Freshman 7 – Dalton Dulin – Freshman 8 – Austin Anderson – Senior 17 – Kyle Toth – Junior 24 – Sikes Orvis – Junior 25 – Colby Bortles – Freshman 28 – Brantley Bell – Freshman 36 – John Gatlin – Senior		Outfielders 4 – Will Jamison – Junior 9 – Auston Bousfield – Junior 11 – Braxton Lee – Junior 12 – J. B. Woodman – Freshman 14 – Cameron Dishon – Sophomore 19 – Peyton Attaway – Freshman

Coaches

2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball coaching staff
5 – Mike Bianco – Head Coach 23 – Cliff Godwin – Assistant Coach 15 – Carl Lafferty – Assistant Coach 18 – Stephen Head – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2014 SEC baseball records Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	15–14		1–2	2–1	0–3	.	2–1	1–1	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	ALA	W5	5–4	1–1
ARK	16–14	2–1		1–2	1–2	.	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	ARK	W4	5–5	1–0
AUB	10–20	1–2	2–1		.	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	AUB	W7	3–7	0–3
FLA	21–9	3–0	2–1	.		3–0	1–2	3–0	.	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	FLA	E1	7–3	4–0
UGA	11–18	.	.	.	0–3		1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	UGA	E6	4–6	0–2
KEN	14–16	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1		.	.	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	KEN	E4	5–5	0–1
LSU	17–11	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	.		3–0	.	2–1	.	2–1	1–2	1–2	LSU	W2	6–3	2–1
MSU	18–12	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	.	0–3		3–0	1–2	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	MSU	W3	7–3	2–1
MIZZ	6–24	.	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	.	0–3		0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	2–8	0–6
MISS	19–11	0–3	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0		1–2	.	2–1	.	MISS	W1	7–3	3–1
SCAR	18–12	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	.	3–0	2–1		3–0	.	2–1	SCAR	E2	6–4	2–0
TENN	12–18	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	0–3		.	2–1	TENN	E5	3–7	0–1
TAMU	14–16	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	.		2–1	TAMU	W6	4–6	0–0
VAN	17–13	.	1–2	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	1–2		VAN	E3	5–5	2–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

Ranking Movements

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	—	—*		15	12	14	9	16	13	10	13	16	14	14	14	17
Baseball America	—	—	—	25	21	20	13	23	19	13	16	11	11	11	10	12
Collegiate Baseball^	30	27	25	18	16	16	12	20	17	13	12	10	13	13	13	14	6	4
NCBWA†	—	26	24	17	14	15	12	18	14	12	18	15	16	16	16	17	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.