2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

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College World Series, 0–2

2014 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Louisville  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	5		.792			48	–	15		.762
UCF  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			36	–	23		.610
No. 16 Houston  ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	9		.609			48	–	16		.750
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	14	–	9		.609			30	–	25		.545
South Florida  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	31		.466
Temple  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			15	–	32		.319
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			27	–	31		.466
Memphis  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			30	–	29		.508
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			22	–	31		.415
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2014 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals were coached by Dan McDonnell, in his eighth season, and played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium.

Personnel

Roster

2014 Louisville Cardinals roster
	Pitchers 6 – Ryan Lauria – Freshman 10 – Mason Richardson – Freshman 13 – Josh Rogers – Freshman 16 – Kyle Funkhouser – Sophomore 19 – Nick Burdi – Junior 20 – Drew Harrington – Freshman 25 – Robert Strader – Freshman 28 – Brandon Alphin – Junior 31 – Joe Filomeno – Junior 34 – Michael Bollmer – Freshman 36 – Jonah Philley – Sophomore 40 – Jared Ruxer – Junior 43 – Zack Burdi – Freshman 44 – Jake Sparger – Freshman 45 – Kyle McGrath – Junior		Catchers 14 – Kyle Gibson – Senior 33 – Ryan Summers – Freshman 38 – Aaron Gershenfeld – Junior 41 – Shane Crain – Senior Infielders 1 – Sutton Whiting – Junior 4 – Alex Chittenden – Senior 5 – Anthony Kidston – Sophomore 7 – Grant Kay – Junior 8 – Danny Rosenbaum – Sophomore 9 – Jordan Striegel – Freshman 11 – Zach Lucas – Junior 17 – Nick Solak – Freshman 26 – Blake Tiberi – Freshman		Outfielders 2 – Corey Ray – Freshman 15 – Cole Sturgeon – Senior 18 – Mike White – Junior 24 – Logan Taylor – Freshman 30 – Will Smith – Freshman 35 – Colin Lyman – Freshman 42 – Jeff Gardner – Senior

Coaches

2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball coaching staff
9 Dan McDonnell – Head Coach 22 Chris Lemonis – Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 23 Roger Williams – Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach 21 Kyle Cheesebrough – Assistant Coach

Ranking movements

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	13	13*		13	11	9	13	8	11	9	17	8	7	6	7	9
Baseball America	20	20	20	19	17	14	14	11	13	10	13	13	10	10	12	13
Collegiate Baseball^	8	7	9	10	11	9	11	8	11	9	23	19	12	11	10	12	5	3
NCBWA†	14	13	12	10	10	7	10	8	10	9	13	8	5	5	5	8	4

^ 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.