2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team

The 2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Sullivan Field and were led by third–year head coach Ryan Shotzberger.^[2] They were members of the Southland Conference.

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	21–31 (9–15 Southland)
Head coach	Ryan Shotzberger (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Kyle Simonds Greg Evans
Home stadium	Sullivan Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Southland Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
McNeese State  ‍†‍‍	15	–	9		.625			34	–	23		.596
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	10		.583			30	–	29		.508
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			30	–	23		.566
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			26	–	25		.510
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			25	–	29		.463
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			18	–	36		.333
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	28		.491
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			21	–	31		.404
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 24, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll is to be released in the winter of 2022.^[3]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southeastern Louisiana	93 (10)
2	McNeese State	80 (3)
3	New Orleans	73
4	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	63 (1)
5	Northwestern State	55 (2)
6	Incarnate Word	36
T-7	Houston Baptist	24
T-7	Nicholls	24

Preseason All-Southland Team & Honors

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Second Team

• Grant Smith – Shortstop
• Nixon Brannan – Utility

Personnel

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town 0 OF Braxton Gerek L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr League City, Texas 1 OF Daniel Calabrese R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Colleyville, Texas 2 INF Grant Smith R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Albuquerque, New Mexico 3 C Joey Baran L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Fr Austin, Texas 4 INF Alec Carr R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Sugar Land, Texas 5 OF Ridge Rogers L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Flower Mound, Texas 6 INF Taylor Darden R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Las Vegas, Nevada 7 OF Warren Laster L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Pearland, Texas 8 INF Zach Limas R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Richmond, Texas 9 OF Jamey Richey R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Lindale, Texas 11 RHP Larry Westall R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Round Rock, Texas 12 LHP Kayden Cassidy   L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Burleson, Texas 13 INF Roberto Gonzalez R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Houston, Texas 14 OF Jack Jalufka   R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Austin, Texas 15 RHP Steve Hayward   R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Flower Mound, Texas 16 RHP Seth Higdon R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Odessa, Texas 17 RHP Aaron Celestino R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Houston, Texas 18 RHP Isaiah Zavala R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Jr San Antonio, Texas 19 INF Keaton Grady R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Elgin, Texas 20 RHP AJ Sotelo R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Edinburg, Texas 21 RHP Drew Minter R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr League City, Texas 22 INF Til Nalle R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Elgin, Texas 23 INF Kaddin Mikulik   L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Flatonia, Texas 24 C Hernan Yanez R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr San Luis, Arizona 25 RHP Michael Garza R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Corpus Christi, Texas 26 C Nixon Brannan R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr San Angelo, Texas 27 INF Cole Gaddis L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Malakoff, Texas 28 RHP Otto Stacey R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Spring, Texas 29 C Reid Hensley R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Fr Lufkin, Texas 30 RHP Carson Babb R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Hutto, Texas 31 RHP Zach May R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Gr Bulverde, Texas 32 INF Jimmy De Leon R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr El Paso, Texas 33 OF Trey Triolo   L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Lake Travis, Texas 34 LHP Carson Rollins   L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Katy, Texas 35 OF Wilson Ehrhardt L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Katy, Texas 37 OF Brandon Nations R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Malakoff, Texas 41 INF Ron Brown R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Houston, Texas 42 RHP JP O'Neal R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Normangee, Texas 45 RHP Chandler David R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Van Alstyne, Texas 49 OF Jacob Rosales R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Mission, Texas	Head coach Ryan Shotzberger (McDaniel College) Assistant coach(es) Kyle Simonds (Texas A&M) Greg Evans (Texas Tech) Quintin Crandall (Kansas State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 13 April 2022

Schedule and results

Legend
	Incarnate Word win
	Incarnate Word loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Incarnate Word team member

2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball game log
Regular season (19–29)
February (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Feb. 18 Bradley Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX Game cancelled Feb. 19 Bradley Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX Game cancelled Feb. 20 Bradley Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX Game cancelled Feb. 22 at Tarleton State Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex • Stephenville, TX L 0–1 Campa (1-0) Stacey (0-1) Hickey (1) 106 0–1 Feb. 24 South Dakota State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 10–7 Celestino (1-0) McCay (0-1) David (1) 32 1–1 Feb. 25 South Dakota State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 4–6 Carlson (1-1) Cassidy (0-1) Bourassa (1) 90 1–2 Feb. 26 South Dakota State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 1–0 Garza (1-0) Bishop (0-2) David (2) 112 2–2
March (9–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Mar. 2 Abilene Christian Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 12–5 Higdon (1-0) Cervantes (0-1) None 167 3–2 Mar. 4 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 2–5 Prayer (1-0) Garza (1-1) Torrealba (1) 1,007 3–3 Mar. 5 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 13–8 Celestino (2-0) Clayton (0-2) None 1,083 4–3 Mar. 6 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 4–10 Medrano (1-0) Zavala (0-1) None 1,064 4–4 Mar. 8 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 0–6 Malone (2-0) Stacey (0-2) None 488 4–5 Mar. 11 UT Arlington Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 7–1 Garza (2-1) Wong (1-1) None 214 5–5 Mar. 12 UT Arlington Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 9–3 Celestino (3-0) Bailey (2-1) None 225 6–5 Mar. 13 UT Arlington Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 15–2 Zavala (1-1) Citelli (0-1) None 185 7–5 Mar. 15 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 13–8 Westall (1-0) Escobedo (0-1) None 252 8–5 Mar. 16 at Columbia Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 5–3 Stacey (1-2) Tucker (1-1) David (3) 272 9–5 Mar. 18 at No. 2 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–19 Hansen (4-0) Garza (2-2) None 6,516 9–6 Mar. 19 at No. 2 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–10 Stevens (4-1) Celestino (3-1) None 7,458 9–7 Mar. 20 at No. 2 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 0–12 Gordon (1-1) Zavala (1-2) None 6,786 9–8 Mar. 22 No. 20 Texas State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 4–2 Rollins (1-0) Sundgren (2-2) David (4) 275 10–8 Mar. 25 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 2–12^7 Miller (1-0) Garza (2-3) None 10–9 0–1 Mar. 26 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 1–4 Thomas (4-1) Zavala (1-3) Moeller (1) 401 10–10 0–2 Mar. 27 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 7–4 David (1-0) Perez (2-1) None 309 11–10 1–2 Mar. 29 UTSA Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 4–6^10 Shafer (1-1) Hayward (0-1) Malone (1) 267 11–11
April (5–12) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record Apr. 1 Southeastern Louisiana Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 8–6 Hayward (1-1) Landry (1-3) David (5) 322 12–11 2–2 Apr. 2 Southeastern Louisiana Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 5–10 Dugas (2-1) Stacey (1-3) None 318 12–12 2–3 Apr. 3 Southeastern Louisiana Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 5–6 Robb (1-3) Hayward (1-2) Trahan (3) 167 12–13 2–4 Apr. 8 Northwestern State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 8–2 Rollins (2-0) Carver (3-3) None 195 13–13 3–4 Apr. 9 Northwestern State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 6–2 Garza (3-3) Harmon (4-3) Hayward (1) 190 14–13 4–4 Apr. 10 Northwestern State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 11–4 David (2-0) Brown (3-3) None 233 15–13 5–4 Apr. 12 Tarleton State Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 6–14 Boyd (1-3) Minter (0-1) None 134 15–14 Apr. 14 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 3–9 Rogers (4-3) Rollins (2-1) None 620 15–15 5–5 Apr. 15 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 3–4^11 Foster (2-1) Hayward (1-3) None 680 15–16 5–6 Apr. 16 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 1–11^7 Jones (2-0) David (2-1) None 750 15–17 5–7 Apr. 19 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX L 3–9 Garza (1-0) Celestino (3-2) None 1,127 15–18 Apr. 22 Nicholls Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 11–4 Garza (4-3) Desandro (2-3) None 227 16–18 6–7 Apr. 23 Nicholls Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 3–5 Theriot (6-2) Cassidy (0-2) Gearing (2) 253 16–19 6–8 Apr. 24 Nicholls Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 7–8 Saltaformaggio (3-1) Celestino (3-3) Gearing (3) 247 16–20 6–9 Apr. 26 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 7–8 Voelker (3-5) Hayward (1-4) None 1,435 16–21 Apr. 29 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 6–13 Spinney (3-3) Garza (4-4) None 205 16–22 6–10 Apr. 30 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 9–10 Reitmeyer (3-2) Mikulik (0-1) None 237 16–23 6–11
May (3–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC Record May 1 at Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX L 7–8 Smitherman (2-1) Celestino (3-4) Zarella (1) 389 16–24 6–12 May 3 at No. 17 Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 1–3 Smith (1-0) David (2-2) Stivors (10) 1,088 16–25 May 6 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 3–11 Williams (5-1) Hayward (1-5) None 643 16–26 6–13 May 7 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 9–8^10 David (3-2) Mead (0-1) None 304 17–26 7–13 May 8 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 8–9^11 Cunningham (1-1) Hayward (1-6) None 406 17–27 7–14 May 10 at TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 7–11^11 Hill (1-0) Hayward (1-7) None 3,386 17–28 May 12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 13–3^8 Garza (5-4) Thomas (4-4) None 215 18–28 8–14 May 13 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX W 8–6 May (1-0) Bird (1-2) Hayward (2) 409 19–28 9–14 May 14 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX L 2–6 Perez (3-3) Zavala (1-4) Mejia (1) 212 19–29 9–15 May 17 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX Game cancelled
Post-season (2–2)
Southland Tournament (2–2) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 19 vs. (1) McNeese State (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 6–12 Rogers (7-4) Garza (5-5) None ESPN+ 611 19–30 0–1 May 20 vs. (5) Northwestern State (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 14–10 Mikulik (1-1) Harmon (5-6) None ESPN+ 346 20–30 1–1 May 21 vs. (4) Nicholls (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 9–8 Hayward (2-7) Vial Jr. (1-1) None ESPN+ 336 21–30 2–1 May 21 vs. (1) McNeese State (8) Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 2–7 Zeppuhar (2-0) Cassidy (0-3) Stone (1) ESPN+ 611 21–31 2–2 Schedule Source:^[5] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

1. "2022 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
2. "Ryan Shotzberger - Baseball Coach". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
3. "SOUTHEASTERN TOPS SOUTHLAND BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL". www.southland.org. Southland Conference. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
4. "Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
5. "2022 Baseball Schedule". University of the Incarnate Word Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2022.