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2023 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team

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2023 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record31–22 (20–10 Big West Conference)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Neil Walton
  • Josh Belovsky
  • Jake Pavletich
Home stadiumGoodwin Field
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC San Diego* ‍‍‍ 21 9   .700 34 18   .654
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 20 10   .667 34 17   .667
Cal State Fullerton ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 31 22   .585
UC Irvine  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 38 17   .691
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 35 20   .636
Hawai'i  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 29 20   .592
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 17 13   .567 33 22   .600
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 21 35   .375
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 18 34   .346
UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 17 37   .315
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 5 25   .167 11 41   .212
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 27, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Titans played their home games at Goodwin Field. They were led by Jason Dietrich.

Previous season

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The Titans finished 22–33 overall, and 14–16 in the conference, and they failed to qualify for the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the program's third consecutive season with a losing streak.[2]

Personnel

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Starters

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Lineup
Pos. No. Player. Year
C 25 Cole Urman Jr.
1B 5 Caden Connor Jr.
2B 6 Maddox Latta So.
3B 1 Zach Lew Sr.
SS 3 JT Navyac Jr.
LF 19 Colby Wallace So.
CF 31 Moises Guzman So.
RF 4 Nate Nankil Jr.
DH 22 Brendan Bobo Jr.
Weekend pitching rotation
Day No. Player. Year
Friday 10 Tyler Stultz Jr.
Saturday 24 Trevor Hinkel RS-Jr.
Sunday 41 Evan Yates So.

Schedule

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Legend
  Titans win
  Titans loss
  Postponement
Bold Titans team member
2023 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball game log
Regular season
February (2-4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big West record
March (11-4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big West record
April (13-5)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big West record
May (5-9)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big West record
Date Opponent (Seed) Rank (Seed) Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record
June 2
7:00 PM PST
vs. (2) Texas A&M (3) Sunken Diamond, Stanford, California L 12-7 Shane Sdao (4-1) Tyler Stultz (7-5) None ESPN2 1,906 - -
June 3
12:00 PM PST
vs (4) San Jose State (3) Sunken Diamond, Stanford, California W 9-5 Evan Yates (3-2) Jake White (6-3) None ESPN2 1,695 - -
June 4
12:00 PM PST
vs (1) No. 3 Stanford or (2) Texas A&M (3) Sunken Diamond, Stanford, California - -

Source:[3] Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

Stanford Super Regional

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Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Stanford 13
4 San Jose State 2
1 Stanford
2 Texas A&M
3 Cal State Fullerton 7
2 Texas A&M 12
   
Stanford Regional – Sunken Diamond
   
4 San Jose State 5
3 Cal State Fullerton 9
3 Cal State Fullerton
   
   
   
1 Miami (FL) 9
4 Maine 1
1 Miami (FL)
2 Texas
3 Louisiana 2
2 Texas 4
   
Coral Gables Regional – Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field
   
4 Maine 10
3 Louisiana 19
3 Louisiana
 

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[4]RVRV*RVRVRVRV
Baseball America[5]
Collegiate Baseball^[6]RVRV211313512
NCBWA[7]RVRVRVRVRVRVRV29
D1Baseball[8]24

^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Big West Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Cal State Fullerton Baseball record Book" (PDF). fullertontitans.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cal State Fullerton Releases 2023 Schedule".
  4. ^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.