Wright State Raiders baseball

Wright State Raiders baseball team
Founded 1971 (1971)
University Wright State University
Conference Horizon
Location Dayton, Ohio
Home stadium Nischwitz Stadium
(Capacity: 750)
Nickname Raiders
Colors Hunter Green and Vegas Gold[1]
         
College World Series appearances
1987 (Division II)
NCAA Tournament appearances
1994, 1995*, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016
* - NCAA Tournament Play in Series
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016
Conference champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016

The Wright State Raiders baseball team is the college baseball team of Wright State University. The program was founded in 1971 where it started off in Division II until 1988 when it moved to Division I. Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, OH has been the home field of the program since 1993. The team has won 6 conference regular season championships, 7 conference tournament championships, and has appeared in the NCAA tournament 5 times. The Raiders are coached by Raider alum and former hitting coach Jeff Mercer.

Stadium

Wright State currently plays at Nischwitz Stadium. The 750 seat stadium was built in 1993 and was named after Ron and Gregg Nischwitz. Ron coached the program for 30 years.

Year-by-year results

WSU's records season by season since joining Division I in 1988.

Season Head Coach Overall Record Conf. Record Postseason
Division I Independent
1988Ron Nischwitz32-280-0 -
1989Ron Nischwitz45-120-0 -
1990Ron Nischwitz35-200-0 -
1991Ron Nischwitz39-160-0 -
Mid-Continent Conference
1992Ron Nischwitz40-1617-3 -
1993Ron Nischwitz39-1517-3 -
1994Ron Nischwitz39-2116-8 NCAA Tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
1995Ron Nischwitz33-2810-6 NCAA Play-In-Series

NCAA Tournament

1996Ron Nischwitz20-2810-12 NCAA Play-In-Series
1997Ron Nischwitz31-2816-6 -
1998Ron Nischwitz 20-349-13 -
1999Ron Nischwitz26-288-10 -
2000Ron Nischwitz19-398-12 -
2001Ron Nischwitz31-2712-8 -
Horizon League
2002Ron Nischwitz20-339-14 -
2003Ron Nischwitz21-3410-13 -
2004Ron Nischwitz22-3410-11 -
2005Rob Cooper26-3411-9 -
2006Rob Cooper32-2717-13 -
2007 Rob Cooper 36-22 21-9 -
2008Rob Cooper30-2316-6 -
2009Rob Cooper33-3014-12 NCAA Tournament
2010Rob Cooper31-2517-6 -
2011Rob Cooper36-1916-7 NCAA Tournament
2012Rob Cooper 37-21 20-10 -
2013Rob Cooper 25-30 9-12 -
2014Greg Lovelady 33-20 25-4 -
2015Greg Lovelady 43-16 21-8 NCAA Tournament

Wright State in the NCAA Tournament

Wright State has made it to the NCAA tournament 4 times. The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2011 after they defeated Valparaiso in back to back games to win the Horizon League tournament championship.

Year Record Pct Notes
1994 1-2 .333
2006 0-2 .000
2009 0-2 .000
2011 0-2 .000
2015 2-2 .500
2016 TBD
TOTALS 3-10 .231

Former players

References

  1. Wright State University Identity Manual (PDF). 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
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