2008 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team
Appearance
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Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 24–16 (11–6 Sun Belt) |
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Home stadium | FAU Baseball Stadium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe † | 20 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .667 | 34 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans y | 18 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .621 | 43 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 18 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .600 | 32 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 15 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .554 | 32 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky ‡y | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 33 | – | 27 | – | 1 | .549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 30 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 15 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .500 | 33 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 13 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .448 | 27 | – | 29 | – | 1 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 12 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .400 | 20 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Little Rock | 10 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .357 | 16 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 8 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .283 | 20 | – | 34 | – | 1 | .373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
The 2008 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team will be the intercollegiate baseball team of Florida Atlantic University. It competes on the Division I level in the Sun Belt Conference. The 2008 team marked the second season of baseball to compete in the Sun Belt, after Florida Atlantic joined the conference after the 2006 season. On Thursday, April 24, 2008 Coach Kevin Cooney announced that the 2008 season would be his last season as head coach of the Owls. With his retirement announcement, Cooney will leave the Owls after 21 years as head coach. Up to this point, in 28 years of existence, Florida Atlantic baseball had had only two coaches, Steve Traylor and Kevin Cooney.
2008 schedule and results
[edit]Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Record | SBC | Notes |
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February 22, 2008 | vs. #5 North Carolina | Boca Raton, Florida | L 7-1 | 0-1 | ||
February 23, 2008 | vs. #5 North Carolina | Boca Raton, Florida | L 14-13 | 0-2 | ||
February 24, 2008 | vs. #5 North Carolina | Boca Raton, Florida | L 8-7 | 0-3 | ||
February 26, 2008 | at Bethune Cookman | Daytona Beach, Florida | Ppd. due to rain | |||
February 27, 2008 | vs. Mount St. Mary | Boca Raton, Florida | W 13-5 | 1-3 | ||
February 28, 2008 | vs. Eastern Michigan | Boca Raton, Florida | W 11-6 | 2-3 | ||
February 29, 2008 | vs. Eastern Michigan | Boca Raton, Florida | W 5-2 | 3-3 | ||
March 1, 2008 | vs. Eastern Michigan | Boca Raton, Florida | W 12-11 | 4-3 | ||
March 2, 2008 | vs. Eastern Michigan | Boca Raton, Florida | W 24-3 | 5-3 | ||
March 4, 2008 | vs. Boston College | Boca Raton, Florida | W 4-3 | 6-3 | ||
March 5, 2008 | vs. Boston College | Boca Raton, Florida | L 10-6 | 6-4 | ||
March 7, 2008 | at UALR | Little Rock, Arkansas | Ppd. due to snow | |||
March 8, 2008 | at UALR | Little Rock, Arkansas | Ppd. due to snow | |||
March 9, 2008 | at UALR | Little Rock, Arkansas | W 4-3 | 7-4 | 1-0 | |
March 11, 2008 | at South Florida | Tampa, Florida | L 7-6 | 7-5 | ||
March 12, 2008 | vs. Monmouth | Boca Raton, Florida | W 12-11 | 8-5 | ||
March 14, 2008 | vs. Louisiana-Lafayette | Boca Raton, Florida | W 13-6 | 9-5 | 2-0 | |
March 15, 2008 | vs. Louisiana-Lafayette | Boca Raton, Florida | L 9-3 | 9-6 | 2-1 | |
March 16, 2008 | vs. Louisiana-Lafayette | Boca Raton, Florida | W 9-2 | 10-6 | 3-1 | |
March 17, 2008 | vs. Cornell | Boca Raton, Florida | W 11-6 | 11-6 | ||
March 18, 2008 | vs. Rutgers | Boca Raton, Florida | W 10-1 | 12-6 | ||
March 20, 2008 | vs. NJIT | Boca Raton, Florida | W 21-11 | 13-6 | ||
March 21, 2008 | vs. Middle Tennessee | Boca Raton, Florida | W 13-7 | 14-6 | 4-1 | |
March 23, 2008 | vs. Middle Tennessee | Boca Raton, Florida | W 13-6 | 15-6 | 5-1 | |
March 23, 2008 | vs. Middle Tennessee | Boca Raton, Florida | W 10-7 | 16-6 | 6-1 | |
March 28, 2008 | at Louisiana-Monroe | Monroe, Louisiana | L 7-6 | 16-7 | 6-2 | |
March 29, 2008 | at Louisiana-Monroe | Monroe, Louisiana | L 3-2 | 16-8 | 6-3 | |
March 30, 2008 | at Louisiana-Monroe | Monroe, Louisiana | L 13-5 | 16-9 | 6-4 | |
April 1, 2008 | at #2 Miami | Miami, Florida | L 16-7 | 16-10 | ||
April 4, 2008 | at South Alabama | Mobile, Alabama | L 14-3 | 16-11 | 6-5 | |
April 5, 2008 | at South Alabama | Mobile, Alabama | W 13-9 | 17-11 | 7-5 | |
April 6, 2008 | at South Alabama | Mobile, Alabama | W 9-4 | 18-11 | 8-5 | |
April 9, 2008 | at #1 Miami | Miami, Florida | W 6-3 | 19-11 | First-ever victory over a #1 | |
April 11, 2008 | vs. Troy | Boca Raton, Florida | W 6-5 | 20-11 | 9-5 | |
April 12, 2008 | vs. Troy | Boca Raton, Florida | L 7-2 | 20-12 | 9-6 | |
April 13, 2008 | vs. Troy | Boca Raton, Florida | W 17-6 | 21-12 | 10-6 | 7 innings |
April 16, 2008 | vs. #1 Miami | Boca Raton, Florida | L 12-10 | 21-13 | ||
April 18, 2008 | at NYIT | Old Westbury, New York | L 10-7 | 21-14 | ||
April 19, 2008 | at NYIT | Old Westbury, New York | W 22-7 | 22-14 | 7 innings | |
April 19, 2008 | at NYIT | Old Westbury, New York | W 16-2 | 23-14 | ||
April 20, 2008 | at NYIT | Old Westbury, New York | L 2-0 | 23-15 | ||
April 22, 2008 | vs. South Florida | Boca Raton, Florida | L 19-11 | 23-16 | 11 innings | |
April 25, 2008 | vs. Western Kentucky | Boca Raton, Florida | W 12-6 | 24-16 | 11-6 | |
April 26, 2008 | vs. Western Kentucky | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
April 27, 2008 | vs. Western Kentucky | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
May 2, 2008 | at New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||
May 3, 2008 | at New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||
May 4, 2008 | at New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||
May 6, 2008 | vs. Bethune Cookman | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
May 7, 2008 | vs. Florida Gulf Coast | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
May 9, 2008 | vs. Arkansas State | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
May 10, 2008 | vs. Arkansas State | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
May 11, 2008 | vs. Arkansas State | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||
May 13, 2008 | at Florida Gulf Coast | Fort Myers, Florida | ||||
May 15, 2008 | at Florida International | Miami, Florida | ||||
May 16, 2008 | at Florida International | Miami, Florida | ||||
May 17, 2008 | at Florida International | Miami, Florida | ||||
May 21, 2008 | vs. Western Kentucky | Lafayette, Louisiana | L 9-0 | 29-26-1 | 0-1 | G3 of SBC Tournament |
May 22, 2008 | vs. Middle Tennessee | Lafayette, Louisiana | W 12-7 | 30-26-1 | 1-1 | G6 (Loser's Bracket) |
May 23, 2008 | vs. Louisiana-Monroe | Lafayette, Louisiana | W 4-2 | 31-26-1 | 2-1 | G10 (Loser's Bracket) |
May 24, 2008 | vs. Western Kentucky | Lafayette, Louisiana | W 6-5 | 32-26-1 | 3-1 | G12 (Semifinals) |
May 24, 2008 | vs. Western Kentucky | Lafayette, Louisiana | L 5-4 | 32-27-1 | 3-2 | G14 (FAU Eliminated) |
* Sun Belt Conference games in GREEN. |
External links
[edit]- Sun Belt Conference Baseball Statistics
- Official FAU Owls Baseball Homepage Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- NCAA Baseball National Polls
- ^ Baseball Record Book All-Time Standings (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. p. 418. Retrieved December 23, 2019.