The 2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2023 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his fifteenth season at Florida Atlantic.

On October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and will become a full member on July 1, 2023. The 2023 season was the program's last as a member of C-USA.

Previous season

The 2022 Owls finished 35-23 overall, and 19-11 in the conference. They lost to Southern Miss during the 2022 Conference USA baseball tournament.

Preseason

C-USA media poll The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 2, 2023, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place.

Media poll 1 LA Tech (5) 91 2 DBU (4) 90 3 Florida Atlantic 74 4 Charlotte (1) 70 5 UTSA 66 T6 Middle Tennessee 39 T6 UAB 39 8 Rice 32 9 FIU 28 10 WKU 21

Preseason All-CUSA teams Nolan Schanuel - Outfielder Hunter Cooley – Starting Pitcher

Personnel

Schedule and results Legend Florida Atlantic win Florida Atlantic loss PostponementBoldFlorida Atlantic team member

2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log Regular season February (7–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Feb. 17 Monmouth FAU Baseball StadiumBoca Raton, FL W 6–2 H. Cooley (1–0) A. Barker (0–1) None 611 1–0Feb. 18 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–8 J. Josey (1–0) J. Ventresca (0–1) None 687 2–0Feb. 19 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 17–2 N. Del Prado (1-0) J. Sisco (0–1) None 579 3–0Feb. 21 UCF John Euliano ParkOrlando, FL W 13–3 E. Waterbor (1–0) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 1,650 4–0Feb. 24 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 H. Mink (2–0) H. Cooley (1–1) None 638 4–1Feb. 25 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–711 M. DeGusipe (1-0) J. Cothren (0-1) None 646 5–1Feb. 26 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–6 S. Drumheller (1-0) L. Gailey (0-1) C.J. Williams (1) 559 6–1Feb. 28 No. 22 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5 M. DeGusipe (2-0) R. Gallo (0-1) R. Wegielnik (1) 1,180 7–1 March (9–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Mar. 3 No. 16 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 4–6 I. Cooke (1-1) H. Cooley (1-2) J. Willis (1) 659 7–2 –Mar. 4 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 S. Quigley (1-0) J. Jacob (1-1) None 520 7–3 –Mar. 5 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–8 T. Ellisen (1-0) N. Del Prado (1-1) None 543 7–4 –Mar. 7 at No. 6 Florida Condron BallparkGainesville, FL L 11–18 T. Nesbitt (1-0) M. Martzolf (0-1) None 4,737 7–5 –Mar. 8 at No. 6 Florida Condron Ballpark L 0–118 R. Slater (3-0) C.J. Williams (0-1) P. Abner (1) 4,760 7–6 –Mar. 10 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–3 H. Cooley (2-2) J. Driver (0-1) None 445 8–6 –Mar. 11 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 11–3 J. Josey (2-1) C. Clark (0-1) None 491 9–6 –Mar. 12 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 9–6 R. Wegielnik (1-0) C. Fang (0-1) None 449 10–6 –Mar. 13 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–1110 B. Smith (2-0) J. Smith (0-1) None 477 11–6 –Mar. 15 Bradley FAU Baseball Stadium W 15–27 M. Martzolf (1-1) E. Harris (0-1) None 351 12–6 –Mar. 17 at UTSA Roadrunner FieldSan Antonio, TX L 2–8 L. Malone (2-2) H. Cooley (2-3) None 362 12–7 0–1Mar. 19 (1) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 2–77 U. Quiroga (4-0) J. Josey (2-2) None 412 12–8 0–2Mar. 19 (2) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 3–57 S. Miller (5–0) E. Waterbor (1–1) D. Shafer (3) 412 12–9 0–3Mar. 22 at No. 17 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light FieldCoral Gables, FL L 5–10 R. Schlesinger (1-0) M. Martzolf (1-2) None 2,801 12–10 0–3Mar. 24 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 13–5 H. Cooley (3-3) P. Johnson (1-1) None 458 13–10 1–3Mar. 25 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–2 J. Josey (3-2) J. Hamm (3-2) C.J. Williams (2) 435 14–10 2–3Mar. 26 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–5 N. Del Prado (2-1) J. Lee (2-1) R. Wegielnik (2) 426 15–10 3–3Mar. 28 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium W 4–2 B. Smith (3-0) D. Castellan (0-1) C.J. Williams (3) 515 16–10 3–3Mar. 31 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium L 0–1 P. Smith (2-1) H. Cooley (3-4) M. Linskey (2) 547 16–11 3–4 April (10–8) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Apr. 1 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 10–7 E. Waterbor(2–1) J. Marlowe(0–1) None 410 17–11 4–4Apr. 2 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–48 D. Oborne (1–0) B. Brogdon (1-3) None 390 18–11 5–4Apr. 4 No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (2-0) N. Love (2-1) None 467 19–11 5–4Apr. 6 at FIU Infinity Insurance ParkMiami, FL W 8–4 N. Del Prado (3-1) R. Cabarcas (0-4) None 630 20–11 6–4Apr. 7 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 7–3 J. Josey (4-2) O. Hernandez (1-3) E. Waterbor (1) 595 21–11 7–4Apr. 8 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 2–167 A. Tiburcio (3-2) D. Oborne(1–1) None 671 21–12 7–5Apr. 11 at No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson StadiumFort Myers, FL W5–4 T. Murphy (1-0) W. Haberstock (4-1) R. Wegielnik (3) 362 22–12 7–5Apr. 14 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–10 R. Johnson (4-2) H. Cooley (3-5) None 389 22–13 7–6Apr. 15 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 3–11 B. Bragg (4-1) J. Josey (4-3) None 446 22–14 7–7Apr. 16 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–3 Z. Russell (1-1) E. Waterbor (2–2) K. Amendt (8) 286 22–15 7–8Apr. 19 No. 17 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–611 N. Del Prado (4-1) G. Braendel (0-1) None 779 23–15 7–8Apr. 21 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes FieldBowling Green, KY L 4–6 D. Mesaris (2-1) H. Cooley (3-6) CJ Weins (6) 267 23–16 7–9Apr. 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 8–914 M. Burns (4-1) R. Wegielnik (2-1) None 327 23–17 7–10Apr. 23 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 2–4 D. Hall (5-3) N. Del Prado (4-2) CJ Weins (7) 215 23–18 7–11Apr. 25 at No. 16 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park L 9–12 R. Gallo (1-3) D. Oborne (1–2) A. Walters (6) 2,948 23–19 7–11Apr. 28 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 13-3 C.J. Williams (1-1) A. Tiburcio (3-5) None 389 24–19 8–11Apr. 29 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 8-4 H. Cooley (4-6) D. Eckaus (0-1) None 585 25–19 9–11Apr. 30 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-1 N. Del Prado (5-2) R. Cabarcas (1-5) R. Wegielnik (4) 429 26–19 10–11 May (7-4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 5 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes StadiumCharlotte, NC W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (3-1) E. Michelson (1-3) None 660 27–19 11–11May 6 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium W 10–9 R. Wegielnik (4-1) M. Langhorne (1-2) None 718 28–19 12–11May 7 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 4–12 C. Kramer (4-4) N. Del Prado (5-3) None 680 28–20 12–12May 9 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium L 3–11 N. Love (4-2) J. Josey (4-4) LJ McDonough (6) 218 28–21 12–12May 12 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-5 C.J. Williams (2-1) J. Fincher (8-4) R. Wegielnik (5) 428 29–21 13–12May 13 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium L 12–616 R. Smith (3-3) J. Josey (4-5) None 646 29–22 13–13May 14 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–1110 B. Ostrander (1-0) G. Martinez (0-5) None 324 30–22 14–13May 16 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 15-58 H. Cooley (5-6) M. Rippl (2-2) None 267 31–22 14–13May 18 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial FieldBirmingham, AL W 16-5 H. Cooley (6-6) B. Walton (3-7) J. Josey (1) 137 32–22 15–13May 19 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 8–6 S. Drumheller (2-0) L. Harris (1-1) R. Wegielnik (6) 142 33–22 16–13May 20 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field L 5-10 J. Smith (1-1) B. Smith (1-1) None 153 33–23 16–14 Postseason (1-2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Tournament recordMay 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling ParkHouston, TX L 9–10 M. Burns (6-2) R. Wegielnik (4-2) None ESPN+ 927 0-1May 25 vs. (8) Rice 5 Reckling Park W 6-1 H. Cooley (7-6) JD McCracken (1-5) None ESPN+ 1-1May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park L 7–9 CJ Weins (1-2) R. Wegielnik (4-3) None ESPN+ 589 1-2 Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CancelledBold = Florida Atlantic team member Schedule source:

Awards

End of Year awards Nolan Schanuel Conference USA Player of the Year May 23, 2023

References

External links • FAU Baseball