2001 Florida Gators baseball team

2001 University of Florida baseball team March 2026 August 2023 2001 Florida Gators baseball Florida Gators script logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 35–27 16–14 Andy Lopez (7th year) Mark Wasikowski (3rd year) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Coral Gables Regional 1–2 The 2001 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2001 college baseball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Andy Lopez, who was in his seventh and final season at Florida. Lopez was dismissed after the conclusion of the season. Roster h 2001 Florida Gators white white #0021A5 #FF4A00 24 Jay Belflower RHP 6 4 217 R R Jr Sebring, FL 48 Kenny Birch LHP 5 10 165 L L Sr Winter Springs, FL 52 Matt Bomeisl LHP 5 10 164 L L Fr Miami, FL 45 Keith Brice RHP 6 1 195 R R Sr Miami, FL 41 Jeff Cardozo RHP 6 5 195 R R Sr Hobe Sound, FL 49 Kevin Coleman RHP 6 1 196 R R Jr Marietta, GA 2 Aaron Davidson INF 5 8 168 R R Jr Atascadero, CA 30 Jason Dill OF 6 0 210 L L Sr Punta Gorda, FL 15 Scot Drucker RHP 6 0 183 R R Fr Miami, FL 13 Kevin Estrada INF 6 0 180 S R Jr El Segundo, CA 9 Matt Gross OF 5 11 185 L L Jr Bartow, FL 18 Ben Harrison OF 6 3 190 R R Fr Key West, FL 21 Alex Hart RHP 6 5 219 R R So Marion, PA 25 Ben Hedgecock RHP 6 5 200 R R So Tampa, FL 28 Jay Hollenkamp RHP 6 4 195 S L Fr Valrico, FL 33 James Keel INF 6 3 188 R R Fr Panama City, FL 17 Mark Kiger y INF 5 11 190 R R Jr La Jolla, CA 16 David Klebonis OF 6 0 195 R R Jr Orlando, FL 37 Matthew Maley INF 6 1 165 L R Fr Miami, FL 56 Mike Mlotkowski RHP 6 5 209 R R Fr Fairfax Station, VA 26 Peter Nystrom OF 6 2 195 R R Sr Dunedin, FL 6 Pat Osborn INF 6 4 205 R R So Bakersfield, CA 32 Tom Potter LHP 6 1 190 L L Fr Naples, FL 29 Keith Ramsey y LHP 6 0 170 L L Jr Los Angeles, CA 36 Jimmy Ramshaw LHP 6 4 200 L L Jr Canberra, AUS 22 Eddie Rojas LHP 5 8 158 S L Sr Brooklyn, NY 55 Brian Rose C 6 2 231 R R So Miami, FL 20 Pat Rumble RHP 5 10 170 R R Fr Jacksonville, FL 31 Ryan Sadowski y RHP 6 2 199 R R Fr Davie, FL 43 Ryan Shealy y INF 6 5 252 R R Jr Fort Lauderdale, FL 11 Matt Siegel OF 5 10 185 L R Sr Tampa, FL 34 Joey Simon RHP 6 0 175 R R So Tampa, FL 12 C.J. Smith INF 6 3 174 R R Fr Tampa, FL 14 Aaron Sobieraj INF 6 1 190 R R So Clearwater, FL 54 T.J. Stanton RHP 6 3 177 L R Fr Port St. Lucie, FL 38 Nick Trefry C 5 10 185 R R Sr Jacksonville, FL 27 K.O. Wiegandt RHP 6 0 191 R R Sr Miami, FL http://floridagators.com/roster.aspx?roster=255 Andy Lopez Mark Wasikowski Schedule background:#0021A5;color:white; 2001 Florida Gators baseball game log ! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Regular season |- valign="top" y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; February Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 3 ||No. 9 Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 13 | McKethan Stadium ||5–14 |Sheffield (1–0) |Simon (0–1) |None |3,522 |0–1||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 7 ||2001 Savannah State Tigers Savannah State||No. 17 | McKethan Stadium ||35–1 |Belflower (1–0) |Fries |None |521 |1–1||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 9 ||at No. 9 Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 17 |Mark Light StadiumCoral Gables, FL||4–10 |Walker (2–0) |Simon (0–2) |None |4,523 |1–2||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 10 ||at No. 9 Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 17 |Mark Light Stadium||7–8 |DeBold (1–1) |Ramsey (0–1) |None |5,271 |1–3||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 13 ||2001 Charleston Southern Buccaneers Charleston Southern||No. 22 | McKethan Stadium ||12–3 |Stanton (1–0) |Viars (0–1) |None |– |2–3 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 14 ||Charleston Southern||No. 22 | McKethan Stadium ||5–2 |Simon (1–2) |Coenen (0–1) |Ramsey (1) |984 |3–3 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 17 ||at No. 13 2001 Florida State Seminoles Florida StateRivalry||No. 22 |Dick Howser StadiumTallahassee, FL||6–19 |Lord (1–0) |Belflower (1–1) |None |4,371 |3–4||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 18 ||at No. 13 Florida StateRivalry||No. 22 |Dick Howser Stadium||6–5 |Simon (2–2) |Read (1–2) |Ramsey (2) |4,167 |4–4||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 20 ||2001 Winthrop Eagles Winthrop||No. 29 | McKethan Stadium ||7–11 |Thurmond (1–1) |Hart (0–1) |None |922 |4–5||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 21 ||Winthrop||No. 29 | McKethan Stadium ||5–14 |Herauf (3–0) |Ramshaw (0–1) |None |694 |4–6||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 24 ||No. 15 Florida StateRivalry||No. 29 | McKethan Stadium ||3–210 |Ramsey (1–1) |Roman (0–1) |None |4,012 |5–6||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 25 ||No. 15 Florida StateRivalry||No. 29 | McKethan Stadium ||11-13 |Lynch (1–1) |Belflower (1–2) |Roman (1) |3,854 |5–7||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 28 ||2001 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville|| | McKethan Stadium ||9–7 |Brice (1–0) |Ryals (1–1) |Ramsey (3) |1,224 |6–7||– |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; March Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 2 ||2001 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan|||| McKethan Stadium ||11–8||Simon (3–2)||Garner (0–1)||None||1,114||7–7 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 3 ||Central Michigan|||| McKethan Stadium ||14–3||Wells (1–0)||Horvath (0–1)||None||1,346||8–7 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 4 ||Central Michigan|||| McKethan Stadium ||11–2||Ramshaw (1–1)||Opalewski (0–1)||None||716||9–7 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 9 ||No. 23 2001 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee|||| McKethan Stadium ||3–7||Gates (3–1)||Simon (3–3)||Crowe (1)||823||9–8 |0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 10 ||No. 23 Tennessee|||| McKethan Stadium ||6–12||Bertolino (1–0)||Belflower (1–3)||Hicklen (2)||1,742||9–9 |0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 11 ||No. 23 Tennessee|||| McKethan Stadium ||2–8||Crowe (3–0)||Wells (1–1)||None||1,470||9–10 |0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 13 ||2001 Fordham Rams Fordham|||| McKethan Stadium ||15–1||Hart (1–1)||Santopolo (0–2)||None||562||10–10||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 14 ||Fordham|||| McKethan Stadium ||11–3||Drucker (1–0)||Kelly (0–1)||None||841||11–10||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 16 ||at No. 11 2001 LSU Tigers LSU||||Alex Box StadiumBaton Rouge, LA||10-18||David (2–1)||Ramsey (1–2)||None||8,080||11–11||0–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 17 ||at No. 11 LSU||||Alex Box Stadium||3–4||Mestepey (3–0)||Ramshaw (1–2)||Guidry (2)||7,887||11–12||0–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 18 ||at No. 11 LSU||||Alex Box Stadium||7–10||Pettit (2–0)||Brice (1–1)||None||7,562||11–13||0–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 20 ||2001 Maine Black Bears Maine|||| McKethan Stadium ||8–7||Ramsey (2–2)||Truman (0–1)||None||709||12–13 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 21 ||Maine|||| McKethan Stadium ||19–9||Drucker (2–0)||Stoner (1–1)||None||586||13–13 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 23 ||2001 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–4||Birch (1–0)||Merryman (2–2)||None||1,336||14–13 |1–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 24 ||Arkansas|||| McKethan Stadium ||8–4||Ramshaw (2–2)||Isaacson (3–4)||None||1,468||15–13 |2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 25 ||Arkansas|||| McKethan Stadium ||4–1||Hart (2–1)||Roehl (2–2)||Simon (1)||921||16–13 |3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 27 ||2001 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman|||| McKethan Stadium ||9–3||Belflower (2–3)||Johnson (2–3)||None||761||17–13 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 28 ||2001 Florida Atlantic Owls Florida Atlantic|||| McKethan Stadium ||10–0||Rojas (1–0)||Core (4–5)||None||630||18–13 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 30 ||at 2001 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt||||Hawkins FieldNashville, TN||9–610||Simon (4–3)||Ransom (4–2)||None||325||19–13 |4–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 31 ||at Vanderbilt||||Hawkins Field||1–0||Ramshaw (3–2)||Little (3–3)||Ramsey (4)||510||20–13 |5–6 |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; April Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 ||Vanderbilt||||Hawkins Field||9–5||Rojas (2–0)||Maultsby (4–4)||None||349||21–13 |6–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 ||2001 Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M|||| McKethan Stadium ||14–9||Belflower (3–3)||Castillo (2–1)||Ramsey (5)||913||22–13 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 6 ||2001 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–610||Ramsey (2–0)||Hooker (0–2)||None||2,012||23–13 |7–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 ||Kentucky|||| McKethan Stadium ||10–9||Rojas (3–0)||Wade (2–6)||None||2,738||24–13 |8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 8 ||Kentucky|||| McKethan Stadium ||9–8||Simon (5–3)||Corrado (5–4)||Ramsey (6)||1,947||25–13 |9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 11 ||No. 7 2001 Stetson Hatters Stetson||No. 23|| McKethan Stadium ||17-21||DiNardo (7–1)||Simon (5–4)||None||2,315||25–14||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 13 ||at 2001 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia||No. 23||Foley FieldAthens, GA||4–9||Brown (4–2)||Brice (1–2)||None||2,074||25–15||9–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 14 ||at Georgia||No. 23||Foley Field||3–9||Murphy (5–1)||Ramshaw (3–3)||None||2,642||25–16||9–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 15 ||at Georgia||No. 23||Foley Field||7–6||Rojas (4–0)||Sharpton (3–1)||Ramsey (7)||254||26–16||10–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 18 ||at No. 10 Stetson||||Melching FieldDeLand, FL||8–9||Collins (9–0)||Simon (5–5)||None||2,762||26–17 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 20 ||at No. 15 2001 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss||||Swayze FieldOxford, MS||1–9||Montrenes (8–3)||Brice (1–3)||None||1,912||26–18 |10–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 21 ||at No. 15 Ole Miss||||Swayze Field||9–12||Yates (6–0)||Rojas (4–1)||None||3,071||26–19 |10–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 22 ||at No. 15 Ole Miss||||Swayze Field||0–4||Gray (3–1)||Hart (2–2)||Bradshaw (1)||2,911||26–20 |10–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="F0E8E8" | April 24 ||Canada (JR national team) (exh.)|| ||McKethan Stadium||23–5||Belflower||Grimes||None||222||–||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 27 ||No. 18 2001 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State|||| McKethan Stadium ||11–4||Brice (2–3)||Maholm (5–3)||None||1,669||27–20 |11–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 28 ||No. 18 Mississippi State|||| McKethan Stadium ||4–210||Ramsey (4–2)||Medders (5–2)||None||1,972||28–20 |12–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 29 ||No. 18 Mississippi State|||| McKethan Stadium ||6–514||Simon (6–5)||Wooten (3–4)||None||1,522||29–20 |13–11 |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; May Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 4 ||at 2001 Auburn Tigers Auburn||||Plainsman ParkAuburn, AL||2–5||Speigner (8–1)||Brice (2–4)||Brandon (4)||3,192||29–21||13–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 5 ||at Auburn||||Plainsman Park||10–6||Ramshaw (4–3)||Paxton (4–3)||Ramsey (8)||3,174||30–21 |14–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 6 ||at Auburn||||Plainsman Park||5–2||Hart (3–2)||Dueitt (3–3)||Belflower (1)||3,044||31–21 |15–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 9 ||2001 South Florida Bulls South Florida||No. 30|| McKethan Stadium ||5–4||Simon (7–5)||Royal (3–5)||Belflower (2)||914||32–21 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 11 ||No. 21 2001 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina||No. 30|| McKethan Stadium ||3–6||Bouknight (9–2)||Brice (2–5)||Gronkiewicz (14)||2,077||32–22||15–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 ||No. 21 South Carolina||No. 30|| McKethan Stadium ||14–7||Ramshaw (5–3)||Bell (10–5)||None||1,944||33–22||16–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 13 ||No. 21 South Carolina||No. 30|| McKethan Stadium ||4–6||Price (5–0)||Ramsey (4–3)||Gronkiewicz (15)||1,608||33–23||16–14 |- |- ! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Postseason |- y background:#FFF SEC Tournament Date Opponent Seed/Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 16 ||vs. (2) No. 11 LSU||(7)||Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL||0–10||Scobie (4–1)||Brice (2–6)||None||3,522||33–24||0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 17 ||vs. (3) No. 17 Tennessee||(7)||Metropolitan Stadium||9–3||Belflower (4–3)||Johnson (3–1)||Ramsey (9)||–||34–24||1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 18 ||vs. (6) No. 23 Ole Miss||(7)||Metropolitan Stadium||6–7||Bradshaw (4–1)||Hart (3–3)||Morris (9)||–||34–25||1–2 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: Coral Gables Regional Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 25 ||vs. (3) Stetson||(2)||Mark Light Stadium||10–9||Belflower (5–3)||Collins (10–3)||None||–||35–25||1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 26 (1) ||at (1) No. 1 Miami (FL)Rivalry||(2)||Mark Light Stadium||2–6||Farmer (13–2)||Hart (3–4)||None||4,850||35–26||1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 26 (2) ||vs. (3) Stetson||(2)||Mark Light Stadium||3–6||Lincoln (6–0)||Simon (7–6)||Wilson (10)||5,155||35–27||1–2 |- Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. 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