2000 Florida Gators baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 2000 Florida Gators baseball Florida Gators script logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 21 17 44–23–1 18–11–1 Andy Lopez (6th year) Steve Kling (6th year) Mark Wasikowski (2nd year) Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Waco Regional 3–2 The 2000 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2000 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 sixth season at Florida. Roster 2000 Florida Gators white white #0021A5 #FF4A00 h 24 Jay Belflower RHP 6 4 215 R R So Sebring, FL 18 Chris Bell RHP 6 3 195 R R Fr Miami, FL 48 Ken Birch LHP 5 10 160 L L Jr Winter Springs, FL 45 Keith Brice RHP 6 2 195 R R Jr Miami, FL 52 Jeff Burdick RHP 5 11 215 R R Fr Fort Lauderdale, FL 41 Jeff Cardozo RHP 6 4 190 R R Jr Hobe Sound, FL 49 Kevin Coleman RHP 6 1 195 R R So Marietta, GA 15 Ron Colombo OF 5 5 165 L L Jr Orlando, FL 2 Aaron Davidson INF 5 10 175 R R Jr Atascadero, CA 25 Derek DeVaughan RHP 6 5 220 R R Sr Binger, OK 30 Jason Dill OF 6 2 210 L L Jr Punta Gorda, FL 13 Kevin Estrada INF 6 1 170 S R So El Sugundo, CA 9 Matt Goss OF 5 11 178 L L So Bartow, FL 21 Alex Hart RHP 6 6 215 R R So Marion, PA 37 Brian Haught OF 5 10 185 R R Sr Tampa, FL 31 Matt Heath C 6 1 195 S R So Fernandina Beach, FL 3 Tim Johnson OF 6 0 195 R R Jr Coventry, CT 5 Kurt Keene INF 6 0 190 R R Sr Chattanooga, TN 17 Mark Kiger y INF 5 11 185 R R So La Jolla, CA 40 David Klebonis INF 6 0 200 R R So Orlando, FL 42 Stuart McFarland LHP 6 5 210 L L Jr Arden Hills, MN 20 Craig Mosher LHP 6 1 195 L L Jr Richmond, BC 39 Keith Neubert C 5 10 167 R R Fr St. Petersburg, FL 8 Kyle Olson OF 6 1 190 L L Fr Crestview, FL 23 Tim Olson y INF 6 3 195 R R Jr Bismarck, ND 6 Pat Osborn INF 6 3 200 R R Fr Bakersfield, CA 32 Tom Potter LHP 6 1 180 L L Fr Naples, FL 47 Adam Prida LHP 5 8 160 S L Fr Tampa, FL 10 Ryan Raburn y OF 5 11 170 R R Fr Dover, FL 36 Jimmy Ramshaw y LHP 6 4 186 L L Jr Canberra, AUS 22 Eddie Rojas LHP 5 10 175 S L Jr Brooklyn, NY 55 Brian Rose C 6 2 210 R R Fr Miami, FL 43 Ryan Shealy y INF 6 5 233 R R So Fort Lauderdale, FL 11 Matt Siegel OF 5 10 175 L R Jr Tampa, FL 34 Joey Simon RHP 6 0 195 R R Fr Tampa, FL 46 Bobby Sindelar LHP 6 2 175 L L Fr Spring Hill, FL 28 Mike Smalley LHP 6 1 190 L L Jr Orlando, FL 14 Aaron Sobieraj INF 6 1 190 R R Fr Clearwater, FL 12 Tony Socarras C 6 0 200 L R Sr Miami, FL 33 Mike Somers LHP 6 5 220 R L Fr Lauderhill, FL 38 Nick Trefry C 5 10 190 R R Jr Jacksonville, FL 27 K.O. Wiegandt RHP 6 1 190 R R Jr Miami, FL 4 Spencer Williams OF 5 6 169 L R Jr Lansdale, PA 16 Taylor Wood INF 6 0 170 R R Jr Fernandina Beach, FL http://floridagators.com/roster.aspx?roster=254 Andy Lopez Mark Wasikowski Schedule background:#0021A5;color:white; 2000 Florida Gators baseball game log: 44–23–1 ! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Regular season: 38–20–1 |- valign="top" y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; January: 3–0 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | January 20 ||at 2000 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaiʻi||No. 24 |Rainbow StadiumHonolulu, HI |12–6 |Belflower (1–0) |Ho (0–1) |None |2,162 |1–0||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | January 21 ||at Hawaiʻi||No. 24 |Rainbow Stadium |10–1 |Smalley (1–0) |Snider (0–1) |None |2,251 |2–0||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | January 22 ||at Hawaiʻi||No. 24 |Rainbow Stadium |8–7 |McFarland (1–0) |Aloy (0–1) |Simon (1) |2,595 |3–0||– |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; February: 4–7 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 4 ||at No. 5 2000 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 24||Mark Light StadiumCoral Gables, FL||8–16||Howell (1–0)||Ramshaw (0–1)||None||3,633||3–1||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 5 ||at No. 5 Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 24||Mark Light Stadium||1–17||Roberson (1–0)||Smalley (1–1)||None||4,004||3–2||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 9 ||2000 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||11-13||Shippee (1–0)||Simon (0–1)||Bell (1)||1,828||3–3||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 12 ||No. 5 Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||4–3||Simon (1–1)||DeBold (1–1)||None||3,012||4–3 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 13 ||No. 5 Miami (FL)Rivalry||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||20-11||Ramshaw (1–1)||Walker (0–1)||None||3,513||5–3 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 19 ||No. 1 Florida StateRivalry||No. 20|| McKethan Stadium ||2–6||McDonald (3–0)||Hart (0–1)||None||5,613||5–4 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 20 ||No. 1 Florida StateRivalry||No. 20|| McKethan Stadium ||8–17||Ziegler (3–0)||Mosher (0–1)||None||4,809||5–5 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 22 ||2000 Florida A&M Rattlers Florida A&M||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||10–3||Smalley (2–1)||Barton (1–2)||None||1,188||6–5||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 26 ||at No. 1 Florida StateRivalry||No. 27||Dick Howser StadiumTallahassee, FL||2–6||McDonald (4–0)||Belflower (1–1)||None||5,039||6–6||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | February 27 ||at No. 1 Florida StateRivalry||No. 27||Dick Howser Stadium||7–8||Jernigan (1–0)||Simon (1–2)||None||2,011||6–7||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | February 29 ||2000 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro|||| McKethan Stadium ||9–2||Smalley (3–1)||Phalines (1–1)||None||1,503||7–7||– |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; March: 13–7 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 1 ||UNC Greensboro|||| McKethan Stadium ||4–12||Gordon (1–0)||Sobieraj (0–1)||None||781||7–8||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 3 ||2000 UMass Minutemen Massachusetts|||| McKethan Stadium ||11–9||Belflower (2–1)||Skirkanich (0–1)||Birch (1)||1,522||8–8 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 4 ||Massachusetts|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–1||Cardozo (1–0)||Santos (0–1)||None||1,252||9–8 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 5 ||Massachusetts|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–5||Birch (1–0)||Szado (0–1)||None||1,457||10–8 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 7 ||2000 Louisville Cardinals Louisville|||| McKethan Stadium ||7–11||Mattingly (2–3)||Mosher (0–2)||None||1,143||10–9||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 8 ||Louisville|||| McKethan Stadium ||13–1210||Sobieraj (1–1)||Green (0–3)||None||847||11–9||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 10 ||2000 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss|||| McKethan Stadium ||5–11||McAvoy (4–1)||Smalley (3–2)||Goodwin (2)||1,072||11–10||0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 11 ||Ole Miss|||| McKethan Stadium ||12–15||Morris (1–0)||Belflower (2–2)||Huisman (4)||1,643||11–11||0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 12 ||Ole Miss|||| McKethan Stadium ||13–3||Cardozo (2–0)||Cramblitt (3–2)||Birch (2)||1,360||12–11 |1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 14 ||2000 Fordham Rams Fordham|||| McKethan Stadium ||6–4||Simon (2–2)||Kelly (0–1)||Mosher (1)||1,172||13–11 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 15 ||Fordham|||| McKethan Stadium ||25–1||Belflower (3–2)||Reyes (0–3)||None||1,181||14–11 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 17 ||at No. 5 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina||||Sarge Frye FieldColumbia, SC||2–5||Bouknight (7–0)||Smalley (3–3)||Barber (5)||4,128||14–12||1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 18 ||at No. 5 South Carolina||||Sarge Frye Field||3–7||Bauer (4–0)||Cardozo (2–1)||None||3,387||14–13||1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 19 ||at No. 5 South Carolina||||Sarge Frye Field||17–8||Birch (2–0)||Collins (1–1)||None||3,848||15–13||2–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 24 ||at 2000 Arkansas Razorbacks Arkansas||||Baum StadiumFayetteville, AR||8–711||Birch (3–0)||McCrotty (0–4)||None||2,472||16–13||3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 25 ||at Arkansas||||Baum Stadium||8–710||Simon (3–2)||Merryman (0–1)||None||2,447||17–13||4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 26 ||at Arkansas||||Baum Stadium||7–4||Rojas (1–0)||Riethmaier (0–4)||None||1,493||18–13||5–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 28 ||2000 Samford Bulldogs Samford|||| McKethan Stadium ||16–8||Simon (4–2)||Anderson (2–4)||None||1,370||19–13||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | March 29 ||Samford|||| McKethan Stadium ||9–6||Birch (4–0)||–||–||–||20–13||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | March 31 ||2000 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt|||| McKethan Stadium ||4–7||Yee (4–2)||Smalley (3–4)||Beal (2)||1,586||20–14||5–5 |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; April: 13–4–1 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 1 ||Vanderbilt|||| McKethan Stadium ||5–2||Cardozo (3–1)||Cook (1–3)||None||1,322||21–14||6–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 2 ||Vanderbilt|||| McKethan Stadium ||10–6||Simon (5–2)||Beal (2–5)||Belflower (1)||1,298||22–14 |7–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 4 ||2000 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats Bethune–Cookman|||| McKethan Stadium ||15–3||Rojas (2–0)||Marrero (1–4)||None||810||23–14 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 5 ||Bethune–Cookman|||| McKethan Stadium ||10–3||Simon (6–2)||Martin (2–3)||None||860||24–14 |– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 7 ||at 2000 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky||||Cliff Hagan StadiumLexington, KY||7–2||Belflower (4–2)||Webb (5–1)||None||891||25–14 |8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 8 ||at Kentucky||||Cliff Hagan Stadium||18–0||Cardozo (4–1)||Michael (4–1)||Rojas (1)||315||26–14 |9–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="F0E8E8" | April 9 ||at Kentucky||||Cliff Hagan Stadium||6–6||None||None||None||559||26–14–1||9–5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 12 ||No. 25 2000 Stetson Hatters Stetson||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||10–3||Birch (5–0)||Wilson (3–1)||None||1,218||27–14–1||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 15 (1) ||No. 7 LSU||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||4–10||Gomez (6–0)||Smalley (3–5)||McMurray (1)||–||27–15–1||9–6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 15 (2) ||No. 7 LSU||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||6–9||Tallet (8–2)||Cardozo (4–2)||None||2,327||27–16–1||9–7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 16 ||No. 7 LSU||No. 29|| McKethan Stadium ||7–5||Simon (7–2)||Hodges (2–2)||None||1,629||28–16–1||10–7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 19 ||at Jacksonville||||Wolfson ParkJacksonville, FL||9–1||Rojas (3–0)||Williams (2–3)||None||3,419||29–16–1||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 21 ||at 2000 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee||||Lindsey Nelson StadiumKnoxville, TN||4–5||Bennett (8–2)||Smalley (3–6)||None||918||29–17–1||10–8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 22 ||at Tennessee||||Lindsey Nelson Stadium||8–5||Rojas (4–0)||Bertolino (4–3)||None||1,490||30–17–1||11–8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 23 ||at Tennessee||||Lindsey Nelson Stadium||10–9||–||–||–||–||31–17–1||12–8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 28 ||No. 12 2000 Auburn Tigers Auburn||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||5–3||Smalley (4–6)||Bean (8–2)||None||1,774||32–17–1||13–8–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | April 29 ||No. 12 Auburn||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||8–1110||–||–||–||–||32–18–1||13–9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | April 30 ||No. 12 Auburn||No. 27|| McKethan Stadium ||7–6||Belflower (5–3)||Bean (8–3)||None||2,612||33–18–1||14–9–1 |- y background:#FFF;color:#0021A5; May: 5–2 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 5 ||at No. 7 2000 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State||No. 22||Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS |2–20||Donovan (5–3)||Smalley (4–7)||None||6,524||33–19–1||14–10–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 6 ||at No. 7 Mississippi State||No. 22||Dudy Noble Field||9–611||Belflower (6–3)||Larson (3–3)||None||7,285||34–19–1||15–10–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 7 ||at No. 7 Mississippi State||No. 22||Dudy Noble Field||7–12||Freed (8–0)||Mosher (0–3)||Wooten (1)||4,779||34-20–1||15–11–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 9 ||2000 South Florida Bulls South Florida||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||10–5||Rojas (5–0)||Hubbard (0–2)||Birch (3)||1,374||35–20–1||– |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 12 ||2000 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||9–1||Smalley (5–7)||Clark (7–4)||None||2,143||36–20–1||16–11–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 13 ||Georgia||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||7–6||Cardozo (5–2)||Steele (6–4)||Belflower (3)||3,217||37–20–1||17–11–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 14 ||Georgia||No. 24|| McKethan Stadium ||7–4||Simon (8–2)||Sharpton (3–4)||Belflower (4)||1,754||38–20–1|| 18–11–1 |- |- ! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Postseason: 6–3 |- y background:#FFF SEC Tournament: 3–1 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 17 ||vs. (5) No. 17 Auburn||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL||7–2||Smalley (6–7)||Speigner (2–3)||None||–||39–20–1||1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 18 ||vs. (8) Kentucky||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium||8–7||Simon (9–2)||Wade (7–7)||Belflower (5)||9,252||40–20–1||2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 20 ||vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium||12–4||Rojas (6–0)||Whetstone (0–2)||Wiegandt (1)||3,224||41–20–1||3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 21 ||vs. (2) No. 10 LSU||(4) No. 21||Metropolitan Stadium||6–9||Gomez (9–1)||McFarland (1–1)||Tallet (1)||5,103||41–21–1||3–1 |- y background:#FFF NCAA tournament: Waco Regional: 3–2 Date Opponent Rank StadiumSite Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 26 ||vs. (3) 2000 San Jose State Spartans San José State||(2) No. 18||Baylor BallparkWaco, TX||1–4||Key (12–2)||Smalley (6–8)||None||2,805||41–22–1||0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 27 (1) ||at (1) No. 5 2000 Baylor Bears Baylor||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark||10–1||Cardozo (6–2)||Evans (11–2)||None||3,316||42–22–1||1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 27 (2) || (4) vs. 2000 Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark||14–0||Simon (10–2)||Casanova (3–4)||None||3,168||43–22–1||2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" | May 28 ||vs. (3) San José State||(2) No. 18||Baylor Ballpark||8–7||Belflower (7–3)||Key (12–3)||None||2,847||44–22–1||3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffdddd" | May 29 ||vs. (3) No. 15 San José State||(2) No. 16||Baylor Ballpark||1–3||Sandler (2–2)||Smalley (6–9)||None||2,645||44–23–1||3–2 |- Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. 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