1986 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 1986 Florida State Seminoles baseball 150 Metro Conference (1975–1995) Metro 61–13 15–3 Mike Martin 7th Rod Delmonico 3rd Chip Baker 2nd Mike McLeod 5th Steve Winterling 1st Seminole Stadium Metro Conference ChampionsMetro Tournament championsSouth II Regional champions College World Series, Runner-Up The 1986 Florida State Seminole baseball team represented Florida State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Seminole Stadium. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his 7th season at Florida State. The Seminoles lost the College World Series, defeated by the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game. Roster 1986 Florida State Seminoles roster Pitchers 32 Al Ashmont - Sophomore 42 Chip Drobnie - Freshman 13 Chris Dunn - Junior 39 Danny Harrell - Junior 17 Steve Kovensky - Junior 6 Michael Lee - Sophomore 4 Richie Lewis - Sophomore 25 Doug Little - Senior 44 Mike Loynd - Junior 29 Chris Pollack - Junior 30 Ed Porcelli - Junior 31 Paul Thomas - Sophomore Infielders 1 Luis Alicea - Junior 12 Bien Figueroa - Senior 7 Chad McClellan - Freshman 19 Jose Marzan - Junior 26 Tommy Zoeller - Senior Catchers 24 Barry Blackwell - Sophomore 14 Mike Freeman - Freshman 43 Ed Fulton - Sophomore 10 Craig Saxner - Senior Outfielders 20 Greg Claybourne - Junior 18 Keith Kidd - Junior 9 Eric Mangham - Junior 2 Deion Sanders - Freshman 45 Steve Taddeo - Junior 15 Paul Sorrento - Junior Coaches 11 Mike Martin - 7th Season 8 Rod Delmonico - 3rd Season 3 Chip Baker - 2nd Season 33 Mike McLeod - 5th Season 47 Steve Winterling - 1st Season  Schedule Florida State Seminoles 2 white 1986 Florida State Seminoles baseball game log ! style="Florida State Seminoles 2 white" | Regular season |- valign="top" y Florida State Seminoles; February (11–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 12 || 1986 Grambling State Tigers Grambling State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 10–1 || Loynd (1–0) || Foley (0–1) || 1,075 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 13 || Grambling State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 20–6 || Kovensky (1–0) || Shaw (0–1) || 895 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | February 14 || Grambling State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 1–3 || Williams (1–0) || Pollack (0–1) || 675 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 15 || 1986 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–6 || Kovensky (2–0) || Guin (0–1) || 2,513 || 3–1 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 15 || Southern Miss || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 2–0 || Lewis (1–0) || Lindsey (0–1) || 2,513 || 4–1 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 16 || Southern Miss || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 14–6 || Loynd (2–0) || Wagner (0–1) || 2,103 || 5–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 18 || 1986 Samford Bulldogs Samford || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 9–6 || Pollack (1–1) || Sims (0–1) || 845 || 6–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 19 || Samford || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 9–1 || Little (1–0) || Wood (0–1) || 991 || 7–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 22 || 1986 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 6–4 || Lewis (2–0) || Brown (0–1) || 3,129 || 8–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 23 || Georgia Tech || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 9–4 || Loynd (3–0) || Kinard (0–1) || 2,513 || 9–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 25 || at 1986 Florida Gators Florida || Perry Field • Gainesville, FL || 10–6 || Little (2–0) || Gedamski (0–2) || 1,703 || 10–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 26 || at Florida || Perry Field • Gainesville, FL || 10–7 || Lewis (3–0) || Sebree (1–1) || 1,550 || 11–1 || 3–0 |- y Florida State Seminoles; March (22–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 1 || 1986 South Florida Bulls South Florida || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 9–3 || Kovensky (3–0) || Alexander (2–1) || 3,117 || 12–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 2 || South Florida || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 8–7 || Kovensky (4–0) || Rose (3–1) || 2,965 || 13–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 4 || at South Florida || Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL || 9–8 || Lewis (4–0) || Fagnano (2–1) || 1,344 || 14–1 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 5 || at South Florida || Red McEwen Field • Tampa, FL || 3–6 || Eiland (1–1) || Loynd (3–1) || 1,102 || 14–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 8 || 1986 FIU Panthers FIU || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 9–3 || Little (3–0) || Ellis (1–2) || 2,213 || 15–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 9 || FIU || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 12–10 || Lee (1–0) || Cook (1–1) || 1,903 || 16–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 10 || Samford || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 19–2 || Loynd (4–1) || Silas (0–3) || 913 || 17–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 11 || Samford || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 15–5 || Pollack (2–1) || Wood (0–2) || 1,031 || 18–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 12 || 1986 Richmond Spiders Richmond || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 12–4 || Porcelli (1–0) || Walker (0–1) || 1,720 || 19–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 13 || Richmond || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 14–4 || Little (4–0) || Richardson (1–2) || 712 || 20–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 14 || Richmond || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 16–1 || Lewis (5–0) || Lowe (0–2) || 1,685 || 21–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 15 || Richmond || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 13–3 || Loynd (5–1) || Walker (1–1) || 2,037 || 22–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 17 || 1986 Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–0 || Pollack (3–1) || Schuster (0–1) || 1,877 || 23–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 18 || Pittsburgh || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 10–2 || Little (5–0) || Gavran (0–1) || 1,811 || 24–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 19 || Pittsburgh || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 22–1 || Lewis (6–0) || Craska (1–1) || 1,471 || 25–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 20 || Pittsburgh || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 17–1 || Loynd (6–1) || Shannon (0–2) || 195 || 26–2 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 22 || at Southern Miss || Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS || 10–2 || Lindsey (3–3) || Little (5–1) || 820 || 26–3 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 22 || at Southern Miss || Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS || 2–0 || Pollack (4–1) || Willis (2–5) || 820 || 27–3 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 23 || at Southern Miss || Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS|| 13–9 || Porcelli (2–0) || Pourciau (0–2) || 937 || 28–3 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 24 || at 1986 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama || Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL || 5–12 || Fuller (2–1) || Lewis (6–1) || 2,369 || 28–4 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 25 || at South Alabama || Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL || 13–4 || Loynd (7–1) || Rub (4–2) || 912 || 29–4 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 26 || South Alabama || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 14–4 || Little (6–1) || Penry (2–2) || 2,298 || 30–4 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 27 || South Alabama || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 13–9 || Lee (2–0) || Wilson (2–2) || 2,612 || 31–4 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 29 || at 1986 Memphis Tigers Memphis State || Nat Buring Stadium • Memphis, TN || 7–3 || Loynd (8–1) || Gallo (3–3) || 515 || 32–4 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 29 || at Memphis State || Nat Buring Stadium • Memphis, TN || 6–1 || Lewis (7–1) || Covington (3–1) || 515 || 33–4 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 30 || at Memphis State || Nat Buring Stadium • Memphis, TN || 2–7 || Newcomb (4–1) || Little (6–2) || 317 || 33–5 || 7–2 |- y Florida State Seminoles; April (15–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 1 || 1986 UCF Knights UCF || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 15–12 || Pollack (5–1) || Novak (7–3) || 2,487 || 34–5 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 2 || UCF || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 8–3 || Loynd (9–1) || Manion (6–4) || 1,379 || 35–5 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 3 || 1986 Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 9–2 || Lewis (8–1) || Stanford (5–4) || 2,187 || 36–5 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 4 || Jacksonville || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 11–10 || Miller (5–1) || Little (6–3) || 2,408 || 36–6 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 5 || 1986 Tulane Green Wave Tulane || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–5 || Pollack (6–1) || Herry (0–1) || 2,612 || 37–6 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 6 || Tulane || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 4–2 || Little (10–1) || Borgatti (7–1) || 2,103 || 38–6 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 8 || at Jacksonville || Unknown • Jacksonville, FL || 20–3 || Lewis (9–1) || Stanford (5–5) || 1,003 || 39–6 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 9 || at Jacksonville || Unknown • Jacksonville, FL || 11–10 || DiRienzio (3–0) || Pollack (6–2) || 230 || 39–7 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 11 || Miami (FL) || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 6–1 || Loynd (11–1) || Ryan (1–1) || 6,145 || 40–7 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 12 || Miami (FL) || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 3–4 || Raether (5–1) || Lewis (9–2) || 4,893 || 40–8 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 13 || Miami (FL) || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 8–3 || Pollack (7–2) || Meizoso (4–3) || 5,113 || 41–8 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 15 || Florida || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–6 || Little (7–3) || Johnson (2–1) || 4,530 || 42–8 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 16 || Florida || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 8–0 || Loynd (12–1) || Goodrich (2–2) || 3,322 || 43–8 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 19 || Memphis State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 6–0 || Pollack (8–2) || Newcomb (5–2) || 3,113 || 44–8 || 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 19 || Memphis State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 6–5 || Lewis (10–2) || Byrd (4–1) || 3,113 || 45–8 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 20 || Memphis State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–1 || Loynd (13–1) || Covington (4–2) || 2,127 || 46–8 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 26 || at UCF || Unknown • Orlando, FL || 3–1 || Loynd (14–1) || Manion (8–5) || 4,206 || 47–8 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 29 || at FIU || Unknown • Miami, FL || 12–0 || Little (8–3) || Cook (8–2) || 1,090 || 48–8 || 10–2 |- y Florida State Seminoles; May (2–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 2 || at Miami (FL) || Mark Light Field • Miami, FL || 10–11 || Raether (6–1) || Kovensky (4–1) || 6,387 || 48–9 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 3 || at Miami (FL) || Mark Light Field • Miami, FL || 14–6 || Loynd (15–1) || Meizoso (6–4) || 6,566 || 49–9 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 4 || at Miami (FL) || Mark Light Field • Miami, FL || 5–7 || Davies (9–0) || Pollack (8–3) || 3,858 || 49–10 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 19 || LSU || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 6–4 || Porcelli (3–0) || Manuel (9–2) || 4,364 || 54–11 || 10–2 |- |- ! style="Florida State Seminoles 2 white" | Postseason |- y Florida State Seminoles 2; Metro Conference Tournament (3–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 9 || 1986 Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 10–3 || Loynd (16–1) || Sala (3–7) || 3,751 || 50–10 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 10 || 1986 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 5–8 || Menhart (7–0) || Little (8–4) || 7,597 || 50–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 10 || Memphis State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–3 || Pollack (9–3) || Walker (2–1) || 7,597 || 51–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 11 || South Carolina || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 3–0 || Loynd (17–1) || Reed (5–3) || 4,811 || 52–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 12 || South Carolina || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 7–2 || Lewis (11–2) || Boley (5–3) || 4,811 || 53–11 || 10–2 |- y Florida State Seminoles 2; South II Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 22 || 1986 NC State Wolfpack NC State || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 10–3 || Loynd (18–1) || Grossman (17–4) || 3,709 || 55–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 23 || 1986 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 12–9 || Lewis (12–2) || Fry (11–5) || 3,907 || 56–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 24 || South Florida || Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL || 11–7 || Loynd (19–1) || Daughtery (7–1) || 5,160 || 57–11 || 10–2 |- y Florida State Seminoles 2; 1986 College World Series (4–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Metro record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 31 || vs 1986 Indiana State Sycamores Indiana State || Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE || 5–3 || Loynd (20–1) || Quinzer (13–3) || 14,718 || 58–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 3 || vs Miami (FL) || Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE || 7–2 || Lewis (13–2) || Davies (9–2) || 12,304 || 59–11 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | June 6 || vs Arizona || Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE || 5–9 || Heredia (16–3) || Loynd (20–2) || 14,343 || 59–12 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 7 || vs Oklahoma State || Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE || 6–5 || Lewis (14–2) || Lienhard (2–1) || 12,000 || 60–12 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | June 8 || vs Miami (FL) || Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE || 4–3 || Little (9–4) || Davies (9–3) || 11,580 || 61–12 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | June 9 || vs Arizona || Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE || 10–2 || Alexander (8–2) || Loynd (20–3) || 12,659 || 61–13 || 10–2 |- Awards and honors Mike Loynd Golden Spikes Award1987 Florida State Baseball Media Guide https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A503835#page/Page+26/mode/2up Florida State University www.fsu.digital.flvc.org April 6, 2019 ABCA 1st Team All-American Baseball America 1st Team All-American South II Regional All-Tournament Team Baseball America Pitcher of the Year All-Metro Tournament Team Metro Tournament MVP All-Metro Conference Team Luis Alicea Baseball America 1st Team All-American ABCA 2nd Team All-American Sporting News All-American All-Tournament Team South II Regional All-Tournament Team South II Regional Tournament MVP All-Metro Tournament Team All-Metro Conference Team Richie Lewis Baseball America 1st Team All-American All-Tournament TeamCollege World Series Record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_cws_RB/2012/1-CWSGeneral.pdf NCAA.org April 6, 2019 South II Regional All-Tournament Team All-Metro Conference Team Paul Sorrento Baseball America 2nd Team All-American All-Tournament Team South II Regional All-Tournament Team All-Metro Tournament Team All-Metro Conference Team Jose Marzan All-Metro Conference Team Bien Figueroa All-Tournament Team Seminoles in the 1986 MLB draft The following members of the Florida State Seminoles baseball program were drafted in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Florida State University https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?came_from=florida+state+university+tal&query_type=came_from&from_type_jc=0&from_type_hs=0&from_type_4y=0&from_type_unk=0 Baseball-Reference April 6, 2019 Round Pick Player Position MLB Club123Luis Alicea2BSt. Louis Cardinals4103Paul SorrentoOFCalifornia Angels5130Bien FigueroaSSSt. Louis Cardinals7163Mike LoyndPTexas Rangers10257Doug LittlePChicago White Sox17438Eric ManghamOFLos Angeles Dodgers References Category:Florida State Seminoles baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons Florida State Seminoles Florida State Florida State