2026 South Florida Bulls baseball team

Record28–16 (7–11 American)

Headcoach

Mitch Hannahs (2nd season)

Assistant coaches

Blake Kangas (2nd season)
Bryan Peters (2nd season)
Jordan Schaffer (2nd season)

2026 South Florida Bulls baseball

Conference	American Conference (NCAA)
Record	28–16 (7–11 American)
Head coach	Mitch Hannahs (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Blake Kangas (2nd season) Bryan Peters (2nd season) Jordan Schaffer (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Daniel Schlereth (2nd season)
Home stadium	USF Baseball Stadium
Seasons ← 2025 2027 →

2026 American Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
UTSA ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0	.667	29	–	14	–	0	.674
East Carolina ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0	.667	28	–	16	–	1	.633
UAB ‍‍‍	12	–	6	–	0	.667	28	–	16	–	0	.636
Wichita State ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0	.556	26	–	19	–	0	.578
Memphis ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	16	–	26	–	0	.381
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	21	–	22	–	0	.488
Tulane ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	22	–	23	–	0	.489
Rice ‍‍‍	8	–	10	–	0	.444	25	–	19	–	0	.568
South Florida ‍‍‍	7	–	11	–	0	.389	28	–	15	–	0	.651
Charlotte ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0	.278	20	–	23	–	0	.465

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 27, 2026^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 South Florida Bulls baseball team represents University of South Florida Bulls during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulls play their home games at USF Baseball Stadium as a member of the American Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Mitch Hannahs.

The Bulls are coming off a 31–25 (16–11) season, where they qualified for and won the 2025 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament as the third-overall seed, where they went 2–2.

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on December 30, 2025. South Florida was selected to win the conference.^[2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	East Carolina	75 (4)
2	UTSA	70 (4)
3	Charlotte	62
4	Tulane	57
5	South Florida	54
6	Florida Atlantic	45
7	Rice	45
8	Wichita State	24
9	Memphis	19
10	UAB	16

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
C	20	Lance Trippel	Senior
1B	9	Eli Thomas	Freshman
2B	3	Bradke Lohry	Senior
3B	10	Jack Lutz	Freshman
SS	1	Jevin Relaford	Senior
LF	18	Jake Kulikowski	Junior
CF	27	Ryan Pruitt	Senior
RF	6	Jacob Green	Senior
DH	26	Nathan Earley	Senior

Weekend pitching rotation
Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday	19	Michael Senay	Freshman
Saturday	44	Edwin Alicea	Junior
Sunday	32	Landen Yorek	Senior

Roster

2026 South Florida Bulls baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
1	INF	Jevin Relaford	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Jacksonville, FL
2	INF	Matt Rose	R/R	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Clearwater, FL
3	INF	Bradke Lohry	R/R	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Trinity, FL
4	RHP	Kaden Smith	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Ocala, FL
5	INF	Rafael Betancourt	S/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Delton, FL
6	OF	Jacob Green	L/L	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	St. Petersburg, FL
8	OF	Gabe Graulau	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Jupiter, FL
9	INF	Eli Thomas	L/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Plant City, FL
10	INF	Jack Lutz	L/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Fr	Greenfield, WI
12	C	Jackson Geiger	L/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Naples, FL
13	LHP	Easton Storey	L/L	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Brighton, MI
14	INF	Carter Murphy	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Terre Haute, IN
15	OF	Jackson Mirza	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Fr	Tampa, FL
16	INF	Easton Beach	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Polk City, FL
17	INF	Joey Brenczewski	S/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	Fishers, IN
18	OF	Jake Kulikowski	L/L	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Trinity, FL
19	RHP	Michael Senay	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Orlando, FL
20	C	Lance Trippel	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Sarasota, FL
21	C	Carson Cabbage	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Huntersville, NC
22	RHP	Ethan Sutton	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS So	Acworth, GA
24	UTL	Victor Cartagena	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Guayama, PR
25	OF	Dawson Mock	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Mayo, FL
26	INF	Nathan Earley	L/L	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, OH
27	OF	Ryan Pruitt	L/L	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Trophy Club, TX
28	OF	Brock Silvers	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Middleton, ID
29	RHP	Will Allen	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Warner Robins, GA
30	RHP	Brisen Tweedy	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Plant City, FL
31	LHP	Nakni Anna	L/L	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Calera, OK
32	RHP	Landen Yorek	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Spring, TX
33	C	Santiago Carriles	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Miami, FL
34	RHP	Jorge DeCardenas	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
35	RHP	Lawson Gailey	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Lavonia, GA
37	LHP	Dominic Pontbriant	L/L	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Norwich, CT
38	RHP	Carter Krawchuk	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	St. Catharines, ON
39	RHP	Nolan Bernard	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Walden, TN
40	LHP	Christian Brown	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Center Grove, IN
42	INF	Juan Correa	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Weston, FL
43	RHP	Jonah Sarabia	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Columbia, MO
44	LHP	Edwin Alicea	L/L	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Miami, FL
45	RHP	James Hill	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Trinity, FL
50	RHP	Landon O'Donnell	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Bradenton, FL

Head coach

Link Jarrett

Assistant coach(es)

Ty Megahee
Brad Vanderglas
Drew Linder
Micah Posey

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 3, 2026

Game log

2026 South Florida Bulls baseball game log (28–16)

Regular Season (28–16)

February (9–2)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	AAC	Source
February 13	ESPN+	Illinois*		Red McEwen Field Tampa, FL	W 9–4	Bernard (1–0)	Plumley (0–1)	Pointbriant (1)	1,075	1–0	—	Report
February 14	ESPN+	Illinois*		Red McEwen Field	L 2–4¹⁰	Remington (1–0)	Anna (0–1)	None	734	1–1	—	Report
February 15	ESPN+	Illinois*		Red McEwen Field	W 11–10	Yorek (1–0)	Gannon (0–1)	O'Donnell (1)	802	2–1	—	Report
February 17	ESPN+	North Dakota State*		Red McEwen Field	W 9–5	DeCardenas (1–0)	Totten (0–1)	None	477	3–1	—	Report
February 18	ESPN+	North Dakota State*		Red McEwen Field	W 3–1	Bernard (2–0)	Shupe (0–1)	O'Donnell (1)	451	4–1	—	Report
February 20	ESPN+	Georgia Southern*		Red McEwen Field	W 9–7	Alicea (1–0)	Pendley (0–1)	Sutton (1)	405	5–1	—	Report
February 21	ESPN+	Georgia Southern*		Red McEwen Field	W 29–4⁷	Senay (1–0)	Garrett (0–1)	None	577	6–1	—	Report
February 22	ESPN+	Georgia Southern*		Red McEwen Field	W 4–3	O'Donnell (1–0)	Robbins (0–1)	None	331	7–1	—	Report
February 24	YouTube	at Bethune–Cookman*		Jackie Robinson Ballpark Daytona Beach, FL	L 3–4	Rincones (2–0)	Sutton (0–1)	Morales (1)	67	7–2	—	Report
War on I-4
February 27	B12N+	at UCF*		John Euliano Park Orlando, FL	W 9–2	Alicea (2–0)	Smith (1–1)	None	2,122	8–2	—	Report
February 28	B12N+	at UCF*		John Euliano Park	W 2–1¹⁰	Sutton (1–1)	Jones (1–1)	O'Donnell (3)	2,390	9–2	—	Report

March (13–5)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	AAC	Source
War on I-4
March 1	B12N+	at UCF*		John Euliano Park	L 1–2	Gray (1–0)	Smith (0–1)	None	2,254	9–3	—	Report

March 3	ESPN+	Stetson*		Red McEwen Field	W 12–4	Pontbriant (2–0)	Core (0–1)	None	637	10–3	—	Report
March 6	ESPN+	Southern*		Red McEwen Field	W 6–1	Alicea (3–0)	Specer (1–2)	Sutton (2)	488	11–3	—	Report
March 7	ESPN+	Southern*		Red McEwen Field	W 15–1⁷	Senay (2–0)	Thornton (0–2)	None	537	12–3	—	Report
March 8	ESPN+	Southern*		Red McEwen Field	W 9–2	Smith (1–1)	Eneix (0–2)	None	606	13–3	—	Report
March 9	ESPN+	at Jacksonville*		John Sessions Stadium Jacksonville, FL	W 6–1	DeCardenas (2–0)	Dicks (1–1)	None	266	14–3	—	Report
March 13	ESPN+	Columbia*		Red McEwen Field	W 6–3	Alicea (4–0)	Sotiropoulos (1–1)	None	521	15–3	—	Report
March 14	ESPN+	Columbia*		Red McEwen Field	W 2–0	Senay (3–0)	Lopez (0–2)	Sutton (3)	575	16–3	—	Report
March 15	ESPN+	Columbia*		Red McEwen Field	W 10–6	O'Donnell (2–0)	Hicks (0–1)	None	738	17–3	—	Report
March 17	ESPN+	Jacksonville*		Red McEwen Field	W 13–3⁷	Smith (2–1)	Dicks (1–2)	None	425	18–3	—	Report
March 20	ESPN+	Rice		Red McEwen Field	L 4–5	Wiggins (1–0)	Alicea (4–1)	Atchley (2)	675	18–4	0–1	Report
March 21	ESPN+	Rice		Red McEwen Field	W 2–0	Senay (4–0)	Urbancyzk (1–2)	Sutton (4)	568	19–4	1–1	Report
March 22	ESPN+	Rice		Red McEwen Field	W 7–2	Smith (3–1)	Sanders (1–3)	None	534	20–4	2–1	Report
March 24	ESPN+	at Florida Gulf Coast*		Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL	W 7–3	Sarabia (1–0)	Baisley (0–2)	Sutton (5)	899	21–4	—	Report
March 27	ESPN+	at Charlotte		Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC	L 2–11	Copper (3–1)	Alicea (4–2)	Taylor (2)	651	21–5	2–2	Report
March 28	ESPN+	at Charlotte		Hayes Stadium	W 9–5	Senay (5–0)	Munn (3–1)	Sutton (6)	809	22–5	3–2	Report
March 29	ESPN+	at Charlotte		Hayes Stadium	L 3–10	Stanton (1–0)	Bernard (2–1)	None	742	22–6	3–3	Report
March 31	ESPN+	Bethune–Cookman*		Red McEwen Field	L 5–6	Anselmo (1–1)	Allen (0–1)	Torres (2)	528	22–7	—	Report

April (6–9)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	AAC	Source
April 2	ESPN+	Memphis		Red McEwen Field	W 10–1	Alicea (5–2)	Garner (0–4)	None	294	23–7	4–3	Report
April 3	ESPN+	Memphis		Red McEwen Field	L 4–7	Howell (3–4)	Yorek (1–1)	Fair (6)	979	23–8	4–4
April 4	ESPN+	Memphis		Red McEwen Field	W 5–0	Senay (6–0)	Case (2–6)	None	615	24–8	5–4
April 7	ESPN+	Florida Gulf Coast*		Red McEwen Field	Canceled (inclement weather)
April 10	ESPN+	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field San Antonio, TX	L 3–11	Kelley (2–1)	Alicia (5–3)	None	810	24–9	5–5
April 11 (DH 1)	ESPN+	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field	L 3–7	Myles (5–1)	Senay (6–1)	None	847	24–10	5–6
April 11 (DH 2)	ESPN+	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field	W 7–1	Smith (4–1)	Gutierrez (1–1)	Sutton (7)	892	25–10	6–6
April 15	ACCNX	at Miami (FL)*		Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL	W 4–2	Pontbriant (2–0)	Coats (5–2)	Sutton (8)	3,446	26–10	—	Report
April 17	ESPN+	UAB		Red McEwen Field	L 4–8	Ingram (2–3)	Alicea (5–4)	None	1,020	26–11	6–7	Report
April 18	ESPN+	UAB		Red McEwen Field	L 6–12	Samuelson (4–2)	Senay (6–2)	Miller (3)	510	26–12	6–8	Report
April 19	ESPN+	UAB		Red McEwen Field	W 1–0	Sutton (2–1)	Warrick (1–1)	None	599	27–12	7–8	Report
April 21	ESPN+	at Stetson*		Melching Field DeLand, FL	W 6–5	Pontbriant (3–0)	Walker (0–2)	Sutton (9)	1,222	28–12	—	Report
April 24	ESPN+	at East Carolina		Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	L 1–11⁷	Towers (4–3)	Senay (6–3)	None	4,249	28–13	7–9
April 25 (DH 1)	ESPN+	at East Carolina		Clark–LeClair Stadium	L 4–12	Norby (5–1)	Smith (4–2)	None		28–14	7–10
April 25 (DH 2)	ESPN+	at East Carolina		Clark–LeClair Stadium	L 2–12⁸	Webb (6–3)	Sutton (2–2)	None	4,497	28–15	7–11
April 29	ACCNX	at No. 14 Florida State*		Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 1–9	Whited (3–2)	Allen (0–2)	None	4,630	28–16

May (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC	Source
May 1	ESPN+	Florida Atlantic		Red McEwen Field
May 2	ESPN+	Florida Atlantic		Red McEwen Field
May 3	ESPN+	Florida Atlantic		Red McEwen Field
May 5	ESPN+	at North Florida*		Dusty Rhoades Field Jacksonville, FL							—

Postseason (0–0)

ACC tournament (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACCT Record	Source
May 19–24	TBD	vs. TBD		Truist Field Charlotte, NC

NCAA tournament (0–0)
Date	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	NCAAT Record	Source

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = South Florida team member * Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[3]

v t e South Florida Bulls baseball
Venues	Al Lopez Field (1966) Cuscaden Field (1966) Red McEwen Field (1967–2010) USF Baseball Stadium (2011–present)
Rivalries	UCF
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

2026 South Florida Bulls baseball team

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Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[4]	—	—*	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—
Baseball America^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[6]	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
D1Baseball^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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