# 2025 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team

The 2025 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats play their home games at UC Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Jordan Bischel in his second season at Cincinnati.

## Previous season

In 2024, the Bearcats finished 5th in the Big 12 with a record of 32-25, 17-13 in conference play. As the 5th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would lose to 8th seed UCF in 11 innings, but would win against 3rd seed Texas, but would lose to 10th seed Texas Tech, but would not get accepted to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

## Preseason
### 2024 MLB Draft
#### Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll

The Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll was released on January 23, 2025. Cincinnati was voted to finish tenth in the Big 12.
Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 163 (9) |
| 2 | Arizona | 152 (4) |
| 3 | TCU | 149 (1) |
| 4 | West Virginia | 115 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 111 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 96 |
| 7 | UCF | 93 |
| 8 | Kansas State | 88 |
| 9 | Kansas | 85 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 73 |
| 11 | Houston | 45 |
| 12 | Utah | 44 |
| 13 | Baylor | 39 |
| 14 | BYU | 21 |

### Awards and honors
#### Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

Big 12 Preseason All-Big 12 :
| Player | Position |
| Kerrington Cross | INF |
| Christian Mitchelle | UTIL |
| Nathan Taylor | SP |

## Personnel
### Roster
#### Starters

Lineup :
| Pos. | No. | Player | Year |
| C | 7 | Jack Natili | Sophomore |
| 1B/DH | 5 | Dawson Hokuf | RS–Senior |
| 2B | 8 | Lauden Brooks | Senior |
| 3B | 2 | Kerrington Cross | RS–Senior |
| SS | 19 | Charlie Niehaus | RS–Freshman |
| LF | 21 | Cal Sefcik | Sophomore |
| CF | 4 | Ford | Senior |
| RF | 14 | Landyn Vidourek | Junior |
| 1B/DH | 6 | Rylan Galvan | Sophomore |
Weekend pitching rotation :
| Day | No. | Player | Year |
| Friday | 51 | Kellen O’Connor | RS-Senior |
| Saturday | 11 | Nathan Taylor | Sophomore |
| Sunday | 41 | Adam Mrakitsch | Senior |

## Schedule and results

2025 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball game log (11–9) :
Regular season (11–9) :
February (5–4) (Home; 0–0; Away: 5–4)
DateOpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
February 14at No. 11 Duke*—ACCNXJack Coombs Field Durham, NCW 8–3Pineiro (1–0)Johnson (0–1)—7461–0–
February 15at No. 11 Duke—ACCNXJack Coombs Field Durham, NCL 5–6 $^{12}$Barnett (1–0)Weaver (0–1)—4851–1–
February 16at No. 11 Duke—ACCNXJack Coombs Field Durham, NCW 19–5Johnson (1–0)Tallon (0–1)—6592–1–
February 18Bowling Green*No. 25ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati, OHCancelled
February 21at UNLV*No. 25YouTubeEarl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NVW 6–0Marsh (1–0)Lane (0–1)None4773–1–
February 22at UNLV*No. 25YouTubeEarl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NVL 4–5Overbay (1–0)Mitchelle (0–1)None6883–2–
February 23at UNLV*No. 25YouTubeEarl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NVW 10–9Barnett (1–1)Dillow (0–1)Marsh (1)7774–2–
February 24at UNLV*No. 23YouTubeEarl Wilson Stadium Paradise, NVL 6–7Overbay (2–0)Pineiro (0–1)None5774–3–
February 27at UC San Diego*No. 23ESPN+Triton Ballpark La Jolla, CAL 3–4Hasegawa (2–0)Marsh (1–1)None3254–4–
February 28at UC San Diego*No. 23ESPN+Triton Ballpark La Jolla, CAW 5–2Taylor (1–0)Dalquist (1–1)Johnson (1)4605–4– :
March (6–5) (Home; 6–0; Away: 0–5)
DateOpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
March 1at UC San Diego*No. 23ESPN+Triton Ballpark La Jolla, CAL 2–8Seid (1–0)Mrakitsch (0–1)None3305–5–
March 2at UC San Diego*No. 23ESPN+Triton Ballpar La Jolla, CAL 0–5Ries (1–0)Shultz (0–1)None4045–6–
March 4Toledo*-ESPN+UC Baseball StadiumW 7–5Johnson (2–0)Hughes (0–1)Mitchelle (1)9376–6–
March 7*Canisius* (1)-ESPN+UC Baseball StadiumW 13–5Carson (2–1)Kutz (0–1)None3547–6–
March 7*Canisius* (2)-ESPN+UC Baseball StadiumW 7–0Buczkowski (1–0)Albano (0–1)None5008–6–
March 8Canisius*-ESPN+UC Baseball StadiumW 10–1Taylor (2–0)Morin (0–2)None5769–6–
March 9Canisius*-ESPN+UC Baseball StadiumW 12–1 (7)Pineiro (2–1)Abbott (0–1)None78610–6–
March 11Miami (OH)*-ESPN+UC Baseball StadiumW 12–3Johnson (3–0)Mastrian IV (0–3)None2,18811–6–
March 14at Arizona-ESPN+Hi Corbett Field Tucson, AZL 3–8Hintz (4–0)Bergmann (0–1)Hicks (1)2,06111–70–1
March 15at Arizona-ESPN+Hi Corbett Field Tucson, AZL 2–14Kramkowski (3–1)Barnett (1–2)None2,66011–80–2
March 16at Arizona-ESPN+Hi Corbett Field Tucson, AZL 1–11(7)Smith (1–1)Pineiro (2–2)None2,42811–90–3
March 20BYU-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 21BYU-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 22BYU-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 23Butler*-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 25Louisville*-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 28UCF-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 29UCF-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
March 30UCF-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————– :
April (0-0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0)
DateOpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
April 1at Miami (OH)*-Hayden Park Oxford, OH–
April 4at Texas Tech-ESPN+Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, TX–
April 5at Texas Tech-ESPN+Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park–
April 6at Texas Tech-ESPN+Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park–
Joe Nuxhall Classic
April 8vs Wright State*-Prasco Park Mason, OH–
April 9vs Xavier or Miami (OH)*-Prasco Park–
April 11Arizona State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
April 12Arizona State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
April 13Arizona State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
April 15Xavier*-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
April 17at West Virginia-ESPN+Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV——————–
April 18at West Virginia-ESPN+Monongalia County Ballpark——————–
April 19at West Virginia-ESPN+Monongalia County Ballpark——————–
April 22at Xavier*-J. Page Hayden Field Cincinnati, OH——————–
April 25Oklahoma State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
April 26Oklahoma State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
April 27Oklahoma State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————– :
May (0–0) (Home; 0–0; Away: 0–0)
DateOpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
May 2at Kansas-ESPN+Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS–
May 3at Kansas-ESPN+Hoglund Ballpark–
May 4at Kansas-ESPN+Hoglund Ballpark–
May 6at Oral Roberts*-Summit League NetworkJ. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK–
May 9at TCU-ESPN+Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX–
May 10at TCU-ESPN+Lupton Stadium–
May 11at TCU-ESPN+Lupton Stadium–
May 13Indiana*-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
May 15Kansas State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
May 16Kansas State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————–
May 17Kansas State-ESPN+UC Baseball Stadium——————– :
Post-season (0–0) :
Big 12 Tournament (0–0)
DateOpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossAttendanceOverall recordTournament record
May 20th - May 25thvs TBDTBDGlobe Life Field Arlington, TX---- :
NCAA tournament (0-0)
DateOpponentRankTVVenueScoreWinLossAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
May 30th - June 23rdvs TBDTBDTBD TBD---- :
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest. "" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.   = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed Bold = Cincinnati team member * = Non-Conference Game :
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| Coaches' | — | —* | RV | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | — | 25 | 23 | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.