# 2022 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team

The Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They were led by third-year head coach Greg Goff.
On February 26, 2022, concluding series sweeps against Princeton and South Dakota State, the Boilermakers opened 8-0, their best start since 1909.

## Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season 16–26 overall (16–26 conference) and eleventh place in the conference standings, as the season was limited to only conference games for all Big Ten teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the season, assistant coach Cooper Fouts left the Boilermakers for an assistant coaching position with Louisiana Tech. On July 29, 2021, Purdue hired Terry Rooney was hired to replace Fouts.

## Schedule

2022 Purdue Boilermakers baseball game log :
Regular season :
February (8–0)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordB1G record
1February 18vs South Dakota StateConstellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas5–4Weins (1–0)Goble (0–1)Lohman (1)2501–0–
2February 19vs South Dakota StateConstellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas11–1Smeltz (1–0)Carlson (0–1)Castro (1)3502–0–
3February 19vs South Dakota StateConstellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas14–3Wansing (1–0)Bishop (0–1)None3503–0–
4February 20vs South Dakota StateConstellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas10–7Wade (1–0)Beazley (0–1)Hildebrand (1)2884–0–
5February 25vs PrincetonTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina9–3Smeltz (2–0)Emus (0–1)None2555–0–
6February 25vs PrincetonTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina8–3Wendell (1–0)Rabin (0–1)None4366–0–
7February 26vs PrincetonTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina4–3Hildebrand (1–0)Hoefer (0–1)None5087–0–
8February 26vs PrincetonTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina5–4Stephen (1–0)Scannell (0–1)None2408–0– :
March (10–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordB1G record
9March 2at CharlotteRobert and Mariam Hayes Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina6–2Wendell (2–0)Thompson (0–1)Stephen (1)6559–0–
10March 4vs LongwoodTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina6–1Smeltz (3–0)Potojecki (1–1)None27110–0–
11March 5vs LongwoodTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina6–5Castro (1–0)Karlinchak (0–1)None61111–0–
12March 6vs LongwoodTing Stadium • Holly Springs, North Carolina6–5Stephen (1–0)Parrish (0–1)None70312–0–
13March 10BellarmineAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana8–4Smetlz (4–0)Pender (0–3)Weins (1)1,13513–0–
March 12BellarmineAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame cancelled
14March 13BellarmineAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana7–4Backer (1–0)Braunecker (0–3)Stephen (2)1,08714–0–
15March 15DaytonAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana11–2Wansing (2–0)Hattrup (1–1)None1,16515–0–
16March 17at Illinois StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, Illinois3–4Mabee (2–0)Stephen (2–1)None72715–1–
March 18at Illinois StateDuffy Bass Field • Normal, IllinoisGame cancelled
17March 20Illinois StateAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana9–2Wansing (3–0)Foy (0–1)None1,59416–1–
18March 20Illinois StateAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana7–6Danzeisen (1–0)Kubiatowicz (0–1)None1,59417–1–
March 22Northern IllinoisAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame postponed
19March 25Ohio StateAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana7–5Weins (2–0)Johnson (0–1)None1,21918–11–0
March 26Ohio StateAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame cancelled
March 27Ohio StateAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame cancelled
20March 29UICAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana9–10Gould (1–0)Weins (2–1)Zahora (1)1,07018–21–0
March 30at Indiana StateBob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IndianaGame cancelled :
April (6–11)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordB1G record
21April 1at IllinoisIllinois Field • Champaign, Illinois1–8Rybarczyk (1–1)Weins (2–2)None84118–31–1
22April 2at IllinoisIllinois Field • Champaign, Illinois10–11Glassey (1–0)Wendell (3–1)Green (1)47418–41–2
23April 3at IllinoisIllinois Field • Champaign, Illinois8–11Wenninger (1–2)Stephen (1–2)None1,52918–51–3
24April 5Northern IllinoisAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana17–14Weins (3–2)Nowicki (0–1)Hildebrand (2)1,04419–51–3
25April 6Indiana StateAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana6–10Hurth (4–1)Stephen (2–3)None1,10719–61–3
26April 9IndianaAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana17–0Smeltz (5–0)Perkins (2–2)None1,87420–62–3
27April 10IndianaAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana3–10Holderfield (2–1)Wansing (2–1)Tucker (2)2,36720–72–4
28April 10IndianaAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana16–15Hildebrand (2–0)Sharp (0–5)Lohman (2)2,36721–73–4
April 12Purdue Fort WayneAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame cancelled
29April 14at Penn StateMedlar Field • University Park, Pennsylvania7–12Miller (2–2)Castro (1–1)Shingledecker (1)50821–83–5
30April 15at Penn StateMedlar Field • University Park, Pennsylvania11–5Smeltz (6–0)Tulio (2–2)None75622–84–5
31April 16at Penn StateMedlar Field • University Park, Pennsylvania5–7Luensmann (2–2)Wansing (2–2)Mellott (2)55122–94–6
32April 19at UICLes Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium • Chicago, Illinois6–9Zack (1–1)Hildebrand (2–1)Shears (6)15822–104–6
April 20EvansvilleAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame cancelled
33April 22BelmontAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana2–3Bean (7–1)Smeltz (6–1)Brennan (12)1,64822–114–6
34April 23BelmontAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana1–11South (5–2)Wansing (2–3)None1,68922–124–6
35April 24BelmontAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana6–8Borders (4–2)Wendell (3–2)Brennan (13)1,36922–134–6
36April 26ValparaisoAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana6–5Wansing (3–3)Nowak (0–2)None1,46423–134–6
37April 29MichiganAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana18–4Backer (2–0)O'Halloran (4–3)None1,88124–135–6 :
May (5–6)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordB1G record
38May 1MichiganAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana12–4Wendell (4–2)Weston (4–3)Weins (2)2,20225–136–6
39May 1MichiganAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana2–13Allen (6–0)Wansing (3–4)None2,20225–146–7
40May 6at IowaDuane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa2–5Mazur (6–2)Backer (2–1)Buetel (3)82625–156–8
41May 7at IowaDuane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa10–6Wendell (5–2)Schultz (2–2)None1,73426–157–8
42May 8at IowaDuane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa1–9Langenberg (5–1)Danzeisen (1–1)None1,08226–167–9
43May 10ButlerAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana11–6Castro (2–1)MacCauley (3–3)None1,90427–167–9
44May 13at NorthwesternRocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois14–8Stephen (3–3)Sullivan (5–2)None67328–168–9
45May 14at NorthwesternRocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois1–11Farinelli (5–5)Wendell (5–3)None60928–178–10
46May 15at NorthwesternRocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois7–2Wansing (4–4)Comstock (0–4)Weins (3)60829–179–10
47May 19No. 15 MarylandAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana7–14Savacool (8–2)Backer (2–2)None1,69029–189–11
48May 20No. 15 MarylandAlexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana7–18Dean (6–2)Stephen (3–4)None1,42029–199–12
–May 21No. 15 MarylandAlexander Field • West Lafayette, IndianaGame cancelled :
Postseason :
Big Ten Conference Tournament (0–2)
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordB1G record
49May 26vs RutgersCharles Schwab Field Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska3–10Stanavich (1–3)Weins (3–3)None–29–209–12
50May 27vs IowaCharles Schwab Field Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska4–5Christophersen (1–2)Weins (3–4)None–29–219–12 :

## 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 |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | — | —* | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | — | — | — | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NCBWA† | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 29 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † 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.

## Awards
### Big Ten Conference Players of the Week

Weekly Awards :
| Player | Award | Date Awarded | Ref. |
| Troy Wansing | Freshman of the Week | March 23, 2022 | |
| Jackson Smeltz | Pitcher of the Week | April 14, 2022 | |

### Conference awards

Awards :
| Player | Award | Date Awarded |
| C. J. Valdez | First Team All-Big Ten | May 24, 2022 |
| Jackson Smeltz | Third Team All-Big Ten | May 24, 2022 |
| Troy Wansing | Freshman Team All-Big Ten | May 24, 2022 |