UC Irvine Anteaters | |
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2024 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team | |
Founded | 1970 |
University | University of California, Irvine |
Head coach | Ben Orloff (6th season) |
Conference | Big West |
Location | Irvine, California |
Home stadium | Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark (Capacity: 2,900) |
Nickname | Anteaters |
Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
NCAA Tournament champions | |
1973*, 1974* | |
College World Series appearances | |
1973*, 1974*, 2007, 2014 | |
NCAA regional champions | |
1973*, 1974*, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1970*, 1971*, 1972*, 1973*, 1974*, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2021, 2024 *at Division II level | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2009, 2021 |
The UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of the University of California, Irvine. The team's home venue is Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark located on campus in Irvine, California. UC Irvine baseball has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big West Conference since the start of the 2002 season which was the Anteaters' first season of play following the university's decision to revive its baseball program following the sport's discontinuation in 1992.
The Anteaters won the College Division national championship in 1973 and the Division II national championship in 1974. Since moving to Division I play they have appeared in the NCAA tournament ten times and the College World Series twice.