The 2025 season, the second under head coach Jordan Bischel, was one of the best in Cincinnati's history.
UC ended the 2025 season with a 33-26 overall record and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, the seventh tournament trip in program history and the first at-large berth since 1974.
The Bearcats were the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional and won their opening game against No. 2 seed Wake Forest, 11-6.
Cincinnati reached the 30-win plateau for the second straight season, the first time the program had won at least 30 games in consecutive seasons since doing it three straight years from 1999-2001. UC also captured six ranked wins, the most in a season in school history.
After opening the season with a series win at No. 11 Duke, the Bearcats appeared in the D1Baseball Top 25 for the first time in program history at No. 25, and rose to No. 23 the following week.
Bischel’s preferred style of play has become a calling card for Cincinnati, which led all Power Four programs in bunt hits and ranked second in stolen bases. UC was one of the most successful teams on the bases, posting a 90.5% success rate on stolen bases (134-for-148). The 134 stolen bases broke the previous single-season school record set in 2008, and the pitching staff tallied 496 strikeouts, breaking the single-season mark from 2019.
Individually, Bischel helped mentor 2025 Big 12 Player of the Year and Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist Kerrington Cross to one of the best seasons ever by a Bearcat. Cross was one of six players to earn all-conference honors, joining second-team selection Jack Natili, all-freshman team pick Quinton Coats, and honorable mention winners Landyn Vidourek, Kellen O’Connor, and Nathan Taylor.
A bold new era for Cincinnati Athletics officially began on June 11, 2025.
The University of Cincinnati cut the ribbon on the Sheakley Indoor Practice Facility and Athletics Performance Center on June 11, culminating a two-year construction process for the $134-million, 210,000-square-foot complex that will redefine the student-athlete experience at UC.
The 84,000 square-foot Indoor Practice Facility features a 120-yard football field equipped for multiple sports and includes four batting cages that drop down from the ceiling on the north end of the facility.
The 96,000 square-foot Athletics Performance Center features three levels, providing nearly everything a student-athlete needs in one place. The athletics-only dining hall is open to all student-athletes, giving every team at Cincinnati a state-of-the-art place to refuel.
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