2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team explained

The 2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium and were led by twenty-sixth year head coach Gary Gilmore. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Preseason

Signing-day recruits

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Pitchers
Darin Horn	Bluffton, South Carolina	May River HS
Braedon Karpathios	Willow Street, Pennsylvania	Lampeter-Strasburg HS
Jacob Lauderdale	Thomasville, Georgia	Brookwood HS
Matt Potok	Jackson, New Jersey	Jackson Memorial HS
Ethan Salak	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	St. James HS
Hitters
Derek Bender	Murrells Inlet, South Carolina	St. James HS
Kobe Benson	Boca Raton, Florida	North Broward Prep
Andrew Muraco	Murrysville, Pennsylvania	Franklin Regional HS
Orlando Pena	Jersey City, New Jersey	Bergen Catholic HS
Ernesto Polanco	West New York, New Jersey	Memorial HS

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Chanticleers were picked to finish first in the East Division with 69 votes and first overall in the conference with 10 votes.^[2]

Coaches poll (East)
1	Coastal Carolina	69 (10)
2	South Alabama	51 (1)
3	Georgia Southern	51 (1)
4	Troy	44
5	Appalachian State	21
6	Georgia State	16

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

• Aaron Funk (LR, Pitcher)
• Jordan Jackson (GASO, Pitcher)
• Conor Angel (LA, Pitcher)
• Wyatt Divis (UTA, Pitcher)
• Lance Johnson (TROY, Pitcher)
• Caleb Bartolero (TROY, Catcher)
• William Sullivan (TROY, 1st Base)
• Luke Drumheller (APP, 2nd Base)
• Drew Frederic (TROY, Shortstop)
• Cooper Weiss (CCU, 3rd Base)
• Ethan Wilson (USA, Outfielder)
• Parker Chavers (CCU, Outfielder)
• Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Outfielder)
• Eilan Merejo (GSU, Designated Hitter)
• Andrew Beesly (ULM, Utility)

Roster

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Coaching staff

Schedule and results

Legend
	Coastal Carolina win
	Coastal Carolina loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Coastal Carolina team member

2021 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball game log
Regular season (26–23)
February (5–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 19 Postponed due to threat of freezing rain/snow/sleet in Conway Feb. 20 Duke Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–12 Stinson (1–0) Maton (0–1) None 658 0–1 Feb. 21 Duke Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–7 Abney (1–0) Johnson (0–1) None 1,000 1–1 Feb. 21 Duke Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 9–10 Conte (1–0) Peavyhouse (0–1) Allen (1) 1,000 1–2 Feb. 23 W 4–1 Hopwood (1–0) Mascolo (0–1) None 50 2–2 CCU Baseball Tournament Feb. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–1 Maton (1–1) Mattison (1–1) None 1,000 3–2 Feb. 27 No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10–5 Peavyhouse (1–1) Ottinger (0–1) None 1,000 4–2 Feb. 28 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–11 5–2
March (9–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Baseball at the Beach Mar. 5 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 15–5 Maton (2–1) Levy (1–1) None 1,000 6–2 Mar. 6 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5-3 Parker (1-0) Brand (0-1) Abney (2) 1,000 7-2 Mar. 7 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4-5 (12 inns) Wurster (2-0) Barrow (0-1) None 1,000 7-3 Mar. 8 UConn Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 12-10 Maniscalco (1-0) Gallagher (0-1) Abney (3) 1,000 8-3 Mar. 12 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6-8 Myrick (2-1) Maton (2-2) Tiburcio (1) 1,000 8-4 Mar. 13 FIU Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4-7 Casey (1-0) Parker (1-1) Fletcher (1) 1,000 8-5 Mar. 13 FIU Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7-0 VanScoter (1-0) Rukes (1-1) None 1,000 9-5 Mar. 14 FIU Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6-1 Hopwood (3-0) Hernandez (0-2) None 1,000 10-5 Mar. 16 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game Cancelled Mar. 19 at West Virginia W 5-2 VanScoter (2-0) Wolf (1-2) Abney (4) 600 11-5 Mar. 20 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Morgantown, WV L 4-5 Abernathy (1-0) Sharkey (0-1) Jeffrey (2) 600 11-6 Mar. 21 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Morgantown, WV W 9-6 Hopwood (4-0) Reed (0-1) None 600 12-6 Mar. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8-7 Peaveyhouse (2-1) Campbell (2-1) Abney (2) 1,000 13-6 Mar. 26 L 2-9 Arrighetti (4-1) VanScoter (2-1) None 1,004 13-7 0-1 Mar. 27 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-3 Parker (2-1) Menard (0-1) Barrow (1) 828 14-7 1-1 Mar. 28 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-5 Perrin (1-1) Hopwood (4-1) Cooke (1) 730 14-8 1-2 Mar. 29 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 0-7 Burk (2-0) Green (0-1) None 418 14-9
April (5-9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol Apr. 2 Appalachian State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol Apr. 3 Appalachian State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol Apr. 6 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol Apr. 7 College of Charleston Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol Apr. 9 W 8-7 Sharkey (1-1) Wong (1-1) None 314 15-9 2-2 Apr. 10 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3-7 Bullard (5-2) Parker (2-2) None 314 15-10 2-3 Apr. 11 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 1-5 Moffat (3-1) Maton (2-3) Wong (4) 314 15-11 2-4 Apr. 13 at UNC Wilmington W 8-2 Jarman (1-0) Holjes (0-1) None 492 16-11 Apr. 16 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 2-8 Owens (5-0) Hopwood (4-2) None 1,000 16-12 2-5 Apr. 17 Georgia Southern Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 3-8 Hays (2-1) Parker (2-3) Jones (10) 1,000 16-13 2-6 Apr. 18 Georgia Southern Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8-6 Sharkey (2-1) Jackson (2-5) Kreuzer (1) 1,000 17-13 3-6 Apr. 20 W 6-3 Sharkey (3-1) Alba (2-3) None 850 18-13 Apr. 23 L 2-7 Delaite (6-1) Abney (1-1) None 619 18-14 Apr. 24 at Liberty Liberty Baseball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA W 2-0 Parker (3-3) Willard (2-1) Kruezer (2) 475 19-14 Apr. 25 at Liberty Liberty Baseball Stadium • Lynchburg, VA L 4-6 Erickson (7-1) Barrow (0-2) Riley (5) 562 19-15 Apr. 27 UNC Wilmington Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 1-11 Hudak (2-0) Barrow (0-3) None 1,000 19-16 Apr. 28 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 6-7 Chenault (2-1) Hopwood (4-3) None 492 19-17 Apr. 30 L 1-2 Dawson (2-2) Peavyhouse (2-2) None 382 19-18 3-7
May (7–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 8-4 Kreuzer (1-0) Lutz (0-1) None 425 20-18 4-7 May 2 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 12-10 Joyce (1-0) Sweatt (2-2) Peavyhouse (1) 392 21-18 5-7 May 7 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 7-9 Gainous (7-4) Abney (1-2) Oates (5) 1,000 21-19 5-8 May 8 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 7-9 Ortiz (5-4) Parker (3-4) Oates (6) 1,000 21-20 5-9 May 9 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6-10 Witcher (5-2) Kurki (0-1) None 1,000 21-21 5-10 May 12 at College of Charleston Game cancelled May 14 W 4-2 Abney (2-2) Perez (0-1) None 829 22-21 6-10 May 15 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 1-3 Boswell (3-3) Kreuzer (1-1) Lehrmann (1) 850 22-22 6-11 May 16 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 1-4 Booker (6-0) Parker (3-5) Dalton (3) 841 22-23 6-12 May 18 Wake Forest Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 14-9 Barrow (1-1) Mascolo (3-2) None 1,000 23-23 May 20 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10-5 Sharkey (4-1) Leigh (4-7) None 1,000 24-23 7-12 May 21 Texas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8-7 (10 inns) Abney (3-2) Stivors (2-3) None 1,000 25-23 8-12 May 22 Texas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 12-2 (7 inns) Sibley (1-0) Robie (0-2) None 1,000 26-23 9-12
Post-season (1–1)
(1–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 25 W 15-1 (7 inns) Peavyhouse (3-2) Arnold (7-4) Joyce (1) 27-23 1-0 May 26 vs. (1E) South Alabama Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL L 7-14 Smith (5-1) Kreuzer (1-2) Boyd (1) 27-24 1-1

Schedule Source:^[4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Postseason

Conference accolades

• Player of the Year: Mason McWhorter – GASO
• Pitcher of the Year: Hayden Arnold – LR
• Freshman of the Year: Garrett Gainous – TROY
• Newcomer of the Year: Drake Osborn – LA
• Coach of the Year: Mark Calvi – USA

All Conference First Team

• Connor Cooke (LA)
• Hayden Arnold (LR)
• Carlos Tavera (UTA)
• Nick Jones (GASO)
• Drake Osborn (LA)
• Robbie Young (APP)
• Luke Drumheller (APP)
• Drew Frederic (TROY)
• Ben Klutts (ARST)
• Mason McWhorter (GASO)
• Logan Cerny (TROY)
• Ethan Wilson (USA)
• Cameron Jones (GSU)
• Ben Fitzgerald (LA)

All Conference Second Team

• JoJo Booker (USA)
• Tyler Tuthill (APP)
• Jeremy Lee (USA)
• Aaron Barkley (LR)
• BT Riopelle (CCU)
• Dylan Paul (UTA)
• Travis Washburn (ULM)
• Eric Brown (CCU)
• Grant Schulz (ULM)
• Tyler Duncan (ARST)
• Parker Chavers (CCU)
• Josh Smith (GSU)
• Andrew Miller (UTA)
• Noah Ledford (GASO)

References:^[5]

Rankings

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coastal Carolina - Perfect Game Baseball Player College Commitments . Perfect Game . 17 August 2020.
2. Web site: Conference . Sun Belt . Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors . sunbeltsports.org . 17 February 2021 . en.
3. Web site: 2021 Baseball Roster . Coastal Carolina University Athletics . 18 February 2021 . en.
4. Web site: Coastal Baseball to Play a Full Schedule in 2021 . Coastal Carolina University Athletics . 19 February 2021 . en.
5. Web site: Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards . sunbeltsports.org . 5 January 2022 . en.