2021 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Team: | Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | SBC |
| Record: | 26–26 |
| Conf Record: | 11–13 |
| Head Coach: | Michael Federico |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Matt Collins |
| Asst Coach2: | Jake Carlson |
| Asst Coach3: | Brandon Belanger |
| Stadium: | Warhawk Field |
The 2021 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Warhawks played their home games at Warhawk Field and were led by fourth-year head coach Michael Federico. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Preseason
Signing Day Recruits
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Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Warhawks were picked to finish fifth in the West Division.[2]
| Coaches poll (West) |
| 1 | Texas State | 65 (6) |
| 2 | UT Arlington | 58 (4) |
| 3 | Louisiana | 52 (2) |
| 4 | Little Rock | 33 |
| 5 | Louisiana–Monroe | 27 |
| 6 | Arkansas State | 13 |
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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 |
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| | Louisiana–Monroe win |
| | Louisiana–Monroe loss |
| | Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
| Bold | Louisiana–Monroe team member | |
| 2021 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball game log |
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| Regular season (26-24) |
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| February (2-2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Feb. 21 | | | | Cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Monroe | | Feb. 21 | SIU Edwardsville | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | Cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Monroe | | Feb. 22 | SIU Edwardsville | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | Cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Monroe | | Feb. 24 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5-2 | Barlow (1-0) | Banes (0-1) | None | | 344 | 1-0 | | | Feb. 26 | | | | L 6-7 | Seroski (1-1) | Wrobel (0-1) | Kulivan (3) | | 271 | 1-1 | | | Feb. 27 | at New Orleans | | Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA | L 4-7 | Khachadourian (1-0) | Lindsay (0-1) | Kulivan (4) | | 349 | 1-2 | | | Feb. 28 | at New Orleans | | Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA | W 7-2 | Lien (1-0) | Holstein (0-1) | None | | 344 | 2-2 | | |
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| March (8-9) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Mar. 3 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 9-1 | Barlow (2-0) | Riley (0-1) | None | | 296 | 3-2 | | | Mar. 5 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 2-5 | Gearing (1-1) | Barnes (0-1) | Taylor (2) | | 684 | 3-3 | | | Mar. 6 | Nicholls | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5-3 | Lindsay (1-1) | Kilcrease (0-1) | Orton (1) | | 684 | 4-3 | | | Mar. 7 | Nicholls | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 6-4 | Lien (2-0) | Desandro (1-1) | Goleman (1) | | 623 | 5-3 | | | Mar. 9 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 3-10 | Martinez (2-0) | Longsworth (0-1) | None | | 1,100 | 5-4 | | | Mar. 12 | | | | L 1-10 | Hoglund (2-0) | Barlow (2-1) | None | | 6,217 | 5-5 | | | Mar. 13 | at No. 4 Ole Miss | | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | L 5-6 | Broadway (3-0) | Goleman (0-1) | None | | 6,577 | 5-6 | | | Mar. 14 | at No. 4 Ole Miss | | Swayze Field • Oxford, MS | W 8-3 | Wrobel (1-1) | Diamond (1-2) | None | | 6,266 | 6-6 | | | Mar. 16 | | | | W 13-6 | Judice (1-0) | Walker (0-1) | None | | 405 | 7-6 | | | Mar. 19 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 3-4 | Watson (2-2) | Barlow (2-2) | Brandon (1) | | 358 | 7-7 | 0-1 | | Mar. 20 | Georgia State | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 3-1 | Barnes (1-1) | Jones (0-3) | Wepf (1) | | 518 | 8-7 | 1-1 | | Mar. 21 | Georgia State | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 9-7 | Lien (3-0) | Dawson (0-1) | Lindsay (1) | | 540 | 9-7 | 2-1 | | Mar. 23 | at No. 23 Louisiana Tech | | | L 7-9 | Follis (1-1) | Orton (0-1) | Griffen (1) | | 1,000 | 9-8 | | | Mar. 26 | | | | W 6-5 | Barlow (3-2) | Leigh (0-4) | Orton (2) | | 755 | 10-8 | 3-1 | | Mar. 27 | at Texas State | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 5-6 (10 inns) | Stivors (1-1) | Martin (0-1) | None | | 733 | 10-9 | 3-2 | | Mar. 28 | at Texas State | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 1-4 | Herrmann (3-0) | Wrobel (1-2) | Stivors (3) | | 712 | 10-10 | 3-3 | | Mar. 30 | at Grambling State | | | L 3-15 | Valerio (2-1) | Cressend (0-1) | None | | 50 | 10-11 | | |
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| April (8-9) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Apr. 1 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 5-9 | Arrighetti (5-1) | Barnes (1-2) | None | | 694 | 10-12 | 3-4 | | Apr. 2 | Louisiana | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 2-5 | Cooke (3-2) | Barlow (3-3) | Talley (4) | | 676 | 10-13 | 3-5 | | Apr. 3 | Louisiana | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 9-11 | Christie (1-0) | Lindsay (1-2) | None | | 617 | 10-14 | 3-6 | | Apr. 6 | | | | Game Cancelled | | Apr. 7 | at Alabama | | Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | W 5-3 | Lindsay (2-2) | Hitt (1-3) | Orton (3) | | 1,764 | 11-14 | | | Apr. 9 | | | | L 3-4 | Owens (4-0) | Longsworth (0-2) | Jones (8) | | 617 | 11-15 | 3-7 | | Apr. 10 | at Georgia Southern | | J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA | L 1-4 | Dollander (4-1) | Barlow (3-4) | Jones (9) | | 647 | 11-16 | 3-8 | | Apr. 11 | at Georgia Southern | | J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA | L 1-7 | Jackson (2-4) | Lien (3-1) | None | | 573 | 11-17 | 3-9 | | Apr. 13 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | Game Postponed | | Apr. 17 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 0-2 | Arnold (5-3) | Barnes (1-3) | Barkley (5) | | 618 | 11-18 | 3-10 | | Apr. 18 | Little Rock | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5-3 | Barlow (4-4) | Funk (1-4) | Lindsay (2) | | 578 | 12-18 | 4-10 | | Apr. 19 | Little Rock | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5-4 (10 inns) | Goleman (1-1) | Barkley (5-2) | None | | 494 | 13-18 | 5-10 | | Apr. 20 | | | | L 0-5 | Hellmers (6-1) | Lien (3-2) | None | | 3,503 | 13-19 | | | Apr. 21 | Jackson State | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 18-6 | Owings (1-0) | Jackson (0-1) | None | | 652 | 14-19 | | | Apr. 23 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 12-1 | Barnes (2-3) | Guienze (0-4) | None | | 478 | 15-19 | | | Apr. 24 | Southern | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 2-0 | Barlow (5-4) | Bohannon (1-3) | Lindsay (3) | | 516 | 16-19 | | | Apr. 25 | Southern | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 11-1 (7 inns) | Martin (1-1) | Battaglia (3-3) | Wepf (2) | | 516 | 17-19 | | | Apr. 27 | at Louisiana | | | W 7-6 | Longsworth (1-2) | Christie (1-2) | Wepf (3) | | 567 | 18-19 | | | Apr. 30 | | | | L 4-6 | Tuthill (3-4) | Barnes (2-4) | Hall (2) | | 205 | 18-20 | 5-11 | |
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| May (8–4) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| May 1 | at Appalachian State | | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | W 10-7 | Jans (1-0) | Hall (5-1) | Orton (4) | | 210 | 19-20 | 6-11 | | May 2 | at Appalachian State | | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | W 13-5 (8 inns) | Longsworth (2-2) | Tujetsch (0-4) | None | | 200 | 20-20 | 7-11 | | May 5 | at Jackson State | | | L 2-4 | Becerra (7-1) | Wrobel (1-3) | Davila (6) | | 79 | 20-21 | | | May 7 | | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 1-6 | Tavera (2-4) | Barnes (2-5) | None | | 549 | 20-22 | 7-12 | | May 8 | UT Arlington | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5-1 | Barlow (6-4) | Bullard (6-3) | Orton (5) | | 580 | 21-22 | 8-12 | | May 8 | UT Arlington | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 10-8 | Goleman (2-1) | Moffat (4-4) | Orton (6) | | 580 | 22-22 | 9-12 | | May 14 | | | | W 4-3 | Barlow (7-4) | Smith (6-2) | Orton (7) | | 2,199 | 23-22 | | | May 15 | at No. 6 TCU | | Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 13-9 | Wepf (1-0) | Krob (7-1) | None | | 2,041 | 24-22 | | | May 15 | at No. 6 TCU | | Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | L 4-6 | Ridings (3-1) | Cressend (0-2) | Green (10) | | 2,192 | 24-23 | | | May 20 | | | | L 6-12 | Hudson (5-2) | Barlow (7-5) | None | | 343 | 24-24 | 9-13 | | May 21 | at Arkansas State | | Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR | W 10-7 | Wepf (2-0) | Nash (3-6) | Orton (8) | | 557 | 25-24 | 10-13 | | May 22 | at Arkansas State | | Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR | W 6-4 | Lien (4-2) | Jeans (1-4) | Orton (9) | | 417 | 26-24 | 11-13 | |
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| Post-season (0–2) |
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| (0–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | Seed/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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| May 25 | vs. (5E) Georgia State | (3W) | | L 6-9 | Watson (4-4) | Orton (0-2) | Horton (1) | | | 26-25 | 0-1 | | May 28 | vs. (2E) Georgia Southern | (3W) | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL | L 5-9 | Bruce (1-0) | Lien (4-3) | None | | | 26-26 | 0-2 | |
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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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Baseball Adds Four Pitchers in Early Signing Period . University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics . 3 March 2021 . en.
- Web site: Conference . Sun Belt . Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors . sunbeltsports.org . 17 February 2021 . en.
- Web site: 2021 Baseball Roster . University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics . 3 March 2021 . en.
- Web site: Warhawk Baseball Sets 2021 Schedule . University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics . 3 March 2021 . en.
- Web site: Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards . sunbeltsports.org . 5 January 2022 . en.
