Baseball team season
The 2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season . The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Conference USA . They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium , on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack , who was in his thirteenth season at Florida Atlantic.
Previous season [ edit ] The 2020 Owls finished 10–6 overall. This season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Preseason [ edit ] C-USA media poll [ edit ] The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021 with the Owls predicted to finish in first place in the East Division.[2]
Media poll (East) Predicted finish Team 1st Place Votes 1 Florida Atlantic 10 2 Old Dominion 1 3 FIU 1 4 WKU - 5 Charlotte - 6 Marshall -
Preseason All-CUSA teams [ edit ] Bobby Morgensen – Outfielder Mitchell Hartigan – Designated Hitter/Utility Player Personal [ edit ] 2021 Florida Atlantic Owls roster Pitchers
2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore 7 - Javi Rivera - Sophomore 14 - Brock Helverson - Sophomore 15 - Brycen Allen - Junior 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore 22 - Jackson Vescelus - Junior 25 - Braden Ostrander - Freshman 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman 27 - Dylan O'Connell - Junior 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore 30 - John Dwyer - Sophomore 31 - TJ Stuart - Graduate Student 32 - Jackson Spiller - Sophomore 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman 38 - Matt Sparling - Junior 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman 42 - Sam Drumheller - Freshman 44 - Nicholas Del Prado - Freshman 49 - Thomas Haggerty - Junior Catchers
17 - Shane Magrann - Sophomore 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore 34 - Caleb Pendleton - Freshman Infielders
1 - Cade Parker - Freshman 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior 6 - Sam Low - Senior 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior 28 - Daulton Frank - Freshman Outfielders
5 - Jalen DeBose - Freshman 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior 12 - Nolan Schanuel - Freshman 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore
Coaching staff [ edit ] Coaching Staff John McCormack - Head Coach - 13th year Greg Mamula - Hitting Coach - 6th year David Kopp - Pitching Coach - 4th year Tristan McGinnis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 2nd year Tyler Krull - Graduate Manager - 1st year
Schedule and results [ edit ] 2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log Regular season (30–23) February (6–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record February 19 at UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL W 12-6 Cooley (1-0) B. McKay (0-1) None 821 1-0 - February 20 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 20-15 Reese (1-0) H. Patterson (0-1) None 286 2-0 - February 21 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium L 6-15 Litchfield (1-0) Stuart (0-1) J. Sinclair (1) 286 2-1 - February 23 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL W 3-1 Ostrander (1-0) Woodward (0-1) Entenza (1) 204 3-1 - February 26 Seton Hall FAU Baseball Stadium W 6-2 Reese (2-0) Burnham (0-1) None 286 4-1 - February 27 Seton Hall FAU Baseball Stadium W 17-14 Cooley (2-0) Anderson (0-1) Entenza (2) 286 5-1 - February 28 Seton Hall FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-4 Sparling (1-0) Patten (0-1) None 286 6-1 -
March (9–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record March 3 at No. 6 Florida No. 21 Florida Ballpark Gainesville, FL W 3-210 Entenza (1-0) Aleman (0-1) None 1,626 7-1 - March 5 Florida Gulf Coast No. 21 FAU Baseball Stadium L 0-8 Studstill (1-0) Spiller (0-1) None 286 7-2 - March 6 at Florida Gulf Coast No. 21 Swanson Stadium Postponed (rain) Makeup: March 30 [3] March 7 Florida Gulf Coast No. 21 FAU Baseball Stadium W 14-9 J. Rivera (1-0) M. Miller (0-1) None 286 8-2 - March 9 at No. 8 Miami (FL) No. 20 Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL L 2-11 J. Garland (1-1) Stuart (0-2) None 610 8-3 - March 11 Indiana State No. 20 FAU Baseball Stadium L 5-7 C. Edmonson (1-1) Cooley (2-1) C. Fenlong (2) 286 8-4 - March 12 Indiana State No. 20 FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-10 G. Guerrero (3-0) Josey (0-1) None 286 8-5 - March 13 Indiana State No. 20 FAU Baseball Stadium W 7-5 Sparling (2-0) T. Weaver (0-1) None 286 9-5 - March 16 at UCF John Euliano Park L 3-8 Z. Bennett (1-1) Entenza (1-1) None 1,020 9-6 - March 19 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium Tampa, FL W 5-1 Cooley (3-1) Jasiak (2-2) None 101 10-6 - March 20 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium L 0-4 Burns (1-2) Sparling (2-1) None 108 10-7 - March 21 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium L 5-611 Lyle (1-0) Visconti (0-1) None 99 10-8 - March 23 No. 19 Miami (FL) FAU Baseball Stadium L 9-14 J. Garland (3-1) Stuart (0-3) J. Dubberly (1) 286 10-9 - March 26 Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 12-07 Cooley (4-1) Sharp (0-1) None 286 11-9 1-0 March 27 (1) Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 5-3 Entenza (2-1) Adkins (1-1) Ostander (1) 286 12-9 2-0 March 27 (2) Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 7-6 Del Prado (1-0) Knight (0-1) None 286 13-9 3-0 March 28 Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 11-2 J. Rivera (2-0) Cheatwood (1-2) None 286 14-9 4-0 March 30 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium W 13-11 O'Connell (1-0) M. Miller (2-3) Ostrander (2) 220 15-9 4-0
April (7–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record April 2 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC L 5-9 McGowan (4-2) Cooley (4-2) Boss (2) 128 15-10 4-1 April 3 (1) at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 8-98 Lothes (2-0) Ostrander (1-1) None 138 15-11 4-2 April 3 (2) at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 4-5 Giesting (2-0) Entenza (2-2) None 150 15-12 4-3 April 4 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 10-11 Lindsey (3-1) Drumheller (0-1) Bargo (1) 112 15-13 4-4 April 9 Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-7 Gomez (3-1) Cooley (4-3) None 286 15-14 4-5 April 10 (1) Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium L 3-10 Pantos (3-0) Sparling (2-2) None 286 15-15 4-6 April 10 (2) Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-8 Gregory (4-0) Visconti (0-2) None 286 15-16 4-7 April 11 Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium W 2-8 Rivera (3-0) Dean (0-1) None 254 16-16 5-7 April 16 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field Birmingham, AL L 6-710 B. Greene (3-0) Ostander (1-2) None 80 16-17 5-8 April 17 (1) at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 2-1 Visconti (1-2) O'Clair (3-4) Drumheller (1) 80 17-17 6-8 April 17 (2) at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field L 2-4 Rusk (1-1) Sparling (2-3) Greene (1) 80 17-18 6-9 April 18 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 5-3 Rivera (4-0) Greene (3-1) None 80 18-18 7-9 April 23 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL W 11-6 Cooley (5-3) T. Myrick (6-2) None 0 19-18 8-9 April 24 (1) at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 16-7 Visconti (2-2) G. Rukes (2-5) Spiller (1) - 20-18 9-9 April 24 (2) at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 5-6 J. Figueroa (3-1) Sparling (2-4) A. Tiburcio (4) - 20-19 9-10 April 25 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 8-7 Drumheller (1-1) Vanheyningen (0-3) Ostander (3) 0 21-19 10-10 April 30 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 12-27 Cooley (6-3) T. Myrick (6-3) Drumheller (2) 286 22-19 11-10
May (8–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 1 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium L 1-6 G. Rukes (3-5) O'Connell (1-0) None 286 22-20 11-11 May 2 (1) FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-89 Visconti (3-2) Figueroa, J (3-2) None 286 23-20 12-11 May 2 (2) FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 3-1 Rivera (5-0) A. Tiburcio (0-3) None 286 24-20 13-11 May 7 (1) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY W 6-3 Cooley (7-3) J. Kates (3-3) None 79 25-20 14-11 May 7 (2) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 5-6 B. Sutton (3-1) Entenza (2-3) None 144 25-21 14-12 May 8 (1) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field W 6-3 Rivera (6-0) D. Terbrak (2-3) Visconti (1) 137 26-21 15-12 May 8 (2) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field W 6-1 Helverson (1-0) L. Stofel (2-1) Drumheller (3) 210 27-21 16-12 May 14 No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium W 3-1 Cooley (8-3) H. Stanley (5-3) Visconti (2) 286 28-21 17-12 May 15 (1) No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium L 5-6 Powell (9-2) Sparling (2-5) None 286 28-22 17-13 May 15 (2) No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium L 5-6 Waldrep (1-0) Reese (2-1) Och (2) 286 28-23 17-14 May 16 No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-6 Visconti (4-2) Wehunt (1-2) None 286 29-23 18-14 May 18 at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park W 3-0 Reese (3-1) A. Arguelles (4-1) Visconti (3) 613 30-23 18-14
Post-season (2–2) C-USA Tournament (2–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 26 vs. No. 24 (4) Old Dominion (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA L 2-11 Ryne Moore (8-1) Cooley (8-4) J. Hartline (3) 1,743 30-24 0-1 May 27 vs. No. 22 (1) Charlotte (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park W 9-8 J. Rivera (7-0) McGowan (7-4) Visconti (4) 2,216 31-24 1-1 May 28 vs. (8) Middle Tennessee (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park W 14-8 Visconti (5-2) Zoz (6-3) None 1,539 32-24 2-1 May 29 vs. No. 24 (4) Old Dominion (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park L 5-13 J. Hartline (5-0) Ostrander (1-3) None 2,183 32-25 2-2
Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled Bold = Florida Atlantic team member
Schedule Source: [4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final Coaches' [5] — —* RV 22 RV — — — — — — — — — — — —* —* — Baseball America [6] — — — 25 — — — — — — — — — — — — —* —* — Collegiate Baseball ^[7] RV — — 27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — NCBWA †[8] RV RV 26 22т RV — RV — — — RV — — — — — — —* — D1Baseball[9] — — 21 20 — — — — — — — — — — — — —* —* —
^ 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.
Weekly awards Player Award Date Awarded Ref. Caleb Pendleton Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week February 22, 2021 [10] Nolan Schanuel C-USA Hitter of the Week February 23, 2021 [11] Matt Sparling Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week March 1, 2021 [12] Steven Loden C-USA Hitter of the Week May 10, 2021 [13] Adrien Reese C-USA Pitcher of the Week May 24, 2021 [14] Hunter Cooley Second Team All-Conference May 25, 2021 [15] B.J. Murray Nolan Schanuel Nolan Schanuel All-Freshman Team Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America June 9, 2021 [16] Perfect Game Freshman All-America June 21, 2021 [17]
References [ edit ] ^ "2021 Baseball Standings" . conferenceusa.com . Retrieved May 31, 2021 . ^ "2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards" . ^ "Baseball's Saturday Game at FGCU Postponed" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 6, 2021. ^ "Baseball's 2021 Schedule Announced" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 1, 2021. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll ^ Baseball America College: Top 25 ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper ^ NCBWA Division I poll ^ D1 Baseball ^ "CB National Players of Week 2-22-21" . Collegiate Baseball. February 22, 2021. ^ "Schanuel Earns C-USA Hitter of the Week Honors" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 23, 2021. ^ "Sparling Named as National Player of the Week" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 1, 2021. ^ "Hot-Hitting Loden Garners C-USA Weekly Award" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 10, 2021. ^ "Final C-USA Pitcher of Week Award Goes to Adrien Reese" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 24, 2021. ^ "Three Owls Earn Four All-C-USA Honors" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 25, 2021. ^ "Schanuel is a Freshman All-America Honoree" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. June 9, 2021. ^ "First Team Freshman All-America Recognition Awarded to Schanuel" . Florida Atlantic University Athletics. June 21, 2021. External links [ edit ] • FAU Baseball