2021 Charlotte 49ers baseball team

Baseball team season

2021 Charlotte 49ers baseball

C-USA East Division champions
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	40–21 (24–8 C-USA)
Head coach	Robert Woodard
Associate head coach	Bo Robinson
Assistant coaches	Toby Bicknell Austin Meine
Home stadium	Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Conference USA baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
East
Charlotte ^x‍‍‍^y	24	–	8	–	0	.750	40	–	21	–	0	.656
No. 16 Old Dominion ‍‍‡‍^y	22	–	10	–	0	.688	44	–	16	–	0	.733
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	18	–	14	–	0	.563	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	15	–	17	–	0	.469	27	–	29	–	0	.482
FIU ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	20	–	31	–	0	.392
Marshall ‍‍‍	6	–	26	–	0	.188	10	–	35	–	0	.222
West
No. 22 Louisiana Tech ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8	–	0	.733	42	–	20	–	0	.677
No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍‍^y	22	–	9	–	0	.710	40	–	21	–	0	.656
UTSA ‍‍‍	14	–	17	–	0	.452	22	–	26	–	0	.458
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	12	–	19	–	1	.391	24	–	29	–	1	.454
Rice ‍‍‍	11	–	20	–	1	.359	23	–	29	–	1	.443
UAB ‍‍‍	11	–	21	–	0	.344	18	–	36	–	0	.333

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Charlotte 49ers baseball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season. The 49ers competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA East Division. They played their home games at Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium, on the university's Charlotte campus. The team was coached by Robert Woodard, who was in his second season with the 49ers.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021 with the 49ers predicted to finish in fifth place in the East Division.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	1st Place Votes
Media poll (East)
1	Florida Atlantic	10
2	Old Dominion	1
3	FIU	1
4	WKU	-
5	Charlotte	-
6	Marshall	-

Schedule and results

2021 Charlotte 49ers baseball game log

Regular season (39–17)

February (6–0)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Attendance	Overall record	C-USA record
February 19	Morehead State	Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 12-4		1-0	-
February 20	Morehead State	Hayes Stadium	W 18-3		2-0	-
February 21	Morehead State	Hayes Stadium	W 4-2		3-0	-
February 27 (1)	William & Mary	Hayes Stadium	W 7-1		4-0	-
February 27 (2)	William & Mary	Hayes Stadium	W 4-0	127	5-0	-
February 28	William & Mary	Hayes Stadium	W 20-4	120	6-0	-

March (8–9)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Attendance	Overall record	C-USA record
March 2	at UNC Greensboro	UNCG Baseball Stadium Greensboro, NC	L 7-9	250	6-1	-
March 5	Western Carolina	Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 7-4	94	7-1	-
March 6	Western Carolina	Hayes Stadium	L 2-5	122	7-2	-
March 7	Western Carolina	Hayes Stadium	L 5-10	123	7-3	-
March 9	No. 15 Tennessee	Hayes Stadium	W 9-0	145	8-3	-
March 12	at No. 14 East Carolina	Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	L 4-7	1,181	8-4	-
March 13	at No. 14 East Carolina	Clark–LeClair Stadium	L 1-3	1,203	8-5	-
March 14	at No. 14 East Carolina	Clark–LeClair Stadium	L 1-3	1,122	8-6	-
March 16	at Wake Forest	David F. Couch Ballpark Winston-Salem, NC	L 1-4	100	8-7	-
March 19–21	College of Charleston	Hayes Stadium	Canceled ^[3]
March 20 (1)	vs. Rhode Island	Truist Field Charlotte, NC	W 2-1¹⁰		9-7	-
March 20 (2)	vs. Rhode Island	Truist Field	L 3-6	1,734	9-8	-
March 21	vs. Rhode Island	Truist Field	W 6-3	121	10-8	-
March 23	vs. Appalachian State	Atrium Health Ballpark Kannapolis, NC	W 15-5	1,648	11-8	-
March 26	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY	W 7-4	213	12-8	1-0
March 27 (1)	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field	W 6-0	157	13-8	2-0
March 27 (2)	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field	W 5-4⁸	161	14-8	3-0
March 28	at Western Kentucky	Nick Denes Field	L 16-17¹⁰	213	14-9	3-1

April (16–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Attendance	Overall record	C-USA record
April 2	Florida Atlantic		Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 9-5	128	15-9	4-1
April 3 (1)	Florida Atlantic		Hayes Stadium	W 9-8⁸	138	16-9	5-1
April 3 (2)	Florida Atlantic		Hayes Stadium	W 5-4	150	17-9	6-1
April 4	Florida Atlantic		Hayes Stadium	W 11-10	112	18-9	7-1
April 9	at FIU		Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL	W 11-8		19-9	8-1
April 10 (1)	at FIU		Infinity Insurance Park	W 5-4		20-9	9-1
April 10 (2)	at FIU		Infinity Insurance Park	W 3-1		21-9	10-1
April 11	at FIU		Infinity Insurance Park	W 9-5		22-9	11-1
April 13	at North Carolina	No. 21	Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	Postponed ^[4]
April 16	UTSA	No. 21	Hayes Stadium	W 6-2	156	23-9	12-1
April 17 (1)	UTSA	No. 21	Hayes Stadium	W 10-6		24-9	13-1
April 17 (2)	UTSA	No. 21	Hayes Stadium	W 11-10	136	25-9	14-1
April 18	UTSA	No. 21	Hayes Stadium	L 5-11¹⁰	126	25-10	14-2
April 20	at Appalachian State	No. 19	Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium Boone, NC	W 11-8	190	26-10	-
April 23 (1)	No. 20 Old Dominion	No. 19	Hayes Stadium	W 5-4		27-10	15-2
April 23 (2)	No. 20 Old Dominion	No. 19	Hayes Stadium	L 5-9	164	27-11	15-3
April 25 (1)	No. 20 Old Dominion	No. 19	Hayes Stadium	W 8-3		28-11	16-3
April 25 (2)	No. 20 Old Dominion	No. 19	Hayes Stadium	W 7-1	163	29-11	17-3
April 27	at North Carolina	No. 15	Boshamer Stadium	W 4-1¹⁰	850	30-11	-
April 30	at No. 25 Old Dominion	No. 15	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA	L 3-8	492	30-12	17-4

May (9–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Attendance	Overall record	C-USA record
May 1 (1)	at No. 25 Old Dominion	No. 15	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA	W 6-2	503	31-12	18-4
May 1 (2)	at No. 25 Old Dominion	No. 15	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	L 2-14	386	31-13	18-5
May 2	at No. 25 Old Dominion	No. 15	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	L 0-10	446	31-14	18-6
May 7	Marshall	No. 23	Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 7-5	183	32-14	19-6
May 8 (1)	Marshall	No. 23	Hayes Stadium	W 10-8		33-14	20-6
May 8 (2)	Marshall	No. 23	Hayes Stadium	W 12-3	205	34-14	21-6
May 9	Marshall	No. 23	Hayes Stadium	W 6-3	168	35-14	22-6
May 14	at Rice	No. 20	Reckling Park Houston, TX	W 9-6	989	36-14	23-6
May 15 (1)	at Rice	No. 20	Reckling Park	L 8-11	1,146	36-15	23-7
May 15 (2)	at Rice	No. 20	Reckling Park	W 6-4⁹	1,330	37-15	24-7
May 16	at Rice	No. 20	Reckling Park	L 0-6⁵	1,359	37-16	24-8
May 20	UNC Wilmington	No. 22	Hayes Stadium	L 2-6	464	37-17	-
May 21	UNC Wilmington	No. 22	Hayes Stadium	W 6-5	717	38-17	-
May 22	UNC Wilmington	No. 22	Hayes Stadium	W 15-14	604	39-17	-

Postseason (1–4)

C-USA Tournament (0–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record
May 26	vs. (8) Middle Tennessee	No. 22 (1)	Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA	L 2-7		39-18	0-1
May 27	vs. (5) Florida Atlantic	No. 22 (1)	Pat Patterson Park	L 8-9		39-19	0-2

NCAA Greenville Regional (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record
June 4	vs. No. 24 (3) Maryland	(2)	Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	W 13-10	4,174	40-19	1-0
June 5	at No. 12 (1) East Carolina	(2)	Clark–LeClair Stadium	L 5-7	5,020	40-20	1-1
June 6	vs. No. 24 (3) Maryland	(2)	Clark–LeClair Stadium	L 1-2		40-21	1-2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled/Postponed

Schedule Source:^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Roster

^[6]

2021 Charlotte 49ers roster
	Pitchers 19 - Bryce McGowan - Sophomore 21 - Colby Bruce - Senior 26 - Austin Marozas - Sophomore 27 - Christian Lothes - Freshman 29 - Nick Turnbull - Senior 30 - Trae Starnes - Junior 32 - Andrew Lindsey - Sophomore 34 - Ryan Czanstkowski - Senior 37 - Andrew Roach - Junior 38 - Jackson Boss - Junior 41 - Matt Brooks - Junior 43 - Hale Sims - Sophomore 46 - Jake Curry - Sophomore 47 - Tyson Tucker - Sophomore 48 - Sam Grace - Sophomore 50 - Casey Bargo - Sophomore 51 - Kolton Scherbenske - Sophomore 53 - Gus Hughes - Freshman 54 - Spencer Giesting - Freshman 56 - Tyler Parks - Freshman 57 - Zach Zedalis - Sophomore		Catchers 8 - Tyler Cotten - Freshman 12 - Aaron McKeithan - Sophomore 44 - Jacob Whitley - Junior Infielders 2 - Carson Johnson - Senior 3 - Dante DeFranco - Freshman 6 - Jack Dragum - Sophomore 11 - Chandler Riley - Freshman 13 - Thomas Caufield - Sophomore 14 - Austin Knight - Sophomore 16 - Nate Furman - Freshman 18 - Will Butcher - Freshman 23 - Gino Groover - Freshman 24 - David McCabe - Freshman 36 - Rafi Vazquez - Senior		Outfielders 1 - Parker Stinnett - Sophomore 9 - Craig Keuchel - Junior 17 - Todd Elwood - Senior 22 - Dominic Pilolli - Freshman 33 - Jake Cunningham - Freshman 45 - Hunter Baker - Sophomore

2021 Charlotte 49ers roster

Pitchers

19 - Bryce McGowan - Sophomore
21 - Colby Bruce - Senior
26 - Austin Marozas - Sophomore
27 - Christian Lothes - Freshman
29 - Nick Turnbull - Senior
30 - Trae Starnes - Junior
32 - Andrew Lindsey - Sophomore
34 - Ryan Czanstkowski - Senior
37 - Andrew Roach - Junior
38 - Jackson Boss - Junior
41 - Matt Brooks - Junior
43 - Hale Sims - Sophomore
46 - Jake Curry - Sophomore
47 - Tyson Tucker - Sophomore
48 - Sam Grace - Sophomore
50 - Casey Bargo - Sophomore
51 - Kolton Scherbenske - Sophomore
53 - Gus Hughes - Freshman
54 - Spencer Giesting - Freshman
56 - Tyler Parks - Freshman
57 - Zach Zedalis - Sophomore

Catchers

8 - Tyler Cotten - Freshman
12 - Aaron McKeithan - Sophomore
44 - Jacob Whitley - Junior

Infielders

2 - Carson Johnson - Senior
3 - Dante DeFranco - Freshman
6 - Jack Dragum - Sophomore
11 - Chandler Riley - Freshman
13 - Thomas Caufield - Sophomore
14 - Austin Knight - Sophomore
16 - Nate Furman - Freshman
18 - Will Butcher - Freshman
23 - Gino Groover - Freshman
24 - David McCabe - Freshman
36 - Rafi Vazquez - Senior

Outfielders

1 - Parker Stinnett - Sophomore
9 - Craig Keuchel - Junior
17 - Todd Elwood - Senior
22 - Dominic Pilolli - Freshman
33 - Jake Cunningham - Freshman
45 - Hunter Baker - Sophomore

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[7]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	21	17	22	20	19	19	25	25*	25*	RV
Baseball America^[8]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	21	19	16	16	25	25*	25*	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	25	—	24	24	23	29	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[10]	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	28	24	17	20	18	19	17	24	29	29*	28
D1Baseball^[11]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	19	15	23	20	22	22	—	—*	—*	—

^ 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.

References

^ "2021 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^ "2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards".
^ "Baseball Series vs. College of Charleston Cancelled; Weekend Schedule TBD". University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Athletics. March 17, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
^ Trendel, Avery (April 12, 2021). "Tuesday's UNC Baseball Game vs. Charlotte Postponed". WCHL (AM). Retrieved April 13, 2021.
^ "Baseball Releases 2020 Schedule of 55 Games" (Press release). University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Athletics. October 29, 2020.
^ 2021 Charlotte Baseball Roster
^ Baseball Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America College: Top 25
^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
^ NCBWA Division I poll
^ D1 Baseball

External links

• Charlotte Baseball

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