Baseball team season
2021 Fairfield Stags baseball |
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MAAC regular season champion |
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Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
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CB | No. 25 |
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Record | 39–5 (33–1 MAAC) |
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Head coach | - Bill Currier (10th season)
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Assistant coaches | - Brian Fay (3rd season)
- Jordan Tabakman (2nd season)
- Harry Sabo (1st season)
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Captains | - Josh Arnold (4th year)
- Matt Ferriero (4th year)
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Home stadium | Alumni Baseball Diamond |
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Seasons |
2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT |
Fairfield †y | 33 | – | 1 | | .971 | | | 38 | – | 5 | | .884 |
Monmouth | 22 | – | 10 | | .688 | | | 24 | – | 13 | | .649 |
Rider ‡y | 18 | – | 16 | | .529 | | | 23 | – | 18 | | .561 |
Canisius | 17 | – | 13 | | .567 | | | 20 | – | 16 | | .556 |
Marist | 17 | – | 9 | | .654 | | | 18 | – | 11 | | .621 |
Niagara | 17 | – | 15 | | .531 | | | 16 | – | 17 | | .485 |
Siena | 14 | – | 22 | | .389 | | | 15 | – | 24 | | .385 |
Manhattan | 12 | – | 22 | | .353 | | | 12 | – | 24 | | .333 |
Quinnipiac | 7 | – | 21 | | .250 | | | 7 | – | 21 | | .250 |
Saint Peter's | 4 | – | 24 | | .143 | | | 4 | – | 24 | | .143 |
Iona | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 | | | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 |
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† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021[1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team represented Fairfield University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Stags played their home games at Alumni Baseball Diamond as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Bill Currier, in his 10th season at Fairfield.
Fairfield qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016, and qualified for the first time ever as an at-large team. They reached the Austin Regional final, before losing to Texas.
Previous season
The 2020 Fairfield Stags baseball team notched a 2–9 (0–0) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game log
2021 Fairfield Stags baseball game log (39–5) |
Regular season (33–1) |
Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | MAAC | March 20 | 11:30 am | SSN | Canisius | | Alumni Baseball Diamond Fairfield, Connecticut | W 7–4 | McLoughlin (1–0) | Warner (0–1) | Grabek (1) | 26 | 1–0 | 1–0 | Report | March 20 | 2:15 pm | SSN | Canisius | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 13–4 | Sansone (1–0) | Barberio (0–1) | — | 25 | 2–0 | 2–0 | Report | March 21 | 11:30 am | SSN | Canisius | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 6–3 | Signore (1–0) | Frank (0–1) | Cafaro (1) | 50 | 3–0 | 3–0 | Report | March 21 | 2:15 pm | SSN | Canisius | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 8–0 | Noviello (1–0) | Fron (0–1) | — | 50 | 4–0 | 4–0 | Report | |
Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | MAAC | April 2 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Iona | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 4–2 | Sansone (2–0) | Smith (1–2) | — | 25 | 5–0 | 5–0 | Report | April 2 | 2:30 pm | SSN | Iona | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 4–2 | Noviello (2–0) | Helmstetter (1–1) | Grabek (2) | 25 | 6–0 | 6–0 | Report | April 3 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Iona | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 7–0 | Signore (2–0) | Helmstetter (1–2) | — | 25 | 7–0 | 7–0 | Report | April 3 | 2:30 pm | SSN | Iona | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 10–2 | McVeigh (1–0) | Martin (1–2) | — | 25 | 8–0 | 8–0 | Report | April 7 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Quinnipiac | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 6–3 | Grabek (1–0) | DeCarr (0–2) | Oliphant (1) | 25 | 9–0 | 9–0 | Report | April 7 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Quinnipiac | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 17–6 (7) | Amone (1–0) | Mazza (0–1) | — | 25 | 10–0 | 10–0 | Report | April 9 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Rider | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 8–3 | Sansone (3–0) | Audrey (2–2) | — | 20 | 11–0 | 11–0 | Report | April 9 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Rider | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 10–0 | Noviello (3–0) | Soporowski (3–1) | — | 20 | 12–0 | 12–0 | Report | April 10 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Rider | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 5–0 | Signore (3–0) | Doelling (2–1) | — | 35 | 13–0 | 13–0 | Report | April 10 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Rider | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 6–0 | Cafaro (1–0) | Williamson (1–1) | — | 35 | 14–0 | 14–0 | Report | April 14 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Quinnipiac | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 2–1 | Grabek (2–0) | Donnelly (2–2) | — | 30 | 15–0 | 15–0 | Report | April 14 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Quinnipiac | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 5–2 | Oliphant (1–0) | Mazza (0–2) | Sansone (1) | 30 | 16–0 | 16–0 | Report | April 17 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Monmouth | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 3–2 | Sansone (4–0) | Klepchick (2–2) | — | 45 | 17–0 | 17–0 | Report | April 17 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Monmouth | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 8–2 | Noviello (4–0) | Dombroski (2–1) | — | 40 | 18–0 | 18–0 | Report | April 18 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Monmouth | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 4–3 | Oliphant (2–0) | Miller (0–1) | — | 40 | 19–0 | 19–0 | Report | April 18 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Monmouth | | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 4–1 | Cafaro (2–0) | Long (2–1) | Grabek (3) | 45 | 20–0 | 20–0 | Report | April 21 | 12:00 pm | | at Saint Peter's | | Joseph Jaroschak Field Jersey City, New Jersey | W 20–2 | Ostensen (2–0) | Mahady (2–2) | — | 45 | 21–0 | 21–0 | Report | April 21 | 3:00 pm | | at Saint Peter's | | Joseph Jaroschak Field | W 9–0 | Forfeit | 22–0 | 22–0 | Report | April 23 | 12:00 pm | | at Manhattan | | Van Cortlandt Park Riverdale, New York | W 16–4 | Sansone (5–0) | Knight (1–4) | — | 0 | 23–0 | 23–0 | Report | April 23 | 3:00 pm | | at Manhattan | | Van Cortlandt Park | W 12–4 | Noviello (5–0) | Mahoney (1–3) | — | 0 | 24–0 | 24–0 | Report | April 24 | 12:00 pm | | at Manhattan | No. 23 | Van Cortlandt Park | W 19–9 | Signore (4–0) | Muratalla (0–4) | — | 0 | 25–0 | 25–0 | Report | April 24 | 3:00 pm | | at Manhattan | No. 23 | Van Cortlandt Park | W 8–4 | Grabek (3–0) | Mahoney (1–3) | — | 0 | 26–0 | 26–0 | Report | |
Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | MAAC | May 1 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Siena | No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 2–1 | Sansone (6–0) | Bovair (3–4) | — | 65 | 27–0 | 27–0 | Report | May 1 | 3:00 pm | SSN | Siena | No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 10–1 | Noviello (6–0) | McCully (2–5) | — | 75 | 28–0 | 28–0 | Report | May 2 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Siena | No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | L 1–6 | Lumpinski (3–1) | Signore (4–1) | — | 65 | 28–1 | 28–1 | Report | May 2 | 12:00 pm | SSN | Siena | No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 4–0 | Cafaro (3–0) | Knapek (1–2) | — | 65 | 29–1 | 29–1 | Report | May 8 | 12:00 pm | ESPN3 | at Niagara | No. 25 | Bobo Field Lewiston, New York | W 1–0 | Sansone (7–0) | Bruning (3–2) | — | 87 | 30–1 | 30–1 | Report | May 8 | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 | at Niagara | No. 25 | Bobo Field | W 4–1 | Noviello (7–0) | Jones (1–1) | Oliphant (3) | 85 | 31–1 | 31–1 | Report | May 9 | 12:00 pm | ESPN3 | at Niagara | No. 25 | Bobo Field | W 10–8 | Fitzgerald (1–0) | Hospital (2–1) | Grabek (4) | 86 | 32–1 | 32–1 | Report | May 9 | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 | at Niagara | No. 25 | Bobo Field | W 8–5 | Cafaro (4–0) | Smyth (0–2) | McVeigh (1) | 71 | 33–1 | 33–1 | Report | |
Post-season (7–4) |
Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | MAACT | May 20 | 11:00 am | ESPN+ | vs. (8) Manhattan Quarterfinals – Game 1 | (1) No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 2–1 | Sansone (8–0) | Muratalla (3–5) | Cafaro (2) | 125 | 34–1 | 1–0 | Report | May 20 | 2:30 pm | ESPN+ | vs. (8) Manhattan Quarterfinals – Game 2 | (1) No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 8–5 | Signore (5–1) | Solimine (1–4) | — | 125 | 35–1 | 2–0 | Report | May 26 | 11:00 am | ESPN+ | vs. (4) Canisius Semifinals | (1) No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | L 1–4 | Duffy (3–0) | Sansone (8–1) | — | 225 | 35–2 | 2–1 | Report | May 27 | 11:00 am | ESPN+ | vs. (2) Monmouth Losers Semifinal | (1) No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 3–1 | Noviello (8–0) | Klepchick (4–4) | — | 150 | 36–2 | 3–1 | Report | May 28 | 9:30 am | ESPN+ | vs. (4) Canisius Losers Final | (1) No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | W 8–2 | McLoughlin (2–0) | Fron (1–3) | — | 215 | 37–2 | 4–1 | Report | May 28 | 1:30 pm | ESPN+ | vs. (3) Rider Finals – Game 1 | (1) No. 23 | Alumni Baseball Diamond | L 2–7 | Papeo (4–2) | Signore (5–2) | Stalzer (6) | 215 | 37–3 | 4–2 | Report | |
NCAA Austin Regional (2–2) Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | NCAAT | June 4 | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 | vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State* Regional First round | (3) No. 25 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, Texas | L 6–7 | Glenn (6–2) | Sansone (8–2) | — | 4,909 | 37–4 | 0–1 | Report | June 5 | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 | vs. (4) Southern* Losers Regional semifinal | (3) No. 25 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field | W 6–2 | Noviello (9–0) | Guienze (1–6) | — | 5,447 | 38–4 | 1–1 | Report | June 6 | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 | vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State* Losers Regional final | (3) No. 25 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field | W 9–7 | Sansone (9–2) | Corrigan (2–2) | Signore (2) | 6,981 | 39–4 | 2–1 | Report | June 7 | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 | at (1) No. 4 Texas* Regional final – Game 1 | (3) No. 25 | UFCU Disch–Falk Field | L 2–12 | Hansen (9–1) | Erbeck (0–1) | — | 6,853 | 39–5 | 2–2 | Report | |
Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Canceled Bold = Rhode Island team member * Non-conference game |
*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the NCBWA poll |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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Coaches'[2] | — | —* | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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Baseball America[3] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |
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Collegiate Baseball^[4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | RV | |
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NCBWA†[5] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | |
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D1Baseball[6] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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^ 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 MAAC Standings". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
- ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
- ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
- ^ NCBWA Division I poll
- ^ D1Baseball poll
External links