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 [ ] The 2020 Owls finished 10–6 overall. This season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Preseason [ ] C-USA media poll [ ] 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 [ ] Bobby Morgensen – OutfielderMitchell Hartigan – Designated Hitter/Utility PlayerPersonal [ ] Roster [ ]
2021 Florida Atlantic Owls roster
Pitchers
2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore
7 - Javi Rivera - Sophomore
14 - Brock Helverson -
15 - Brycen Allen -
16 - Adrien Reese - Junior
18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore
21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore
22 - Jackson Vescelus -
25 - Braden Ostrander - Freshman
26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman
27 - Dylan O'Connell -
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 -
40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman
41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman
42 - Sam Drumheller - Freshman
44 - Nicholas Del Prado - Freshman
49 - Thomas Haggerty -
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 [ ]
Coaching Staff
John McCormack - Head Coach - 13th yearGreg 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 [ ]
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 12-6Cooley (1-0)B. McKay (0-1)
None 821
1-0
-
February 20
UCF
FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 20-15Reese (1-0)H. Patterson (0-1)
None 286
2-0
-
February 21
UCF
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 6-15Litchfield (1-0)
Stuart (0-1)J. Sinclair (1)
286
2-1
-
February 23
at Florida Gulf Coast
Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL W 3-1Ostrander (1-0)Woodward (0-1)
Entenza (1)204
3-1
-
February 26
Seton Hall FAU Baseball Stadium
W 6-2Reese (2-0)Burnham (0-1)
None 286
4-1
-
February 27
Seton Hall
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 17-14Cooley (2-0)Anderson (0-1)
Entenza (2)286
5-1
-
February 28
Seton Hall
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 10-4Sparling (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 0-8Studstill (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 14-9J. 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 2-11J. Garland (1-1)
Stuart (0-2)None 610
8-3
-
March 11
Indiana State No. 20
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 5-7C. Edmonson (1-1)
Cooley (2-1)C. Fenlong (2)
286
8-4
-
March 12
Indiana State
No. 20
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 2-10G. Guerrero (3-0)
Josey (0-1)None 286
8-5
-
March 13
Indiana State
No. 20
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 7-5Sparling (2-0)T. Weaver (0-1)
None 286
9-5
-
March 16
at UCF
John Euliano Park
L 3-8Z. Bennett (1-1)
Entenza (1-1)None 1,020
9-6
-
March 19
at South Florida
USF Baseball Stadium Tampa, FL W 5-1Cooley (3-1)Jasiak (2-2)
None 101
10-6
-
March 20
at South Florida
USF Baseball Stadium
L 0-4Burns (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 9-14J. 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 5-3Entenza (2-1)Adkins (1-1)
Ostander (1)286
12-9
2-0
March 27 (2)
Marshall
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 7-6Del Prado (1-0)Knight (0-1)
None 286
13-9
3-0
March 28
Marshall
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 11-2J. Rivera (2-0)Cheatwood (1-2)
None 286
14-9
4-0
March 30
at Florida Gulf Coast
Swanson Stadium
W 13-11O'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 5-9McGowan (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 4-5Giesting (2-0)
Entenza (2-2)None 150
15-12
4-3
April 4
at Charlotte
Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium
L 10-11Lindsey (3-1)
Drumheller (0-1)Bargo (1)
112
15-13
4-4
April 9
Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium
L 2-7Gomez (3-1)
Cooley (4-3)None 286
15-14
4-5
April 10 (1)
Old Dominion
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 3-10Pantos (3-0)
Sparling (2-2)None 286
15-15
4-6
April 10 (2)
Old Dominion
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 2-8Gregory (4-0)
Visconti (0-2)None 286
15-16
4-7
April 11
Old Dominion
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 2-8Rivera (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 2-1Visconti (1-2)O'Clair (3-4)
Drumheller (1)80
17-17
6-8
April 17 (2)
at UAB
Jerry D. Young Memorial Field
L 2-4Rusk (1-1)
Sparling (2-3)Greene (1)
80
17-18
6-9
April 18
at UAB
Jerry D. Young Memorial Field
W 5-3Rivera (4-0)Greene (3-1)
None 80
18-18
7-9
April 23
at FIU
Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL W 11-6Cooley (5-3)T. Myrick (6-2)
None 0
19-18
8-9
April 24 (1)
at FIU
Infinity Insurance Park
W 16-7Visconti (2-2)G. Rukes (2-5)
Spiller (1)-
20-18
9-9
April 24 (2)
at FIU
Infinity Insurance Park
L 5-6J. Figueroa (3-1)
Sparling (2-4)A. Tiburcio (4)
-
20-19
9-10
April 25
at FIU
Infinity Insurance Park
W 8-7Drumheller (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 1-6G. 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 3-1Rivera (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 6-3Cooley (7-3)J. Kates (3-3)
None 79
25-20
14-11
May 7 (2)
at Western Kentucky
Nick Denes Field
L 5-6B. Sutton (3-1)
Entenza (2-3)None 144
25-21
14-12
May 8 (1)
at Western Kentucky
Nick Denes Field
W 6-3Rivera (6-0)D. Terbrak (2-3)
Visconti (1)137
26-21
15-12
May 8 (2)
at Western Kentucky
Nick Denes Field
W 6-1Helverson (1-0)L. Stofel (2-1)
Drumheller (3)210
27-21
16-12
May 14
No. 19 Southern Miss
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 3-1Cooley (8-3)H. Stanley (5-3)
Visconti (2)286
28-21
17-12
May 15 (1)
No. 19 Southern Miss
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 5-6Powell (9-2)
Sparling (2-5)None 286
28-22
17-13
May 15 (2)
No. 19 Southern Miss
FAU Baseball Stadium
L 5-6Waldrep (1-0)
Reese (2-1)Och (2)
286
28-23
17-14
May 16
No. 19 Southern Miss
FAU Baseball Stadium
W 9-6Visconti (4-2)Wehunt (1-2)
None 286
29-23
18-14
May 18
at Miami (FL)
Alex Rodriguez Park
W 3-0Reese (3-1)A. Arguelles (4-1)
Visconti (3)613
30-23
18-14
Post-Season (2–2)
C-USA Tournament
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 2-11Ryne 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 9-8J. 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 14-8Visconti (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 5-13J. Hartline (5-0)
Ostrander (1-3)None 2,183
32-25
2-2
Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled
Schedule Source: [4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Final
Coaches' [5] NR
NR*
RV
22
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR*
NR*
NR
Baseball America [6] NR
NR
NR
25
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR*
NR*
NR
Collegiate Baseball ^[7] RV
NR
NR
27
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NCBWA †[8] RV
RV
26
22т
RV
NR
RV
NR
NR
NR
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR*
NR
D1Baseball[9]
NR
NR
21
20
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR*
NR*
NR
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Awards [ ]
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 [ ]
^ "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 [ ] • FAU Baseball
