2021 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team


The 2021 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Anteaters played their home games at Anteater Ballpark as a member of the Big West Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Ben Orloff.

2021 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball
Big West champion
NCAA tournament, Stanford Regional
ConferenceBig West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
CBNo. 17
Record40–16 (32–8 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Daniel Bibona (7th season)
  • J. T. Bloodworth (3rd season)
  • Mitch Holland (2nd season)
Home stadiumCicerone Field
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Big West Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍y 32 8   .800 43 18   .705
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍y 29 11   .725 41 20   .672
Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 26 14   .650 28 15   .651
Cal Poly  ‍‍‍ 21 19   .525 31 25   .554
Cal State Northridge  ‍‍‍ 21 19   .525 21 19   .525
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 21 19   .525 24 28   .462
Cal State Bakersfield  ‍‍‍ 17 19   .472 20 23   .465
Hawaii  ‍‍‍ 16 24   .400 24 26   .480
Cal State Fullerton  ‍‍‍ 13 23   .361 20 35   .364
UC Riverside  ‍‍‍ 12 28   .300 15 36   .294
UC Davis  ‍‍‍ 8 32   .200 14 43   .246
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 7, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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The 2020 UC Irvine Anteaters baseball team notched a 8–7 (0–0) regular-season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Schedule and results

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Stanford Regional

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Stanford Regional Teams
(1) Stanford Cardinal (2) UC Irvine Anteaters (3) Nevada Wolfpack (4) North Dakota State Bison
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1Stanford9
4North Dakota State1
1Stanford12
2UC Irvine4
3Nevada0
2UC Irvine7
1Stanford
2UC Irvine
Lower round 1Lower final
4North Dakota State3
4North Dakota State62UC Irvine18
3Nevada1

2021 MLB draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Trenton Denholm RHP 14 426 Cleveland Indians
Peter Van Loon RHP 16 467 Baltimore Orioles
Dillon Tatum C 20 609 Minnesota Twins

References

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  1. ^ "Big West Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.