2021 UMass Minutemen baseball team

2021 UMass Minutemen baseball
2021 UMass Minutemen baseball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	12–31 (3–17 A-10)
Head coach	Matt Reynolds (4th season);
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 UMass Minutemen baseball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Minutemen played their home games at Earl Lorden Field as a members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Matt Reynolds, in his 4th season at UMass.

2021 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
North
Rhode Island ^x‍‍‍	14	–	6	–	0	.700	28	–	26	–	1	.518
Saint Joseph's ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0	.625	21	–	19	–	0	.525
La Salle ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0	.625	32	–	21	–	0	.604
Fordham ‍‍‍	11	–	9	–	0	.550	24	–	19	–	0	.558
St. Bonaventure ‍‍‍	6	–	14	–	0	.300	7	–	24	–	0	.226
UMass ‍‍‍	3	–	16	–	0	.158	13	–	29	–	0	.310
South
VCU ^x‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	3	–	0	.813	38	–	16	–	0	.704
Dayton ‍‍‍	12	–	4	–	0	.750	25	–	27	–	0	.481
George Washington ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0	.583	26	–	19	–	0	.578
Davidson ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0	.458	27	–	24	–	0	.529
Saint Louis ‍‍‍	6	–	10	–	0	.375	17	–	31	–	0	.354
Richmond ‍‍‍	5	–	11	–	0	.313	19	–	17	–	0	.528
George Mason ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0	.292	14	–	29	–	0	.326

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The 2020 UMass Minutemen baseball team notched a 1–8 (0–0) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preseason

Coaches Poll

The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 18, 2021. UMass was picked to finish last in the Atlantic 10 regular season.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Points
Coaches' Poll
1	VCU	151 (4)
2	Fordham	149 (4)
3	Dayton	146 (4)
4	Davidson	117
5	Saint Louis	114 (1)
6	Richmond	109
7	Rhode Island	103
8	George Washington	74
9	Saint Joseph's	71
10	George Mason	46
11	La Salle	40
12	St. Bonaventure	32
13	UMass	31

Game log

2021 UMass Minutemen Baseball Game Log

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = UMass team member * Non-conference game

Regular Season (12–31)

March (7–9)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	A10	Sources
March 3	2:00 p.m.		at Northeastern*		Parsons Field Brookline, Massachusetts	L 2–11	Scotti (1–0)	Dow (0–1)	—	0	0–1	—	Box Score Recap
March 6	2:00 p.m.		at Stony Brook*		Joe Nathan Field Stony Brook, New York	Canceled (inclement weather)					0–1	—
March 7	1:00 p.m.		at Stony Brook*		Joe Nathan Field	W 9–4 ⁽⁷⁾	Shields (1–0)	Milch (0–1)	—	0	1–1	—	Box Score Recap
March 7	3:00 p.m.		at Stony Brook*		Joe Nathan Field	W 3–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Steele (1–0)	Herrmann (0–2)	Pawloski (1)	0	2–1	—	Box Score Recap
March 9	2:00 p.m.		at Central Connecticut*		CCSU Baseball Field New Britain, Connecticut	L 6–8	Neuman (1–0)	Dow (0–2)	Sabia (1)	0	2–2	—	Box Score Recap
March 12	3:00 p.m.		at Merrimack*		GLTS Ballpark Andover, Massachusetts	W 6–4	Henry (1–0)	Gillette (0–1)	Pawloski (2)	0	3–2	—	Box Score Recap
March 13	1:00 p.m.		at Merrimack*		GLTS Ballpark	W 11–4	Steele (2–0)	Amidon (0–2)	—	0	4–2	—	Box Score Recap
March 14	1:00 p.m.		at Merrimack*		GLTS Ballpark	L 1–3	Sorenson (2–0)	Dalton (1–1)	Thibault (1)	0	4–3	—	Box Score Recap
March 20	12:00 p.m.		at Towson*		John B. Schuerholz Park Towson, Maryland	L 7–8	Seils (2–3)	Steele (2–1)	Weber (1)	0	4–4	—	Box Score Recap
March 20	3:00 p.m.		at Towson*		John B. Schuerholz Park	L 0–4	Janowicz (1–0)	LeBlanc (0–1)	—	0	4–5	—	Box Score Recap
March 21	12:00 p.m.		at Towson*		John B. Schuerholz Park	W 7–4	Given (1–0)	Madden (0–2)	Pawlowski (3)	0	5–5	—	Box Score Recap
March 21	3:00 p.m.		at Towson*		John B. Schuerholz Park	W 10–1	Livnat (1–0)	Ramanjulu (0–4)	—	0	6–5	—	Box Score Recap
March 24	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, Massachusetts	W 6–2	Dow (1–2)	Chudy (0–1)	—	0	7–5	—	Box Score Recap
March 26	3:00 p.m.		at Northeastern*		Parsons Field	L 1–18	Murphy (1–0)	Steele (2–2)	—	371	7–6	—	Box Score Recap
March 27	11:00 a.m.		at Northeastern*		Parsons Field	L 2–5 ⁽⁷⁾	Schlitter (1–0)	LeBlanc (0–2)	Dufault (1)	325	7–7	—	Box Score Recap
March 27	2:00 p.m.		at Northeastern*		Parsons Field	L 3–4	Yost (1–0)	Pawloski (0–1)	Gigliotti (1)	325	7–8	—	Box Score Recap
March 31	2:00 p.m.		Holy Cross*		Earl Lorden Field Amherst, Massachusetts	L 6–7	Bryant (1–0)	Pawloski (0–2)	—	46	7–9	—	Box Score Recap

April (4–15)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	A10	Sources
April 2	3:00 p.m.		at UConn* Rivalry		Elliot Ballpark Storrs, Connecticut	L 2–9	Casparius (3–2)	Steele (2–3)	—	111	7–10	—	Box Score Recap
April 3	12:00 p.m.		at UConn* Rivalry		Elliot Ballpark	L 1–11	Peterson (3–1)	Given (1–1)	—	176	7–11	—	Box Score Recap
April 3	3:00 p.m.		at UConn* Rivalry		Elliot Ballpark	L 3–7	Simeone (1–3)	Livnat (1–1)	—	211	7–12	—	Box Score Recap
April 7	3:00 p.m.		Northeastern		Earl Lorden Field	L 1–11	Stiehl (1–1)	Clevenger (0–1)	—	75	7–13	—	Box Score Recap
April 9	12:00 p.m.		at Saint Joseph's		Smithson Field Merion, Pennsylvania	L 1–5	McCole (1–1)	Steele (2–4)	—	109	7–14	0–1	Box Score Recap
April 9	3:00 p.m.		at Saint Joseph's		Smithson Field	L 5–7 ⁽⁷⁾	Rodriguez (1–1)	Wittman (0–1)	—	139	7–15	0–2	Box Score Recap
April 10	12:00 p.m.		at Saint Joseph's		Smithson Field	L 2–10 ⁽⁷⁾	DeVine (1–1)	Given (1–2)	—	100	7–16	0–3	Box Score Recap
April 10	3:00 p.m.		at Saint Joseph's		Smithson Field	L 1–6	Rollins (1–1)	Dalton (1–2)	—	126	7–17	0–4	Box Score Recap
April 14	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Merrimack*		Earl Lorden Field	W 9–8	Henry (2–0)	Healy (1–2)	Wittman (1)	80	8–17	—	Box Score Recap
April 17	12:00 p.m.		La Salle		Earl Lorden Field	L 5–8	Scanlon (4–2)	Steele (2–5)	Kennedy (3)	80	8–18	0–5	Box Score Recap
April 17	3:30 p.m.		La Salle		Earl Lorden Field	L 0–3 ⁽⁷⁾	Elissalt (4–1)	Livnat (1–2)	—	85	8–19	0–6	Box Score Recap
April 18	12:00 p.m.		La Salle		Earl Lorden Field	L 3–4 ⁽⁷⁾	Yablonski (2–1)	Wittman (0–2)	—	80	8–20	0–7	Box Score Recap
April 18	3:30 p.m.		La Salle		Earl Lorden Field	L 6–11	Maria (2–1)	Pawloski (0–3)	Kennedy (4)	80	8–21	0–8	Box Score Recap
April 20	3:30 p.m.		Sacred Heart*		Earl Lorden Field	Canceled (inclement weather)					8–21	—	Recap
April 23	3:00 p.m.		at Rhode Island		Bill Beck Field Kingston, Rhode Island	L 7–8 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Fernandez (3–2)	Henry (2–1)	—	20	8–22	0–9	Box Score Recap
April 24	12:00 p.m.		at Rhode Island		Smithson Field	W 11–2 ⁽⁷⁾	Steele (3–5)	Picone (1–2)	—	20	9–22	1–9	Box Score Recap
April 24	3:00 p.m.		at Rhode Island		Smithson Field	L 3–7 ⁽⁷⁾	Webb (4–0)	Dalton (0–3)	—	30	9–23	1–10	Box Score Recap
April 25	12:00 p.m.		at Rhode Island		Smithson Field	L 8–10	Levesque (3–1)	Given (1–3)	—	40	9–24	1–11	Box Score Recap
April 27	3:00 p.m.		at Sacred Heart*		Veterans Memorial Park Bridgeport, Connecticut	W 8–6 ⁽¹¹⁾	Wittman (1–2)	Briggs (2–4)	—	31	9–25	—	Box Score Recap
April 30	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Fordham		Houlihan Park Bronx, New York	W 4–2	Lesieur (1–0)	Knox (1–2)	Clevenger (1)	0	10–25	2–11	Box Score Recap

May (2–6)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	A10	Sources
May 1	12:00 p.m.		at Fordham		Houlihan Park	L 3–5 ⁽⁷⁾	Mikulsi (7–0)	Steele (3–6)	Kovel (1)	0	10–26	2–12	Box Score Recap
May 1	3:00 p.m.		at Fordham		Houlihan Park	W 8–3 ⁽⁷⁾	Given (2–3)	Crowley (3–3)	—	0	11–26	3–12	Box Score Recap
May 2	12:00 p.m.		at Fordham		Houlihan Park	L 1–11 ⁽⁸⁾	Karslo (4–1)	Dalton (0–4)	—	0	11–27	3–13	Box Score Recap
May 4	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Boston College*		Earl Lorden Field	W 3–2	Wittman (2–2)	Vetrano (1–3)	—	75	12–27	—	Box Score Recap
May 14	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	St. Bonaventure		Earl Lorden Field	Canceled (COVID-19 protocols)					12–27	3–13	Recap
May 15	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+	St. Bonaventure		Earl Lorden Field						12–27	3–13
May 15	2:30 p.m.	ESPN+	St. Bonaventure		Earl Lorden Field						12–27	3–13
May 16	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+	St. Bonaventure		Earl Lorden Field						12–27	3–13
May 20	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Rhode Island		Earl Lorden Field	L 6–17 ⁽⁸⁾	Twitchell (4–1)	Given (2–4)	Moxey (1)	80	12–28	3–14	Box Score Recap
May 21	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Rhode Island		Earl Lorden Field	L 2–7 ⁽⁷⁾	Webb (7–1)	Steele (3–7)	—	80	12–29	3–15	Box Score Recap
May 21	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Rhode Island		Earl Lorden Field	L 5–7 ⁽⁷⁾	Cherry (1–0)	Aronson (0–1)	Janglos (1)	80	12–30	3–16	Box Score Recap
May 22	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Rhode Island		Earl Lorden Field	L 1–16 ⁽⁷⁾	Levesque (5–2)	Bergeron (0–1)	—	100	12–31	3–17	Box Score Recap

Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[3]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^ "Fordham Picked Second in Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll". fordhamsports.com. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. December 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
^ "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

External links

[1] "2021 Baseball Standings". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

[2] "Fordham Picked Second in Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll". fordhamsports.com. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[coaches_poll-3] "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

[4] "College Top 25". Baseball America. December 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

[5] "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.

[6] "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

[7] "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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