2021 BYU Cougars baseball team

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2021 BYU Cougars baseball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference West Coast Conference
Record23–27 (15–12 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (9th season)
  • Brent Haring (9th season)
  • Michael Bradshaw (3rd season)
Home stadium Larry H. Miller Field
Seasons
←  2020
2022  →
2021 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍y20–7 .74134–19 .642
San Diego  ‍‍‍19–8 .70433–12 .733
San Francisco  ‍‍‍16–11 .59325–28 .472
BYU  ‍‍‍15–12 .55623–27 .460
Portland  ‍‍‍14–13 .51924–26 .480
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍13–14 .48120–29 .408
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍12–15 .44420–25 .444
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍11–16 .40725–26 .490
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍8–19 .29618–33 .353
Pacific  ‍‍‍7–20 .25917–34 .333
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2021 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for a ninth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season poll. [2] The Cougars entered the season after having watched the WCC cancel the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] As a cost containment measure, the WCC cut the 2021 baseball tournament, so the regular season champion will got the conferences auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament. [4] The Cougars went 23–27 overall, 15–12 in conference, and finished fourth in the standings.

Contents

2021 Roster

2021 BYU Cougars roster [5]

Pitchers

  • 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
  • 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
  • 9 Easton Walker – Senior
  • 13 Cy Nielson – Sophomore
  • 19 Bryce Robison – Sophomore
  • 21 Jack Sterner – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 23 Peyton Cole – Sophomore
  • 24 Drew Zimmerman – Senior
  • 25 Austin Deming – Junior
  • 26 Carter Smith – Sophomore
  • 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
  • 31 Reid McLaughlin – Junior
  • 32 Tyson Heaton – Sophomore
  • 36 Luke Sterner – Freshman
  • 37 Cooper McKeehan – Sophomore
  • 39 Mikade Johnson – Sophomore
  • 40 Ayden Callahan – Junior
  • 42 Boston Mabeus – Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 2 Brock Watson – Sophomore
  • 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
  • 8 Bryan Call – Junior
  • 14 Bitner Workman – Freshman
  • 16 Jacob Rogers – Junior
  • 23 Peyton Call – Sophomore
  • 25 Austin Deming – Junior
  • 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore
  • 35 Jacob Wilk- Junior
  • 45 Freddy Achecar – Senior
 

Catchers

  • 11 Abraham Valdez – Senior
  • 17 Joshua Cowden – Junior
  • 34 Joshua Youngblood – Sophomore
  • 38 JD Gardner – Freshman
  • 44 Chase Taylor – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 Danny Gelalich – Senior
  • 5 Hunter Swapp – Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
  • 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
  • 10 Hayden Leatham – Senior
  • 22 Cole Gambill – Junior
  • 27 Ryan Sepede – Sophomore
  • 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
  • 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore

Schedule

2021 BYU Cougars Game Log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
February 20at Texas State – Bobcat Ballpark ESPN+ 4–5Austin Smith (1–0)Easton Walker (0–1)Tristan Stivors (1)1650–1–
February 20at Texas State–Bobcat BallparkESPN+9–4Bryce Robison (1–0)Trevis Sundgren (0–1)Reid McLaughlin (1)1511–1–
February 22at Texas State–Bobcat Ballpark Facebook 6–11Austin Smith (2–0)Boston Mabeus (0–1)None7001–2–
February 23at Texas State–Bobcat BallparkESPN+7–6(10)Mitch McIntyre (1–0)Tristan Stivors (0–1)None7002–2–
February 24at #19 Texas – UFCU Disch-Falk Field LHN 1–3Cole Quintanilla (1–0)Boston Mabeus (0–2)Tanner Witt (1)1,4742–3–
February 25at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN6–12Palmer Wenzel (1–0)Bryce Robison (1–1)None1,4242–4–
February 26at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN1–11 Ty Madden (1–1)Cy Nielson (0–1)None1,5042–5–
February 27at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN5–4Reid McLaughlin (1–0)Caden Noah (0–1)Mitch McIntyre (1)1,5243–5–
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
March 4at Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field P12+ OSU 0–1Reid Sebby (2–0)Mikade Johnson (0–1)Jake Mulholland (2)03–6–
March 5at Oregon State–Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldP12+ OSU3–5Joey Mundt (1–0)Carter Smith (0–1)Nathan Burns (1)03–7–
March 6at Oregon State–Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldP12+ OSU3–4Jake Mulholland (1–0)Tyson Heaton (0–1)None03–8–
March 11at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12+ UT 3–6Matthew Sox (2–0)Mikade Johnson (0–2)None03–9–
March 12at Utah–Smith's BallparkP12+ UT1–7Kyle Robeniol (1–1)Cy Nielson (0–2)None03–10–
March 13Utah– Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv Cancelled- Snowstorm
March 16at Dixie State – Bruce Hurst Field WAC DN 4–5Brayden Bonner (1–0)Mikade Johnson (0–3)None7213–11–
March 18 at Loyola Marymount *– George C. Page Stadium WCC Net 5–4Easton Walker (1–1)CJ Fernandezees (1–1)Reid McLaughlin (2)04–111–0
March 19at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium9–2Boston Mabeus (1–2)Jimmy Galicia (1–4)None05–112–0
March 20at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium4–1Cy Nielson (1–2)Holden Chtistian (0–1)Bryce Robison (1)06–113–0
March 23 Utah Valley –Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 11–7Boston Mabeus (2–2)Jaxson Otis (0–2)Bryce Robison (2)4957–11–
March 25 San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org8–7(10)Bryce Robison (2–1)Max Jones (0–1)None4928–114–0
March 26San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org6–10(10)Jesse Barron (1–2)Mitch McIntyre (1–1)None7988–124–1
March 27San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org1–3Eric Reyzelman (1–1)Jack Sterner (0–1)Jesse Barron (3)7998–134–2
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
April 1at Santa Clara*– Stephen Schott Stadium WCC Net0–5Nick Sando (1–1)Easton Walker (1–2)Alex Reelfs (1)08–144–3
April 2at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott StadiumWCC Net3–11Brandon Buckley (2–1)Carter Smith (0–2)Jared Feikes (1)08–154–4
April 3at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott StadiumWCC Net3–1Bryce Robison (3–1)Cole Kitchen (5–1)None09–155–4
April 8 Portland*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org3–5Caleb Franzen (1–2)Bryce Robison (3–2)Eli Morse (8)4929–165–5
April 9Portland*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv1–0Reid McLaughlin (2–1)Eli Morse (0–1)None48710–166–5
April 10Portland*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv6–7Eli Morse (1–1)Carter Smith (0–3) None49610–176–6
April 13Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org7–4Bryce Robison (4–2)Dustyn Schramm (0–2)Reid McLaughlin (3)74211–17–
April 15at Omaha – Tal Anderson Field Mavs All-Access1–2Joey Machado (3–3)Easton Walker (1–3)Tanner Howe (1)36111–18–
April 16at Omaha–Tal Anderson Field NET 5–6Josiah Scott (3–1)Reid McLaughlin (2–1)None32211–19–
April 17at Omaha–Tal Anderson FieldMavs All-Access1–4Mark Timmins (3–2)Carter Smith (0–4)None53311–20–
April 20Dixie State–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org3–2Cy Nielson (2–2)Haiden Hendricks (0–1)Reid McLaughlin (4)49312–20–
April 22at Gonzaga*– Patterson Baseball Complex WCC Net1–12Alek Jacob (4–1)Easton Walker (1–4)None25012–216–7
April 23at Gonzaga*–Patterson Baseball ComplexWCC Net1–2Gabriel Hughes (3–2)Jack Sterner (0–2)Brody Jessee (3)40012–226–8
April 24at Gonzaga*–Patterson Baseball Complex SWX 3–7Michael Spellacy (3–2)Boston Mabeus (3–3)Trystan Vrieling (1)15012–236–9
April 27 #26 Arizona State –Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org8–5Bryce Robison (5–2)Jared Glenn (4–1)Reid McLaughlin (5)42213–23–
April 29 Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org12–0Easton Walker (2–4)Ryan Taurek (2–2)None49714–237–9
April 30Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv4–2Cooper McKeehan (1–0)Sam Bower (4–4)Reid McLaughlin (6)49215–238–9
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 1Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv4–3Bryce Robison (6–2)Ky Bush (5–4)Cooper McKeehan (1–0)49616–239–9
May 4at Utah Valley– UCCU Ballpark WAC DN 11–4Cy Nielson (3–2)Devin Smith (0–3)None2,05317–23–
May 6at San Diego*– Fowler Park WCC Net6–4 (10)Reid McLaughlin (3–1)Ryan Robinson (2–1)None10018–2310–9
May 7at San Diego*–Fowler ParkWCC Net11–10Cooper McKeehan (2–0)Conner Thurman (5–3)Carter Smith (1)10019–2311–9
May 8at San Diego*–Fowler ParkWCC Net12–13Brycen Mautz (3–1)Easton Walker (2–5)None10019–2411–10
May 13at Pacific*– Klein Family Field WCC Net3–6Joe Solomon (1–1)Cooper McKeehan (2–1)Zach Patterson (3)6019–2511–11
May 14at Pacific*–Klein Family FieldWCC Net5–0Jack Sterner (1–2)Hayden Pearce (3–7)Carter Smith (2)8020–2512–11
May 15at Pacific*–Klein Family FieldWCC Net6–0Bryce Robison (7–2)Hunter Schilperoort (1–2)None10021–2513–11
May 18Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org5–11Randon Hostert (3–0)Cy Nielson (3–3)None49421–26–
May 20 Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org3–6Brandon Llewellyn (4–1)Easton Walker (2–6)Trevor Hinkel (1)49221–2713–12
May 21Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org14–5Carter Smith (1–4)Shane Telfer (2–1)None49022–2714–12
May 22Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org14–7Drew Zimmerman (1–0)Nathan Diamond (2–4)None50023–2715–12
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. New D1 state team Dixie State also played the Cougars.

Radio Information

BYU Baseball was once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT served as the flagship station. However, because of a women's soccer and general conference conflicts, some radio broadcasts were App exclusives, and the first three games against Texas State didn't have a radio broadcast. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell rotated providing play-by-play after Brent Norton retired from the position after 30 seasons. Tuckett Slade served as analyst on most broadcasts.

TV Announcers

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