2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team

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2021 Fairfield Stags baseball
Fairfield Stags logo.svg
MAAC regular season champion
NCAA tournament, Austin Regional
Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
CB No. 25
Record39–5 (33–1 MAAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Fay (3rd season)
  • Jordan Tabakman (2nd season)
  • Harry Sabo (1st season)
Captains
  • Josh Arnold (4th year)
  • Matt Ferriero (4th year)
Home stadium Alumni Baseball Diamond
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Fairfield  ‍†‍‍y33–1 .97138–5 .884
Monmouth  ‍‍‍22–10 .68824–13 .649
Rider  ‍‍‡‍y18–16 .52923–18 .561
Canisius  ‍‍‍17–13 .56720–16 .556
Marist  ‍‍‍17–9 .65418–11 .621
Niagara  ‍‍‍17–15 .53116–17 .485
Siena  ‍‍‍14–22 .38915–24 .385
Manhattan  ‍‍‍12–22 .35312–24 .333
Quinnipiac  ‍‍‍7–21 .2507–21 .250
Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍4–24 .1434–24 .143
Iona  ‍‍‍3–11 .2143–11 .214
† – 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.

Contents

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)
March (4–0)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAAC
March 2011:30 am SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond
Fairfield, Connecticut 		W 7–4McLoughlin (1–0)Warner (0–1)Grabek (1)261–01–0 Report
March 202:15 pmSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball DiamondW 13–4Sansone (1–0)Barberio (0–1)—252–02–0 Report
March 2111:30 amSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball DiamondW 6–3Signore (1–0)Frank (0–1)Cafaro (1)503–03–0 Report
March 212:15 pmSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball DiamondW 8–0Noviello (1–0)Fron (0–1)—504–04–0 Report
April (22–0)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAAC
April 212:00 pmSSN Iona Alumni Baseball DiamondW 4–2Sansone (2–0)Smith (1–2)—255–05–0 Report
April 22:30 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–2Noviello (2–0)Helmstetter (1–1)Grabek (2)256–06–0 Report
April 312:00 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 7–0Signore (2–0)Helmstetter (1–2)—257–07–0 Report
April 32:30 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 10–2McVeigh (1–0)Martin (1–2)—258–08–0 Report
April 712:00 pmSSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball DiamondW 6–3Grabek (1–0)DeCarr (0–2)Oliphant (1)259–09–0 Report
April 73:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 17–6 (7)Amone (1–0)Mazza (0–1)—2510–010–0 Report
April 912:00 pmSSN Rider Alumni Baseball DiamondW 8–3Sansone (3–0)Audrey (2–2)—2011–011–0 Report
April 93:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 10–0Noviello (3–0)Soporowski (3–1)—2012–012–0 Report
April 1012:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 5–0Signore (3–0)Doelling (2–1)—3513–013–0 Report
April 103:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 6–0Cafaro (1–0)Williamson (1–1)—3514–014–0 Report
April 1412:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 2–1Grabek (2–0)Donnelly (2–2)—3015–015–0 Report
April 143:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 5–2Oliphant (1–0)Mazza (0–2)Sansone (1)3016–016–0 Report
April 1712:00 pmSSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball DiamondW 3–2Sansone (4–0)Klepchick (2–2)—4517–017–0 Report
April 173:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 8–2Noviello (4–0)Dombroski (2–1)—4018–018–0 Report
April 1812:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–3Oliphant (2–0)Miller (0–1)—4019–019–0 Report
April 183:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–1Cafaro (2–0)Long (2–1)Grabek (3)4520–020–0 Report
April 2112:00 pmat Saint Peter's Joseph Jaroschak Field
Jersey City, New Jersey 		W 20–2Ostensen (2–0)Mahady (2–2)—4521–021–0 Report
April 213:00 pmat Saint Peter'sJoseph Jaroschak FieldW 9–0Forfeit22–022–0 Report
April 2312:00 pmat Manhattan Van Cortlandt Park
Riverdale, New York 		W 16–4Sansone (5–0)Knight (1–4)— 0 23–023–0 Report
April 233:00 pmat ManhattanVan Cortlandt ParkW 12–4Noviello (5–0)Mahoney (1–3)—024–024–0 Report
April 2412:00 pmat ManhattanNo. 23Van Cortlandt ParkW 19–9Signore (4–0)Muratalla (0–4)—025–025–0 Report
April 243:00 pmat ManhattanNo. 23Van Cortlandt ParkW 8–4Grabek (3–0)Mahoney (1–3)—026–026–0 Report
May (7–1)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAAC
May 112:00 pmSSN Siena No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 2–1Sansone (6–0)Bovair (3–4)—6527–027–0 Report
May 13:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 10–1Noviello (6–0)McCully (2–5)—7528–028–0 Report
May 212:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondL 1–6Lumpinski (3–1)Signore (4–1)—6528–128–1 Report
May 212:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 4–0Cafaro (3–0)Knapek (1–2)—6529–129–1 Report
May 812:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field
Lewiston, New York 		W 1–0Sansone (7–0)Bruning (3–2)—8730–130–1 Report
May 83:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo FieldW 4–1Noviello (7–0)Jones (1–1)Oliphant (3)8531–131–1 Report
May 912:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo FieldW 10–8Fitzgerald (1–0)Hospital (2–1)Grabek (4)8632–132–1 Report
May 93:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo FieldW 8–5Cafaro (4–0)Smyth (0–2)McVeigh (1)7133–133–1 Report
Post-season (7–4)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAACT
May 2011:00 am ESPN+ vs. (8) Manhattan
Quarterfinals – Game 1		(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 2–1Sansone (8–0)Muratalla (3–5)Cafaro (2)12534–11–0 Report
May 202:30 pmESPN+vs. (8) Manhattan
Quarterfinals – Game 2		(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 8–5Signore (5–1)Solimine (1–4)—12535–12–0 Report
May 2611:00 amESPN+vs. (4) Canisius
Semifinals		(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondL 1–4Duffy (3–0)Sansone (8–1)—22535–22–1 Report
May 2711:00 amESPN+vs. (2) Monmouth
Losers Semifinal		(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 3–1Noviello (8–0)Klepchick (4–4)—15036–23–1 Report
May 289:30 amESPN+vs. (4) Canisius
Losers Final		(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 8–2McLoughlin (2–0)Fron (1–3)—21537–24–1 Report
May 281:30 pmESPN+vs. (3) Rider
Finals – Game 1		(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondL 2–7Papeo (4–2)Signore (5–2)Stalzer (6)21537–34–2 Report
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallNCAAT
June 47:00 pmESPN3vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State*
Regional First round		(3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Austin, Texas 		L 6–7Glenn (6–2)Sansone (8–2)—4,90937–40–1 Report
June 52:00 pmESPN3vs. (4) Southern*
Losers Regional semifinal		(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk FieldW 6–2Noviello (9–0)Guienze (1–6)—5,44738–41–1 Report
June 62:00 pmESPN3vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State*
Losers Regional final		(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk FieldW 9–7Sansone (9–2)Corrigan (2–2)Signore (2)6,98139–42–1 Report
June 72:00 pmESPN3at (1) No. 4 Texas*
Regional final – Game 1		(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk FieldL 2–12Hansen (9–1)Erbeck (0–1)—6,85339–52–2 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
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches' [2] ——*—————RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Baseball America [3] ————————RVRV232525RVRVRV
Collegiate Baseball^ [4] ———————RVRVRV2828272725RV
NCBWA† [5] —————————RVRVRV29292830
D1Baseball [6] ————————————————

^ 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "2021 MAAC Standings". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today . Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  4. ↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  5. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
  6. ↑ D1Baseball poll
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