2021 Marshall Thundering Herd baseball team

2021 Marshall Thundering Herd baseball
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	10-35 (6-26 C-USA)
Head coach	Jeff Waggoner
Assistant coaches	Joe Renner Brian Karlet Tyler Ladendorf
Home stadium	Kennedy Center Field
Seasons ← 2020 2022  →

2021 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East
Charlotte  x‍‍‍y	24	–	8	–	0		.750			40	–	21	–	0		.656
No. 16 Old Dominion  ‍‍‡‍y	22	–	10	–	0		.688			44	–	16	–	0		.733
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	18	–	14	–	0		.563			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	17	–	0		.469			27	–	29	–	0		.482
FIU  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			20	–	31	–	0		.392
Marshall  ‍‍‍	6	–	26	–	0		.188			10	–	35	–	0		.222
West
No. 22 Louisiana Tech  x‍‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			42	–	20	–	0		.677
No. 23 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍y	22	–	9	–	0		.710			40	–	21	–	0		.656
UTSA  ‍‍‍	14	–	17	–	0		.452			22	–	26	–	0		.458
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	19	–	1		.391			24	–	29	–	1		.454
Rice  ‍‍‍	11	–	20	–	1		.359			23	–	29	–	1		.443
UAB  ‍‍‍	11	–	21	–	0		.344			18	–	36	–	0		.333
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Marshall Thundering Herd baseball team represented Marshall University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season. The Thundering Herd competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA East Division. They played their home games at Kennedy Center Field in Huntington, West Virginia. The team was coached by Jeff Waggoner, who was in his fifteenth season with the Thundering Herd.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021 with the Thundering Herd predicted to finish in last place (7th) 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	-

Schedule and results

2021 Marshall Thundering Herd baseball game log
Regular season (10–35)
March (4–11) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record March 5 Morehead State Kennedy Center Field Huntington, WV W 3-1 70 1-0 - March 6 at Morehead State Allen Field Morehead, KY L 10-13 204 1-1 - March 7 Morehead State Kennedy Center Field L 2-6 53 1-2 - March 9 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV Postponed [3] March 9 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY L 1-2 257 1-3 - March 12–14 at Ohio Bob Wren Stadium Athens, OH Canceled [4] March 12 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park Macon, GA L 1-3 400 1-4 - March 13 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park W 11-0 400 2-4 - March 14 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park W 19-9 400 3-4 - March 19 at Southern Illinois Itchy Jones Stadium Carbondale, IL L 4-10 3-5 - March 20 at Southern Illinois Itchy Jones Stadium L 2-7 3-6 - March 21 at Southern Illinois Itchy Jones Stadium L 0-2 3-7 - March 23 West Virginia Kennedy Center Field W 7-1 103 4-7 - March 26 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL L 0-12 286 4-8 0-1 March 27 (1) at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium L 3-5 286 4-9 0-2 March 27 (2) at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium L 6-7 286 4-10 0-3 March 28 at Florid Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-11 286 4-11 0-4
April (4–14) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record April 2 Old Dominion Kennedy Center Field Huntington, WV L 1-12 61 4-12 0-5 April 3 (1) Old Dominion Kennedy Center Field L 7-8 53 4-13 0-6 April 3 (2) Old Dominion Kennedy Center Field L 0-8 53 4-14 0-7 April 4 Old Dominion Kennedy Center Field L 7-15 59 4-15 0-8 April 9 (1) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY L 0-1 89 4-16 0-9 April 9 (2) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 1-5 183 4-17 0-10 April 10 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 2-5 153 4-18 0-11 April 11 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 1-8 173 4-19 0-12 April 14 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV L 3-9 600 4-20 - April 16 FIU Kennedy Center Field L 2-8 67 4-21 0-13 April 17 (1) FIU Kennedy Center Field W 6-1 53 5-21 1-13 April 17 (2) FIU Kennedy Center Field L 0-5 53 5-22 1-14 April 18 FIU Kennedy Center Field W 10-8 57 6-22 2-14 April 23 at No. 14 Louisiana Tech Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA L 3-4 1,000 6-23 2-15 April 24 (1) at No. 14 Louisiana Tech Pat Patterson Park L 4-11 1,000 6-24 2-16 April 24 (2) at No. 14 Louisiana Tech Pat Patterson Park W 11-5 1,000 7-24 3-16 April 25 at No. 14 Louisiana Tech Pat Patterson Park W 7-2 1,000 8-24 4-16 April 30 Western Kentucky Kennedy Center Field L 6-10 61 8-25 4-17
May (2–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 1 (1) Western Kentucky Kennedy Center Field Huntington, WV L 1-6 63 8-26 4-18 May 1 (2) Western Kentucky Kennedy Center Field L 5-15 61 8-27 4-19 May 2 Western Kentucky Kennedy Center Field L 6-10 57 8-28 4-20 May 7 at No. 23 Charlotte Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC L 5-7 183 8-29 4-21 May 8 (1) at No. 23 Charlotte Hayes Stadium L 8-10 8-30 4-22 May 8 (2) at No. 23 Charlotte Hayes Stadium L 3-12 205 8-31 4-23 May 9 at No. 23 Charlotte Hayes Stadium L 3-6 168 8-32 4-24 May 11 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark Granville, WV L 1-4 600 8-33 - May 14 UAB Kennedy Center Field W 8-6 47 9-33 5-24 May 15 (1) UAB Kennedy Center Field L 0-9 53 9-34 5-25 May 15 (2) UAB Kennedy Center Field L 0-6 53 9-35 5-26 May 16 UAB Kennedy Center Field W 7-5 48 10-35 6-26
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled/Postponed

Schedule Source: ^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

1. "2021 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. "2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards". February 11, 2021.
3. "WVU baseball team halts activities; home-opening series with Kent State, game vs. Marshall postponed". The Dominion Post. March 3, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
4. "Baseball Against Ohio Canceled, Marshall Picks Up Series at Mercer". Spot on West Virginia. March 11, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
5. "Marshall Baseball Releases 2021 Schedule" (Press release). Marshall University Department of Athletics. February 4, 2021.

External links

• Marshall Baseball