2021 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team

2021 Saint Louis Billikens baseball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	17–31 (6–10 A-10)
Head coach	Darin Hendrickson (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Evan Pratte (3rd season) Will Schierholz (4th season) Logan Moon (1st season)
Home stadium	Billiken Sports Center
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

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

The 2021 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team represented Saint Louis University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Billikens played their home games at Billiken Sports Center as a members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Darin Hendrickson, in his 13th season at Saint Louis.

Previous season

Further information: 2020 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team

The 2020 Saint Louis Billikens baseball team notched a 10–6 (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. Saint Louis was picked to finish fifth the Atlantic 10 regular season championship. ^[2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Points
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

Personnel

Roster

2021 Saint Louis Billikens baseball roster [3]
	Pitchers 8 - Randon Dauman - Freshman 9 - Scott Youngbrandt - Sophomore 12 - Ryan Nolan - Senior 13 - Trevor Harris - Junior 14 - Henry McIntosh - Freshman 16 - Mark Finkleburg - Senior 17 - Charlie Sheehan - Senior 19 - Matt Boyer - Freshman 20 - Marius Balandis - Junior 21 Grant Fremion - Sophomore 27 - Colin Townsend - Junior 29 - Jake Little - Freshman 32 - Reid Hendrickson - Sophomore 34 - Parker Stoyan - Freshman 36 - Ryan Patel - Sophomore 37 - Ryan Surin - Sophomore		Catchers 18 - Ryan Hernandez - Junior 33 - Nolan Bowser - Freshman Infielders 1 - Brendan Carrane - Freshman 2 - Colten Schild - Sophomore 3 - Zach Frieling - Junior 5 - Thomas Kane - Freshman 6 - Matt Dunham - Sophomore 7 - Matt Happ - Junior 15 - Tyler Fogarty - Freshman 22 - Kyle Fitzgerald - Junior 31 - Sam Polk - Freshman		Outfielders 4 - George Sutherland - Junior 11 - Cole Smith - Freshman 30 - Colin Bergmann - Freshman 38 - Will Ross - Freshman 40 - Matt Turino - Junior Utility 25 - Jake Garella - Senior 28 - Cam Redding - Sophomore

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at SLU	Alma mater
Darin Hendrickson	Head Coach	13	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (1991)
Evan Pratte	Assistant Coach	3	Southwest Missouri State University (1996)
Will Schierholz	Assistant Coach	4	Miami University (2014)
Logan Moon	Volunteer Assistant Coach	1	Missouri Southern State University (2014)

Game log

2021 Saint Louis Billikens Baseball Game Log
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled      Bold = Saint Louis team member
Regular Season (17–31)
February (1–6) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources February 19 3:00 pm YouTube at Kennesaw State* Fred Stillwell Stadium Kennesaw, Georgia W 8–7 Sheehan (1–0) Finney (0–1) Hendrickson (1) 120 1–0 — Stats February 20 12:00 pm YouTube at Kennesaw State* Fred Stillwell Stadium L 1–5 Rice (1–0) Balandis (0–1) Rine (1) 120 1–1 — Stats February 20 3:00 pm YouTube at Kennesaw State* Fred Stillwell Stadium L 1–2 Kennedy (1–0) Finkleburg (0–1) Johnson (1) 120 1–2 — Stats February 21 12:00 pm YouTube at Kennesaw State* Fred Stillwell Stadium L 4–5 Stills (1–0) Youngbrandt (0–1) Rodriguez (1) 250 1–3 — Stats February 26 1:00 pm North Dakota State* Billiken Sports Center St. Louis, Missouri L 4–7 Drew (1–0) Harris (0–1) Nelson (1) 45 1–4 — Stats February 27 1:00 pm North Dakota State* Billiken Sports Center L 4–5 Feeney (1–0) Finkleburg (0–2) Harm (1) 50 1–5 — Stats February 27 4:00 pm North Dakota State* Billiken Sports Center L 5–6 Smith (1–0) Dauman (0–1) Riedinger (1) 50 1–6 — Stats February 28 12:00 pm North Dakota State* Billiken Sports Center 1–3(4) Canceled (inclement weather) [a] — Report
March (6–10) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources March 2 3:00 pm at SIUE* Roy E. Lee Field Edwardsville, Illinois L 1–11 Matheny (2–1) Harris (0–2) — 50 1–7 — Stats March 5 6:30 pm Kansas* Billiken Sports Center W 8–1 Boyer (1–0) Cyr (2–1) — 50 2–7 — Stats March 6 4:00 pm Kansas* Billiken Sports Center L 1–5 Larsen (1–1) Finkleburg (0–3) Ulane (2) 50 2–8 — Stats March 7 1:00 pm Kansas* Billiken Sports Center L 5–7 (12) Hegarty (1–1) Hendrickson (0–1) Ulane (3) 50 2–9 — Stats March 10 3:00 pm KTGR Missouri* Billiken Sports Center L 1–2 Lohse (1–1) Sheehan (1–1) — 104 2–10 — Stats March 12 3:00 pm ESPN+ Western Illinois* Billiken Sports Center W 4–3 Surin (1–0) Carberry (0–2) — 85 3–10 — Stats March 13 2:00 pm ESPN+ Western Illinois* Billiken Sports Center L 0–11 Fochs (2–1) Finkleburg (0–4) — 85 3–11 — Stats March 14 1:00 pm ESPN+ Western Illinois* Billiken Sports Center W 14–0 Youngbrandt (1–1) Warkentien (0–2) — 85 4–11 — Stats March 16 3:00 pm ESPN+ Southeast Missouri State* Billiken Sports Center L 6–8 Grossius (1–0) Hendrickson (0–2) Williams (1) 85 4–12 — Stats March 19 6:00 pm Oral Roberts* Billiken Sports Center L 7–14 Coffey (2–1) Boyer (1–1) — 50 4–13 — Stats March 20 2:00 pm Oral Roberts* Billiken Sports Center W 6–2 Youngbrandt (2–1) Rogen (1–2) — 50 5–13 — Stats March 21 1:00 pm Oral Roberts* Billiken Sports Center W 4–1 Harris (1–2) Notary (0–3) — 75 6–13 — Stats March 23 6:00 pm SIUE* Billiken Sports Center L 1–6 Swanson (1–0) Finkleburg (0–5) — 50 6–14 — Stats March 26 6:00 pm ESPN+ at Cincinnati* UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio L 4–8 McCarthy (1–1) Boyer (1–2) — 300 6–15 — Stats March 27 4:00 pm ESPN+ at Cincinnati* UC Baseball Stadium L 5–8 Murphy (1–1) Youngbrandt (2–2) — 807 6–16 — Stats March 28 1:00 pm ESPN+ at Cincinnati* UC Baseball Stadium W 21–6 Harris (2–2) Batcho (0–3) — 228 7–16 — Stats
April (6–7) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources April 1 3:00 pm ESPN+ No. 25 Indiana State* Billiken Sports Center L 2–8 Cline (3–0) Finkleburg (0–6) — 75 7–17 — Stats April 2 3:00 pm No. 25 Indiana State* Billiken Sports Center L 2–13 Guerrero (5–0) Youngbrandt (2–3) — 75 7–18 — Stats April 3 1:00 pm No. 25 Indiana State* Billiken Sports Center W 8–5 Sheehan (2–1) Weaver (0–2) Patel (1) 75 8–18 — Stats April 6 6:00 pm at SIUE* Roy E. Lee Field Edwardsville, Illinois L 10–16 Waterhouse (1–2) Hendrickson (0–3) — 100 8–19 — Stats April 9 11:00 am ESPN+ at George Mason Spuhler Field Fairfax, Virginia L 3–7 Lyons (3–1) Youngbrandt (2–4) — 0 8–20 0–1 Stats April 9 3:00 pm ESPN+ at George Mason Spuhler Field W 6–4 Townsend (1–0) Versaw-Barnes (1–3) — 0 9–20 1–1 Stats April 10 5:00 pm ESPN+ at George Mason Spuhler Field W 7–0 Harris (3–2) Stoudemire (1–6) — 0 10–20 2–1 Stats April 11 5:00 pm ESPN+ at George Mason Spuhler Field W 4–2 Fremion (1–0) Cabone (0–1) Hendrickson (2) 0 11–20 3–1 Stats April 16 3:00 pm Richmond Billiken Sports Center Canceled (COVID-19 protocols) 11–20 3–1 Report April 17 1:00 pm Richmond Billiken Sports Center 11–20 3–1 April 17 4:00 pm Richmond Billiken Sports Center 11–20 3–1 April 18 1:00 pm Richmond Billiken Sports Center 11–20 3–1 April 21 3:00 pm Fontbonne* Billiken Sports Center W 13–0 Boyer (2–2) Gunther (0–1) — 44 12–20 — Stats April 23 5:00 pm ESPN3 at Bradley* Dozer Park Peoria, Illinois L 4–18 Catton (3–1) Finkleburg (0–7) — 192 12–21 — Stats April 24 2:00 pm ESPN3 at Bradley* Dozer Park W 9–6 Fremion (2–0) Hamilton (3–1) Patel (2) 171 13–21 — Stats April 25 1:00 pm ESPN3 at Bradley* Dozer Park L 3–13 Gosswein (3–0) Youngbrandt (2–5) — 198 13–22 — Stats April 30 3:00 pm ESPN+ at George Washington Barcroft Park Arlington, Virginia L 7–10 Kahler (2–0) Sheehan (2–2) Kuncl (6) 50 13–23 3–2 Stats
May (4–8) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Atlantic 10 Sources May 1 1:00 pm ESPN+ at George Washington Barcroft Park W 7–2 (8) Harris (4–2) Cohen (4–2) — 50 14–23 4–2 Stats May 1 4:00 pm ESPN+ at George Washington Barcroft Park L 7–14 Edwards (4–2) Townsend (1–1) — 50 14–24 4–3 Stats May 2 12:00 pm ESPN+ at George Washington Barcroft Park W 9–7 Patel (1–0) McGinnis (2–3) Fremion (1) 50 15–24 5–3 Stats May 7 3:00 pm ESPN+ No. 27 VCU Billiken Sports Center L 6–14 Delane (2–0) Harris (4–3) — 85 15–25 5–4 Stats May 8 1:00 pm ESPN+ No. 27 VCU Billiken Sports Center L 4–19 Davis (8–1) Fremion (2–1) — 60 15–26 5–5 Stats May 8 4:00 pm ESPN+ No. 27 VCU Billiken Sports Center L 8–9 (10) Ellis (5–1) Surin (0–1) — 55 15–27 5–6 Stats May 9 1:00 pm ESPN+ No. 27 VCU Billiken Sports Center L 5–16 Masloff (1–0) Youngbrandt (2–6) — 45 15–28 5–7 Stats May 11 6:00 pm ESPN+ SIUE* Billiken Sports Center W 10–7 Sheehan (3–2) Waterhouse (1–3) Balandis (1) 65 16–28 — Stats May 13 6:00 pm Eastern Illinois* Billiken Sports Center Canceled (COVID-19 protocols) 16–28 — Report May 15 1:00 pm at Eastern Illinois* Monier Field Charleston, Illinois 16–28 — May 15 4:00 pm at Eastern Illinois* Monier Field 16–28 — May 20 3:00 pm ESPN+ Davidson Billiken Sports Center L 3–11 Biederman (5–1) Harris (4–4) Schomberg (1) 50 16–29 5–8 Stats May 21 1:00 pm ESPN+ Davidson Billiken Sports Center W 7–5 Youngbrandt (3–6) Fenton (2–8) Patel (3) 60 17–29 6–8 Stats May 21 4:00 pm ESPN+ Davidson Billiken Sports Center L 1–4 Levy (5–3) Finkleberg (0–8) Devos (8) 75 17–30 6–9 Stats May 22 1:00 pm ESPN+ Davidson Billiken Sports Center L 3–6 Walker (2–1) Fremion (2–2) Peaden (1) 150 17–31 6–10 Stats

Notes

1. The game was cancelled in the fourth inning due to rain. North Dakota State was leading, 3–1, at the time of cancellation.

References

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.
3. "2021 Baseball Roster". Saint Louis Billikens. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

External links

• Saint Louis Baseball