2025 Charleston Cougars baseball team

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2025 Charleston Cougars baseball
College of Charleston Cougars logo.svg
Conference Coastal Athletic Association
Record22–16 (7–8 CAA)
Head coach
Associate head coachWill Dorton (5th season)
Assistant coachSam Gjormand (4th season)
Hitting coachAdam Brown (3rd season)
Pitching coachSawyer Bridges (3rd season)
Home stadium CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point
Seasons
 2024
2026 
2025 Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Northeastern  y252 .9264911 .817
UNCW  198 .7043424 .586
Charleston  1512 .5563722 .627
Campbell  1512 .5562531 .446
William & Mary  1413 .5192135 .375
Elon  1314 .4812532 .439
Delaware  1215 .4442825 .528
Stony Brook  1116 .4072527 .481
Towson  1116 .4072135 .375
Monmouth  1017 .3702430 .444
North Carolina A&T  918 .3331537 .288
Hofstra  819 .2961836 .333
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 1, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Charleston Cougars baseball team represents the College of Charleston during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars play their home games at the CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association. They are led by head coach Randy Hood, in his fifth year as head coach.

Contents

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 5, 2025. Charleston was selected to finish second in the conference. [2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted
finish
TeamPoints
1UNCW117 (8)
2Charleston109 (3)
3Northeastern107 (1)
4Campbell78
5Delaware77
6Elon70
7Stony Brook56
8William & Mary55
9Hofstra51
10North Carolina A&T37
11Monmouth19
12Towson16

Awards and honors

Preseason CAA awards and honors

Preseason All-CAA Team [2]
PlayerNo.PositionClassDesignation
Avery Neaves30OFGraduateFirst Team
Jake Brink21SPJuniorFirst Team
Davis Aiken18RPSeniorFirst Team
Dylan Johnson9CSeniorHonorable Mention
Aidan Hunter14SPSeniorHonorable Mention
Alex Lyon12RPRS JuniorHonorable Mention

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos.No.Player.Year
C9Dylan JohnsonSenior
1B8Payton FrehnerJunior
2B6Brent GibbsSophomore
3B15Ethan PlylerRS Junior
SS2Rafael SotoFreshman
LF30Avery NeavesGraduate
CF1Dariyan PendergrassSenior
RF42Will BaumhoferGraduate
DH20Matthew DominianniFreshman
Weekend Pitching Rotation
DayNo.Player.Year
Friday21Jake BrinkJunior
Saturday14Aidan HunterSenior
Sunday10Hayden ThomasSophomore

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [3] RVRV*RV
Baseball America [4]
NCBWA [5] RVRVRV
D1Baseball [6]
Perfect Game [7]

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.

Game log

2025 Charleston Cougars baseball Game Log (18–12)
Regular Season (18–12)
April (3–1)
DateOpponentRankSite/StadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall RecordCAA Record
April 1 Charleston Southern*CofC Baseball StadiumW 14–9Lyon (5–1)Krause (1–1)NoneFloSports63516–11
April 4at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field
West Long Branch, NJ
W 5–1Brink (4–2)Kent (1–5)FloSports20717–114–3
April 5at MonmouthMonmouth Baseball FieldW 6–5Brooks (3–1)Beard (1–3)Aiken (5)FloSports16318–115–3
April 6at MonmouthMonmouth Baseball FieldL 4–5Mealy (3–0)Hunter (4–2)Greeley (1)FloSports17318–125–4
April 8at Charleston Southern* CSU Ballpark
North Charleston, SC
ESPN+
April 11 Delaware CofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 12DelawareCofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 13DelawareCofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 16The Citadel*CofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 18at Northeastern Friedman Diamond
Boston, MA
FloSports
April 19at NortheasternFriedman DiamondFloSports
April 20at NortheasternFriedman DiamondFloSports
April 22No. 21 Coastal Carolina*CofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 25 UNCW CofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 26UNCWCofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 27UNCWCofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
April 30Georgia Southern*CofC Baseball StadiumFloSports
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = UNCW team member      * = Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

  1. "Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Washburn, Rob (February 5, 2025). "Two-Time Defending Champ UNCW Picked To Win CAA Baseball Title In 2025". caasports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  3. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
  4. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com.
  5. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
  6. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.
  7. Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings