2021 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team

2021 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	12–39 (4–25 SoCon)
Head coach	Tony Skole (4th season)
Hitting coach	Zach Lucas (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Blake Cooper (4th season)
Home stadium	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park

2021 Southern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Blue
Samford  ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10		.667			35	–	24		.593
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			24	–	25		.490
VMI  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			18	–	29		.383
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			27	–	25		.519
Red
Wofford  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			36	–	21		.632
Mercer  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			35	–	22		.614
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	14	–	11		.560			28	–	21		.571
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	4	–	25		.138			12	–	39		.235
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2021[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

2021 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The team was coached by Tony Skole, in his 4th season at The Citadel.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the COVID-19 shortened season with a 10–6 record, including a 9–1 start.

Personnel

Roster

2021 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff[2]
	Pitchers 4 - Will Bastian - Sophomore 13 - Zack Jones - Graduate Student 15 - Cameron Reeves - Sophomore 17 - Conner Cummiskey - Freshman 18 - Lathan Todd - Sophomore 19 - Brandon Mulier - Graduate Student 24 - Gant Starling - Freshman 25 - Jake Pilarski - Graduate Student 31 - Caleb Speedy - Freshman 33 - Devin Beckley - Junior 35 - Harmon Cox - Freshman 36 - Collier Mershon - Freshman 37 - Simon Graf - Freshman 38 - Logan Barker - Graduate Student 39 - Chace Cooper - Freshman 42 - Austin Blakely - Sophomore Luke Kissenberth - Freshman Rohan Shah - Freshman		Catchers 9 - Ben Hutchins - Freshman 14 - Travis Lott - Freshman 28 - Logan Taplett - Graduate Student 40 - Gray Sobel - Freshman Infielders 0 - Brooks O'Brien - Junior 1 - Tyler Corbitt - Sophomore 6 - Anthony Badala - Freshman 10 - Crosby Jones - Freshman 20 - Travis Elliott - Freshman 21 - John Lanier - Freshman 22 - Tilo Skole - Sophomore 23 - Adam Colon - Junior 30 - Sawyer Reeves - Freshman 32 - Noah Mitchell - Freshman 44 - Jeffrey Zeigler - Freshman Antonio Colon - Freshman		Outfielders 2 - Wesley Lane - Sophomore 5 - Cam Jensen - Junior 8 - Jeffery Brown - Senior 12 - Ryan McCarthy - Junior 34 - Cole Simpson - Sophomore Grant Dowis - Freshman Clay Wilson - Freshman Utility 3 - Luke Montenery - Freshman 16 - Wyatt Spurrier - Freshman

Coaches

2021 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff[2]
Tony Skole – Head coach – 4th year Zach Lucas – Assistant coach (hitting/recruiting) – 2nd year Blake Cooper – Assistant coach (pitching) – 4th year Jonathan Sabo – Volunteer assistant coach – 3rd year

Schedule

Legend
	The Citadel win
	The Citadel loss
	Cancellation
Bold	The Citadel team member
*	Non-Conference game

2021 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball game log[3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record Feb 19 Longwood* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 5–12 D'Ercole (1–0) Pilarski (0–1) None 225 0–1 Feb 20 Longwood* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–4^10 Saale (1–0) Barker (0–1) Champagne (1) 375 0–2 Feb 21 Longwood* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 9–6 Beckley (1–0) Brezner-Mendoza (0–1) None 337 1–2 Feb 26 North Florida* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 8–4 Pilarski (1–1) Roca (0–1) Starling (1) 202 2–2 Feb 27 North Florida* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–3 Madonna (1–1) Jones (0–1) Miller (1) 2–3 Feb 27 North Florida* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 6–13 Jean (1–0) Lathan (0–1) None 303 2–4
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record Mar 3 at Jacksonville* John Sessions Stadium • Jacksvonille, FL W 7–6 Graf (1–0) Brunnig (0–1) Starling (2) 210 3–4 Mar 5 North Carolina A&T* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 6–7^11 Gates (1–0) Beckley (1–1) None 257 3–5 Mar 6 North Carolina A&T* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 7–6 Reeves (1–0) Martinez (0–1) Starling (3) 307 4–5 Mar 7 North Carolina A&T* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 1–12 Parks (2–0) Todd (0–2) None 337 4–6 Mar 10 No. 12 South Carolina* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 7–11 Peters (2–0) Barker (0–2) None 1,500 4–7 Mar 12 Davidson* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 2–0 Cooper (1–0) Levy (1–2) Beckley (1) 237 5–7 Mar 13 Davidson* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 19–0 Reeves (2–0) Hely (2–1) None 252 6–7 Mar 14 Davidson* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 8–4 Todd (1–2) Fenton (0–3) Beckley (2) 421 7–7 Mar 19 Wofford Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 5–3 Pilarski (2–1) Heinecke (2–3) Beckley (3) 8–7 1–0 Mar 19 Wofford Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 4–5 Rhadans (2–0) Reeves (2–1) Schwaner (3) 507 8–8 1–1 Mar 20 Wofford Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 0–6 Carney (2–2) Todd (1–3) None 434 8–9 1–2 Mar 23 at No. 25 South Carolina Founders Park • Columbia, SC L 3–8 Sanders (3–1) Beckley (1–2) None 1,938 8–10 Mar 26 at Western Carolina Hennon Stadium • Cullowhee, NC L 8–12 Matthews (3–1) Jones (0–2) Franklin (2) 8–11 1–3 Mar 26 at Western Carolina Hennon Stadium • Cullowhee, NC L 6–11 Corn (1–0) Reeves (2–2) None 100 8–12 1–4 Mar 27 at Western Carolina Hennon Stadium • Cullowhee, NC Cancelled
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record Apr 2 Mercer Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–12^7 Delano (3–0) Reeves (2–3) Non 423 8–13 1–5 Apr 3 Mercer Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 5–6 Lobus (4–2) Beckley (1–3) Sutko (4) 8–14 1–6 Apr 3 Mercer Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–12^7 Farmer (2–0) Todd (1–4) None 458 8–15 1–7 Apr 6 at College of Charleston* CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC L 4–5 Carr (1–3) Reeves (2–4) None 624 8–16 Apr 10 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium • Birmingham, AL L 11–12 Long (1–1) Reeves (2–5) None 174 8–17 1–8 Apr 10 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium • Birmingham, AL L 1–14 McCord (3–3) Jones (0–3) None 174 8–18 1–9 Apr 11 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium • Birmingham, AL L 4–8 Skinner (3–0) Reeves (2–6) None 113 8–19 1–10 Apr 14 Jacksonville* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 3–2^11 Graf (2–0) McCoy (1–3) None 248 9–19 Apr 16 East Tennessee State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 5–4 Reeves (3–6) Lloyd (4–2) Pilarski (1) 229 10–19 2–10 Apr 17 East Tennessee State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–7 Stuart (4–1) Jones (0–4) Bollenbacher (4) 10–20 2–11 Apr 17 East Tennessee State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 6–4 Todd (2–4) Acosta (0–2) None 373 11–20 3–11 Apr 20 College of Charleston* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–11 Privette (1–1) Beckley (2–4) None 147 11–21 Apr 23 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC L 7–9 Koehn (2–2) Reeves (3–6) Stephens (3) 228 11–22 3–12 Apr 23 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC L 2–4 Parsley (4–2) Todd (2–5) None 228 11–23 3–13 Apr 24 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC L 1–14^7 Hoppe (1–2) Jones (0–5) None 123 11–24 3–14 Apr 27 at South Carolina Founders Park • Columbia, SC L 5–9 Mahoney (3–0) Todd (2–6) None 2,514 11–25 Apr 30 VMI Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 5–13^8 Light (2–8) Pilarski (2–2) None 401 11–26 3–15
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SoCon Record May 1 VMI Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 5–9 Meders (4–2) Beckley (1–5) None 11–27 3–16 May 1 VMI Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 4–5 Morgan (2–2) Graf (2–1) None 617 11–28 3–17 May 5 Mississippi State Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 2–10 Smith (2–0) Reeves (2–8) None 1,173 11–29 May 7 at Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC L 2–11 Vitus (2–3) Todd (2–7) None 181 11–30 3–18 May 8 at Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC L 10–11 Schwaner (5–0) Beckley (1–6) Rhadans (6) 11–31 3–19 May 8 at Wofford Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC L 0–9 Carney (5–2) Reeves (2–9) None 243 11–32 3–20 May 11 College of Charleston* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 3–6 Williams (2–0) Jones (0–6) Carr (3) 399 11–33 May 14 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA L 1–5 Delano (5–1) Pilarski (2–3) Sutko (10) 582 11–34 3–21 May 15 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA L 5–8 Lobus (9–3) Reeves (3–10) Sutko (11) 576 11–35 3–22 May 15 at Mercer OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA W 8–7 Cooper (2–0) Sutko (3–5) None 582 12–35 4–22 May 18 at College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC L 3–10 Carr (3–3) Jones (0–7) None 504 12–36 May 21 Western Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 1–2 Snyder (1–0) Pilarski (2–4) None 175 12–37 4–23 May 22 Western Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 3–6^11 Franklin (6–4) Todd (2–8) None 12–38 4–24 May 22 Western Carolina Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC L 0–21 Campbell (2–3) Blakely (0–1) None 277 12–39 4–25

References

1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. "2021 Baseball Roster". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
3. "2021 Baseball Schedule". CitadelSports.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.