2021 UMass Minutemen baseball team

2021 UMass Minutemen baseball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	12–31 (3–17 A-10)
Head coach	Matt Reynolds (4th season)
Home stadium	Earl Lorden Field

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 UMass Minutemen baseball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Minutemen played their home games at Earl Lorden Field as a members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Matt Reynolds, in his 4th season at UMass.

Previous season

Further information: 2020 UMass Minutemen baseball team

The 2020 UMass Minutemen baseball team notched a 1–8 (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. UMass was picked to finish last in the Atlantic 10 regular season.[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

Game log

2021 UMass Minutemen Baseball Game Log
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = UMass team member     * Non-conference game
Regular Season (12–31)
March (7–9) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A10 Sources March 3 2:00 p.m. at Northeastern* Parsons Field Brookline, Massachusetts L 2–11 Scotti (1–0) Dow (0–1) — 0 0–1 — Box Score Recap March 6 2:00 p.m. at Stony Brook* Joe Nathan Field Stony Brook, New York Canceled (inclement weather) 0–1 — March 7 1:00 p.m. at Stony Brook* Joe Nathan Field W 9–4 ^(7) Shields (1–0) Milch (0–1) — 0 1–1 — Box Score Recap March 7 3:00 p.m. at Stony Brook* Joe Nathan Field W 3–1 ^(5) Steele (1–0) Herrmann (0–2) Pawloski (1) 0 2–1 — Box Score Recap March 9 2:00 p.m. at Central Connecticut* CCSU Baseball Field New Britain, Connecticut L 6–8 Neuman (1–0) Dow (0–2) Sabia (1) 0 2–2 — Box Score Recap March 12 3:00 p.m. at Merrimack* GLTS Ballpark Andover, Massachusetts W 6–4 Henry (1–0) Gillette (0–1) Pawloski (2) 0 3–2 — Box Score Recap March 13 1:00 p.m. at Merrimack* GLTS Ballpark W 11–4 Steele (2–0) Amidon (0–2) — 0 4–2 — Box Score Recap March 14 1:00 p.m. at Merrimack* GLTS Ballpark L 1–3 Sorenson (2–0) Dalton (1–1) Thibault (1) 0 4–3 — Box Score Recap March 20 12:00 p.m. at Towson* John B. Schuerholz Park Towson, Maryland L 7–8 Seils (2–3) Steele (2–1) Weber (1) 0 4–4 — Box Score Recap March 20 3:00 p.m. at Towson* John B. Schuerholz Park L 0–4 Janowicz (1–0) LeBlanc (0–1) — 0 4–5 — Box Score Recap March 21 12:00 p.m. at Towson* John B. Schuerholz Park W 7–4 Given (1–0) Madden (0–2) Pawlowski (3) 0 5–5 — Box Score Recap March 21 3:00 p.m. at Towson* John B. Schuerholz Park W 10–1 Livnat (1–0) Ramanjulu (0–4) — 0 6–5 — Box Score Recap March 24 5:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Holy Cross* Fitton Field Worcester, Massachusetts W 6–2 Dow (1–2) Chudy (0–1) — 0 7–5 — Box Score Recap March 26 3:00 p.m. at Northeastern* Parsons Field L 1–18 Murphy (1–0) Steele (2–2) — 371 7–6 — Box Score Recap March 27 11:00 a.m. at Northeastern* Parsons Field L 2–5 ^(7) Schlitter (1–0) LeBlanc (0–2) Dufault (1) 325 7–7 — Box Score Recap March 27 2:00 p.m. at Northeastern* Parsons Field L 3–4 Yost (1–0) Pawloski (0–1) Gigliotti (1) 325 7–8 — Box Score Recap March 31 2:00 p.m. Holy Cross* Earl Lorden Field Amherst, Massachusetts L 6–7 Bryant (1–0) Pawloski (0–2) — 46 7–9 — Box Score Recap
April (4–15) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A10 Sources April 2 3:00 p.m. at UConn* Rivalry Elliot Ballpark Storrs, Connecticut L 2–9 Casparius (3–2) Steele (2–3) — 111 7–10 — Box Score Recap April 3 12:00 p.m. at UConn* Rivalry Elliot Ballpark L 1–11 Peterson (3–1) Given (1–1) — 176 7–11 — Box Score Recap April 3 3:00 p.m. at UConn* Rivalry Elliot Ballpark L 3–7 Simeone (1–3) Livnat (1–1) — 211 7–12 — Box Score Recap April 7 3:00 p.m. Northeastern Earl Lorden Field L 1–11 Stiehl (1–1) Clevenger (0–1) — 75 7–13 — Box Score Recap April 9 12:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field Merion, Pennsylvania L 1–5 McCole (1–1) Steele (2–4) — 109 7–14 0–1 Box Score Recap April 9 3:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field L 5–7 ^(7) Rodriguez (1–1) Wittman (0–1) — 139 7–15 0–2 Box Score Recap April 10 12:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field L 2–10 ^(7) DeVine (1–1) Given (1–2) — 100 7–16 0–3 Box Score Recap April 10 3:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph's Smithson Field L 1–6 Rollins (1–1) Dalton (1–2) — 126 7–17 0–4 Box Score Recap April 14 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ Merrimack* Earl Lorden Field W 9–8 Henry (2–0) Healy (1–2) Wittman (1) 80 8–17 — Box Score Recap April 17 12:00 p.m. La Salle Earl Lorden Field L 5–8 Scanlon (4–2) Steele (2–5) Kennedy (3) 80 8–18 0–5 Box Score Recap April 17 3:30 p.m. La Salle Earl Lorden Field L 0–3 ^(7) Elissalt (4–1) Livnat (1–2) — 85 8–19 0–6 Box Score Recap April 18 12:00 p.m. La Salle Earl Lorden Field L 3–4 ^(7) Yablonski (2–1) Wittman (0–2) — 80 8–20 0–7 Box Score Recap April 18 3:30 p.m. La Salle Earl Lorden Field L 6–11 Maria (2–1) Pawloski (0–3) Kennedy (4) 80 8–21 0–8 Box Score Recap April 20 3:30 p.m. Sacred Heart* Earl Lorden Field Canceled (inclement weather) 8–21 — Recap April 23 3:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Bill Beck Field Kingston, Rhode Island L 7–8 ^(10) Fernandez (3–2) Henry (2–1) — 20 8–22 0–9 Box Score Recap April 24 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Smithson Field W 11–2 ^(7) Steele (3–5) Picone (1–2) — 20 9–22 1–9 Box Score Recap April 24 3:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Smithson Field L 3–7 ^(7) Webb (4–0) Dalton (0–3) — 30 9–23 1–10 Box Score Recap April 25 12:00 p.m. at Rhode Island Smithson Field L 8–10 Levesque (3–1) Given (1–3) — 40 9–24 1–11 Box Score Recap April 27 3:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart* Veterans Memorial Park Bridgeport, Connecticut W 8–6 ^(11) Wittman (1–2) Briggs (2–4) — 31 9–25 — Box Score Recap April 30 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Fordham Houlihan Park Bronx, New York W 4–2 Lesieur (1–0) Knox (1–2) Clevenger (1) 0 10–25 2–11 Box Score Recap
May (2–6) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall A10 Sources May 1 12:00 p.m. at Fordham Houlihan Park L 3–5 ^(7) Mikulsi (7–0) Steele (3–6) Kovel (1) 0 10–26 2–12 Box Score Recap May 1 3:00 p.m. at Fordham Houlihan Park W 8–3 ^(7) Given (2–3) Crowley (3–3) — 0 11–26 3–12 Box Score Recap May 2 12:00 p.m. at Fordham Houlihan Park L 1–11 ^(8) Karslo (4–1) Dalton (0–4) — 0 11–27 3–13 Box Score Recap May 4 2:00 p.m. ESPN+ Boston College* Earl Lorden Field W 3–2 Wittman (2–2) Vetrano (1–3) — 75 12–27 — Box Score Recap May 14 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ St. Bonaventure Earl Lorden Field Canceled (COVID-19 protocols) 12–27 3–13 Recap May 15 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ St. Bonaventure Earl Lorden Field 12–27 3–13 May 15 2:30 p.m. ESPN+ St. Bonaventure Earl Lorden Field 12–27 3–13 May 16 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ St. Bonaventure Earl Lorden Field 12–27 3–13 May 20 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ Rhode Island Earl Lorden Field L 6–17 ^(8) Twitchell (4–1) Given (2–4) Moxey (1) 80 12–28 3–14 Box Score Recap May 21 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ Rhode Island Earl Lorden Field L 2–7 ^(7) Webb (7–1) Steele (3–7) — 80 12–29 3–15 Box Score Recap May 21 3:00 p.m. ESPN+ Rhode Island Earl Lorden Field L 5–7 ^(7) Cherry (1–0) Aronson (0–1) Janglos (1) 80 12–30 3–16 Box Score Recap May 22 12:00 p.m. ESPN+ Rhode Island Earl Lorden Field L 1–16 ^(7) Levesque (5–2) Bergeron (0–1) — 100 12–31 3–17 Box Score Recap Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[3]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America[4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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.

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. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
4. "College Top 25". Baseball America. December 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
5. "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
6. "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
7. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

External links

• UMass Baseball
• 2021 UMass Baseball Schedule