2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team

2021 Fairfield Stags baseball
MAAC regular season champion
NCAA tournament, Austin Regional
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
CBNo. 25
Record39–5 (33–1 MAAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Fay (3rd season)
  • Jordan Tabakman (2nd season)
  • Harry Sabo (1st season)
Captains
  • Josh Arnold
  • Matt Ferriero
Home stadiumAlumni Baseball Diamond
2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Fairfield ‍†‍‍y 33 – 1   .971 38 – 5   .884
Monmouth ‍‍‍ 22 – 10   .688 24 – 13   .649
Rider ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 16   .529 23 – 18   .561
Canisius ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 20 – 16   .556
Marist ‍‍‍ 17 – 9   .654 18 – 11   .621
Niagara  ‍‍‍ 17 – 15   .531 16 – 17   .485
Siena ‍‍‍ 14 – 22   .389 15 – 24   .385
Manhattan ‍‍‍ 12 – 22   .353 12 – 24   .333
Quinnipiac ‍‍‍ 7 – 21   .250 7 – 21   .250
Saint Peter's ‍‍‍ 4 – 24   .143 4 – 24   .143
Iona ‍‍‍ 3 – 11   .214 3 – 11   .214
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team represented Fairfield University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Stags played their home games at Alumni Baseball Diamond as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Bill Currier, in his 10th season at Fairfield.

Fairfield qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016, and qualified for the first time ever as an at-large team. They reached the Austin Regional final, before losing to Texas.

Previous season

The 2020 Fairfield Stags baseball team notched a 2–9 (0–0) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game log

2021 Fairfield Stags baseball game log (39–5)
Regular season (33–1)
March (4–0)
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAAC
March 20 11:30 am SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond
Fairfield, Connecticut		 W 7–4 McLoughlin (1–0) Warner (0–1) Grabek (1) 26 1–0 1–0 Report
March 20 2:15 pm SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond W 13–4 Sansone (1–0) Barberio (0–1) — 25 2–0 2–0 Report
March 21 11:30 am SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond W 6–3 Signore (1–0) Frank (0–1) Cafaro (1) 50 3–0 3–0 Report
March 21 2:15 pm SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–0 Noviello (1–0) Fron (0–1) — 50 4–0 4–0 Report
April (22–0)
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAAC
April 2 12:00 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–2 Sansone (2–0) Smith (1–2) — 25 5–0 5–0 Report
April 2 2:30 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–2 Noviello (2–0) Helmstetter (1–1) Grabek (2) 25 6–0 6–0 Report
April 3 12:00 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 7–0 Signore (2–0) Helmstetter (1–2) — 25 7–0 7–0 Report
April 3 2:30 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 10–2 McVeigh (1–0) Martin (1–2) — 25 8–0 8–0 Report
April 7 12:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 6–3 Grabek (1–0) DeCarr (0–2) Oliphant (1) 25 9–0 9–0 Report
April 7 3:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 17–6 (7) Amone (1–0) Mazza (0–1) — 25 10–0 10–0 Report
April 9 12:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–3 Sansone (3–0) Audrey (2–2) — 20 11–0 11–0 Report
April 9 3:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 10–0 Noviello (3–0) Soporowski (3–1) — 20 12–0 12–0 Report
April 10 12:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 5–0 Signore (3–0) Doelling (2–1) — 35 13–0 13–0 Report
April 10 3:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 6–0 Cafaro (1–0) Williamson (1–1) — 35 14–0 14–0 Report
April 14 12:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 2–1 Grabek (2–0) Donnelly (2–2) — 30 15–0 15–0 Report
April 14 3:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 5–2 Oliphant (1–0) Mazza (0–2) Sansone (1) 30 16–0 16–0 Report
April 17 12:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 3–2 Sansone (4–0) Klepchick (2–2) — 45 17–0 17–0 Report
April 17 3:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–2 Noviello (4–0) Dombroski (2–1) — 40 18–0 18–0 Report
April 18 12:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–3 Oliphant (2–0) Miller (0–1) — 40 19–0 19–0 Report
April 18 3:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–1 Cafaro (2–0) Long (2–1) Grabek (3) 45 20–0 20–0 Report
April 21 12:00 pm at Saint Peter's Joseph Jaroschak Field
Jersey City, New Jersey		 W 20–2 Ostensen (2–0) Mahady (2–2) — 45 21–0 21–0 Report
April 21 3:00 pm at Saint Peter's Joseph Jaroschak Field W 9–0 Forfeit 22–0 22–0 Report
April 23 12:00 pm at Manhattan Van Cortlandt Park
Riverdale, New York		 W 16–4 Sansone (5–0) Knight (1–4) — 0 23–0 23–0 Report
April 23 3:00 pm at Manhattan Van Cortlandt Park W 12–4 Noviello (5–0) Mahoney (1–3) — 0 24–0 24–0 Report
April 24 12:00 pm at Manhattan No. 23 Van Cortlandt Park W 19–9 Signore (4–0) Muratalla (0–4) — 0 25–0 25–0 Report
April 24 3:00 pm at Manhattan No. 23 Van Cortlandt Park W 8–4 Grabek (3–0) Mahoney (1–3) — 0 26–0 26–0 Report
May (7–1)
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAAC
May 1 12:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 2–1 Sansone (6–0) Bovair (3–4) — 65 27–0 27–0 Report
May 1 3:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 10–1 Noviello (6–0) McCully (2–5) — 75 28–0 28–0 Report
May 2 12:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond L 1–6 Lumpinski (3–1) Signore (4–1) — 65 28–1 28–1 Report
May 2 12:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–0 Cafaro (3–0) Knapek (1–2) — 65 29–1 29–1 Report
May 8 12:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field
Lewiston, New York		 W 1–0 Sansone (7–0) Bruning (3–2) — 87 30–1 30–1 Report
May 8 3:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field W 4–1 Noviello (7–0) Jones (1–1) Oliphant (3) 85 31–1 31–1 Report
May 9 12:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field W 10–8 Fitzgerald (1–0) Hospital (2–1) Grabek (4) 86 32–1 32–1 Report
May 9 3:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field W 8–5 Cafaro (4–0) Smyth (0–2) McVeigh (1) 71 33–1 33–1 Report
Postseason (7–4)
MAAC Tournament (5–2)
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAACT
May 20 11:00 am ESPN+ vs. (8) Manhattan
Quarterfinals – Game 1		 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 2–1 Sansone (8–0) Muratalla (3–5) Cafaro (2) 125 34–1 1–0 Report
May 20 2:30 pm ESPN+ vs. (8) Manhattan
Quarterfinals – Game 2		 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–5 Signore (5–1) Solimine (1–4) — 125 35–1 2–0 Report
May 26 11:00 am ESPN+ vs. (4) Canisius
Semifinals		 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond L 1–4 Duffy (3–0) Sansone (8–1) — 225 35–2 2–1 Report
May 27 11:00 am ESPN+ vs. (2) Monmouth
Losers Semifinal		 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 3–1 Noviello (8–0) Klepchick (4–4) — 150 36–2 3–1 Report
May 28 9:30 am ESPN+ vs. (4) Canisius
Losers Final		 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–2 McLoughlin (2–0) Fron (1–3) — 215 37–2 4–1 Report
May 28 1:30 pm ESPN+ vs. (3) Rider
Finals – Game 1		 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond L 2–7 Papeo (4–2) Signore (5–2) Stalzer (6) 215 37–3 4–2 Report
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT
June 4 7:00 pm ESPN3 vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State*
Regional First round		 (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Austin, Texas		 L 6–7 Glenn (6–2) Sansone (8–2) — 4,909 37–4 0–1 Report
June 5 2:00 pm ESPN3 vs. (4) Southern*
Losers Regional semifinal		 (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field W 6–2 Noviello (9–0) Guienze (1–6) — 5,447 38–4 1–1 Report
June 6 2:00 pm ESPN3 vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State*
Losers Regional final		 (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field W 9–7 Sansone (9–2) Corrigan (2–2) Signore (2) 6,981 39–4 2–1 Report
June 7 2:00 pm ESPN3 at (1) No. 4 Texas*
Regional final – Game 1		 (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field L 2–12 Hansen (9–1) Erbeck (0–1) — 6,853 39–5 2–2 Report
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Rhode Island team member     * Non-conference game
*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the NCBWA poll

Rankings

See also: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[2]——*—————RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Baseball America[3]————————RVRV232525RVRVRV
Collegiate Baseball^[4]———————RVRVRV2828272725RV
NCBWA†[5]—————————RVRVRV29292830
D1Baseball[6]————————————————

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 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 MAAC Standings". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  4. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  5. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  6. ^ D1Baseball poll
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