American college baseball season
2021 BYU Cougars baseball |
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Conference | West Coast Conference |
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Record | 23–27 (15–12 WCC) |
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Head coach | - Mike Littlewood (9th season)
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Assistant coaches | - Trent Pratt (9th season)
- Brent Haring (9th season)
- Michael Bradshaw (3rd season)
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Home stadium | Larry H. Miller Field |
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2021 West Coast Conference baseball standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT |
No. 25 Gonzaga †y | 20 | – | 7 | | .741 | | | 34 | – | 19 | | .642 |
San Diego | 19 | – | 8 | | .704 | | | 33 | – | 12 | | .733 |
San Francisco | 16 | – | 11 | | .593 | | | 25 | – | 28 | | .472 |
BYU | 15 | – | 12 | | .556 | | | 23 | – | 27 | | .460 |
Portland | 14 | – | 13 | | .519 | | | 24 | – | 26 | | .480 |
Loyola Marymount | 13 | – | 14 | | .481 | | | 20 | – | 29 | | .408 |
Pepperdine | 12 | – | 15 | | .444 | | | 20 | – | 25 | | .444 |
Saint Mary's | 11 | – | 16 | | .407 | | | 25 | – | 26 | | .490 |
Santa Clara | 8 | – | 19 | | .296 | | | 18 | – | 33 | | .353 |
Pacific | 7 | – | 20 | | .259 | | | 17 | – | 34 | | .333 |
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† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021[1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for a ninth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season poll.[2] The Cougars entered the season after having watched the WCC cancel the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] As a cost containment measure, the WCC cut the 2021 baseball tournament, so the regular season champion will got the conferences auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament.[4] The Cougars went 23–27 overall, 15–12 in conference, and finished fourth in the standings.
2021 Roster
2021 BYU Cougars roster[5] |
Pitchers - 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
- 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
- 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
- 9 Easton Walker – Senior
- 13 Cy Nielson – Sophomore
- 19 Bryce Robison – Sophomore
- 21 Jack Sterner – Sophomore
- 23 Peyton Cole – Sophomore
- 24 Drew Zimmerman – Senior
- 25 Austin Deming – Junior
- 26 Carter Smith – Sophomore
- 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
- 31 Reid McLaughlin – Junior
- 32 Tyson Heaton – Sophomore
- 36 Luke Sterner – Freshman
- 37 Cooper McKeehan – Sophomore
- 39 Mikade Johnson – Sophomore
- 40 Ayden Callahan – Junior
- 42 Boston Mabeus – Freshman
| | Infielders - 2 Brock Watson – Sophomore
- 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
- 8 Bryan Call – Junior
- 14 Bitner Workman – Freshman
- 16 Jacob Rogers – Junior
- 23 Peyton Call – Sophomore
- 25 Austin Deming – Junior
- 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore
- 35 Jacob Wilk- Junior
- 45 Freddy Achecar – Senior
| | Catchers - 11 Abraham Valdez – Senior
- 17 Joshua Cowden – Junior
- 34 Joshua Youngblood – Sophomore
- 38 JD Gardner – Freshman
- 44 Chase Taylor – Sophomore
Outfielders - 3 Danny Gelalich – Senior
- 5 Hunter Swapp – Sophomore
- 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
- 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
- 10 Hayden Leatham – Senior
- 22 Cole Gambill – Junior
- 27 Ryan Sepede – Sophomore
- 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
- 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore
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Schedule
2021 BYU Cougars Game Log |
Regular season |
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Television | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | WCC record | February 20 | at Texas State | – | Bobcat Ballpark | ESPN+ | 4–5 | Austin Smith (1–0) | Easton Walker (0–1) | Tristan Stivors (1) | 165 | 0–1 | – | February 20 | at Texas State | – | Bobcat Ballpark | ESPN+ | 9–4 | Bryce Robison (1–0) | Trevis Sundgren (0–1) | Reid McLaughlin (1) | 151 | 1–1 | – | February 22 | at Texas State | – | Bobcat Ballpark | Facebook | 6–11 | Austin Smith (2–0) | Boston Mabeus (0–1) | None | 700 | 1–2 | – | February 23 | at Texas State | – | Bobcat Ballpark | ESPN+ | 7–6(10) | Mitch McIntyre (1–0) | Tristan Stivors (0–1) | None | 700 | 2–2 | – | February 24 | at #19 Texas | – | UFCU Disch-Falk Field | LHN | 1–3 | Cole Quintanilla (1–0) | Boston Mabeus (0–2) | Tanner Witt (1) | 1,474 | 2–3 | – | February 25 | at #19 Texas | – | UFCU Disch-Falk Field | LHN | 6–12 | Palmer Wenzel (1–0) | Bryce Robison (1–1) | None | 1,424 | 2–4 | – | February 26 | at #19 Texas | – | UFCU Disch-Falk Field | LHN | 1–11 | Ty Madden (1–1) | Cy Nielson (0–1) | None | 1,504 | 2–5 | – | February 27 | at #19 Texas | – | UFCU Disch-Falk Field | LHN | 5–4 | Reid McLaughlin (1–0) | Caden Noah (0–1) | Mitch McIntyre (1) | 1,524 | 3–5 | – | |
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Television | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | WCC record | March 4 | at Oregon State | – | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field | P12+ OSU | 0–1 | Reid Sebby (2–0) | Mikade Johnson (0–1) | Jake Mulholland (2) | 0 | 3–6 | – | March 5 | at Oregon State | – | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field | P12+ OSU | 3–5 | Joey Mundt (1–0) | Carter Smith (0–1) | Nathan Burns (1) | 0 | 3–7 | – | March 6 | at Oregon State | – | Goss Stadium at Coleman Field | P12+ OSU | 3–4 | Jake Mulholland (1–0) | Tyson Heaton (0–1) | None | 0 | 3–8 | – | March 11 | at Utah | – | Smith's Ballpark | P12+ UT | 3–6 | Matthew Sox (2–0) | Mikade Johnson (0–2) | None | 0 | 3–9 | – | March 12 | at Utah | – | Smith's Ballpark | P12+ UT | 1–7 | Kyle Robeniol (1–1) | Cy Nielson (0–2) | None | 0 | 3–10 | – | March 13 | Utah | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv | Cancelled- Snowstorm | March 16 | at Dixie State | – | Bruce Hurst Field | WAC DN | 4–5 | Brayden Bonner (1–0) | Mikade Johnson (0–3) | None | 721 | 3–11 | – | March 18 | at Loyola Marymount* | – | George C. Page Stadium | WCC Net | 5–4 | Easton Walker (1–1) | CJ Fernandezees (1–1) | Reid McLaughlin (2) | 0 | 4–11 | 1–0 | March 19 | at Loyola Marymount* | – | George C. Page Stadium | | 9–2 | Boston Mabeus (1–2) | Jimmy Galicia (1–4) | None | 0 | 5–11 | 2–0 | March 20 | at Loyola Marymount* | – | George C. Page Stadium | | 4–1 | Cy Nielson (1–2) | Holden Chtistian (0–1) | Bryce Robison (1) | 0 | 6–11 | 3–0 | March 23 | Utah Valley | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 11–7 | Boston Mabeus (2–2) | Jaxson Otis (0–2) | Bryce Robison (2) | 495 | 7–11 | – | March 25 | San Francisco* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 8–7(10) | Bryce Robison (2–1) | Max Jones (0–1) | None | 492 | 8–11 | 4–0 | March 26 | San Francisco* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 6–10(10) | Jesse Barron (1–2) | Mitch McIntyre (1–1) | None | 798 | 8–12 | 4–1 | March 27 | San Francisco* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 1–3 | Eric Reyzelman (1–1) | Jack Sterner (0–1) | Jesse Barron (3) | 799 | 8–13 | 4–2 | |
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Television | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | WCC record | April 1 | at Santa Clara* | – | Stephen Schott Stadium | WCC Net | 0–5 | Nick Sando (1–1) | Easton Walker (1–2) | Alex Reelfs (1) | 0 | 8–14 | 4–3 | April 2 | at Santa Clara* | – | Stephen Schott Stadium | WCC Net | 3–11 | Brandon Buckley (2–1) | Carter Smith (0–2) | Jared Feikes (1) | 0 | 8–15 | 4–4 | April 3 | at Santa Clara* | – | Stephen Schott Stadium | WCC Net | 3–1 | Bryce Robison (3–1) | Cole Kitchen (5–1) | None | 0 | 9–15 | 5–4 | April 8 | Portland* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 3–5 | Caleb Franzen (1–2) | Bryce Robison (3–2) | Eli Morse (8) | 492 | 9–16 | 5–5 | April 9 | Portland* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv | 1–0 | Reid McLaughlin (2–1) | Eli Morse (0–1) | None | 487 | 10–16 | 6–5 | April 10 | Portland* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv | 6–7 | Eli Morse (1–1) | Carter Smith (0–3) | None | 496 | 10–17 | 6–6 | April 13 | Utah | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 7–4 | Bryce Robison (4–2) | Dustyn Schramm (0–2) | Reid McLaughlin (3) | 742 | 11–17 | – | April 15 | at Omaha | – | Tal Anderson Field | Mavs All-Access | 1–2 | Joey Machado (3–3) | Easton Walker (1–3) | Tanner Howe (1) | 361 | 11–18 | – | April 16 | at Omaha | – | Tal Anderson Field | NET | 5–6 | Josiah Scott (3–1) | Reid McLaughlin (2–1) | None | 322 | 11–19 | – | April 17 | at Omaha | – | Tal Anderson Field | Mavs All-Access | 1–4 | Mark Timmins (3–2) | Carter Smith (0–4) | None | 533 | 11–20 | – | April 20 | Dixie State | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 3–2 | Cy Nielson (2–2) | Haiden Hendricks (0–1) | Reid McLaughlin (4) | 493 | 12–20 | – | April 22 | at Gonzaga* | – | Patterson Baseball Complex | WCC Net | 1–12 | Alek Jacob (4–1) | Easton Walker (1–4) | None | 250 | 12–21 | 6–7 | April 23 | at Gonzaga* | – | Patterson Baseball Complex | WCC Net | 1–2 | Gabriel Hughes (3–2) | Jack Sterner (0–2) | Brody Jessee (3) | 400 | 12–22 | 6–8 | April 24 | at Gonzaga* | – | Patterson Baseball Complex | SWX | 3–7 | Michael Spellacy (3–2) | Boston Mabeus (3–3) | Trystan Vrieling (1) | 150 | 12–23 | 6–9 | April 27 | #26 Arizona State | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 8–5 | Bryce Robison (5–2) | Jared Glenn (4–1) | Reid McLaughlin (5) | 422 | 13–23 | – | April 29 | Saint Mary's* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 12–0 | Easton Walker (2–4) | Ryan Taurek (2–2) | None | 497 | 14–23 | 7–9 | April 30 | Saint Mary's* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv | 4–2 | Cooper McKeehan (1–0) | Sam Bower (4–4) | Reid McLaughlin (6) | 492 | 15–23 | 8–9 | |
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Television | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | WCC record | May 1 | Saint Mary's* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv | 4–3 | Bryce Robison (6–2) | Ky Bush (5–4) | Cooper McKeehan (1–0) | 496 | 16–23 | 9–9 | May 4 | at Utah Valley | – | UCCU Ballpark | WAC DN | 11–4 | Cy Nielson (3–2) | Devin Smith (0–3) | None | 2,053 | 17–23 | – | May 6 | at San Diego* | – | Fowler Park | WCC Net | 6–4 (10) | Reid McLaughlin (3–1) | Ryan Robinson (2–1) | None | 100 | 18–23 | 10–9 | May 7 | at San Diego* | – | Fowler Park | WCC Net | 11–10 | Cooper McKeehan (2–0) | Conner Thurman (5–3) | Carter Smith (1) | 100 | 19–23 | 11–9 | May 8 | at San Diego* | – | Fowler Park | WCC Net | 12–13 | Brycen Mautz (3–1) | Easton Walker (2–5) | None | 100 | 19–24 | 11–10 | May 13 | at Pacific* | – | Klein Family Field | WCC Net | 3–6 | Joe Solomon (1–1) | Cooper McKeehan (2–1) | Zach Patterson (3) | 60 | 19–25 | 11–11 | May 14 | at Pacific* | – | Klein Family Field | WCC Net | 5–0 | Jack Sterner (1–2) | Hayden Pearce (3–7) | Carter Smith (2) | 80 | 20–25 | 12–11 | May 15 | at Pacific* | – | Klein Family Field | WCC Net | 6–0 | Bryce Robison (7–2) | Hunter Schilperoort (1–2) | None | 100 | 21–25 | 13–11 | May 18 | Utah | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 5–11 | Randon Hostert (3–0) | Cy Nielson (3–3) | None | 494 | 21–26 | – | May 20 | Pepperdine* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 3–6 | Brandon Llewellyn (4–1) | Easton Walker (2–6) | Trevor Hinkel (1) | 492 | 21–27 | 13–12 | May 21 | Pepperdine* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 14–5 | Carter Smith (1–4) | Shane Telfer (2–1) | None | 490 | 22–27 | 14–12 | May 22 | Pepperdine* | – | Larry H. Miller Field | BYUtv.org | 14–7 | Drew Zimmerman (1–0) | Nathan Diamond (2–4) | None | 500 | 23–27 | 15–12 | |
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. *West Coast Conference games |
Rivalries
BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. New D1 state team Dixie State also played the Cougars.
BYU Baseball was once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT served as the flagship station. However, because of a women's soccer and general conference conflicts, some radio broadcasts were App exclusives, and the first three games against Texas State didn't have a radio broadcast. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell rotated providing play-by-play after Brent Norton retired from the position after 30 seasons. Tuckett Slade served as analyst on most broadcasts.
TV Announcers
- Texas State: Brant Freeman & Ty Harrington
- Texas State: Brant Freeman & Ty Harrington
- Texas State: Tuckett Slade
- Texas State: Brant Freeman & Ty Harrington
- Texas: Keith Moreland & Greg Swindell
- Texas: Keith Moreland & Greg Swindell
- Texas: Keith Moreland & Greg Swindell
- Texas: Keith Moreland & Greg Swindell
- Oregon State: Mike Parker
- Oregon State: Mike Parker
- Oregon State: Mike Parker
- Utah: Brian Preece & Mike Lageschulte
- Utah: Brian Preece & Scott Stephens
- Dixie State: No commentary
- Loyola Marymount: Nick Koop & Aidan Buzo
- Utah Valley: Spencer Linton[permanent dead link], Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- San Francisco: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- San Francisco: Spencer Linton & Jason Shepherd
- San Francisco: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
- Santa Clara: Joe Ritzo
- Santa Clara: Daniel Barrera
- Santa Clara: Anthony Passarelli
- Portland: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
- Portland: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
- Portland: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
- Utah: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- Omaha: Jack McGonigal & Joey Colbert
- Omaha: Larry Punteney & Jeff Leise
- Omaha: Ana Bellinghausen, Avarie Howard, & Alexa Blase
- Dixie State: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- Gonzaga: Greg Talbott
- Gonzaga: Greg Talbott
- Gonzaga: Dave Cotton & Billy Moon
- Arizona State: Jason Shepherd & Gary Sheide
- Saint Mary's: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
- Saint Mary's: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
- Saint Mary's: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
- Utah Valley: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
- San Diego: Jack Murray
- San Diego: Jack Murray
- San Diego: Jack Murray
- Pacific: Jeff Dominick
- Pacific: Dennis Ackerman
- Pacific: Dennis Ackerman
- Utah: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- Pepperdine: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- Pepperdine: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
- Pepperdine: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
References
- ^ "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "WCC coaches appoint Pepperdine to the top spot of the baseball preseason coaches poll". WCC. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "West Coast Conference cancels all spring sports competitions". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "WCC adopts cost containment measures". WCC. November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ https://byucougars.com/roster/baseball/2021
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