The 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium. This was the first season of competition in the Sun Belt after transitioning from the Big South. While the Chanticleers were successful in their inaugural Sun Belt season, winning a regular season title, they failed to return to the NCAA tournament after winning the College World Series the previous season.

Roster 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers roster Pitchers 2 Zach Hopeck - Junior 18 Alex Cunningham - Senior 20 Mitchell Mikes - Freshman 25 Jason Bilous - Sophomore 29 Rafi Vazquez - Freshman 31 Bobby Holmes - Junior 32 Anthony Veneziano - Freshman 33 Will Latcham - Junior 34 Cole Schaefer - Senior 37 Patrick Orlando - Freshman 41 Andrew Beckwith - Senior 47 Austin Kitchen - Sophomore

Catchers 13 Peyton Isaacson - Sophomore 16 Matt Beaird - Junior 21 Dax Roper - Freshman 36 Kyle Skeels - Redshirt Freshman Infielders 1 Cory Wood - Freshman 6 Cameron Pearcey - Sophomore 7 Keaton Weisz - Sophomore 8 Wood Myers - Junior 11 Jordan Gore - Redshirt Junior 19 Kevin Woodall Jr. - Junior 26 Seth Lancaster - Junior 27 L. T. Struble - Junior 38 Cameron Remalia - Freshman

Outfielders 3 Josh Crump - Junior 5 Kieton Rivers - Sophomore 17 Billy Cooke - Junior 23 Turner Buis - Junior 24 Dalton Ewing - Junior

Coaching staff 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers coaching staffGary Gilmore – Head Coach – 22nd year Kevin Schnall – Associate head coach/Catchers Coach/recruiting coordinator – 14th year Drew Thomas – Assistant Head Coach/Pitching Coach – 11th year Matt Schilling – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 10th year

Schedule and results Coastal Carolina announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 16, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 34 home and 23 away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy and traveled to Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas–Arlington, and Texas State.

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was hosted by Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia. Coastal Carolina captured the regular season Sun Belt championship, but were eliminated by Texas State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament following a 5–7 defeat. Falling to 37–19–1, the Chanticleers were not selected to participate in the NCAA tournament.

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2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball game log Regular season (37–18–1) February (4–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Caravelle Resort's Baseball at the Beach Feb. 17 No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–5 Cunningham (1–0) Baker (0–1) None 3,280 1–0 Feb. 18 No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–5 Sammons (1–0) Kitchen (0–1) None 3,777 1–1 – Feb. 19 No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 3–11 2,488 Colon (1–0) Vazquez (0–1) None 1–2 Feb. 20 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–7 (10 inns) French (1–0) Holmes (0–1) None 1,845 1–3 Feb. 22 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 16–7 Veneziano (1–0) Kuhn (1–1) None 2,019 2–3 Caravelle Resort Tournament Feb. 24 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 1–0 Cunningham (2–0) Butler (0–1) Holmes (1) 1,967 3–3 Feb. 25 West Virginia No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 9–22 Kearns (1–0) Beckwith (0–1) None 2,319 3–4 Feb. 26 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9–8 Orlando (1–0) Tobin (0–1) None 1,785 4–4 Feb. 27 West Virginia Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 1–4 Dotson (2–0) Hopeck (0–1) Potock (1) 1,553 4–5 – March (13–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 at Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC W 4–1 Holmes (1–1) Magestro (0–2) Kitchen (1) 1,443 5–5 Tidelands Health Classic Mar. 3 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–5 Schaefer (1–0) Steele (0–1) Kitchen (2) 1,388 6–5 Mar. 4 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–3 Kitchen (1–1) Harris (0–2) Vazquez (1) 1,722 7–5 Mar. 4 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 14–0 (7 inns) Bilous (1–0) McLean (0–1) None 1,327 8–5 Mar. 5 San Francisco Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–1 Hopeck (1–1) Granoff (1–2) None 1,425 9–5 Mar. 8 Wake Forest No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 8–13 Bach (1–0) Veneziano (1–1) None 1,451 9–6 Mar. 10 No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–7 Sefcik (1–2) Holmes (1–2) Schmitt (1) 1,411 9–7 Mar. 11 Illinois No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 3–2 Kitchen (2–1) Schmitt (0–1) None 1,411 10–7 Mar. 12 Illinois No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–0 Bilous (2–0) Sefcik (1–2) None 1,554 11–7 Mar. 17 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4–5 (14 inns) Walden (4–0) Orlando (1–1) None 1,478 11–8 0–1 Mar. 18 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 4–3 Beckwith (1–1) Courville (0–2) Latcham (1) 1,621 12–8 1–1 Mar. 19 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 7–10 Theriot (1–0) Hopeck (1–2) None 1,360 12–9 1–2 Mar. 24 Arkansas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–0 Cunningham (3–0) Ayers (2–3) None 1,744 13–9 2–2 Mar. 25 Arkansas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–6 Beckwith (2–1) Culbertson (2–2) Latcham (2) 1,691 14–9 3–2 Mar. 26 Arkansas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–1 Bilous (3–0) Mitzel (0–2) None 1,748 15–9 4–2 Mar. 28 at No. 7 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 6–7 Daniels (3–0) Kitchen (2–2) None 1,925 15–10 Mar. 29 UNC Wilmington Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–2 Veneziano (2–1) Sharpe (0–1) Vazquez (2) 1,577 16–10 Mar. 31 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 4–0 Cunningham (4–0) Gaddis (3–2) None 348 17–10 5–2 April (10–6–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record April 1 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 8–5 Beckwith (3–1) Conley (2–5) None 361 18–10 6–2 April 2 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 17–0 (7 inns) Hopeck (2–2) Baker (0–4) None 335 19–10 7–2 April 7 Louisiana–Lafayette No. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–1 Leger (6–1) Cunningham (4–1) Moore (7) 2,191 19–11 7–3 April 8 Louisiana–Lafayette No. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9–8 Beckwith (4–1) Moore (0–1) None 2,278 20–11 8–3 April 9 Louisiana–Lafayette No. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC T 7–7 (9 inns) 2,107 20–11–1 8–3–1 April 11 at No. 22 Wake Forest No. 26 Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, NC L 9–19 Hearn (1–0) Vazquez (0–2) None 1,210 20–12–1 April 13 at South Alabama No. 26 Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 4–3 (10 inns) Holmes (2–2) Peacock (0–2) None 2,019 21–12–1 9–3–1 April 14 at South Alabama No. 26 Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 11–9 Beckwith (5–1) Geyer (0–2) Kitchen (3) 2,276 22–12–1 10–3–1 April 15 at South Alabama No. 26 Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 3–4 Eiland (1–0) Veneziano (2–2) None 1,681 22–13–1 10–4–1 April 19 at College of Charleston No. 29 Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 8–5 Latcham (1–0) McKinley (0–4) Beckwith (1) 654 23–13–1 April 21 Georgia Southern No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–5 Cunningham (5–1) Condra–Bogan (4–1) Holmes (2) 1,970 24–13–1 11–4–1 April 22 Georgia Southern No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–7 (10 inns) Hughes (5–1) Holmes (2–3) None 1,858 24–14-1 11-5-1 April 23 Georgia Southern No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 2–3 Simmons (4–0) Bilous (3–1) Hughes (6) 1,678 24–15-1 11-6-1 April 28 at The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, SC W 9–6 Holmes (3–3) Morris (0–2) None 616 25–15-1 April 28 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–4 Crane (4–1) Cunningham (5–2) Gill (5) 1,492 25–16-1 11-7-1 April 29 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–4 Holmes (4–3) Skinner (3–4) None 1,470 26–16–1 12–7–1 April 30 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–8 Latcham (2–0) Crook (5–2) Holmes (3) 1,616 27–16–1 13–7–1 May (10–2) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 5 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 7–5 (12 inns) Latcham (3–0) Herrera (1–4) None 1,015 28–16–1 14–7–1 May 6 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10–5 Beckwith (6–1) Beal (3–6) Kitchen (4) 1,073 29–16–1 15–7–1 May 7 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 8–1 Hopeck (3–2) Morrison (0–1) None 1,087 30–16–1 16–7–1 May 9 UNC Wilmington No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–6 Holmes (5–3) Gesell (0–1) None 1,717 31–16–1 – May 10 College of Charleston No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5–6 Ocker (3–1) Schaefer (1–1) None 1,578 30–17–1 May 12 at No. 24 UT Arlington No. 29 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5–4 Cunningham (6–2) Simmons (7–3) Latcham (3) 939 32–17–1 17–7–1 May 13 at No. 24 UT Arlington No. 29 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 4–1 Beckwith (7–1) James (0–2) Kitchen (5) 505 33–17–1 18–7–1 May 14 at No. 24 UT Arlington No. 29 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5–0 Hopeck (4–2) Hernandez (6–1) None 374 34–17–1 19–7–1 May 16 at No. 14 Clemson No. 24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 8–11 Gilliam (3–1) Bilous (3–2) None 5,138 34–18–1 May 18 Appalachian State No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–0 Cunningham (7–2) Schaeffer (1–2) None 1,278 35–18–1 20–7–1 May 19 Appalachian State No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–2 Beckwith (8–1) Schmid (6–7) Kitchen (6) 1,838 36–18–1 21–7–1 May 20 Appalachian State No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–2 Hopeck (5–2) Watts (2–8) Latcham (4) 1,910 37–18–1 22–7–1 Postseason (0–1) (0–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBCT Record May 26 vs. Texas State No. 18 J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 5–7 Reich (3–5) Beckwith (8–2) Pagano (1) 578 37–19–1 0–1

Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

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