The 2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his thirteenth season at Florida Atlantic.
Previous season
The 2020 Owls finished 10–6 overall. This season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preseason
C-USA media poll The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021 with the Owls predicted to finish in first place in the East Division.
Media poll (East) 1 Florida Atlantic 10 2 Old Dominion 1 3 FIU 1 4 WKU - 5 Charlotte - 6 Marshall -
Preseason All-CUSA teams Bobby Morgensen – Outfielder Mitchell Hartigan – Designated Hitter/Utility Player
Personal
Roster 2021 Florida Atlantic Owls roster Pitchers 2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore 7 - Javi Rivera - Sophomore 14 - Brock Helverson - Sophomore 15 - Brycen Allen - Junior 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore 22 - Jackson Vescelus - Junior 25 - Braden Ostrander - Freshman 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman 27 - Dylan O'Connell - Junior 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore 30 - John Dwyer - Sophomore 31 - TJ Stuart - Graduate Student 32 - Jackson Spiller - Sophomore 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman 38 - Matt Sparling - Junior 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman 42 - Sam Drumheller - Freshman 44 - Nicholas Del Prado - Freshman 49 - Thomas Haggerty - Junior Catchers 17 - Shane Magrann - Sophomore 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore 34 - Caleb Pendleton - Freshman
Infielders 1 - Cade Parker - Freshman 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior 6 - Sam Low - Senior 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior 28 - Daulton Frank - Freshman Outfielders 5 - Jalen DeBose - Freshman 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior 12 - Nolan Schanuel - Freshman 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore
Coaching staff Coaching StaffJohn McCormack - Head Coach - 13th year Greg Mamula - Hitting Coach - 6th year David Kopp - Pitching Coach - 4th year Tristan McGinnis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 2nd year Tyler Krull - Graduate Manager - 1st year
Schedule and results
2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log Regular season (30–23) February (6–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA recordFebruary 19 at UCF John Euliano ParkOrlando, FL W 12-6 Cooley (1-0) B. McKay (0-1) None 821 1-0 -February 20 UCF FAU Baseball StadiumBoca Raton, FL W 20-15 Reese (1-0) H. Patterson (0-1) None 286 2-0 -February 21 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium L 6-15 Litchfield (1-0) Stuart (0-1) J. Sinclair (1) 286 2-1 -February 23 at Swanson StadiumFort Myers, FL W 3-1 Ostrander (1-0) Woodward (0-1) Entenza (1) 204 3-1 -February 26 FAU Baseball Stadium W 6-2 Reese (2-0) Burnham (0-1) None 286 4-1 -February 27 Seton Hall FAU Baseball Stadium W 17-14 Cooley (2-0) Anderson (0-1) Entenza (2) 286 5-1 -February 28 Seton Hall FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-4 Sparling (1-0) Patten (0-1) None 286 6-1 - March (9–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA recordMarch 3 at No. 6 Florida No. 21 Florida BallparkGainesville, FL W 3-210 Entenza (1-0) Aleman (0-1) None 1,626 7-1 -March 5 Florida Gulf Coast No. 21 FAU Baseball Stadium L 0-8 Studstill (1-0) Spiller (0-1) None 286 7-2 -March 6 at Florida Gulf Coast No. 21 Swanson Stadium Postponed (rain) Makeup: March 30March 7 Florida Gulf Coast No. 21 FAU Baseball Stadium W 14-9 J. Rivera (1-0) M. Miller (0-1) None 286 8-2 -March 9 at No. 8 Miami (FL) No. 20 Alex Rodriguez ParkCoral Gables, FL L 2-11 J. Garland (1-1) Stuart (0-2) None 610 8-3 -March 11 No. 20 FAU Baseball Stadium L 5-7 C. Edmonson (1-1) Cooley (2-1) C. Fenlong (2) 286 8-4 -March 12 Indiana State No. 20 FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-10 G. Guerrero (3-0) Josey (0-1) None 286 8-5 -March 13 Indiana State No. 20 FAU Baseball Stadium W 7-5 Sparling (2-0) T. Weaver (0-1) None 286 9-5 -March 16 at UCF John Euliano Park L 3-8 Z. Bennett (1-1) Entenza (1-1) None 1,020 9-6 -March 19 at USF Baseball StadiumTampa, FL W 5-1 Cooley (3-1) Jasiak (2-2) None 101 10-6 -March 20 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium L 0-4 Burns (1-2) Sparling (2-1) None 108 10-7 -March 21 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium L 5-611 Lyle (1-0) Visconti (0-1) None 99 10-8 -March 23 No. 19 Miami (FL) FAU Baseball Stadium L 9-14 J. Garland (3-1) Stuart (0-3) J. Dubberly (1) 286 10-9 -March 26 Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 12-07 Cooley (4-1) Sharp (0-1) None 286 11-9 1-0March 27 (1) Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 5-3 Entenza (2-1) Adkins (1-1) Ostander (1) 286 12-9 2-0March 27 (2) Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 7-6 Del Prado (1-0) Knight (0-1) None 286 13-9 3-0March 28 Marshall FAU Baseball Stadium W 11-2 J. Rivera (2-0) Cheatwood (1-2) None 286 14-9 4-0March 30 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium W 13-11 O'Connell (1-0) M. Miller (2-3) Ostrander (2) 220 15-9 4-0 April (7–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA recordApril 2 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes StadiumCharlotte, NC L 5-9 McGowan (4-2) Cooley (4-2) Boss (2) 128 15-10 4-1April 3 (1) at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 8-98 Lothes (2-0) Ostrander (1-1) None 138 15-11 4-2April 3 (2) at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 4-5 Giesting (2-0) Entenza (2-2) None 150 15-12 4-3April 4 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 10-11 Lindsey (3-1) Drumheller (0-1) Bargo (1) 112 15-13 4-4April 9 Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-7 Gomez (3-1) Cooley (4-3) None 286 15-14 4-5April 10 (1) Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium L 3-10 Pantos (3-0) Sparling (2-2) None 286 15-15 4-6April 10 (2) Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium L 2-8 Gregory (4-0) Visconti (0-2) None 286 15-16 4-7April 11 Old Dominion FAU Baseball Stadium W 2-8 Rivera (3-0) Dean (0-1) None 254 16-16 5-7April 16 at Jerry D. Young Memorial FieldBirmingham, AL L 6-710 B. Greene (3-0) Ostander (1-2) None 80 16-17 5-8April 17 (1) at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 2-1 Visconti (1-2) O'Clair (3-4) Drumheller (1) 80 17-17 6-8April 17 (2) at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field L 2-4 Rusk (1-1) Sparling (2-3) Greene (1) 80 17-18 6-9April 18 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 5-3 Rivera (4-0) Greene (3-1) None 80 18-18 7-9April 23 at Infinity Insurance ParkMiami, FL W 11-6 Cooley (5-3) T. Myrick (6-2) None 0 19-18 8-9April 24 (1) at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 16-7 Visconti (2-2) G. Rukes (2-5) Spiller (1) - 20-18 9-9April 24 (2) at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 5-6 J. Figueroa (3-1) Sparling (2-4) A. Tiburcio (4) - 20-19 9-10April 25 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 8-7 Drumheller (1-1) Vanheyningen (0-3) Ostander (3) 0 21-19 10-10April 30 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 12-27 Cooley (6-3) T. Myrick (6-3) Drumheller (2) 286 22-19 11-10 May (8–4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA recordMay 1 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium L 1-6 G. Rukes (3-5) O'Connell (1-0) None 286 22-20 11-11May 2 (1) FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-89 Visconti (3-2) Figueroa, J (3-2) None 286 23-20 12-11May 2 (2) FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 3-1 Rivera (5-0) A. Tiburcio (0-3) None 286 24-20 13-11May 7 (1) at Nick Denes FieldBowling Green, KY W 6-3 Cooley (7-3) J. Kates (3-3) None 79 25-20 14-11May 7 (2) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 5-6 B. Sutton (3-1) Entenza (2-3) None 144 25-21 14-12May 8 (1) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field W 6-3 Rivera (6-0) D. Terbrak (2-3) Visconti (1) 137 26-21 15-12May 8 (2) at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field W 6-1 Helverson (1-0) L. Stofel (2-1) Drumheller (3) 210 27-21 16-12May 14 No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium W 3-1 Cooley (8-3) H. Stanley (5-3) Visconti (2) 286 28-21 17-12May 15 (1) No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium L 5-6 Powell (9-2) Sparling (2-5) None 286 28-22 17-13May 15 (2) No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium L 5-6 Waldrep (1-0) Reese (2-1) Och (2) 286 28-23 17-14May 16 No. 19 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-6 Visconti (4-2) Wehunt (1-2) None 286 29-23 18-14May 18 at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park W 3-0 Reese (3-1) A. Arguelles (4-1) Visconti (3) 613 30-23 18-14 Postseason (2–2) (2–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 26 vs. No. 24 (4) Old Dominion (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson ParkRuston, LA L 2-11 Ryne Moore (8-1) Cooley (8-4) J. Hartline (3) 1,743 30-24 0-1May 27 vs. No. 22 (1) Charlotte (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park W 9-8 J. Rivera (7-0) McGowan (7-4) Visconti (4) 2,216 31-24 1-1May 28 vs. (8) (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park W 14-8 Visconti (5-2) Zoz (6-3) None 1,539 32-24 2-1May 29 vs. No. 24 (4) Old Dominion (5) J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park L 5-13 J. Hartline (5-0) Ostrander (1-3) None 2,183 32-25 2-2 Legend: = Win = Loss = CancelledBold = Florida Atlantic team member Schedule source: *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Rankings
Awards
Weekly awards Caleb Pendleton Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week February 22, 2021 Nolan Schanuel C-USA Hitter of the Week February 23, 2021 Matt Sparling Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week March 1, 2021 Steven Loden C-USA Hitter of the Week May 10, 2021 Adrien Reese C-USA Pitcher of the Week May 24, 2021 Hunter Cooley Second Team All-ConferenceMay 25, 2021 B.J. Murray Nolan Schanuel Nolan Schanuel All-Freshman Team Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America June 9, 2021 Perfect Game Freshman All-America June 21, 2021
References
External links • FAU Baseball