2025 Michigan State Spartans baseball team

The 2025 Michigan State Spartans baseball team represented Michigan State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Spartans were led by head coach Jake Boss in his seventeenth season. The Spartans were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Previous season The Spartans finished the 2024 season 24–27, including 11–13 in conference play, finishing in tenth place in their conference. They failed to make the BIG 10 Tournament and did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2025 season start The Spartans began their season in Cary, North Carolina, at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. They defeated Western Michigan twice to open their season in a 7-inning double header on February 14th. Spartan ace Joseph Dzierwa threw incredibly well, going 6 innings, allowing 0 runs, and striking out 11. The Spartans went on to play Monmouth University in a doubleheader on February 15. Taking both games and beginning their season 4-0.

Roster

2024 Michigan State Baseball Roster Pitchers 6 – Garrett Brewer – Sophomore 7 – Jaxon Huffman – Sophomore 11 – Tate Farquhar – Sophomore 14 – Tommy Szczepanski – Junior 15 – Gannon Grundman – Sophomore 16 – Joseph Dzierwa – Junior 20 – Josh Klug – Sophomore 22 – Gavin Moczydlowsky – Sophomore 26 – Dominic Pianto – Senior 28 – Aidan Donovan – Freshman 29 – Noah Matheny – Junior 32 – Zach Maxey – Graduate 38 – Tyler Horvath – Graduate 39 – Gavin Sitarz – Junior 41 – Nolan Higgins – Junior 42 – Ryan "Four-Two" Szczepaniak – Junior 44 – Ryan Zimmer – Graduate 47 – George Viebrock III – Graduate 55 – Brady Chambers – Freshman Catchers 5 – Christian Williams – Senior 18 – Noah Bright – Senior 19 – Adam Broski – Sophomore 31 – Caleb Berry – Graduate 53 – Atticus Huffstutler – Freshman

First basemen 29 – Sam Busch – Senior 50 – Will Shannon – Senior 8 – Isaac Sturgess – Freshman

Infielders 1 – Ryan McKay – Sophomore 3 – Dayton Murphy – Freshman 9 – Jacob Anderson – Junior 25 – Reggie Sharpe – Freshman 35 – Randy Seymour – Junior Outfielders 2 – JT Sokolove – Senior 10 – Nick Williams – Senior 13 – Parker Picot – Sophomore 21 – Khamaree Thomas – Freshman 30 – Jake Dresselhouse – Junior 43 – Griffin Brown – Junior 

Coaching staff 2025 Michigan State Baseball Coaching Staff Name Position Seasons atMichigan State Jake Boss Head coach 17 Graham Sikes Recruiting Coordinator 16 Mark Van Ameyde Pitching Coach 8 Andrew Stone Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator 4 Adam Eaton Director of Player Development 3 Tommy Merlo Director of Baseball Operations 2

Student Manager staff 2025 Michigan State Baseball Student Managers Name Year Seasons atMichigan State Griffin Novak Senior 3 Garrett Hearl Senior 3 Frank Lollo Junior 3 Elan Wasserman Junior 3 Jack Novick Senior 2 Jake Bernstein Senior 2 Beau Belkowski Senior 2 Tyler Wolters Sophomore 2 Murphy Wegner Junior 1 Marcelo Rodriguez Freshman 1 Jett Weeder Freshman 1

Schedule and results 2025 Michigan State baseball game log (28–26) Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled      Bold = MSU Baseball team member      * = Non-Conference Game Regular season (28–26) February (7–1) DateTime Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record February 144:00 p.m. vs. * USA Baseball National Training ComplexCary, NC 2–0 Dzierwa (1–0) Mckinstry (0–1) Pikur (1) USABaseball.TV 1–0 – February 146:10 p.m. vs. Western Michigan* USA Baseball National Training ComplexCary, NC 6–3 Maxey (1–0) Shapiro (0–1) Horvath (1) USABaseball.TV 214 2–0 – February 159:30 a.m. vs. Monmouth* USA Baseball National Training ComplexCary, NC 2–0 Higgins (1–0) Greeley (0–1) Pikur (2) USABaseball.TV 100 3–0 – February 152:53 p.m. vs. Monmouth* USA Baseball National Training ComplexCary, NC 4–1 Szczepanski (1–0) Tamburro (0–1) Horvath (2) USABaseball.TV 125 4–0 – February 16,1:00 p.m. vs. Dayton* USA Baseball National Training ComplexCary, NC Cancelled February 211:00 p.m. vs. *Kleberg Bank Classic Whataburger FieldCorpus Christi, Texas 9–2 Dzierwa (2–0) Smith (0–1) — FloSports 50 5–0 – February 227:35 p.m. at. *Kleberg Bank Classic Whataburger FieldCorpus Christi, Texas 8–3 Maxey (2–0) Singleton (0–2) — FloSports 674 6–0 – February 2310:30 a.m. vs. UCLAKleberg Bank Classic Whataburger FieldCorpus Christi, Texas 9–15 Barnett (2–0) Horvath (0–1) — FloSports 50 6–1 – February 286:00 p.m. vs. Harvard* Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 14–1 Dzierwa (3–0) Begsma (0–2) — ESPN+ 516 7–1– March (10–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record March 16:00 p.m. vs. Harvard* Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 11–1 Maxey (3–0) Pauley (0–2) — ESPN+ 509 8–1 – March 212:00 p.m. vs. Harvard* Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 13–3 Horvath (1–1) Colasante (0–1) — ESPN+ 302 9–1 – March 56:30 p.m. vs Western Carolina* Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 7–10 Langley (1–0) Pikur (0–1) — ESPN+ 1,805 9–2 – March 710:00 a.m. vs First Pitch Invitational Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 3–2 Horvath (2–1) William (0–1) — ESPN+ 235 10–2 – March 72:00 p.m. vs UAB*First Pitch Invitational Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 5–2 Dzierwa (4–0) Cheatham (2–2) — ESPN+ 423 11–2 – March 84:50 p.m. vs Winthrop*First Pitch Invitational Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 7–0 Grundman (1–0) Sarna (1–2) Pianto (1) ESPN+ 268 12–2 – March 912:00 p.m. vs UAB*First Pitch Invitational Fluor FieldGreenville, SC 7–12 Hicks (1–0) Donovan (0–1) — ESPN+ 526 12–3 – March 124:05 p.m. vs Michigan Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 7–11 Kasner (2–0) Grundman (1–1) — B1G+ 1,487 12–4 – March 141:02 p.m. at Iowa Duane Banks FieldIowa City, Iowa 12–8 Horvath (3–1) Anthony (1–2) — B1G+ 13–4 1–0 March 145:02 p.m. at Iowa Duane Banks FieldIowa City, Iowa 3–7 Savary (4–0) Higgins (1–1) Detaeye (1) B1G+ 1,057 13–5 1–1 March 152:02 p.m. at Iowa Duane Banks FieldIowa City, Iowa 0–10 Reece (3–0) Donovan (0–2) — B1G+ 878 13–6 1–2 March 194:02 p.m. vs Oakland* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 8–5 Farquhar (1–0) Glassman (0–3) Horvath (1) B1G+ 850 14–6 – March 215:32 p.m. at Penn State Medlar Field at Lubrano ParkState College, Pennsylvania 4–0 Dzierwa (5–0) Desanto (4–1) Horvath (1) B1G+ 1,650 15–6 2–2 March 222:02 p.m. at Penn State Medlar Field at Lubrano ParkState College, Pennsylvania 5–11 Horwat (4–1) Brewer (0–1) Steele (1) B1G+ 1,309 15–7 2–3 March 231:02 p.m. at Penn State Medlar Field at Lubrano ParkState College, Pennsylvania 10–5 Pikur (1–1) Olson (0–1) Horvath (5) B1G+ 1,091 16–7 3–3 March 264:30 p.m. at Notre Dame* Frank Eck StadiumSouth Bend, Indiana 6–9 Klosterman (1–0) Szczepaniak (0–1) Mcdonough (1) ACCN 482 16–8 – March 281:30 p.m. vs Illinois Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 6–9 Girard (1–0) Pikur (1–2) Bates (1) B1G+ 16–9 3–4 March 284:00 p.m. vs Illinois Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 3–10 Plumley (2–2) Higgins (1–2) — B1G+ 714 16–10 3–5 March 3012:02 p.m. vs Illinois Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 14–4 Farquhar (2–0) Hall (2–2) — B1G+ 824 17–10 4–5 April (6–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record April 2 vs * Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan Cancelled April 61:02 p.m. at Indiana Bart Kaufman FieldBloomington, Indiana 4–6 Seebold (2–3) Dzierwa (5–1) Vogel (1) B1G+ 1,211 17–11 4–6 April 712:02 p.m. at Indiana Bart Kaufman FieldBloomington, Indiana 2–14 Gilley (6–1) Higgins (1–3) — B1G+ 973 17–12 4–7 April 73:02 p.m. at Indiana Bart Kaufman FieldBloomington, Indiana 2–18 Holderfield (2–0) Grundman (1–2) Decker-petty (1) B1G+ 1,247 17–13 4–8 April 93:00 p.m. vs * Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 5–6 Ross (1–2) Brewer (0–2) Stumpf (1) B1G+ 311 17–14 – April 115:32 p.m. vs Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 10–11 Crawford (3–4) Horvath (3–2) — BTN 567 17–15 4–9 April 123:32 p.m. vs Northwestern Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 10–0 Dzierwa (6–1) Forniss (1–1) — B1G+ 1,324 18–15 5–9 April 131:02 p.m. vs Northwestern Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 3–1 Higgins (2–3) Kouser (3–3) Brewer (1) B1G+ 602 19–15 6–9 April 156:02 p.m. vs Western Michigan* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 14–4 Donovan (1–2) Lehmann (1–3) — B1G+ 442 20–15 – April 186:02 p.m. vs Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 11–4 Viebrock III (1–0) Erdmann (0–5) Horvath (6) B1G+ 1,331 21–15 7–9 April 193:32 p.m. vs Ohio State Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 10–9 Brewer (1–2) Shaw (2–4) — B1G+ 1,262 22–15 8–9 April 201:02 p.m. vs Ohio State Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 14–4 Higgins (3–3) Michalak (1–4) — B1G+ 678 23–15 9–9 April 226:02 p.m. vs * Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 1–10 Newell (1–3) Donovan (1–3) — B1G+ 654 23–16 – April 256:00 p.m. at Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 2–8 Barr (5–3) Farquhar (2–1) — B1G+ 1,663 23–17 9–10 April 262:00 p.m. at Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 2–9 Lally Jr. (4–3) Dzierwa (6–2) — B1G+ 1,884 23–18 9–11 April 271:00 p.m. at Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 5–6 Carey (7–0) Higgins (3–4) Rogers (7) B1G+ 2,226 23–19 9–12 May (5–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Big Ten record May 26:00 p.m. vs No. 6 Oregon Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 2–0 Dzierwa (7–2) Grinsell (7–2) — B1G+ 1,016 24–19 10–12 May 33:30 p.m. vs No. 6 Oregon Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 5–13 Clarke (4–2) Farquhar (2–2) Umlandt (1) B1G+ 852 24–20 10–13 May 411:30 a.m. vs No. 6 Oregon Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 1–3 Reitz (3–0) Higgins (3–5) Mattox (1) B1G+ 562 24–21 10–14 May 66:00 p.m. vs Eastern Michigan* Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 3–1 Donovan (2–3) Gillies (0–1) Pianto (2) B1G+ 725 25–21 – May 74:05 p.m. at Western Michigan* Hyames FieldKalamazoo, Michigan 5–6 Maloney (1–0) Moczydlowsky (0–1) — YouTube 328 25–22 – May 99:30 p.m. at No. 25 USC OC Great Park Baseball ComplexIrvine, California 5–0 Dzierwa (8–2) Hunter (6–4) — B1G+ 789 26–22 11–14 May 105:00 p.m. at No. 25 USC OC Great Park Baseball ComplexIrvine, California 15–5 Farquhar (3–2) Aoki (5–3) — B1G+ 503 27–22 12–14 May 114:00 p.m. at No. 25 USC OC Great Park Baseball ComplexIrvine, California 3–10 Edwards (2–0) Higgins (3–6) — B1G+ 703 27–23 12–15 May 156:00 p.m. vs Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 3–4 Sundquiat (3–1) Dzierwa (8–3) Clausen (1) B1G+ 535 27–24 12–16 May 166:00 p.m. vs Minnesota Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 5–11 Remington (2–6) Farquhar (3–3) Rooney (1) B1G+ 805 27–25 12–17 May 171:00 p.m. vs Minnesota Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan 11–10 Brewer (2–2) Clausen (0–2) — B1G+ 805 28–25 13–17 Postseason (0–2) (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B1GT Record May 206:23 p.m. vs (8) Nebraska Pool A (12) Charles Schwab FieldOmaha, Nebraska 4–5 Broderick (4–2) Pianto (0–1) — BTN 2,843 28–26 0–1 May 225:11 p.m. vs (1) Oregon Pool A (12) Charles Schwab FieldOmaha, Nebraska 2–4 Garcia (3–0) Horvath (3–3) Mattox (1) BTN 28–27 0–2 *Denotes non–conference game • source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1 Baseball Poll • Game is in EST • .

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