The 2025 Charleston Cougars baseball team represents the College of Charleston during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars play their home games at the CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association. They are led by head coach Chad Holbrook, in his eighth year as head coach.
Preseason Coaches poll The coaches poll was released on February 5, 2025. Charleston was selected to finish second in the conference.
Coaches' Poll 1 UNCW 117 (8) 2 Charleston 109 (3) 3 Northeastern 107 (1) 4 Campbell 78 5 Delaware 77 6 Elon 70 7 Stony Brook 56 8 William & Mary 55 9 Hofstra 51 10 North Carolina A&T 37 11 Monmouth 19 12 Towson 16
Awards and honors
Preseason CAA awards and honors Preseason All-CAA Team Player No. Position Class Designation Avery Neaves 30 OF Graduate First Team Jake Brink 21 SP Junior First Team Davis Aiken 18 RP Senior First Team Dylan Johnson 9 C Senior Honorable Mention Aidan Hunter 14 SP Senior Honorable Mention Alex Lyon 12 RP RS Junior Honorable Mention
Personnel
Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 9 Dylan Johnson Senior 1B 8 Payton Frehner Junior 2B 6 Brent Gibbs Sophomore 3B 15 Ethan Plyler RS Junior SS 2 Rafael Soto Freshman LF 30 Avery Neaves Graduate CF 1 Dariyan Pendergrass Senior RF 42 Will Baumhofer Graduate DH 20 Matthew Dominianni Freshman
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 21 Jake Brink Junior Saturday 14 Aidan Hunter Senior Sunday 10 Hayden Thomas Sophomore
Rankings
Game log 2025 Charleston Cougars baseball Game Log (18–12) Regular season (18–12) February (6–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA Record VCU* CofC Baseball StadiumMount Pleasant, SC W 10–07 Brink (1–0) Dressler (0–1) None FloSports 713 1–0 – VCU* CofC Baseball Stadium W 12–2 Hunter (1–0) Yetter (0–1) None FloSports 764 2–0 — VCU* CofC Baseball Stadium L 9–10 Tappy (1–0) Samonsky (0–1) None FloSports 803 2–1 — at Coastal Carolina* Springs Brooks StadiumConway, SC W 15–58 Lyon (1–0) Ellison (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,076 3–1 — * CofC Baseball Stadium W 4–1 Brink (2–0) Torres (0–1) Aiken (1) WSFX 564 4–1 — Seton Hall* CofC Baseball Stadium W 8–1 Hunter (2–0) Reich (0–1) None FloSports 714 5–1 — Seton Hall* CofC Baseball Stadium L 5–8 Downing (1–0) Lyon (1–1) None FloSports 713 5–2 — at * Clements StadiumStatesboro, GA W 6–3 Brooks (1–0) Bryant (1–1) None ESPN+ 1,984 6–2 — Creighton* CofC Baseball Stadium L 6–8 Aukerman (2–0) Brink (2–1) Langrell (2) FloSports 633 6–3 — March (9–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA Record March 1 Creighton* CofC Baseball Stadium W 18–6 Hunter (3–0) Koosman (0–2) None FloSports 794 7–3 — March 2 Creighton* CofC Baseball Stadium L 4–8 Magers (2–1) Brooks (1–1) Langrell (3) FloSports 656 7–4 —March 5 at No. 4 North Carolina* Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill, NC PostponedMarch 7 * CofC Baseball Stadium W 5–4 Lyon (2–1) Wilson (1–1) Aiken (2) FloSports 633 8–4 —March 8 Appalachian State* CofC Baseball Stadium L 0–13 Marks (1–0) Hunter (3–1) None FloSports 855 8–5 —March 9 Appalachian State* CofC Baseball Stadium W 11–4 Brooks (2–1) Little (0–3) None FloSports 634 9–5 —March 11 * CofC Baseball Stadium W 9–8 Eggert (1–0) Sills (1–2) Aiken (3) FloSports 651 10–5 —March 14 * CofC Baseball Stadium W 2–1 Lyon (3–1) Chambers (0–1) None FloSports 857 11–5 —March 15 Dartmouth* CofC Baseball Stadium W 7–3 Hunter (4–1) Albert (0–2) None FloSports 717 12–5 —March 16 Dartmouth* CofC Baseball Stadium CanceledMarch 18 vs. South Carolina* Segra ParkColumbia, SC L 3–4 Garino (2–0) Eggert (1–1) Marlatt (1) SECN+ 2,610 12–6 —March 19 * CofC Baseball Stadium L 3–9 Harris (3–1) Medley (0–1) None FloSports 624 12–7 —March 21 CofC Baseball Stadium W 12–28 Brink (3–1) Mitrovich (2–1) None FloSports 607 13–7 1–0March 22 Elon CofC Baseball Stadium L 13–14 Sprock (1–0) Aiken (0–1) None FloSports 750 13–8 1–1March 23 Elon CofC Baseball Stadium W 11–6 Lyon (4–1) Lavelle (2–3) None FloSports 705 14–8 2–1March 25 at The Citadel* Joseph P. Riley Jr. ParkCharleston, SC L 2–4 Davis (2–2) Thomas (1–0) Hausner (4) ESPN+ 1,029 14–9 —March 28 CofC Baseball Stadium L 7–12 Brown (1–1) Brink (3–2) Music (1) FloSports 707 14–10 2–2March 29 Campbell CofC Baseball Stadium W 6–5 Samonsky (1–1) Hendricks (1–2) Aiken (4) FloSports 703 15–10 3–2March 30 Campbell CofC Baseball Stadium L 7–8 Rossow (3–3) Murray (0–1) Schares (3) FloSports 693 15–11 3–3 April (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA RecordApril 1 * CofC Baseball Stadium W 14–9 Lyon (5–1) Krause (1–1) None FloSports 635 16–11 —April 4 at Monmouth Baseball FieldWest Long Branch, NJ W 5–1 Brink (4–2) Kent (1–5) FloSports 207 17–11 4–3April 5 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field W 6–5 Brooks (3–1) Beard (1–3) Aiken (5) FloSports 163 18–11 5–3April 6 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field L 4–5 Mealy (3–0) Hunter (4–2) Greeley (1) FloSports 173 18–12 5–4April 8 at Charleston Southern* CSU BallparkNorth Charleston, SC ESPN+ —April 11 CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports April 12 Delaware CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports April 13 Delaware CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports April 16 The Citadel* CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —April 18 at Northeastern Friedman DiamondBoston, MA FloSports April 19 at Northeastern Friedman Diamond FloSports April 20 at Northeastern Friedman Diamond FloSports April 22 No. 21 Coastal Carolina* CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —April 25 UNCW CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —April 26 UNCW CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —April 27 UNCW CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —April 30 Georgia Southern* CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports — May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA RecordMay 2 at Plumeri ParkWilliamsburg, VA FloSports May 3 at William & Mary Plumeri Park FloSports May 4 at William & Mary Plumeri Park FloSports May 6 The Citadel* CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —May 9 at War Memorial StadiumGreensboro, NC FloSports May 10 at North Carolina A&T War Memorial Stadium FloSports May 11 at North Carolina A&T War Memorial Stadium FloSports May 13 * CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports —May 15 Hofstra CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports May 16 Hofstra CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports May 17 Hofstra CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold = UNCW team member * = Non-conference gameRankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
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