The 2021 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders baseball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Islanders played their home games at Chapman Field and were led by fourteenth–year head coach Scott Malone. They were members of the Southland Conference.
Preseason
Southland Conference Coaches Poll The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 11, 2021 and the Islanders were picked to finish sixth in the conference with 146 votes.
Coaches poll 1 Sam Houston State 276 (17) 2 Central Arkansas 247 (5) 3 McNeese State 244 (1) 4 Southeastern Louisiana 243 (3) 5 Northwestern State 193 6 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 146 7 Incarnate Word 144 8 Nicholls 108 9 New Orleans 101 10 Abilene Christian 98 11 Stephen F. Austin 92 12 Lamar 87 13 Houston Baptist 49
Roster
Schedule and results Legend Texas A&M–Corpus Christi win Texas A&M–Corpus Christi loss Postponement/Cancelation/SuspensionsBoldTexas A&M–Corpus Christi team member
2021 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders baseball game log Regular season (24-27) February (4-3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordFeb. 21 Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 4-3 Moeller (1-0) Frazer (0-1) None 176 1-0 Feb. 21 Central Michigan Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 5-1 Bird (1-0) Taylor (0-1) None 258 2-0 Feb. 22 Central Michigan Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 6-3 Thomas (1-0) Rogoszewski (0-1) Shy (1) 260 3-0 Feb. 23 at Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 8-12 Miller (1-0) Urbantke (0-1) None 122 3-1 Feb. 26 Houston Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 3-2 Perez (1-0) Gasser (1-1) Shy (2) 714 4-1 Feb. 27 Houston Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 1-14 Sears (1-0) Bird (1-1) None 1,274 4-2 Feb. 28 Houston Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 3-4 (10 inns) Cherry (1-0) Shy (0-1) None 716 4-3 March (1-14) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordMar. 2 at No. 19 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1-12 Kubichek (1-1) Ramirez (0-1) None 1,455 4-4 Shriner's Hospital for Children College ClassicMar. 5 vs. No. 13 TCU Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L 5-15 Hill (1-0) Perez (1-1) None 4-5 Mar. 6 vs. Rice Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L 5-16 Garcia (1-0) Bird (1-2) None 1,000 4-6 Mar. 7 vs. No. 10 Texas Tech Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L 3-4 Queen (1-0) Thomas (0-1) Sublette (1) 4-7 Mar. 9 at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 0-7 Dettmer (2-0) Shy (0-2) None SECN+ 1,146 4-8 Mar. 12 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 2-4 Kincaid (1-0) Gaddis (0-1) Dion (1) 236 4-9 0-1Mar. 13 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 8-9 Duplechain (2-1) Miller (0-1) None 312 4-10 0-2Mar. 14 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 7-12 Reeves (1-0) Purcell (0-1) None 298 4-11 0-3Mar. 19 UTSA Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 5-11 Mason (2-2) Perez (1-2) None 315 4-12 Mar. 20 UTSA Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 4-7 Garza (1-0) Gaddis (0-2) None 394 4-13 Mar. 21 UTSA Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 1-10 Miller (1-0) Bird (1-3) None 287 4-14 Mar. 26 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 2-13 (7 inns) Davis (3-1) Perez (1-3) None ESPN+ 412 4-15 0-4Mar. 27 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 12-6 Ramirez (1-1) Dillard (0-3) None 462 5-15 1-4Mar. 27 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 4-9 Robinson (1-1) Gaddis (0-3) Lusk (2) 462 5-16 1-5Mar. 28 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 6-7 (10 inns) Atkinson (2-1) Miller (0-2) None 462 5-17 1-6 April (13-7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordApr. 1 New Orleans Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 4-5 Mitchell (1-0) Ramirez (1-2) Seroski (1) 212 5-18 1-7Apr. 2 New Orleans Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 6-7 (8 inns) Turpin (4-1) Johnson (0-1) None 189 5-19 1-8Apr. 2 New Orleans Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 6-4 Miller (1-2) Kulivan (0-1) None 191 6-19 2-8Apr. 3 New Orleans Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 4-6 Cerejo (1-1) Lopez (0-1) Seroski (2) 156 6-20 2-9Apr. 6 at No. 4 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4-14 Wenzel (3-0) Johnson (0-2) None 1,596 6-21 Apr. 9 at Nicholls Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 7-3 (10 inns) Ramirez (2-2) Theriot (2-3) None 673 7-21 3-9Apr. 9 at Nicholls Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 5-1 Gaddis (1-3) Gearing (2-2) None 627 8-21 4-9Apr. 10 at Nicholls Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 0-1 Desandro (2-1) Shy (0-3) Taylor (6) 793 8-22 4-10Apr. 11 at Nicholls Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 12-2 Moeller (2-0) Heckman (1-4) Ramirez (1) 787 9-22 5-10 South Texas Showdown Presented by: Navy/Army Community Credit UnionApr. 13 Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX Game cancelledApr. 16 Central Arkansas Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 7-4 (12 inns) Ramirez (3-2) Cleveland (3-3) None 239 10-22 6-10Apr. 17 Central Arkansas Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 2-1 Thomas (2-1) Moyer (2-4) Bird (1) 197 11-22 7-10Apr. 18 Central Arkansas Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 5-1 Gaddis (2-3) Gilbertson (1-2) None 167 12-22 8-10Apr. 18 Central Arkansas Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 10-4 Ramirez (4-1) Busey (0-2) None 167 13-22 9-10 South Texas Showdown Presented by Navy/Army Community Credit UnionApr. 20 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX L 4-14 (8 inns) Tjelmeland (1-0) Nelson (0-1) None 1,175 13-23 Apr. 23 Houston Baptist Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 13-6 Ramirez (5-2) Coats (2-5) None 286 14-23 10-10Apr. 24 Houston Baptist Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 4-0 Gaddis (3-3) Burch (2-2) None 156 15-23 11-10Apr. 24 Houston Baptist Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 2-3 Tinker (1-0) Thomas (2-2) Reitmeyer (4) 256 15-24 11-11Apr. 25 Houston Baptist Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9-8 Moeller (3-0) Spinney (0-5) None 268 16-24 12-11Apr. 30 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX W 6-0 Gaddis (4-3) Douthit (1-2) None 565 17-24 13-11Apr. 30 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX W 11-7 Perez (2-3) Ekness (1-3) None 565 18-24 14-11 May (6–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SLC RecordMay 1 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX L 3-7 Bravo (5-1) Shy (0-4) Dallas (9) 615 18-25 14-12May 2 at Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX L 3-6 Michael (4-2) Thomas (2-3) Dallas (10) 520 18-26 14-13May 7 Stephen F. Austin Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 5-1 Ramirez (6-2) Sgambelluri (3-4) None 246 19-26 15-13May 8 Stephen F. Austin Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 10-2 Gaddis (5-3) Todd (3-3) None 230 20-26 16-13May 8 Stephen F. Austin Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 5-2 Thomas (3-3) Stobart (0-5) None 236 21-26 17-13May 9 Stephen F. Austin Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX L 3-5 Gennari (3-4) Miller (1-3) Rodriguez (1) 223 21-27 17-14May 14 Southeastern Louisiana Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 4-3 (8 inns) Miller (2-3) Hoskins (2-1) None 210 22-27 18-14May 14 Southeastern Louisiana Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 2-1 Ramirez (7-2) Stuprich (6-2) None 210 23-27 19-14May 15 Southeastern Louisiana Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 10-6 Thomas (4-3) Kinzeler (4-4) None 290 24-27 20-14May 16 Southeastern Louisiana Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX Game cancelledMay 21 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA Game cancelledMay 21 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA Game cancelledMay 22 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA Game cancelledMay 22 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA Game cancelled Postseason (1–2) (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 26 vs. (5) Sam Houston State (4) Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA W 4-3 Miller (3-3) Davis (6-5) None ESPN+ 812 25-27 1-0May 27 vs. (1) Abilene Christian (4) Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA L 3-4 Glaze (4-1) Perez (2-4) Riley (9) ESPN+ 976 25-28 1-1May 28 vs. (5) Sam Houston State (4) Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA L 2-14 (7 inns) Atkinson (6-1) Shy (0-5) None ESPN+ 747 25-29 1-2 Schedule source: *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Postseason
Conference accolades Player of the Year: Colton Cowser – SHSU Hitter of the Year: Colton Eager – ACU Pitcher of the Year: Will Dion – MCNS Relief Pitcher of the Year: Tyler Cleveland – UCA Freshman of the Year: Brennan Stuprich – SELA Newcomer of the Year: Grayson Tatrow – ACU Clay Gould Coach of the Year: Rick McCarty – ACU
All Conference First Team Chase Kemp (LAMR) Nate Fisbeck (MCNS) Itchy Burts (TAMUCC) Bash Randle (ACU) Mitchell Dickson (ACU) Lee Thomas (UIW) Colton Cowser (SHSU) Colton Eager (ACU) Clayton Rasbeary (MCNS) Will Dion (MCNS) Brennan Stuprich (SELA) Will Warren (SELA) Tyler Cleveland (UCA) Anthony Quirion (LAMR)
All Conference Second Team Preston Faulkner (SELA) Daunte Stuart (NSU) Kasten Furr (UNO) Evan Keller (SELA) Skylar Black (SFA) Tre Obregon III (MCNS) Jack Rogers (SHSU) Pearce Howard (UNO) Grayson Tatrow (ACU) Chris Turpin (UNO) John Gaddis (TAMUCC) Trevin Michael (LAMR) Caleb Seroski (UNO) Jacob Burke (SELA)
All Conference Third Team Luke Marbach (TAMUCC) Salo Iza (UNO) Austin Cain (NICH) Darren Willis (UNO) Ryan Snell (LAMR) Tommy Cruz (ACU) Tyler Finke (SELA) Payton Harden (MCNS) Mike Williams (TAMUCC) Cal Carver (NSU) Levi David (NSU) Dominic Robinson (SHSU) Jack Dallas (LAMR) Brett Hammit (ACU)
All Conference Defensive Team Luke Marbach (TAMUCC) Nate Fisebeck (MCNS) Anthony Quirion (LAMR) Darren Willis (UNO) Gaby Cruz (SELA) Julian Gonzales (MCNS) Colton Cowser (SHSU) Avery George (LAMR) Will Dion (MCNS)
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