2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team

2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball
Sun Belt regular season champions
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
D1Baseball.com	No. 11
Record	42–11 (24–4 SBC)
Head coach	Kevin Schnall (1st season)
Associate head coach	Chad Oxendine (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Williams (1st season) Matt Schilling (18th season)
Home stadium	Springs Brooks Stadium

2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	23	–	4		.852			41	–	11		.788
No. 19 Southern Miss  ‍‍‍	21	–	6		.778			38	–	13		.745
No. 22 Troy  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			37	–	16		.698
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			25	–	27		.481
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			21	–	26		.447
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			27	–	25		.519
Texas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	26		.490
Marshall  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			28	–	24		.538
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			24	–	26		.480
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			22	–	28		.440
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			21	–	27		.438
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			24	–	29		.453
James Madison  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			15	–	37		.288
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			21	–	30		.412
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 11, 2025 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium and were led by first year head coach Kevin Schnall. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released February 6, 2025, and the Chanticleers were picked to finish fourth overall in the conference.

Coaches Poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southern Miss	179 (5)
2	Troy	178 (4)
3	Louisiana	174 (3)
4	Coastal Carolina	161 (2)
5	Georgia Southern	125
6	James Madison	106
7	Old Dominion	105
8	Texas State	102
9	App State	94
10	South Alabama	93
11	Georgia State	49
12	Marshall	46
13	ULM	34
14	Arkansas State	24

Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year

Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina (Jr., C – Haddon Heights, N.J.)

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

• Chase Morgan, Louisiana (So., SP – Cypress, Texas)
• Bryce Blevins, Marshall (Jr., SP – Louisa, Ky.)
• Colby Allen, Southern Miss (Jr., SP – Louisville, Miss.)
• Max Kuhle, James Madison (Jr., RP – Virginia Beach, Va.)
• Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina (Jr., C – Haddon Heights, N.J.)
• Matthew Russo, Southern Miss (Jr., 1B – Madisonville, La.)
• Blake Barthol, Coastal Carolina (Jr., 2B – Allentown, Pa.)
• Ozzie Pratt, Southern Miss (Sr., SS – Alesville, Miss.)
• Lee Amedee, Louisiana (Jr., 3B – Gonzales, La.)
• Josh Tate, Georgia Southern (Jr., OF – Peachtree City, Ga.)
• Luke Waters, Old Dominion (Sr., OF – Laurel, Del.)
• Davis Gillespie, Southern Miss (RS So., OF – Birmingham, Ala.)
• Ryan Dooley, James Madison (Sr., DH – Reston, Va.)
• Nick Monistere, Southern Miss (Jr., UT – Brandon, Miss.)

Personnel

2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 OF Sebastian Alexander  R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Mayfield, Ohio 2 RHP Cameron Flukey R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey 3 INF Ty Dooley L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Elgin, South Carolina 5 INF Walker Mitchell L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Lexington, South Carolina 6 OF Chad Born  R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Placentia, California 7 INF Blake Barthol L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Allentown, Pennsylvania 8 INF Dean Mihos R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Chester Springs, Pennsylvania 10 INF Ty Barrango  R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr San Mateo, California 12 INF Jake Books L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Royersford, Pennsylvania 13 C Domenico Tozzi R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 16 OF Colby Thorndyke  L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Lumberton, North Carolina 17 C Caden Bodine S/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Haddon Heights, New Jersey 18 LHP Hayden Johnson L/L 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 20 OF Wells Sykes R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Gilbert, South Carolina 21 RHP Jaxon Appelman R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Edison, New Jersey 22 OF Blagen Pado R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Haymarket, Virginia 23 RHP Clavin Junek R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Sebastian, Florida 24 C Brice Estep R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Fort Mitchell, Kentucky 25 RHP Cullen McKay R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Norfolk, Virginia 26 RHP Riley Eikhoff  R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Bristow, Virginia 27 INF Freddy Rodriguez R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Wellington, Florida 29 RHP Matthew Potok  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Jackson, New Jersey 30 RHP Andrew Bowers R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 31 RHP Scott Doran R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Erdenheim, Pennsylvania] 32 OF Ryan Perez L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Greenwich, Connecticut 33 LHP Tadan Bell  L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 197 lb (89 kg) So Columbus, Nebraska 34 LHP Dawson Newman L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Chesapeake, Virginia 35 RHP Chance Mako R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Salisbury, North Carolina 36 RHP Dylan Hansen R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Exton, Pennsylvania 37 OF Kylen Watson L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Lititz, Pennsylvania 38 RHP Elias Holbert  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Jr Sherwood, Oregon 39 RHP Darin Horn  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Bluffton, South Carolina 40 LHP Dominick Carbone L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Rocky Point, New York 41 RHP Oliver Ellison R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 199 lb (90 kg) So Knoxville, Maryland 43 RHP Matt Joyce  R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Braintree, Massachusetts 44 OF Kaleb Huffman L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Locust Grove, Georgia 45 RHP Luke Jones R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Greenville, South Carolina 47 RHP Hudson Lance R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Trinity, North Carolina 49 RHP Ryan Lynch R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Sr Snohomish, Washington 51 RHP Jacob Morrison  R/R 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Flushing, Michigan	Head coach Kevin Schnall (Coastal Carolina) Assistant coach(es) Chad Oxendine (Coastal Carolina) Matt Williams (Spartanburg Methodist College) Matt Schilling (Coastal Carolina) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 16 February 2025

Schedule and results

Legend
	Coastal Carolina win
	Coastal Carolina loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Coastal Carolina team member
*	Non-Conference game

2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball game log (42–11)
Regular season (42–11)
February (8–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Baseball at the Beach Feb. 14 Saint Joseph's* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–1 7 inn Johnson (1–0) Ciccone ESPN+ 2,816 1–0 Feb. 15 Kansas State* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–3 Carbone (1–0) Slack ESPN+ 2,848 2–0 Feb. 16 Washington* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–1 7 inn Eikhoff (1–0) Brandenburg ESPN+ 2,082 3–0 Feb. 17 Kansas State* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9–2 Morrison (1–0) Sheffield ESPN+ 2,203 4–0 Feb. 18 Charleston* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5–15 8 Inn Lyon Ellison (0–1) ESPN+ 2,076 4–1 Jax College Baseball Classic Feb. 21 vs. Alabama* 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, FL L 2–9 Fay McKay (0–1) D1Baseball.com 2,020 4–2 Feb. 22 vs. Ohio State* 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, FL W 10–8 11 Inn Lynch (1–0) Blosser Doran (1) D1Baseball.com 5–2 Feb. 23 vs. No. 12 NC State* 121 Financial Ballpark • Jacksonville, FL W 10–3 Eikhoff (2–0) Marohn Johnson (1) D1Baseball.com 4,856 6–2 Feb. 25 UNC Wilmington* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–1 Potok (1–0) Phelan ESPN+ 2,653 7–2 Feb. 28 Rutgers* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10–0 7 Inn. McKay (1–1) Shadek ESPN+ 3,001 8–2 March (12–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 Rutgers* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–5 Johnson (2–0) Gleason ESPN+ 3,171 9–2 Mar. 2 Rutgers* Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–1 Eikhoff (3–0) Prince ESPN+ 1,890 10–2 Mar. 4 at No. 4 North Carolina* No. 24 Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 4–5 11 inn Padgett Potok (1–1) ACCNX 2,550 10–3 Mar. 7 at East Carolina* No. 24 Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 0–7 Norby Jones (0–1) ESPN+ 4,258 10–4 Mar. 8 at East Carolina No. 24 Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC W 9–1 Flukey (1–0) Jenkins ESPN+ 5,117 11–4 Mar. 9 at East Carolina* No. 24 Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC W 4–3 11 inn Morrison (2–0) Hunter Carbone (1) ESPN+ 4,112 12–4 Mar. 11 No. 14 Wake Forest* No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–16 7 inn Bedford Horn (1–0) None ESPN+ 3,750 12–5 Mar. 14 Georgia Southern No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–1 Morrison (3–0) Grundy None ESPN+ 2,700 13–5 1–0 Mar. 15 (DH 1) Georgia Southern No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–2 Flukey (2–0) Lewis Jones (1) ESPN+ 2,894 14–5 2–0 Mar. 15 (DH 2) Georgia Southern No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–1 7 inn Eikhoff (4–0) White ESPN+ 4,000 15–5 3–0 Mar. 18 at Campbell* No. 24 Jim Perry Stadium • Buies Creek, NC W 5–4 Carbone (2–0) Roberts Doran (2) FloSports 782 16–5 Mar. 21 at No. 25 Troy No. 24 Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 11–3 Morrison (4–0) Tapper Carbone (2) ESPN+ 2,214 17–5 4–0 Mar. 22 at No. 25 Troy No. 24 Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 8–9 Lyon Lynch (1–1) None ESPN+ 2,941 17–6 4–1 Mar. 23 at No. 25 Troy No. 24 Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 5–9 Stewart Eikhoff (4–1) None ESPN+ 2,329 17–7 4–2 Mar. 25 at No. 6 Clemson* Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 8–2 Ellison (1–1) Samol None ACCNX 5,043 18–7 Mar. 28 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 7–0 Morrison (5–0) Valentin (4–1) None ESPN+ 1,423 19–7 5–2 Mar. 29 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 0–1 Tippie (2–0) Flukey (2–1) Laws (6) ESPN+ 1,638 19–8 5–3 Mar. 30 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 10–3 Eikhoff (5–1) Teer (1–5) None ESPN+ 1,407 20–8 6–3 April (14–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 Campbell No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 15–1 7 inn Jones (1–1) Roberts None ESPN+ 3,750 21–8 Apr. 4 Arkansas State No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–1 Morrison (6–0) Galy Carbone (3) ESPN+ 3,000 22–8 7–3 Apr. 5 Arkansas State No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–1 Lynch (2–1) Turner Carbone (4) ESPN+ 3,111 23–8 8–3 Apr. 6 Arkansas State No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–2 Hibbard Eikhoff (5–2) Richter ESPN+ 3,159 23–9 8–4 Apr. 8 at UNC Wilmington* No. 21 Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC W 8–4 Horn (1–1) Thornton None ESPN+ 1,654 24–9 Apr. 11 at Georgia State No. 21 GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 6–5 Carbone (3–0) Roberts Lynch (1) 275 25–9 9–4 Apr. 12 at Georgia State No. 21 GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 14–8 Horn (2–1) Hembree None 230 26–9 10–4 Apr. 13 at Georgia State No. 21 GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 4–2 Jones (2–1) Norman Lynch (2) 287 27–9 11–4 Apr. 15 at Wake Forest* No. 21 David F. Couch Ballpark • Winston-Salem, NC L 5–16 8 inn Bedford Appleman (0–1) None ACCNX 1,425 27–10 Apr. 17 Marshall No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–1 7 inn Morrison (7–0) Blevins None ESPN+ 4,073 28–10 12–4 Apr. 18 Marshall No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10–0 7 inn Flukey (3–1) Miller None ESPN+ 3,289 29–10 13–4 Apr. 19 Marshall No. 21 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–5 Johnson (3–0) Krebs None ESPN+ 2,757 30–10 14–4 Apr. 22 at Charleston* No. 21 CofC Baseball Stadium • Charleston, SC L 2–4 Murray Jones (2–2) Aiken FloSports 948 30–11 Apr. 25 at James Madison No. 21 Eagle Field • Harrisonburg, VA W 9–2 11 inn Carbone (4–0) Horvath None ESPN+ 644 31–11 15–4 Apr. 26 at James Madison No. 21 Eagle Field • Harrisonburg, VA W 14–4 7 inn Flukey (4–1) Costello None ESPN+ 530 32–11 16–4 Apr. 27 at James Madison No. 21 Eagle Field • Harrisonburg, VA W 8–4 Horn (3–1) Smith None ESPN+ 516 33–11 17–4 Apr. 29 at UNC Greensboro* No. 19 UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC W 8–2 Doran (1–0) Shuey None ESPN+ 324 34–11 May (8–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 2 Appalachian State No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–1 8 inn Morrison (8–0) Cross None ESPN+ 3,925 35–11 18–4 May 3 Appalachian State No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–2 Flukey (5–1) Best Lynch (3) ESPN+ 2,750 36–11 19–4 May 4 Appalachian State No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10–1 Potok (2–1) Clark None ESPN+ 2,220 37–11 20–4 May 6 No. 9 Clemson* No. 14 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–3 Horn (4–1) Gillen Lynch (4) ESPN+ 5,300 38–11 May 8 Louisiana–Monroe No. 14 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–6 Johnson (4–0) Gregoire Carbone (5) ESPN+ 2,658 39–11 21–4 May 9 Louisiana–Monroe No. 14 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10–0 7 inn Morrison (9–0) Grigg None ESPN+ 2,100 40–11 22–4 May 10 Louisiana–Monroe No. 14 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–0 5 inn Jones (3–2) Eager None ESPN+ 2,111 41–11 23–4 May 15 at Old Dominion No. 11 War Memorial Stadium • Hampton, VA W 6–3 Carbone (5–0) Moore Lynch (5) ESPN+ 447 42–11 24–4 May 16 at Old Dominion No. 11 War Memorial Stadium • Hampton, VA ESPN+ May 17 at Old Dominion No. 11 War Memorial Stadium • Hampton, VA ESPN+
Post Season
SBC Tournament (0–0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 20–25 TBD Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL ESPN+

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'	RV	RV*	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	24	25	21	20	19	14	11
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	16	11	8	8
NCBWA†	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	20	17	21	19	15
D1Baseball	—	—	—	24	24	24	—	21	21	21	21	19	14	11
Perfect Game	23	19	20	15	15	16	21	19	19	18	14	14	12	10

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.