Baseball team season
The 2021 Old Dominion Monarchs baseball team represented Old Dominion University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season . The Monarchs competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA East Division. They played their home games at Bud Metheny Baseball Complex , on the university's Norfolk campus. The team was coached by Chris Finwood , who was in his tenth season with the Monarchs.
The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021, with the Monarchs predicted to finish in second place in the East Division.[2]
Media poll (East) Predicted finish Team 1st Place Votes 1 Florida Atlantic 10 2 Old Dominion 1 3 FIU 1 4 WKU - 5 Charlotte - 6 Marshall -
Preseason All-CUSA team [ edit ] Hunter Gregory – Starting Pitcher
Schedule and results [ edit ] 2021 Old Dominion Monarchs baseball game log Regular season (38–14) February (5–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record February 19 Norfolk State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA Canceled [3] February 20 Norfolk State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 7-1 250 1-0 - February 21 Norfolk State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 12-0 243 2-0 - February 23 Norfolk State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 12-5 223 3-0 - February 24 Norfolk State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 19-2 230 4-0 - February 26 Rhode Island Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 4-6 187 4-1 - February 27 Rhode Island Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 5-610 202 4-2 - February 28 Rhode Island Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 16-3 192 5-2 -
March (12–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record March 2 at No. 17 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC W 6-512 215 6-2 - March 5 Northeastern Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA W 10-8 167 7-2 - March 6 Northeastern Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 5-6 242 7-3 - March 7 Northeastern Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 3-211 158 8-3 - March 10 at William & Mary Plumeri Park Williamsburg, VA W 8-2 135 9-3 - March 12 Ball State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 6-3 343 10-3 - March 13 Ball State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 10-5 337 11-3 - March 14 Ball State Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 2-110 243 12-3 - March 17 VCU Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 5-12 211 12-4 - March 19 George Mason Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Canceled March 20 Richmond Malcolm U. Pitt Field Richmond, VA W 4-3 13-4 - March 23 at VCU The Diamond Richmond, VA W 5-3 197 14-4 - March 26 FIU Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 12-15 337 14-5 0-1 March 27 (1) FIU Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 14-0 15-5 1-1 March 27 (2) FIU Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 3-2 250 16-5 2-1 March 28 FIU Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 16-9 389 17-5 3-1
April (12–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record April 2 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field Huntington, WV W 12-1 61 18-5 4-1 April 3 (1) at Marshall Kennedy Center Field W 8-7 53 19-5 5-1 April 3 (2) at Marshall Kennedy Center Field W 8-0 53 20-5 6-1 April 4 at Marshall Kennedy Center Field W 15-7 59 21-5 7-1 April 9 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 7-2 286 22-5 8-1 April 10 (1) at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-3 286 23-5 9-1 April 10 (2) at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium W 8-2 286 24-5 10-1 April 11 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium L 0-4 254 24-6 10-2 April 14 at Virginia No. 22 Davenport Field Charlottesville, VA Postponed [4] April 16 Rice No. 22 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA W 11-4 402 25-6 11-2 April 17 (1) Rice No. 22 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 11-2 402 26-6 12-2 April 17 (2) Rice No. 22 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 2-11 270 26-7 12-3 April 18 Rice No. 22 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 4-1 278 27-7 13-3 April 20 William & Mary No. 20 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Postponed April 23 (1) at No. 19 Charlotte No. 20 Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC L 4-5 27-8 13-4 April 23 (2) at No. 19 Charlotte No. 20 Hayes Stadium W 9-5 164 28-8 14-4 April 25 (1) at No. 19 Charlotte No. 20 Hayes Stadium L 3-8 28-9 14-5 April 25 (2) at No. 19 Charlotte No. 20 Hayes Stadium L 1-7 163 28-10 14-6 April 30 No. 15 Charlotte No. 25 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 8-3 492 29-10 15-6
May (9–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 1 (1) No. 15 Charlotte No. 25 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA L 2-6 503 29-11 15-7 May 1 (2) No. 15 Charlotte No. 25 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 14-2 386 30-11 16-7 May 2 No. 15 Charlotte No. 25 Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 10-0 446 31-11 17-7 May 7 at UTSA No. 22 Roadrunner Field San Antonio, TX W 14-11 103 32-11 18-7 May 8 (1) at UTSA No. 22 Roadrunner Field L 10-12 32-12 18-8 May 8 (2) at UTSA No. 22 Roadrunner Field L 0-11 113 32-13 18-9 May 9 at UTSA No. 22 Roadrunner Field W 6-2 117 33-13 19-9 May 14 Western Kentucky Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 14-8 454 34-13 20-9 May 15 (1) Western Kentucky Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 6-3 815 35-13 21-9 May 15 (2) Western Kentucky Bud Metheny Baseball Complex L 6-78 526 35-14 21-10 May 16 Western Kentucky Bud Metheny Baseball Complex W 13-2 516 36-14 22-10 May 20 at No. 14 Louisiana Tech Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA W 10-8 1,538 37-14 - May 21 at No. 14 Louisiana Tech Pat Patterson Park W 8-7 1,673 38-14 -
Postseason (6–2) NCAA Columbia Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Rank (Seed) Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record Tournament record June 4 vs. (4) Jacksonville No. 15 (1) Founders Park Columbia, SC W 4-3 4,043 43-14 1-0 June 5 at (2) South Carolina No. 15 (1) Founders Park W 2-1 7,315 44-14 2-0 June 6 vs. (3) Virginia No. 15 (1) Founders Park L 3-8 3,993 44-15 2-1 June 7 vs. (3) Virginia No. 15 (1) Founders Park L 3-410 3,831 44-16 2-2
Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled/Postponed
Schedule Source: [5] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Columbia Regional Teams (1) Old Dominion Monarchs (2) South Carolina Gamecocks (3) Virginia Cavaliers (4) Jacksonville Dolphins
First Round Semi-Finals Finals 1 Old Dominion 4 4 Jacksonville 3 1 Old Dominion 2 2 South Carolina 1 3 Virginia 3 2 South Carolina 4 1 Old Dominion 3 Virginia Lower round 1 Lower final 2 South Carolina 2 4 Jacksonville 8 3 Virginia 3 3 Virginia 13
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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 16 17 Final Coaches' [6] — —* — — RV — RV RV 22 20 25 20 24 25 21 15 15* 15* 17 Baseball America [7] — — — — — — — — — 25 — 20 23 20 18 14 14* 14* 16 Collegiate Baseball ^[8] — — — — — — — 30 30 30 — 29 — — — 24 26 26 26 NCBWA †[9] — — — RV RV RV RV 29 22 20 23 19 25 24 20 14 17 17* 17 D1Baseball[10] — — — — — — — — 22 20 25 22 — — 24 15 15* 15* 16
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.† 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.
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