2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2017
Team:	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Conference:	Sun Belt Conference
Division:	East Division
Short Conf:	SBC
Record:	37–19–1
Conf Record:	20–7–1
Head Coach:	Gary Gilmore
Hc Year:	22nd
Asst Coach1:	Kevin Schnall
Ac1 Year:	14th
Asst Coach2:	Drew Thomas
Ac2 Year:	11th
Asst Coach3:	Matt Schilling
Ac3 Year:	10th
Stadium:	Springs Brooks Stadium
Champion:	Sun Belt regular season champions Sun Belt East Division champion

The 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium. This was the first season of competition in the Sun Belt after transitioning from the Big South. While the Chanticleers were successful in their inaugural Sun Belt season, winning a regular season title, they failed to return to the NCAA tournament after winning the College World Series the previous season.

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

Coastal Carolina announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 16, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 34 home and 23 away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy and traveled to Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas–Arlington, and Texas State.^[1]

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was hosted by Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia.^[2] Coastal Carolina captured the regular season Sun Belt championship, but were eliminated by Texas State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament following a 5–7 defeat. Falling to 37–19–1, the Chanticleers were not selected to participate in the NCAA tournament.

Legend
	Coastal Carolina win
	Coastal Carolina loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Coastal Carolina team member

2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball game log
Regular season (37–18–1)
February (4–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Caravelle Resort's Baseball at the Beach Feb. 17 No. 19 W 8–5 Cunningham (1–0) Baker (0–1) None 3,280 1–0 Feb. 18 No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–5 Sammons (1–0) Kitchen (0–1) None 3,777 1–1 – Feb. 19 No. 19 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 3–11 2,488 Colon (1–0) Vazquez (0–1) None 1–2 Feb. 20 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–7 (10 inns) French (1–0) Holmes (0–1) None 1,845 1–3 Feb. 22 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 16–7 Veneziano (1–0) Kuhn (1–1) None 2,019 2–3 Caravelle Resort Tournament Feb. 24 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 1–0 Cunningham (2–0) Butler (0–1) Holmes (1) 1,967 3–3 Feb. 25 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 9–22 Kearns (1–0) Beckwith (0–1) None 2,319 3–4 Feb. 26 No. 27 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9–8 Orlando (1–0) Tobin (0–1) None 1,785 4–4 Feb. 27 West Virginia Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 1–4 Dotson (2–0) Hopeck (0–1) Potock (1) 1,553 4–5 –
March (13–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 at W 4–1 Holmes (1–1) Magestro (0–2) Kitchen (1) 1,443 5–5 Tidelands Health Classic Mar. 3 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–5 Schaefer (1–0) Steele (0–1) Kitchen (2) 1,388 6–5 Mar. 4 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8–3 Kitchen (1–1) Harris (0–2) Vazquez (1) 1,722 7–5 Mar. 4 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 14–0 (7 inns) Bilous (1–0) McLean (0–1) None 1,327 8–5 Mar. 5 San Francisco Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–1 Hopeck (1–1) Granoff (1–2) None 1,425 9–5 Mar. 8 No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 8–13 Bach (1–0) Veneziano (1–1) None 1,451 9–6 Mar. 10 No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–7 Sefcik (1–2) Holmes (1–2) Schmitt (1) 1,411 9–7 Mar. 11 Illinois No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 3–2 Kitchen (2–1) Schmitt (0–1) None 1,411 10–7 Mar. 12 Illinois No. 23 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–0 Bilous (2–0) Sefcik (1–2) None 1,554 11–7 Mar. 17 L 4–5 (14 inns) Walden (4–0) Orlando (1–1) None 1,478 11–8 0–1 Mar. 18 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 4–3 Beckwith (1–1) Courville (0–2) Latcham (1) 1,621 12–8 1–1 Mar. 19 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 7–10 Theriot (1–0) Hopeck (1–2) None 1,360 12–9 1–2 Mar. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–0 Cunningham (3–0) Ayers (2–3) None 1,744 13–9 2–2 Mar. 25 Arkansas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–6 Beckwith (2–1) Culbertson (2–2) Latcham (2) 1,691 14–9 3–2 Mar. 26 Arkansas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–1 Bilous (3–0) Mitzel (0–2) None 1,748 15–9 4–2 Mar. 28 at No. 7 L 6–7 Daniels (3–0) Kitchen (2–2) None 1,925 15–10 Mar. 29 UNC Wilmington Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–2 Veneziano (2–1) Sharpe (0–1) Vazquez (2) 1,577 16–10 Mar. 31 W 4–0 Cunningham (4–0) Gaddis (3–2) None 348 17–10 5–2
April (10–6–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record April 1 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 8–5 Beckwith (3–1) Conley (2–5) None 361 18–10 6–2 April 2 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA W 17–0 (7 inns) Hopeck (2–2) Baker (0–4) None 335 19–10 7–2 April 7 No. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–1 Leger (6–1) Cunningham (4–1) Moore (7) 2,191 19–11 7–3 April 8 Louisiana–Lafayette No. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9–8 Beckwith (4–1) Moore (0–1) None 2,278 20–11 8–3 April 9 Louisiana–Lafayette No. 26 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC T 7–7 (9 inns) 2,107 20–11–1 8–3–1 April 11 at No. 22 Wake Forest No. 26 L 9–19 Hearn (1–0) Vazquez (0–2) None 1,210 20–12–1 April 13 No. 26 W 4–3 (10 inns) Holmes (2–2) Peacock (0–2) None 2,019 21–12–1 9–3–1 April 14 at South Alabama No. 26 Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL W 11–9 Beckwith (5–1) Geyer (0–2) Kitchen (3) 2,276 22–12–1 10–3–1 April 15 at South Alabama No. 26 Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 3–4 Eiland (1–0) Veneziano (2–2) None 1,681 22–13–1 10–4–1 April 19 at College of Charleston No. 29 W 8–5 Latcham (1–0) McKinley (0–4) Beckwith (1) 654 23–13–1 April 21 No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–5 Cunningham (5–1) Condra–Bogan (4–1) Holmes (2) 1,970 24–13–1 11–4–1 April 22 Georgia Southern No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–7 (10 inns) Hughes (5–1) Holmes (2–3) None 1,858 24–14-1 11-5-1 April 23 Georgia Southern No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 2–3 Simmons (4–0) Bilous (3–1) Hughes (6) 1,678 24–15-1 11-6-1 April 28 W 9–6 Holmes (3–3) Morris (0–2) None 616 25–15-1 April 28 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–4 Crane (4–1) Cunningham (5–2) Gill (5) 1,492 25–16-1 11-7-1 April 29 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–4 Holmes (4–3) Skinner (3–4) None 1,470 26–16–1 12–7–1 April 30 Troy Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11–8 Latcham (2–0) Crook (5–2) Holmes (3) 1,616 27–16–1 13–7–1
May (10–2) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 5 W 7–5 (12 inns) Latcham (3–0) Herrera (1–4) None 1,015 28–16–1 14–7–1 May 6 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10–5 Beckwith (6–1) Beal (3–6) Kitchen (4) 1,073 29–16–1 15–7–1 May 7 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 8–1 Hopeck (3–2) Morrison (0–1) None 1,087 30–16–1 16–7–1 May 9 UNC Wilmington No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–6 Holmes (5–3) Gesell (0–1) None 1,717 31–16–1 – May 10 College of Charleston No. 29 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5–6 Ocker (3–1) Schaefer (1–1) None 1,578 30–17–1 May 12 No. 29 W 5–4 Cunningham (6–2) Simmons (7–3) Latcham (3) 939 32–17–1 17–7–1 May 13 at No. 24 UT Arlington No. 29 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 4–1 Beckwith (7–1) James (0–2) Kitchen (5) 505 33–17–1 18–7–1 May 14 at No. 24 UT Arlington No. 29 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5–0 Hopeck (4–2) Hernandez (6–1) None 374 34–17–1 19–7–1 May 16 No. 24 L 8–11 Gilliam (3–1) Bilous (3–2) None 5,138 34–18–1 May 18 No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5–0 Cunningham (7–2) Schaeffer (1–2) None 1,278 35–18–1 20–7–1 May 19 Appalachian State No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–2 Beckwith (8–1) Schmid (6–7) Kitchen (6) 1,838 36–18–1 21–7–1 May 20 Appalachian State No. 24 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–2 Hopeck (5–2) Watts (2–8) Latcham (4) 1,910 37–18–1 22–7–1
Post-season (0–1)

• Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Notes and References

1. Coastal Carolina Baseball Announces 2017 Schedule. Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics. November 16, 2016. January 18, 2017. February 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035521/http://www.goccusports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/111616aaa.html. dead.
2. 2017 Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Coming to Statesboro. Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. December 23, 2016. January 18, 2017.