2025 Charleston Cougars baseball team

2025 Charleston Cougars baseball
ConferenceCoastal Athletic Association
Record22–16 (7–8 CAA)
Head coach
Associate head coachWill Dorton (5th season)
Assistant coachSam Gjormand (4th season)
Hitting coachAdam Brown (3rd season)
Pitching coachSawyer Bridges (3rd season)
Home stadiumCofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point
2025 Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Northeastern ‍†‍‡‍y 25 – 2   .926 49 – 11   .817
UNCW  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 34 – 24   .586
 ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 37 – 22   .627
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 25 – 31   .446
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 21 – 35   .375
Elon  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 25 – 32   .439
Delaware  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 28 – 25   .528
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 25 – 27   .481
Towson  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 21 – 35   .375
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 24 – 30   .444
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 15 – 37   .288
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 18 – 36   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 1, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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 Randy Hood, in his fifth 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.[2]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted
finish 		Team Points
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[2]
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

Lineup
Pos. 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

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[3]RVRV*RV
Baseball America[4]———
NCBWA†[5]RVRVRV
D1Baseball[6]———
Perfect Game[7]———

† 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.

Game log

2025 Charleston Cougars baseball Game Log (18–12)
Regular Season (18–12)
April (3–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA Record
April 1 Charleston Southern* CofC Baseball Stadium W 14–9 Lyon (5–1) Krause (1–1) None FloSports 635 16–11 —
April 4 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field
West Long Branch, NJ		 W 5–1 Brink (4–2) Kent (1–5) FloSports 207 17–11 4–3
April 5 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field W 6–5 Brooks (3–1) Beard (1–3) Aiken (5) FloSports 163 18–11 5–3
April 6 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field L 4–5 Mealy (3–0) Hunter (4–2) Greeley (1) FloSports 173 18–12 5–4
April 8 at Charleston Southern* CSU Ballpark
North Charleston, SC		 ESPN+ —
April 11 Delaware 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 Diamond
Boston, 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 —
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = UNCW team member      * = Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

  1. ^ "Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Washburn, Rob (February 5, 2025). "Two-Time Defending Champ UNCW Picked To Win CAA Baseball Title In 2025". caasports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com.
  5. ^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
  6. ^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.
  7. ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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