The 2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team represented Fairfield University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Stags played their home games at Alumni Baseball Diamond as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . They were led by head coach Bill Currier , in his 10th season at Fairfield.
Fairfield qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016, and qualified for the first time ever as an at-large team. They reached the Austin Regional final, before losing to Texas.
Previous season
The 2020 Fairfield Stags baseball team notched a 2–9 (0–0) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic .
Game log
2021 Fairfield Stags Baseball Game Log (39–5)
Regular season (33–1)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
MAAC
March 20
11:30 am
SSN
Canisius
Alumni Baseball Diamond Fairfield, Connecticut
W 7–4
McLoughlin (1–0)
Warner (0–1)
Grabek (1)
26
1–0
1–0
Report
March 20
2:15 pm
SSN
Canisius
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 13–4
Sansone (1–0)
Barberio (0–1)
—
25
2–0
2–0
Report
March 21
11:30 am
SSN
Canisius
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 6–3
Signore (1–0)
Frank (0–1)
Cafaro (1)
50
3–0
3–0
Report
March 21
2:15 pm
SSN
Canisius
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 8–0
Noviello (1–0)
Fron (0–1)
—
50
4–0
4–0
Report
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
MAAC
April 2
12:00 pm
SSN
Iona
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 4–2
Sansone (2–0)
Smith (1–2)
—
25
5–0
5–0
Report
April 2
2:30 pm
SSN
Iona
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 4–2
Noviello (2–0)
Helmstetter (1–1)
Grabek (2)
25
6–0
6–0
Report
April 3
12:00 pm
SSN
Iona
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 7–0
Signore (2–0)
Helmstetter (1–2)
—
25
7–0
7–0
Report
April 3
2:30 pm
SSN
Iona
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 10–2
McVeigh (1–0)
Martin (1–2)
—
25
8–0
8–0
Report
April 7
12:00 pm
SSN
Quinnipiac
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 6–3
Grabek (1–0)
DeCarr (0–2)
Oliphant (1)
25
9–0
9–0
Report
April 7
3:00 pm
SSN
Quinnipiac
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 17–6 (7)
Amone (1–0)
Mazza (0–1)
—
25
10–0
10–0
Report
April 9
12:00 pm
SSN
Rider
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 8–3
Sansone (3–0)
Audrey (2–2)
—
20
11–0
11–0
Report
April 9
3:00 pm
SSN
Rider
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 10–0
Noviello (3–0)
Soporowski (3–1)
—
20
12–0
12–0
Report
April 10
12:00 pm
SSN
Rider
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 5–0
Signore (3–0)
Doelling (2–1)
—
35
13–0
13–0
Report
April 10
3:00 pm
SSN
Rider
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 6–0
Cafaro (1–0)
Williamson (1–1)
—
35
14–0
14–0
Report
April 14
12:00 pm
SSN
Quinnipiac
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 2–1
Grabek (2–0)
Donnelly (2–2)
—
30
15–0
15–0
Report
April 14
3:00 pm
SSN
Quinnipiac
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 5–2
Oliphant (1–0)
Mazza (0–2)
Sansone (1)
30
16–0
16–0
Report
April 17
12:00 pm
SSN
Monmouth
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 3–2
Sansone (4–0)
Klepchick (2–2)
—
45
17–0
17–0
Report
April 17
3:00 pm
SSN
Monmouth
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 8–2
Noviello (4–0)
Dombroski (2–1)
—
40
18–0
18–0
Report
April 18
12:00 pm
SSN
Monmouth
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 4–3
Oliphant (2–0)
Miller (0–1)
—
40
19–0
19–0
Report
April 18
3:00 pm
SSN
Monmouth
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 4–1
Cafaro (2–0)
Long (2–1)
Grabek (3)
45
20–0
20–0
Report
April 21
12:00 pm
at Saint Peter's
Joseph Jaroschak Field Jersey City, New Jersey
W 20–2
Ostensen (2–0)
Mahady (2–2)
—
45
21–0
21–0
Report
April 21
3:00 pm
at Saint Peter's
Joseph Jaroschak Field
W 9–0
Forfeit
22–0
22–0
Report
April 23
12:00 pm
at Manhattan
Van Cortlandt Park Riverdale, New York
W 16–4
Sansone (5–0)
Knight (1–4)
—
0
23–0
23–0
Report
April 23
3:00 pm
at Manhattan
Van Cortlandt Park
W 12–4
Noviello (5–0)
Mahoney (1–3)
—
0
24–0
24–0
Report
April 24
12:00 pm
at Manhattan
No. 23
Van Cortlandt Park
W 19–9
Signore (4–0)
Muratalla (0–4)
—
0
25–0
25–0
Report
April 24
3:00 pm
at Manhattan
No. 23
Van Cortlandt Park
W 8–4
Grabek (3–0)
Mahoney (1–3)
—
0
26–0
26–0
Report
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
MAAC
May 1
12:00 pm
SSN
Siena
No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 2–1
Sansone (6–0)
Bovair (3–4)
—
65
27–0
27–0
Report
May 1
3:00 pm
SSN
Siena
No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 10–1
Noviello (6–0)
McCully (2–5)
—
75
28–0
28–0
Report
May 2
12:00 pm
SSN
Siena
No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
L 1–6
Lumpinski (3–1)
Signore (4–1)
—
65
28–1
28–1
Report
May 2
12:00 pm
SSN
Siena
No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 4–0
Cafaro (3–0)
Knapek (1–2)
—
65
29–1
29–1
Report
May 8
12:00 pm
ESPN3
at Niagara
No. 25
Bobo Field Lewiston, New York
W 1–0
Sansone (7–0)
Bruning (3–2)
—
87
30–1
30–1
Report
May 8
3:00 pm
ESPN3
at Niagara
No. 25
Bobo Field
W 4–1
Noviello (7–0)
Jones (1–1)
Oliphant (3)
85
31–1
31–1
Report
May 9
12:00 pm
ESPN3
at Niagara
No. 25
Bobo Field
W 10–8
Fitzgerald (1–0)
Hospital (2–1)
Grabek (4)
86
32–1
32–1
Report
May 9
3:00 pm
ESPN3
at Niagara
No. 25
Bobo Field
W 8–5
Cafaro (4–0)
Smyth (0–2)
McVeigh (1)
71
33–1
33–1
Report
Post-Season (7–4)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
MAACT
May 20
11:00 am
ESPN+
vs. (8) Manhattan Quarterfinals – Game 1
(1) No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 2–1
Sansone (8–0)
Muratalla (3–5)
Cafaro (2)
125
34–1
1–0
Report
May 20
2:30 pm
ESPN+
vs. (8) ManhattanQuarterfinals – Game 2
(1) No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 8–5
Signore (5–1)
Solimine (1–4)
—
125
35–1
2–0
Report
May 26
11:00 am
ESPN+
vs. (4) CanisiusSemifinals
(1) No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
L 1–4
Duffy (3–0)
Sansone (8–1)
—
225
35–2
2–1
Report
May 27
11:00 am
ESPN+
vs. (2) Monmouth Losers Semifinal
(1) No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 3–1
Noviello (8–0)
Klepchick (4–4)
—
150
36–2
3–1
Report
May 28
9:30 am
ESPN+
vs. (4) CanisiusLosers Final
(1) No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
W 8–2
McLoughlin (2–0)
Fron (1–3)
—
215
37–2
4–1
Report
May 28
1:30 pm
ESPN+
vs. (3) Rider Finals – Game 1
(1) No. 23
Alumni Baseball Diamond
L 2–7
Papeo (4–2)
Signore (5–2)
Stalzer (6)
215
37–3
4–2
Report
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
NCAAT
June 4
7:00 pm
ESPN3
vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State *Regional First round
(3) No. 25
UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, Texas
L 6–7
Glenn (6–2)
Sansone (8–2)
—
4,909
37–4
0–1
Report
June 5
2:00 pm
ESPN3
vs. (4) Southern *Losers Regional semifinal
(3) No. 25
UFCU Disch–Falk Field
W 6–2
Noviello (9–0)
Guienze (1–6)
—
5,447
38–4
1–1
Report
June 6
2:00 pm
ESPN3
vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State*Losers Regional final
(3) No. 25
UFCU Disch–Falk Field
W 9–7
Sansone (9–2)
Corrigan (2–2)
Signore (2)
6,981
39–4
2–1
Report
June 7
2:00 pm
ESPN3
at (1) No. 4 Texas *Regional final – Game 1
(3) No. 25
UFCU Disch–Falk Field
L 2–12
Hansen (9–1)
Erbeck (0–1)
—
6,853
39–5
2–2
Report
Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Canceled Bold = Rhode Island team member * Non-conference game
*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the NCBWA poll
Rankings
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 Final Coaches' [2] — —* — — — — — RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV Baseball America [3] — — — — — — — — RV RV 23 25 25 RV RV RV Collegiate Baseball ^[4] — — — — — — — RV RV RV 28 28 27 27 25 RV NCBWA †[5] — — — — — — — — — RV RV RV 29 29 28 30 D1Baseball[6] — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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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