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Baseball team season
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.
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 .
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
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^ 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.