# 2025 Charleston Cougars baseball team

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.
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 :
| 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

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | RV | RV* | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† 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 (9–5) :
Regular Season (9–5) :
February (6–3) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall Record | CAA Record |
| February 14 | VCU* | CofC Baseball Stadium Mount Pleasant, SC | W 10–0$^7$ | Brink (1–0) | Dressler (0–1) | None | FloSports | 713 | 1–0 | – |
| February 15 | VCU* | CofC Baseball Stadium | W 12–2 | Hunter (1–0) | Yetter (0–1) | None | FloSports | 764 | 2–0 | — |
| February 16 | VCU* | CofC Baseball Stadium | L 9–10 | Tappy (1–0) | Samonsky (0–1) | None | FloSports | 803 | 2–1 | — |
| February 19 | at Coastal Carolina* | Springs Brooks Stadium Conway, SC | W 15–5$^8$ | Lyon (1–0) | Ellison (0–1) | None | ESPN+ | 2,076 | 3–1 | — |
| February 21 | Seton Hall* | CofC Baseball Stadium | W 4–1 | Brink (2–0) | Torres (0–1) | Aiken (1) | WSFX | 564 | 4–1 | — |
| February 22 | Seton Hall* | CofC Baseball Stadium | W 8–1 | Hunter (2–0) | Reich (0–1) | None | FloSports | 714 | 5–1 | — |
| February 23 | Seton Hall* | CofC Baseball Stadium | L 5–8 | Downing (1–0) | Lyon (1–1) | None | FloSports | 713 | 5–2 | — |
| February 25 | at Georgia Southern* | Clements Stadium Statesboro, GA | W 6–3 | Brooks (1–0) | Bryant (1–1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,984 | 6–2 | — |
| February 28 | Creighton* | CofC Baseball Stadium | L 6–8 | Aukerman (2–0) | Brink (2–1) | Langrell (2) | FloSports | 633 | 6–3 | — |
March (3–2) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall Record | CAA Record |
| March 1 | Creighton* | CofC Baseball Stadium | W 18–6 | Hunter (3–0) | Koosman (0–2) | None | FloSports | 794 | 7–3 | — |
| March 2 | Creighton* | CofC Baseball Stadium | L 4–8 | Magers (2–1) | Brooks (1–1) | Langrell (3) | FloSports | 656 | 7–4 | — |
| March 5 | at No. 4 North Carolina* | Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| March 7 | Appalachian State* | CofC Baseball Stadium | W 5–4 | Lyon (2–1) | Wilson (1–1) | Aiken (2) | FloSports | 633 | 8–4 | — |
| March 8 | Appalachian State* | CofC Baseball Stadium | L 0–13 | Marks (1–0) | Hunter (3–1) | None | FloSports | 855 | 8–5 | — |
| March 9 | Appalachian State* | CofC Baseball Stadium | W 11–4 | Brooks (2–1) | Little (0–3) | None | FloSports | 634 | 9–5 | — |
| March 11 | Wofford* | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | — |
| March 14 | Dartmouth* | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | — |
| March 15 | Dartmouth* | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | — |
| March 16 | Dartmouth* | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | — |
| March 18 | vs. South Carolina* | Segra Park Columbia, SC | | | | | SECN+ | | | — |
| March 19 | Winthrop* | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | — |
| March 21 | Elon | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | |
| March 22 | Elon | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | |
| March 23 | Elon | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | |
| March 25 | at The Citadel* | Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Charleston, SC | | | | | | | | — |
| March 28 | Campbell | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | |
| March 29 | Campbell | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | |
| March 30 | Campbell | CofC Baseball Stadium | | | | | FloSports | | | |
April :
| Date | Opponent | Site/Stadium | TV | CAA Record |
| April 1 | Charleston Southern* | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | — |
| April 4 | at Monmouth | Monmouth Baseball Field West Long Branch, NJ | FloSports | |
| April 5 | at Monmouth | Monmouth Baseball Field | FloSports | |
| April 6 | at Monmouth | Monmouth Baseball Field | FloSports | |
| April 8 | at Charleston Southern* | CSU Ballpark North Charleston, SC | | — |
| April 11 | Delaware | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | |
| April 12 | Delaware | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | |
| April 13 | Delaware | 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 | 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 | — |
May :
| Date | Opponent | Site/Stadium | TV | CAA Record |
| May 2 | at William & Mary | Plumeri Park Williamsburg, VA | FloSports | |
| May 3 | at William & Mary | Plumeri Park | FloSports | |
| May 4 | at William & Mary | Plumeri Park | FloSports | |
| May 6 | The Citadel* | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | — |
| May 9 | at North Carolina A&T | War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC | FloSports | |
| May 10 | at North Carolina A&T | War Memorial Stadium | FloSports | |
| May 11 | at North Carolina A&T | War Memorial Stadium | FloSports | |
| May 13 | USC Upstate* | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | — |
| May 15 | Hofstra | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | |
| May 16 | Hofstra | CofC Baseball Stadium | FloSports | |
| May 17 | Hofstra | 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. :