# 2025 Troy Trojans baseball team

The 2025 Troy Trojans baseball team represents Troy University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Trojans are coached by fourth-year head coach, Skylar Meade, and play their home games at Riddle–Pace Field.

## Preseason
### Signing Day Recruits

| Player | Hometown | Previous Team |
| Pitchers |||
| Nate Criswell | Oakdale, California | Modesto |
| Matt Dill | Dayton, Tennessee | Baylor School |
| Jackson Lucas | Venice, Florida | Venice HS |
| Brady Martin | Niceville, Florida | Niceville HS |
| Matteo Pare | LaSalle, Ontario, Canada | Pensacola State |
| Brady Richardson | Enterprise, Alabama | Enterprise HS |
| Cameron Tipton | Santa Rosa Beach, Florida | South Walton HS |
| Hitters |||
| Zaid Diaz | Miramar, Florida | Chipola |
| Catchers |||
| Jabe Boroff | Pike Road, Alabama | Enterprise State |
| Caden Reeves | Chapin, South Carolina | Chapin HS |

### Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released February 6, 2025, and the Trojans were picked to finish second overall in the conference.
Coaches Poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 179 (5) |
| 2 | Troy | 178 (4) |
| 3 | Louisiana | 174 (3) |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 161 (2) |
| 5 | Georgia Southern | 125 |
| 6 | James Madison | 106 |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 105 |
| 8 | Texas State | 102 |
| 9 | App State | 94 |
| 10 | South Alabama | 93 |
| 11 | Georgia State | 49 |
| 12 | Marshall | 46 |
| 13 | ULM | 34 |
| 14 | Arkansas State | 24 |

## Schedule and results

Legend :
| | Troy win |
| | Troy loss |
| | Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
| Bold | Troy team member |
2025 Troy Trojans Game Log (16–5) :
February (9–1)
#DateOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverallSBC
1February 14Bellarmine*No. 25Riddle–Pace Field Troy, ALW 23–6Lyon (1–0)Carver (0–1)NoneESPN+2,4021–0—
2February 15Bellarmine*No. 25Riddle–Pace FieldW 7–3Edders (1–0)Matherly (0–1)NoneESPN+2,4212–0—
3February 16Bellarmine*No. 25Riddle–Pace FieldW 7–3Stewart (1–0)Horwith (0–1)NoneESPN+2,3593–0—
4February 18at Auburn*No. 24Plainsman Park Auburn, ALL 6–7Johnston (1–0)Lyon (1–1)NoneSECN+4,9403–1—
5February 21Northwestern State*No. 24Riddle–Pace FieldW 7–1Gainous (1–0)Marionneaux (0–2)NoneESPN+1,9284–1—
6February 22Northwestern State*No. 24Riddle–Pace FieldW 14–12Edders (2–0)Bryan (0–1)Gorgen (1)2,0125–1—
7February 23Northwestern State*No. 24Riddle–Pace FieldW 14–4Nelson (1–0)Hillen (0–1)NoneESPN+1,8376–1—
8February 25at No. 18 Mississippi State*No. 21Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MSW 6–5Gorgen (1–0)Davis (0–1)NoneSECN+9,9157–1—
9February 26UAB*No. 21Riddle–Pace FieldW 7–4Crumpton (1–0)Shelton (0–1)None2,1078–1—
10February 28Penn*No. 21Riddle–Pace FieldW 11–1Gainous (2–0)Katz (0–2)None2,4159–1— :
March (7–4)
#DateOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverallSBC
11March 1Penn*No. 21Riddle–Pace FieldW 10–9Frieda (1–0)Shurtleff (0–1)NoneESPN+2,80310–1—
12March 2Penn*No. 21Riddle–Pace FieldW 6–1Nelson (2–0)Cerwinski (0–1)Dill (1)ESPN+2,58311–1—
13March 5at No. 23 Alabama*No. 19Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, ALL 1–3Heiberger (1–0)Falinski (0–1)Ozmer (4)SECN+2,99011–2—
14March 7at USC Upstate*No. 19Cleveland Harley Park Spartanburg, SCW 11–9Gorgen (2–0)Bianchini (2–3)None16912–2—
15March 8at USC Upstate*No. 19Cleveland Harley ParkL 4–5Kaplan (2–0)Stewart (1–1)Phillips (1)ESPN+15312–3—
16March 9at USC Upstate*No. 19Cleveland Harley ParkW 14–7Nelson (3–0)Torres (2–1)NoneESPN+14913–3—
17March 11at Jacksonville State*No. 21Rudy Abbott Field Jacksonville, ALL 1–11$^7$Scarborough (1–0)Falinski (0–2)NoneESPN+41113–4—
18March 14at LouisianaNo. 21Tigue Moore Field Lafayette, LAW 4–3Garrett (3–0)Holzhammer (0–2)Dill (2)ESPN+4,12814–41–0
19March 15at LouisianaNo. 21Tigue Moore FieldW 8–5Stewart (2–1)Tollett (1–2)Dill (3)ESPN+4,16015–42–0
20March 16at LouisianaNo. 21Tigue Moore FieldL 14–18McGehee (2–3)Falinski (0–3)Osteen (1)ESPN+4,15215–52–1
21March 18at UAB*No. 25Rickwood Field Birmingham, ALW 14–2$^7$Roettgen (1–0)Shelton (1–2)NoneESPN+21716–5—
22March 21No. 24 Coastal CarolinaNo. 25Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+
23March 22No. 24 Coastal CarolinaNo. 25Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+
24March 23No. 24 Coastal CarolinaNo. 25Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+
25March 25Wofford*Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+—
26March 26at Florida A&M*Moore–Kittles Field Tallahassee, FL—
27March 28MarshallRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
28March 29MarshallRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
29March 30MarshallRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+ :
April
#DateOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverallSBC
30April 2Florida A&M*Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+—
31April 4at Old DominionHarbor Park Norfolk, VAESPN+
32April 5at Old DominionHarbor ParkESPN+
33April 6at Old DominionHarbor ParkESPN+
34April 9at Virginia Tech*English Field Blacksburg, VAACCNX—
35April 11at James MadisonEagle Field Harrisonburg, VAESPN+
36April 12at James MadisonEagle FieldESPN+
37April 13at James MadisonEagle FieldESPN+
38April 17Louisiana–MonroeRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
39April 18Louisiana–MonroeRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
40April 19Louisiana–MonroeRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
41April 22at Alabama State*Wheeler–Watkins Baseball Complex Montgomery, AL—
42April 25Texas StateRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
43April 26Texas StateRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
44April 27Texas StateRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
45April 29Jacksonville State*Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+ :
May
#DateOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverallSBC
46May 2at South AlabamaEddie Stanky Field Mobile, ALESPN+
47May 3at South AlabamaEddie Stanky FieldESPN+
48May 4at South AlabamaEddie Stanky FieldESPN+
49May 6Alabama*Riddle–Pace FieldESPN+—
50May 7at Samford*Joe Lee Griffin Stadium Birmingham, AL—
51May 9at Arkansas StateTomlinson Stadium–Kell Field Jonesboro, ARESPN+
52May 10at Arkansas StateTomlinson Stadium–Kell FieldESPN+
53May 11at Arkansas StateTomlinson Stadium–Kell FieldESPN+
54May 15Southern MissRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
55May 16Southern MissRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+
56May 17Southern MissRiddle–Pace FieldESPN+ :
SBC tournament
#DateOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverallSBCT
57May 20–25vs. TBDRiverwalk Stadium Montgomery, ALESPN+ :
NCAA tournament
#DateOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverallNCAAT|-
TBDTBDvs. TBDTBDESPN+ :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = 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' | 25 | 25* | 24 | 21 | 22 | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 28 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† 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.