# 2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team

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) :
March (4–0)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAAC
March 2011:30 amSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball Diamond Fairfield, ConnecticutW 7–4McLoughlin (1–0)Warner (0–1)Grabek (1)261–01–0Report
March 202:15 pmSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball DiamondW 13–4Sansone (1–0)Barberio (0–1)—252–02–0Report
March 2111:30 amSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball DiamondW 6–3Signore (1–0)Frank (0–1)Cafaro (1)503–03–0Report
March 212:15 pmSSNCanisiusAlumni Baseball DiamondW 8–0Noviello (1–0)Fron (0–1)—504–04–0Report :
April (22–0)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAAC
April 212:00 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–2Sansone (2–0)Smith (1–2)—255–05–0Report
April 22:30 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–2Noviello (2–0)Helmstetter (1–1)Grabek (2)256–06–0Report
April 312:00 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 7–0Signore (2–0)Helmstetter (1–2)—257–07–0Report
April 32:30 pmSSNIonaAlumni Baseball DiamondW 10–2McVeigh (1–0)Martin (1–2)—258–08–0Report
April 712:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 6–3Grabek (1–0)DeCarr (0–2)Oliphant (1)259–09–0Report
April 73:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 17–6 $^{(7)}$Amone (1–0)Mazza (0–1)—2510–010–0Report
April 912:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 8–3Sansone (3–0)Audrey (2–2)—2011–011–0Report
April 93:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 10–0Noviello (3–0)Soporowski (3–1)—2012–012–0Report
April 1012:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 5–0Signore (3–0)Doelling (2–1)—3513–013–0Report
April 103:00 pmSSNRiderAlumni Baseball DiamondW 6–0Cafaro (1–0)Williamson (1–1)—3514–014–0Report
April 1412:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 2–1Grabek (2–0)Donnelly (2–2)—3015–015–0Report
April 143:00 pmSSNQuinnipiacAlumni Baseball DiamondW 5–2Oliphant (1–0)Mazza (0–2)Sansone (1)3016–016–0Report
April 1712:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 3–2Sansone (4–0)Klepchick (2–2)—4517–017–0Report
April 173:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 8–2Noviello (4–0)Dombroski (2–1)—4018–018–0Report
April 1812:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–3Oliphant (2–0)Miller (0–1)—4019–019–0Report
April 183:00 pmSSNMonmouthAlumni Baseball DiamondW 4–1Cafaro (2–0)Long (2–1)Grabek (3)4520–020–0Report
April 2112:00 pmat Saint Peter'sJoseph Jaroschak Field Jersey City, New JerseyW 20–2Ostensen (2–0)Mahady (2–2)—4521–021–0Report
April 213:00 pmat Saint Peter'sJoseph Jaroschak FieldW 9–0Forfeit22–022–0Report
April 2312:00 pmat ManhattanVan Cortlandt Park Riverdale, New YorkW 16–4Sansone (5–0)Knight (1–4)—023–023–0Report
April 233:00 pmat ManhattanVan Cortlandt ParkW 12–4Noviello (5–0)Mahoney (1–3)—024–024–0Report
April 2412:00 pmat ManhattanNo. 23Van Cortlandt ParkW 19–9Signore (4–0)Muratalla (0–4)—025–025–0Report
April 243:00 pmat ManhattanNo. 23Van Cortlandt ParkW 8–4Grabek (3–0)Mahoney (1–3)—026–026–0Report :
May (7–1)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAAC
May 112:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 2–1Sansone (6–0)Bovair (3–4)—6527–027–0Report
May 13:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 10–1Noviello (6–0)McCully (2–5)—7528–028–0Report
May 212:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondL 1–6Lumpinski (3–1)Signore (4–1)—6528–128–1Report
May 212:00 pmSSNSienaNo. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 4–0Cafaro (3–0)Knapek (1–2)—6529–129–1Report
May 812:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo Field Lewiston, New YorkW 1–0Sansone (7–0)Bruning (3–2)—8730–130–1Report
May 83:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo FieldW 4–1Noviello (7–0)Jones (1–1)Oliphant (3)8531–131–1Report
May 912:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo FieldW 10–8Fitzgerald (1–0)Hospital (2–1)Grabek (4)8632–132–1Report
May 93:00 pmESPN3at NiagaraNo. 25Bobo FieldW 8–5Cafaro (4–0)Smyth (0–2)McVeigh (1)7133–133–1Report :
Post-season (7–4) :
MAAC Tournament (5–2)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallMAACT
May 2011:00 amESPN+vs. (8) Manhattan Quarterfinals – Game 1(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 2–1Sansone (8–0)Muratalla (3–5)Cafaro (2)12534–11–0Report
May 202:30 pmESPN+vs. (8) Manhattan Quarterfinals – Game 2(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 8–5Signore (5–1)Solimine (1–4)—12535–12–0Report
May 2611:00 amESPN+vs. (4) Canisius Semifinals(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondL 1–4Duffy (3–0)Sansone (8–1)—22535–22–1Report
May 2711:00 amESPN+vs. (2) Monmouth Losers Semifinal(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 3–1Noviello (8–0)Klepchick (4–4)—15036–23–1Report
May 289:30 amESPN+vs. (4) Canisius Losers Final(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondW 8–2McLoughlin (2–0)Fron (1–3)—21537–24–1Report
May 281:30 pmESPN+vs. (3) Rider Finals – Game 1(1) No. 23Alumni Baseball DiamondL 2–7Papeo (4–2)Signore (5–2)Stalzer (6)21537–34–2Report :
NCAA Austin Regional (2–2)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallNCAAT
June 47:00 pmESPN3vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State* Regional First round(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TexasL 6–7Glenn (6–2)Sansone (8–2)—4,90937–40–1Report
June 52:00 pmESPN3vs. (4) Southern* Losers Regional semifinal(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk FieldW 6–2Noviello (9–0)Guienze (1–6)—5,44738–41–1Report
June 62:00 pmESPN3vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State* Losers Regional final(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk FieldW 9–7Sansone (9–2)Corrigan (2–2)Signore (2)6,98139–42–1Report
June 72:00 pmESPN3at (1) No. 4 Texas* Regional final – Game 1(3) No. 25UFCU Disch–Falk FieldL 2–12Hansen (9–1)Erbeck (0–1)—6,85339–52–2Report :
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 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 |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| Coaches' | — | —* | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | RV | |
| NCBWA† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
^ 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.