2025 Charleston Cougars baseball team

2025 Charleston Cougars baseball
Conference	Coastal Athletic Association
Record	22–16 (7–8 CAA)
Head coach	Chad Holbrook (8th season)
Associate head coach	Will Dorton (5th season)
Assistant coach	Sam Gjormand (4th season)
Hitting coach	Adam Brown (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Sawyer Bridges (3rd season)
Home stadium	CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point

2025 Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Northeastern ‍†‍‡‍y	25	–	2		.926			49	–	11		.817
UNCW  ‍‍‍	19	–	8		.704			34	–	24		.586
Charleston  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			37	–	22		.627
Campbell  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			25	–	31		.446
William & Mary  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			21	–	35		.375
Elon  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	32		.439
Delaware  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			28	–	25		.528
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			25	–	27		.481
Towson  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			21	–	35		.375
Monmouth  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			24	–	30		.444
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			15	–	37		.288
Hofstra  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			18	–	36		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2025 Rankings from D1Baseball

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 Chad Holbrook, in his eighth 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

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	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 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 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 (18–12)
Regular season (18–12)
February (6–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA Record February 14 VCU* CofC Baseball Stadium Mount Pleasant, SC W 10–07 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 15–58 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 (9–8) Date Opponent Rank 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 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 W 9–8 Eggert (1–0) Sills (1–2) Aiken (3) FloSports 651 10–5 — March 14 Dartmouth* CofC Baseball Stadium W 2–1 Lyon (3–1) Chambers (0–1) None FloSports 857 11–5 — March 15 Dartmouth* CofC Baseball Stadium W 7–3 Hunter (4–1) Albert (0–2) None FloSports 717 12–5 — March 16 Dartmouth* CofC Baseball Stadium Canceled March 18 vs. South Carolina* Segra Park Columbia, SC L 3–4 Garino (2–0) Eggert (1–1) Marlatt (1) SECN+ 2,610 12–6 — March 19 Winthrop* CofC Baseball Stadium L 3–9 Harris (3–1) Medley (0–1) None FloSports 624 12–7 — March 21 Elon CofC Baseball Stadium W 12–28 Brink (3–1) Mitrovich (2–1) None FloSports 607 13–7 1–0 March 22 Elon CofC Baseball Stadium L 13–14 Sprock (1–0) Aiken (0–1) None FloSports 750 13–8 1–1 March 23 Elon CofC Baseball Stadium W 11–6 Lyon (4–1) Lavelle (2–3) None FloSports 705 14–8 2–1 March 25 at The Citadel* Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Charleston, SC L 2–4 Davis (2–2) Thomas (1–0) Hausner (4) ESPN+ 1,029 14–9 — March 28 Campbell CofC Baseball Stadium L 7–12 Brown (1–1) Brink (3–2) Music (1) FloSports 707 14–10 2–2 March 29 Campbell CofC Baseball Stadium W 6–5 Samonsky (1–1) Hendricks (1–2) Aiken (4) FloSports 703 15–10 3–2 March 30 Campbell CofC Baseball Stadium L 7–8 Rossow (3–3) Murray (0–1) Schares (3) FloSports 693 15–11 3–3
April (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record CAA Record April 1 Charleston Southern* CofC Baseball Stadium W 14–9 Lyon (5–1) Krause (1–1) None FloSports 635 16–11 — April 4 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field West Long Branch, NJ W 5–1 Brink (4–2) Kent (1–5) FloSports 207 17–11 4–3 April 5 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field W 6–5 Brooks (3–1) Beard (1–3) Aiken (5) FloSports 163 18–11 5–3 April 6 at Monmouth Monmouth Baseball Field L 4–5 Mealy (3–0) Hunter (4–2) Greeley (1) FloSports 173 18–12 5–4 April 8 at Charleston Southern* CSU Ballpark North Charleston, SC ESPN+ — April 11 Delaware CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports April 12 Delaware CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports April 13 Delaware CofC Baseball Stadium FloSports April 16 The Citadel* 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 No. 21 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 Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record 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.