2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team

The 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium. This was the first season of competition in the Sun Belt after transitioning from the Big South. While the Chanticleers were successful in their inaugural Sun Belt season, winning a regular season title, they failed to return to the NCAA Tournament after winning the College World Series the previous season.

2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball
Sun Belt regular season champions
Sun Belt East Division champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
2017 record37–19–1 (20–7–1 SBC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSprings Brooks Stadium
2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolinax† ‍‍‍ 22–7–1 .750  37–19–1 .658
No. 26 South Alabama‡y  ‍‍‍ 22–8–0 .733  40–21–0 .656
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 18–12–0 .600  38–21–0 .644
Troy  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  31–25–0 .554
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  22–33–0 .400
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .267  19–36–0 .345
West Division
UT Arlingtonx  ‍‍‍ 20–10–0 .667  30–25–0 .545
Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 19–10–1 .650  35–21–1 .623
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 13–16–0 .448  28–27–0 .509
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  29–30–0 .492
Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 11–18–0 .379  21–34–0 .382
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .200  12–43–0 .218
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Schedule and results

Coastal Carolina announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 16, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 34 home and 23 away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy and traveled to Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas–Arlington, and Texas State.[1]

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was hosted by Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia.[2] Coastal Carolina captured the regular season Sun Belt championship, but were eliminated by Texas State in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament following a 5–7 defeat. Falling to 37–19–1, the Chanticleers were not selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament.

2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (37–18–1)
Post-Season (0–1)

References

  1. "Coastal Carolina Baseball Announces 2017 Schedule" (Press release). Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics. November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  2. "2017 Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Coming to Statesboro" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
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