
For the first time since joining the Sun Belt Conference in the 2016-17 academic year, the Chanticleers were not picked to finish in the top three in the league's preseason coaches poll, coming in at fifth this year.The 2023 schedule will once again be a challenging one, as head coach Gary Gilmore's team will play eight teams that made the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Tournament last year in national seeds North Carolina and Southern Miss, as well as Wake Forest, VCU, Campbell, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, and Texas State.CCU's 2023 schedule includes games versus teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big East, Conference USA, Atlantic 10, and the new look Sun Belt Conference.Since Coastal joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2017, the Chants have posted a record of 121-57-2 (67.8 percent) at home at Springs Brooks Stadium.Since 2000, the Chants have recorded 20 wins or more at home in all but four years, one of which was the shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In fact, 15 of the Chants' first 16 games will come at home at "The Palace" to start the season.This season, Coastal is scheduled to play 34 home games versus teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big East, Conference USA, Atlantic 10, and the new look Sun Belt Conference.VCU is the lone team that has played in this tournament in the past as part of the 20 tournament fields.Fairfield has never played Coastal on the diamond, while Middle Tennessee played a three-game series at CCU in 2020. Two of the three teams in this year's Baseball at the Beach field are new to the annual event.This marks the 24th year that the Chants have hosted the Baseball at the Beach event, with the first coming all the way back in the 2000 season.Coastal Carolina will open up the season with the annual Baseball at the Beach tournament, with this year's tournament presented by.MTSU - RHP Eriq Swan (2-6, 7.62 ERA)ĬCU - RHP Alex Edmondson (2-0, 4.66 ERA) vs. Fairfield - RHP Jake Noviello (3-2, 5.80 ERA)ĬCU - RHP Jacob Morrison (N/A) vs.

Coastal Carolina (ESPN+ / WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM)ĬCU - RHP Matthew Potok (4-0, 3.71 ERA) vs. Coastal Carolina (ESPN+ / 105.5 FM Hank)ģ p.m. – The Coastal Carolina baseball team will open up its 2023 season with the Baseball at the Beach presented by on Opening Weekend, Feb. WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM (Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
