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POSTSEASON HISTORY
2021 COLUMBIA SUPER REGIONAL
2021
FINAL RECORD: 41-18
ROSTER
Kyle Amendt, RHP Chandler Arnold, RHP Alec Baker, RHP Austin Bell, OF Andrew Benefield, INF Max Blessinger, INF/OF Christian Boulware, C Nico Burgarello, INF Ross Carver, RHP Jeffrey David, INF/OF Luke Eldred, RHP Ray Gaither, RHP Jackson Glenn, INF Jace Grady, OF Dominic Hamel, RHP Zach Heaton, RHP Blayne Jones, INF Kragen Kechely, RHP Rhett Kouba, RHP Dylan Mach, INF Joey Martin, LHP Cole More, INF Jared Pettitte, LHP Dan Pruitt, INF Cole Reeves, RHP Kyle Rich, RHP Reid Robertson, LHP Zane Russell, RHP Chas Sagedahl, LHP Peyton Sherlin, LHP Andres Sosa, INF George Specht, INF/OF Campbell Sullivan, OF Tyler Talbert, RHP River Town, OF Luke Trahan, RHP Ryan Wrobleski, C/OF Jacob Young RHP
COACHES
Dan Heefner - Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald - Assoc. Head Coach/Recruiting Coord. Micah Posey - Pitching Coach Noah Shackles - Assistant Coach
TRAINER
2021 proved to be one of the most historic seasons in DBU Baseball history as the Patriots clinched both the regular-season and tournament titles in the Missouri Valley Conference, won the Fort Worth Regional, and fell one win shy of reaching the College World Series after falling to Virginia in the Columbia Super Regional. DBU finished with their seventh consecutive 40-win season, becoming the only team in the country to post seven straight seasons of 40 wins or more.
Following their run to their third MVC regular-season title and their fourth MVC Tournament Championship since the Patriots joined The Valley in 2014, DBU entered the Fort Worth Regional as the No. 3 seed and faced a field that included top-seeded TCU, No. 2 seed Oregon State, and No. 4 seed Murray State. DBU knocked Oregon State 6-5 in game one and a rallied for five runs in the seventh to claim an 8-6 win over TCU. After falling to Oregon State the next day, the Patriots
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Andrew Benefield’s grand slam in the 7th inning against Oregon State erased a 5-2 deficit and lifted DBU to the Fort Worth Regional title.
Jackson Glenn hit .366 with 21 home runs, 19 doubles and 55 RBI to earn MVC Player of the Year and All-American honors.
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