2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team represented the Coastal Carolina University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at Springs Brooks Stadium.

2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball
Sun Belt Tournament champions Sun Belt Regular season Champions Sun Belt East Division Champion
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
CB	No. 28
Record	43–19 (23–7 SBC)
Head coach	Gary Gilmore (23rd season)
Assistant coaches	Kevin Schnall (15th season) Drew Thomas (12th season) Matt Schilling (11th season)
Home stadium	Springs Brooks Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
No. 21 Coastal Carolina x‍‍‡‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			38	–	17	–	0		.691
Troy ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			38	–	18	–	0		.679
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			26	–	28	–	0		.481
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			18	–	36	–	0		.333
West Division
Louisiana x‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Texas State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			28	–	26	–	1		.518
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	15	–	14	–	0		.517			28	–	25	–	0		.528
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			20	–	30	–	0		.400
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			21	–	33	–	0		.389
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			23	–	31	–	0		.426
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 20, 2018[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Schedule and results

^[2] The 2018 schedule consists of 35 home and 21 away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers will host Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Indiana, VCU, UNCW, West Virginia, UNC, and Clemson for out of conference games. They will also host conference opponents Texas State, South Alabama, Georgia State, ULM, and UA-Little Rock.

2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball game log
Regular season (38–17)
February (8–2) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 16 Virginia Tech Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 17–2 3,154 1–0 – Feb. 17 Oklahoma #18 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–3 (10) 1,889 2–0 – Feb. 18 Kansas State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4–3 (10) 1,504 3-0 – Feb. 19 Indiana #17 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5–6 1,318 3–1 – Feb 21 at College of Charleston Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC W 13-0 640 4-1 – Feb. 23 Illinois Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6-4 1,378 5-1 – Feb 24 Illinois Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–7 1,672 5-2 – Feb. 25 West Virginia Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5-2 2,039 6-2 – Feb. 26 VCU Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 15-5 1,066 7-2 – Feb. 27 UNC Wilmington Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10-5 1,227 8-2 – March (13–7) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 2 Ball State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6–3 1,153 9–2 – Mar. 3 Maryland Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 7–6 1,408 9–3 – Mar. 4 Radford Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 13–7 1,232 10-3 – Mar. 7 Wake Forest Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 19–3 1,260 11-3 – Mar. 9 High Point Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 8–5 1,133 11-4 – Mar. 10 Ohio State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10–8 1,753 12-4 – Mar. 11 Ohio State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 8–5 1,291 12-5 – Mar. 11 High Point Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 3–2 1,151 12-6 – Mar. 13 UConn Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 12-10 1,406 12-7 – Mar. 16 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 3–1 271 13–7 1–0 Mar. 17 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 26–14 454 14–7 2–0 Mar. 18 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 8-3 321 15-7 3–0 Mar. 18 Clemson #10 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9-5 4,130 16-7 3–0 Mar. 23 Texas State #30 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 8-0 1,316 17-7 4–0 Mar. 24 Texas State #30 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11-3 1,548 18-7 5–0 Mar. 24 Texas State #30 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7-3 1,548 19-7 6–0 Mar. 27 at College of Charleston Patriot's Point • Mount Pleasant, SC L 4-11 718 19-8 6–0 Mar. 29 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 7-3 842 20–8 7–0 Mar. 30 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 15-2 808 21–8 8–0 Mar. 31 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 4-5 812 21–9 8–1
April (10–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 3 at Clemson #6 Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 1–6 6,450 21-10 8–1 Apr. 6 South Alabama Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6-11 2,311 21-11 8–2 Apr. 7 South Alabama Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 14-7 1,268 22-11 9–2 Apr. 8 South Alabama Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 12-0 (7) 1,251 23-11 10–2 Apr. 10 at Wake Forest Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, NC W 9–2 402 24–11 10–2 Apr. 13 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 2-4 1,936 24–12 10–3 Apr. 14 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 3-2 2,129 25–12 11–3 Apr. 14 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 5-4 1,879 26–12 12–3 Apr. 18 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 2–1 (13) 1,350 26–13 12–3 Apr. 20 Georgia State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 3-2 1,266 26-14 8–3 Apr. 21 Georgia State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7-3 1,626 27-14 9–3 Apr. 22 Georgia State Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 3-1 1,327 28-14 10–3 Apr. 27 Louisiana–Monroe Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 14-4 1,318 29-14 11–3 Apr. 28 Louisiana–Monroe Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 11-4 1,246 30-14 12–3 Apr. 28 Louisiana–Monroe Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 17-6 1,239 31-14 13–3
May (7-3) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record May 4 at Louisiana–Lafayette M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 6-12 5,008 31-15 17–4 May 5 at Louisiana–Lafayette M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-5 5,121 31-16 17–5 May 6 at Louisiana–Lafayette M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 10-3 4,768 32-16 18–6 May 9 North Carolina #3 Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 5-2 2,616 33-16 18–6 May 11 Little Rock Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 4-0 1,139 34-16 19–6 May 12 Little Rock Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6-4 1,337 35-16 20–6 May 13 Little Rock Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 1-0 1,441 36-16 21–6 May 18 at Appalachian State Beaver Field • Boone, NC W 10-4 375 37–16 22-6 May 18 at Appalachian State Beaver Field • Boone, NC W 10-5 375 38–16 23-6 May 18 at Appalachian State Beaver Field • Boone, NC L 7-11 375 38–17 23-7
Post-season (4–0)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament (4–0) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBCT Record May 23 vs. Texas–Arlington M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 12–2 (8) 167 39–17 1–0 May 24 vs. South Alabama M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 16-4 287 40–17 2–0 May 26 vs. South Alabama M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 3–1 164 41–17 3–0 May 27 vs. Troy M.L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 11–6 215 42–17 4–0 NCAA Conway Regional (1-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 1 vs. LIU Brooklyn Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 16–1 3,736 43-17 1-0 June 2 vs. Washington Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–11 3,205 43-18 1-1 June 3 vs. UConn Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5–6 2,392 43-19 1-2

Rankings

See also: 2018 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[3]	—	—*	—*	24	—	—	22	24	21	22	19	16	23	20	19	14	15*	15*	—
Baseball America[4]	—	—	—	24	—	—	24	18	17	16	16	15	18	16	15	13	13*	13*	24
Collegiate Baseball^[5]	—	—	—	21	30	27	20	27	29	29	30	24	28	24	24	17	28	28	28
NCBWA†[6]	—	—	—	28	—	30	23	21	21	20	20	16	21	21	20	15	24	24*	24

^ 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.