2021 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

2021 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
CBNo. 6
Record45–18 (21–9 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nate Yeskie (2nd season)
  • Dave Lawn (6th season)
  • Marc Wanaka (6th season)
Home stadiumHi Corbett Field
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 45 – 18   .714
No. 10 Oregon ‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 39 – 16   .709
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍y 17 – 10   .630 39 – 17   .696
No. 21 UCLA ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 37 – 20   .649
Arizona State ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 33 – 22   .600
Oregon State ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 37 – 24   .607
California ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 29 – 26   .527
Washington State ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 26 – 23   .531
USC ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 25 – 26   .490
Utah ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 17 – 33   .340
Washington ‍‍‍ 6 – 21   .222 20 – 30   .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 23, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 10th season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Jay Johnson in his 6th season and final season at Arizona. Following the season, Coach Johnson was hired as the head baseball coach at Louisiana State University. The Wildcats ranked 10th in Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll[2] - their highest preseason ranking in any poll since 2013 - and their incoming recruiting class was ranked 4th in the nation by D1Baseball.[3] On May 23, the Wildcats clinched at least a share of the Pac-12 Championship for the first time since the 2012 season that saw the team win the College World Series.[4] Following a 3-11 loss by the Oregon Ducks to the California Golden Bears on May 28, the team clinched their first outright Pac-12 title since 1989.[5] On May 30, Hi Corbett Field was selected as one of the NCAA's 16 postseason Regional sites for the first time since 2012. The following day the Wildcats were selected as the tournaments No. 5 overall seed - their first selection as a top 8 seed since the implementation of the current seeding system in 1999 - marking their first postseason appearance since 2017.[6] On June 6, the Wildcats defeated UC Santa Barbara 5-2 to win the Tucson Regional and advance to their first Super Regional since 2016 when the team forged their way to the College World Series finals. The Wildcats would go on to defeat Ole Miss 2 games to 1, to advance to their 18th College World Series appearance all-time. They subsequently were eliminated in two games, losing to the defending champion from 2019, No. 4 seed Vanderbilt as well as Stanford.

  1. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Lev, Michael (January 25, 2021). "Arizona Wildcats rank 15th in Baseball America preseason poll". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Lindberg, Kenny (February 2, 2021). "Put 'em in Coach, Arizona Baseball is ready to play!". Zona Zealots (FanSided). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "UA baseball team rallies past Oregon State to clinch share of Pac-12 title". Arizona Daily Star. May 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Pedersen, Brian J. (May 28, 2021). "Arizona baseball falls at home to Dixie State but still clinches outright Pac-12 title". Arizona Desert Swarm. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  6. ^ Pedersen, Brian J. (May 31, 2021). "Arizona baseball earns No. 5 overall seed in NCAA tournament". Arizona Desert Swarm. Retrieved June 1, 2021.