2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers softball team

The 2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers softball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field. The Chanticleers were led by eleventh year head coach Kelley Green and were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers softball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2020 record	13–8 (1–2 SBC)
Head coach	Kelley Green (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Danielle Penner Kristin Erb
Home stadium	St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field

2020 Sun Belt Conference softball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Louisiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			18	–	6		.750
Texas State  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			15	–	9		.625
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			14	–	10		.583
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			12	–	13		.480
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			8	–	17		.320
Troy  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			16	–	6		.727
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			13	–	8		.619
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			13	–	9		.591
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			10	–	14		.417
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			7	–	16		.304
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 13, 2020[1]; Rankings from NFCA

On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including softball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On March 16, the Sun Belt formally announced the cancelation of all spring sports, thus ending their season definitely.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 29, 2020. Coastal Carolina was picked to finish fifth in the Sun Belt Conference with 56 votes.[3]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Louisiana	100 (10)
2	Troy	85
3	UT Arlington	77
4	Texas State	74
5	Coastal Carolina	56
6	Appalachian State	47
7	Georgia Southern	36
8	South Alabama	31
9	Louisiana-Monroe	26
10	Georgia State	18

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

• Summer Ellyson (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Megan Kleist (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Julie Rawls (LA, SR, Catcher)
• Reagan Wright (UTA, SR, Catcher)
• Katie Webb (TROY, SR, 1st Base)
• Kaitlyn Alderink (LA, SR, 2nd Base)
• Hailey Mackay (TXST, SR, 3rd Base)
• Alissa Dalton (LA, SR, Shortstop)
• Jayden Mount (ULM, SR, Shortstop)
• Whitney Walton (UTA, SR, Shortstop)
• Tara Oltmann (TXST, JR, Shortstop)
• Courtney Dean (CCU, JR, Outfield)
• Mekhia Freeman (GASO, SR, Outfield)
• Sarah Hudek (LA, SR, Outfield)
• Raina O'Neal (LA, JR, Outfield)
• Bailey Curry (LA, JR, Designated Player/1st Base)

National Softball Signing Day

[4][5]

Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Ally Clegg	Infielder	Leesburg, Georgia	Chipola College
Jade Soto	Utility	Fort Myers, Florida	Bishop Verot HS
Kiya Thomas	Infielder	Tacoma, Washington	Central Arizona College
Payton Ebersole	Outfielder	Dillsburg, Pennsylvania	Northern HS
Madison Hudson	Outfielder	Lithia, Florida	Bryon Nelson HS
Jordan Thompson	Catcher	Asburn, Virginia	Stonebridge HS
Riley Zana	Infielder	Elyria, Ohio	Elyria HS

Roster

2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers roster
	Pitchers 4 Gabby Baylog - Freshman 10 Ally Marcano - Senior 17 Raelee Brabham - Freshman 34 Iyanla de Jesus - Freshman 99 Kaitlin Beasley-Polko - Junior Outfielders 2 Stavi Augur - Junior 6 Courtney Dean - Junior 8 Sydney Guess - Sophomore 9 Paige Rivas - Freshman 11 Peyton Rivas - Freshman 16 Adrienne Visintine - Sophomore 22 Jade Soto - Freshman		Catchers 14 Kassidy Smith - Senior 33 Mackenzie Beyer - Sophomore Infielders 00 Kendall Coyle - Sophomore 1 Ally Clegg - Junior 3 Mary Sobataka - Freshman 5 Makiya Thomas - Junior 7 Allison Kreyer - Sophomore 24 Abbey Montoya - Sophomore 45 Taylor Sweigart - Junior 61 Shelbie Summerlin - Freshman Utility 26 Michaela McAuley - Senior

Coaching staff

2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers coaching staff
Kelley Green – Head Coach – 11th year Danielle Penner – Associate Head Coach – 3rd year Kristin Erb – Assistant Head Coach – 8th year Amandad Daneker – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 2nd year Blake Schultz – Director of Operations – 2nd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Coastal Carolina win
	Coastal Carolina loss
	Postponement/Cancellation/Suspensions
Bold	Coastal Carolina team member

2020 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Softball Game Log
Regular Season (13-8)
February (12-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Kickin' Chicken Classic Feb. 7 Virginia Tech St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 2-11 Rochard (1-0) Beasley-Polko (0-1) None 217 0-1 Feb. 8 Iowa St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 1-2 (8 inn) Doocy (1-0) Beasley-Polko (0-2) None 256 0-2 Feb. 8 East Carolina St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 8-1 Brabham (1-0) Woodall (0-1) None 256 1-2 Feb. 9 Campbell St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 3-4 Barefoot (1-2) Beasley-Polko (0-3) None 312 1-3 Battle at the Beach Feb. 14 Jacksonville State St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 8-6 Marcano (1-0) Bearden (0-2) None 256 2-3 Feb. 15 Northern Illinois St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 15-2 (5 inn) Brabham (2-0) Ostrowski (2-3) None 338 3-3 Feb. 15 Delaware State St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 10-0 (5 inn) Brabham (3-0) Diao (0-1) None 338 4-3 Feb. 16 Delaware State St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 13-0 (5 inn) Beasley-Polko (1-3) Diao (0-2) None 298 5-3 Feb. 16 College of Charleston St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Game Cancelled Chanticleer Showdown Feb. 21 Seton Hall St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 6-4 Beasley-Polko (2-3) Gumm (1-3) Marcano (1) 223 6-3 Feb. 22 Seton Hall St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 7-0 Brabham (3-0) Camp (0-4) None 212 7-3 Feb. 22 Iona St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 2-0 Beasley-Polko (3-3) Evans (0-1) None 212 8-3 Feb. 23 UMBC St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 4-0 Brabham (4-0) Leach (1-1) None 256 9-3 Feb. 25 at Presbyterian PC Softball Complex • Clinton, SC Game Cancelled Barefoot Landing Invitational Feb. 28 Monmouth St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 5-4 Brabham (6-0) Irons (4-3) Marcano (2) 214 10-3 Feb. 28 Ohio St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 8-3 Beasley-Polko (4-3) Thornhill (1-5) None 214 11-3 Feb. 29 Ohio St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 5-13 McCrady (5-3) Brabham (6-1) None 236 11-4 Feb. 29 Maryland Eastern Shore St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 8-0 Marcano (2-0) Gingrich (0-6) None 236 12-4
March (1-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Mar. 1 USC Upstate St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 5-9 Hill (5-2) Brabham (6-2) None 310 12-5 Mar. 4 at Winthrop Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC Game Postponed Mar. 6 No. 8 Louisiana St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC W 7-1 Marcano (9-2) Kleist (5-5) None 243 13-5 1-0 Mar. 7 No. 8 Louisiana St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 0-5 Ellyson (10-1) Beasley-Polko (4-4) None 356 13-6 1-1 Mar. 8 No. 8 Louisiana St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 2-10 (5 inn) Kleist (6-5) Beasley-Polko (4-5) None 342 13-7 1-2 Mar. 10 No. 16 South Carolina St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC L 2-10 (5 inn) Ochs (5-3) Brabham (6-3) None 538 13-8 Mar. 13 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 14 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 15 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 17 Florida State St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 20 Georgia Southern St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 21 Georgia Southern St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 22 Georgia Southern St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 25 College of Charleston St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 27 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 28 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 29 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 31 Charleston Southern St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 31 Charleston Southern St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
April (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Apr. 3 UT Arlington St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 4 UT Arlington St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 5 UT Arlington St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 7 at Winthrop Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 9 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 10 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 11 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 14 at UNC Wilmington Boseman Field • Wilmington, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 17 at Georgia State Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 18 at Georgia State Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 19 at Georgia State Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 24 South Alabama St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 25 South Alabama St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 26 South Alabama St. John Stadium – Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 30 at Appalachian State Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
May (0-0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 1 at Appalachian State Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 2 at Appalachian State Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Post-Season (0-0)
SBC Tournament (0-0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 6 TBD Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Championship Series canceled to COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule Source:[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

References

1. "2020 Softball Standings". SunBeltSports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions". sunbeltsports.org.
3. Rodgers, Scottie (January 28, 2020). "Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns' Dalton, Ellyson Top Softball Preseason Honors". sunbeltsports.org.
4. "Chanticleers Add Three To 2019 Recruiting Class". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
5. "Chanticleer Softball Adds Four On 2020 NLI Signing Day". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. "2020 Softball Schedule". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved 17 December 2020.